Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-03-19

themselves to he effect that they will not
sh IT a an aid or be Instrumental in or
gan;zing stock company here for any pur
DOS, of man featuring This is to be re-
GREETED inasmurh as it is only by such meth
OIL that small communities are enabled TO
secure c.pital in effective amounts The di
rect loss to the shareholders is about IA
per cent on the capital stock, If to which be
added the loss of interest (below per cent?
it will aggregate 95 per cent, or in round
numbers $500.
Again-t this 'pt be placed all there las
been Of benefit accruing to y rptople IN the
way of labor during the four years it WIS in
operation, when the above sum becomes n
most insignificant one m there Can he no
questioning the fact that the community has
gained largely by thu enterprise.
After the soreness and vexat "n- occasion.
ed by the Cannery and its sudden demise
shall have worn away and been forgotten,
we shall hope to find or people again din
posed to rem Her scattered capital available
for some laudable purpose by like system
Of aggregation.
Our SUSPICION is tn the great Reform
movement in Frederi c unity has not
pauned out Will and that evidence to that
effect will be ob,ainable when the Annus'
8 atement is published. We arr not in tn"
humor to make public the grounds Of our
suspicious, ct they ale by no means ground
less and we promise our readers, those who
are sp nsblc for the laws and those who
execute ten FIJI and complete analysis OF
the figures, 80 far ~ we may I've sble to "a
I'VE them. Basng the calculation on the
ny assure Of C onomv and retrenchm' mt in
public expenditure demanded at our ha DIS,
We shall expect to find a decided reduction
in the total of general expenses and if it he
n t there, we promise to make it hot for
som hody, while if it ppp nrs that we have
had real reform and large savings to the
taxpayers, none will more heartily applaud
tn" fact than ourselves.
NoTE. s. nee the above WIS put IN type
the Examiner has come to hand containing
the Annual County Statement. This arrived
too bate to appear in this Issue, but we will
place it before or readers in full n xt week
After n casual examination of the Statement
We ar" not disposed to mo lily the views ex,
pressed above.
U. B. CnNFERENCE APP0INTNENrs,-The
Virginia Confercnc' O the U lifted B eth,en
in Christ, which met in annual session in
Frederick on the 9Th inst adjourned on
Monday of last week to meet next Year at
rkel Y Springs, W, Va. tn s Conference
repr .>en,s membership of 5000, with IS
ministers and 1875 churches and during its
sess on a large amount Of important business
relating to Cnurco work was transacted. The
followin Presiding Elders were elected; Pc
tomac District, Rev. c M. lloti; South
B.anch District Rev. J w. Hicks Shen n
DO I'll Dis riot, Rev c. l. B. Brane. The fol
lowing are the appointments for
Potom,c District 90, NJ Ho't p, f.;
Bonnsboro Circu t. G. II. Crowell; Kcedys-
vile Static :, J. K Nelson; Hagerstown Cir
cult w r B rry; H,gersown Station, w.
o Fries; Myersvlle Circuit, J. NJ. Und r
wood; Mcchan lcstown Circuit, w. L. M rtin;
FIRE ierck Circuit, S II. Smell; Frederick
Mission Station, A. M Evers Potomac Cir
cult, G. J Rondahusl; Mar inshurg Mission
Station, r. Ridcnour; Clarke Mission, j.
G. B. Ri"e.
Glossbrcnne' Bishop, Ohio District;
J. W Holt, cdito" Religious Telescope, N
Fries, agent Shenandoah Institute j. A.
Fvens, missionary. Africa,