Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-10-18
NEWS OF the Week.

T.eonardstown on October 81.
The workingmen OF Talbot are talk
ing of putting ticket in the field.
Rev. P. T. Warren has accepted thu
charge of the Baptist church at Long
wood, Talbot county.
Mrs. Sallie Williams, colored, wal
burned to death at Cumberland by tn,
explosion Of coal-oil lamp.
Gen. Miles has had severe figh>
with the Nez Perces, inAicting anc
sustaining severe loss and capturing
many horses.
The annual convention Of the Young
Mems christian association Of Mary
land, will commence in Annapolis on
the 25,h inst.
The dwelling Of F. A. Graves, in the
sixth district of st. Mary's county
was recently destroyed by fire. There
was no insurance.
The grand Jury OF Baltimore county
Thursday week, found true bill Of
indictment for alleged drunkenness
against Judge George Yellott.
tits proposed at the coming election
to test the wishes of the voters OF Ce.
Gil county on the question Of 4 local
option law for that county.
But one train per dav i. to be run
after this week on the Maryland and
Delaware railroad. 1t will leave
Easton at 7 A. NJ, returning at 2 P
NJ.
The remains Of the late w. II. Gil.
bert, superintendent of the red line Of
cars, Baltimore, were inferred at
Boonsboro', where he formerly resid.
ed.
At Mauch Chunk, Pa. the jury in
the case Of Patrick O'Donnell. charg.
ed with the murder Of Morgan Powell
rendered q verdict Of murder in the
second degree.
The recent de nocratic convention
at Salisbury Wicomico county, en-
dorsed Hon. George R. Dennis, and
recommended his reelection to the
United States Senate.
Ore hundred and thirty.fve deaths
occurred in Baltimore last week. -
Sixty-one deaths were Of children un.
der five years Of age. The principal
causes Of mortality were diptheria.
The debt of the Permanent Exhibi-
ton Company of Philadelphia Is 1864
600 and some of the creditors threat
en- to institute proceedings for the pay
ment OF their claims within three
weeks.
Jacob Hartman, Of Frostburg, re-
Gently, while gathering chestnuts in a
high tree fell to the ground and re-
ce:ved injuries from which he died.
He leaves widow and several small
children.
A pair OF valuable horses were kill
ed by bees in Kent county recently
They ran the pole Of the wagon to
which they were attached into bee
hive, and the bees ran their business
ends into the horses.
An agricultural and mechanical
fair is to be held at Bethlehem, Caro-.
line county, on October 81 and No.
vember |. 1t will be open to Talbot
Queen Annes and Dorchester coun-
ties, Maryland, and Sussex county,
Delaware.
The coroner's jury commenced it's
investigation in the late Pickering
Valley railroad disaster at Phoenix
vile Thursday. About fifty witness
es will be heard. The jury sits with
closed doors, and no reporters are al
lowed to be present.
A strange phenomenon recently
occurred on farm just west of Port
Jervis, N. Y. A plot Of ground about
thirty feet in diameter suddenly dis
appeared from the surface of field,
leaving hole in the ground upward
of fifty feet deep.
The trial of Thorpe for the murder
Of Howard, both convicts in the Au-
burn prison, ended Wednesday at Au-
burn, N. Y. The jury, after an all
nights session, brought in verdict
Of guilty Of murder in the first degree.
The sentence was deferred.
Jay Gould has been brought to some
pecuniary grief by judgement against
him at New York in favor of Berry &
Heiser for $4+2, 66l.lO. They were
employed by Gould as brokers to ad.
vance the price of gold, and Gould
having declined some of their transac-
tions after gold declined.
Cotton crop reports sent out from
the exchanges of Mobile and Memphis,
state that in twenty-eight counties OF
Alabama. the yield will be Is per cent
less than last year; in l3 counties, 5
per cent. more. In West Tennessee
North Mississippi and North Arkan-
sas, much damage from unfavorable
weather is reported.