Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-01-23


Wanted-all to know Witherow's are
selling the best syrup in town % Az ana
80 cts good coffee Qnl24 and sugar O. tets,
Also anything in the dry goods line at bot'
tom prices. Call aud be convinced.
MIR. EDITOR Having been informed
that the president and directors OF the
Frederick and Emmittsburg turnpike
company lave determined to erect gate
(haf farc) a short distance north of Me-
chancstown, we feel like entering pro.
test IN behalf of our village. We do not
wish to complain of the action
of any corporate authority when we
believe Justice is being done. but when we
see great injustice inflicted upon our
people, in order TO benefit that of another,
we feel like asserting our rights by calling
the attention of the said corporate author.
itv to the injustice done us as a people and
community. We don't object to the es-
lnblishlng of the second gate Or such he
rcu,lisi,e) provided the said second gate IS
erected an equal distance between the gate
at Mecluncstown and Emmittsburg
JUSTICE.
MIR. EDITOR BY your permission
wish to express through your columns the
feelings of our people on the outrage about
being pcrpctlaled on our people and the
discrimination made against our vongc by
the president and directors Of tho f. 4 f..
turnpike Go. Now the facts in the case are
these: THIS company has a toll gate one
nile south OF this town, at which 1t col
lrctS full fare, and also gate one mile
south Of Emmitt,burg, at which 1t collects
! the same toll. Now our friends at I'm
mtishurg wishing to get rid OF as mnc! as
possible of what they think is ds"uVAhI
ace to the business of their town, they pc
lilion this company to make their gate nall
! fare and to erect anol! her gate On said road
at which hal! fare si.lI bc collected Then
in order to accommodate these tar seeing
| financial petitioners, the directors propose
to erect this half fare gate one mile north
| of McChanicStOwn thus fencing in (as Tar
as they cam our village. Now ii this gate
must be made to accommodate oar friends
Of our sister village why not place TINS
new gate half way between the tWo at
whic! tucy now collect their toll which
would no, show SO plainly the imposition
we complain Of In order to demonstrate
! Our feelings in the matter we merely cal
! the attention Of our friends at Frcdcrich
| (and Emmit;sburg can take the hlnll To
! the nolcd belt in which some of them were
very much interested. Thi, gate may be
another belt in which somebody may md
themselves tightly bound
CITIZEN.
DEAril OF Mn WM NEED 1t is with
feelings of profound sorrow that we an
n0uncc to the readers OF the Clarion, the
death Of its former editor and founder, Mr.
William Need, which occurred AT the resi-
d,.ncr of his sistcr.in-law in Frederick II
Wednesday last, after an illness OF scarcely
n week Of paralysis. The following &C
count of his sickness, death and public
life we copy from the Frederick Times
MIR William Need, whose serious illness
from Il severe attack Of para SIS was no
ted in Wednesdays Times, expired
"Wednesday afternoon at 4.3O O'Clock, Mr.
Nrcd was bora III Emmittsburg. in thj,
county in 1871, and at the timc of his
death had entered upon his GSth year. He
was printer by trade, and had worked in
raroUs States of the Union, his travels
mbraciug neatly every state and cNicnc-
ING as far west as California. He W.
Clerk OF the House Of Representa- res f
Mississippi in 1888 80, and also Treasurer
r.I. ia, In l,n .i,
listed in the Isl Regimrnt of New Mexico
Volunteers, commanded by the famous
KIT Carson, and was ri zen the position Of
Sergeant Major, He was also rendered the
position Of Rowimcnial CoLmSsary Scar
gcint, hlt declined. \ rctrnliYc memory
and keen observation made hin, th" pos
SCISSOR of a tuud Of information which rem
derrl him very Interesting conversations
aItsl and a very pleasant and entertaining
companion. As the founder oi the CHlUC-
tin Clarion he made it enc If til" spcicst
and most readable Journals of its siA" in the
State, and uller'his retirement from that
journal, contributed to nearly ali the pa
pnrs of this city, his efforts being Contiacd
principally the production and com! lation
of events That happened many years ago,
and in which he took great delight, lie
was well ycrsed in the history OF This city
and county, and possessed a thorough and
complete knowledge Of its people He was
a man of kindly disposition, al'lbIe man