Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-28

! A young man Of q went to Texas
last March and is already the propri-
etor IF stock farm, with which was
conveyed also a ready made family.
consisting Of wife, seven children, and
a mother-1n-law.
Joe Faust, an African desperate Of
Denton, Texas, cooked a pistol on q
clergyman, made him get down on his
hands and knees and bleat like a
sheep, and compelled him to butt an
oak tree until he made the acorns fall
A new secret organization has been
formed at Mahaony City, Pa, called
the knights Of Labor" 1t is intend
ed to take the place of the defunct
Workingmen's Union.
Louis G. New, clerk in the Post.
Office at Elizabeth, N. j., was arrested
on Thursday and taken before a
United States Commissioner, charged
with opening letters toget evidence in
a divorce case.
Chief of Police, Breen, Of Virginia
City, Nevada, has been arrested
charged with liberating Chiuaman
in bis custody on charge Of murder
and put a paid Chinese substitute in
his place.
VIM. Rooney, lad in the service
of the American District Telegraph
Company, New York, has received a
gold medal from his employers in re-
cognition Of the shrewdness he dis.
played in the capture Of two noted
swindlers.
One hundred rats were killed in a
rat pit in New York few nights ago
in fourteen minute, and forty-three
seconds. The dog, which was black.
and.ta bull.terrier, was go exhaus's ed
after his efforts, that he was unable to
stand.
A curious candle used in Alaska is
fish eight inches long, almost trans.
parent, and very fat, the fat being
pure white and very sweet. The In
disns dry this fish. then light it at
the tail and it burns with a clear,
sparkling fame, which the wind will
not extlnguish.
j. Fred Thornton, circuit clerk Of
St. Louis, was suspended from office
Friday for failing to comply with the
orders Of the Circuit Court and pay
into the city treasury $4,000 which
ought to have been in his possession,
1t is thought there is heavy defal-
cation.
Archbishop Gibbons, the Right Rev.
DR.. Conroy, apostolic delegate Bisa-
op Foley, of Chicago, and the Rev
E4thers McManus, Foley and Lee, of
Baltimore. visited Mount St. Mary's
College, Emmittsburg, last Wednes-
day morning. Rev. John A. Waiter
son, president Of the college, met them
at the station and conveyed them i'm
mediately to the institution, where
they were received by the priests pro-
lessons and students. Mr.. G. B. Ernst
Of the graduating class in the maine
Ct the students, W coined the arch.
bishop to the institution, which he
said was so well known throughout the
country for its hospitality. Mr.. James
B. Moore, a member Of the same class
greeted the apostolic delegate, DR..
Corrov, Archbishor Gibbons thanked
the gentlemen for their illusions to
himself, and hoped that as students
they would try to emulate the great
men who had gone forth from the
Mount. DR.. Conroy said he would
ever remember this, his first visit to
an institution so well known in tlis
country and in his own dear Isle,
an institution that has every right to
be glad and proud Of the many dis
tinguished scholars she has given to
church and state. The archbishop
and the Right Rev. DR.. Conrov gave
holiday to the students, which was
received with more than ordinary ia
yor. The party then drove over to
St. Joseph's convent, where they were
cordially received and handsomely en-
tertained By the sisters. The distin.
guished visitors returned 70 Baltimore
in the afternoon.