Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-08-06


been several very serious cases, but all arc
improving.
FLAws.-It isa most rcmar kahlc thing
that so few officers know how to properly
draw an indictments 1t is IN ndisputabc
fact that too many men are able TO violate
law and when committed TO iail are able to
get out on account of FLAW in the indict-
mcnt.'
Nearly every offender sent TO the Frcdcr-
ick Jail by the magistrates in the county arc
brought out by some lawyer on writ of
haJeas corpas and entirely too many of them
get Off upon having hearing. Magistrates
sometimes doubtless commit upon too trivial
otirnscs, but that they should so frequently
send in commitments which will not bear
the scrutiny of the court if certainly fact
to be dcporcd; they should keep themselves
better informed.
CHANGE or DArE.-Thc date heretofore
named by us and Il number Of our cXchan-
rts as that on which the reunion Of Tie 9th
| Md. regiment will he held here September
10th has been changed to September nth,
one day earlier, on Friday. This change
has been made to permit members living be-
vond Baltimore to attend and be able I" get
home before Sunday which they could not
! do should the reunion he held on Saturday.
Our exchanges are requested to make a note
Of the change.
| JUPITER PLuvIus had charge of matters
on Sunday night last. lie evidently sue
rcclcd IN securing n temporary loan Of his
marine brother Neptune, which he care.
fully distilled and empiicd with prodical
hand in this locality, He had some difficult
~ during the carly hours of Sunday evening
in arranging his cloud matters, but when the
great demonstration was finally arranged it
occurred in good order The lower clouds
had been driven back and forth between two
great storm clouds one in the north east and
one in the southwest for probably nh hour
| in which time We noted by the Wclthrr,vanr
on the public school hui!dn" multilnd" of
changes in the direction of the wind, cover
ing all points of the compass between the
| two above named points passing twice tow
ards the west and once towards the cast, II
being one of the most interesting phenomena
Of the kind we have ever witnessed. The
main current, or that having in charge the
/ storm clouds proper WAS from the south
west and the great down pours at and 10
! O'Clock p. NJ. came from storm clouds pass
| ing towar, the north east. The first one oc-
curing before dark it was readily noted
that the fall ut rain WAS greatly augmented
by the lower current OF clouds r,turnln9
from the heavy thunder cloud in the north
cast it WIS a very interesting case Of the
meeting of two rain hearing clouds and the
numerous sudden and heavy dashcs Of water
during the storm was the proof Of the com
ing into contact of currents heavily charged
with Moisture and of widely differing tenn
pcraturcs, every breeze from the northeast
being cool and every one from the south
west being warm, both being loaded with
moisture. The electrical condition remained
out of balance until late in the night the dis
charges being frequent and heavy, but were
with few exceptions confined to flashes pass
ing between the upper storm clouds and it
was not until nearly morning that an cqu-
librium was established and the thunder
ceased to ro. During the first storm the
lightning struck Mr.. !. y. Barton's house in
this town Knocking off some of the bricks of
the chimney and shingles from the roof, do
ing no other damage, this being the only in
stance in this locality where the discharges
passed to the earth.
Another great fall occurred about five
o'clock Monday evening which raised the
water in Rouzer's Branch to IL higher point
than it had attained during the night or af-
ter tie heavy dash in thcmoruing and which
sent another surplus along the Carroll-st
! lots.
On Monday afternoon We made a trip to
the Monocacv on the Crcaycrstown and
Woodsboro pike. 1t was n royal stream as
we found it the meadow land all submerged
and the channel proper n rushing torrent.
one of the local residents reports it as hav-
ing been exactly four feet higher last sum-
mcr. 1t has wrought great destruction TO
the crops Of corn planted in the bottom
lands.
Owens Creek was higher than it has been
for several years and fences and crops has
suffered very severely along that strcam.-
Mr.. John O.lc on the "Sigmund' farm at
Bigys' Mill, having lost II acres of fine, prom
Using corn.
| The Western Md. railroad had several
wash outs and the trains were disarranged
, until evening when they got Strengthened
out.
Middlctown Valley, with its great range
of hills has been a great sufferer.
Catoctin Creek swept away its bridges
and every rivulct became a torrent. The re-
pair of county roads and brio gcs will be an
enormous item and the private losses have
been immense The water at Steiner Mill
near Jefferson rose two feet higher than
during the memorable flood of 1868
The storm was general having prevailed
! as tar west as Chicago, south into Virginia
where it Is hoped mach good has been done
in districts suffering from drought and north
| as far as New York At points there were