The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-05-07
News In Brief


Charles +. Bauer, OF Havre de
Grace, caught thirteen and
quarter pound shad in his gill ner
one day last week.
Henry Harlan, OF Havre de
Grace, has purchased II. l.. Ar
thurs small farm, near Aberdeen,
with buildings, for $1,000.
Bitten by stray mao cog, about
two months ago, saIuaDie iodT
year olu mare owned by /. l..
Sullivan, oI an BlDDer, HarIora
county, became raDld, one mgnt
last week, and was Killed by nef
owner.
A double team drawing run
about driven by MISS Nebecca
Eliason, daughter OF Wilbur
Ellason, bolted on the road lead
ing from her home to Chester
town, on Saturday. The carriage
colllded with telephone pole ana
was overturned. Miss Eliason's
knee was hurt, and she was otner-
wise bruised, but later was able
to return to her home.
The voters OF Betterton on Sat
urday decided to sanction the pro-
posed $4,000 bond issue for inn
proved sidewalks and pavements,
which are to be laid before the
opening OF the coming season at
the popular bayside resort.
William ]. Carnathan, the 10
year old boy OF East Bradford
township, Chester bounty, who
on December 2rst last, shot and
killed Officer John II. Babb, who
was about to arrest him at his
home on warrant sworn out by
his father, was tried at West Ches-
ter, last week, and entered plea
OF guilty OF murder in the second
degree, which the State accepted.
He was given a sentence OF twenty
years Imprisonment.
**Never can tell when you'll mash
a finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn
or scald. Be prepared. DIR. Thomas'
Electric Oil instantly relieves the
pain-quickly cures the wound.
The Delaware State Board OF
Agriculture, at its meeting, held
at Dover, last week, agreed that
reports received indicated the
prospect for the largest fruit crop
ever grown on the Peninsula, as
peaches, pears, apples and small
fruits are SO far safe, if not beyond
any likely danger.
**Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is the
best remedy for that often fatal disease
Group. Has been used with success
in our family for eight years. Mrs
L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, n. y.
Alice Bowser and Mary Ellis,
colorcd denizens OF Lodge alley,
Havre de Grace, early last Thurs
day morning, got INTO row and
the former proceeded to carve the
latter with a butcher knife, slash
ing her hand badly. Alice was ar
rested, and Justice AIattingley
sentenced her to threp months at
Jessups Cut, but she got a law
yer who took an appeal to Court.
salad dyspepsia or Indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what did
eat distressed me terribly. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me. j. Ii. Wal
ker Sunbury, Ohio.
John n. Spencer will erect
fine thrcc-story and basement
brick structure at St. Clair and
Washington streets, Havre de
Grace, on the site OF the barber
shop that has stood there for sixty
years past.
One OF pair OF beaglcs owned
by DIR. Sanborn, OF WASHINGTON
College, Chcstertown, was taken
to Philadelphia last week for an
operation by veterinarians OF tie
University OF Pennsylvania, but
died after her return to her own
er's home. She had taken MANY
prizes and was highly valued.
The run oi shad iell off last
week i'll the Susquehanna, and but
few were caught, but herring were
abundant at the floats and on the
shores. Shad were selling at from
SIS to $50 per hundred at Havre
de Grace.
The whole countryside around
Avondalc was shaken recently bv
blasts in the quarries there in
making which four tons of dyna-
mite were used. Holes were drill
ed 80 feet deep to hold the explo-
SiVe and all tha h1ac+e ,,o-o E1