The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-08-05

of Julian Z. Phillips, treasurer of Col
dey College. Wilmington, died July IS
at Delaware Hospital, from peritor-
tits, aged % years. The deceased was
a native of Baltimore. Her husband
and one child survive.
The last foot of cement on the Sec
ton of the dupont boulevard between
Georgetown and the Maryland line,
was laid on July %.
Robert w. Bockius, formerly of Will
mington, now of West Chester, Pa,
has passed the entrance examination
for the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
improvements to Armory NJ. f.
Church. Dover. Del, are under way in
GLIDING electric light service.
William Hill recently caught a 30
pound red drum fish in the surf at
Rehoboth Beach, Del.
For e.rache, toothache, pains, burns, scalds,
throat. try Dir. Thomas Eclectic Oil.
splendid remedy for emergencies. adv'
Red Lion, Del, Chapter, Camp Fire
Girls, are on a camping party for two
weeks at Lorewood Park Grove, along
the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
On the ground that the prices are
eXorbitant, Wilmington's Street and
Sewer Department has rejected all
bids received for street and sewer ma
terials.
Poisoned by eating decayed food, -
impure ice cream, Mary Lucas, two
years old, died in agony at her par
ents' home in Wilmington, one day
last week.
The Holiness Camp-meeting is in
session at Denton.
John c. Thawley has been awarded
the contract for a new postoffice build
ing at Bridgeville. Del. the work to
be started at once.
Harold j. Cray, of the Office Of
Markets and Rural Organizations, De
partmert of Agriculture, Washington,
was recently in Seaford, Del, making
arrangements to open an office during
the heavy cantaloupe season.
Gather, the year-old son of Calvin
Lumm, was drowned on July 26, in the
cellar at his home, in Smithburg.
Heavy rains had flooded the cellar 10
the depth of five feet, and the little
fellow had wandered to the cellar from
an outside entrance while his mothers
head was turned.
While fishing in the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, one day last week,
Gibson Durham landed bass weigh
ing nearly six pounds.
Captain Joseph C. Lawson has been
detailed in Wilmington to get recruits
for the Delaware troops who have
gone to the border.
Four of five graduates of the New
Castle High School. now students ut
the summer school at Newark College,
have received good appointments to
teach in the State.
A thick mop of hair and a cap in a
measure saved George Proud, Jr., an
employee of steel plant in New Cas-
tie, a serious wound when a piece of
an emery wheel struck him on the
head, one day last week.
Henry Harrison, a young farmer
residing near Port Penn, Del, was
scalded and nearly beaten to death
Friday morning of last week. by Sam
uel Ponzo, negro farmland Harri-
son was awakened by hearing the ne
gro open the door of his room. He
walked to the foot of the bed and
threw a bucket of scalding water upon
the farmer. Not realizing how Sc
verely he was scalded, Harrison jump
ed from bed and gave chase to the
negro. In a lower room of the house
the negro had armed himself with
heavy club. A terrible struggle took
place in which the negro escaped No
reason can be assigned for the crime,
except that the negro had been sud
denly crazed. as he had had no trouble
with his employer.
The annual campmeeting of the
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarine is
in session at Twin Oaks, Pa.
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