Catoctin clarion., 1884-07-03

fountain on our JOD press last Weck, WHich
resulted in the loss of an entire weeks use o
the press
New Advertisements.
"The Advance" - Clothes Wringcr.
Meeting Notice.
Fruit Cans and Jars.
Clean up! Clean up!
School LANDs.-Comptroller Turner has
made the annual distribution of the free
schools funds on Tuesday, Frederick county
gets $4,OO5,6 Carroll 3d. So and Wash
ington S2,643,36. Total in the State $54,'
O02,77.
AFLoAT.-Thc waters of Rouzer's Branc
ON Wednesday night last attained to such
height that Mr.. Jos. A. Weddle's plank side
walk was afoat. We were compelled to pass
that way to get home and when we placed
our weight ~ on it, we found it buoyant
but about six inches under water.
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The fast mail is . decided success and the
evening mail very great convenience
The morning papers are now read here at
o'clock in the morning and it is possible tc
receive an answer from the city the same
day the letter is mailed; heretofore it conlo
not be received even on the second day fol
lowing
HOME AGAIH. - Mr.. David Damuth re-
turned from an extended trip West on Tues
day last. He passed the boundary of three
score and ten years, but this is the first
time that he was above one hundred miles
from home. He enjoyed good health and
cones home wonderfully pleased with his
trip. The fastest riding that he did was
from Baltimore to Mechnnicstown OH the
Southern Express.
This is not challenge and is published
without the knowledge of the boys, but We
believe that the Mechanicstown base ball
club is the strongest team in the county when
we say that We do not mean that they can
not bc made combination to beat them, bu,
that they are the strongest squarey organ
lied nine in the county. The custom OF
strengthening the local mines by importation
of players from other points las in great
measure destroyed the pleasure of country
base ball playing, it having taken from it
the feature of local rivalry which, when hon
orably urged, lends all of amusement that
properly belongs to amateur base ball play
ing. Our boys have in the past imported
players, but once however this season, and
will not likely do so again for they have
not been able to strengthen themselves,
while losing in credit for having borrowed
strength.
A BAD CASE. - One Caliman, n sort OF
mongrel or "swampcr" from the mountain,
got drunk in Creagerstown last Friday a
week and raised row generally On the
road home he attacked 1.-The boy" McAffe and
hammered his face beyond recognition by
his friends lie was arrested by Constable
Warner and brought to this place for trial.
While lying in wagon at this place, he
spicd boy with base ball club aud jump
ing from the wagon took it from him, but
before he could get into shape to use il, he
was collarcd by the officer and several of the
by-standcrs and run into the magistrates Of
fee. He became violent and cursed every
body while the commitment was being made
out. lie was finally secured by tying his
arms. He was placed i'll wagon and taken
to the county Jail: while he rode through
town he INDUCED in the vilest kind Of Ian
guage He is one of Il very few miserable
nusauces that live within striking distance
Of this place and it will be piece of good
fortune when some circumstance removes
him permanently from this locality, while
not inficting his presence upon another.
ANOTHER FLOOD - On Wednesday after
noon and night of last week this section was
visited by u second heavy rainfall. Owens
Cree; was higher than it has been before in
twenty-five years and much damage WIS
done to fences and crops. Monocacy was
higher than it has been within the last IL
years and the damage was very heavy. In
tho section drained by little Pipe Creek in
Carroll county the rainfall was probably the
heaviest rccollccted
In this town the water that flows through
the culyert lately placed under the railroad
track Immediately East Of StOckdalc Il Bus
sard's warehouse gathered in such volume as
to submerge the rear of the lots on Carroll
street. while on tie two at the Southern ex-
tremity Of the street, Mr.. c. Harman and
Mr.. A. Slick, the water entirely surrounded
the properties; the cellars were full and the
water lose to the depth of from one to two
feet in the yards and gardens. Wherever
the water reached, the garden truck died and
has been taken up and the ground replanted.
The water remained during the day, or until
the large ponds North of the railroad that
are drained by this stream, were relieved.
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BAsEBALL.--The baseball club ofthis place
accepted an invitation to play the Uniontown
club on the grounds OF lhe latter on Friday
last.
Our boys were IN It at LinwoOd and taken
over in con'eyances, were served with
good dinner, treated in the most hospitable
manner possible and again conveyed to the
tran in the evening. Everybody was pleas
ed with the trip and speak in the highest
terms Of the courtesy shown them by the
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