Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-10-03

NEWS OF the WEEK.

The Publishers Of the Sunday Tele-
gram, OF Providence, r. l., were found
guilty of criminal libel Thursday.
At Marion, Alabama, Thursday,
$40, 900 worth of property was de-
stroyed by fire.
The burn of f. Stockton, at Gales
burg, H., WAS struck by lightning
Thursday evening; loss $4,000. No
insurance.
Trinity Episcopal Church, the finest
in Fort Wayne, Ind, was struck by
lightning Thursday night and dam
aged $4,000.
Ten men are reported killed and
several severely injured by an explo-
sion in the St. Gothard tunnel on
Wednesday.
John R. Patton, proprietor Of the
DeKalb, Ill.,, carriage works, . high
Iy respected citizen, died Thursday
at Waukesha, Wis.
The Lower Bank, the oldest private
bank in st. Louis, suspended Thurs
day for lack Of business. Depositors
are all to be paid.
A cyclone passed over Detroit and
Toledo on Wednesday, accompanied
by hail. rain and lightning, doing con-
siderable damage.
Daniel l.. Howard was beaten so
baC..y that his life is despaired of at
Windsor, Canada, early Saturday
morning by Peter Rogers and George
Grady.
Abraham Beach, colored, shot Eu.
gene Howard. Friday night at New
Brunswick, N. ]. lie died Saturday
morning. Nc cause for the act is as.
signed.
Chas. r. Rivers, at Newark, N. j.,
Thursday shot VIM. Loech, his father
in-law, intlicting mortal wound
Rivers claims it was done in self-de-
fence, and surrendered himself.
Wallace Ross, of St. John, N B.,
has accepted the challenge Of Fred
A. Plaisted, of New York, to row u
two-.nile race for $1,000, the race to
take place on the Kennebecassis rlv.
er.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company has Just purchased
the Chicago, Clinton g. Dubuque Rail
road, which gives them a direct line
from Chicago to Lacrosse, Wis.
Fred. w. Stevens, tf the late firm
of Kent g. Stevens, of Gloversville, N =.
Y, who committed forgeries exceed.
ing 100000, was Thursday senten-
ced to two years in the state prison,
he having returned and plead guilty.
At Peoria, ILL.,, Thursday George
Proehmer, while under the influence
of liquor, was examining loaded re-
volver, when the weapon was dis
charged, the ball striking his brother
John, in the spine, inhlcting mortal
wound.
The Masonic hall, Norris clothing
stole and Noly's hotel, at Janelow, W.
Va, were destroyed by fire Thursday
night; loss $4,000; partially covered
by policy in the German fire insur-
ance of Wheeling. 1t is supposed to
have been the work of an incediarv.
A Chinaman fatally stabbed Mr..
Harrison Edgar, Bradford, Pa, THUS
day night. The provocation for the
murderous assault was that Mr. Ed
gar threw an apple core at the China
mans laundry window. An excited
crowd Of roughs now surround the jail
and threaten to lynch the murderer.
The Scholarship Saratoga, which has
been laying at League Island, came
up to Philadel phia Thursday and al.
chored at Cope's wharf. She has III
boys on board in training for the ia.
val service. The object is to recruit
100 more boys. Sixty-seven of those
now on board are to be transferred
to the Quinnebaugh at League Island.
About o'clock Thursday night
officer Simpson discovered a man ly-
ing under the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad b.'idge over South Carey st,