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

y correspondent Of the st. Paul
Pioneer says: II enclose grasshop-
per, and if you will examine beneath
its wings you will find number Of
"red flies" which are fast destroying
all the pests in the neighborhood.
offered boy a reward this morning
to find Inc hopper without fly, but
he failed to earn the reward, although
be worked hard for it. | believe that
not a single hopper in Cottonwood
county will escape the ra7ases of this
fly, and not one will survive to lay its
eggs in any other place. Most of them
have their wings stuck out, tho flies
are 50 numerous beneath them This
morning | came across thousands Of
dead ones,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21
n asTHGE.
plIREiHC NOTICE.

\ S IA public bcnriAction | wish to make
n known that GEORGE FLAUTT II
son, of Smithaburg, are ascals, swindlers,
will obtain goods under false pretencc,and
dishonest in every sense of the word, not
worthy the respect or confidence OF the
rood citizens of any community
T. \. WlEltMAN,
Mcchanicstown, Aug, 2ith, 1876.
llagcrslown paper. please copy, and all
other Exchanges in the United States Tor
the benefit of the community at large.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

4 TERRIBLE EXpENlENcE.-IWo an
rient mariners who landed IN Sai
Francisco recently could a tale untol'
that would keep the average wet
ding guest away from a feast and th'
nightmare for fortnight. They hao
been rescued from the wreck OF {
Japanese junk, O. July ), by Brit
ISL bark, after drifting IN the open Sc.
nearly .cght months. The jun
eft lIakoludi on November 9, an'
lost its nasts and rudler in a heavy
souall. The crew threw overheard
tie cargo of salt fish on November 81
and the vessel WAS kept atloat. W."
ter, frewool and provisions soon gave
out, and scurvy-the blacklist O
scnrvy appeared. On January II, 4
sailor died three days after the cap
tain sutierings were ended and before
the end Of the month four Of the crew
went mad from drinking salt water
and died raving manacS, blackened
20 a char with scuryy, The next
death occurred late in March, and the
rext in the middle Of May. There
we're nov two survivors. A heav!
shower brought them relief, and en".
bled them to store considerable water
There was little rice in the Iarder
and arly in June they caught fifteen
i,h. The junk was an utter wreck
covered with seaweeds and barnacIes
At last sail appeared, and the sailors
were rescued. To provide against
emergencies they had sailed down the
bodies of their comrades.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

The reports of the arrest Of VIM.
NJ. Tweed in Spain are fully confirm
ed. The Tammany fugitive was
traced to Cuba in July last, and
would then have been surrendered, as
requested by the American Consul
General, but that information OF
danger reached him, anG he took pas
sage for Spain by a sailing vessel
Photograph likeness of him were
placed in the hands Of the Spanish
authorities through tho American
Minister, and on the arrival Of the
vessel at Vigo, in Spain, she was
boarded by the Spanish Governor
who became convinced Of the identl'
ty of tie fugitive, and at once took
him in custody. The Spanish Gov
ernment, through its Minister at
Washington, had already volunteered
to secure and surrender Tweed should
he appear on Spanish soil, and the
Legation at Madrid having requested
it, the prisoner will DO sent back tic
Havana, and there delivered to Amer
can officers.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21
Executors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
y scribcr has obtained from the Or
phan's Court of Frederick County, letters
Tcstamcntary upon the estate OF
JACOB UARNER.
late of Frederick county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said de
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the
sonr with the vouchers thereof legally au-
thrn,irotcl to The subscriber, on or before
the 2ith day of February llcN' 'hcY may
otherwise, by law, he excluded IRON, HIi
benefit of said estate. Those indebted arc
requested to make Immediate payment
ISAAC UYDEk,
auw11-lt f'\c''ltol'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

On Thursday of last week q little
son of Thomas Sullivan fell from a
boat in which he was riding, in COM
pany with young man named Allen,
into the canal near Great Falls and
was drowned.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

