Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-03-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The only hope Of the Washington
lobby now is in an extra session OF
Congress.
At the present rate of increase OF
the Scay race, Russia will have $780,
100000 Of inhabitants in fifty years.
Patrick McGough WAS run over by
the cars and killed in Brooklyn, n,
Y, Saturday.
The President has recognized An
tonic De La Cooidlp pc La Covte AS vice
consul of Spain at Baltimore.
At Lancaster Pa, Saturday, Geo
Fradv was sentenced to nine years
Imprisonment fer manslaughter.
The New Orleans Citizens savings
bank has suspended. Depositors will
receive Is cents on the dollar only.
One,third of the sewage Of Paris is
utilized on 1000 acres Of market ga'-
dens, and the vegetables are whole
some.
A fire Saturday night at No. 81
Broadway, New York, damaged
Strasbureer and pIeiher to the extent
Of $4,000.
Wilson & Co.'S cracker bakery on
North Front street. phiiadephla, W IS
damaged by fire Saturday night to
the extent Of about So, 900.
The Ocean house at Long Branch,
n, j., took FIRE from a defective fue
Saturday evening The fire was"
speedily e1tingaished damages about
II 800.
Frederick Yack, a German, elm
ploved in Shohield's paper mill It
S4ncerties, New York, vas found
dead in large vat Friday afternoon.
An applc, mt for school IN Mjssls-
sirpi spelled "piece' seven dtterent
ways and then failed to spell 1t cor
rectly. lie was not engaged.
A Providence machinist las made
100000 worth Of gold and silver
models Of locomotives, ships, palace
cars, &c. The number is 6ttY.slH.
There were torty-eI8ht failures re-
ported in New York city during the
past month. a tolerably fair COM
mencement for the spring trade IA
bankruptcy.
A fire at keLo, Neb., destroyed on
Sunday morning the entire business
portion Of the town. The loss is EST
mated at 81 O0O,0O Five persons
were burned to death.
A fire occurred Monday evening at
the lumber wharf Of c. II, llanan 4
Co, Albany strert, Boston, Mass
About $4,000 worth of lumber was
destroyed, said 10 be insured.
Neil Dennson, son Of ex,Gov. Den.
nison, was nominated on SATURDAY by
the Democrats for Mayor of Column
BUS, Ohio.
Bassett, convicted at Bridgeport
Conn, for the murder Of f. Vein
becker, was sentenced Friday to the
State prison for lie.
Within one hour five fires C nrred
on Saturday night in Columbus, ..
1t is thought desperate incendlarleS
are at work for the porpose Of plumber.
Edward O'kellev, the last of the
Fenian prisoners, ha:: arrived from
MarseilIes, in New York, prematurely
az d and broken down by the rlgori
Of protracted imprisonment under
brutalized keepers.
By collision between passenger
and freight trains Saturday at VAL
paraiso, Ind., one fireman and one
engineer were scaided to death by
escaping steam, and two others seri-
ously injured.
The grocery store Of G Rockaway.
Chicago, was entered Saturday night
by masked men, who robbed the store,
shot and killed the proprietor while
Audeavoring to protect lis property.
At st. John, N. B., on Saturday.
the Supreme court granted an order
discharging FROM custody Thomas III
lis, the defaulting teller Of the Ma.
tional Park bank Of New York, who
has been IN Jail there nearly 9 years
Frank Barrett, on trial at Bridge.
port, Conn, for The murder OF Slut.
tering Jack" was found guilty o
murder in the second degree on Sat
urday, and was sentenced to impris
:, onment for lito Motion for nc"