Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-09-17
Murder of a Beautiful Society Girl!

Murder OF Il Beautiful Society GIL!
\ Prominent AND WEALTHY IorA" NAN
ARRESTED FOR TIE CEIME.-IHE
Police RETICENr.
For the pas, few DAYS great deal OF com
mcnt has been rccAsipnrd by the mysterious
disappearance of Il beautiful young giIl, the
d1u.lltcr fonr uf our wcalthrs, and most
exclusive families Now comes the rimor
that SHE has been murd, red.
Mo-, startling Of all is the report that on"
of our wca,hir>t young men has been arr St
ed tor The crane. BY r'qucs, of powerful
and influential friends of the parties con-
ccrncd, the police absolutely refuse any IN
formation at present, hut the inner history
of hls mysterious occurrence Is fully nara
ted IN The Shadow Detective" by Ohl
Slcu,h; issued to lav in 1.-THE Calumet Ser
les" Ask your newsletter to let you look
at Il copy.
\ TRAIS Rus by WnlsKEy. = Pass myers
ON the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train
due in this city at $40 last Friday afternoon
report That the engineer was drunk and ran
his tram IN a most reckless manner for about
twenty miles before arriving AT lih%rlSlown
Junction. The passenger observed tia. the
| train was hrlng run at an unusually high
rate of speed and were made very uneasy 1T
the io!,ing and swinging of Tie cars as they
rushed around curyrs. When Washington
Junction was reached the engineers condl.
ton frs, became KIN, Wn to the conductor.
Meanwhile the fireman was cndcavnling To
cunt'ol the actions of the engineer. At
Ilagcr,lown Junction he was hustled from
the ,nnnc and the conductor tclcglalhtl TO
Brunswick for Il substitute engineer l'clc
| upon the latter attacked the conductorin the
telegraph Office and a rough and tumble
fight occurred before the drunken man was
! ovcrpowrrcd. The tram was over two hours
late at lIagrrs'own. The engineer has been
charycd-LtrDM and 7orchAgM
BARON MuNcnAusEN NowHrnE Talk
ahou, Eli Perkins ne ne champion long dis
lance truth rXpand'r
! Why we can produce n man that can
! double discount Ananirs and still play off on
! him and win.
The Frederick Neus tells off man that
raised ON II halfacIc sufficient com to fill g..
600 cans, ms many cans of tomatoes ant be.
sides succotash, etc
Now, let us figure that up.
| 5000 cans of corn 10 OOO lbs.
5000 " tomliors 210O0 "
Throw in the "succotash, etc )" for errors
IN calculations and we have from Il lIalt.acrt
of ground,
Corn, 32l bushels
TOMATOES, 400
or on one acrc of land Gl2 bushels of corr
and 900 bushels of tomatoes, "bcsides succo
fash, etc :" or ,,542 bushels of solid corn and
tomato in the can.
And we are told ne has a sweet potato
patch with one $. p. in it he cuts sufficient
off one end daily, as it lies in the ground, tt
feed the families of the men engaged III can
ming the corn and tomatoes it grows at TIT
other end and when it gets to his neighbOr
fence he defects it back across the patch b,
drying down before the business end of TIT
sweet potato, "A solid chunk of his pure ant
indebted vcracity; tins each time double
the rnpidiiy of its growth and as it has al
ready crossed the patch thlrtccn times It!
motion has bucon" 50 much acccl Grated tina
it might now be readily mistaken for ;
ground mole huIyin, along hie fall t'ltchlng
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