Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-09-19

THAT wife OF NINE says, since Inc INTRO
duClion of DR.. Schlcy's Family Cough Syr.
UP all coughs and colds disappear, and our
nights arc mdistubcCi by hacking coughs
Sure cure, only IS cents. Try it and be
convinced.
DEATH OF AN OLD House. On Tuesday
last, Dolly" well known in this section,
and supposed to have been the oldest horse
in the state, she having been fOaled in 1899
occurred on the farm of Mr. Absalom
Stone, in this district The mare first came
into notice in 1913, when SHE was pur-
chased by Col. Richardson, in that year.
the Col. having celebrated his marriage
At later day the mare was bought by Mr.
Stone who has owned her to the time OF
her death, which was occasoned by sheer
! exhaustion under her We ght of years
when he buried her, with reverence tor the
memory of the good old horse, which had
performed her part in life so faithfully and
nobly. Times.
GAINED Saturday afternoon quite an
excitement occurred Oh the North east cor
ncr of Market and Church SITS in this city
by difficulty between Col. Geo. W. F.
Vernon Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore
and Marccllus NJ. Shatincr. 1t appears
from those who witnessed it,tlnt Col Yer
non in company with Mr.. J. J. Din, was
ON his way to the Postoflice, which is
about half square from the corner above
mentioned, when he met Shmtfncr,who had
been drinking. In passing s. made re-
mark to Dill about the Colonel, when the
latter turned upon Siaftnrr and dealt him
several blows with Il cane he held in his
hands, across The head, causing the hloot
to fl Nv freely. Shortly after both of these
gentlemen appeared before the Mayor,whc
imposed fine of s 81 on each for disor
derby conduct on the street. - Ertm.reF.
RAINFALL The rainfall Friday morn
ing in Baltimore had the effect of rising
Jones Fails To considerable height Ma
ny streets were flooded and cellars file,
with water Second street was inundated
from the falls To Centre Market Space, anl
the cellars on both sides OF the street tiIlct
with water winch caused some damage -
The sidewalks on the sides of Smith Az,
! Spears wharvCs were covered. ana mrl
rowcd about them in small boats. Thl
same sigh. WAS to be seen along Pratt
! Light and Calvert stress and thcan.it'c.-
On Pratt, between Light and Charles, ant
! Light street 10 ice, The sidewalks were
! flooded To the drp.h of several feet and pc
drs,riHns were obliged to pay five cents It
! he rowcd across III, streets Freight along
/ The whurvcs WAS slightly dnmagcd Col
orcl men carried passengers ON their backs
and made quite harvest OF nicl>Ics in th'
| Hooded y,cinilicS The storm is supposed
to have done considerable damage dawn
! the hay and At SEA.
IovrnruL WANpEEErS. - ilr. VIM
Soudcrs lives at the foot of the mountair
north Of town, and has two little boys
Noah and David, aged about ) and 6 year,
Last Friday an unpcasanlcss OF some kind
broke out in tie family, and during III,
rumpus the bows were threatened with {;
"brushin@' by The head of tic huuschod.-
| The two children became frightened and
/ left the house, wandering of into The
mountains They did not return that nigh
nor the next day, and on Sund ~ mornina
were tnuul i,v Mrs Flock. on the Frvlcr
! rk county side OF South Mountain scyr,
miles from home. The little fellows haC
! wandered up into lnc mountain, across h,
the monument, through brush and Over
rocks, having spent two night, in til,
mountains alone When found they wcr,
! rs hungry aS young wolves. having haC
nothing to eat for nearly forty eight hours
except such berries as they may have
pichcd up in the mountain. The youth
fll trampS were returned to their sorrow
ing parents on HVor
Coop WORDS FoN THE GREAT SlIoN
AT FREDERICK Cry --Oflhc great Fl
rphanl Railrord Mcnngcrc and Circus
which is to exhibit ut Frederick city
Thursday Sept. e6'h, the Youngstown 20.
Daily News SAYS: Large and commo,li
Gus as arr the great tents of the Seven FL
rphant Show, their capacity was taxed t,
utmost yesterday to accommodate III
graf sea of pcoplc'that found their wa
inside the canvas walls The mcnagcric |
complete and contains many rare and beau
ttu animals. 1t would be impossible I,
rnumcratc them all, but some Of them ar
worthy of spcria mention There is ROY
al Bengal tiger one of the granlcst Sprci
mems imaginable, and two horned rhin
oceros, not very elegant to gaze upon, hu
wi'lal docilc and kindly disposed toward
his friends on the outside of the cage. al
though too much familiarity is barred. =
The seven elephants are all there and grad
ed in size from the mammoth Sultan dow
to the crphan,nc maid called Fannie. !
novel sight are the two infant elephant
taking milk from Il bottle, and when til,
end has come yelling Justify for more. Thu
ring performance is fist class; there ar,