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

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dicted by the Baltimore county Grand
Jury for malfeasance in Office. In ad'
dition to this Judge Yellott has been
indicted for drunkenness.
Over two hundred convicts in the
penitentiary on Blackwell's Island
New York, have been in a state Of re-
volt during the past week on account
Of the stoppage of their tobacco, but
tt g authorities thought Saturday e9.
ening that they had the malcontents
under sub]ection.
Robert Nj Claim, a horse doctor, con-
victed in Philadelphia of selling de-
plomas Of the Philadelphia college Of
veterinary surgeons, and sentenced to
nine months in prison and to pay fine
of $4,000, took poison in the court
room. The prompt administration OF
antidotes saved his life.
In the Episcopal General Conven-
ton Wednesday resolution was
adopted recommending the Bishops to
take into consideration the question OF
improper iustrumentalities for raising
money for church purposes-such as
ice cream parties, round dances, fairs
and ratfles.
A little boy on his way to mill, near
Meanwhile, Tennessee, went under a
tree to pick up some apples, and found
several pieces Of silver. These he
carried home, when further search
was maze, and over six hundred pieces
Of silver, buried thirty.fve years ago
by an old miser, were unearthed.
A serious conflict took place be-
tween revenue officers and moonshin-
ers in Burk county, North Carolina,
on the 81 inst. The officers were
fired upon and a number were wound
ed. The guide of the officers has mvs.
teriously disappeared and is believed
to have been murdered.
John ". Turnbull, 26 years old,
committed suicide last week in a house
Of i!l-fame, in Baltimore, by shooting
himself in the head. He had been
employed as clerk in a carpet house.
and six or seven weeks ago had marri-
ed the daughter of well-known gen.
tleman of that city. The cause Of the
auicide is not stated.
Funk Pah one Of the most inhuen-
tial and respected Of the c. iIese mer-
chants of San FranciscoAA from
that city several days OF Ghina
to visit the districts from which Chi
nese emigration to San Francisco
principally comes, and, if possible, to
dissuade his countrymen from coming
to this country.
A band Of II robbers having stolen
5000 cattle in Western Kansas, a
band of rangers Is in number pursued
them. After five days ride they
came up with the thieves in Cheyenne
county, Kansas. surrounded them
while at supper, killing seven, hanged
another to a tree, and recovered all
the cattle.
Thomas Mead, convicted Of robbery
and murder at Linevllle, near Alli-
ance, Ohio, and sen enced to be hang
ed escaped from Jail year ago. De-
tectives on Sunday d week discovered
him at his home in Lineyille and at
tempted his capture. He fired on the
officers, who returned the fire, wound
ing him, when, seeing escape impossl-
Bile, he blew his brains out.
The Indian war is over. General
Miles has stuck pertinaciously to Chief
Joseph's band ever since he struck
their trail, and after some hard hit
ting for three days, during which a
number of leading braves were killed
off, the remnant of the band, includ-
ing Chief Joseph himself, surrendered
as prisoners of war. This ends the
labors Of the troops for the present.
While the excursion train on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was re-
turning from Frederick last Thursday
night an unknown man jumped from
the cars while in motion, and is sup
posed to have been seriously injured
or horribly killed. He was standing
on the platform when his hat flew off,
and without moments hesitation he
leaped afteri it. He fell heavily on his
head and rolled over sew raj times.
Col. John w. Forney announces in
the Philadelphia Press the sale Of that
paper to Capt. W. w. Nevin, his edi-
tor.in-chief, who will associate with
himself as business manager Mr.. f. II.
Nevin, Jr, lately publisher of the
Pittsburg Leader. Col. Forney goes
to Europe, where he will act as foreign
correspondent of the Press. The sum
of $780, 900 cash, it is stated, is paid
for the paper.
A telegram from General Sheridan
received by the War Department,
Tuesday, says that information from
the Department of Missouri leads to
the belief that the Apaches of Arizo-
ma who recently left their reservations
will soon be compelled to surrender.
Two chiefs have already agreed to