The IIagerstown News gives the
following account Of Il certain rather
novel proceeding which recently oc-
Cured in that wn: Mr.. Ohio Oliver
is buiidinga house for Mr., L. W. Mea-
" on South Jonathan street. He en-
gagged stone from Mr.. Frederick Mum
son, and in settling FOR them dispute
arose about the amount Of stone fur
nishcd. Mr.. Munson became wrathy
and ma le use Of some protaue AN
guage. Mr.. Oliver, being magistrate
had him arrested and brought before
him for trial, and fined three dollar,
and costs, and Mr.. Munson not having
the money to pay his fine, he handed
his bill to the magistrate, which he
accepted and laid Mr.. Manson the
balance owing Lim.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

The idea Of making flour by crush
ing the grain with innumerab. lie small
trip hammers has been carried out IN
ENGLAND so successfully that a pound
ing mill costing $1,000 will produce
as much flour as a grinding mill worth
3 5000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

General Sherman and Secretary
Cameron passed through st. Louis o.
Sunday last for the west, on q tour Of
inspection of the military posts. They
will return to Washington about o.
tober IS.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

At Cumberland, on Monday, Mrs.
Amanda Smith was examining a rail
road torpedo with the aid of a hair
pin, when the torpedo eIplo ted, blow
ing off two fingers and thumb Of tie
left hand.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

An effort is being made to divide
California into two states, Oh the line
of Santa Cruz county, giving fourteen
counties in the south for the new
State, with thirty thousand voters
and hundred millions taxable prop
nriv
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

The Scientific American says:-"The
sea coasts in the vicinity Of New York
and shores of-Long Island are, at the
present time, undergoing invasion by
countless myrads of potato bugs,
Where the insects come from is a
mystery. They seem to cling to the
floating sea weed, and are LETT there
" 18th on shore by the tide. At Coney
Island and other points directly on
the ocean the bugs are most numerous,
showing that they have been brought
hither by sea currents, and by similar
means have been swept into Long
Island Sound. 1t seems hardly pos.
sib!e that the insects will not fail
to reach the other eide Of the Atlantic
as they may find transportation on
vessels or be carried over in drifting
weed of the Gulf Stream.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

The Towsontown Union says: A
swim Her, representing himself to be
an agent Of the Baltimore Sun, has
been travelling about the upper end Of
Baltimore county, and in several IN
stances "took in" some of the unsus.
pecting ones, lie was soliciting sub
scribers to the paper, and each one
who subscribed was to have a chance
in a drawing. Mr. Thomas L. Enso'
drew an organ and another man DIRE"
carriage. The sharper collected the
freight on the articles, which he prom
i3ed to ship to Parkton as soon as he
returned to the city, but Of course nc
carriages and no organs have yet beer
received. Can it be possible that the
Sun proprietors are Offering such ex'
traordinary Inducements to secure
subscriptions?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21
Scpr,Glnos.

THE large merchant -four mill of D.
II, Myers & Co.. at Fredericksburg,
Va, was totally destroyed by fire on
Sunday, the 10th inst. 1t was built
1867 at q cost of s $4,000. Insurance
$4,000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-09-21

We read of man who placed 2Ol
potato bugs in bottle and sprink'
led lime over them. Within an hour
not one vas left alive. On the fol-
lowing day he sprnkled lime ovel
his potato patch, and on the next
morning found tens Of thouaan1s o
the bugs lying dead. The experiment
is worth trying.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

On the 9th of June the Chicago Time,
-Democratie-thu corroborated the rec.
ord evidence of Samuel J. Tilden:
All representations and pretentions that
Mr.. Tilden is a reformer, or ever reformed
anything, are utterly false and fraudulent
representations, constituting part of a
grand scheme of political deception
Samuel J. Tilden's record is further
given in the Chicago Times, in the follow
ing well authenticated facts, which it says
it is simply impossible to traverse without
impeaehing the record the convention made
by its proceedings:
1. That Mr.. Tilden was a conspicuous
member of the Platform Committee in the
Convention of 1854, representing the great
Commonwealth OF New York.
2. That as a member of that Committee
Mr.. Tilden assisted in framing the odions
'peace platform which declared the war
a failure and demanded an immediate ces-
sation of hostilities.
3. That as a member of the Committee
Mr.. Iglden GsSented to the odiOus platform
which it produced, and gave no word of
expression of dissent to anything which
that platform contained.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

