Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-08-27
Local Items.

Local llclllS.
Children grow up fat when fed on bread
ond biscuits made with nrcw's Yeast Pow
der.
Whoopins cough of II stubborn type pre-
walls in our town. A large number of the
children are afflicted.
IT. W. Bennett will sell at public sale in
front of TUE CLARION OFFICE on Saturday
afternoon reXt, his farm near this place. See
advertisement,
ERCovERED-Mr Brent kcyscr who had
been uute i'll q, his home in the city has re-
\ covered sufficiently to make the trip to DR..
llcphcrsons ut Auburn.
OrR SlcK.-Mrs J. FL. Martin has been
seriously i'll of an affection of the heart. Her
condition is much improved,
Mr.. Geo. H. johnson has again rallied
from the great weakness which ovcrcAme
MN las; week and is stronger and in every
way better.
DMuocn>rlc PRIMARY The democratic
PRIMARY meeting for the selection OF dele
gates to the two county conventions zone TO
name delegates to the State Convention, the
other to name candidates for the different
county Offices will hc held in the Acad-
envy this place on Saturday afternoon of
this week at o'clock,
LARGE EXCrKsIoN.-Thc Fifth Annual
Excursion of the Lutheran Sunday school OF
tAi, place on "Wednesday of last week was
largely attended. At til" three stations west
of this place. Drcriicll, Slhillnsyiilc and
Blue Ridge Sunni, the number of cAcor>on-
it,. WAS specially lar~c. The day was pleas
Nn,, but tie haHy state Of the atmosphere IN
trlt,r,l with distant sight seeing from the
m0rultnin.
HNiDIE CRMw. About fifteen iron bridge
na.ilrrs engaged on the work 1T the high
bridge one and onr-half miles west OF this
place are now boarding at our two hotels
The large brick pier has been removed, the
wooden structure placed upon trcsties and
the mason work for the new iron bridge UNI
der way The ncw bridge will rest upon
iron trest,cs and the mason work will not be
50 extensive as that just torn away.
The New FIRM, Freeze & Gaugh which
has purchased the moulds, presses, etc, and
the good viii of the cigar factory lately con-
Quoted by Mr. Geo. W. Sprow, is now at
work in the building on Watcr-st formerly
occupied by Mr. J, II Freeze in the same
business. Mr.. Geo w. Freeze and Mr.
Marshall Gangh compose the trm; the for
mer a practical cigar maker, the latter an
energetic young man If business.
The Cold Spring picni" on Saturday last
was largely attended. a new point in the
woods was selected, the shade at the old
place having disappeared. Both the grounds
and the road leading thereto are terribly
rough and the limpcd, ice cold water Of Cold
Spring is about all that remains Of the once
famous picnic resort
We are sadly in need of good grove and
We renew our former suggestion: that Grace
ham and Mcchancstown unite in an effort to
make picnic ground Of judge Blacks grove
between the two places. There is ample
space, clean an even and one or two hun
crcd five year old locust trees carefully
planted and attended for one or two seasons
would make OF that ground one OF the finest
parks in the comfy. 1t is worth consider
ing.
PRICES FALLING.-Thc market reports do
not constitute pleasant reading for our farm
cr friends at present. Both wheat and corn
have fallen off decidedly in price during the
past ten DAYS and the excellent prospects of
the latter gives promise Of still further de
cline, while there is really little promise off
advance to or beyond one dollar for wheat,
with the chances decidedly in favor gifts re-
manning below that figure, We are Of those
who would gladly see the price Of wheat go
up to $50 q haShc, although, should ioul
60 up pro 7utn we should have TO pay about
$1,000 per barrel for that necessary article
1t would not reach that figure, however; S.
would be about the price.
1t may not be known 10 many on our rcad
crs that bees, hornets, waSps or yellow jack
cts, can be handled by any person without
being stung, if the person holds his breath
while 50 doing. This is an actual fact as W,
havc;rel it and seen it tried by several 9th
,r citizens The moment the person begins
breathing the insects power will be felt I'M
less removed before hand. No satisfactory
explanation has yet been given to this fact
-i.V.
We give the above place in our columns
Itor the purpose Of showing the extent to
which some who are usually well informed
vii, occasionally deal in nonsense 1t would
ne a qualification to us to witness the author
putting 10 the proof, this interesting rXpcr
m.nt, Will" we in a cast iron armor stlrr"'