Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-03

grocery to ornament the table or company
occasions.
IT is useless trying to study the charac
ter ola young man by the back of his head
while the present style of standing collar
keeps in vogue.
SAMUEL Adelsperger now gives light to
the community through the street lamps
vice Josiah A. Stull resigned. Lon has
embarked in another sphere of business.
Coll j. B. Kunkel, of Catoctin Furnace
in this county, expects to start his new
furnace in few weeks. The old furnace
has been running for the past few months
Mrs. w. II. Hackelton, wife of the late
Principal of the Frederick Female Semina
nv, has been appointed to fill the position
held By her husband at the time of his
death.
WILD DUcKs.-A flock of wild ducks
numbering about a hundred, lowered over
our town Sunday evening just after the
ram Oh, how the boys did wish for their
guns.
cToRM-A very violent wind and rain
storm visited this place and vicinity Mon
day night. Oh, how it blew and rained. We
have not heard of any damage being done
however.
Our venerable townsman, Capt. Joseph
Willhi,le, was quite i'll last week with
something like cholera morbus. lie is con
sidcrahlv better at this writing. DR.. Marsh
attends him.
Col. RouZcr's house inside is the hand.
soonest in town. He has lately put large
sized picture of himself in the parlor,whic
is certainly very elegant and resembles the
Col. outRnd out.
THE mountain in the vicinity of this
place, as on fire in several spots last
week The fire was kept in check 10y the
cxertions Of the furnace men and Others
and very little loss sustained.
New PRNsIpESr.-Rcv Father Gucdry
chaplain at the Sisterhood,h has been chosen
president of the Emmitsbnrg railroad, vice
Mr. Jas. A. Owen, deceased This road is
said to hc getting along finely.
LAST week John Martin had his large
store room nicely cleaned up and the cell
ings covered "ith fly papers of neat de.
sign. The whole presents very inviIn"
appearance just now and j. ed. is all
smiles.
Two Young men from Gettysburg, Pa,
who rcccaliv took their departure for Tex
as, have returned. They represent times
very hard down there, many people with
nothing to do, and not . few working 70,
their board
a desperate shooting atfray occurred
last week in st. Mary's county, hctwccn
three colorcl men, who were actuated by
conjugal jealousy. All were wounded
one probably fatally.
OUR townSman, johnson Flcagcl is
about to engage in the brick making bnSl
ness in Chambershurg, Pa. He leaves fol
that place on Monday next and takes with
him several of our young men.
LOVE is so nice in II cotAge-bcltcr how
ever in palace; but il had not bought
DR.. Schlcy', Cough Syrup anG cured my
hacking cough so promptly, wonld h'
now in my tomb. Try it, 1t is 50 nice.
MOSES Young a colorcd boy Of Cam
bridge. laid down on the track of the Dor.
chester and Delaware railroad for nap -
He woke NJ in the next world, and til,
train hands had considerable cleaning NJ
, to do.
| COMMITTED SrlCmE-On Welncsda,
last, q week, John \. Grove, a Young man
committed suicide at Hancock, Washing
/ ton county, by shooting himself in tho
head with pistol. We have not learne,
/ the particulars of the affair.
! THOSE of our citizens who had then
| lives insured in the Continental Life In
surancc Co, which went by the B0arC
lately, We. e agrccahly surprised lately by
the intelligence that they would receive 6;
per cent on their investment.
If anybody dies, or Lets married, or runs
away, or steals anything, or gets horse
whipped, or whips his wife, or breaks III,
leg or gets the senses knobkcd out OF hin
by mule, let us hear about it-don't wal
for somebody else to write--but write YOU
self
| HENRY G.. Smith, whose house wa!
burned down about ten days ago near thi.
place, is about to rebuild the same of brick
Work has already been commenced on it
Several citizens in the neighborhood Law,
lent helping hand by contributing fund
to this end.
TRANspLANTING RosEs.-NOw is thu
best time to transplant roses. BE sure tt
strip off all the leaves, prune the shoot:
close ard give them plenty of water. Iou
may transplant in the spring SAFELY, any
time after the terminal bud has formed
but before it has started.
DoN'T forget the election to morrow
(Friday) Our corporation affairs arc in
good shape now, and all that is wanted is