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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
Gen. Thorn rs and the Marlnes.
IChicago Herald "Train Talk."1

]
Out of q dozen stories told he by loqua-
cious old veteran, select one worth read
ing. "Wc were on board the flagship I'M
dine, Admiral Lee, Mound City, H., when
old Pap Thomas, as we called Gen. George
II. Thomas, sent word he was coming on
board to talk with the admiral. The admi-
raj got out the gang plank, brought the ma
rines and midship boys out according to
naval style, and, with his officers gathered
about him, waited on deck to re-
ceive his visitor. The general soon came,
but, at the foot of the gang plank, stopped
and called OUT Admiral, if you will send
those things away, l will come OH board
No, Lord bless you, Pap Thomas meant no
disrespect to us marines, but how he did hate
style and ceremonym
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
ELI PERKINS BOOK AGENT.
A Short Narrative Embracing He-
mark able Chain OF circumstances.
New York Star.

New York Star.
A Philadelphia book agent impor'Hned
James Watson. a rich and close New York
man. living out at Elizabeth, until he bought
a book-the early Christian Martyrs" Mr..
Watson didn't want the book, but he bought
it to get rid of the agent; then taking It uli-
der his arm, be started for the train WHICH
takes him to his New York office.
Mr. Watson hadn't been gone long before
Mrs Watson came home from neighbor's.
The book agent saw her, and wene In ard
persuaded the wife to buy another copy Of
the same book. She was ignorant OF the fact
that her husband had bought the same book
in the morning. When Mr.. Watson came
back from New York at night Mrs. Watson
showed him the book.
II don't want to sec it," said Watson,
frowuing terribly.
'Why, husband" asked his wife.
"Because that rascally book agent sold mo
the SAME book this morning. Now we've got
two copies of the same book two copies OF
the Early Christian Martyrs, and--"
"But, husband, we can-"
"No we can't, either.' interrupted Mr..
Watson. "That man is Off GIL the train be-
fore this Confounl it. | could kill the fel-
low, | -"
"Why, there he goes to the depot now"
said Mrs. Watson pointing out Of tho WIN
dow at the re erpatins form of the book agent
making for the train.
But it's too l.ta to catch him, AMI I'm
not dressed. I've taken Off my boots and,
Just then Mr. Stevens, a ncighhor of Mr..
Watson drove by, when Watson pounded ON
the winiow-pnne III frantic manner, al
most frightening the horse.
"iere Stevensn he shouted, you're
bitcI,et ;:pr won't you run your horse dowr
to the train ami noi,' ,h"t book agent tn
come! Run, Catch Inn nowr'
"All right" said Mr.. Stevens, whipping u!'
his horse and tearing down the road.
Mr.. Stevens rearhe | the tram just as Tn"
conductor shouted "all aboarl'
Book agent" he yelled, as the book agent
stepped on to the train. "Bool agent. hold
on. Mr.. Watson wants 10 see you
"Watsou! Watson wants to see me" re-
poatel the seemingly puzzled book agent.
"Oh, | know what he wants he wants to buy
one OF nv books hut can't miss the tralnto
sell it to him."
III that is all he wants" said Mr.. Stevens,
driving up to the car window 'l can pay for
it and take it back to him, How much is it,"
1.-TWO dollars Cor the EARLY Christian Mar
ty1s," said the book agent, as he reached for
the money and passed tho book out through
the car window.
Just then Mr.. Watson arrived putting AMI
blowing, in his shirt sleeves, As he saw tn,
train pull out te was too full for utterance.
"Well, got it for YOU" said Stevens; "just
got it, AMI that's all
"(iot whatF yelled Watson.
"Why | got the book-'Early Christian
Martyrs and"
"By-thc--great-guns moanca Watson,
as he placed his hand to his brow and swooned
right in the middle of the street,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
After the POrpOises.
Exchange.

A company has been organized by persons
living in Philadelphia and Cape May to catch
porpoises, by means of a net invented fer
that special purpose, and convert them into
oil, leather, and fertilizers. Those product;
of the sportive porpoise are said to be par
ticularly valuable, but hitherto the difficulty
has been to catch the porpoise, The new net
with which the company Is to make war is
capable Of accommodating $50 of them at a
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
A Eaint on Chinlneys.

