Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-04-29


this Statc.-Neacs
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On Monday afternoon last one of the
chimneys on the farm house Of William j.
Black, now tenantcd by Nelson Willhide,
caught fire and sparks therefrom set fire to
the house aud porch roof at several places on
the east side. The flames were subdued with
difficulty by the family before much damage
was done.
JEALOUS OF TURK.-The Frederick
Daily Neps endeavors to make itself solid
with Frederick femininity by calling atten-
ton to the fact that the Sultan Of Turkey
ordered fifty thousand additional troops to
the front, an .ungallant answer to the resolu.
tions of sentiments OF sympathy for Greece
by the patriotic women of Frederick"
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARrY.-About q
dozen of her young friends came upon Miss
Crete Cassell unawares on Monday evening
last, the OCCASION being birthday surprise
party. The evening was pleasantly spent
in games; refreshments were served ut 1880
and the party broke up a, 1890. Miss Crete
was much gratified by the event.
The Pen Mar Reunion Committee of the
Reformed Church, held session In Hagcrs-
town on Thursday TO make arrangements
for the Reformed reunion of 1897. There
were present Revs. J. B. Shontz, Chambers
burg; James B. S,onesifcr, Winchester; DR..
J. A. Hnfheins, Martinsburg; and Messrs.
George A. Hollngcr, Harrisburg; 8. 5. Bren.
ner, Mechanicsburg; Edward Shaf'er, Balti.
more; j. G. Birely, Frederick, and D. NJ.
Hurley, H"gerstown. The reunion will be
held on July Is.
There is no more absurd situation in which
one may be placed by adventurous circum
stances than that of an authority in all mat
ters-a sort OF Sir Oracle-snd yet there are
those who make open bid for the place.
One may be authority IN matters of finance,
or farming, or literature, or love, or sasscty,
or stump.pulling, but when one ESSAYS the
role of all-around Mentor expostor and critic
there may I've odds laid on the certainty that
pretty much at all times somebody is enjoy.
lug a quiet laugh-in their sleeve, us it is
occasionally put.
BRILLIANT NUPTIALs.-Thc leading soci-
ETY. event Of the period in Frederick City is
the recent mar riagc of Clara Louise, eldest
daughter of Judge James McSherry and John
Manuel Alvarez of Brooklyn, N Y.
The marriage ceremony and attendant
functions, precedent and subsequent, COM
prised series Of social events. most TO be
remarked on account OF the evidence OF n
cultured good taste and absence Of features
now so frequently noted on similar occa.
sions, where costly display is relied upon to
blind onlookers to the defects of an event
that lacks the perfecting touch of inbred
suavity and dignity.
Postmaster General Gary stated on Tues.
day of last week that the question Of extend
ing the postoffice support to the early morn
ing trains on the Western Maryland Railroad
and of sending the mails over the Queen
Anne's railroad, were both under considera.
ton by the department. II am very much
interested in both cases. said he land you
can rest assured shall do all can to accom-
pllsh both ends" He explained that there
was no appropriation for such service and
that the department would get into trouble
Immediately should the service be establish
cd without tine proper means for carrying it
| on.
"Whoa! old boy; easy now. Springs here
fishin's here, but the absinth or "stercotyped
s.ilted and sterling dramatic gift, balasting"
stuff has not yet arrived. Little too early
yet for genuine break.away! The fever is
not yet oh.-Independent.
! Our Littlestown contemporary INDUCES
in the above pleasantly rs q comment upon
an item that recently appeared in these col
umns He seems to be just little bit stirred
because Of a possible premature arrival Of
the "absin.he. stuff in this bailiwick. Keep
il about you. dear fellow; keep 1t about you
Had you done so, it might not have been
recorded against you that you deliberately
cribbed that genuinely witty article Of sew.
eral weeks ago, relative to the proposed new
journalistic venture in Adams County.
CLARION.
SUDDEN DEATH OF Rev. WIRE.-Rev
W. G. Wire, pastor OF st. Pau!s Lutheran
church, Of Littlestown, for five years
and for four years pastor of st. Johns
charge, near town, while on his road home
from a council meeting at St. Johns last
Tuesday afternoon, was seen to stagger on
the tan path. then clutch at the fence and
finally drop to the ground.
Aid was at once summoned and the insen
sible form of the beloved pastor put in d
buggy and hurriedly brought to his residence
here in town. DR.. s. B. Weaver WAS al
once called, but the spirit had flown to Its
Maker. Rev. Wire had never gained con
sciousness and died from heart failure.
No one cali describe the deep grief Of the
wife and daughter. for Rev. Wire had bier
always the most loving of husbands ant
fathers. The whole community was shocked
nuu iuouy WCio VIC WOIub VI uCCp
expressed on all sides.
The funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon. The services at the house wer,
conducted by Rev. DR.. Fries, of York. Tit
remains we're then taken to the church
where public services were held. The audi
ence chamber was packed, and fully half o
those in attendance were compelled to re