Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-07-04

The diamond flashes all the more bril-
lianlly for its beautiful setting. SO that
Jewell the mind when contained in It's
caskct, the body made beautiful Ivy health,
exhibits more yrandly its wondrous splcn-
dor. And those desiring to enjoy that
high degree of health, which pure blood
maintains, should use DR. Bulls Blood
Mixture
LATEST advi:cs from the oil regions
make coal oil Is cts per gallon. Groceries
exceedingly cheap. Call and see goods AMI
prices. Coffee from II TO 30 cents, sugar
white, 10, IL and II cents Brown and .
and other goods in proportion, at
ROoTs.
The LUTHERAN MlrE SOCIETY AT its
regular meeting on the 2nd inst, it re
solved to hold II festival in the orchard in
the rear of the Lutheran Parsonage, on
Wednesday tho 10th inst, commencing at
J p. m.
The grounds will be illuminated, and
ice cream, cakes, lemonade and other deli
cacics of tn season will he offered at rc,s
enable rates.
! The proceeds of tn; festival are to DC
turned into the treasurer of the mite soric
| ty and will be expended upon some i'm
provcmcuts in the Lutheran church.
The festival will be opened ut p. IN , to
accommodate those who might not be able
to attend nj later hours.
Should the Weather he llnAvorahlc the
| festival Will be postponed till the next
evening. The public is invited to attend,
and as the object is u lnudablc one, u libcr
al patronage is solicited.
CDMMITrEE.
LEFT HIS WIFE A sad story of Il has
han,rs inlilcily TO his better half comes
| from Catoctin Furnace, the land Of terrible
accidents, free fights and all sorts of things
! that help fill up ii country newspaper. 1t
appears Il man, whose name we withhold
for the present, left his home some weeks
ago for the purpose of getting work in
Washington county. Since his departure
it has been definitely ascrrtuincd thlt he
has taken up with another woman whoa he
married recently and leaving wife No. at
| the Furnace IN Il destitute condition with
eight children to look after, some Of which
are quite small. The woman, in company
! with several Of her children, was in town
last week selling cherries and tod this sad
| story Of her husbands DESERVING her to a
number of persons.
CoMMENCEMENr.-Thc following is q
brief account Of the Commencement cXcr-
ciscs At Mt st. Mary's College, which took
| place ON "Wednesday, last wccI. Archbishop
Gibbons, of Baltimore, presiding. There
were twelve graduates, viz: James b.
Moore, John Kinzcr, f. H. Ward, H. Dut-
fc, II. s. Barbour, NJ liaNdrakan, f. Al
Ian, G. b. Ernst, G. Rogers, VIM. Tolc and
L. Kumerant. The yalcdictory was dcliv-
cred by James n Moore, Of New York,
and the speech on "Pio Nono,' by NJ. ].
IIan1rakaa, of Baltimore. The degree OF
D. ID, was conferred ON Rev. Father Wat
trrson, President of The Institution, through
| Rev. Mr.. Bowers, The usual number Of
! visitors were present and all appeared to
be highly pleased with The exercises. On
| the following day the distribution of prizes
and other cAcrcrcscs took place at Mt. st.
| joscpl's aud 4 select audience was in
Attendance. The music on this occasion,
under the entire supervision Of that truly
wonderful compOscrHnd cNcltor, Dir. DicI-