Middletown transcript., 1900-02-17

be in attendance. Among other bust
ness, a report will be received from th,
state committee on the advisability o.
organizing state funeral benefit asso
citation. At the present time member
| ship is only held in the general aaso
citation, and it is asserted that th,
death rate is much lower in proportion
In this State than in any other.
| James Il. Hubbard, of FELTON,, ship
ped ON Thursday to J. HI. Coulbourn
Philadelphia, a fine calf, eight week
and four days old that weighed 26;
pounds, which netted him twenty dol
lars and seventy'five cents. So far a!
heard from this was the best return
from the sale of any calf shipped from
that place the past twelve months. i
is doubtful If any farmer in KEN
county can beat this weight and prict
taking the age into consideration.
7 A big hog at Keller Station, Md.
was killed Tuesday. The guessing con
test, which has been lively, was ther
ended and Mr.. Mapp, the owner of the
hog, found the guesses bad netted him
$131.20. There were 1872 guesses
made on the weight of the hog. Mr.. L
T. J. Brown, of Princess Anne, Md.
was The winner. His guess was l, ,102!
lbs. The hog weighed 1.103 lbs. and
9 or. Mr.. Brown shipped his big
porker TO Princess Anne where it was
exhibited as a great curiosity in hog
fattening.
Miss Mary Smith and Miss Dora
Anthony, of Elkton, both of whom are
teachers 10 the public schools Of Cecil
county. had narrow escape from be-
ing kill d while crossing the tracks Of
the P, W. & B. r. r. at Northeast,
last Saturday. The young women left
there yesterday to visit friends at Bay
view and were returning home when
the accident occurred. They were
driving over the crossing at North
east when tieir team was run into by
hand-car. They wele thrown out
and their team was partly demolished.
Miss Smith escaped with only few
scratches, but Miss Anthony was se-
verely injured. she was taken to Elk
ton. The horse was badly injured.
Franklin Jones, 28 years old, owner
and manager of the steam saw mill
located on Mr.. L. 7. Dishroon's farm
near Snow Hill, Md, met with a
serious injury while at work in his
mill Wednesday morning. He was
working about running circular saw
when he fell. and his right foot was
thrown against the rapidly revolving
saw and was almost cut off. Thomas
HAYWARD witnessed the accident and
immediately went to The assistance of
the injured man. AS soon as it was
ascertained he was SO badly injured, he
was taken to Snow Hill and DR.. Paul
Jones dressed the wound, after which
Mr.. Jones was takel to Salisbury and
placed in the hospital there for treat
ment.
William Peyton, aged % years, en-
gineer of the shifting engine at the
National Tube Works, New Castle,
was decapitated by a train Saturday
evening sh 'rtly before o'clock at that
city. He had not been working that
day and some who saw him state that
he had been drinking and attempted to
board moving freight train, when he
missed his hold and fell headforemost.
His head fell over the tracks and was
cut off near his shoulders, his left leg
was cut off and the right badly
mangled. His death was instantaneous.
The several portions of the mans body
were picked ur and taken to the freight
house of the Delaware railroad, and
were later removed to the house of his
brother-in-law, John J. Powers, No.
105 North Jackson street, Wilmington.
Mr.. Amos Wilson, prominent citi-
zen of the First election district of Cecil
county, and his wife, who reside in
Warwick, had a morrow escape from
being asphyxiated by coal gas Tuesday
night. Their bedroom is warmed by a
drum heater in the room below, and on
the night mentioned quantity of the
gas was thrown up into their room.
Each was awake early in the morning
and felt Ill but refrained from calling
the other thinking the illness would
pass off. Mr.. Wilson arusr about his
usual hour and managed to get down
stairs VIII ere be succumbed to the Illness.
The family worked over him for SINE
time hefore it occurred to them what
was the matter. When they went to
the room the atmosphere was blue with
gas and Mrs. Wilson was lying uncon-
scious on the oed. She remained in
that condition nearly all day. She said
she remembered going over to the re-
gister and falling unconscious but did
not remember getting back to the bed,
while Mr.. Wilson could not remember
how he got down stairs. Both have
now recovered from their almost dead
ly experience.