Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-06-14

T6H0ONAL.-uIe'' IAiCC SAOiE ous u"u6"SoA
Of Mr. Albert Foreman, her husband, Mr.
Sherwood Morgan, her sister MISS Stella
Foreman and her aunt Miss Mary Pennell
all of Washington paid their friends in thts
place brief visit on the 3Oth ult.
BENJAMIN Franklin Hoover, Of Jackson
district, who was arrested a short time age
threatening to kill his wife, was on Friday
of last week declared to he insane by = jury
which has been summoned In his case, and
ordered by the Court to lie sent to Montevue
Hospital.
A suggestion has been made that the word
obey, that tue bride has to swallow IN the
marriage ceremony be Cancelled. That II
right. 1t only makes the wife begin to lie
before she is married for what woman living
obcys her husbond when she don't want To-
Village Record.
From bushel of corn distiller gets four
gallons Of whiskey, which retails at $l6
The government gets $3.50. the farmer who
raised the corn gets so cents, the railroad gets
81, the manufacture gets "a, the retailer gets
81, the consumer gets six months, and the
policeman gets paid for running him In.
"A few years ago one of our valley citizens
hauled hay to Frederick, that could not be
weighed ON the city scales owing to the
length of the wrgon. Several days ago Mr.
George Eldridge hauled load Of hay in that
was too much Cor the city scales, owing to
It's weight, and could not be weighed as load
Guide.
MARYLAND WAR CLAyMs.-Among the
war claims presented by Representative Nc
Kaig, of the Sixth Congressional District Of
Maryland. that have been acted upon favor
ably by the Court of Claims and certified to
Congress for payment, are the following from
Frederick county John r. Farrell, $500
Thomas Hilleary, $627; Geo. W. fsdget.
$2,2SO; A. r. Shoutftr, 1888.
QUITE ILL-Mr. d. s. Firor has been
seriously i'll of an affection of the heart dur
ing the past week. During the past several
years he has had frequent recurrence OF
heart failure and has more than once been
in serious danger. He is an aged man and
EACH attack has left him weaker his condi.
ton ID somewhat improved and we may hope
that he will rally from this, as he has feom
past attacks.
After q stay in Mlddetown Of almost a
month the Hot Springs Medicine Co. took its
departure for Woodsboro, this county on
Tuesday morning last. While here the mem.
bers of the company made many warm
friends. The entertainments given by the
company were the finest ever seen here
Valley Register.
1.-THE Hot Springs Medicine Co., as will be
seen by their announcement made elsewhere
in this issue, will arrive here on Tuesday
next. The above good word by the Valley
Register, will put them on good footing here;
that newspaper never pufEs humbugs.
GENTLEMANLY AND RELIABLE.-The Hot
Springs Medicine Novelty and Concert Co.,
Of Arkansas have been giving nightly enter
tainments in Junior Hall, Frederick, for
nearly two weeks. aud haye amply demon
strated to all who haye attended the Hall or
tried their remedies that they are gentleman
ly and reliable, and not by any means Of the
character ofquacks or fakes. Their perform
ance is pure and moral, and in all their deal
ings they have proved themselves sober.
straightforward, upright and agreeable men.
The company is under the management Of
DR.. Leon Smith, q physician, surgeon and
lecturer Of note.-Frederick Ne,cs.
About the middle of May we'll Creased
man with anything but a pleasing counter.
ance spent few days In town soliciting
subscriptions to the standard Fashion Mag.
azine. He offered the magazine at 30 cents
per annum. and showed handsome tidy
which he said was given to each subscriber
as premium. The premium tidy was fine
piece of work and the ladies were at once
delighted with it-so much 80 that between
twenty and twenty-five ladies of this place
invested their fifty cent pieces In this well
dressed gentleman and took his receipt for
the money. They have been waiting pa
tiently for the arrival of the fashion book and
tidy, which were to be sent in few days,
but they haye not yet arrived, and all they
have or possibly will ever receive from their
good Investment is the small piece Of paper
on which the receipt for the fifty cents Is
written. - Chronicle.
CHANGED HANDs.--Mr. Ross F. Witherow
has sold his stock of general merchandise to
Messrs Clarence Albaugh and Lewis D. Kel.
~ Of Hsgerstown. They began to take
stock on Monday last and the new proprietors
are now In possession and are doing business.
Mr.. Witherow has been engaged in mer.
chandizIng here since 1880 and succeeded in
building up good trade. While we well
come the new firm, we very much regret to
see Mr.. Witherow 60 out of business. He
has not only been good and useful citizen,
hut has been throughout subscriber to the
doctrine that advertising pays in reducing
his stock he made use of these columns and
he agrees to say that to that fact he owes
largely his great success, for wonderful lily
successful he has been.
The title OF the new firm Is Kelly {, AL.
baugh.As soon IS invoicing Is through they
60 at once to the city to repenish stock.
Pitchers Ce6<ovla.