Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-04-04
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.
Grass butter will soon be in market.

Easter 1oilS JnlS year Oh tllc ~ASG VI
April
The new silver dollars are scarce in Me-
chanicstown. And old ones too.
It is the season for old suburban ladies
to brew sassatras tea.
Soon will the hinges on the front gate be
repaired for the summer campaign.
The paper MILL at Chambers urg, de-
stroyed by fire some time ago, will soon be
in successful operation.
Marbles, hoop rolling, ball and other
like amusements now attract the attention
Of Mcchanicstown youths.
Nothing equals Xcllcr's Life Drops as
remedy for Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint,
Biousness and Headache.
A number of Mcchanicstown fellows
have specimens of the new Bland dollars
for pocket pieces. A large number have
not.
Several young ladies and gentlemen Of
this place, have graduated in the art OF
putting out street lamps, and of knocking
at doors.
Those were three naughty little ioys
who found three dollars last week and then
invested it in hard cider What is this
country coming too.
An east bound train on the Baltimore
,)nln Il tUp hl
by snow blockade near Parkcrsbng, West
\ Va, on Monday week
The melancholy days are coming when
y young man, while taking stroll with
her, is liable to shy around almost any cor
ncr to avoid meeting an ice cream sign.
EI.ECTioN tic ANIMAL election for five
Commissioners for corporation OF Me@han-
icstown Will be held ut A. Sticks tailor
shop on Monday April Sth, 1878. Polls
open from ) O'Clock y. NJ. to O'Clock
y. VI.
Miss Maggie Lee Chapman, has been ap.
pointed to fill the vacancy as clerk in the
Baltimore p"sloYicc, caused by the rcS,g'
milton of Mrs. NJ. f. Starr Miss Chap
man is the daHhtcr Of EyMayor John
; ,z= Chapnze
n1lss.;sS ,n n.yi,y recently u..r
lRe house on ihc corner OF south
I.,cr greet, has ""Fkm'" engaged at the e,
W" -, time putting another story to il
NY Finr IL ny n.nnrull,
transformers MEETING The April
ON of the Board Of taun.y Cun.niS-
Acrs began ON Tuesday last. pcrSnn,f
g.uw business with the Board would do
kcll to consult the regulations Of The SIS
kion, as pUhliShcl in another cnIuna
DISTnlBu ION OF SCHOOL FuND, Fine
ComplroIcr'S appointment of the State
rup!ic debt tax for March Is, 1913, gives
to Frederick county TIE sum Of $G,sb6 -
for white schools, and 81 OLLIE fox colorcA
schools
Application has been made To Gov, Car
roll for the pardon Of Jas. Laniui4ht, or
Frederick, who was recently convicted IN
our Circiit Court of rex cying stolen anon
cy, and sentenced to the pcnicn'iary
COMMISSIONED One dav last week
Goyrrnr Carroll commissioned james
McShcrry, Esq, visitor of ,hc Deaf and
Dumb Asyluut ia Frederick, vice Joseph
Baush,r, deceased.
! MoUND Our young tuwnsman, c. NJ
IIarbaugh, son of the late !. +. llnrbauga,
las recently built beautiful mound in the
y ard adjoining his mothers residence i
Charlie certainly displays great taste as a
tloricullurist
Mr.. II. ward Of Carroll street this piece
is having large addition built to his house .
which makes fine appearance. When
completed, it will be quite an ornament as
well AS Il needed Improvement Friend :
Wcddlc docs the job. which is Il sure guar
antcc of its being done well.
New STADLE-Mrs. Gaugh is having Il
new stable built ut her residence on East
Main st. We arc glaG to see this, rs the
ODD one has long been an cyc-sOrc. There
appears to be great deal Of improvement !
going on ia tho town.
Monday last was a very busy day, not
only in financial circles, but also in NOV |
ing. Our streets presented a lively scene,
but the "tlitlers' all presented a downcast
appearance But the 1st is over now and
there will he no more trouble Tor Il year Il,
least.
RoBBERY.--Onc night last week, the
barn of Mr. JAS. b. Brown, residing near
Mt. lions church. this county, was en-
tered and some five bushels OF clover seed
taken. Mr.. Brown says he has IL pretty
good idea who took it. and expects to lay
his hands on them soon. Several other
robbcrics occurred in that ncighborlood
tho same night.
Vol with this number closes anoth-
or volume of the Clarion. We have every
reason to I've grateful for the kind cncour
agcmcnt we have received at the hands of
our patrons during the past years and
hope that We may not he forgotten during
the coming year. Those of our patrons
who know themselves TO he indebted will