Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-11-04
Public Speaking.

IOu 10 inc SubIt'l Oh 'iGNSOnuailoE, anu
30 a general culogium upon the history and
character of tie Allegany Democratic nom
lnees. He retcrel, rcgrc;flllly, to the diyis-
ION in the ranks by which tha Democratic
party lad to call upon II Republican to ac
ccpt an independent candidacy for the
Judgeship, bu; very generously and earnest
~ commented him to the support of the
Democracy.
WIN. r. BARNARD, Esq, a Democratic
nominee for the House of Delegates, pro-
cecdel to vindic;lte himself from charges
made by somebody to the effect that lie had
been a Know Nothing" &c After speak
ing short time, he yielded to cries for
esquire Ryan and "McKaig."
good-looking little man, with a fair, full
forehead, introduced as JOIN RYAN. anoth-
cr Democratic nominee for the House of
Delegates, stated TO the crowd that he was
not public speaker. He, however, gave an
interesting sketch of legislative history, as
participated in by his colleagues and himself
II few years since, in the famous Brock
BILL He concluded with the unsclfish rec
ommcndaton to the Democrats that if any
one of them wished to cut" any name in
the party ticket, let It be John Ryan's.
TIE speech of the occasion was made by
Gen. THOMAS I. MCKAiG, of Cumberland, Il
comfortable-loohing good humorctl, elderly
gentleman, who entertained the audience
a short while in an of hand, cmi-facc,ious
style. He, too, deplored the extremity to
which the party had been reduced in calling
out Judge PEARRE, but congratulated the
Democracy upon rs acceptance. Judge
p. had accepted the position in response,
not to the call OF Il rar,.,, ilit of tue people.
For ourselves, we think TIE call. on the
part of the Democrats, AMI the acceptance
of Judge pEAa"E, as occurrences highly
credtablc to both, AMI fronl villa; sc have
learned of Judge T., lis election will he
fortunate result. Gen. McK ,GG attributed
the nomination of Col SCHLnY to Tie
manipulations of a ring" Con this ring"
said he, there are spots. But if You will
take a greenboch and rub them, they will
easily come ot.' On the subject of "consol-
idaton' he was particularly lucid. After
all that had been said about it, his definition
of it was that cit is the hggest thing IN this
country!" lie pictured some of the results,
however, of the establishment of corpo-
ration so destructive of individual interests.
The miner must accept such wages as a
monopoly chooses to give, else relinquish
his little home here for employment else
where, if, haply, consolidation docs not
pursue him. The completion of the Yves
tern Maryland Railroad-another CONSOLE
dation enterprise-would dry up" the canal
business, make its boats useless sppcndages
and, lastly, not leastly, totally destroy the
profit, as well as utility, realized by the
owners of - KcRuie's scharfi
The nominee for States Attorney, r.
CHEW JONES, Esq, made the closing adj
dress. Owing to the latcncss of the hour
and the cold, we did not remain to hear
him. We learn, however, that he made a
very crcditablc effort.
The Frostburg Cornct Band enlivencd
the occasion with good music.
We will be thankful for communications
from our lady and gentleman friends on in
tercsting topics. The long evenings of
winter are approaching, and we are sure no
better temporal use can be made of them
than the intellectual one of writing. We
have now a local press, by which an avenue
is opened to the public for the breathing
thoughts" and the burning words AM
pie scope is offered to those who will avail
themselves of the Astounding material upon
which to think and write. We kn0U the
talent is here Let us have the benefit of it,
Violent exercise is seldom useful. 1t
was noticed by the early Greeks that no
one who in early you'll, won the prize at
the olympic games ever distinguished him
self afterwards. The same principle holds
good in regard to everlasting the mental
powers in early life. An overworked brain
is the source of sorrows in later years. The
old system of examining, which used-to be
in vogue in tirst-class schools, was often in
furious. The true policy is to insist upon
healthful physical development and to
avoid all evils of excess.
Russia, while waiting for opportunity to
make her grand stroke on the Danube, is
continually employing her leisure in con.
quests on her eastern border. The New
York Tribune gives an account of the Rus
sian invasion and annexation of Dzoun-
garia on the northern slopes of the Tian
Chan mountains. Almost without cXct-
ing the attention ofthe world, the army of
the Gar has incorporated into his domin-
ions u territory twice as large as Ireland
rich in mineral and agricultural resources.
Sewing machine companies are vicing
with each other in supplying the poor sew
ing girls of Chicago with new machines
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, resigned his
Office ON the 23d, to take effect to-day, and at
3 o'clock, p. NJ, Benjamin Conley, president
of the Senate, was installed as Governor
The resignation was written before Gov
ernor Bullock went to New York. Great
excitement prevails.
AT the new wharf of the Norwich and
Worchester Railway Company, at Norwich
Conn, there has recently been constructed