Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-07-01

At present there are prospects Of an album
dant crop of berries. va
Last Friday was tue hottest day OF the
summer thus far. Our thermometer regis
tered 81.
Mr.. Geo. Bussard of near Catoctin Fur
mace fell from cherry tree and broke his
left forearm. DR.. Morris Birely rendered
necessary surgical aid.
TENNrs.- haye now been
completed and on Friday the 9th of july,
our tennis players will play game with
six players from Frederick City. The games
will be played on the earth court at "Glen.
hurst" and something good in the line Of
tennis playing may be looked forward to.
A SLIGHT FIRE.-An alarm of fire was
given about 9:15 o'clock this morning, but
the fire was extinguished without the aid of
the firemen. The fire was caused by a gas
oline stove catching fire, at the residence Of
Mr.. James T. Hays. Mr.. Hays picked the
stove up and threw it out into the yard, and
in doing so was slightly burned about the
head. MIR. Hays daughter, Miss w. Hays
was burned about the face Very little dam
age was done the house -Chrontcle.
On Tuesday last, the Court House Square
was crowded with the advocates of the
bridge over the Monocacy near Woodsboro.
We understood a fair compromise was Of
fered, and ifsuch is the case it seems unrea.
sonable for one side to hold out when con
ccssons are ready to be made by the other
side. If the Commissioners feel they are
able to build bridge and one is really
needed in this sect on, they should select
what III their minds is the best place and
thus end the controversy. Many seem to
think it q bad time to 60 to such expense, as
the bridge will likely cost IN the neighbOr-
hood oftwenty thousand doliars.-Cstssen.
HARD LUCK OF THE Blown FAMILY
The Brown family of which The Mail told as
being in hard struggles in Washington, &C.
cupy the stable or old butcher shop on the
johnny Wright lot, this city. They have
been having hard luck. Andrew the senior
member of the firm tried faker's game in
the menager;e at the Wallace Shows, and
los, his savings of $3.50. He tried to get
the officers on the track Of the men who
buncoed him, but they had disappeared.
Browns son, Andrew l.. E. Brown, is the
man who has been missing from his family
recently, and whose wife thought he had
been murdered His wife and five children,
in destitute circumstances, were furnished
free transportation from Washington to
Hagers,own several days ago by the author
tiles of that city-MaI
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PERSONALS. MIR. VIM. Darnell and family
of Lebanon, Indiana, are visitsng Mrs. Bar.
bara Birely.
VIM Willhide is home from Hagerstown
for m indefinite period of time on account
of lay off Of hands.
Chas G. and VIM. Black Of Baltimore
spent Sunday with their father Cornelius H.
Black
Mrs. D. S. Cover and baby William, OF
York, Pa are spending q few weeks with
MIR. Covers mother, Mis-. DR.. White, on
Carroll st,
Miss Lena Rcpp of Hagerstown, Nd, is
visiting with Mrs White
Miss Lou Ella Cover of York Road, is WIS.,
ting her cousins, Misses Margaret and Edith
Morrison, On Carroll St.
Messrs. Harry Valentine and Robert 10y
of Baltimore, made short visit to their
respective homes on Saturday last.
Chas. Z. Cassell Jr has returned home
from Hotchkiss School, and will spend bis
vacation here.
BAsEBALL-It is the same old story. hit
the ball, run the bases, tally the runs, count
the score and you will find that Thurmont
has won again, and you know it is so sweet
to get revenge and cause the proud to fall.
Well, that is just what happened last Satnr-
day. Mt. ST. Mary's has been telling us
that we were not in their class, ETC., but then
they didn't know it all, and we feel sorry for
them. but it couldn't be helped. And the
sporting editor of our esteemed neghbor,
The Chronicle, we sympathize with him, for
the game was so quietly played and totally
devoid Of anything which could be given ne
an excuse, except the superior playing of our
boys, that he will not have chance 10 cast
reflection on "rooters" as happened the last
time Mt. St. Mary's and our boys played
ball, but we excused him for his little break
at that time, for his criticism displayed lack
of knowledge of the modern game, SO SYM
patty for him was more becoming. 1t took
ten innings to decide the game, but then
our boys wanted practice SO did not win out
as soon as they could have. Only once was
there cause for fear as to the result, when
our battery got a little mixed and before
they stopped "scrapping" our opponents had
rolled up II runs. The game was played
on Mt. st. Mary's grounds. The score:
Thurmont ......08 30OO5 0 7-23
Mt. St. Mary's.. 30 0 II 0 0 % O-l6
lNhurmon Gu1fme GInb.