The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-08-01
NEWS IN BRIEF

The bones of Capt. Walter Medford
Eaton, 80 years old, who disappeared
from his home at Winchester, Queen
Annes county, about five weeks ago,
were found Tuesday of last week in
dense thicket, several hundred yards
from his home. The flesh had been
eaten away by buzzards and dogs.
Suspended from a limb of a tree I'M
der which the bones were found was
rope, evidence that Captain Eaton had
committed suicide by hanging. James
B. Hess, brother-in-law of Captain
Eaton, found the remains, which were
identified by the remnants of clothing
torn from the body by the dogs and
buzzards. A blanket taken from Cap
tain Eaton's vessel was found with
the clothing; also $1,000. Coroner
John F. Quail and a jury of inquest
decided that death was due to suicide
by hanging.
There will be two race meetings
held on the track of the Hartford Agri-
culture and Breeders Association,
near Havre de Grace, this fall. The
first meeting will be held by he Har-
ford County Farmers Association, be-
ginning on Monday, Sept. 21, and clos
ing Sept. 80. The second meet will
be held from November 13 to 30 in
elusive, and will be conducted by the
Hartford Agricultural and Breeders
Association.
Mrs. Lula Finnan, of Wilmington,
recently wounded by Artilleryman
John C. Wilkes, of Fort Mott, who
shot her while crazed with jealousy
,pI +ln,, lyil1nI bir,cn1f okla tn
leave the Delaware Hospital last week.
For earache toothache, pains, burns scalds
sore throat. try Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil,
splendid remedy for emergencies. advt"
Andrew Jenkins, boatman on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, is i'll with
of Hancock. The boat has been quar-
A. Watkins, county health officer. The
case is reported to be serious.
The new building at Hope Farm,
near Wilmington, erected by the Unit
ed Catholic Societies, of Wilmington,
was formally presented to the Della
ware Anti-Tuberculosis Commission
last Sunday.
Mrs. Emily Lockerman, aged so
wears, wife of w. T. A. Lockerman,
died July 10 at her home at Easton
after long illness, of cancer. Before
her marriage she was a Miss Blades,
of Caroline county.
The 10Th annual Fair and Four Day
Race Meet of the Talbot County Fair
Association will be held September
IA.
Itching piles provoke profanity, but profnn-
ity won't remove them Doan's Ointment is re-
commended for itching, bleeding or protrud-
ing piles. SOC at any drug store. adrt+
Alfred Jones, overseer of the pony
department of DR.. O. B. Hoffman's
stock farm, near Aberdeen, was found
dead in his bed one morning recently.
Death was due to heart trouble. He
is survived by widow and three chill
dren.
Fire of unknown origin swept the
central section of Greenwood, Del,
July %, destroying fourteen proper
ties, including the post-oaice and
number of stores and residences, and
causing a loss of between $4,000 and
$4,000, only partly covered by insur-
ance.
Most disfgurng skin eruptions scrofula,
pimples, rashcs, etc., ere due To impure blood.
Burlock Blood Bitters as a cleansing blood
tonic, is well recommended. Sl.OO at all
stores. advt*
The historic Camden camp-meeting
between Dover and Camden, Del,
where the Philadelphia Methodist Con-
ference was held for many years,
opened July "a for two weeks.
Charged with disorderly conduct,
during services in Holiness Church,
Centreville Landing, Charles Shell
house, John Blackstone, William Jer-
Wis and Eugene Clough, all members
of the church, were fined S4.3S each.
Children Cry