Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-01-05

increase OF salary nOrtllcTn FuiIio''' F'N =
dents are inquiring whether any s'gns OF
insanity in the Garrett family haYc Ever
been noted
Ben Butler has introduced new clVll
yi.hts bill which it is said Grant will ap-
Eioye. 1t differs only from Summers ny
IN ,dityng the school clause, and leaving
that matter to be regulated by State laws
1t is believed that Buffers bill will pass
cB A spread-eaglc orator wanted the
wings of a bird to fly to every village and
hamlet in the broad land. but he wiltcd
when a naughty 10y in the crowd 50 lg
out, You'd be shot for goose before you
had flown mile
A Young man went into barber shop
in Boston, on Saturday last, took up u ~
zor, and cut his throat while standing be.
fore mirror. He was desperate for want
of work.
CI- Thomas A. Scott, Of the Pcnnsyl-
vana railroad, made an argument ycslcr,
dav before the Committee on Railroads or
the U. s. Senate, IN favor of the innicdl-
ate construction Of the proposed road to
the Pacific Coast-thc Texas and L; clfc
railway of which he is the President
CB- China and Japan have for some
time Ind dispute concerning the Island
of Fornosa. Those who were curious to
know with what effect these two nations
could use the modern weapons civilization
has sold to them to slaughter each other
WITH will be disappointed. Peace has
been declared.
DEATH OF GERRIT SMITH. - Gcrrlt
Smith, the well known Aholitonist and
Temperance advocate, died in the City OF
New York, on Monday, the 2Sth OF De-
ccmbcr. He died at the residence OF the
Hon. John Cochranc, in the City of New
York, who married his niece lie was
well known throughout the United States,
and put Gen. Grant in nomination for re-
election to the Presidency at the t'hlladrl
phia National Republican Convention IN
| 1872
rY- A special to the New York Nr"la
saws that the sentence of Count Won Ar
MINIS neglect implies no dis'onor. Tue
charges OF cmbcZzlcment fall to the ground
! However Won Arnim's neglect to return
the missing papers when asked ny the
Foreign Department nrccssltatcs the SCI
ting Of an example, hence the punishment
The general belief is that the Emperor
will pardon him.
cX- \ note from the Minister of For
cign Affairs to the Spanish ambassador at
Washington, in relation to the Virghlus
question, is published in the Madrid '"'-
rrsiynd,nce The note contains remarks
ON that portion Of President Grants mes
sarc which treats Of Spanish and Cuban
affairs 1t is couchcl in p",riotic terms,
and claims to he ground on The rules "'
International law.
~" A Justice of the Peace in Greens
burg had become So imhucd with the rou-
tine of his office, that in concluding a mar,
rjare ceremony the other evening, he sub.
si;tu,ed tho usual tOrmnIa You VIII now
stand committed until fine and costs are
paid
F, The Pactic Mail Steamship Company
! has lost its eighth steamer hr the hirn'h"
of the Japan, near Hong k"ng, Nh'nt,
The details of the disaster, ;" far A. re-
ceived, would indicate a large loss of life,
etiehyl hjpnw"n. hpry"Jhrip T,HY iiJhf rAD:
in pas>cn gers on the steamer
cS- Ex-Governor Philip Frank Thomas.
! of Maryland, will have the distinction of
being father of the House" in TIE next
Congress He served his first term in lS3,
IT, Alcr BIN in priority of date of ser
vice cr.ncS Fernando Wood. 1871 Alex
II Stephens. 1873: VIM. Pitt i.vndc, OF
| Wisconsin, 1S4S John Robins, of Penn
sylvania, 1919 ChaS. J. Faulkner, of West
Virginia. 1857. and y y. Banks, of Mas
oachusclts, 1888.
- King Kalakaua has, it is said, an
income of $22 800 per annum. This is
derived from Il tax of J ,cnts on every
800 worth of property, 81 on everv horse
and IS for every carriage owned and run
in his dominisns.
Mr. BECK, of Kentucky, one of the
leading Democrats in Congress, declares
that his party, when it gets control Of the
House, will have no settled policy. Its
only object will he, according to Mr.. Beck,
to show up the rottcnncss of the Rcpubli-
cans, and keep them on the defensive.
| As Beck may justly he regarded rs rep
sesenlatiyc man of his party, this is no
doubt tair indication Of what the Demo.
Gratis in Congress expect to do. NO posi-
lively effect for the benefit Of the country
! is to be made; nothing is to he done to ic.
store our crippled prosperity and to pro
mote the general interests of the people;
because, as Mr.. Beck contcsscs, the party
would break down.
IL The Legislature of Mississippi hay
ing by joint resolution appealed to the
President for such military force as will
suppress the instruction at Ficksburg
and restore the county officers to the po-
sitions from which they have been cxpcll-
ed by violence, he on Monday issued a
proclamation warning Il C insurgents to
dispense within five days.
~ y Harrisburg correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Press writes: ~ careful sur
vey Of the Senatorial field, and ver,,' con
siderable conversation with Democratic
legislators arriving here to secure boarding
houses, has convinced me that Senator w.
A. Wallace has the inside track
tB- The Baltimore Gazette of Friday
saws the President has rendered the office
of Appraiser of Merchandise at Baltimore
to Hon. II. II. GoLDsBoROrGH. Mr..
GoLDsBoRoUGu was, like Ex-Governor
BRADFORD, who has just declined the Of
fee, Il GREELEY Republican, but since then
he has been the regular Republican candi
date for Comptroller and Congressman.
He will make rood officer