Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-07-04
A destructive fire in Faribault,

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Alex Burns, whose suit was rejected
by a young lady, attempted to com
NIT suicide at Atlanta, Ga, Tuesday.
John Finn, Jar2es Shea and Hattie
Sands and Mary WEIGH, of Oswego,
were drowned Tuesday at Pleasant
Point, Lake Ontario.
A fire in London, Cedar county. To-
wa, Monday week, destroyed nearly
all the business houses in the town.
Loss $4,000 to 100000; partially
insured.
Out Of 107 applicants for admission
to the Military Academy at West
Point, N. Y, only twenty-seven were
rejected, which is unusual.
A Halifax dispatch says the brig
antine Beta, from Boston for Luen-
berg, stranded on Monday evening a
week at Rosehead, near Luenberg, in
a fog.
Five thousand persona witnessed
the hanging of Frank Perrns, coIored
at Savannah Georgia, last Wednesday,
for the muder Of J. +. Lee.
The Shenandoah Valley bank, Pa,
closed it's door last Wednesday, on
account of the withdrawal Of deposit
ors on account of the depression of
business. 1t is believed the bank is
solvent.
Patrick Collins, ofSchuylkill coun,
ty, Pa, the commissioner recently
convicted Of forgery, was Tuesday
sentenced to pay one dollar fine the
costs of the prosecution, and imprlson
ment for six months in the county
| Jail.
H.nrv Devln, another member Of
the Molly Mcguire gang, which com
mitted SO many depredations at lrwir
Westmoreland county, Pa, was arrest
ed at Oil city Wednesday, and is now
in Jail at Greensburg. He is charged
with completely in the murder Of 10
seph Carol in 1876.
The assistant attorney general TO-
the Post office Department has hat
under consideration the question as tt
whether q road that has been es!ab
lished as a mail route can be closet
by the local authorities of a county
and has decided that the question o
highways is to be determined by tn
authorities of the state.
William T. Wright and Fred. Ha
gan, citizens Of Baltimore, have beer
released from the jail at Chsstertown
pardoned by Governor Carroll. The,
were convicted for violation of thu
oyster law they have been sentence,
to Jail for two months and pay flint
OF fifty dollars each.
During q recent storm in Ken
county a party Of ploughm"n, consist
~. ~ al 81 nnJor trao On tle r,r,
Of J. A. Pearce, Esq, and while there
the lightning struck and killed :
mule and Knocked down two OF the
men and Two horses None were
killed.
Aaron Comeoys, a colorcd man who
,vas co,nmitto, to the Cbestertowr
ia;l on the l7tb Of Mav, escaped :
row NIGHTS 400 hv nrjZino an iror
"lndo" par OUT Oh pace '"hl"S NE
Ieg,lrons win niin' ana "'So Tue co''
ard hat OF another prisoner Wno was
asleep at the tIine' 0neFlil DAVIS re-
captured MN I"S' " 'o''eS""y'
Mrs r,lon Peel, wife Of steam.
chin nna;nonr rosiJ;no in Rrooklvn
n Y wos arrainged Tuesday
ohorool NV p T P.bh;tt with de.
t'andIng HIM out OF 9l9ooV by means
of false representations IN reS'rn TO &c
bonds taken by an em0e w clerk
no" IN the state prison. one was re-
nanded until the following morning.
T,o Noro1o n;noo bavo borotoforo
,.;o i'I' ohmnJanilv of s;Ivsr with a
yo,v small nprcontaoc Of cold but
those Of Eureka are now yielding onlI-
one halt gold, which IS reversing the