Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-05-05

Sunday last an excursion Was run iron
Haxerstown to Camp Wilmer, Pimlico.
Lunch for Is cents and ice cream at th
usual prices At the Kaffee Klatch thi
(Thursdsy) evening.
New Advertisements.
Bus. Loc.-F0r Sale.
D. v. Stsuffer, an extensive peach grove
of Frederick County, says that at least 9
per cent of the peach buds In his orchard
escaped destruction.
The manager of the Corner Losiers' Brig
ade desires to announce that, If any Of tn
members desire to enlist for the war, the.
will be given their old positions If they lv
to return Va1ey Register.
Mr.. Lewis Higbee, Of this place, has gon
to fight tor his country. He went to Freder
lick last week and joined the Frederick Rife
men, who are now encamped with the Stat
Militia at Pimlico.-C Chronicle.
The deaf boys Of the Maryland school 70
the deaf, st Frederick, had a parade Mopda.
afternoon in honor Of our Navy and Militia
and for the purpose of insulting the Spanisl
flag. The parade made remarkable show
ing and lots Of noise. A bonfire was liglte.
and a Spanish flag WAS thrown IN ant
burned
The longest train ever hauled over tn
w. n. left Hagerstown on Thursday fo
Cherry Run. The train was drawn by en-
CINE No. 80 and composed Of "a empty car
and 6 loaded, masking 100 cars all told. Th
tram was over three fourths Of a mile II
length. Daniel McLain was conductor ant
Chss Smith Engineman.
Both the Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
sylvania Railroad Companies have not1ne,
their employees that they could volunteer 70
army service, with the assurance that the.
would be reinstated upon their return afte
the war The Western harylsnd did like
wise last week. The Pennsylvania company
will pay the volunteers their full salsri.
during the absence.
PAPER Paper Mills report trenendOu
rusl. of orders At fancy prices, but the mill
are taking care OF old customers. Antietau
Paper Mill, IIagerstown, reports advance o
go cts. = hundred on newspaper, and mill
not booking orders for over 80 days Sui
phur imported for drawing fibre in pulp fo
paper ls declared contraband, but there is 1
three months supply on hand.
The Salvation Army barracks in this CITY
has been cloaed temporarily aud Captain
Hall who has been in charge, is understood
to have left the city. Captain Hall, |, i
said, stirred up small riot At 4 meeting j,
the barracks by denouncing the action y
the United States in going to War with Spai'
and declaring himself Spanish sympal hizer
Since then Captain Hall has been in gres
tisfavor and it was thought best that h
should leave the city and tho barracks b.
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| KAFFRE KLATCH-This Thursday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Chas L Cassell, hit
ladies connected with St Stephens Epsco
pal church will entertain guests and scrv'
during the evening Lunch for which
charge OF Is cents will be made They vii
also have ice cream and cake on sale
The charming moonlight walk or driv,
should inGuce many to attend.
Guests will be entertained with music AM
reading, number Of those best qualified Il
please in these lines having consented t.
favor the occasion with their presence
Should the evening be rainy, i, VII b.
postponed until Friday evening.
| Plans for the new buildings TO he con
structed for the Western Mary land Railroa,
! Company in this city have been completed
and, as stated in the Globe, are in the hand
Of contractors for estimates. They will b.
adjacent to the tracks of the company ant
comprise = one story brlct r0undhouse,
machine shop and blacksmith shops, all unde
one roof
They are TO be arranged in semicircua
plan around turntable, located al tho cen
ter Of the different tracks radiating into III,
building and having total length OF 2S'
feet and inches, and width of IS feet anc
inches; also u brick and frame car rep i
shop 74xl26 feet, having three tracks run
ming into il, with accommodations for eli,
cars at one time, entirely Inside the building
with the necessary space for machinery, etc
Both buildings will have slate roofs will
skyights, running the entire length of the
buildings, 18th ventilators, giving abundan
light and ventilation. There will be ffteer
tracks entering the structure, and of these
nine will be used for the housing of the loco
motives on the division and the others fu
making repairs.
The roundhouse and machine shop will b,
ftt,d up with the latest machinery. Goi'ers
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