Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-30
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Current Items.
Mrs. SARAH J. HALE, editress o
Godev'S Lady'S Book, is S4-and still
she's Hale.
Mrs. O'LEARY's COW, that either did
or didn't, set Chicago on fire, has been
bought on speculation by two Louisville
(Ky.) boys.
A BosroN firm shipped a hook and
ladder carriage last week to Honolulu
Sandwich Islands, by way of the Pacific
railroad to San Francisco.
Mrs. STANTON. widow of the late
Edwin NJ. Stanton, resides in a fine
mansion at Germantown, Philadelphia
She has a yearly income from the
"Stanton fund" of $1,000.
The United States survey steamer
Hassler, with its distinguished party of
scientific explorers, sailed from Boston
on the 4th upon its voyage along the
Atlantic and Pacific coast of North and
South America.
JAMES McCUNN, while walking on the
Long Island railroad track near Dutch
Kills, was struck by locomotive and
fatally injured Tuesday evening. His
wife was killed a year ago by train on
the Flushing road
WASHINGTON TERRITORY has more than
doubled its population during the last
ten years, has 81 100000 worth of tax.
able property, and the annual exports
are valued at 100000. Its saw-mills
get out l30,0O0,0OO feet of lumber an
nually.
-~rTHE Peabody (Mass.) Press says :
Many persons who have had occasion
to visit the Essex depot in this town,
have for some time past noticed large
dun colored dog, who anxiously watches
the passengers as they alight, as though
seeking for some particular person.
This dog belonged to Mr.. Ernest S.
Merrill, one of the victims of the Revere
disaster. When young Merrill left
home for the last time his dog left him
at the depot. The faithful dog still
watches for his master, who will never
come back" a-a
GEN. GoRLoFr, the Russian represen-
tative pro tenn at Washington, is soldier
and a scholar. He is the author of sew.
eral works on military tactics. For
some time past he has been superin-
tending the manufacture of arms for
his Government, at Hartford, the Gar
having entered into large contract for
weapons with large firm in the latter
city. Like all of his countrymen, Gen.
Gorlotf gained the good will of all
Americans with whom he came in con-
tact, and was probably one of the most
popular men in Hartford.
Miss CREAK pronounced Cra-ak), the
lady to whom Gen. D. E. Sickles is mar
ried, is but twenty She was born
in Spain, speaks English imperfectly,
and is represented as beautiful and ac-
complished, but not wealthy. Her
father is Assistant Treasurer of the
Province of Andalusia. The family is
OF Irish descent, has long been settled
in Spain, and occupies an enviable
social position. Miss Creak was an in
innate friend Of Gen. Sickles' daughter,
and accompanied her in a recent tour
of Europe. rt... .,....- ...
The Pittsburgh papers speak of an
invention to rid that smoky city of its
greatest nuisance. A man there has
invented small iron apparatus, which,
it is said, when attached to stoves,
ranges. and other objects where wood
and coal are used, consumes all the
smoke and gas generated, not particle
of the vapor escaping through the
chimney. The inventor also claims
that, as no SCOT is made, it will be i'm
possible for chimneys to catch fire, and
reduction of insurance rates will be
the result.
The celebrated lady doctor, Miss
Fowler, in practice at Orange, N. j., was
recently married, and is now Mrs.
Ormsby. She is sister of Fowler, the
phrenologist, and has met with extraor-
dinary success as medical practitioner
Of the homeopathic school. Her income
from her practice has, for years past,
been from $4,000 to $4,000 per year.
She treats patients of both sexes, has
the names of over six hundred families
on her practice books, and has more
business than all the half dozen male
doctors of the place put together. In
carrying on her profession she drives
between forty and fifty miles every day.
She is remarkably successful as doc
tor. She is handsome woman of 40,
clear headed, stout-hearted, strong
willed, vivacious, and intellectual. Her
husband is New York merchant.