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

w 40 hwy oOtiNON ~ 49, ~ 1890
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-
anee of $4,000.
A special dispatch from Quebec
says: Michael Farrell was Wcdnes-
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 hum
dreds, and are hurrying large num-
bers to market. Every remedy has
been tried without effect.
Washington Thomas, formerly a
wealthy shosdealer Of New York, com.
mittel suicide by hanging, Thursday
morning. He became respondent over
the defeat of Tammany, his appoint
ment to political position depending
on Tammany's 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 a club. The negro was ar
rested.
The Touring mill owned and oper
ated by jenkins & Benzing, Of Oswe
90, My :, and known as tho Pearl
Mill. ard situated about two miles up
the Oswego river, WAS burned Thurs
day evening. The loss not vet known,
bat it is estimated at $4,000.
A passenger railway in New IIa-
ven, CT. is propelled By compressed
air contained in tubes eight inches in
diameter and that will bear a pres
sure Of 1000 pounds to the square
inch. One charge in the tubes .ur
fishes power sufficient to propel "A car
containing twenty men seven and a
man miles ne motor makes no noise
and no machinery is seen by the pas
sengers.
Mrs. Nancy Person, A resident Of
Orange Valley, n. J. went into the
woods near her home on Tne,lny If.
ternoon, to 1nench bonfire som.
chillren had started there. In doing
so her clothing caught fire and she
started on a ro" TO ner hoH'';,. ms
''h,'e' 'he names ana s'!a was IL'e'"i
~ burned 10 CRISP oHe '"e1 500"
after
Thomas Boxie. of Brooklyn, y. Y
aged 80 wears. while working in the
grain stores Of Robert lIazrItino
Thursday, fell into A grain chntp.
down which a stream Of Grain vi.
flowing at the time and before ans
a'd could be gwen h'm he WAS smo,a-
'reh' lis oo'y was taken TO hi
home
A pair Dared race between the pic
ked crew belonging 10 the N.utiIin<I
and Atalanta boat clubs will take,
on the Harlem river, New York. to.
dav. Mcssrs. Eust,s and Downs will
the AtalAnta and Mes.rs
Chllls and Leve the Nautilus. The
distance will be one mile. The Alta
Iantas are the layorites in the bet
ting,
Aryille Gardner, known as Awful.
Garlner, the ex pugiIist and Christian
convert, and his wife, were admitted
into the Home for the Aged and In.
firm, in West Fortv.seconI street, \
Y. Gardner is s. yeaas Old, ana sall
to be so imbecile from sortening of the
brain that he is unable to take care of
Mrs. Gardner is T., onl af.
Ujcted with fits
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W "l'e MRS Jonh one"' rfS'I'"8 at
'he corner Oh 'SHersoh ana M''Ne'
Stree'S' Lo"e''' Mass was gown III
, re'''F "''er some Goa! "eS, ,I
hef TWO year'oIo son, NichaeI' NH' MS ,
c'oIhe" t''ch on IRE from 'he stove
an" a, !" 'lIe P''" I1ull'eu 1n'o 'he C'a