The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-09-12

English penny of l772 while digging ota-
toes one day recently
| -Dolan Brothers of Philadelphia hard
some househOat "Rancocas" was cruising
in the Susquehanna last week.
Kent county farmers report that crows
are preying upon peaches and Kiefer pears
1t is said to be unusual for the crows to at
tack fruit.
| George H Kennedy was attacked by
copperhead snake while cutting cabbage
near Havre de Grace He used his knife
and slashe'l Off the head of the reptile which
measured three feet in length.
| Ladies clean your kid gloves with
| The Dry Cleaner" 1t is not a liquid.
caves no odor, and can be used while
the glove is on the hand. For sale only
ny j. Frank Frazer. Druggist, Ekton.
A bolt of lightning stunned John Stan
merit. farmer, who was riding between
Townsend aud Blackbird one day last we,
When he recovered he found his horse had
been killed and his wagon partly wrecked
|
catch which George Stowlman. of Bowls
made with trot line while grabbing in
Chester river last week. The wheel was in
fair condition and, it is thought. fell from
| steamboat
| A horse bit Mrs. Martin Kemether of
ROckland, Del, on the arm one day last
week while she was attending the Farmers
Fair at Brandy ttne Springs Luckily, the
skin was not broken and no serious results
have followed.
A blacksnake three feet long was found
in Il corner in the Iarlor at her home in
Dover by Miss Emma Davidson one day last
week. H~r cries brought her father who
grabbed valuable cane and killed the rep
tile but smashed the stick.
A large crab bit Miss Sophia Seeey, of
New Castle, on the finger. one day last
week, as she was about replacing it in II
basket. Her hand and arm were greatly
swollen from the bite and amputaton. it is
feared, may be required
| W. W. Knowles, attorney. has entered
suit against the Philadelphia. baltimore
and Washington Railroad Company at Will
mingtOn for damages for the death of VIM
$. Walker, Jr, and Mahlon Sinister
The men Were killed in an accident at the
Edge Moor yard of the company some time
| ago
| THE PLEAST RE OF EATING.
| Persons suffering from Indigestion. dys-
p"pSia Ur other stomach trouble will find
| that kodol Dyspepsia Cure dgrStS what
You eat and makes the stomach sweet
his remedy is never failing cure for
| Indigestion and Dyspepsia and all com
plants affecting the glands or mem
| hrHn,> of the stomach or digestive tract.
| When You take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
everything you eat tastes good. and every
bit of the nutrimrnt that your food con
tairS is a<simiatcd and appropriated by
the blood and tissues. Sold by j. Frank
Frazer. Elkton. Md.
A terrific hail storm, with stones as big
as waluuts which could he scooped up 10y
the shovelful, swept over eastern Lancaster
county on Saturday afternoon. Corn and
tobacco in the neighborhood Of Kinzers
| Leaman Place, Paradise and Intercourse
were utterly ruined and will not be har-
vested.
The p , b. & W. Il. K roundhouse in
Wilmington, the roof on a part OF which
collapsed last week. has been declared I'M
safe. and most of it has been torn down
| Work on the new roundhouse at Todd's Cut
will be rushed as the locomotives will Ia,
for the most part, without shelter until it is
completed.
| The Grand Lodge of Delaware, A 0 L
W which has ju isdirton over Cecil county
lodges. is called to meet this month to con-
slider the plans for assessment recently rec
commended by the Supreme Lodge Many
members of the Order do not think it likely
that the new plan will be adopted as the
assessments proposed are much higher than
those now levied.
| THE GENUINE vs.. COUNTER
| FElTS. The genuine is always better
| than II counterfeit. but the truth of this
statement is never more forcibly real
lied or more thoroughly appreciated than
when YOU compare the genuine DeWitt'S
Witch Hazel Snlve with the many count
crfeitS and worthless substitutes that are
on the market. W. $. Ledbcttcr. of
Shreveport. La. says after using
numerous other remedies without benefit
one box of DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salve
cured me-" For blind. bleeding. itching
and protruding piles no remedy is squa
to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Sold
by j. Frank Frazer. Elkton. Md.
-Eastland Friends Meeting celebratesto
day the centennial of its organization The
meeting house has been repaired, and the
cemetery and grounds adjoining have been
put In first class condition during the past
summer large attendance is expected at
the exercises which open at 10 80 a. IN. A
number of prominent speakers will be pre-.
sent, and the programme will prove inter-
esting.
"A vicious mare said to be owned by a
party in Kembeville, Pa, bit Ex Register
of Wills Calvin w. Crossan, of New Castle
r. 4 / 4 Al