Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-12-04

Eleven oysters filled quart measure in
Baltimore last week. One dozen such on the
half shell, please; who's afraid?
AN OyERsEER The Board Of Charities
and Corrections have appointed an overseer
to take charge of the tramps in their labors
upon the stone pile Mt Montevue.
The Daily News of Frederick comes to us
enlarged this week. 1t is now paper OF
much interest, credit to its proprietoys and
an honor to Frederick City.
The early bird catches the bronchitis, and
lovers of early morning walks will find this
q true maxim. If we were permitted to
make suggestion, we should whisper: use
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup"
For CnRIsTMAa-Mr Geo D. Keyser has
laid in large supply of picture frames,
fancy stands, easel and pictures any of which
will make a handsome present. Pay him a
visit if vou would tinda handsome article
for a present.
NEW Toll GATE KEEPER.-At the toll
gate north of this place Mr.. James O'Conner
has been appointed Keeper, vice. Edward
Eylcr, resigned. The latter has removed
into his property on the turnpike, south of
town, purchased of Mr.. II. G. Foreman.
SUCH A SKULL THE Frederick Neps re-
ports the killing of a colored man at Mt.
Airy. lie leaped from train, was thrown
twenty feet high and his brains were dashed
out by the fall and DR.. Todd picked up
Some )rtions of the skull which were Z
inch thick"
ANOTHER CARNlvAI.-A meeting was
he'd IN Frederick OH Monday evening to
discuss the project of holiin, another Car
nival, those of February 1888 and 1884 hay
ing been Hattering successes, another will
probably be cssaycd.
Another plan for IA sing money Mt church
sociabl has been discovered in Erie coun-
ty, Pa. Ii is called weight social, and is
managed rs follows; The ladies are placed
on Il scale AMI the names and weight put in
sealed envelopes. Each gentleman draws an
envelope, and on opening it he finds the
maine of the person he is expected to take to
supper. O,'sters are served lie pays for
the same at the rate of half a cent a pound
for as many as his partner weighs These
socials will furnish great deal of amuse
ment
LOOMING UP AGAIN The feasibility Of
connecting the Gettysburg and Harrisburg
railroad with the Enmitsburg road is again
being discussed. This time the discussion
carries the road to Point of Rocks on the b.
so When the town of Emmitsburg aids
in building that road and has had one year
in which to reflect over it, it will take itself
by the ear, conduct itself into the cellar and
administer to itsclfa thorough broomStick
ing; it will have discovered the difference
between being a terminus of and local
point on q railroad.
SEXUAL TO TIE FIHE:-Two weeks ago
we gave an account of the burning OF the
barn and some other outbullings on the
farm of the late John Hahn Suspicion at
tached to Mrs. Henry Boiler, the dsinhcrit-
ed daughter of the deceased and on Saturday
last she was arrested and brought before
Justice White Mr.. E. Carmack aud States
Attorney Norwood appeared for the state
and Jno. C. Mytter Esq. for the defense
After hearing the ev dencc, Justice White
held the accascl under $1,000 bail for her
appearance before the grand jury. Detective
James Rouzer, formerly of this place, now of
Gettysburg, Pa, has been employed in
working up the case. While the evidence
brought out in the hearing was interesting,
it is not our purpose or desire to publish
even an extract of it, prcferring that our
neiyhbor shall have the full benefit of first
the grand jury for an Indictment and if m
dicted, the jury, for acquittal or conviction,
ere we publish anything whereby she may
be prejudged by our readers.
Tue DOUBLE rRACK-The report made
by President Hool last week, shows the
management of the w. Md. railroad to have
been admirable during the year and cannot
but be satisfactory to the friends of the
road In the report Mr.. HJol makes
proposition to Baltimore City looking to a
second track; it is clear-headed piece of
proposed tinancering and one which will,
we believe, after careful examination COM
mend itself to the city officials, 1t is to float
loan at 3.G5 per cent, of an amount which
at that rate would make the interest account
of the road The same that 1t now is ut per
cent, by which method the existing per
cent mortgage bonds (threc issues) would be
paid and a balance of capital left over to the
amount Of 81, $50, 900 to be applied to the
placing of Il second track. Mayor Latrohe
does not look upon the proposition with
Mvoring eye AMI his position may be best
explained by his terse statement that he
"woull prefer to owe small sum at high
rate OF interest 70 u large sum ut low rate
As an abstract proposition Mayor Latrobe's
is SQUAD, but taking into consideration the
fact that the w. Md. with its present capac-
ity to do business will never be able to pay
of its debts, while with another track to &C
commodatc the Vanderbilt railroad traffic it
in all probability would be able to do 80,