Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-04-28
Cabinet Changes.

Postmaster General James A. Gary, OF
Maryland, has been succeeded by Charles
Emory Smith of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Smith
is the very able editor of the Philadelphia
Pres.
Secretary of State John Sherman has been
succeeded by VIM r. Day, both Of Ohio
Judge Day was first assistant under Secre'
tary Sherman and owing to the indispostion
of Mr.. Sherman, has been the virtual head
of the State Department throughout the
Spanish troubles.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy. Theodore
Roosevelt will resign that place to become
Lit. Col. of regiment of Cowboys.
The route of the Myersville and Catoctin
Electric Road has beer decided upon. Work
will shortly be commenced. and the railway
il now an assured fact. The Valley Registe,
says:
The directors have entered into an agree.
ment with the citizens of Middletown, for the
consideration of $500, to tate the public
school building route through this place
Yesterday morning Mr.. G. Nice Lem!ev, OF
Baltimore, began making the permanent
survey via this route. The line starts at the
present terminus of the Frederick Middle
town Road and passes east over the land
owned by the F. & N. Railroad to Air. l., P
Coblen,z's orchard, through the orchard to
the Lorentz field and through that to the
Harmony road. Here the line strikes the
north commons owned by the town, over
which the corporate authorities have granted
the railroad free right Of way to the public
school building, several hundred yards back
of Main street. From the school building
the road turns and RUS north through Mr..
Calvin Viewers field. through Mr.. A. N
Ifert's, and SO on. The directors say that
work at grading will be commenced just ms
soon as possible.
IT Is EVER THUs.-Mercy! MercyN We
surrender. We are full of wets from the
late licking that we were compelled to take
and now here comes Ptolemy B9otius
Englsr with = gun! Having gotten laid gu,
by Webstercopticus Highchewtobacoiski
there seems now to be none SO poor as to do
US honor. Tue solid shot sent across oul
bow by the Carroll Record intimidates uf
and We 60 right down on our marrow bones
and apologize; we're runnin' and lOokin
back-please, sir. we didn't mean it.
This is the way he makes at US:
mister Editor of the CLARION, name youl
'weepins,' the time has gone by for an armis
ticc! Iu your issue of the 18th you deliber'
ately appropriated to your own use al
article entitled 'Postoff1ce Dents, which
emanated from our editorial brain during
the burning Of much water. white midnight
oil, and faited to give us credit, thus intima
ting that we too. had stolen it-a base insin
uation Then, in the same issue, you cred
tied to the Carroll Ne,os, choice bit o
satire on the editorial 'pericsh,' which also
belonged to US, though not copyrighted Tit
time for armed intervention Is at hand
haul down your flag, or fight.
New LICENSE LAVA certified copy o
new law regulating the granting of Stat
and other licenses by the clerks of the cir
cult courts has been received here by
Douglas H. Hargett, the clerk, The provis
ions of the new law apply to the whole State
The law provides as follows:
"The clerks shall grant to every perser
who shall apply for the same such license o.
he may desire and be authorized to ohtail
properly filled up and signed by them, bu
they ale expressly forbidden to ante date an.
licenser or issue to any person or person.
any license other than in the month of which
the same is legally obtainable, under pen
atty of $50 for each and every offense, sale
penalty to be recovered by an action at Law
upon his official bond"
Every clerk shall lay before every grant
jury attending his court list of all licenses
granted by him for two years prior to tn,
meeting of such grand jury, setting forth il
full the names OF the parties licensed tn,
date of issue, the amount of capital stock
if any, the expiration and the value of sucl
licenses" under penalty as above
1t is stated that great many merchant
neglect to secure licenses promptly on o
before May l, and all such would be liable t,
indictment for this neglect if the grand jurie
should strictly enforce the law where lapse
should be discovered. The law is, therefore
interesting to the merchants as well as tn
clerks of the different courts.