Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-02-02
Sale Register.

Sale Register.
Under this head will appear free notice
OF the date and character of Sales for which
bills nre printed at this Office.
A charge Of rs cents q line will be made
for place in this column when bills are print.
ed elsewher
Saturday, Feb'y 11lh, H II. Rouzcr, Trustee,
will sell large tract of mountain land.
See adv.
Friday, Feb'y 18th. John G. Motter, Trustee,
VIII sell machine shop and land IN Me-
chanicstown. See adv.
Saturday, Feb'y 25th, Cbas F Rowe will sel
fOc taxes u lot of mountain land See adv.
Thursday, March 2, Jos. F. Livers will sell
personal property.
Mr. Foyer McKinsev. of Frederick, has
been commissioned by the Johns Hopkins
University OF Baltimore, to write the chap.
Ter ON Frederick for the Worlds FAIR.
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The Tooth session of the Baltimore Con.
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
will convene in Hagcrstown on March lst
and will continue one week, Bishop John p.
Newman presiding There will be fully 800
ministers present aud official visitors.
One Of the oldest residents of Emmitsburg
district, Mrs Sarah Singer, died on the 2lst
inst, aged 90 years. She had been blind for
n number Of years, but few weeks before
her death regaincd her sight, and could see
as well as ever.
A Coop BEAR SroRy-Hon. Manassas
Grove, who has not been in tho city for some
weeks, amused his friends very much on
Tuesday last bv telling them what the people
of Norfolk, Va -, knew about bears. Mr.
Grove informed his friends. that whilst he
was in Norfolk during the holidays, the city
was full of bears, killed by hunters in The
dismal swamp A thrilling story was told
of how bear carried away a calf, and how
bnll got after the bear, each fighting DIES
perately for thei: lives, that after hours OF
waiting, several farmers went to the scene Of
action, and found the bull had killed the bear
which weighed tour hundred pounds. Some
one asked Mr.. Grove whether he meant the
bull or the bear. why the hear, by all
mcans," remarked the gentleman from Buck
cystown.- Citizen.
Rev. Isaiah Baltz-ll, a prominent divine of
the United Brethren Church, who was born
in Mechanicstown. sixty years ago, died in
Reading. Pa on the 2lst ult. He died very
suddenly Of heart disease. leaving wife and
three children and three sisters and one
brother Two Of the former are residents Of
Baltimorc--Mrs. c. A Shriver and Mrs. S.
G Coul.y. The other sister is Mrs. Mary
Moser, Of Myersvlle, Frederick county, and
the brother Is j. w. Batzell of Mechanics.
town The deceased had b, en- in the active
ministry Of the United Brethren Church for
forty years. and had also acquired fame as a
writer Of church music. Until the war
broke out he served in the Virginia Coafcr-
cncc, and was afterward transferred
ierred to Pennsylvania, where he was actively
serving as preacher and presiding elder at
the time Of his dtaih
EXCELLENT AND ENTERPR,sING We
take pleasure in directing the attention of
our readers to the advertisement Of the Fred
crck News appearing elsewhere in these
columns. The news is IN excellent paper of
twelve (l2) pages, alwa bright and most
in publishing the fullest news
frnm every part of Frederick county. Its
numerous special features are very entertain
ing the story Of CHATTANOOGA, commence
ing in its weekly issue of January 10, is eaid
to he especially go, and the publishers have
concluded to send copy FREE to all who
request it, il they saw the announcement IN
THE CLARION, or for twenty cents two
dimes or ten two cent stamps) the publish
crs say they will forward a copy Of their
weekly edition to any address rs long as the
story above mentioned may run in their pa
per, which will no, be less than two months.
Address THE News. Frederick, Md.
SOME CENsus FIGURES The Baltimore
Sun of "Wednesday, breing census bulIetn
issued by the bureau yesterday, gives some
very interesting statistics about farms, homes,
mortgages, ownership and debt in the State
of Maryland. In regard to farms the con-
cluslon is that 1928 per cent of the farm
families hire aud Go77 per cent. own the
farms cultivated bv them; that 30 OF per
cent Of the farm owning families own sub
ect to lncumbrance and SO 90 per cent. own
free of incumbrance. Among 100 farm fam
lies, 81 hire their farms, 10 own with incum
hrarce, and IA without inCumbrance. On
the owned farms of this State there are liens
amounting to $l2753,827 which is 80 40 per
cent. of their value. and this debt bears i'll.
,erest at the average rate of $40 per cent
making tie average annual interest charge
sos to each family.
The corresponding facts for homes are
that GS ID per cent of the home families hire
and 81 81 per cent. own their homes that Of
the home owning families 7437 per cent. own
free of incumbr.nce and rs 63 per cent. with
incumbrance. In 100 home families, on the
average, 6S hire their homes, 8 own with in.
incunbrance and "a without lncumbrauce.
The debt on owned homes aggregates $l2,
305. 40, or 80 "a per cent. Of their value, and