The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-24
News In Brief

Myrtle, the IS year old daughter
Oh w. 4. townsend, oI Quaker NECK,
Kent county, was drowned While skat-
ing on King 5 Creek, branch OF
Chester river, on SUNDAY. she went
skating while spenuilg the day at
her uncle, britton IownScnds home,
at Cntt City. she broke through the
ice, and komie Harris got her 10 the
surface several times, Dut Lecoming
exhausted he went Tor hep. II he gin
was gotten out OF the water bun Ell
forts to revive her famed.
Few people know tbs Dimensions
OF Maryland, which are given as tol-
lows :-GreateSt Wldth from last 10
West 40 miles. Extreme length from
North to South, I25 miles. Total area,
I2,2Io square mites. Land surface,
o,oSo square miles Water surface,
1850 square miles. Average popula-
ton to square nine, 100 incorporated
towns and cities, 9S.
w. X. Holt, representing the
London Evening Mai, reached New
York on the Mauretania last Friday
morning, took a special train at Jer-
sey City over the Jersey Contra, Read
ing and Il. 20. K. X. Tor Washing
ton, -. c., which he reached i'll 4 hours
and 7 minutes. He interviewed Presi-
dent Tat, went to the Capitol, spent
a short time i'll Baltimore and Phlla-
delphia and went back to New y ork.
His train running time between
Washington and New York was 4
hours and 4 minutes. The best pre-
vious time was made by Vice Presi-
dent Hobart's funeral train, hours
20 minutes. Holt left on Saturday
evening ON the Maurctan:a, which, II
was expected, would make the voyage
from Liverpool to New York and re-
turn inside of II days.
Mrs. Emma.ine Maxson, formerly
OF Odessa, died while visiting her
son, Henry James, in Harrington,
Del, and was buried there on Decem-
Der IS. She was daughter OF lcven
Philip, a soldier in the Revolution.
She was born in 1873, and up to her
death retained her mental faculties I'M
impaired
**Cheapcst accident insurance-Dr.
Thomas Electric OF. Stops the
pain and heals The wound. All drug
gists sell it.
Stock cattle at Chicago were quot
ed ten cents higher for all grades last
week. Fair to good, weighing $50 lbs.
brought $425 to 400 per hundred. One
cargo averaging 900 lis, shipped to
Mary land, brought S.
*#''I suffered habitually from con
stipation. Doan's Rcgulcts relieved
and strengthened the bowels, so that
they have been regular ever since. -
A. +. Davis. grocer, Sulphur Springs,
Tex.
The schooner Henry l.. James, la
den with lumber from Virginia, was
caught in the ice at Havre de Grace
last week and a ting was sent rom
Baltimore for her relief, Capt. Full
berger, OF the tug, reported tie upper
bay covered with iour inch ice which
has increased several inches since.
#*Feel langud, weak, run down?
Headache? Stomach off just a
plain cast al lazy liver. Burdocl
Blood Btters tones liver and stom-
ach, promotes digestion, puriiies the
blood.
Miss .Largucritc Archibald was
married on December ~. at Harmony
Hall" near kcnncdyvillc. the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Archibald. to Ir. Edward c. Porter,
OF Church Hill, Queen Anne's county,
by Rev. Daniel Wilson. OF Crumpton.
Dinner was served to the guests after
the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Porter
will reside on the formers farm, near
Church Hill.
##Soothcs itching skin Heals cuts
or burns without scar. Cures piles,
eczema salt rheum, any itching.
Doan's Ointment Your druggist sells
it.
--'Dhc census ri 1910 shows the
population OF the United States to be
oI,Q72 20, an increase OF 1907 90 OF 81
per cent since 900, Including Porto
Rico, Hawaii. Guam and Tutu:la, the
total is o},4o2 IS and including 10000
600 for the Philippines, the grand total
is nearly Io2, 100000.
children CIV