Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-11-14

Monday, by pulling pan of hot wa
ter over.
A special dispatch says Harmonic
Block, in Akron, Ohio, was burned
Tuesday. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, on which there is an insur-
ance Of $4,000.
A special dispatch from Quebec
says: Michael Farrell was Wednes-
day convicted Of murder of Conway,
and was sentenced to be hanged jan
uary llth, next.
Hog diptheria is prevailing in Rock
county, Illinois,to an alarming extent,
many farmers losing hogs by the hun
dreds, and are hurrying large num-
bers to market. Every remedy has
been tried without effect.
Washington Thomas, formerly a
wealthy shoedealer of New York, COM
mitted suicide by hanging, Thursday
morning. He became respondent over
the defeat Of Tammany, his appoint
ment to political position depending
on Tammanys success.
Saturday night negro attempted
to outrage woman near Reynolds
burg, Ohio. An imbecile man who
was with her tried to prevent the
crime, when the assailant broke his
skull with club. The negro was ar
rested.
The Touring mill owned and opsr
ated by Jenkins & Benzing, Of Oswe-
60, N. Y, and known as tho Pearl
Mill, ard situated about two miles up
the Oswego river, was burned Thurs
day evening. The loss not yet known,
bat it is estimated at $4,000.
A passenger railway in New Ha-
ven, CT. is propelled BIZ compressed
air contained in tubes eight inches in
diameter and that will bear pres,
sure OF 1000 pounds to the square
inch. One charge in the tubes !nr
FISHES power sufficient to propel car
containing twenty men seven and 4
half miles. The motor makes no noise
and no machinery is seen by the pas
sengers.
Mrs. Nancy Pierson, resident Of
Orange Valley, n. J. went into the
woods near her home on Tuesday af-
ternoon, to qnench a bonfire some
chitlren had started there. In doing
so her clothing caught fire and she
started on ran to her house. This
famed the fl tmes and she WAS literal
ly burned to a crisp. She died soon
after.
Thomas Boxie, Of Brooklyn, y. Y.
aged 80 wears, while working in the
grain stores of Robert Hazeltin".
Thursday, fell into grain chutr,
down which a stream Of grain W.
flowing at the time and before an,
ala could be given him he WAS smoth-
cred. His body was taken to III,
home
A pair cared race between the pie
kel GREY belonging to the Nautilus
and Ata!snta boat clubs will take
on the Harlem river, New York, to-
dav. Messrs. Eustrs ana Downs will
represent the Atal0nta and MesSrs.
Chllds and Leve the Nautilus. The
distance will be one mile. The Alta
antas are the tavorites in the bet
ting.
Arville Gardner, known as Awful
Garlher, the ex, pugList and Christian
convert, and his wife We're admitted
into the Home for the Aged and In
firm, in West Fortv.seconi street, n
Y. Gardner is 81 yeaas old, aud SAID
to be so imbecile from soi;enlng Of the
brain that he is unable to take care Of
himself. Mrs. Gardner is Il, ond az
tlicted with fits.
While Mrs. John Shea, residing at
the corner of Jefferson and Market
streets, Lowell, Mass, was down in
the cellar after some coal Tuesday,
her two. year-old son, Michael, had his
clothes catch on fire from the stove,
and in the pain jumped into the era
die IN which was his little sister, Mel
lie, months old. Michael died in
about an hour from his injuries, and
the infant child is not expected to
live.
The Cumberland News Of Thurs.
day last says. About twelve o'clock
Monday night Charles Metile, a Ger
man, LIVING on the Williams road,
who lost his left arm by railroad &C
cident near ills city last spring heard
peculiar noise in the yard, and TAX
ing a sing barreled, muzzel-loadlng
pistol, he went to the DOOR. to ascer-
tain its cause. When he opened the
door it accidentally slammed shut
and struck the hand holding the pis-
toll, which was discharged, and the
load, a charge of No. 6 bird shot, en-
tered the centre of his abdomen. Dr..
McGill was summoned to attend the
man, but was unable to find the shot,
and could not, therefore, determine
the exact extent Of his injuries. Mef-