Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-12-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

" E ~o Vf TIE "EEN.
Ed s. Stokes, the slayer of Jim
Fisk, is mining in Nevada.
There have been no deaths from
yellow fever in New Orleans for the
past four days.
The Roman Catholic cathedral fair
closed in New York Saturday night.
1t Melted nearly Sl75, 900.
A fire in Ottawa, H., Saturday de-
stroyed Albert Mareshafer's pillow fac
tory. The loss is S2O,O 900 to $25 900.
At Lynn, Mass, Sunday night,
John Foye shot at his wife, but the
bullet struck Annie Ryan, fatally
wounding her.
The bottom lands along the Roam
oke river, N. c., are submerged for
miles from the banks and great loss
will be sustained by the planters.
The Northern Pacific railroad com
pany roundhouse at Fargo, Dakota
was burned Saturday morning. Four
locomotives were considerably dam
aged. Loss, $4,000.
D,nnis Coyle, of Mauch Chunk,
Pa, while coupling cars Of train on
the LeEigh Valley railroad at Pitts
ton on Saturday, was caught between
the bumpers and squeezed to death.
On Saturday night Thomas Bren
nan committed murderous assault
on his wife Catharne in Boston,
breaking her collar bone and lnhict-
ing ether serio Is in ures which, it is
thought will result fatally.
+ During an alteration in a saloon
at Parsons, Pa, Thanksgiving night,
Joseph GritIiths was sho: in the bow
els, receiving fatal injuries, by man
named Harmon. The murdere: was
arrested on Saturday.
Jonathan NJ. r, art, Of Potts
Vile, Pa. charged with attempting
to poison his wife last May by out
ting paris green in her coffee, was ac
quilted by the jury Saturday after
they had deliberated Is hours.
| John II. Grow, chief mate Of the
bark G. O. Whitmore, indicted by the
| United States grand jury in San Fran
cisco for the murder Of J. H. Elwood,
second mate, was arraigned OH Fri
day and sent to Jail in default of bail.
l.. S. Allard was shot in the month
and dangerously wounded at Hot
Springs, Ark. Friday night, by his
son, Cad Allarl. Family troubles
melted the assault. Both father and
son formerly published papers in Iii,
nois, and atterward at Hot Springs.
Deputy Collector House, in charge
OF a recent ralding party IN Alabama,
reports the seizure of II still houses,
S copper stills and fixtures, and large
quantity Of mash and beer. The par
ty was fired into bnt no one hurt.
The express train from New York
for Hartford, Conn. Friday WAS
wrecked by a misplaced switch at
Newingt on, five miles below Hart
ford. Engineer Lackev was bruised
and perhaps hurt internally. The
fireman knee-pan was broken,
Governor McCreary. Of Kentucky,
has caused to be delivered to the
Breckenridge monumental assocla-
ton at Lexington, KY, the $4,000
appropriated by the Legislature OF
Kentucky for monument to the
memory Of John G. Breckenridge.
Emanuel Custer, father Of the late
i General Custer, is on visit to Cum
berIand. He 10 native of Cresap-
town, Allegany county.
Attorney General Ogden, of Louisi
ana, was with the grand jury in New
Orleans Friday, advising them rsa-
tive to The instructions given them
by Judge Whitaker in connection
r with election frauds.
The Fox River hotel at Wanke
} shaw, Wis. was burned Thursday
night, loss $4,000. The hotel sta
bles were burned and with them the
trottine stallicn Weasel, Jr., and two
other valuable horses.
Bob Mckinney, a Black Hill
desperate, was re-captnred in High
= land county, Ohio, Friday, after a des
], perate resistance, during which h
e was shot through the breast ant
cheek.
Andrew Shaw and Michael Burn
n received fatal injuries by fall from
e a scaffold, while working on an un
:. finished building in New York Fri