Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-07-21

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A number of our people are suffering from
colds a summer cold; is for some reason q
more Objectionable i'll than 1t IS when 1t ar
rives during the winter season. ', =,
The railroad postal service from Baltimore
to Gettysburg, Pa, has been extended so as
to end at Highfeld, Nd, increasing the dis
lance %. go miles and making the whole dis
lance 04.2O. The line is to be known us the
Baltimore and Highfeld R. P. O.
FEsT1vAL.-The Graceham Mite Society
will hold a festival on Thursday and Satur'
day evenings, August 4th and 9th, on the
church lawn. Please note the dates. Post
ers will be out soon giving further particu'
lars.
RAILROAD WAREHOUSE property for sale.
The North End Real Estate Agency offers
for sale a warehouse, country store, ticket,
express and postoffice business on the b. u
H. Div. of the w. Nj. r. Il. If bought
promptly 1t can be bought right. Write tor
information to the Office in this place
Our old friend Mr.. "Jim" Grouse is dong
probably the evenest business Of any one in
this section. At the Red Hill cross roads,
Mr.. C. sells beer, ETC., and it was certainly
brilliant thought that took him there, for his
trade IN this IL. o. district is certainly
heavy one during the summer months.
How to re-capture canary was well H.
| Illustrated in Westminster on "Wednesday
morning last A canary bird escaped from
It's cage at the Central Hotel and perched in
the top of an adjacent tree. A sprnkling
hose was obtained and the water turned up
on it, wetting its wings so that it could not
fly. 1t fell to the ground and was picked up
and returned to it's cage gain.-Ad0ocae.
Miss Eloise, daughter of President John
NJ. Hood, the Western Maryland Railroad,
accidentally shot herself in the left s'de near
the heart, Thursday afternoon, at her home,
1881 North Calvert street, Baltimore. The
wound inflicted is Il serious, ifnot fatal one.
She was engaged in packing trunk for her
father, and dropped his revolver, which was
discharged, with the result stated above.
If our county commissioners would call in
consultation the president and directors of
the different turnpike companies of this co'm'
ty, we believe some line of policy could be
adopted by which stone crusher and en-
CINE could be purchased for the use of the
pixies and our country roads. What better
investment for the people could be made p
Citizen.
When bilious disorders are the cause OF
dysentery or diarrhoea, or whcu they accom-
pany those diseases, the system must be
cleansed, and the bilious disorders corrected
before the dysentery or dinrrhcca can be per.
mauently cured. For this purpose always
use ST. Patrick's Pills. ard after they have
operated, take Chamuerlain's Collie, Cholera,
and Dlarrhoea Remedy and speedy cure is
certain. For sale ut Waters Pharmacy.
SOME FIsH.-On Saturday last we were
invited to go a-seining with lot Of the best
fishermen in this town, but it just so hap
pencd that we could not possibly go. just
our luck; they came home with about a
lushe of cleaned fish, the finest lot that has
been brought to our town for years. Next
time we are asked we will probably 90 and
Just as probably catch a couple of blind cat
fish and mud favored eel.
Mr.. j. M. lIollenburgcr, ms agent, has
erected IN the residence of Mr.. VIM. Wood,
on S. Bencdum ST.. a solar heater, and fitted
I'D a fine bath room. The heater consists
of small tanks on the roof Of the house, I'M
der glass, IN which water is heated by the
rays of the sun to about 100 degrees, or %
degrees below boiling point Piping is con-
structed to con luct cold or hot water to
both room or Northumberland Ners.
Farmers all oyer Carroll county complain
of the serious dis ppointmcnt in the wheat
CROP The grain, which gave such promise
few weeks ago, seems. as 1t IS stated by an
intelligent observer to have died instead OF
rpening. 1t is SAID, however, that grain
that was well matured before the beginning
of the prolonged hot wave in the middle OF
June will give satisfactory yield of good
quality. Carroll Neecs.
\ New RULE.-Governor Brown has
adopted a rule which requires persons max
ing applications for pardons of individuals
from the Penltcntiary and House of Correc
ton to pay the expense Of advertising the
notice which is necessary before the case can
be taken up. Formerly the expense was
paid from the contingent fund at the dispos-
al of tie Governor, and the applicant could
not designate which paper should receive
the nttice
MoRE GOLD DISCOVERED. Mr.. Henry
Claggct, who resides near Glen, Montgomery
county, while blowing in his cornfeld, had
his attention drawn to a shining flint stone.
1t required but q moment to see that the
stone was thoroughly mpregnated with free
gold. visible to the naked eye Several ex-
pericnced experts now prospecting in the
nelghborhood pronounce 1t a very fine spec
linen and exceedingly rich. The stone
weighs about ten pounds
Oh how do we miss the good old days
when we were writing up the Canning in
dustry, the Burial Case Works, the Water
works the Fire Company, the Nj. V. r. r.,