The Cecil Whig., 1876-08-05
Our NeighbOrs.

A number of typhoid fever cases are re-
ported at Cumberland, Md.
Mr.. VIM. II. Burgoon, of Carroll county,
was killed on the Western Maryland rail
road, on Monday.
The beach birds are returning to the
marshes, and good shooting is promised in
the Atlantic beach.
\ Wilmington banks time lock went
back on the officers of the bank, on Tues
day, and as they had not set it right they
couldn't open it, and had to work on bor-
rowed funds all day.
The members of Newark, Del, Grange
have established store. or agency, in Will
mington, for the sale of beef, veal, mutton,
&C., killed and dressed by them on their
farms.
An extra freight train from Washington
ran into train from Annapolis Junction.
near Odenton, Md, Monday morning, and
threw one car across the track Mr.. Barnes
Compton, State Treasurer was severely
injured and two or three other persons
We're slightly hurt
The enterprise of the Town Commission
ers of Bel Air, is wonderful. The Democrat
yard is further ornamented by the addition
of old wheels. duck pond and chicken
coops," and also adds, that "the beautiful
boxes put up to prevent the cows eating
the lightning rods, justly claim attention.
On Thursday Of last week. distress
ing accident occurred at the slate quarry of
Thos. w. Jones, on the Peach Bottom slate
ridge, in the edge of Hartford county
Several wDrLmpp ypprl-iDCr upIpr a,
ledge when large slate rock weighing
about six tons split off and fell upon VIM.
Parry, crushing him to death instantly.
Two other men narrowly escaped the fatal
trap.
WARNING TO SMoKERs.-On Sunday
evening last young man near Portsville
called on some ladies. He was smoking IA
cigar at he time, and while standing near
one of the ladies, knocked the ashes from
it. spark it seems, lodged in the folds
of the lady's dress, and the wind tanning
it was soon ablaze, and although the young
man threw heavy piece of carpet around
her, her dress was destroyed, her under
clothing scorched. and her right shoulder
bhstered. The affair created quite an ex
citement in the neighborhood.
Seaford Citizen.
An accident occurred at Augustine, Del,
one day last week, which called forth an
exhibition of nerve certainly remarkable.
A Wilmington exchange thus describes the
accident: man by the name of Neil
Kelly, an employe of Jessup & Moore's
paper mills, was cleaning a stack of chilled
calander rolls, used for calandering and
giving compactness to the paper. The rolls
are lun SO close together that light cannot
be seen between them. While Kelly was
wiping the moisture from the rolls, prepar-
atory to stopping work for the day he step
ped upon something which caused him to
slip, and to avoid falling he put out his
right hand, the index finger of which came
directly between the revolving rolls and
was Immediately drawn slowly in, crushing
the finger and tlattenng it out as thin as
piece of paper. In few minutes his whole
hand and arm would be passing between
the rolls. Seeing and fully comprehending
the danger, and knowing that no one was
in the mill but himself he determined upon
a plan that required great nerve to execute.
Selling his right wrist by the disengaged
hand he propped himself with his feet firmly
against the base of the machine and pulled
with all his might until the finger parted
at the second joint, pulling the main leader
from the arm as far as the elbow. After
thus freeing himself he stopped the ma
chinery, closed the mill and went home.
A physician was summoned, who ampn-
tated the stump close to the hand, and
dressed the wound, Kelly showing the same
power of endurance during the operation
that he had previously exhibited.