The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-04-05
News In Brief

bury, both colored, were found dead In
their home near Aberdeen, last Satur-
day night, week They had been living
together and quarreled violently over
the attention of woman received from
other men. When found, the woman's
neck was broken and finger prints show
ed on her throat, indicating struggle,
and she was shot through the head. Al
ter Weaver had killed the woman he cut
his own throat
A barn belonging to William D. Street,
at Parkton, Hartford county, together
with its contents, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday of last week.
@Everybody's friend-Dr. Thomas Ec-
lectic Oil. Cures toothache, earache,
sore throat Heals cuts, bruises, scalds.
Stops any pain. advt"
The Armory of Company X, First In
fantry, NJ. N G., of Havre de Grace,
was broken into on March rs.
The tenant house on the farm of the
late R. X. Vanneman, near Havre dc
Grace, entirely destroyed by fire on
March %.
Charles w. Nickerson has been reap
pointed Justice Of the Peace and Notary
Public for New Castle, Del.
Karl Chase, son of Frank Chase, of
Rehoboth, Del, has applied to Willard
Salisbury for appointment to Annapolis
Naval Academy
Mrs George S. Citizens has sold her
221 acre farm near Perryman, Hartford
county, to Frederick and Parker Nit
chell, for $4,000
Leaping into a swollen creeK, Mrs.
Susan Mccullough, of Frederick county,
rescued her year old daughter who had
fallen into the water.
Thrown from a buggy on the Leithers-
burg Turnpike, Paul, son or !. H. Zeig-
Ter, of Hagerstown, was recently drag
ged 40 feet and badly injured.
*Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty di-
gestion, lazy liver and sluggish bowels
Burdock Blood Bitters strengthens stom-
ach bowels and liver, and purihes the
blood. advt.|
Frank George, of Colts, Kent county,
was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital
in Wilmington, Tuesday of last week,
with a crushed hand, every bone in it
being broken Mr.. Georges hand was
crushed beneath a portion of house he
Was dSSSlllS III lhONlh5 Nhth q J"Sh
slipped.
Washington College opened its base bali
season last Saturday at Homewuo-, Bal
timore, with a game with Johns Hopkins
University. The college has strong
team this year. 1t is said that there are
two or more candidates for every posi-
tion on the team, and Coach Porter is up
against hard proposition in the selec-
tion of first team.
Richard X Lockwood, aged 10 years, a
prominent resident of st. Michaels, died
Tuesday of last week, after a lingering
illness from a complication o diseases
His funeral was held Marcn rs and the
body was taken to Dover, Del, for in
terment
*There is no case on record of a cough
cold or la grippe developing into bron-
chitis, pneumonia or consumption afte.
Foleys Honey and Tar Compound has
been taken. The genuine is in yellow
package. Refuse substitutes. advts
Joseph Stafford, aged So years, for
mer prominent school teacher in Talbot
and Queen Anne's counties, died in Bal
timore on March 20.
The dairy wagon OF Frank vii is was
recently wrecked at Betterton and a
large number of bottles broken.
The NJ. E. Church at Havre de Grace
has Pledged 500 to the Goucher College
fund.
Mitchell Osborn, bookkeeper in the
First National Bank at Havre de Grace,
has res.gned to enter the canning bust
ness.
The Salvation Army in Hagerstown,
distributed more than 1000 garments
among the poor during the winter
Employees of the Wilmington Street
and sewer Department gave compli-
mentary dinner, in Hotel Dupont, to
Colonel George w. Sparks, in honor of
his disappointment as director of the
department.
"ltching, torturing skin eruptions dis
figure, annoy, drive one wild Doah
Ointment brings quick relief and las 81.
cures Fifty cents at any drug ore adv
Hanging by rope from a rafter in his
shanty on the Idle Hour shore of Deep
Creek was found the body of William
Blumtrit, aged 40 years, on Marcn %. 1t
is believed that the man had been daed
since Monday of last week. Blumtrit was
fishermen and had lived acne for 10
years.
Lyle Leith ser, of Havre de Grace, had
both hands severely burned We sday
evening of last week by an explosion OF
chemicals while making an experiment