Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-08-23
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.

No peaches in the market yet.
Fall blowing has commenced.
Farmers report young rabbits as being
very numerous,
There will be total eclipse Of the moon
to night, Thursday.
Fractional currency is becoming scarce.
So is every other kind with us.
A large furnace IS being put up in the
Deaf and Dumb Institute, Frederick.
Melons and cantalcupcs arc now thor
oughly ripe and may be eaten with perfect
safety.
The public schools Of our town will re-
open on the list. The teachers aud schol-
ars are all glad thcrcat.
All quiet along the line now Nothing
new since the late surprise. Who'll be the
next to create u similar sensation?
They are trying to make it fashionable
in England for ladies to ride horse back a
Ii clothes pin-like the men.
The corn as well as the late potato crop
has been greatly affected by the drouth in
some sections Of our county.
VIZ are under obligations to Mr. John
Rouzer, of Mercer, Penn, for late Western
papers Please accept our thanks, John.
1t is truly consoling to know that the
late strike has in no way intcrfrrcd with
that noble American industry called base
ball.
The largest watcrmclons We have ever
seen were brought to town on Friday last
ny John Edward The largest weighed so
pounds.
The name of Henry Boiler, of this dis
f71ct, has been drawn as petit juror for the
September term Of court in place Of one
disqualified
WErcceivcd hearty congratulations from
our many friends last week all of which we
feel satisfied came from the heart and we
feel happy in consequence.
JomN IIcrst, wrl-to-lo farmer in
'"''"hS'h 'ouh'., HAS WV tit StiIl'
straw hat for twen.y-sevcn years, and ii is
still in a good condition
CHEAP and lasting. As a toilet soap
7crr,'s Salrylir is unsurpassed. its won
dcrfui curative and preventative qualities
cost the consumer nothing.
QUIET and comparative good order pre-
vailed on our streets on Saturday night
last. We note this as unusual of late and
therefore crcd,ablc to our town.
ABARY show war held ir Cumberland
lately AT which some forty babies were cN.
hbi,rd Such show in Mcchanicstown
NIGH, he the result of another call for
troops.
THE foot race has been postponed until
next grass, as the youthful prodigy who
tore his toe nal off feels utterly inadequate
to undc. take the race this season. What
apity.
THERE is man. a slip 'twiNt tie cup and
the lip, hut there can be no danger in using
DIR. Schlcv'S Family Cough Syrup for all
vour Coughs and Colds 1t never fails
AT Gills' store. only % cts.
A Woman the other night found the long
expected man under the bed" but 1t was
her husband. The bed was rather high
and so was he and he missed connection
when he went TO get in,
Or Saturday night last week, the res
idcncc of ID. G. Keller, in Frederick, was
entered Ivy a thief, who carried off 4 leg of
mutton, 4lhS. of butter, four loavcs of
bread and two or three large cakes
Our readers are cautioned against send
lns money to the Western Gun Works OF
Chicago. From the Prairie Farmer we
learn that the institution has failed, and its
proprictors have made a hasty exit from
the city.
ANOTHER invoice of "coons," from Bal
timorc cxcur,cd to Blue Ridge on Monday
The sable sons were joined at this place
by our tonsoral artistic, who looked for all
the world like y travelling sign for Jew
clothing shon
Five young men of this place made an
attack on a AZ pound watermelon last Fri
day night and finished it up in less time
than it would take to play a game of base
ball according to the new regulations. o,
how they did grunt.
TIE Carroll Guards, Frederick, after an
arduous and exciting campaign of two
weeks along the line of street railways in
that city, have bccn mustered ont of SER
vice. A history Of the late trouble by one
If the members is talked Of
FRIEND knodc, of the Littlcstown New
looked gay and happy on his return from
the excursion to Blue Ridge Thursday
last, seated amidst about sixty yards of
crjnolinc. Why don't you get married,
Bortong You ont believe how nice il is
to have some responsibility on your hands.
ArpoINTED.-Thos.G orsuch, Esq Clerk
of the Circuit Court, appointed on Satur-
day, the nth, Capt II. Clay NALL, Deputy
Clerk, vice Harry c. Kccfcr, resigned
This is a good appointment and will give
General satisfaction. So says the ENamin
or and We heartily concur.
Mr.. D. T.. FoUTz,--The cattle in the
vicinity of Ashvllc, n. G., are suffering
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