Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-01-15
Local Items.
Telephone Call 23l-2.
Sale Register.


Hanson Ecker will sell near Logs Station
on Thursday March 18th beginning at 10
M horses, cattle and farming implements.
Gooi bread will please your husbands, be
wise by using Drew's Yeast Powder.
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Catarrhal affections prevail
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The skating rink idea prevalent here.
It will not be SO very long until we can
all take square meal; the public sale dinner
comes on apace
Mr.. George Stevens, sou Of Mr.. Charles
Stevens of Creagerstown, has taken the
place lately occupied by Master Henry U
johnson, clerk, in Messrs. Grimes Il Bob
litz store in this place
MADAME RUMoR is busy in our town at
present and gives constant employment to
ready tongues and stimulates inquiring
minds. We speak in reference to business
changes and undertakings that will be wit
messed during the coming spring. Should
the garrulous Madame speak but minim Of
truth, we shall have some interesting local
happenings to chronicle; as yet we are not
authorized to note anything
At a largely attended meeting Of the Fred
erick County Agricultural Society last Sat
urday all the old officers were reelected to
serve for the ensuing year. The finances of
the organization were reported to be in
healthy condition-all debts being paid and
a balance of at least $500 in the treasury
Propositions to open reading room and az
ricultural exchange in Frederick city for the
benefit of the members, and to reduce the
price of admission to future fairs to twenty
five cents, instead of fifty cents, were laid
over until the April meeting.
Frederick City has fashionable pet in
shape of q skating rink and they permit no
one to crticise it. Last week Rev. DR..
Dashiell ventured too far in that direction
and had himself mentioned in the columns
Of Frederick's daily newspaper rs having
"halted in the revival service and opened
stormy Aarangue against the rink The
italics above are ours, and we have utilized
them to emphasize the fact that professors
of morality and religion need have care
how they speak of Fredericks present fash
ionable weakness We are disposed to be-
leve the Rev Dr. hit somebody; DE mini
mis- non curatur.
FORECLOSURE SALES under mortgages
are advertised in larger numbers than usual,
in our exchanges.
Mortgages are sprinkled as plentifully in
this locality rs elsewhere, We presume, but
the mortgagors seem to have met their obi
cations better, for We are able to congratu-
late this community its freedom from
foreclosure sales at present 1t is bad sign
of the times to see SO large number of these
sales and it proves that the stress in business
is beginning to make itself felt in the dlrec-
ton of almost every class. The storm will
probably be severe, but there is some reason
to hope that it will be brief and that it will
be followed by decided reaction.
RELIGIOUS The U. b. Sunday school en-
tertainment to morrow Friday mighty prom
ises to be one OF unusual interest. All are
invited.
A series Of meetings will begin in the U.
B. church Thursday night January 22nd at
2pm nj. On Saturday, the Gath, at 2 p. H.,
the fourth Quarterly Conference of Mechan-
icstown Circuit Va. A. Conf. will convene
with Rev. G. NJ. Holt P. E. officiating. Ser
vices Saturday night, Sunday. Sunday night
and every night during the week. To these
services all are cordially invited.
There will be preaching at the q. B.
church at Deerfeld next Monday night, jan
uary 10th, at z o'clock, p. m.
Preaching at Keysyille, Tuesday night
January Goth, at 7 p. m.
FoRRwARNED.--"1n these "shaky'.. times
we would advise brother Cassell of the Clar-
ion to keep sharp lookout on the famous
CHIMNEY Rock" of his locality. There can
be no foretelling when its internal demon
strations may recur, nor how far-shooting
they may prove"
We clip the above from the Chronicle.-
Now we see no good reason why Bro Mot
ter should cuss in italics the apparently in
nocent pastime Of some of Chimney Rocks
thoroughly docile natural forces. We are
perfectly willing to keep "a sharp lookout,
but by no means because we apprehend tina
we may thereby gain any tidings ola locality
which, we trust, is equally remote from
both the Chronicle and CLARION Offices
A MIssTATEMENT.-The following item
appeared in last Saturdays issue of tn
Frederick Neos
"A MEoHAN1csTowN MAN INsoLvENT.-
Talbert Clayton Stocksdale, merchant o
Mechanicstown, has declared himself insol
vent. Col. John r. Rouzer has been ap
pointed preliminary trustee. A meeting O
the creditors, among whom are a number o
prominent merchants of this city, will b
held at the Court House on Friday, the 16t
inst, for the purpose Of choosing perma
nent trustee in this estate. The liabiltie
are assessed at IS 300, while the assets ar
said to amount to very little"
This is materially incorrect, as the inven
tory of the stock yields 1910, besides til
other personal property of the insolvent, nc
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