Industrial Chronicle.
1t Is we'll known that the round form is tho
best for chinmeys in workshops Itfaclitates
the escape of the smoke ami gives less hold
for the wind, besides requiring less material
for construction. Round chineys are, how
ever, difficult to build, and in some places the
want of wolkmen to make the round kind
has compelled the adon.ion of square or octa
eonal forms. To obviate this a European
firm makes bricks in the shape of wedges
and corresponding with the radius which the,
chimney is to have. I
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
Too Much Timber.
detroit Free Press

s'Well, what's the matter nowf" asked
Simpkins' wife as he staggered in about
o'clock in the morning.
'Well, (hc) an q said: 'Putsh stick in m
SO hic)-soda So saysh: Putsh stick in
mine Then gesh-"
"Well, guess" remarked Mrs. Simpkins,
laying considerable stress on the personal
pronoun, "that he put a whole cord of wood
in your soda, and that it all went to your
head" And when Simpkins woke up the
next morning he thought SO too.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
Exchanged

A heautiful young girl was about to bs
married to bachelor 70 years of age, but
very rich On the eve of her marriage she
lcarhed that his wealth had been suddenly
swept away, leaving him a penniless old
man. Did the noble girl desert him In this
lis hour of trouble: She did indeed, and
her parents helped her, too.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
Some Additional signs.
LCourier-J Journal.

Lord Bacon's signs of short life are quick
growth. fair soft skin, soft fine hair, early
corpulence, large head, short neck, small
mouth, fat ear, brittle, separated teeth. The
other signs are: Going into a saloon az
twelve intervals day, sitting ona railroad
crossing, and writing original poetrj.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13

BALTO. & 9. V. RAILROAD.
Trains leave Edgemont for Waynesboro,
Chamborsburg and Shippensburg daily ex-
cept Sunday at 7.35 and II 40 A. NJ. and 7.35
p. NJ on Sunday at S.55 IA. m. and 3.55 F. NJ.
Trains for Edgcmont leave daily Shippens-
burg at G. 40 A. NJ. and II % and 3 25. p. NJ,
Chambersburg at 7. Is A. NJ, LOO and 4.30
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13

A whaling company with II 900 oD capitol
has been started in San Francisco.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
CHANGE OF TIME,
WESTERN MARYLAND R. ROAD.

% ;aEz 5slE.Ess 80 ss.s.s ,ss
YINO take effect Monday August 81,
l. 1888.
TPAJNS GOING EAST
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13
TChicago Time

lSulCtSO lilies.
An aged colorcd woman of Washinrto.
while at the colorel indigua6 w.
that city recently, wai
Methodist sound of \
began the general
monty used in cay
up and down, dr.
ing time to the ii
of her pedal extr
the genial star-roI
Of the gospel
Experiments ard
turning palmettQ
print. 1t was
England notes
New Yorl
speak of ~
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-13

Of the Five Hundred Gent, containing 500
statues Of various sizes In honor of Buddha
and his disciples Canton Is the most nfluen-
tial city in southern China, and its reputation
for riches and luxury is established through.
out the central and northern provinces, owing
to its formerly engrossing the entire foreign
trade, up to 1s4S, for period Of about one
hundred years.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
GREAT GUNS.

The Princess Louise is an excellent
cook.
Petroleum V. Nasty is short, fat and
E,ty.
Mrs Senator Tabor No. l still loves her
kusaauu.
rrirce Bismarck is now able to smoke as
much - usual.
wrkic Collins will be sixty years old
next January.
Sec-et.-y Foigsr's face denotes tirmness
and beneyO,enCe.
Judge ToIrrea proposes TO write novel
about PhIIsdelphja life.
Little Lolita will prattle prettily in French
10 the Partisan public this winter.
Hialmer Hiorth Boyesen has written q
play for the Madison Square Theatre.
Don Patrico Milno, the Mexican million
aire speaks Spanish with an IrtSn accent.
General Franz Sigel is now editing a Ger
man paper, and does all his fighting with
pen.
DR.. Isaac Bartlett, OF Hope, Me-, who is
seyenty-turee years Ot age, lives entirely
On bread and milk.
The Crown Prince of Portugal is contem-
plating mstrimony. The idea Ot an
Austrian mOther-in- law possesses no ttrro-s
for him.
Geo. William Curtis told the S'aten
Islsndpl, at their late celebration that
''tuiS precious stone Staten Island, set IN
the silver seas, is the most resplendent gem
q h, imperial crown of the great metrOp-
OILS
Va.,I the composer recently wrote to
: quo .Caupiglio, OF New Orlesrs, 10 an
uoua. si,hat he is engaged the .ourth act
Il Is dramatic opers, "lagO. lie be
lI,vrs j. will be the work of his life, being
sCmewl st in the style Of '.Aids, but sur
sSSlUg that opera.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
BRUTAL BEYOND BELIEF.
Man Kills His wife aud Daughter
ana Then fakes Morphine.