The announcement is made by the New
York Times, with full knowledge and au-
thority, that the Hon. Dewitt C. Little
john, of New York, delegate to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, has deter
mined to openly support Hayes and Wheel
er. Before and during the Convention Mr..
LittleiOhn emphatically protested against
the nomination of Tilden, whom he de-
nOunced as unworthy to be President, and
the honesty and sincerity of his convic-
tions are demonstrated by his public adhe-
sion to the Republican ticket. The Times
announces another important conversion to
the support of Hayes and Wheeler-that OF
Mr.. Daniel Millard, a prominent Demo
erat of South Norwalk, Conn, who was re-
Gently chosen First Vice President of Til
den and Hendricks Club in that city.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

The cool weather of late is doing much
for the health in every large city. Here,
in Washington, the mortality in the past
week has dropped off considerably; and it
is thought, should the weather continue
about as it is, the number of deaths will
average well with other years. As city,
with its superior sanitory condition, Wash
ington viii compare favorably as to health
and beauty with any city of its size on the
continent
Democratic methods Of raising funds for
political purposes have been unearthed, and
are having run through the press The
propriety Of some Of these schemes is more
than questionable, and cannot fail to i'm
press the moral sense Of such Democrats as
have conscience Left Among these modes,
one is to collect money by school districts,
in every state in the Union, and to transfer
the sums so collected to the doubtful States.
That Democrats intend the herculean task
of thus dehauching Indiana, in particular,
evidence is not wanting to convince the
A--N3fR AAAN414AiEs OuJ, OuG VI JLto SOuECeS
Of the great corruption fund which, with
violence and fraud, constitutes the Demo-
cratic reliance for success in the coming
election is just now coming to light, and
1t Is one of the most probable, as it is one
ot the most dangerous of the Democratic
peRtieal levers, All know august Bel
mont of New York. He is great Demo-
cratic light; for years a member and Treas
urer of the National Committee of that par-
ty; and, what is significant, Agent of the
hothchilds, the great European bankers.
10 put these bankers in the control of the
o.~Ireasury, Belmont would not hesi-
tate, and ne could afford to give any sum
from $500, 600 to S., 600, 900. Tildep and
Belmont are twins in social, financial and
political affairs. In liberty to name tbo
Secretary of the Treasury, Belmont bv do
mating the highest sum named, even, would
give but tithe of the profits TO the Roth
childs by having a friend at the head of the
financial department of the government.
Thus, may the Treasury Of the Nation be
placed, in the event Of the election Of Til
Gen, at the mercy Of foreign and hostile in
terests' calamity the people, if wise, will
avoid, Confederate supremacy at home and
ouf finances directed by European money
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

Warren ITT6bne is the name of a new
paper that appeared on the Sd inst, in
quarto form. Its mechanical execution is
good and the tone Of its salutatory and
editorial matter such as to commend it to
favor among the citizens of Trumbull
county. In politics it is independent
Republican. Its pithness may be inferred
from the following paragraph:
In the case of Gov. Hayes, the office
seeks the man; in the case of Gov. Tilden,
the man seeks the Office. Gov. Hayes did
not ask for the nomination, did not work
for or fight for it, or spend dollar to get
it. 1t came to him as the free offering of a
great party, who felt that he was the right
man for the peoples President. Gov.
Tilden has long been intriguing for
the Presidency. He worked for it. He
sent an army Of prize-fghters and bum
mers to st. Louis to fight for it, and bar
rel Of money to buy it. No comments are
required.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11
List stOfPatents.

