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

week, carrying total of 22,50l.1}
tons Of coal. The scarcity of boats in
the canal is attributed to three acct
dents that have occurred to boats il
the past week.
An old man named Henry G. Syke.
was recently tried in Norfolk, Va, fol
murder said to have been commit
ted twenty-five years ago. Sykes dis
appeared from the community imme
diately after the murder, and, though
generally believed to be guilty, he Wa:
acquitted OF the crime.
In an interview with reporter o
Washington Nation, the President ex
pressed great qualification with his
southern trip, and said he believed
that he era Of good feeling between
the North and South is entirely per
manent, and that they are sincere il
their expression Of q community Of In
terest.
The annual meeting Of the stockhol
ders Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
was held yesterday at New York
The report for the past year and W
to September 1877 showed that the
gross earnings Of the year were 1861
1913 81. and the expenses 1913, l24 80
leaving a balance Of 1892, G9S AZ, OF
an increase Of nearly 25 per cent. over
last year.
The executive committee Of the
State agricultural society of Soutl
Carolina have offered a premium Of
800 to the best drilled infantry com
pany in the United States, to be con
tested for during the State agri
cultural fair in Columbia on the l5tI
Of November next. President Haye,
and his cabinet have been invited anC
are expected to be present.
Captain Dolllrd, Of the schooner
w. +. March, just arrived from the
Arctic ocean, reports that the crew o
an American vessel, the name oil
which was not ascertaned, had recent
ly killed thirteen natives near Cap,
Prince of Wales. 1t is understood
that the trouble arose in the course o
trade with the natives. The latter are
greatly excited and disposed to BIT
troublesome since the occurrence.
A man in Nottingham, England
carries on u trade in worms. lie ha
several persons IN his employ who col
Iect them in meadows and pastur,
lands in the neighborhood. They an
sod by the thousand or the quart 70,
bait by fishermen. a fresh caugh
worm is very delicate and tender, a NJ
easily breaks VIXEN put on the hook
but when a worm is properIy educate,
he is as tough as bit Of indian rub
Der, and behaves as Ae ought whel
put on hook.
Lewis Myers, the county treasure
Of Wapakoneta, Ohio, who WAS arrest
ed and lodged in Jail, for being impli
Gated in the recent robbery 0! the coun
ty treasury, has confessed that tn
county auditor, J. r. Smith, was tn
person who was permitted to bind an
gag Myers, and afterward rob the SAT
Of what money remained. It appear
3. from the confession that money ha
been heretofore abstracted from til
safe with Myers knowledge and prot
able consent.
e Artificial ice is being manufacture
in New York by a company whic
> turns out large blocks that could nc
9 be distinguished from the natural pro
f duct. The factory has been in opcr;
ton for four months, and has a capaC
ity of twenty-five tons per day, while
is readily disposed Of at from $3.50 t
s. per tor. Tn our fresh meat export
we may yet expect to see this utilize
bv the manufacture Of the needed lc
for the purpose on board ship.
The Crisfvld Leader says: A worl
: ingmen's party has been organized
, this section. The organization COZ
r tains about a hundred members an
5 all who join the society pledge then
selves to vote for no rich man, but t
: assist in elevating the poor man to o
flee, regardless Of party principle
This organization contains some of Il
most heightened citizens Of this dix
! trict, and its influence will be felt
the coming election.