Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-26

Northeast Cecil county encIoseu tol'
pedo, piece Of dynamite or other ext
plosive in a letter and handed it to
the mail agent on the north bound
train, with other letters. When the
agent stamped it there was an cxplo-
sion, tearing the letters to fragments
and burning the agents hands. No
other damage was done.
The St. Mary's Beacon, under the
head of Crime in St. Inigoes, states
that desperate shooting atIray be-
tween three colored men took place on
the Thursday previous. All of the
parties wounded, and one so badly
that his life is despaired Of. The af-
fair arose from jealousy. At the same
time respectable white woman was
seized by some unknown party whilst
visiting an outbuilding on her prem
ises and violently outraged. The
Beacon, complains that no arrests
have been made.
The trial Of Major Francis w. Bow
lie, charged with shooting with intent
to kill A. Edward Oliver, On the Dist
of March commenced on Mon lay at
Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges
county. Oliver testified that Major
Bowie and himself had a quarrel
about some fodder, which ended in
Bowie shooting him in the right
breast. Major Bowie testified that
Oliver was advancing threatingly to-
ward him, with hand uplifted as if to
strike. His intention was to shatter
his arm and not to kill him.
It is claimed by responsible parties
that the recent grnsshopper reports
telegraphel to eastern papers are
much exaggerated, and that it is vet
too early to judge. Senator Paddock
of Nebraska, who has forwarded a
large quantity of seed to all parts Of
his state, and particularly those p r
tons devastated by grasshoppers, daily
receives replies from those districts,
and the expression Is almost univer-
sal, that there will be no great troub-
lie from the grasshoppecs this year.
In many places the eggs have been
destroyed by cold weather, aud there
is no further apprehension Of the grass
hopper plague.
Rev Gilbert B. HAYDEN, aged fifty,
was killed on the n j. Central Rail
read, at Elizabeth. On Thursday even
ing. While coming from New York
on local train, which stopped on a
siding at Singers factory for the ex-
press train to pass he left the platform
and stood on the track in fro..t o. the
express train and was instantly killed
being thrown a distance Of twenty
feet. Mr.. Hayden, who had no fam
iIv. was a stakeholder in the I.egget
Manufacturing Company of Elizabeth.
dis last pastorate. was IN the to IN oil
Phoenix, \. \.
One evening last week, while Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph GeSlin, who live in
Brooklyn, We're returning home in a
Greenpoiut car, their infant, four
weeks old, was smothere1 in its moth
er's arms. In order to protect the
baby from the wind and night air
Mrs. GeaIin wrapped her shawl over
its head, and when she was about to
leave The car she was Mortified to-
find that it Was dead. We often
wonder that more children are not
smolhered in the same way, their fa-
ces are covered 50 closely.
A dispatch from Petrols, Butler
county, Pa, says: The lightning
struck a large tank on the Troutman
farm which contained $4,000 barrels
Of oil, and the tank was torn to pieces
The burning oil set fire to other tanks,
and one containing $4,000 barrels
was destroyed. The burning oil ran
down the creek a mile destroying
everything in it's course. 1t was
checked by Ralston's dam, which was
large enough to hold it and stop fur
thel damage. Twelve oil wells with
tanks at the wells We're destroyed Il
The town of Troutman, consisting Of
a hotel, two livery stables, a billiard
room and dwelling honses were de,
stroyed.
The Modoc Indians, now number
ing fifty four males and sixty-three
females, are located on very fertile
tract containing 1000 acres, in
the northeast corner of the Shawnee
reserve, Indian Territory. They
have engaged energeticallv in labor
during the past year, and as a result,
have a large and valuable crop on
their farm. The Government has ex-
pended 81 1882 for their schooling for
ten months, which is under the super
vision Of the Society Of Friends.
A gentleman has Just died in Paris
who owed most Of his celebrity to the
quaint manner in which he managed
to disemharrass himself CT his credit
ors. No sooner did a dun present
himself than he was ushered into a