Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-10-04

FARM Monday last, A. +. Orn-
dorH, Of this place, trustee Of Salome llo-
Wis and Francis L. llovis, sold that valua.
bic farm and mill property, near Emmits.
burg, 10 John Donoughue for $4,000
SAuER KRAUT.-With the first good
crisp frost comes the season for saucr
kraut making, a period in the year looked
forward to with interest Ey certain Glasses
of our fellow citizens. Some Of our good
housewives have already made kraut.-
There was time when to acknowledge a
fondncss tor this dish was to be untashion
ionablc; but times have changed, and now
one of the most fashionable accomplish
mcnts Of the day.
ERRoR.-ln our report of the proceed
ings of the Democrat Convention last
week and the names ofthc gentlemen NOM
mated We made several bad errors We
hope our democratic friends will take no
oifrnsc at It as it was purely unntcntion
al on our part. We took the report from
the Baltimore Gazette and believed it to be
right until we found out the mistake too
late for correction. We give this week Il
correct ticket of both parties and leave our
patrons to judge for themselves between
the two.
New SCHooL-A much needed want in
/ l,I 4 ,f t,, 1nL
at last been filled and we have now public
school No, 3, with Prof Boblilz rs instruc
tor For many years back our two schools
have been crowded to overlooking and
were really uncomfortable both to teachers
and scholars, bu; now all can he acCommo
dated and the cause Of education progress
in a iiiorr satisfactory manner. We con-
graduate friend Ephrain in thus securing
Il school nearer home as il will save him
The long walk in all kinds Of weather,
which has h"rn his for many years past,
and also thc scholars in getting slcll Il good
teacher, Our schools are all in a flourish.
ing condition at present. and VIC doubt if
there is Il place in the county that has Il
better corps of instructors
Engine OFF ON Monday last, Engine
! No 10, which draws the noon freight to
! this place, tool. a tumble to itself which al.
most proved fatal TO engineer and fireman
and badly damaged its tender. This train
only runa as far rs This place, and after ar
irving here the engine j. detached from the
tram is then taken back to Baltimore But
upon this occasion it ran too far and the
rear part was prcclpita,cd over the en-
b.nkmrnt at the end of the Y u distance
Of about fifteen feet, and had it not been
! that TIE tender, after striking the ground,
became a sort of a prop, the engine would
also have gone over, making a complete
wreck OF itself and probably both engineer
and fireman been killed. The engineer de-
serves a great deal of credit for the cour
age lie displayed as he stuck to his post
until compelled to jump for fear Of going
over with the engine. a report Of the
wreck was Immediately sent to hcadQurt-
cr, when an other engine and a nUn,bcr Of
hands were sent here, and at this writing
they are bu>ily engaged trying to replace
it on the track. rhc cause OF thc rr,n OF
is said have been ON account Of the tires
being worn smooth which rendered it al
most impossible to stop at Short notice
| Alcg working uiiui@At, under the super
vision Of the master mechanic Of the roal
il was finally gotten on the track aud ia.
! ken to the shops at Union Bridge. Sult.
/ Hood was on the spot a!so and gave the
matter his whole attention
MI. ST, MAKY's COLLEGE,
Sept. u, lS.N
Mr.. EnIroR Our base ball season
opened Yesterday with the most tXtraur.
binary game ever played at the NountHin
and recalling the interest which your c5
tccmcd journal has always shown in such
matters have decided to communicate a
/ few items. The conlendng clubs were the
! leading oUcs Of the College, the Mystic aud
| Kalakora, both composed Of some Of our
best students both in mind and physique
During twelve closely contested innings
/ the Mystics struck trantically at BarOour's
! lightning double curve, while the Kalakora
/ boys found equal difficulty in batting Mar
krtrrs CrCcdmore twist. Most o the
/ balls struck were handsomely captured by
/ Ellis, Lee, Schmidt, kruzcr Boyle, Burg".
man, CpXcttcr and J. Is. Moore, The lat.
ting was scientific rather than powerful,
and brought new laurc)s to Scaboll, Kru-
yer, Ice, CoXcitcr, and Malone. The last
named gentleman is brother Of A. J. MAJ
lone, whose achievements your paper re-
corded three years ago. Though SO in
trnscly exciting the game was played in a
gcn,lcmanIy and harmonious spirit
Far along the Mountain re-cchocd again
and again the applause Of the large assem-
hlagc of spectators who eagerly looked tor
the opening game of the championship Sc
rics. Appended is the score:
Ealthora, 0. H. Mystic. O II
Malone, C Schmidt, So 3
Bnrreman, cf 0 Markritcr, p 4 2
Barbour, p 4 Ellis, lib 3 2
NrnXer, lib 3 Lee, % ) 0
Holloway, 2b 0 Murphy 3b 5
" Moore, If 6 0Cogan, IF 3
BOYLE, IS 6 G,DoAn, cf 3 .
J Moore, RI 3 Mkewcn, If 6 o
CoNcttcr, 3b 2 1.I.ubald,c 4 O.
4. II n