Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-24
NEWS OF THE Week.


, Philadelphia on the 18th of June.
A man in Canada was fatally pois
ened q few days ago by wild parsnips.
Boston will dedicate soldiers and
sailors monument September II.
There are six new steamships on
the stocks at John Roach yard
Chester, Pa.
The crop prospects Of Georgia are
said to be most ilattering. Large areas
Of grain have been planted.
II II. Emmons Judge of the Sixth
Circuit Court, died in Detroit, Michi,
gan, On Monday.
Albert Steinway, junior partner Of
, the firm of Steinwav & Sons, died at
his home in New York on Monday
A lady in Portland, Conn, q years
old, and three weeks II bride, died on
Friday from an over dose of medicine
A Trenton mother filled a kerosene
lamp while lit, with a baby in Ter
lap. The funeral Of both Was largely
attended.
The Rochester a. " paper mill
was destroyed by fire early last Fri
day morning. Loss 100000. Insu-
rance $50, 900.
The exports Of fresh beef from the
United States during the month end
ing April 50, 1877, amounted to S.
4l6, SO pounds, valued at SS2l ,i3l
Three persons were killed by one
flash Of lightning few nights ago at
Newborn, n. c. They We're walking
under 4 steel handled umbrella at tn,
time.
A Tennessee man lost $500 ten
years ago and supposed il WAS stolen
from a drawer. The other day 1t was
found behind the drawer.
The State Of Georgia recovered
Sl99, 600 from the United States in u
recent suit but ont Of This amount
three fees Of $4,000 each h We TO b,
paid.
A negro in Cuthbert, Ga shot and
killed Mr. S. A. White, Of that place
because he told him he had sold hi,
eggs too cheaply at five cents IL dozen
1t is said That the population Of
Texas has doubled since 1870, and
that if q census were now taken the
State would be entitled to an increase
OF ten votes in the electoral college
General Clusters name will be per
petuated by a large number OF new
towns at the far West which have
! lately assumed it, and in Colora.
DO a county has ust been named for
him.
The Russian telegraphic agency says
the American officers in the service Of
| the Khedive have refused to bear arm,
against Russia. They will remain il
Egypt.
A hurricane passed over Fulton
Mo, last evening, demol!shlns ter
dwellings and portion Of the Chica.
90 and Alton railroad depot. One
I, nan was killed anc several injured
i A ST. Paul special, dated Wednes-
day, says: "Schnlenbers, Bncklers
l. Co S saw mill, at Saltwater, burned
Wednesday morning. Loss, 500, 900
Captain Andrew Wilson. the Old.
est ex- member OF the New York Leg
islature, died at Montgomery, n. y,
last Friday, aged SS. He was vet
eran Of the war Of 1872.
! Madame (iallaudetie, mother OF
Professor Gallaudette. president OF
the Deaf and dumb ASYLUM at Wash
ington, died on Sunday Of apopleXy
She was the first mute educated in
the United States.
Sixty minevs, employed by the
Eermillion Coal Company, in streat-
er, H., during recent strike, were
poisoned by arsenic on Monday.
Nothing definite can yet be learned
of how or by whom it was done.
The fifty third anniversary of the
American Sunday School union was
held Thursday. During the year l, l27
new Sunday schools were organized
in needy places. The union closed
It's fiscal year free Of debt, and with
its missionary force undminshsd.
Max Herman and three compan-
ions were walking on last Thursday
night on Green street N. Y, when
they were insulted by three men, who
challenged them to fight. Both par
ties repaired to Washington square,
and general fight ensued, in which
J, Max was stabbed in the side and
neck, receiving injuries from which
he soon after died. The three men
escaped. The murdered mans three
companions we're held by the police as
witnesses Of tue murder.