Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

BrAndyWlne IS to be celebrated mex
summer.
New Workers have dropped tn
new opera.house, and are harping OF
cheap cabs.
The Pittsburg Commercial think
that no living American would de
cline senatorship.
Three superior officers Of the Ger
man army, including the Emperor
have been in the service seventy
years.
Although a kiss is never called {
chincilla, it is sometimes mentionee
as report from headquarters.
1t may uot be the best place for re-
Election, but ladies spend most Of theil
time before the mirror.
The troops at Washington were re-
viewed on Saturday by the Secretary
Of War and the General IF the Army.
Over two hundred bills have been
introduced in the Pa. Legislature
about three fourths of the number
in the House.
The national House has passed the
Legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, which reduces the
Presidents salary to $4,000.
1t is strange that the counterfeit
ten cent pieces cause more general
alarm than the counterfeit $1,000
bills.
Some of the Boston girls wear blue
glasses, and their glances do seem to
have peculiarly stimulating effect
on the young men.
Another chance for a Donaldson
story The remains of a balloon were
found on the coast of Ireland, the car
OF which contained human remains.
Anna Dickinson is amused when an
actor laustache leaves black smirch
on her hand. What a curious girl, to
think chiefly of the hair-dye in a kiss.
]. F. Dengler, formerly cashier of
the Pennsylvania bank of Pittsburg,
has been sentenced to two years and
two months for embezzling $4,000.
Normal school at Edinboro had
more students last year than any Of
tie other state normal schools in
Pennsylvania-footi up a grand to-
tai of S2l.
On Monday night last John Walters
and his gang rolled out 1876 tons Of
steel rails for the Bethlehem Pa. iron
company, and the work is regarded as
a remarkable feat.
Before the Senate committee on the
investigation of the recent election in
Missippi, on Saturday, Henry Outlaw
testified to intimidation by tho Demo-
Gratis.
The President sent a message to
Congress the other day on the subject
of specie payments, in which he says
resumption can be reached before the
date fixed, 1879.
At Wilkesbarre on Saturday last,
the court passed sentence of death
on Thomas Campbell for the murder
of a man in Carbondale on the 4th of
July last.
The McKeesport Pa, Car Compa-
ny recently shipped to Texas hand.
some new engine destined for the
Longview and Sabine Valley Narrow
Guage Railroad.
A novel Sleighing party started
from Scranton Pa, the other day. 1t
was composed of ladies, who, in order
to be eligible, had to tip the beams at
200 pounds.
A Chester exchange says large
hawk was lately captured in the
woods near that place, the birds feet
being frozen to the limb of a tree so
that it could not fly.
Philadelphia has regularly organ
lied gang of dog thieves, who are
known among themselves as Terrier
Dick, Poodle jim, Pointer Sam, Bull
Bill and similar pet names.
A Pittsburg police officer arrested
a man on a charge which he failed to
sustain in court, and now that Pitts
burg officer is 500 out Of pocket
having been mulcted in that amount
Of costs.
The body of new born babe was
found Wednesday a week in a creek
near Centreville, Queen Anne's coun-
ty, having weight tied to its arm.
Edward Dolby, a wooden-leg man
and former mail driver, recently froze
to death between Clayton and Dover,
Caroline county, while in state of
beastly intoxation.
A freight train on the Parkersburg
division of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad last Saturday ran into a
pile of earth that had fallen in a