Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1880-06-10

attend festival given for the benefit of
the Band TAc Gettysburg band was pres
cht with some other Gettysburg folks
, Inc fi'lr has been 4 very successful one,
having been sell supplied with the usual
, palatahlc cdiblcs and was largely attended
by very generous public.
INVITATION ACCEPTED. Our Band re.
ccivcd one day last week, an invitation ia
| accompany the eXcursionists on tho trip
, down the road and bay on July 18th. The
excursion will he gotten up under tho au-
spices Of of the w. M. n. II. company
employees Aid Association Mr.. Danner
{ the merchant tailor, who has the contract
, to make the suits for the Band will have
them ready for initiation on tina, date.
Only those Of us. who practice the
hcal,htul habit Of rising with the lark, Ell.
JOY the one pleasant | art of the day. From
) the time rosy fingered Aurora first tints
the eastern portals, until Phccbus drives
his firry chariot over the eastern hills com
priscs nearly all there is of halmy, summer
times: for which Il mortal may desire to
live 60 get up, get up carly, get up ard
listen to the bird, singing praises and be
as healthy and happy as they.
We arc pleased to add still another to
our Lcadyillc tCol lis, of subscribers. Mr..
' Ruben Il. Nillar hom the neighbolhood
OF SahillasvilIc being the lust name added.
lie has been there for some time and has
repeatedly asked his relatives here to send
him the CLARION He can appreciate its
worth, being SO far from the home OF which
its columns contain SO full and complete q
chronicle of events.
GRADuATE.-By reference TO the lis, of
graduates at the lIagcrstown Female Sem.
mary this year, as given in another col
umn, the name of Miss Katie A. Wisslcr,
daughter of Rev. H. Wiss,cr minister of
the Reformed church of this place, APP
pears. Wcnow have several graduates of
this institution, in our town whose ladylike
department and manners reflect great cred.
I il on hat institution.
An OLD PArER-Miss Helen Cohcn'z
of this vicinity, has handed us n copy Of
the "tl,tcr County Gazette" published n,
Kingston, N. y January 4, 1850, which
she recently discovered among some old
/ papers al her home. The copy before Us
contains an account Of. the ceremonies al
! tending the funeral Of Gen. George Wash
ing,on, which took place y, Mt Vernon
two weeks previous, and other interesting
ma,ter-HtgItr.
! For the benefit Of our census ta'lcr we
desire to give him this scientific distinc.
{ ton between the colorc! men and The
white and which we hope he will preserve
in his enumeration. viz: The skulls of
The African negroes are do!icEoccphalc
unacceptable, rrcgnathous, pa,hrine and
mcsoscme, while the Adamcsc are brachv.
ccphalic, microccphalic, mcsognathous
mcsorind and mcgasCmc Without such
distinction made, the census will ne a
| failure.
| DEpICATI0S Work on the Reform
church is being rapidly completed and
with the exception Of vanishing will be
nearly or quite Nil done by Sunday, 18th
! instant On ills date as mentioned by
US last week, the church will I've dedicated
Want Of space prcclUdcs Us from giving n
description of cdifcc, but will br Civ.
en- in full in n future issue, The bell arriv
cd on Tuesday and was placed in position
on Wednesday. 1t has a fun Itch tone
aud so far as we can learn gives Perfect
satisfaction.
A rumOr came to our town on "Wednesday
evening to the effect that Mr. H. b. Kun
kcl proprictoro tbs Catoctin Furnaces
would shut down the large, new, and ono of
the old furnaces leaving tho blast on one of
the old Stacks, This is to he regretted by
all, for this industry, when at It's height,
may he felt in every branch Of business in
this locality. We trust that the stoppagc
may be but temporary, and that n better
demand and higher prices may result in n
renewal Of this industry,
Mndlm Rumor came to town late on
. Saturday evening, with the unexpected
news that Gen Grant hai been nominated
on the first ballot at Chicago. There was
but one way 10 nave it confirmed and that
was by the telegraph. The Office had
closed but what! h",r this suspense until
Monday at II A. 81? Not much. The
electric current replied to the anxious
question, Grant placed in nomination,
with others, in the convention. AID
that made all clear, that might have been
Understood before.
PAINFUL ACClDENT-On Saturday af
tcrnoon last, n small child Of A. L. Rcms.
burg on Water ST. while crawling from
, one room to another found some Conccn-
tratcd I've on the floor and child.like put a
quantity in its mouth. The effect was Sc
we're, taking the skin from the lips and
part oflhe mouth. The lips became very
much swollen and the child suffered co
much that it was with great difficulty, that
it could bc given nourishment.
New DErARTURE.-We were truly glad