Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-14

OF W.T.. IIButllCh 1IOll Al oiiou ~
Adams county, about five miles from
that borough, exists deposit Of silver
ore. A lease has been effected by
Mr.. Charles Boumgardner and Mr.
I{linedist, and they are now working
with hopes of rich reward.
R. S. Gordon, mayor Of Mount Car.
mel Ill.,, and Judge T. r. Shannon
chairman of tn, relief committee, APP
peal to the country for aid to relieve
the distress caused by the late lorna
do. All subscriptions, &C., sent tc
the mayor or Judge Shannon will be
wisely and faithfully distributed to
the needy.
Arrangements are being made to
hold the Dental national convention
at Oakland and Dear Park, commenc-
ing on the first Tuesday in August
next. 1t is proposed to hold separate
conventions Of the societies formin
the national body at those two points,
and then hold a union meeting.
DR.. James C. Aver, of medicine &C.
leblity, has been suffering from insan.
ity for more than year past. He
made an immense fortune in business,
said to be $l5,O00O00, and then
made a venture in politics. Being
unsuccessful in this his mind gave
wav. lie i; now confined in hospi-
tai, and his vast estate has been
placed in the hands of trustees.
A very important case was decided
last week in Talbot County Circuit
Court. 1t was an appeal to the Court
under the provisions Of the assessment
law, taxing the Easton and st. Mich
aels Building Association. The Court
decided that the property, real and
personal, owned by the corporation,
are liable to assessment and taxation.
A farmer living near Cambridge
killed a hog several weeks ago, salted
and put the meat away, but it was
stolen that night. The same night a
sheep-stealer went to the farm of Mr..
| Willie Dali, and butchered one of his
lambs, hung the skin on the fence,
and took the mutton with him.
! Secretary Sherman is considering
the possibility Of reducing the govern
ment expenses by making room in the
treasury building for the various
boards attached to the department,
, which lave been accommodated in
other buildings under heavy rent. Ii
is likely that several besides the Light
house board will be changed accord
ing to this programme.
The death, a. 81, lately occurred Of
an EngIi~hmon, kn wn as the Norfolk
giant. He was Il farmer, and often
loaded his own wagon by carrying
four bushels Of wheat under each arm
at time. When in great haste to
get farm work done he has been
known to harness himself to one Of
his own harrows. His weight was
1856 pounds helght, 6 feet, 6 inches !;
width, from shoulder to shoulder
across the back, - inches. lie vas
most amiable man.
At Annapolis, Maryland, Major W.
O. Bigelow md private John Daniels
alone engaged in the work of decorat-
ing the soldiers graves there. Those
gentlemen, Nho served in the federal
army, placed their floral offerings on
the graves Of the grey AS we'll as those
Of the blue. There are but seven
Confederate dead buried there, and
about 700 uiion soldiers.
The Deer Park Hotel Of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad has been
leased for The season OF 1875, says
the Washington correspondent OF the
Commercial, to Miss Graham, of BAIT
more, who has several select board
ing houses on Monument Square,
Baltimore, and is well and favorably
known to all residents of Baltimore
and Washington.
Pennsylvania is the only State in
the Union that has made 4 speciality
Of caring for and educating the or
phans Of soldiers who died during the
war. The State nultures Il EN- until
sixteen years Of age, when they are
either returned to their friends or 90
to occupy places that are offered them.
OF the children still remaining in the
Orphans School, 595 will be dis
charged during the course Of the cur
rent year.
Indian Agent Stove, at the White
Earth reservation, in Minnesota, in
his monthly report for May, gives a
very hattering account of the prog
ress in agriculture made by the In
dians on that reservation. They had
sowed this season about $50 bushels Of
wheat $50 bushels Of peas, $50 bush
els of oats, and ha planted nearly all
their corn and potatoe the seed hay
ing, with the exception of a small
quantity, boon reserved from last
years crops. lie adds, however, that
the grasshoppers have Matched out
and nearly cover the ground, and
have destroyed some fields 'f grain
already. He had bought some sheet