Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-03-13
NEws or ThE WEEK.


mouth.
Several buildings at Newbdryport'
! Mass, were burned on Saturday.
John Hale, an Incorporate man, per-
ished III one of than.
The square east OF the conrth onse,
including the Magnolia house, WAS
burned at Quincy, Fla, Monday
moi ming.
A severe thunder storm passed.
over Toronto Saturday morning: CG.
siderable damage was done Is tuIld'
ings by lightning.
About Loco people rairolled the
streets OF Columbus, Ohio, Saturday
night to preve.t acts o. l1c."tt,f
ism. No fires oocnrTeu. ".@
Dunham's machine shop and tonn-
dry were burned at Pensacola, Florl-
da, Saturday night. The loss Is
about $4,000; no insurance.
A little daughter Of James Dough
ertv, of Pottsville, Pa, was burned
10 death Wednesday evening.
Z. Spencer MilIer,a prominent law
yer of Phila' ul,h:a, died SNaaaaly
Thursday Of Aa.ii di1As..,
An orde1 ia. .,ns>.. issued tireo.ins
General E'ase,, colonel Of the Sixth
Infantry, to rejoir A;i sasiIeAf aaaot
the lst u AEr.,.
Allen Mcdonald wea sad rs-
spected resi- lent of Greenwood, "a, ST.
icidsi Ly cutting hi. throat Saturday.
The o.,o.a ,.as I,a.,,sl alteration
Marg,.rrs '.ear. hcusekeener Of
the Oc.,,. notcl, :: Long Eranck
n. j., We. a..r.s tcd A,,aro:.r G. the
charge Of aAstii.g tia. Aotcl Ga Are
last Monday.
The Har,;.unv mills at Coho"s. =.
Y, including the Ogdon and STRONG
mills, which ,.ave been running on
half time for t.. .aSt .nlr weeks re-
sumed full time tfonia: as u general
reduction Of to.! yer ot'.t "a wages,
The Secretary O; i:.r t.,>esior b \
ordered comr.,tiv- -xs "a 'natlon to
hu held or the 18th, aSth anl 21th
inst, for reaI poanslne ais "a oisrkshl.
Of class in the ,,-I.,it.a tu:sa.
john Sharp|ea. san es nollrensa,
was shot dead or Sixth street, New
Orleans, on Friday nshi. i, Is ~.
nored that Sharplas VA. drunk ~n1
insulted lady and was shat BY hel
escort.
Mr.. Edward +. Smith, proprietor 81
the livery stable at loi an lS;i South
Portland Ayenuc, Brook yn, cS'1Aml'
te snicile on Saturday bv hangna
himself with n Latter IL HE KAY loft
William Bowers, I"'s': carrier IN
st. Louis, was in tina rs"!7-s 4: '~c
hours, detected in stealing e hitter,
confessed the crime, and tried an.
sentenced to the penltentlary !rr !hI re
years.
J. Curry, who is charge WIKI hrg.
ing and utttrin3 note FOR ;r'HH on
the Babesvile Bank, o. kebe>yI,e
Ohio, has been arrested VI Park srs'
burg, w. Va, with s., 600 m his per.
son.
! Basse:t, who has been ~ 'ris' f.!
completely in the murder Of Ssnt'sr
ing Jack at Bridgeport, Ccnn., was
found guilty on Saturday of m''r "e'
in the second degree and senten:rd Il
imprisonment for life.
A large barn of Jacob P. Ec''.
near Nazareth, Pa, was cntlreI y i"
stroyed by fire Wednesday night end
four horses and eight bead Of cat'l;
persisted. Loss about 81 600.
A reservoir with l00,OO0,o0O ga.
Ions of water broke Thursday at Lo:
Angeles, Cal, but it was SO far from
tie city that the damage was confined
to tha flooding Of streets and cellars
III an sccidcnt on the Inter CoIonl
al railroad in Nova Scotia, Thursday
train driver named Mcleod wa;
. killed. Another driver named Mitch
, ell nag badly !!nrt. Fireman Eator
snI Eiusr.!s acre somewhat injured
Richard Gresham Cox, a prominent
and highly essos,tabIe citizen of 8al
ii more, a soldier Of the war Of 1872
and Vice President CT the Old De.
tenders Association, died Oh the 21tl
ult. aged ~ years.
Fifty thres staIsn:s ct medicine
graduated at the University Of Ma.
ryland, Baltimore, on Saturday last q
week. On Thursday evening - mcr<
NJ. Us, graduated from the Cot;cye o
Pbysicisas in same city.
The TIL in :,se. store rnom q T. Il
Leggett, in BooaSbc.o', Mashingto'
county, was robbed, FRIDAY week 9
f23. A couple Of persons were al,
rested on suspicion BAT were dischars
, ed for want ct evidence.
John r. Flake and his son, 70 year