Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-05-20

TmANKs.--Jos. W. Orndortt sends Ii.
hate Richmond papers, lie ia TT present
engaged at his trade cigar mak,ng but has
been quite i'll since his arrival there. II.
thinks he will "go west as soon as hi>
hcaltl, will justify it, Wages in Riclnund
are good.
JusT So.~it Is admitted Ivy all that Jas
trcc9cr has tie "hoss' hcarsc of MCclan
icstown, some say Of tn" county. He bur
led Mra. l.. Pcddccord on SATURDAY., MAY
), using the new glass hcarsr, two match
black horses and new white III united har.
ness cScrl,d anything in style we have in
or near our our town.
! ILL-On Saturday night last our tonso
rial artist Was taken suddenly i'll with a
combination az diseases entirely unknown
to the medical fraternity. His place was
filled hy Wills. ---, hut not to the sam,
satisfaction, He is all iigh, now and can
manipulate the razor with the same case
and grace ~ before
The Chicago Tribune receives $35, 900 n
year for on, column Of advertising The
New York Herald and Sua each recriy,
$33, 700 for their cheapest column. TIL,
Ne" FORK Tribune receives, for its highcs,
column, $4,000. The Clarion fol it,
cheapest column, we'll some,hng-lcss
If cash.
HELD PoK HIS APPEARANCE AT COUNT. -
On Saturday last Mr.. Draper WAS before
Justice White on the Charge of having been
the inccndi'r1 in saGlc of our mountain
hires. The evidence against him was nd
Judged sufficient to hold him to bail for hi,
appearance AT tonlt.
CHURCH IMPROVEMENT. The Council
of The Lutheran Church of our town have
determined Ia enclose their entire front
with an iron fence This has long been
considered and we are pleased 10 learn
tina, t will be accomplished il tie ic.r fl.
,urc.
AT regular Intervals of about one month
each Of the two Wayncsbo"o Pa) news
papers have for the last three months, an.
nounC"d that in about one month the b
4 c. N.R. II. will be comrc,cd to this
place" or words to that effect, and yet it
has failed to come to pass. In about me
month though. TIE road will he through
i New GooDs. The store room of John
Root received last week another addition
TO its already INN -nSc stock of genera
merchandise. Mr. Root visited the cit,
and the stock from which he made his Sc.
iieclions, thus insuring new aud attrac,iy.
styles Call while the stock is new ant
get the first choice
!, Alum dissolved in warm water am
>prinklcd over potato vines infested will
u, bugs will have the same effect as pali.
+ green, costs less and is not poisonous.
Ice and snow on the upper Hudson ant
cihaid storms in Virginia are gentle remin
dcrs that summer is not quite here.
Old Probs could only postpone them unit
the warm spell in July VIC should be ahl'
, to extend much more cordial wc1Com,
TO these rctrigcrants.
. Cow INJURED On Tucsdoy of thi
week, the mail train west struck aud scri
d, ously injured Il COW belonging to Mr.
VIM. SIX of this place, She was caugh
:, between the engine and some posts under
=, II freight building at Geo. ". Stocksdalc'
depot. The posts were forced out from
under the hai!,iins
We noticed last week, the death b,
drowning OF IA young man named Jamc
Picking formctly of,his locality. 1t ap
dcars tha; he with five other friends wen
GA fishing exclusion He and one O
thc others were ia boat, when Pickin:
g dropped his ash rod, overheard and in en-
% regain it, capsizcd The boat
ills coulradc coula. swim, only sufficient
. we'll to save hiniseif, and us Pickin. coul
" tot swim It all. was drowned before 81
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