The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-12-30
News In Brief

E. E. Gambrill's glove factory on Har-
mony street wharf, in New Castle, Dell
was burned about l a. m. last Friday
The flames spread quickly and the build
ing was destroyed before the fire appar-
atus could be brought on the ground. Inc
loss is nut at from $4,000 to SIo,ooo.
Tho Danartment of Agriculture an
manhood last Friday that potash, to the
possible value of s4O,OOO,OOO yearly, can
he obtained from giant kelp in the sea-
weed growths of the Pacific coast, which
would make farmers OF this country in
dependent of German producers who now
supply the bulk of the potash used for
fertilizing.
Robert H. Archer, of Bel Air, trustee,
sold last week "Old Baltimore" the $50
acre farm of the late j. l.. Richardson,
located on Bush River, to Miss Annie E.
Richardson, for $4,000.
J. Henry Gross, who narrowly missed
numbering his wife, by cutting her throat
at Cooptown, Hartford county, several
weeks ago, plead guilty at Bel Air last
week to assault with intent to kill and
was sentenced by Judge Harlan to five
years in the penitentary
Physicians of Delaware Hospital en-
terrain hopes that Charles j. Bridges,
whose back was broken by a fall at the
new power house of the Wilmington G.
Philadelphia Traction Company on De-
cember Is, may recover. He continues
to improve, but mis- condition is still
serious.
w. H. Painter, of Rarford, Va, has
purchased Westwood, the 100 acre farm
of Clinton Smith and wife, located near
Darlington, Hartford county, for $4,000
little son of Rector Yellott, of EN-
manuel Church, Bel Air, fell against the
stove in the parlor at his home, one day
last week, and was severely burned
about the face.
Charles o. Fedely, of Perry lille, en-
ployed in the stone quarries, near Havre
de Grace, caught his hand in cog wheel
one day last week, and before he could
withdraw it was painfully injured.
missile of some sort, flying from a
fast express train, struck track foreman
w. H. McFadden, who was standing near
the railroad at Perryman, below the
knee, severing an artery from which
blood flowed freely until a physician
closed the wound.
Itching, bleeding protruding or blind
piles yield to Doans Ointment. Chronic
cases soon relieved, finally cured Drug
gists all sell it. ~
Bulletin 1855, entitled Maryland Weeds
and Other Harmful Plants, issued from
the Maryland Experiment Station, may be
obtained upon application to the station
at College Park, Md.
For any pain, from top to toe, from any
cause, apply Dr. Thomas Eclectic OIL
Pain can't stay where it is used. ~
Olin Moore, brother of T. W. Moore,
who runs an auto delivery truck between
Wilmington and Newark, was knocked
off a similar truck which struck a gran
lite block in a street in Wilmington, one
day last week and killed when the rear
wheels of the truck, which had skidded,
passed over his stomach.
Doans Regulets cure constipation with
out gripping, nausea, nor any weakening
effect. Ask your druggist for them. 25
cents per box ~
Steamships C Anchor Line, plying be-
tween New York and Glasgow, are to
bring cargoes OF potatoes from Scotland
and Ireland to relieve the market on
Long Island, which is controlled by a
local monopoly. The California brought
1900 tons last week. The duty is 10 cts.
barrel of three bushels, and the pota-
toes can be sold at a profit below the