Issued TO Inventors of Ohio, for the week
ending Aug. 5th, 1876, and dated July 25th
1876. Furnished this paper by Cox & Cox, so.
licitors of Patents, Washington. D. G.
W. Hayden, ball hoop iron, Columbus
c. Hertzig, lawn rake, Cleveland; ]. Simp.
son & A. Pope table blocks, Cleveland; 4.
Truesdell & G. Townsend, corpse cooler,
Warren; A. Denney, shaping grain cradle
fingers, Beverly; ]. Hall, time lock, Gin
einnati; R. Lewis, fire kinder, Dayton
]. Overmyer & ]. Huston, lock, New Lex
ington; P. Pemberton, lard presses, New
ark; W. Curren, depurater bath, Toledo;
G. Ely, carriage top, Elyria; N. Huffman,
stone saving machine, Toledo; q. Merrill,
paving blocks, Akron; J. Thomas, fire
bricks, Youngstown.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11


The long-delayed letter Of Tilden accept
ing his nomination in June last, is long,
wordy and ambiguous. AT times it pro
fesses eapdor and assumes to be explicit,
but dexterously avoids all defniteness,
beyond a general declaration Of favoring a
resumption Of specie payments. Nine
hundred and ninety-nine men out of a
thousand, if asked, after readingthe letter,
awhat does he say?S viii answer g He
favors specie payment. But when. how,
or by what plan or means, not one Of them
can understand, because he fails to explain.
Examined closely and critically, the letter
gives NO clearer or stronger Interpretation
of Mr.. Tilden's view and purposes than
does the St. Louis platform, and this Is
purposely vague, obscure and meaningless.
The epistle is an outcropping Of the Jug
plerv foreshadowed in the delay, evasion,
conferences, scampering hither and thither
for advice, and petty excuses that have
been resorted to. The thing is a very fair
illustration of Talyrand's idea of language
serving the Office of eoncealing ideas.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

Congress on the 31st ult, entered upon
the thirty-fifth week of the psesent session,
which is one Of the longest ever known, and
it is also one Of the least productive OF
needed and beneficial legislation. The ex-
penditures of conducting its multifariousin-
vestigstions aggregate S125,OOO This
sum does not Include the cost of printing
the testimony, subpenaing the witnesses,
and the heavy expense incident to the
heightened session Of Congress growing out
of the investigations. This is Democratic
economy.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

RepublIcan county Convention.
Saturdau. AuqlLst l9, 80,

The Republican voters Of Asrtabula County
are requested to meet at the ugaszE- places Of
holding elections in their respective town
Saturday, august 10, 1876,
between the hours Of six and nine O'Clock in
the evening, to elect one hundred and JfUe del
egates to the annual Nominating Convention
to be held at the Court House, in Jefferson,
1fo1,day, august d, 1876
at IL O'Clock A. N, to nominate candidates for
election to the onices of Sheriff, Coroner, Com
missioner, and Infirmary Director.
The delegates to this Convention viii be
chosen on basis Of one delegate 10 every 81
votes OF fraction of q or more, given for
Governor Bayes in 1879, and viii be appointed
among the townshIps as follows:
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11
The Republican Judicial DistrIet-COn-
ventiODs

The Republican Nominating Convention
for the Judicial District composed of Ashta-
buIa, Geauga end Lake counties, viii be held
at the Court House in Painesville, on Thurs
day, the sIst Of August, 1876 at one o'clock P.
NJ, to nominate one Common Pleas IEsREe for
said District.
The number of delegates to each county is
apportioned as follows:
AsnlaDuldtI -
NI6duga,. -----zl
Lake z
The Primary Meetings TO be held on satur.
day, August 26th, at such hours as the District
Committee man of each county may desig-
nate the usual place Of holding elections in
each township. The delegates to be chosen
by ballot
J.F. ScoFIELD,
". P. SPENcER, SDist. Com.
J. o. ColSVERsE,J
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11
fOrnnances 4:

Summary: Purse, $4,000; 81, 900 to first;
81, 600 to second; 5000 to third; $40O to
fourth.
Time: 1929, 1921, 2:231S, 2:2O, 2:25.
Smuggler, it viii be seen, accomplished
nothing, behaving so badly as to be brought
to a standstiH~on the second heat. He
broke badly on the first, also, but being
brought back, showed remarkable speed.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11
DUB WASHINGTON LETTER.

