Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-07-18

At Revere, Mars., Tuesday week '
man named W. NJ. Kicker, p years
old, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head with a pistol. IN
sanity is supposed to be the canse.
By fire at Ogdensburg, N. Y,
Tuesday week Babcock's pump facto-
ry and McRoberts' single mill were
entirely destroyed. Loss about ST..
900 insurance $4,000.
An explosion of benzine occurred
Tuesday night week III the aSitator'
Of the London Oil Refinery Compa
ny's Works, in London East Ont, dc,
stroying $4,000 worth Of property
Mrs. Weston, the wife Of lock
tender Of Middle Lock, at the TUNE
on the line Of tho chesapeake an'
Ohio Canal, was found drowned in the
canal on the 81 instant. The drown
ing occurred on Tuesday night {
week and is supposed to have beer
accidental,
On the och ult. Mrs. James X
Hamilton living near laISton llar
ford county, was severely inquired by
being goarel by vicious bull. He
arm was broken her nose crushed, am
the sight Of on, eye nearl Y destroyed
and severe wound in the back. \
boy intcrlerred, or she would proba
bly, have been killed,
Maggie Addison and Oracle How
ard inmates Of a house Of i'll tame II
Baltimore, We're attacked by an eide
woman named Maggie llamiton
keeper of a house Of prostitution, OF
Saturday evening, with a pair OF scIS
sors. Maggie Addison received on'
hundred and tWeuty-scven Cuts. Jcal
ousv WAS the cause.
Wednesday afternoon last, Edward
White, brickIAvcr, and Bernard Gray
a laborer wore struck by Lightning
while at work on the stoepIe OF $
church in l'lfty.Soventh streat, New
York. White fell TO the ground, ;
distance of about sixty feet, and VA
instantly killed. Gray was severely
burned about the body, and WAS re
moved to the hospital.
Jesse Pomeroy, who is in tho State
prison, at Concord Mass, is maxim!
trouble. He was allowed lately t,
work at hrushmaking, and he maIic
iousIy spoiled So worth Of stock. =
This privilege has now been denlec
him and his reading permit has also
been withdrawn and the boy murder
er cndurea now all the tortures Of sol
it,ry confinement
A stranger who went to the Express
Hotel Montreal, "Wednesday ana reg
istered himself as James Wilson. az
twenty four, fro A New York, sho
himself in tie head with y pistol.-
The only reason he gave for the ac
that he wanted TO die He was taker
to the hospital, where he how Iin9er,
prccarIousIy.
Congressman Schleicher, who h"'
Just arrived in San Antonio from
Washington, says the administration
has determined to force peace or wal
with Mexico. lie says General Ord
wAo will return Saturday will bring
fresh orders to invade and occupy
Mexican border territory, unless the
Dlaz government guarantees immune
ty from invasion. 1t is believed al
headquarters that the Mexican troop
will resent this and precipitate a col
lisson. Schlecher thinks the situa
ton very grave. All Texas is rife fol
war, think they alone caa rals'
enough men to whip them, and THAI
no other government on earth Wouio
allow its people to be murdered and
robbed as they have been.
A terrific storm OF wind accompa
MED by heavy rain swept over lla
gcrStOWn edneSlay about D /. NJ
doing an immense amount Of damage
The spire Of the First Reformed
church, North Potomac and Church
streets, one hundred and eighty.tive
feet high, built Of stone, and which
has withstood the storms Of over one
hundred years, was blown down and
completely destroyed. The large
steam Touring mill Of Gambril & Co.
the engine houses Of the Cumberland
Valley and Western Maryland rail,
roads in the Western portion of the
town and the Franklin hou c near the
centre were unrooled. a dwelling
house on the eastern pike leading to
Funkstown was also unrooted and the
gable end torn out. Trees fencing
and corn were Frustrated and other
damace sustained,