Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-05-01

der's Corn Solvent, for Corns and Bunions
% cents.
The county commissioners are making
and have made several needed improvements
in the courthouse. The greatest has Just
been completed, viz the Encouragement of
the closets. They will next repair the roof.
Times.
Mr.. Grant Webster, son of Mr.. JOS. f.
Webster of this place has entered upon an
apprenticeship at the millright trade.
Since writing the above we learn that Mr..
w, has determined to follow another pur-
suit.
The wealth of the United States is $S7e for
each individual: The Treasurer will please
send us $5,232 as we are authorized to re-
ceipt for the entire family and it will come
in good now, it being the season of new hats;
with what we have put away in dry salt, we
can get along
After sixteen years of uninterrupted and
successful application to business, during
which period he had been absent from his
store but nine times, Mr.. Geo p. Buckley has
sold out to Messrs. j Frank and Joseph Ba-
ker two promising young men of this place,
and will retire from public business May 1st
-Inder.
Mr. Martin Stockslager residing in Funks.
town District Washington county, has
horse that is badly affected with dstrmpcr.
A few nights ago'the animal was attacked
by rats which ate a large hole in its breast.
The mutiiation, though severe, was not nee
essarily fatal, and under careful treatment is
expected to heal.
ROAD NoTICEs-It may be well to inform
such as ma contemplate pctitioning for
roads that under a decision made IN a case
in which The CLARION was interested, the
present Board of County Commissioners
have determined that such notice shall be at
the expense of the petitioners, even though
the board should determine to locate and
make the road pe,i,oncd for, Different
boards in our experience adopt different rules
in tbs one particular.
The Valley Register says ut does not
often occur that the citizens ola town or city
oppose the building of a railroad to it, espe,
cially when it costs them nothing. Yet this
is just what some Of the citizens of Frcdcr-
lex did Neither docs it often occur that
people do such things without having some
reason for it ard we imagine that the reason
for the acts above referred to would make
interesting reading, even in other parts OF
the county than M;ddlctown Valley. lfyou
are in possession of their reasons Bro. II, let
Us all have them.
DID the proposed railroad promise to rem
der your people less dependent on Frederick,
or what was it?
The Commissioners were coming last
week to look for site on which to erect a
bridge over Pipe Creek at Myers Mill. For
some reason they didn't come, and the be-
dinner was lacking guess.
The darymen of Double Pipe Creek,
York Road and Middlchurg net in convcn-
ton recently to prepare petition to l'rcsI-
dent Hood, asking for O'Clock! train
Mcssrs. l. F. Miller and o. +. Norris were
chosen to present the petition. some OF the
s,gnerS were san Suinc, Others rather dcspond-
ent \ six O'Clock train would certainly be
a great accommodation to this community,
and pay the railroad company, as there
would be Il large increase of shippers from
these points -Bruceyille Letter in Ladcr.
FIRE.-On Monday afternoon last the cry
of fire" disturbed our town. a fame stable
east of town belonging to Mrs. David Will
hide caught from a heap Of burning brush,
and before any one arrived was completely
cnyclopcd in flames. 1t was nearly or quite
empty and burned very rapidly under a stiff
breeze The hog-pcn adjacent to the stable
in which were two shUtos, was burned and
the fire had made such Roadway before help
arrived that it was impossible to save the
hogs. The wind blew in direction some
what south of the dwelling situated about
thirty yards distant, but at times it was en-
vcOpcd in n whiri of sparks and smoke A
garnet window was open and spark set fire
to an old cot hut by attention the bu ld.ng
n,,s.ss,SS,..1,cd. There was no insurance and the
loss is probably two hundred dollars as the
stable, hogpen, bakc-oycn and a lot Of tenc
ing were burne'l.
TEIIPuoNIC--A fo &c OF wOrkmCn erect
ed the telephone poles in town ON Friday
last; we are informed that there will be some
delay between tins point and the present Ger
minus at Utica Mills, on account of the fail
arc on the part Of contractors to deliver the
poles The wires will be strung between
this place and Emmtsburg this week and
the two places connected, but for a time we
will be shut out from the rest of the world
eEy- LATER The work of erecting
the poles and stringing the wires was begun
in earnest last week and on Monday evening
last the wires reached Emmltsburg. They
got to that nO;nt from Frederick; before they