Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

year, not at his expense, however, return
cd TO his home, near Emmitsburg, on Sat
urlay last. Those who saw James say he
is looking well, tlCckcd ont in a new suit,
and like in days of yorc, feeling good, hay
ing whole pint to strengthen him,
BADLY DITrEN.--Mr. Scacrlst, an old
and feeble man liyin, with his son-in-law,
Mr.. Stoutlrr, y miles north of kcysvillc,
vas badly mutilach by sow week before
last. He was cndcavoring to release 4 pig
that had become fastened in the fence,
when the SOW attacked him, and getting
him down, stripped he flesh off his arm
and bit him severely about the body, and
would no doubt have killed hlm had not
Mr.. Stoutlcr come to his rcscuc.-Bn0ncr.
HAYES AND WHEELER On last Satur-
day evening the Hayes and Wheeler Club
of Mcchanicstown district met in OslcI S
Hall and elected the following officers -.
Major G, \. Damuth, President; A. A.
TroXcll, Vice President .Jno. Landers Sec
Rotary Y. b. O>rr, Treasurer: William
Freeze, Sergeant at arms: VIM. A. Lynn.
door keeper. The cluh will meet every
Saturday evening ut O'Clock. \ com
miltcc of five will report series of Rcsolu.
tons at the next meeting to be adopted by
club BY order,
Chairman.
EDWARD Rockwell was arrested recent.
" by Sheriff Maybcrry, in the Indian
Spring district Of this county, on a war
rant issued by l.. :. Commissioner Albert
Small, charged with having stolen letter
from the United States containing money
The circumctancrS are as.tolloNS: n let
delivered to Roc iwrls mother, that being
her name. Upon opening it, however, She
discovered that it contained a s. note and
was not for her she then rc>calcd ii and
gave it to him to return to the posioicc
this he failed to do. --B,onst,1V Odd Ftllon
\ PRETTY good Joke was played on one
Of our town officials the other day which
was something like this: He has the rent.
inr of proprr,y near town, which he has
not had the luck 10 rent 50 far, and there
being quantity of fruit on said land
pcachcs for instance the gentleman con.
cIudcd they ought to be sold. He went
out and examined the premises found
things all right, sent out wagon the next
morning To get them, wien 10, and behold,
somebody had been there since he was
gene, and no pcrchc' To be found. There
is n" USE to say peaches o1t loud, when
You go down Water st.
! ARREST or 4 TnlnF.-A few DAYS ago
police officer Jacob f. Schmidt arrested u
colorrd man named Thos. Franklin King,
charged with stealing $40 from David y.
Smith near Eoiryirv I'M, county, We I'M
dcr,,and tia, King Ina, already served a
term in the pruilcnti,ry for stealing rail
road tickets from the ticket Once OF the
baltimore amt '"'" ''''r""' oh'l'''! III
'his c''V. Also, ono 'h"''''N My''N' 'o''t'
,'d, likewise was taken mt" custody i"N
I ual Slli'r IVY same ol'lc'T ON Suspicion Oh
having nag "i stolen chickens III ms pos
session. lhc bag had George VI, Ioll ;
name on ii. tie WAS committed Tor initI''
cr examination -c"'i'"
RAIIRu>D IMrHoy EMENT. The Yves.
tern Md railroad has begun to replace the
j., iron rail on the road with steel rail, which
will of course be done gradually. One
hundred tons of steel rail- manufactured
bv the PENNSYLVANIA Steel Company, have
arrived at the Potomac depot, 20 be Laid
Immediately west from that point The
''''' ''''' wi "'.'' '''' ''''' u S'''' anu
IRON Is c"'''l'"'"'N'IS Si'''I' now an" steer
- ''S"''''' is h''''' '"c"l"r' ~ u VIII ''''
'''' '''''.s '''''''s' NON INC iron ran TAX
'n up WILL !" '''' 'a'"i''''''c' ne use" 'or
''i''''S'-- " 'H'"'"S'" -'"'""'''
i DEATH or An OLD CIrIZEN.-M Mr..
\ Christian Miller, a very +, spcclaiIc citizen
of WolfsyIlc, in this Valley, died ON Sat.
ur,llv last in the SSth wear of his ace He
was a native of Germany, and came to this
country more than fifty wears ago He
Joined the Evan. Lutheran church in his
native couI trv. upwarls of tilly.tyn wears
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