Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-07-26

Rr1aGlous.--Rev Geo. w. Anderson,
who occupied the pulpit at Apples church
,mc % or 30 years ago preached in the
Lutheran church, this place, on Sunday
morning last to very large and apprccia-
tive audience. The Rev gentleman, though
getting well up in years, is still y very inn
prcssivc and interesting talkcr, and his re-
marks were well understood and eagerly
dcvourcd by his hearers. We understand
that he now resides in New Jersey, where
he has large congregation. Those who
heard him were well repaid notwithstand.
ing the church was exceedingly warm and
oppressive. Rev. Wisslcr, vino now o1cu-
pies the Pulpit at Apples preached very
effective sermon in the evening, in same
church.
SUDDEN DEATH The Mildlctown Reg
lister says: Mr.. Peter Peters, an aged, well
known and respected colorcd citizen Of
this place, was found dead on a bed at his
rcsdcn, q, in the southern part of town, ut
ab ut o'clock on Thursday evening of
last week. Since the death Of lis wife,
which occurred less than a year ago, thc
deceased had been living alone. He ap.
pcarcd to be in the chi 'ymcnt of good
health even up to Thursday noon, and his
demise was therefore as unexpected as it
was sudden. Death resulted from heart
disease, and it is supposed that he had
been dead couple hours when discovered
by one Of his nciyhbors. The deceased
WIS scvcnly-odd years of age.
REMARKABLE EsCArE.-Mrs. RuhS,
wife of George ltuthS, living at the foot OF
the mountain, made Il narrow csrauc from
drowning on thursday morning last. 1t
appears she repaired to well Tor the pur-
pose of getting a bucket of water. In
hosting the trap door she became dizzy
and fell hcallormost into the well which is
about A. feet deep and nearly full OF water.
I hat she reached the bottom of TIE well
would appear from Tie facts llIa: her dress
was muddy and one 81! her shoes lost, She
can rive no account rs too how she rot
uut of the well, but ii must have been with
,r well rope and more than ordinary hui
man cNrrlons. When She reached tlc
house She was in very Exhausted state
and sent fora nri"hhor to write her viii.
She is ah'Nt 20 years of age. 1t is certain
~ remarkable case, n providcniial escape
from death VnYArsh"yo Rec>rd
ON Tuesday, the 10th instant, says the
Examiner, whilst Mr james r. Day, of
BuckrvstuWn, was thrrs,ins, his team
took fright from the ">Capcmcnt Of steam
from the engine and ran some distance
croS,in" AID lrcrossing small stream Of
water until one of the front horses falling
upon Pile of stone almost taking OF the
entire knee cap; at the same time received
a fracture of the skull, from which he is
not expected to recover; and ON Friday,
whilst his son was cutting oats with u reap
or, driving three horses, the sprcadcrs to
the lead horse came loose and otf he went
He ran about two hundred yards and WAS
seen to fall. and upon examination it was
thigh and knee He was shot short time
after Mr. Day thinking it was best to do
50 he says they were two Of the finest
horscs he owned.
! PATENT CASE.-A large number of law
ycrs were attracted ON last Friday morn
in. To Tie United States Court in Balti-
mere, on information that Gen. B. +. But
Ter, would appear in patent case, which
. had been u>sjgncd for hearing on that day,
The case to he lac ri was that Of J. Wins
loW Jones, assignee of Isaac WinSlow, de
ceased, Of Portland, Me vs.. Louis Nc
Murray, fruit packer, of this city; bill for
Injunction To restrain defendant from in.
/ tringing patent obtained 10y Winslcy in
/ 1862, of putting up and preserving Green
corn and also an account to be rendered Of
the sales Of con put up under the peculiar
/
and Giles were seated on the bench. The
council for the compliments are Gen. But
. lcr G. y. MattockS, OF Portland; Archibald
Stirling, .Ir, and David Fowler, OF Balti
more; and for respondent Mr,>rs. DECKER
son K Bcaman, ui New York &. w How
ard of Washington city, and |. Hewitt
Steele, of Baltimore. Mr.. Bcaman is a SON
in,aw of Secretary Evarls. WIcn the case
was calico Mr.. DickrrSon asked for Il post
punrmrt ON account of the Illness Of Mr.
Steele, watch had been announced by his
Sol, |. hewitt Sttcclc, Jr. The case was
postponed until the fourth Of September -
EHimt"er.
| THE following item WAS handed to rs
Republication by Mrs Knoskc OF this place
and the parties mentioned in it were the
grandfather and mother of CT husband
Chas Knoskc;
Yesterday ok Mayor Joseph S. IIoycr
visited Bowers Station and called upon
Mr. and Mrs Jonas Bower, the former of
whom is in hi, Slst year of his age and the
latter in her 11lh year. \ though they
are both in excellent health, strange to
say their graves have already bccl dug
and their tombStoncs erected! Mr. Bow
err himself sllpcrinlcmhcd the construction
Of his own grave and that OF his Wife
They are side by side in the cemetery at
belongs Church, Bowers Statiom East
Penn Railroad, Is miles from this city
The excavations are walled up With bricks,
ccmcutrl, and lined with the finest kind of