Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-07-12

Nh ""ool"y VI o"th"o'i
pastry cook in a Washington hotel,
who died very suddenly, Was made on
Sunday, and revealed the presence in
his stomach Of a quart Of orange peel.
Pollard, who seems to have been al :
dicted to orange peel, was toothless,
and swallowed the peel because he
could not chew it.
H. J. Smalley shot and killed his
brother Andrew yesterday near Nc.
Pherson, Neb. The Smalleys were
travelling overland from Moline, Ills,,
to Colorado. A quarrel originated in
Andrews wishing to return to Illinois
it terminated by his brother driving
him from camp and shooting him. The
murderer is In Jail at North Platte.
Rev. A. J. Myers, who was arrest
ed last Tuesday on a requisiton
from the governor of New York upon
a charge Of swindling the Ives manu-
featuring company Of Medina, New
York, has returned to his home in
Baltimore. He refuses, however, to
be intervied on the subject Of his ex-
periences while away, and reporters
are informed that "Mr. Myers is sick.
A Washington dispatch says -
POSTMASTER General Key, in CONVEX
sation with a Tennessee representa-
tive. said that it was impossible to
have a more perfect harmony than
exists in the cabinet, not only on the
southern policy, but on all public
questions. Mr.. Key said that no sug-
gestion had been made to him to take
the circuit ]udgeship made vacant by
the death Of Judge Emmoad."
Jack Thompson, colored, was
hanged at Lagrange, Ga, for the kill
ing of two negro children last winter,
aged eight and two. He blew off the
head of the oldest with a gun and
crushed the head of the other with
stick and cut its throat from ear to
ear with case knife. The cause of
the murder has not been exp'a nell
He said the devil was the cause Of his
killing them.
In game Of base ball at Wappin-
gers Falls, between the Actives, of
that place, and the Clippers, of New
York, the catcher of the Clippers,
John Qnigley, of Harlem, received a
fatal injury. lie was hurrving to
catch the ball when a base runner
was hurrying home from the third
base, and AS Quigley stopped to catch
the ball the base runners knee struck
him in the forhead, crushing his
skull.
Three gentlemen Of Baltimore and
one o. Grafton were caught in thun,
derstorm recently, near Grafton, and
took refuge under a huge chestnut
tree which was shivered by lightning,
and all four gentleman thrown to the
ground and stunned One Of tlem
who could not see for several minutes
afterward, said the atmosphere
seemed to be on fire and his side was
paralvzed for time, and none of
them fully recovered from the shock
for several hours.
A burglar broke into Kansas city
house in which Mrs. Gray was alone
and told her if she made any noise or
attempted to get out Of bed he would
kill her. She was frightened and did
not speak or stir while he packed her
silverware or jewelry for removal
Then by way Of emphasizing a part
ing injunction not to.ra!se an alarm,
he boxed her ears. That made her 50
angry tnat she forgot her fear. She
Jumped out Of bed, knocked :he burg
lar down with a chair, pulled his
hair, scratched his face stamped on
him and yelled at the top of her voice.
A police officer heard the racket, and
the badly injured man was arrested.
Two gamblers were in Leavenwolth
Kan, several years ago, with about
$50 in their pockets. They desired
to get money enough to 90 to Callfor-
MIA. They went to separate hotels
One registered as a physician, and adj
vertised remedy for cholera. The
other put up large quantity of yeast
powders into sample packages, with a
little croton oil in each, and hired
boy to distribute them. Soon family |
after family, affected by the croton
oil, felt what they believed were
symptoms of cholera. The sale Of the
cholera remedy was enormous, and
the gamblers were enabled to go to
California.
The Elmira Advertiser contains
this story: "On Saturday evening u
passenger train going south on the
Northern Central Railway ran over
James M. Bowers, about four miles
south of Troy, but the fact was not
discovered by any one on the train
The man gives the following account
of the occurrence: He was on his
way to Williamsport on foot, and be-
ing hungry and tired sat down on the
track to rest, and went to Sleep
Wbon ha awake he fonn1 that ore of