Catoctin clarion., 1898-11-10

valuable personal property.
On Saturday, Nov. 26, at 10 o'clock a. m.
VIM. L. Armacost will sell personal prop
erty IN Graceham.
The RECORD has received a request tt
publish notice of Century Bicycle run, OF
run of 100 miles, on Sunday, for prizes
We not only decline 10 advertise such events
but are willing to be placed on record as fiat
ly opposing them; not for the sake Of motor
iety, but, because we believe that all sucl
Sunday events are wrong, in themselves,s and
have a tendency toward greater Sabbath
desecration.-CarrO Record.
fright, every word of it.-ED,]
MARKERS Ur.--Mr. Charles ShipleY hal
located his new street, running south from
E. Man-st, directly opposite Aurora Cottage
He has had posts planted on each side, I
distance of about nine hundred feet, making
with the front on E. Main st about 2,30(
feet of building line, or nearly forty lots O
sixty feet. We have some reason to hop'
that this citizen OF means, enterprise ant
influence will find desirable purchasers for
these lots, than which there are no NOR,
eligible between Baltimore and Hagerstown
DIED, near Apples Church, on the 5tl
inst, William Young aged 70 years, 4 month'
and 2s days. He was the son ofEder Henry
and Mary Young, deceased, and like his
parents, was consistent member Of the
Reformed Church for many years. Though
feeble in mind and BODY, in the latter part o.
his lite, when the pastor had occasion tc
know him best, be manifested more revercnl
appreciation OF the Holy Sacrament than
many others who are more favorablyendowed
For many years he had been the sole charge
and care of devoted sister, whose life had
been devoted to attending to his every want
The funeral services were conducted by biz
pastor, Rev. G. A. Whitmore, assisted by
Rev. NJ. F. Oerter of the Moravian Church
1t is expected that the Nyersville and
Catoctin Electric Railroad will be entirely
completed by tomorrow evening, and tha,
the transfer from the contractors TO the pres
ident and directors of the road will he made
at that time. The road, as heretofore stated
has been leased by the Frederick Middle
town Road, and will be under the full control
of that company. A schedule of trips has
been made out. and will be put into OBJECT
some time next week.-The new schedule
it is said will Include four round trips day
to Myersyille from Frederick and Middletwon
two in the morning and two in the after
neon. The fare from Middletown will be
20 cents round trip, and from Frederick Sc
cents.
The new freight motor Car for the Freder
Road, is expected next
week. Superintendent Courtney says it will
be the finest Car on the road, and will be OF
the combination style
A winter body will be placed on the new
passenger car recently purchased.
The present pay roll Of the Frederick
Middletown Electric Railroad is said to be
5000 or more each month Valley Register
That the spy sent by the United States
government to Spain during the war should
have become the guest Of Weyler himself
seems incredible. Yet there's nothing more
true. The government selected as its agent
man of position who has lived much in
Germany. 1t vas necessary for us to have 9
trained intellect that weuld make no mistakes
His story is told in the November Cosmopol-
itan, and the most exciting pages of Dumas.
fiction seem tame in comparison with facts.
Crossing the frontier in first class carriage
he was by trifling accident brought into
conversation with youngSpanish noblemar
Presently who should come along but tn.
son of General Wcyler. This acquaintance
led to his receiving many attentions from
Weyler when they reached Madrid, and the
General actually gave up day to trip tc
the Escurial. Imagine this grim arch enemy
of ours laying himself out to please the secre,
agent whom the government had sent to find
out the weak places of Spain. How trifling
the demarcation between the position o.
honored guest and that of spy who, if dis
covered would have been all the more quickly
sent to his death. The same issue OF the
Cosmopolitan contains four pieces Of fiction
by such famous authors as Frank Stockton
Zwangwill, H. G. Wells and the lamentet
Harold Frederick. but none of it half 80 ex-
citing in its interest as ihis true story.
BASKET BALL-For waltzing on your ear
gyrating on your eye brow; chassezng or
your crazy bone and vibrating your spinal
column longitudinally. Basket Ball is ,h'
ru,tiest can on the dump: football on the sof
turf as against Basket Ball on the slippery
slip.up cry indurated ligneous matter is al
mush against marble; dough against dia'
monds;A Amos Tecumseh against FItzsimmous
On Monday evening last, on the hard-oh
so sohard-noor flown Hall ten amateur aspi
rants for fame AS basket ballists, Carl Da
muth John Root, Rudolph Eyler, Graysou
ShatFtr and Clayton Creager, versus San
Shatfcr, Frank Rouzer, Emory Wisozkey
Willie Cover and Chas. E Cassell, Jr. slapped
tumbled and contortcd themselves through
four quarters of this delightfully."- leisure ar,
graceful pastime.
The first Basket was made by Cassell tn
second by Root and the third by Wisotzkey
with minute and one half of the last quar-
ter to spare, during which time no play wa
made and the score at the end of the gam
stood two to four,as the sides are given above
A number of spectators occupied the foo
along the side of the room, several of then
fnrnishins much amusement for the anecta