Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-07-08
Local Items.


Local Items.
A new moon now graces the westcr
skies.
Harvest is early this sessdn:-BS. Ha
vest will liz finished late this season.-E5.
Ten wears of Americas second centur
have passed by only ninety years more an
ven have another centennial.
july Fourth was q reasonable day. A
that period of the year ON n,sy expect sun
lncr and Sunday last was very warm day
One of tic salvatonists tainted during til
services on Sunday evening last; he reco'
cred promptly and went on with the SCI
vices.
Mr.. los. A. Waesche Of Westininste
drove the finest horse through our town o
Sunday evening last that has passed befor
us for sometime.
The longest prayer evcred uttered in gu
hearing was made by d lady resident of TIL
place at the Salvation Army meeting d
Sunday evening last.
On Monday our business men general
observed the Fourth by the closing of store
There was absolutely nothing in the way
celebration, but numerous flags wer
swung to the breeze
MIR. 8. NJ. Birely has just put in place
new ten ton platform Fairbanks Scales a
the Crescite Fertilizers works. He ha
placed then, between the main building an
the office, the beam being in the latter pldc'
The Annual Harvest Home Festival {
tic Mt. Zion Lutheran Sabbath School
laughs church will be held in Mr.. d.
Warnef's grove on Saturday July 3lst, !
number of prominent speakers and q BAN
of music will be in attendance.
Read Socksdalc & Bussard's large doubl
column advertisement in this issue. Tn
Fertilizers sent out by this firm are Wei
known to the majority of our readers and v
are assured that they will be kept fully u
to the standard of worth attained by then
IN the past
The Baseball grounds at this place nav
l,cen wonderfully improved it is now rca
" fine field and we trust that there will b
trany interesting games played thereon DC
fore the season is over. Our boys arc &c
ing away from home quite frequently now
the return games will come later in the sea
son.
PERsoNAL.-Mr. Geo. F. Landers, cade
at the [. S. Military Academy, West Point
spent several days of last week, at his HON
in this place He has passed u'cessfull
his third examination and has yet but on
year to serve.
Me. Daniel w. Zen,z has returned from
very pleasant visit of three weeks to friend
in Springfield, Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio
Further progress in the water works en-
tcrprsc seems to be awaiting more heart.
ro.operation on the part Of our citizen'
Five or six men could easily oc found WIN
wolli take all the stock. but it is preierre
to have the people more generally represent
81 and interested in the matter, 1t We ar
to Ii I'VE the works completed by the winter
work must soon bcgin.-Carr& -Veus.
Enmilsburg is able to count eight net
buildings erected there OF in prospect for To!
season. We have thought heretofore tina
we were out stripping our sister town II
buidinr but we able thus far to count bu
FIVE, vet there are others in prospect an
enough nf them to exceed the number eight
We shall attain to that number, probably
before the summer has ended.
DEATH OF Mr.. THORNTON PooLE.-Mr
Thornton Poole, of Linganorc, an accoun
Of whose G1l from cherry tree we notices
last week, died on "Wednesday evening last
and was buried in the cemetery attached L
st. Peters Catholic Church in this place OF
Friday morning last at II o'clock Oeceas
cd was 76 years uf age, and leaves an nec'
wife, two sons and ---- daughters. b lnne'
Among the Frederick county applicant
who were examined before the Civil setvlc
Examination were Messrs Henry Boyle, q
Liberty; Gus Hammond, of townsville; Pro
Works, of Frederick, and MIR. Gaver, q
Creagerstown district. All Of these gentle
men passed first class examinations ant
would make competent and efflcie mt officer
in their respective positions.-Cttizon.
We publish this week "a tramp's" impress
4ions Ct our town and its surroundings. ]
will be a relief, certainly, to our readers u
follow the thoughts of others than us; W
come to you weekly and of our style yo
probably tire You are to be congratulate
upon the circumstance of having placed be
fore you, pencil!ings SO interesting as thos
by the tramp" For you We assume 7
speak, requesting further contributions
his hands
LARGE FISH There has been sent to GU
office the head ofa black bass which wa
recently captured in net by Mr. Fullerto
B. Rice, in the lower Monocacy, near Buck
col, srIn nd