Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-07-15


Our old friend Abraham Forncy brought
his first lot of apples to town this season
on Friday last lIcmct with an accident
during cherry time that has somewhat dis.
abled him. While on Il cherry tree, he
endcavored to step over limb, when his
hip bone caught and broke Off his lower
rib on the right side making it a painful
and peculiar accident.
Coop YIELp.- We hear of several far.
mcrs in the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant that
have threshcl their wheat crop and real,
lied from % to SO bushels per acre. The
in''z wheat, which for some years past has
been yielding SO well, secr,s to have fallen
behi; d this year, both in quality and guam
tity - Banner.
MILL Property SOLD. Mr. #. a.
Wivcman of Georgetown Tex ly his agent
ID. &. Martin of this place sold on Satnr-
day last the Mcchanicstown Mills on
Hunting Creek, at the foot Of the noun
tain above town. Mr. d. G. Martin was
the purchaser, the property bringing
$4,000.
! A lot has been offered to the commits
sioncrs, that for loca,an and price, GER
'ainy meets requirement and entails Il
cost that may never again be equa!led, in
: point of availability and chcapncss, if not
at once taken advantage of. The site is 4
central one, than which no other can be
found to he a better compromise betwccn
the extreme limits Of our borough.
DRY TINES. Seasons Of drought bring
torth statistics on the subject, and tie
pre- 'ent hot and dry season has unearthcd
the following. In the year 1862 no ran
fell for 81 days; in 80 tho drought lasted
o. DAYS; in l14J for los days, and in ICE
for 1873 days. i'hc longest period of con
tinuous drought in later years, was il
1871, when 10 rain fell for IL days.
The committee appointed to wal. upon
the county commissioners, in the interest
Ola new School building was before the
board on Wednesday yesterday and urged
upon those officers the pre- sing need of
this school district After al TIE districts
havc been heard from, it Is understood
that the claims o. each will receive an i'm
partial consideration ut their hands and
the appropriations viii be made,
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last to the effect l!at two Of our cirzcns
Ind received twenty five dollars each in
the interest Of license to be used $50 the
best Of adyautagc' 1t is needless to say
thnt the report was without foundation IS
!hc characters of the two men were such
A to AZ once disproyc any such assertion
they never ,aying been known to make q
vote for anything in thcr lives.
Our band bows returned from Their WI
mngton "trip abou, - O'Clock last Friday
night They were greatly pleased With
their tip, hat say they had n little too
much M rc!Iing 10 do. The torci'iglt
parade Of fireman at Wilmington on
Thursday night, is Represented as n grand
affair. There were about one thousand
frcman and ten bands o! music IN line ---
Register.
SCALDED FooT. Maggie, Two lillc
four year-Old daughter uf Con. J r. RouA
cr met with q lccr accident on Saturday
p last. Some member Of rho family had ploc,
ed a bucket o. hot water in trough at the
plmp and the ln'lc one intending to take
n foe, bQ'h put her bare foo, int it, From
, the nature Of the clsc, and fer:u 0tclr, Sic
could not long rrmpin in doubt as to the
step To be taken Al she stepped ont Al
though lightly SCALED no serious injury
resulted from the accident.
School introduced new music book last
: Sunday. "Garlanls OF Praise by As'
He'll We depend upon The good taste
-. and judgement Of the committee appointed
" to make the selection, whci we say tha,
we expect to find good music in it. We
notice some names 50 well known in the
musical world as Phillip Phillips, p. p
Bliss and Harry Sanders among the con
trihUtors.
, Special attention is called to the new nd.
f. vcrtiscmcnt Of Geo. w. S,ockS.lalc, Ms !,
will appear ncy' week. This gentleman