Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-09-15

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QUITE ILI.-Mr. -- Aughenbaugh OIL
jewe'cr. has been quite i'll during the past
ten days. We are pleased to be able to re-
port his condition as improving.
Mr.. Bell has succeeded Mr.. Charles Roel-
key as gate keeper on the Emmitsburg pike
The gate has been removed from its present
place to near the Tuscarora bridge.-E1a n
liner.
POTOMAC VALLEY OPENED.-On Monday
last the p. V. extension of the w. NJ r. r
was opened to passenger traffic and trains arc
now running regularly to Cherry Run on
the B. 4 y.
PROPERTY SoLD.-Mr. jeremiah Martin
Jr., as mortgage sold recently at public sale
the farm of the late Edward Long on Hunt.
ing Greek for 5000. Mr.. Martin became
the purchaser.
Our PUBLIC SCHOOLS now number 100
scholars; we have four schools as follows
No. 1, Principal, John l.anders, 40 No.
Assistant MISS Fannie Landers. 40; No. g.
Assistant, Miss Beth Firor, 40; No. 4, Assist
ant, Miss Ryrdc Jones 40.
Rain began to fall here on Tuesday morn
ing last: during the daya succession OF
heavy showers prevailed. At about eleven
o'clock at night we had the heaviest fall of
rain since the day of the Johnstown food.
Cellars were flooded. the ordinary waterways
failing everywhere to carry off the water.
GET REGIsTERED-Mr.F Frank Colhflow-
er, Registrar for Mechanicstown District,
will sit in tins place on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, September 10Th, Goth nnd
21st, 1892 from s O'Clock a. M, to s p. M, on
each of the above days, for the purpose of
registering all persons qualified to vote,
Remember the dates.
When you desire a pleasant physic, one
that will cleanse your sytem and give you
the clear Medicines and buoyancy Of youth,
try St. Patrick's Pills. They are the most
pleasant cathartc and liver pills in use, and
after having once tried them. we are conf
dent that you Will never DC satisfied with any
other kind. % cents per box. For sale by
Waters PHARMACY.
That great and good gucsser. Hicks called
for extreme heat during tie past week and
exceptionally early frosts came instead
Hicks having found himself famous as q
weather prophet has now determined to go
into the earthquake business. There will be
more than plenty to follow him in this as
in his absurd weather representations.
The American people, even the intelligent
classes, are not content save when boosting
some humbug.
GRAPE MISUNDERSTANDING has bc.
come grape shipping station. Many years
ago Frederick filler began utilizing the bar
rem mountain side for the production ofsmall
fruits aud has become successful grower of
grapes, plums and peaches. His lead has
been followed, much to the advantage of the
community, and of the railroad without
which extensive shipping would be lmpossi
bic. Tons of blue grapes have gone into
consumers hands during the past few weeks
from Smithsburg, Cavetown and Edgemont
-NoN
A CURE FOR CHRONIC DIARRnGA.-Mrs.
Z. Gleason, of Salem, Dent Co., No. writes
as follows "Chamberlaln' Collie, Cholera
Diarrhna Remedy cured me of Chronic d.
arrhnl after years of standing, when it
seemed could live no longer, l was growing
so weak. had tried several doctors in this
State and several IN Iowa, but they could
do nothing for me. was finally induced to
try a bottle of your medicine. After using
three bottles of it was entirely cured. l
cannot say enough in it's praise. L wish
that every family knew the worth Of 1t as
do, and am sure they would never do with.
out it," For sale at Waters Pharmacy.
TIE HAGEEsrowN FAIR.-The thirty.
cnth annual exhibition of the Great Hagers-
town Fair, composed of the county associa-
tons of Washington and Carroll, Md, Frank
lin and Adams, Pa, Berkeley and Jefferson
Yves, Va, Baltimore and Washington Cities,
will he held ut Hagerstown, on Oct. II, 70,
Is and IA. The Fairs held at Hagerstown
during the past few years haye gained rep
utaion Of haying the best display of live
stock, poultry. farm products, textile fabrics
machinery, &c, exhibited anywhere in the
State of Maryland, and the Fair which will
be held on the above dates promises to excel
all previous displays of Agricultural cxhibi-
lions. See ady. in another column.
NJ. f. CHURCH STATISTICS. The ninth
bulletin of statistics of churches, prepared by
Henry X. Carroll, l.. l.. D., just issued by
the census bureau, contains the returns Ofthe
M. +. Church. 1t has ICE annual conferences
IN this country, and 2,240, 354 communicates
1t has 25,SG1 organizations, with 22,s44
church edfices, with seating capacity of
9,302, 7G9. Methodism in this country dates
from 1866 in New York and Maryland. In
that year Robert Strawbrdge, Wesleyan
local preacher, preached to a small number
of people IN this country. The statistics
show that in this (Frederick) county there
are 4S congregations, AZ church cdificcs
H. 46 seating capacity, valuation of church
property, $S7,S70: number of COMMITMENTS
3,OO7. In Maryland there are 925 M. E. con-
congregations, 1897 church edificcs with a
seating capacity of 234, $50 value of church
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