Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-03-17

to the Thurmont Circuit and will remain in
our midst another year.
BASEBALL. Manager Bennett has already
secured game for our club with tue Sham
rocks of Mt. st. Mary's College, to be played
on the college grounds on Thursday, April
9th.
The warm weather of the past ten days
has forced the fruit buds; should it continue
another week they will be far enough ad-
vanced to seriously suffer from the severe
though brief period of cold yet possible.
WHAT NExT?-During the Holidays Mr..
G. H. Oser designed and built In his window
a locomotive; for st. Valentines day heart,
wholly of fabrics and articles out of his stock
of goods. What will Easter bring forth?
WoNDERTULl-Little occasion for surprise
that the world is full Of skepticism; the
Ground Hog is an old humbug and Hicks
great rush of polar air" and succession OF
storms for the first fifteen days of March
turns out to he season of balmy, spring like
sunshine and zephyrs
Rev. Sam Jones has announced his plat
form as candidate for governor of Georgia.
He declares for simple, upadultcrated, I'M
pulchasable, unbuldozaole, manhood"
against gold buggery and silver diggery,"
and concludes by saying: Lets pen ur the
ackasses for while and trot out some thor
oughbreds.
REMARKABLE PRESERVATION - Charles
Banmsardner said at the Carln House this
morning that at the cold storage warehouse
at Centre Market, Washington, there is
bullock that was killed eight years ago and
is still III good condition. 1t is the purpose
to keep it for twenty years. A cake Of ice
was placed in this storage that weighed fifty
pounds, and after it was in one year it was
found that it had not lost pound-Ne,es.
Following is the report of the Secretary of
the Maryland Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, for the month OF Febru-
airy: Number of investigations, 204; cases
remedied without prosecution, 1893; number
of arrests, 8; convictions secured, 4; COM
plants without proper cause, g.; drivers dis
mounted from heavily laden carts "a; drivers
cautioned concerning treatment of ANIMALS,
CO; animals examined, 10; animals ordered
out unfit for work, s. animals humanely
killed, 2.
The Board of Town Commissioners OF
MiddetOwn has fixed the tax rate for 1898
at As cents on the 500 The tax law passed
by the Legislature OF 1896, allowed rate of
but 30 cents on stocks and bonds and this
has made necessary an assessment Of As cents
on the 500 this year. The average assess
ment however, will he but fraction over
40 cents on the 800, and this will give
$201 AS to the sinking fund and also leave
surplus of $G1s 06 to provide for contingen.
cies
The bonded Indebtedness of the town for
water works is $l4,500. and the sinking
fund account to provide for the payment Of
the bonds at maturity now amounts to about
$1,10O.- Va!ley Register.
AT Trinity Chapel Sunday the Rev DR..
Eschbach conducted service. He made an
address on the importance of beginnings and
gave the several steps leading up to that
service. Forty three regular certificates Of
transfer of church membership were present
ed. A constitution was considered and
adopted, an election was held for three elders
and three deacons and those chosen namely:
VIM Emory kefauver, Chas Troxell and
Tobias NJ Newcomer rs elders, and Chas.
n. Dixon, David c. Aldridgc and VIM G
Lakin as deacons, who were solemnly Or
da.ncd and installed to their several Offices.
This consistory WAS then by resolution in
struc;ed to at once issue a call in que form
TO Rev Eugene l.. Mclean to become their
pastor. Thus has been organized in due
form second Reformed congregation in
this city. Service will again be held March
GOTH Neps.
The National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union has accepted a proposition Of
the Rumford Chemical Works, which will
add largely to the receipts Of the Unions
treasury. In circular sent out from the
National Union the proposition is thus ex-
planned: For every label from the cover of
the above baking powder (Rumfords) cans
of the half pound size and larger, that we
return TO the Works through this Office dur
ing the year ending February Alb, 1899, they
will pay us at the rate of five (5) cents per
pound of powder represented by the labels"
The whole plan is fully set forth in the cir.
commended and the method of detaching ard
forwarding the labels explained. and the
hope is expressed that, instead of asking the
local unions for money it will put money in
their treasures and help them, in every city
and town, to help themselves. We have not
space TO give particulars, but any Of our
readers interested in the matter, can obtain
all necessary information by apply ing TO the
officers of the local unions in their respect
i've localities.
The Western Maryland Railroad is pre-.
pairing for another change in its general de.
partment of repairs. 1t is now proposed to
locate large and well equipped repair shop
at Hagerstown. The decision to plant these
shops at that particular point has been caused
by several practical and economic reasons.
The probabilities are that the preliminary
arrangements for the building of the shops
will be completed this week
1t is stated that the company contcmplates