Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-07-14

PENSION GRANTED.-Jos. w. Davidson,
of Motors Station, Co. H., LIST Regt Md. T.
H.B. Cav, has been granted pension un'
der the new law. i,
On Saturday Of next week the w :. NJ Il.
r. Employees excursion will he made to
Baltimore and down the bay. See adver'
tisement.
The commnnder.in. chief of the q. A. 4.
has announced that none but members can
walk in the procession at the Washington
Encampment.
TIE SCHOOL FUND.-Thc State compfrol-
Ter on thursday made the annual dstribu'
ton of the free school funds to the several
counties and Baltimore city, Frederick re-
ceiving $3,33eSj.
Ayers Pills promptly remove the causes OF
sick aud nervous headaches. These Pills
speedily correct irregularities of the stomach,
liver and bowels, and are the mildest and
most reliable cathartc in use. No one should
| De without them.
An excursion train was run on the Poto-
mac Valley Railroad from this place to Cher
ry Run, on Sunday morning. The cxcur'
sionis,s, about sixty III number, returned IN
tho evening after spending pleasant day
along the Potomac.-W Transport Leader
"Be sure you get Ayers" is an important
caution to all in search of a thoroughly rella-
bic blood purifier, Ayers Sarsaparllla being
the one on which there can BIZ no manner Of
doubt. 1t has stood the test of nearly half
century, and has long been considered the
standard.
COUNTY PAYS THE B,LL.-Thrce tramps
were arrested by Constable Moberly yester-
day, charged with violating the act regarding
riding on the cars without permission. They
were taken before Justice Kcssler, at Crha-
ma, who sentenced them for two months in
the House of Corrcction.-Ness
Governor Brown has appointed John X.
Bland, secretary Of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers Association Of Baltimore, to be
member of the Worlds Fair commission for
Maryland, vice Joseph D. Baker, Of Freder'
lex, resigned. Mr. Baker Gays that his bhsi.
ness will not permit him to take proper IN.
tercst in the fair.
There is good reason to bclieyc that iron
ore exists in the Mddlctown Valley in
quantities and quality favorable to mining
operations. A company is already prospect
ing, and it has been given out that its agents
hayc become satisfied that profitable mines
and mills may I've opened in the vicinity of
Mcchanicstown.-Balt Herald.
QUESTIONABLE CONTINENT. The Fred.
rrlck Ne,cs publishes the following common.
tary made by visitor to our county seat
"Therc arc more pretty girls to the square
inch in Frederick than in any town l have
ever seen" Query: Just how many pretty
girls are there to the square inch in Frcder-
,ck, or do they reckon them up in fractional
parts to take the measure of beauty?
We haye had no local reports Of the wheat
yield as yet. Our farmers up to the time OF
harvest expected good crop, but little or no
thrcshng has vet been done in this section
The corn Is looking well, but at the opening
of this week began to show signs of the need
of ram. The showers on Monday ireshencd
it up some, but were too light to penetrate
the soil.
STRAW RIDE.-On Monday evening last,
Mr.. Frank Zimmerman hitchcd four bc)lcd
horses in farm wagon, surmOuntcd by a set
of hay carriages on these. he placcda liberal
bedding of straw and thereon went about
twenty dan,.sels and dam SONS OF our town.
to Emmltsburg. Lacking u well drilled yell
they took an outfit of tin horns. The cven-
ing was one of the charming moon lit variety
and the trip was one of splendid fun
Bro. Flock of the Guide caught us off our
base or Saturday last Instead OF finding ,is
within the inncrmcst depths of our sancium,
laboring at one of our Jovian editorial thun.
dcrbots, he discovered us III the act of hand
ing over II baseball score book to the victor
ious Emmitsburg club. He Is too good
fellow to permit us to feel rs kcenly AS we
might, the humiliation of that particular
moment.
The contractors on the new line of rail
road being built by the Western Maryland
Railroad Company from Portcr's Siding to
York, a distance OF IA miles, are encrgetica'
" pushing the work and now have about
400 men employed in the vicinity OF Spring
Grove, on the eastern part of the line. AL.
di,ional men will be put on as rapidly rs they
can be procured, and every effort is to be
made to complete the road by the beginning
of October.
The Bruccville correspondent of the Fred
crck Ne,cs, says: "Mr. Sccrist, of Walkers
vile, made trip through our village with
two traction engines, one very heavy one,
and did considerable damage to culvcrts,
bridges and also cracked several joists in the
iron brldge which spans Big Pipe Creek, at
this place, he having two engines on the
Bridge at one time. This was thought by
citizens here to he II rather reckless test of
the bridge, as engine owners here arc afraid
to risk their engines and lives, crossing it by
fordlng the creek"
BAsEBALL.-A baseball club from Emmits.
burg visited us on Saturday last and were
victorious 10y score of 81 to %. At the