Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-09-22

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picnic held on Saturday last, also an au.
thoritative statement of the matter be-
tween Mt. St. Mary's receiver and the pres
|ident of the institution, both Of which will
be of int crest to our readers, but owing to
the pressure of news on the absorbing
question of the death of President Garfield
we withhold them from publication this,
and they will appear next week.
There will be special religious service
at Apples church near this place, on Sun
{day, Oct end, at 10 o'clock a. m. On that
occasion, the Rev. H. Wissler will preach
his seventh Anniversary discourse as pas
(tor of the Mechanicstown charge. This
will be good opportunity for persons who
are interested in the old church, and who
are among the many who havedead buried
lin the adjacent graveyard, to revisit the
j place and worship once more, at the altar
where their sainted fathers and mothers
flor so many generations worshiped.
SKULL FRACTURED. On Saturday night
Elast, about o'clock, George, Il young son
! of Mr.. John Holtz was sent on horseback
Ito Creagerstown. On the following morn
ling about 10 o'clock he was found lying
along the road in AL insensible condition,
sthe horse was also found in the road The
kboy was taken home and Dr. VIM. s. Nc
) Pherson summoned, who examined and is
treating the case and reports fracture OF
1.-THE skull about four inches in length. The
patient is in very critical condition.
The rain on Friday last came IN delight
fful showers and the fall was very heavy
While from streets and roofs it rushed in
! torrents, the parched aud thirsty soil OF
tile fields absorbed it as 1t fell and during
I the heaviest showers the water was taken
9 up by the soil as rapidly as it fell In corn
Fields and wherever there is no sod, the
ground W as saturated to the depth Of toul
Ito FIVE inches, but it has penetrated but
eslightly in the grass fields. 1t is thought
/ that it may even yet do some good to the
j late planting of corn.
Upon receipt Of the news of the death of
Sthe President, all the church bells OF our
4 town were tolIed and quite number of
houses were draped iu mourning and flags
bound in crepe displayed at half-mast.
While there was little loud expression OF
sorrow the current ran deep and to meet
! a face that did not betoken grief was rare
exception. The righteous rage at the as
2sassin, Giteau, was drowned for the time
IN the nobler feelings of sorrow at the ma
tons loss and sympathy with the Presi
Rdent's stricken family. 1t may be long re
Smembered with July end, as day Of silen
: and impressive grief and none will ever
Srecal the fact, that other than the most APP
3propriate silence marked the method ofou
4 peoples intercourse on that day
The Equinox The literal meaning o.
Rthis word is equal night but by arbi
etrary assignment means equal day an'
might" BY the equinox We then under
stand that from some natural cause, Their
are two certain periods of the year whcl
the sun rising at six O'Clock and setting a
A. six o'clock makes the day aud night at tina
reriod of equal length. The days an(
Knights are equal, when by the rotation 0
: the earth on its axis, the sun appears t.
tris., pass directly over and set on the equa
j. tor. The earth in its yearly revolution
Saround the sun changes the angle oflts axl
with the sun, giving the sun an apparen
n motion north and south; at the vernal equi
Bnox on the 21st. of March the sun appears
gto pass from south of the equator to nortl
hand in the northern hemisphere the day
Hengthen and in the southern shorten
5while at the autumnal equinox the sun ap
epears to cross the equator to the soull
the day in the southern ant
shortening them in the northern. AS TIT
aacarth travels more rapidly when near the
Ssun, or in our winter, we have eight day
sless time from the fall to the spring equi
snox than from the latter to the former =
sWhie at other parts of the year the length
J0f the day and night on the different part
BOT the globe is vastly out of proportion, a
sthe cQuinoXes they are equal at every place
ttwelve hours each,
4 The democratic primary meeting was
Sheld in this district on Saturday last in jus
stice Whites Office, DR.. VIM White havin!
Ebeen called to the chair and f. l.. Boblit
fmade secretary. A committee of thre
5was appointed to name ten delegates t.
sthe County Convention which meets il
aFredcrick on Saturday of this week. Tn
scommiltee reported the following names
gJohn Jones, B. Coliflower, JOS. A Ger
Enand, DR.. VIM. S. Mcpherson, JosiaI
ESchi dtknecht, c +. Cassell, l.. r. Waes
Eche, Uriah Warenfeltz, ID. S. Firor, Thos
AEyler, to which list was added the officer
Eof the meeting and the above named com
Fmittec as follows: John A Roddy, Jr,, /
IL. Bobitz Fredk White, Calvin l. Firol
pand Jacob Keefer, making in all a delega
gton of fifteen
4 A MARROW EsCAPE.-Thc mail trai
Seast on Thursday afternoon last made
tnarrow escape from serious accident /
freight train bound east had not time t.