Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24
NEWS OF THE Week.
Snow fell on the Catskill mo untain
Friday nirht-

Snow fell on the Catskill mo nntains
Friday night.
A fire occurred at Bergdoll's brew
cry, Philadelphia, Saturday, which
caused loss Of $4,000
General Sherman says the condi.
ton of the regular army was never sc
satisfactory in every respect as at the
present time.
Otis 8.9Howe, an old and esteemed
grain merchant, of the firm of Howe
& Son, Buffalo, N. Y, died on Sunday
last.
Green Chandler has been appoint
ed United States Attorney for the
northern district Of Mississippi, vice
Thomas Walton resigned.
The German minister has received
from Emperor William, Of Germany
5000 as contribution for yellow fever
sufferers in the south.
Among the 1900 students at the
Michigan University are forty ladies
three OF whom are in the law de
partment.
A correspondent of Paris journaI
informs his readers that thieves and
murderers are often elected to the
American Congress.
The Supreme Court Of Virginia ha'
pronounced illegal and fneable in tina
State matrionisl alliances between
whites and blacks.
The Memphis Avalanche says that
a rich man of that city, who is at Z
safe distance, has written to his busi-
ness manager to cut down immedl.
ately the salaries Of his employees.
The Secretary Of State has received
from the American consul at Canton
China, $500 in gold, being the amount
Of yellow fever subscriptions raised in
that city.
General Pope reports to General
Sheridan that the cavalry force pur.
suing tie hostile Chevennes is toe
small and that they are poorly armed
as compared with the Indians.
The barn of Wm. a. SILVER, near
MechanicsviIe, N. j., was burned on
Saturday night, together with 50 tons
of hay, a quantity Of grain, % cows,
and 2 horses; loss, $4,000.
The extensive Touring mills of ]. D
Moore & Co., Ballville, one mile south
of Fremont. Ohio were burned Sun
day. Five thousand bushels of wheat
were stored in the mill. Loss, $685.
600.
Fort Foote, on tn, Potomac, has
been evacuated as military post and
signal service station. The fort is
eight miles from Washington.
Martino Damani, Italian padrone
was yesterday arrested and committed
in New York on the charge of caus-
ing the death Of Pasquale Vlsanti by
maltreatment.
A freight and wood train from Port
Royal for Augusta, Ga, fell through
the bridge over the Savannah river
Friday night. Engineer Joseph Hen
ry and fireman Robert Clark were
badly injured.
The body of Robert McAulay,
grand chaplain Of the Orange Young
Brtons at Ottawa, who has been miss
ing since the lst inst, was found in
the river Friday, with a shot in the
back Of the head His murder is at
tributed to the late religious distur-
Dances.
Darwin Esmond, otherwise known
as Walter f. Flosswell, was arraigned
in New York Friday to answer the
charge preferred by the banking
house of Jessup, Pavton & Co., Of hav-
ing uttered n forged letter OF credit
on the Union bank of L4ardln. He
was held in $4,000 bail.
The closing of barrooms on Sunday
is enforced in Pittsburg, Pa, and the
Liquor Dealers Association retaliates
by bringing suit against horse, car
drivers who work on Sunday. More
over, it threatens to prosecute the
doortender who collects a ten cent fee
for admission to Murphy's Sun ndsy
Temperance meetings.