Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-01-17
LEAP YEAR parties are now in order.

LEAP YEAR partlcs are now IN order.
A correspondent ofthe Westminster Aduo-
cate suggests that Venncr go into politics
and guess who will be president.
The Daily Times, which was started IN
Frederick about seven years ago by Messrs.
Bouldin & kaufman, and published since
then by that firm, has been sold to Messrs.
A. r. Ruse and Edward Ilalbrunncr, who
will, under the title of The Morning Call
assume control, of its management on Satur-
day or Monday next.
John F. A. Fox, the popular caterer, mem
Der of the firm of Marman e. Fox of Froder
ick, died suddenly of heart disease on Mon
day morning last at his residence in that
city. He will be remembered by many as
the former clerk and partner of Mr.. Chas L.
Halter. The deceased was son of G. F.
Adolphus Fox and was 81 years old the time
of his death.
APPOINTMENTS OF COUNTY CoNsTABLEs.
The Board of County Commissioners, on
Saturday morning last made the following
appointments:
Buckeystown Dstrct-Wm. II. Krantz
Frederick District--C, r. Albaugh, Joseph
Ebberts, Ed L. Nutz, James +. Staub, Hora-
ito Waters, VIM. A. Woodward.
Middletown District-IIenry G. Fcctc.
Emmisburg District-Wm. II. Ashbaugh
Mcchanicstown District-.Ios. Six.
According to correspondent of the
| Westminster Adrocate, Finksburg had a
snow storm that came from the Gulf of Mex
lco Well, of all the meteorological phc-
nomena that have combined to paralyZc the
supcrstitious, alright the ignorant and mad
den the scientific, this latest evolution of UNI
imaginable climatic impossibilitcs, Gulf Of
MeXico-begottcn snow storm, distances them
all more readily than streak Of lightning
could get away from road engine in a crab
apple orchard
SEVEN SLEEPERs OUTDONE.-Onc of the
soundcsl sleeps on record is credited to Mr.
JOS w. Scfon's colored man. Wednesday
evening the colorcd man retired and the fire
booming in order to keep out the piercing
cold. The stove did its work nohly. Soon
the bcd-clothes began to smoke, then to burn
Fortunately at this iuncture the fire was dis
covered by the folks in the house, and an
alarm given. The rcscuing party ran into
the grooms room and carried him from the
burning bed Once out in the night air the
aroused sleeper began series Of cxpostula-
tons for thus interrupting his gentle slum-
bcrs After he was shown the state of at.
fairs he changed his tune to that offright.-
Dayton Daily HeraM.
ROAD SUPERvIsoRs.-Our County Com
missoncrs at their present sitting appointed
the following Road Supervisors for 1884;
Crcagcrstown District-Reuhcn Ecker,
Samuel Eicholtz, f. f. Krisc, w. II. Boiler,
Fred r Mort, Eugene ID. Staup, George r.
Shaw, jeremiah Martin, Jno. T. Speak,
VIM II Staup.
Emmitsburg Disrict-Charles A. Dorsey
NVo' ~ b'N hbISN, -Nib'it H. 4hdA"ciI, N'ul'i
Trcsscr, Benz KeilholIz, Sylvester Dorsey,
Henry f. Maxwell, VIM Mottcr, Joshua
Warcnfrltz, Lewis =. Shrincr
Ilauvcrs distrct-.John Z Pryor, Hiram
Toms, Sida II Buhrman, Adam II Eylcr
Daniel Ely, Cyrus LAntz, Vim Stup, VIM
Toms, Adam Toms, Maurice Shelter, James
Webb.
Woodsboro' district--John .Albaugh, of d.
Geo III Din,crman, Charles II Fulton, Daniel
Grossnicklc, J A Miller, VIM II IIauyh,
David d Hedges Randolph & Barrck, Mil
ton e Staup, Henry o Zimmerman,
Mechancstown District--Cornclius H.
Black, George Baker, Jeremiah d. IIarbaugh,
VIM. Mckissirk, Lewis Matthews, George
W. Layman, W. A. Lynn, Abraham Lohr,
VIM }. Stansbury, John c. Smith, A. S
IentZ.
The Philadelphia Times, whose editor COM
mcnccd his career on q local newspaper and
knows whereof he speaks, has this kind
word to say of the local newspaper:
The New Year is good time to consider
the generally overlooked claims of the local
newspaper 1t is the most useful and the
least compensated and appreciated of all the
agencies which stamp the impress of prog
ress upon villages and inland cities Without
the local newspaper loca. towns are, as a
rule, thrifiiess and tend to decay.
1t is common for small great men to speak
with contempt of the local newspaper In
that they initiate greater men in speaking of
greater journals which offend by manly crit
icism but the village newspaper makes
more great men out of less matcrial-more
bricks without straws-than any other factor
in politics, and il is the one ladder on which
men climb to local distinction as the begin
ming of wider fame