Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-03-24
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ment in another col
umn.
Mch 17-tf
DEATH OF Mrs. WmrE.-on Monday
OF this week, Mrs. Savilla, wife of Justice
F. White, of this place, died after passing
through season of intense suffering. Mrs
White had been in declining health for
more than year, but during the past six
months had been great sufferer and her
early death had been accepted for that
length of time.
A cancerous affection was the cacse Of
her death.
The deceased Yves daughter of Mr.
William Seton, a member of the Lutheran
church, at which place the funeral services
were held Yesterday and her body was
deposited the Hill Cemetery, whittier a
very large concourse Of relatives and
friends followed to pay their last tribute to
her memory. Her age was 4S years and
1G days.
SPELLING BEE.-We have culled the
following from long account sent us from
an occasional correspondent at Sabillas-
vile.
On March 16, the two schools of Sabil-
lasvllo and Eylcr's Valley taught by VIM.
Martin and S. p. Ambrose respectively en-
gagged in IA spelling heo with the following
result
Missed by Sabillasvilc school Il words,
Eyler's Valley S
or twenty-five words missed out Of nine
hundred. Each school then chose eleven
"spelers' and began to spell off, which
resulted in Sablllasylle having four repre-
scntativcs remaining when Eylcr's Valley
had been spelled Off, These four were
then pittcd the one against another when
Miss Virginia Miller was successful in de-
teating all competitors There will prohn
bly, he another bout between the two
schools.
A MARES Nrsr.-Last week we Ind oc-
casion to ask most harmless question of
one Of our highly valued exchanges, the
E1a12iHer, simply desiring the benefit of Its
columns each week, before going to press
We make up the "f1rm" on Wednesday af
ternoon and as some Of the post offices out
here get their Nrdmh,% at noon on that
day over the w. NJ. X. r. and frequently
we do not get them until evening, per
stage, we launched cur innocent lnt!@ in
qulry.
Within forty eight kGnra we were called
to account on the charge of, having com.
planned Of irregularities in the Mail S@r
vice.
The "Mail Service" scchrs to be over
sensitive in this matter and III" iNruiry in
it has little to iustlty it, in worrying
either the route agents or us, for there was
nothing IN the article referring to that
honorable and altogether Indispensable
branch Of the public service. We intend
ed it for the attention of tUUsc only, who
were directly mentioned and think it was
written in good English.
THE W NJ. X. R.-TAnt TN, re is future
in store tol this road we have always felt
but have been taught to turn Our eyes
northward and westward as the direction,
whence its aid to future greatness might
be expected to come
1t now appears that the Pennsylvania
road is peitecting combination in the
South that may eventually be Of great ben
eft to This road The Shenandoah Valley
road, now hAiil to point within sixty
miles of LynchburE, it is proposed tn con-
meet with the W NJ. r Il at Hager,town
and thus become the eastern member of .
combination Of roads, forming a trunk hpe
through the south Atlantic and Gulf states
with Baltimore City its terminus. AS !Iag
erstown will be about 100 miles nearer by
rail to Baltimore than Philadelphia, we are
disposed to think that much may come of
this, provided the southern part ofthe com.
pact can be arranged The fact that w.
MD. stock is quoted at 13t would lead us
TO believe, that some future bcttcrment Of
Its condition, is expected
EsTRAY.-On Thursday, March 3,
package paper was shipped us from
Philadelphia concerning which we desire
to speak, principally to show what source
OF trouble similarly named towns in the
same state may occasionally be. BY an
oversight Oh tho part ofthe shipper, it was
marked McchanirstWG Md, via p. ". b.
Il W. NJ r r. The package was deliv-
cred at lIillcn Station, but was refused on
account of the address. 1t was then sent
to the wharf Of the Wecrs Steamboat
company and we have had no report from,
it since. We wrote and received in an
sWer that our error consisted in going TO