Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-08-17

In room formerly occupied by Birely
4 Osler, one door west of Bank Build
ing.
Local Items.
Queen Annes tax rate is SO cents on the
800, six cents less than last year.
Ex-senator George Peter, aged SO years,
died suddenly in Rockville, on Wednesday,
He was known throughout the State.
The early crop OF sugar corn in Hartford
county is total failure owing TO the drought
Many of the farmers are now using it for
cattle feed
The store, postoftlce ana station at Gwyn-
brook Station, Western Md, Railroad, was
robbed on Monday night $2G7. The agent
was chloroformcd.
lfyou want reliable dye that will color
an even brown or black, and will please and
satisfy you every time, use Buckingham's
Dye for the Whskcrs.
There is man lying not ten miles from
here that we tried to visit one day this week
We got within sight of his buildings and
drove all around withou, finding road lead
ing to the house and came away without
seeing the man fact.
A LARGE CRor.-Nlr. Joseph Byers, lly
ing near town, and one of largest and most
successful. farmers III this section ofthc coun.
try, had an unusually large crop of hay wheat
and oats this year Mr. By,rs made 1o5 four
horse loads of hay, % loads OF wheat, and IA
loads Of oats Chronicle
Mr.. John Wesley Bussard, a farmer o. the
vicinity Of Harmony, Middletown Valley,
died suddenly Sunday morning of hear trou-
bic He had been in bad health for some
time, and he was found sitting up in bed
dead. He was about IS years old. and was
an eX county commissioner. having been
elected some years ago by the democrats.
The public school commissioners of Fred
crick county have awarded the free scholar,
ship in the Western Maryland College, at
Westminster, to which Frederick county is
entitled, to Herbert Murphy, of Walkersvillc
Similar scholarships in the State Normal
School, at Baltimore, were given TO w. H.
Burgle, of Park Mills, and Miss Mol!ic v.
Groslon Of Frederick.
TAKE Your CnolCE.-Thc Frederick and
Middlctown Electric Railroad seems to haye
caught the vacation fever and is off for lit
tie while The assurance is given however,
by interested and knowing ones, that the de-
lay is only temporary and that the read VIII
surely be built. The report telcgraphcd
from Frederick to the Baltimore papers a
week ago that the delay was in consequence
of the prevailing stringency in the money
market, is said not to be the cause otdc!ay.
VALLEY Register.
1t is to he very much regretted that the
work of the building Of the Frederick and
Middletown Valley Electric Railway, which
WAS to have begun some days ago, is now be-
ing delayed, it Is said by the great s,ringcncy
in the money market Every body in this
particular locality, and throughout the Mid
dletown Valley, is eager and anxious to see
this road built and in operation, and is there
fore the general hope that the delay may not
be of long duration ,-Catizen.
The peach crop in Washington county will
bc enormous There are three distinctive
bclts-the Blue Mountain, the Kecdysyllc
and the Cherry Run districts. In each OF
these the yield will be larger than eyer be-
fore. Mr.. John A. Nicodemus's crop, at
Edgemont, Is estimated to be 100000 bushels
alone. The varieties that will ripcn this
week will include the Early York. Tro'h's
Fayorite, Beeve's Fayorite, Mountain Rose
Crawford's Early. Much Of this fruit will
find market in Baltimore. The Western
Maryland Railroad will place on its fast fruit
train this week The Blue Mountain grow
ers rely on the Galway varieties, which ripcn
in the hitter part of September, for their
profits. The Galway is q yellow peach and
ola hardy nature. 1t comes into market
about the time most other varieties ale over.
Probably one fourth of Washington county 8
crop is of this variety.
Mr., John l.. Sigler, n farmer living II
miles west of this place, had a frigh,ful adj
venture last Saturday afternoon-one that
might easily have been fatal to himself, but
which fortunately was without very serious
results. He was returning from Frederick
with his five horse team, drawing a wagon
loaded with four tons of coal, aud when
reaching the first bend in the descent OF Ca
toctin mountain the tap came of the rubber
bar and the wagon pushed upon the horses
and forced them from the pike. The wagon
also left the road and rolled over the steep
incline at the south side. The coal was
scattered and the left hind wheel Ofthe wag-
on broken. When the tap came off and the
rubber lost its hold, Mr.. Sigler was standing
on thc lazy board He at once realized the
dangerous situation and jumped down and
ran to the horses, hoping to be able to con-
troll them and keep them on the road. While
he was holding the saddle horse and reaching
across to check colt at the ot1-wheeI, ht
became entangled in the lines and lust al
that moment the saddle horse fell, will
Mr.. Sigler underneath him. Mr.. Sigler re-
NAMED in this position until Mr.. Daniel w