Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-06-16

| Children's Day Exercises will be observed
. in the Lewistown NJ. f. church on June 1911
at 2 o'clock p. NJ. The Il. A. II. Post vii
be represented.
) IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. I.W. 10y has erect
ed a covered porch IN front of his residence
. on E. Main-st., thus adding to his own com
fort and to the appearance of the property
, Nancy Hanks, the great trotlng mare Is
to 20 against her record of 200 at .Bclmon,
Park, Philadelphia on July 7th. If sht
lowers her record, she will win 5000 End il
she beats Suuol's time, 2:0S4, she Will win
81 900 more
MY customers have been using Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for several years and
will have no other kind. The reason is, be.
cause it can always be depended upon, Is
quick IN its actions and perfectly safe.-Dr
r. L. St. John, Rowland, Mo. For sale al
Waters Pharmacy.
MASONIC Monday evening last AGA
cha Lodge finished up its work preparatory
to calling off for the summer months. The
third degree was conferred upon Bro. Henry
A. Glndhill Grand Inspector Grouse and
f. P. BrundIgc, w. M. Of Door to Virtue
Harry Gorsuch of Door to Virtue and w.
w. Sweigart Of Plymouth visited the Lodge
and aided IN the work Afterwards refresh
ments were served by Mr.. s. NJ Gilbert and
a long smoke and chat in the moonlight
closed very delightful evening.
A SAD CASE One of the most pitiable
cases that has been brought to our notice in
many years is that of Harry, the sorcly af-
illc,ed son of Mr.. VIM. G. Merritt, who keeps
the toll-gate just south of this place. For
more than year he has been suffering the
EXTREMIST pangs of lnflammatory rheuma.
tism his body has been drawn and contorted
and several assesses haye formed lie would
bc an constant agony were it not for the use
Of opiates. He cannot recover and death
will be a Tcrciful ending of his sufierings.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONAL the Dem
ocratic County Convention held III Frederick
city on Saturday, 3rd, the following delegates
were elected to the State Convention l.
Victor Baughman. J. Sheridan Biggs, Col
L. T. Brien, r. G. Dutrow, DR.. Lloyd T.
McGill, Jr. Vincent Scbold, J. ID. Englar, J.
W. Downey, Capt. Warner Welsh, j. IL
Lighter, A. w. Welsh, Edw. Koontz, j. A.
Gernsnd, s. ID. Myers Chas. Wcrtheimer and
OHIO J. Miller. All the delegates to the
State convention were made delegates to the
congressional convention which will meet in
Frederick, July 10.
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The sensational story that Oliver. II. Per-
ny, former employee OF the Western Mary
land Railroad, and we'll known to many of
our citizens, had become one of the most
notorious and skllful railway train robbers
in the country, with the addenda that he is
now serving forty years term Of imln:son'
ment for his crimes, proves to be utterly uI-
founded. Mr.. Perry is brakeman ON the
Baltimore and OHIO Railroad, and is ire,
quentIy seen in Baltimore. lie laughs
heartily at the rather uncomplimcntary
prominence given him by the story Of his
tram ro5bng escapades
TUX FAST MAIL SECURE. some time
past fears have been entertained by many of
our people that the fast mail service on the
Western Maryland Railroad would be dis
continued. Such would have been the case,
no doubt, had not the plans of Postmaster
General 'Wanamakcr been frustrated in the
House by Congressman McKaig. Circular
letters were sent to every member of Con-
gress by the post office department recon-
mcnding the disconllnuancc Of the nppropr
alton for special mail facilities along the
Atlantic coast. But, notwithstanding the
persistent efforts of Mr.. Wanamaker to shut
out this section, Mr. McKaig succeeded III
defeating the amendment offered to strike
out the appropriation, by a vote of l5to SO
-Williamsport Leader.
A DAsTAEDLY ATTEMPT. Mr.. Edward G.
Unger, the n'or editor of the Brunswick
Herald, lives at Knoxville. Frederick county,
where, on Sunday week he and his family
made Il narrow escape from poisoning. Up
on getting up Mr.. Unger filed the tea kct-
tic from the bucket Of drinking water on the
porch and went for some fresh water.
While Mrs. unger was preparing breakfast
she found box lying near the end Of the
porch which contained about tcaspoonful
of trough ON rats" An investigation was
made ut once. The water Was poured from
the tea kettle and the pig feed thrown out
The latter was dosed considerably. Mr.
Upger does not know what to think Of the
matter, as he does not know of an enemy he
has in the world - Valley Register.
THIS Is TRUE.--Thc effort of any newspa-
per to build up town is practically null
fled unless it is backed up by the business
men of the town. A stranger turns from the
news column; Ct . nnncI to Its advertising
columns, and If he fails to find there the
business cards Of The merchants and profcs-
sional firms, he comes to the conclusion that
the editor is not appreciated, in which case
1t is a good place to keep clear from. No
town ever grew without the active assistance
of its paper. Nor can papers grow, and
build up their localities without the assist