KAxs.s Guy. No, November "A fear
full tragedy waseHactel TO day at the farm
house Of II. Clay McGse. ten miles south Of
this city. His children returning home
this afternoon found the lifeless bodies OF
their father, mother aud oldest sis sr lying
upon the floor. McGee hss evidently killed
his wife by shooting her In The breast
with shot gun, then shot bis
daughter IN the back and completed the
horror by going 10 an upper room and
swallowing q dose OF morphine. The hone
being isolated the neighbors were not
aroused and the bodies consequently lsy
until discovered by the children late In
the day. The irnrfedisie cause for the in.
sane act is rot known. McGse 10 described
as man OF violent temper amount
ing almost 10 frenzy at times. He
was o prosperous farmer, having come into
the vicinity several ysnrs ago from Ken.
lucky, where, il is said. he once killed .
man. There were six children, some Of
them msrried. Mary, the murdered ds1gh.
t.r. was e years Of sEe. Another daugh.
Ter, the wife Of Mr. Hopkins, . member OF
an old family here. was accidentally shot
and killed byher husband some months
ago. McGee was forty.fve or 6fty years
Of age.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
FEARING MOB VIOLENCE.
Indig nation oyer the Murder Of Lit.
lie BOy by His Father I'm Wfsconstn.

PRINCETON, Wis, November s.-The Ell.
citement ond indignation over the murder
of little Harvey WLittemore is increasing.
Mrs. Long. the widow charged with slaught
ering the child, has been removed TO the
iail at Dartford, the excitement having
reached such a pitch that the authorities
feared mob violence. Lynching seemed in.
evitable, and the transfer was made a.
quietly ss possible. Whi.temore and his
wife are cut on bail.
Mrs Ellen Long is a daughter OF eX-
County Judge A. ii. Myers, and o widow.
She il about ,hirty.one years OF age, and
Beiorged TO the Best society I'm the
Place.
Her relations with l.. s. Whittemore, fsth-
er Of the murdered boy, have for some
village. Only fe. weeks ago Mrs. Long
was charged with attempting 10 poison Mrs.
Wbi,temore. II seems the former, while
making a social call, gave the latter some
candy. Mrs Whittemore had no sooner
eaten the candy than she was taken vio'
lently i'll. ard the physicians declared she
had been poisoned. The prompt use oil an.
tidotes saved ner life.
close On the Heels Of This
came the report that Harvey, the murdered
hoy, had surprised his father snd Mrs.
Long in O position that left no do1St OF the
COUPLES criminal relations.
The boys father, who is under arrest ss
accessory before and after the fact, Is said
by neighbors TO. have been very regular IN
his visits TO Mrs.. Long. The only OBJECT
OF the crime seems 70 have been desire
10 remove the witness TO the couples un-
lawful relations. The one theory Is that
Harvey was got into Ma. Longs house,
where be vss knocked down with club,
his throat cut ard
The Body Barred In the Cellar.
On bis forehead was q mark made by
fo1ue blunt instrument. The bloody knife
sDd the hoe found in the cellar, where the
bcdy wss urjoubtedly concealed during
the tgn days before il was found. strongly
corErm The theory. In the wall we're
fcuUo bioOGy clothes
Tie fn,fer's supposed connection Sith
tie cr;nr TOW comes>n. Although the
rny ted Seen Il issing ten diys, when the
tcGy YES taken out o. the river
TIE Doctor Declared
i:c- - ret hare besa in me wafer more
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
AWFUL!
Men Caught Beneath a Falling
Roof
At Madison, Wisconsin, and -Four are
Killed, While MANY More are
Horribly Crushed and
MangIed.

