Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-01-13
Current Items.

THE total amount of lumber manu-
factured on the st. Croix. Wis. river
and tributaries in 1871 has beer 9O,6S5
600 feet.
HAMILTON Orr committed suicide a,
Macomb, H., on Wednesday last, by
blowing the top of his head off with a
shotgun.
Pork is 50 low that many farmers in
the vicinity of Delavan, Wis, are con.
verting their hogs bodily into lard and
soap-grease.
The Cincinnati CahoHc Telegraph ac-
cuses Minister Washbdrne with the re-
sponsitili for the death OF the Arch.
bishop of Paris.
Miss ELIZA LYMAN has contracted to
| furnish all the lumber for the water
tanks and depot buildings of Vermont
railroad. She will "boss'' the job her
self.
TENNYsoN has Joined the New York
Ledger'S corps of contributors and is
| doubtless overjoyed to reach the high
position in literature occupied by Syl,
vanus Cobb and Ned Butline.
LAWRENCE G. LAwLER, compositor in
the office of the Clark County lind. J
Democrat, a few days since, commenced
at | o'clock and set 24,0O0 ems in
twenty-four consecutive hours.
PROF. AGAssIz, who Is now on his way
around the continent southwark, sue
ceeded in raising $4,000 for his scien-
titic expenses, and has the promise of
enough more to insure the success of
his plans.
IT is said that the underwriters of
New Bedford, Mass, propose sending a
powerful steamer to the Arctic Ocean,
to be on hand next season to rescue
some of the abandoned ships, if such
thing is possible.
Ex-CoLLEcToR MURPHY having made
affidavit that he went out of office
poorer than he went in, competent
authority suggests that the statement is
undoubtedly true as far as his political
prospects are concerned.
On Thursday, the 30th ult, the San
Francisco Chronicle was overtaken by
$4,000 libel suit, and narrowly escaped
conviction ; on Friday, the proprietor
of the paper was assaulted and almost
assassinated and on Saturday the pub
lication office took fire.
AN Iowa City man who owns extern
tensive timber tracts in Louisa county,
has hired among his other choppers,
an American woman, who cuts and
"ranks up" more wood in a day than
any other workman in the timber.
A Fort WAYNE, Ind, woman has dis
covered that the marriage ceremony
with her husband, with whom she has
lived fourteen years, was illegally per-
formed, and has commenced suit against
him for pay for services rendered as an
employe of his house during the entire
period.
The " Heathen Chinee" prides him.
self on paying all his debts at the be-
ginning of each year, and places over
his door an emblem that he is square
with the world. This custom prevails
throughout the Empire, and must be
complied with to secure good financial
standing.
A FEW days since a patient, who had
been taken to the Kansas State asylum,
during the night, while in bed, con
trived to eat about one. third of the
blanket that covered him. For several
days portions of it were discharged from
his bowels, but inflammation ensued
and he has since died.
A CoLoRED man near Canton, Miss,
met his death under rather peculiar cir
cumstances the other day. He wished
to kill a sheep, and held it on the track
for the approaching locomotive to do
the deed. The sheep escaped with
broken leg, but the funeral of the negro
took place the next day.
Mr.. JAMES f. TAYLOR, artist, the only
artisr connected with the San Do
mingo expedition, has completed twelve
large pictures illustrative of the scenery,
architecture, the people and customs of
the island. These have been photo
graphed, and probably will be multi
piled to meet q popular demand.
A LITTLE GIRL, seven years old, the
daughter OF Marshal Bush, of Altica,
was outraged by dry goods clerk
named John Harrington in that town
on Friday night last. The perpetrator
OF the outrage was pursued by the father
of the child, made to strip off his
clothes, and lashed with cowhide until
he was scarcely able to move.