The Cool Weather and Health of
WashingtOn-materS Aid-The Ad-
jOurnment of COngress-Mr. Knott
and the Caldwell DispaIeh-HOn.
stephen A. HurIhert-The Washing
ton Monument at last on its way 10
COmPletIOR-RepaVInS Of PennsyI-
VanIa Avenue.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

The days of the Exposition half NUM-
bered-OId PrObs Opposed TO Balloon
fng-ItaIy, Norway and Swede1-A
few general refleeIiORs-A picture of
childish sImplicIty-What amuses
= the IurnstIIe keepers.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

At the races at Buffalo Goldsmith Maid
redeemed herself, having carried the day in
the free for all race, at which were the fol-
lowing horses, and the order of their per-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11
Republiean Congregational COnVen-

There viii be a Delegate Convention OF the
Nineteenth Congressional District oil eiilo'
composed Of the counties Of Ashtaoula, Geau-
ga, Lake, Portage and Trumbull' at tne oi'y
Han in Warren, on Tuesday, the "a Gay oi
August. 1916, at IL O'Clock a. m, for the Pur-
rose eofnominating one candidate for Mem
Der Of Congress, and one Presidential Eieetor
for said District.
The basis of representation in said eonYen
tjon viii be one delegate for each one hun
dred and twenty-five votes cast for Governor
HAYES in 1876, and one additional delegate for
each township or ward having q final fraction
OF sixty-three or more. Each township OF
ward shall be entitled to at least one delegate
Each county is entitled to the following num-
=
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

By order Of the Republican Central Com
mite Of fAshtabnla County.
], A HowELLs, Chairman.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

u n fOHDS oSS1
In pursuance with the foregoing call, the
Republican voters ofeaeh township in Ashta-
bula county are requested TO meet at their
several places Of holding elections, for the
purpose Of electing delegates Of said Conven-
tion, on Saturday, the 18th day Of August,
1876. The election TO be by ballot between the
hours Of six and nine O'Clock, p. m, Of said
day, and the polls to remain open until nine
The following is the number OF delegates to
.-.--...-l..,. L. ..-.altlca.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

q II. Ford, ]. o. Converse, Geauga.
r Scofieid. E. T. c. Aldrich, Lake.
r q Beatty, John Meharg, Portage.
Il. 81 Perkins, A. A. House, IrnmDul.
-. - HENRY FASSETT. Chairman.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11
OUR CENTENNIAL LETTER.

Washington, D. c., August 4, 1876.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-08-04
Agents for the Register.
FRIDAY............AUGUsT 4. 1876.

The Reform Club of New York
adopted the following among other reso-
lutions:
Rcsolced, That in the unanimous
nomination by the Republican National
Convention of Rutherford B. Hayes
as President of the United States, and
William a. Wheeler, as Vice President,
we recognize the triumph of those prin-
cipies of political reform which lies at
the foundation of the organization of
this club.
That is the way the retormers talk all
over the union. Every where they are
ralIying to our ticket. They do it be-
cause they know the high and pure
character Of our candidates They
know that such characters are better
guarantees of purity and reform than
any amount of promises. In the men
and their lives, the country has the
highest and best assurance of all that
the country needs in the present condi-
tions of affair.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-08-04

The Chicago Times doesn't like the
Democratic "retorm' platform. 1t
speaks of it as s'inaccurate and reckless
in some of its Statements and says:
'sI2eform'' is the word that runs all
through it and stands conspicuous in
nearly every plank. In this particular,
it protests too much. It is a very easy
thing for party to promise great things
in the wayof reform, but promise and per-
formance are two very different things
When the Democratic party promises
reform, it must expect to be judged,
like any other party, by its record, by
IFS known principles, if it has any, and
by the character of them who compose
IT, The party that produced Tweed
and hls crowd of Tammany thieves, and
similar men wherever it has been in
power, and which attracts TO itself al
most the entire body of ex-slaveholders
and secessionists, together with the
class of men of whom John Morrissey is
3 distinguished representative, need not
expect that its promise of reform will
be accepted absolutely without ques-
tion."