MADISON, Wis, November S.-The entire
rCot inside o; the walls OF iron and stone
columns of the south wing of the Capitol
fell at l:40 this afternoon. Barney Higgins
and William Edger, Of Madison. were
killed instantly; William Jones, boss
mason, of Milwaukee, has bis skull frac
tured and is dying; James Dowell mason,
OF Madison, had both legs broken and will
probably die; Rhodes Sheboggan was badly
injured; James Kelly, of Madison, had his
leg broken and was badly injured; Miles
Maxwell, Jancsyille, injured about the
head; Edward Barnes, Madison, was badly
injured; Arthur Lyme, Chicago, was in.
jured badly; Mike Schwart, Madison, was
radly injured.
Later Particulars.
MADISON, Wis, November S.-The full
list Ct the KILLED and wounded in the Cdpi.
tol disaster this afternoon is as follows:
BERNARD HIGGINS, labor, fifty years old;
Madison.
WM. EDGAR, mason, Madison; buried un.
der the debris and horribly crushed.
MICHAEL SEwANR, mason, Madison; died
after being taken out.
Nm. G. JONES, mason, Milwaukee; skull
fractured died after being taken out.
Injured:
MILLS maxwell, plasterer, Of Janesville;
badly cut on the head.
WM. RosE, p!asterer, OF Sheboygan; prob
ably fatally.
VIM. JUDGE, carpenter, OF Madisoa; badly
ARTHUR LYNCH, Of Madison; badly hurt and
delirious.
Ed. BonH. mason, of Sioux City, sing,e,
eyed % years; seriously cut up.
En-. PAGE and JOE PAGE, masons, OF Middle
towr, young men; badly hurt.
En-. kINGLEY, mason, OF Milwaukee, hurt
about the head.
J. DoWELL Mason, Madison; an old settler
aged sixty, both legs broken; will die.
PATEI,N OLAUGiILIS, laOorer; left arm
broken and both temples cut; will die.
WM. ByEKE, laborer, married with iour
children; badly cut about the face and
chest.
Ed KEssirA. brickayer, of Milwaukee; cut
about the head and back.
ISRAEL SCHFSCK, Of Shopiere. Rock county;
cut on the back of the head and in the
right eye.
HENRY DUDERIEY, masor. or Milwaukee,
left leg broken.
MAE SEWARN, Or, rlasoH' VI Sii "a'heo
EE Banner, plasterer, OF Madison, race anu
back injured.
joins CLArK, piasterer, of Milwaukee, an
arm broken
NELSON BoEsT, carpenter, of San Prairie,
hurt slightly.
Par CARY, of Madison, badly crushed.
En-. GLEASON, laborer, Of Madison, fireman
Of Turner'S, hurt by box OF falling
glass.
The Cause OF the Terrible Accident
is somewhat uncertain, but that the most
plausible theory is that the heavy iron pill.
lars Supporting the roof OF the second
which thew rested, thus pulling the south
wall, which in turn caused the roof OF the
entire wing to cave in. These columns
were made of large pieces OF boiler iron
rolled into circular form stove pipe fash,
ion, the iointers not being bolted together.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
BY The WAY.

Bets are reiDg msde in Atlanta that the
Cot,os ,'up Will be oTsr 100000 bales.
Chsr,-y koss is reporter in the British
rsru. ".r u. snd has Oeen there for years.
Sau FrauciSco papers complain that their
city is being overrun with Chinese iepers.
Two Nevads cattle kings are worth Il, ,0lO-
OO each, and one Of them signs his name
tx"
A rcrk impregnated with petroleum,
Iron bLC gu.U - on exhibition in Los An
gees. jal
A srmer Of Suannee county, florida,
has gathered 40 crops of peaches from his
tIees tbs year.
headline in an Evansville Ind, pap T
'eacs. More OF it-HCcging Sill Gong
IN in TGiS Vicinity"
Martin l. Townsend has been O stump
speaker fer fifty years, making his frst
speech in Troy in 1851.
A Republican newspaper q: Phjlsd,lphis
IS denounCing Frank hattOn as the wharf
rat OF the administration.
Cricket playing IS traced back TO the fous-
teenth ""urury, when il was iudulsed 10
nder the name of Club ball
AL ant saWdust law keeps .umbcrmen
IN e fH Washington Territory counties
from e applying waste into streams.
HubinStein has been offered Sl25,0)o FIR
Ave months tour in this country, but a,
not Yet "INsn - decision in the matter.
Three tramps took possession of ths
brldge a lds;On. Pa, the other dsy, and
collected toll from people who pas,ei over.
T., ATT OF the ch,rop0dist drst attract.
Ed a,i,r:ton IN 1915. when German pra =
nced on The cOrns OF the queen oi Eng.
land
The city Of New Haven, Conn, presents
ior FunHc wonder Il bulky eight yerr.old
COY whose waist measures thirty-fJur
I-e people cf 'rniughsm. Eng, de-
noH,ce Rev. Leird Collier right and left
Joy 'l' letters on English manners and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
The whisky Men Did IL.

