Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-10-26


the lowest tax rate in the State. The court.
house in Westminster is receiving the first
coat of paint in fifty-five years.
There is an epidemic of insolvency in the
cabbage crop this fall which is to say, cab
bagc heads are bursting to an alarming ex.
tent, chargeable of course to the general fl
nancial stringency.
A Bro BARGAIN.-We have Victor
Bicycle awaiting our order for shipment
from the factory at Chicopee Falls. Mass.
We hayc been allowed specially favorable
advertising rates, largely IN payment there.
tor, hence we arc able to offer it at great
bargain. 1t is a new and Standard wheel,
out of stock and in every particular the same
and sold with the same guarantee rs others
You will miss big bargain if you fail to
secure this.
We PROBABLY DID 1T.-On Saturday next,
18th inst, at o'clock, p. M, the ancient
building located on the Reformed Parsonage
10, in this place, will I've sold at public sale to
the highest bidder, the purchaser to remove
the same within 30 days Of the date of the
sale.
Now, Bro. Rhodcrick, we're ahead in this
matter; note our mighty Influence here,
for when we do set abortr enjoying mounta-
no; inconsilprable obstructions--we are
simply irresistible.
HEARING ulNGs.--Occasionall we sue
coed in getting some one OF those who have
visited the Worlds Fair to talk freely and
We are learning all about the elephants
and other immense things that have been
brought to Chicago for the dedication ofthe
hay-sceds. That Midway for instance and
then the Great City's specialties go to make
up about a twelye.story annex to many an
account OF the Worlds fair trip and the annex
is to the main portion what olives, Worcester
shires auce and mustard are to solid viands; a
judicious admixtnre tones up the appetite
Of the listener and aids in dijesting some very
refractory chunks of information.
About half mile east of Union Bridge
Saturday afternoon Andrew j. Stone, a
stonemason, of New Windsor was run over
and instantly killed by the fast mail train,
He left Union Bridge about an hour before
the accident, and when struck was lying on
the track near curve, which prevented the
engineer from seeing him IN time to stop the
engine Several cars passed over him, and
10 alb fr tl,l
was found that his skull was mashed in, and
that three RIBS and both legs had been broken.
He was about As years old. The body was
taken to New Windsor, where q coroner s
Jury viewed the remains. He leaves wife
ard one child.
At New Windsor Monday the coroners
Jury decided that Andrew j Stone was killed
through his own negligence, and that the
employees of the railroad were not IN any
way to blame. Carroll Nescs.
QUITE A SuM--A count ofthe people who
have made the trip to the Worlds Fair from
this town reveals the fact that twenty eight
have gone. Allowing that the average sum
spent be $75, surely literally low, we find
that $2lOO is the cost. We haye not gone
into any calculation to determine how much
of the above sum may be apportioned to
investment in personal enjoyment and how
much to profitable Investment upon which
sum direct return may be expected. We
surmise that the latter will run very low
III percentage, for thus far we have heard of
no one turning to prscticle account aught
that they saw or heard. 1t IS safe therefore
to say that our town has spent $4,000 for
personal pleasure alone; had we been of the
number, we are sure that lwenty-twenty.
firsts of our expenditures would have been
thus charged up.
Mr. and Mrs. T.. +. StOnesifers home on
South Potomac Street was the scene OF a
brilliant wedding on Tuesday morning. The
contracting parties being Mr., Emory Forest
Hartman. formerly Of Mechanjcstown, Nd,
but now of the Chicago Tribune, and Miss
Mary Eslella, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
f. Stonesifer The ceremony took place at
ten O'Clock and was performed by Rev. Il
Shultz of the NJ +. Church. Quite mum
Der of friends of the contracting parties were
present and witnessed the wedding. Imme-
diately after the ceremony the BRIDE and
groom left for Chicago on the 11.36 train,
where they will reside ir the future. The
bride was attircd in o travelling suit OF illu-
minated chevlot cloth, with gloves and hat
to match. The groom wore the convention
al black.
The bridal presents were costly and nu-
mcrous, embracing variety of the useful
articles in domestic lifc.-Boonsboro Times
CHANGE OF NAME.-The time approaches
when the matter of the change of name OF
this town must be determined and put in
shape, if it is to be done or if an attempt to
do it is to be made at the coming session of
the Legislature. For our part we favor 1t
and will lend ourselves to the furthcring
thereof, if desired by our people.
The only objection that has been urged
to a change, is that the title "Mechanic" is
an honorable one and to drop it would be
an insinuaton that it is not good enough"
Well, as to Mechanic" practical printer
would probably.belie hlmselfwcre he to i'm
ply that the tern lacked caste, and further, nc
one would likely make deliberate choice OF
the name "Churchtown," neither could it he
objected to on account of either good taste
or suggestiveness and yet there are many
more churches here than factories.
No Historical accuracy In the matter Of