Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-10-21
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SUNDAY SCuooI.-Wc understand tina.
Father John McCoskey, of IKE tatholic
Church, is about organizing" Il class OF Sun.
day school scholars 1T the houS" Of Jane.
Bowie, near Catoctin Furnace. AS there:
arc good many Catholics in the mel Hhhor-
hood Of the Furnace, esrc no re; son why
such school should not DC numcrousy
attended and prosperous.
CmuRCu DEDIcATIoN. - The new [.u-
thcran Church at Tancytown, Carroll CO.,
will be dedicated ON Sunday, October Goth,
1871.
~" Read the notice of Lloyd Herring
County Collector.
Is" The mill of Mcssrs. Hoover & Fish
or, on Owings' creek, is beginning to grinl
little more four---thc vat + increasing in
slight degree.
~ Mr.. HENRY RorzEH, one of our
most entcrprising and industrious citizens.
who don't say much but thinks a good
deal, has several splendid lots on Main
street, suitable to build II Hotel or Church
upon them, and for this purpose, We I'M
drrstand, would sell them at reasonable
rates. Try him.
EPISCOPAL CHUKcn-W call the attcn-
ton Of our readers to the Appeal" of the
Rev. James b. Avirett, Missionary in
Charge, lor the erection of an Episcopal
Chapel or Church in this place. We I'M
dcrstund tI.at some 5000 or $500 have
been subscribed, and as much more is re-
uurcd to effect the raising Of $4,000 or
$1,000, the sum necessary to build the rrli
gious cdticc.
SUDDEN DEATH OF CITIZEN Mr..
+ John Glackcn. residing on Poplar Ridge,
Emmit,b,lrg District, fell ir,m over his
barn floor loft on Wednesday evening, and
died next day. He fell on his head and
never spoke from the time OF his lall, TX.
Amman was called in, hut deceased was to"
l;ul!y Injured to recover He was an in
: dustrious and worthy citizen. He lcavcsa
wife and seven children. His remains We're
Inferred in St .Io>cph's Catholic Cemetery
of Enmil,nurg ON last Friday.
LOVE FEASr.-Thc German Bapii>t> Of
the Pipe Creek, Beaver Dam and M"nora-
CIV settlements Will hold Il Love Feast ut
tine Meeting House on Rocky Ridge, on
Thursday, the Doth instant. Elder ID. =.
SnyIcr, and Il number Of. tn" Brethren viii
!, he present to participate in Tie exercises
and offer some riifying advice.
E. II is said Horace Greeley, while IN
Frederick, confined his diet to Bran Bread
: and Pumpkin Pies He thought Ms,
) Cummings made some of the best pics he
ever tasted. Good for Horace.
:: -" At the sale Of the personal property
of Philip liam. deceased. rral MI It.
i, Marys College. ON the 10th and III in
slant, w Understand most OF the articles
sold very reasonable.
CR'" Are the people Of Mcclauc>town
, going to. contribute anything for tie relief
of the Chicago sufferers, or those poor
people WHO have been rendered destitute,
housclcSs and homeless, 10y tie great fires
which have swept over Wisconsin snd
Michigan? What say the Churches neat
Sunday: Every little helps, Even TIE
widows mite will plead to Heaven.
RAILROAD TE,.-Any amount of R;;l-
road tics, of solid hickory. have hc,n II f.
) ped un during the week for the onward
course of the W. NJ. Il. r. toward Snitj =
burg.
JACK FnoST--On last Thursday morn
inc. Jack Frost made his appearance with
a coat of white liuin@, npi'i,s everybody
and everything he came across.
A LARGE PuMpKIN-MrS Snral, Sim
cr, rcsidln" on Toms creek, aiScd a sweet
potato pumpkin, on the top of Der grape
arbor, four feet eight inches in circumi,r-
ence two feet in diameter, Weighing 5Gt
pounds.
The drought still continues.
IMPROVEMENTS Bros. new brick
building, near the square ON Main street, is
getting along finely. 1t Will he up ard
; completed in Il few weeks. The first story,
W INV W III w oI'I li'I' - " hH''' ~
Il Drug store, the second story for family
uses, and the third story as a Hall for tie
Masonic Lodge and Knights of Pythias.--
Mcssrs Warrcntils and Firor's new brick
building will soon be under roof Mr.
VIM. Miller has built new house Near
Mr.. J. S,tclys on Tie brow Of tie Noun
tain. DIR. Zimmerman is notwithstanding
his house on North street: Mrs>rs. J@nts
Crcc%cr and Col. john X. Rouzcr have nt
up back buildings to their houses Mr..
Cover has improved his house on Nam
street. Mr.. John b. kunkcl is putting M
a new house near his ore bank and half
dozen other houses are in contemplation.
RENTmD-Wc understand Mr. Joseph
Wirrman, of Adams county, Pa, has rent
ed the large brick building recently erect
cd in this place by MIR. John Iohr near
the Engine House He intends to keep
an extcnsi e boarding house next spring
and summer.
cE The prospects Of McchanicStown
now, and in the future, are tlattcring.
To LFT.-Mr. A. J. Barrett, our neigh
Nhor over the way. offers his Store ard
Dwelling at the Railroad Depot, in this
place, no LET. 1t would. he thinks, max"
Il good stand for an Eating and Drinking
Saloon. He will also sell his remaining
stock of Dry Goods and Groceries, etc, at
cost.