NCtr York MAI dHd Express.
Just as Thurber comes out shamelessiy
as "Reformer," so the Allied Masters
openly cracked their whips in the most
offensive style of the old slave drivers over
the heads of the Democracy. Since the
time when Toombs in the United States
Senate threatened to call over the roll OF
his slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill mon.
ument, there has not been more shame
tul display of the power that comes from
the destruction of the bodies and souls OF
men.
1t is the Democratic party that has first
felt the welts made by the lash piled by
the manufacturers of diseased livers and
paupers, But the party openly and di'
rec;ly aimed at and threatened was the
Republican. Either way the insult to all
the manhood and virtue there are in the
State was one that will not soon cease to
smart.
pride goeth before fall The rum
and beer dealers must be licked down into
the dust, until they know their places.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
PREPARING FOR THE WAR.
The Frenc Army I'm TUnqain TO Make
an nAhYnEcc- ChlnCse lrOOpS TO n nrCh

The French Army I'm TONG ain TO lake
an Advance ChinCse Troops TO March
Hone KoNG, November S.-lmportant
adyiCes from Hal rhong reach me to-day.
admiral COurbet has decided to postpone
his advance on Bac Nigne, where the
Chinese garrison are preparing for des.
perate resistance.
He Proposes TO Wait
until the rice crop has been garnered and
tie roads, still sodden from the inunda'
tions, have become sufficiently hard for
the transport OF the heavy cannon which
he intends TO use in the siege. The march
will begin during the first week in Decem.
ber. when the Chinese government Will
have made up its mind whether it will as.
sist the garrison or leave il to IFS fate.
DR.. Harmsnd, the French Civil Commits.
sioner, leaves for France by the first mail
steamer
HIS Removal From Command
is regarded as removing The only obstacle
to q successful campaign. Since he was sus
pendedthere hes Deen perfect accord be.
tween the uayaI anu mlitary tOrccS and
heir eaIoUaisieS hav, entirely disappeared.
From Chinese sources lean that Cen
ergl T., np, a distinguished Chinese officer,
is coming from the North to take command
L.. the South. He has won an excellent
reputation for putting down rebellion, and
hss ths confidence oi the war party. The
rIocps which he will command are now
Gathering In Large Numbers
on the Tonquin frontier. Throughout the
empire military preparations are being &C
lively forwarded. All the arsemaIs are
busy. Many regiments which have been
stationed in the northern districts are
marching toward the South. The Pekin
authorities are making efforts 10 counter
act the effect Of the reCen: reiGtorcemens.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-09
NEWS OF the MORNING.
The vote OF Massachusetts.

The vote oil MASSdCuusesSS-
The exact result in Nebraska.
, fesrIal family tragedy near n 'n'AS
CitY. o..uor
leo. ,,-
Scenes a: at the Yorkshire mine shp'0'
sion. r,,. :,
s.Ie of the noted MarwOOds effects IN
london. -.
trouble brewing among Pittsburgh glass
workers ar,orus
MS first job.
MsAone's organ gives impossible reasons
for his defeat.
opinions of the press on the eAec''On IT
resi- ectivs Of party.
rs-se- Democratic msiority than eS-
uectsd N New York.
Cb.;s. Msgee explains the Republican
aims IN Pennsylvania.
A Virginia gentleman tells how he come
p, hit little Billy Malone.
Ask days go-ssyou.please arranged De-
,ween Fitzgerald and Rowel!.
The Philadelphia Committee OF one
,-rrdred to Gisband in disgust.
ringing letter from Attorney General
r-.vs,c. On the pension sharks.
Res, wants to meet Bubear, the English
champion. and will give him odds.
Fox vi ing 70 back Ryan in fight with
Sullivan or any other maa in America
hmv.ter.ous murder that has aroused
intense excitement snd indignation IN
Rome, Y. y.
Milwaukee woman in her own home
on,raged after terrible struggle and LETT
ina dying condition. = -. :
French snd Chinese alike preparing for a
s.-,sr,e in Tonquin. Active warfare prob.
able within few weeks.
General Grant writes letter to Fitz-John
Porter telling why ne once condemned HIM
and why he now defends him.
Massachusetts, Democratic leaders sure
.s,tley can elect Butler next year, and
he cam, a.gn to be begun at once.
The Car anxious that his subjects may
have more free of word and action orders
ac,rsti.ulon that will suit the character
oi h. people to be drawn up.
More about the brutal murder OF young
Harvey Whittemore by an inhuman father
and his paramour at Princeton, Wis.
Lyuching feared.
The romance Of young Count Salm Salm.
Opposed Oy mis- father in his love affairs
he comes TO America and is found working
on a Western railroad. Freely forgiven
and promised full freedom TO follow his
hearts dicta:ions he returns TO the father.
land.