Catoctin clarion., 1893-08-03
Local Items.

Local. items.
New PusTMAsTERs. Mr. VIM, II, Biggs
has been appointed at Rocky Ridge and Mr.
L. X. Wacschc at this place.
TO TIE WoRLD's FAIR-Mrs. VIM. Ii.
Biggs of Rocky Ridge and Miss May White
of this place lett on Tuesday last for Chicago
and the Worlds Fair.
WILL. ENTE RTAIN.--Thc members ofthc Y
YZSocicty ofthe Male 4 Female High School
of Mcchancstown will entertain their friends
the A B C's. at the home of Miss Mary Cas-.
sell, on the evening of August Sth.
The net earnings Of the Westcrn Maryland
Railroad, in which the city is so largely in
trrcstel, show the gratifying increase oI
S43,S for the month of June. and of $G1 ,147
for the nine months of the fiscal year ending
June 30
The directors Of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company met at Ilillen Station
Wednesday. Mr. Henry G. Wood, Of New
York, was elected general auditor of the
Company Mr.. Wood Is stated to he an eX-
prrlcnccd and efficient railroad accountant.
Our corn packing factories expect to com
menre operations during the coming week.
The FREDERICK City Canning Company, 1t is
understood. expects I" pack between 2,o0O,-
600 aud 3000,O00 cans OF sugar corn This
will be an excess oyer last years pack of
more than million cans-Cii,en
CENTRAL. COMMITTEE MHErING.-D :.
+ lIaIncr chairman, has issued II call for a
meeting of the Republican Central Commit
tee of Frederick county, in the Grand Jury
Room at the Court House, Frederick, on
Saturday, August 5th, at II o',ock, n m,
A full attendance is urgently requested, as
business Di Importance is to be transacted.
SAME To Y"U'-ro the merry host of
moonlight pcramsul,tors who 50 heartily
evoked The echoes by a cheer, rs they passed
the altar of the editors Lprcs and Penatcs
last week, he would imprint ON tablets Of
silver il letters of gold, his souls uplifting
nj the thought that there are even yet those
that 1--we and feel, who recognize that he
exists
RE, lived HIS COMMISSION MIR. Tilgh~
man +. Gavcr, the newly appointed post
niaacr for Midtlctown received his commi..
sion last week and will take charge Of the
office on Tuesday next, August lst. His
son, Mr.. Grayson Gayer, viii act as deputy
pD,ln.aotel, and It is understood that Mr.
Charles r. Boist will succeed MIR. Leslie
G,yer rs letter cnrricI.- InNy Register.
A bit of ice Is often desired in the might
\ good way 10 keep it is to cut picc" Of
white flannel aboHt ten inches square.
Place this over the top ota atumhlrr, pressing
the flannel down half way or more into it,
Then bind 'hr funnel i,s, to the top of the
glass with a string Pat the ice into the
flame, cup and lay another piece of flannel
five ol slX inches square upon tie lee, Thus
arranged, ice W III keep many hours.
Will. RETuRN MIR. ,lohn d. Frederic has
finished and returned the work done by
him during his stay here. 1t has given uni
ycrsal satisfaction and some Of III" pictures
are in our judgment as fac Photographic
work a we have ever seen. He will return
about the latter part Of September and ""
advise such of our people as may want work
done in this line to await his coming. He
guarantees his work and will give second
sitting where the first is not satisfactory.
4 colorcd man named Walters, who had
the selling privileges of the col"rcd camp,
near Mu,,ou,own, and his assistants were
arrested for selling ON Sunday. Walters
confessed to selling cigars and was fined $50
and costs and the assistants were let off by
payment of costs Rev Mr.. Granger, a col-
orcd preacher was arrested for selling hymns
un Sunday. They were his own productions,
and Justice Moore and States Attorney Fink
let him off with the payment of costs.-Ad-
y0cdte
CHURCH CHROOFED.-lh he Union Church
of tn" Reformed, Lutheran and Methodist
congregations at Keysvie, Carroll County,
was entirely unroofed Wednesday afternoon
during violent windstornl, which passed
oyer that section. The storm was a flannel
shaped whirwlnd, and took all trees i'll its
path About thirty trees were uplo"tcd in
Jesse =. Wcybrigh's woods, between Keys
vile and Double Pipe Creek, The church
is about 40 by 60 feet, and the roof was tax
en- off leycl with the brick work. Very 1T
lie rain fell.
CAUGHT BY A TRAIh.-On Tuesday morn
ing last w NJ. II. X. freight train caught
two tramps, man and a woman, upon the
tlcslcworE at Hols,'s bridge, north west Of
Chambcrsburg, and almost struck item.
The pair were but feet from the train when
the crgineman succeeded in stopping and in
their fright they jumped to the meadow be
low The woman alghted on pile Of stones
and was severely cut and bruised, the man
escaping injury, They refused the offer of
the train men to carry thcm to town and
went on their way after the train left. 1t
was a narrow escape for both Of thcm.-Re.
posaory.
Early on Monday morning, Mr.. VIM. IL.
liokc Of this place, was awakened by anolse,
and looking out Of the window saw a man
on the roof Of the kIrchcn adjoining the main
building. Mr. Ilokc gave an alarm and in n
few seconds several men, armed with rCyOl