Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-05-22
TOWN AND COUNTY.
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.

pi'Co |oV. Apply III CnlS olilce.
A tub acknowledgements
1t is better to give than receive-a bill.
Mechanicstown should have walking
match.
Excursion tickets to Monocacy bridge
and return, to-day, 25cts.
There are at present $50 conyicts in the
Maryland penltentiary.
A great many houses ale being repaired
and reprinted at present.
The hest confectionery at the lowest pri.
ces at Remsburg's new drug store.
Cholera is out of the reach of the poor,
with cucumbers at fifty cents dozen.
A Judge has decided that woman is
not an old maid until she is 50. Do you
hear that, girls?
All postmasters are required to keep n
complaint book, in which all letters report
ed to them as lost are entered.
To the small boy there arc four seasons
the circus season, the green apple season
Fourth of July and Winter.
Eve was the first and we recon the only
woman who did not gather up her dress
and yell at the sight of a snake
An exchange wants congress To pass a
law making it a criminal offence for taiors
to attach pistol pockets to summer panta-
looms.
Experience has proven that the best rem
cdy for Collie, Diarhoea, Tcething and other
troubles of infancy is DR.. Bulls Baby Syr
up. Price IS cents.
The man with a straw hat has made his
appearance and his Sisters and his cous.
ms and his aunts' arc coming with loves
OF Spring hornets.
Several persons in our town took adj
vantage of the recent dry spell and had
new roofs put on their houses. A stitch
in time saves nlnc.
Our townsman, Mr.. Hanson T. Ward
on Carroll street, has had his residence
ICCly pdlutCN pOth thlNiiN ''bN' IN -i' =
Adclspcrgcr end son did the work.
Joe. Stuart, alias "Tohc,' says he would
gladly sit in the house for two days and
nurse tho baby if it would only rain
Toby no noubt fulfilled his agreement.
J. G. Blackburn, the great Kentucky
orator, will deliver the address at the dec
Grafton of the graves Of the Confederate
dead in Frederick on the 9Th Of June.
Another large fire was visible in the
mountains north of this place on Monday
and Tuesday nights of last week. The fire
on the mountain near Gettysburg could
plainly be seen from here.
Captain Warner Welsh purchased the
lhsme farm of Henry Baker at Liberty at
trustees sale The price paid was 500
per acre for seventy acres The buildings
are very fine, andsthe property is consid
cred is cheap.
Mr.. John l.. ITorner Ct Emmitshurg,
lost a very valuable horse one night last
week. 1t was turned into the pasture field
in the evening and il the morning was
found dead.
A colored boy was run oyer by Cu1,
berand Valley railroad car at MartinshNr"
GU Saturday afternoon and instantly
killed-thc result Of foolshly jumping on
trains.
Mrs. Richard Thomas, of Licksvilc, the
victim of feloricus assault at the hands OF
the negro Carroll, who was lynched for the
crime at Point of Rocks April 18th, is III
a fair way to recover.
Never promise more than can he dCnc
DIR. Bulls Baltimore Pills have been sue
cessf,lly run on tins principle. For sale
. by all druggist. Price % cents.
Another B flat horn has been added to
the Mcchanicstown band. The instrument
has been ordered but has not yet arrived
It is really astonishing az well as crafty
ing to see how much heband has improved
of late.
A five year old son of Mr.. David Lccsc
Of Frederick had the misfortune to fall
and break his leg, on last Saturday week
whilst playing with some children in the
northwestern section of the city.
Mr.. George Eisler, of Frederick, in at.
tempting to jump from train of cars,
whilst in motion, at the lower depot of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in that city,
fell and broke three of his ribs and other
wise in jured himself.
Led like victim to my death III go
This sentiment has many a sufferer uttered
but since the advent Of DR.. Schlcy'S Fam
" Cough Syrun none need fear 10 die for il
is sure cure for coughs, colds and kindred
affections. Only 25 cents.
A goose died at the age Of age Of 33
wears near Boonsboro' Washington coun.
ty last week Its mate, the male, is still
living. They were a Cross between the
wild and tame geese. The goose annually
laid her quota of eggs, but they would new
or hatch.
CAUTIoN.-Our townsman Mr. Henry
Rouzcr, authorizes us TO give this notice
that he will prosecute to the fullest extent
of the law all trepassers on his grounds, in