Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-07-06

Drugs and Medicines OF the new nrl, >.
S. Schley & Bro They pledge themselves
TO sell the pVrcSt articles lo'cer Man ahy
Dry .Htore there. Cail and prove this as
srltiOn. At
J. CHAs Knoskc, former resident Of
this place dropped in to see US on last
Saturday. He has been engaged for the
past two months running an engine on
one of the steam canal boats on the Ches-
apeakc and Ohio canal. He looks well.
WE think the committee Of arrange
mcnts did wise thing in selecting Mr.
John T. Miller to take the part Of Brother
Jonathan on the fourth. lie performed
his part in crcditablc manner and per
sonatcd the veteran gentleman to d fault.
Wear short pants all the time John, you
look so comic in them.
| SERIOUS ACCIDENr.-On Saturday af-
tcrnoon last says the Westminster Advo-
cate, while Samuel *. Yingling and Jno.
Dolzour were on their way to Myers Mill,
about one mile from this place, their horses
! became frightened and the horse Of Dot
zour ran away. lie made every effort to
check him, but was unable to do 50, and
the hors. ran against a fence, breaking the
lcg of DotZour in two places, and the
horses neck also The horse WAS a very
valuable one, as the owner refused $500
1 for him only last week.
( \ Coop Law ylvania has a good
| law, and one which it would ne well for
other States to initiate, which is this
THAT any person within this comm"n-
wealth who shall playfully or wontonly
point or discharge II gun, pistol, or 9TH
or tirc.arm at any person, shall he guilty of
misdcmcanor, and upon conviction
/ thereof, ellall NE sentenced to pay fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars and
undergo an imprisonment not exceeding
ono wear or either or both AZ the discretion
of the court.
TAKEN DDwN.-The champion Euchrc
PLAYER Of Baltimore visited Frederick last
week to gain fresh laulcls, but he was la
ken down in match game by a Fredcr-
icll boy who beat him three games out OF
four. He cavcd in and threw up tho
sponge on Euchrc, bat claimed that he
was the father of more children than any
other gentleman in the crowd, and in
dis too he was in the vocatvc by one
After this he did not even claim that he
was tie champion in anything, and re.
| turned to Baltimore Il downhcartcd gen
ilrman. - MIN.
poIsoNED BY PurATo BrGS-A couple
of weeks ago Mr. Wm. Spingcr, who re-
sides near Brcathcd,yilr, together with
his whole family, were taken suddenly
and alarmingly i'll directly after dinner.
Drs CLANCY and Lovcl were called in and
perceived symptoms of poison looked
around for the caIl>c. In examining the
articles of food eaten at dinner, the lettuce
was found to be covered with the eggs of
. the potato bug; and the physicians con-
( cludcd that this was the poison taken. All
o the family recovered except one child
abogt two years Of age, which died the fol
lowing N.1fSl,,ru MAIL
liz ca,Ac home ono might with a torn
coat which She kindly undertook to mend,
Int when she turned it upside down so
that Il letter anl "Domcstic Fashion Of
a new OVERSIGHT, which she had given him
to mail for her mother some two weeks be
fore, tumbcl out OF one Of the pockets, it
was So lively there for the next ten min
utcs that his first " owe in the morning
was in the direction of a wig store, to the
proprietor Of which he graycly explained
that close application to the study of the
Foreign Policy of the Nhclive Of Egypt
had done it.
THE new lookup S now completed and
ready for occupancy. There is consider
able talk in regard to the location Of it by
those who no doubt expect to be placed
therein, but in our opinion it is just the
! place and just the building We have been
in need of for some years back There is
: no necessity Of anybody being put in, if
they will behave themselves and obey the
laws of the corporation, but if they cant
do that, why then the lock up is the place
for them no matter where it is located
: We hope none of our town boys will ever
cause the authorities to take care of them
f but will behave in Il becoming manner
always and steer clear of the building
called the lookup.
PUBLIC School FINANCES An act
, was passed at the last session OF the Mary
land Legislature, making it discretionary
with the County Commissioners of this
county to issue bonds to an amount not
exceeding $4,000, the proceeds Of which
should be applied solely to the payment OF
the Indebtedness of the Board OF County
, School Commissioners In accordance
with the provisions Of this act, the County
+, Commissioners were being urged to issue
and sell the bonds mentioned, but they
wisely deemed it prudent to first asccr-
tain the actual Indebtedness of the school
board, and so appointed committee con-
: sisting Of Mcssrs Francis Markell, George