Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-28

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DISASTER At KEYSER-Durlngth the storm
Monday evening the iron raficr5 Of the
round house at Kcyscr were displaced and
fell, carrying some thirty workmcn with
them, injuring nearly all more or less scri-
uosly. One man was killed and two others
fatally injured. At last accounts all were
doing we'll The workmcn were mainly
from Baltimore.
AN UNCERTAIN CERTAINTY.-The fol
lowing conversation between II property
agent and a citizen who desired to sell two
adjoining properties, was overheard on
Main street Tuesday:
Agnt-"You say you will take $1,000
for either house ::
CiizeR.-"I
Ais one worth as much as the other y
g., Gmpaticntly,)-"Why to be sure, and
more too :"
FIREs-Our ncighhoring town OF Mcy-
crsdalc, Pa, was visited Monday evening
with fire which consumed four buildings
two stores and two dwellings. Among
the losers John Hooking, Esq, formerly OF
Frostburg, sustained nearly the entire de
struction of his household goods.
AT Blandy MIL Garrett county, five miles
west of Frostburg, Tuesday morning, the
residence OF Francis Graham, Esq, was
burned with all It's contents. No Insurance.
FIRE IIINT-If You cannot max" your
way from builling by the stairway en-
dcayor to get in Il front room, and be
careful to keep al dc or shut behind you
for smoke will follow a draft, and flames
the smoke If smoke enters The room and
it is difficult to stand erect get yoMr mouth
as close to the floor as possible, and breathe
easy, rs there is always a fresh current Of
air near the floor. \ wet ClolA over tie
mouth will greatly aid Breathing.
THE condition of oir paycmcn,s, ordlna-
rilv bad enough in wet weather, is much
worse since the fire EXcavatcd dirt,
from the foundations of regretted buildings,
stray stones and cinders from the street, and
in some places the pavement or walk entire
ly gone, altogether make az unc"mlorta-
bic state of affairs for pedestrians. Vocal
attention to the matter with the hope our
authorities will apply the specific IN such
cases before winter begins.
Before any permanent Encouragement is
made along the site Of the Franklin proper
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that point should he remembered as IN
improvement due 20 that locality.
NEIGIIBoNING towns seem to have as
much property in Cumberland tire bells
and engines as that city, which subjects
the latter to many alarming uncertainties
or, rather, uncertain alarms. When a hcl
rings there are five chances to one the fire
is in Frost5urg, Homecoming, Barton, West
crnport, Mt. Savage, Piedmont, kryscr, or
MeyersGalc. Quite uncomfortable for the
nervous ones Of thc city, these numerous
chances of beng awakened by alarms of
otLer peoples fires, to say nothing Of the
possible occurrence Of calls from two OF
three places al or near the same time The
situation, though uneasy, is crclitHhc to
Cumberland, and rather a humiliatlng and
hazardous one for towns that otherwise
make some cheap pretcnsions.
OYSTER SUPrER.-An "cnthuscd' bach
clor forcstallS local mention of the Oyster
Supper given Try the ladies of the English
I uthnr,u Ch,Irfh If tho sd, room az i11l
Fellows Hall last Saturday evening, by
sending us the following note referring in
complimentary terms to- what was evident
ly 4 pleasant and profitable occasion.-
Certainly the observations OF an attendant
makes any secondhand story supcrtluous.
He says:
The Supper was a decided success Be
sides accomplishing the end chiefly in view
it afforded to visitors rare entertainment
The coffee, oysters, cake salad, etc, making
up the regimen could not have been better
prepared. The many pretty and agreeable
ladies present lent Il charm To the OCCASION
May the next of the kind be not far in the
future, los
THANKS GINING.-Thc recurrence of the
annual Thanks giving Day last Thursday
has hecn occasion elsewhere for pious
suggestions as to the manner of adopting
the occasion to its purposes Though too
late for the occasion itself, two extracts
which have come under our notice seem so
appropriate we quote them as applicable to
the rigorous season just opening upon US
The Christian HtehHGehccr says:
"Thc financial cmbaresmcnts of the
country are the chief causes of abatement
in the joy of general Thanksgiving. Tn
certainty prevails, capitalists a:e hewldcr-
ed, industry is paral,zcd, and multlud3s
of artisans, clerks, laborcrs, mrn, women
and children are out OF work, with small
prospects Of relief during the winter. The
outlook is not encouraging Yet even
this trouble is not without its mtigationS
Charity, which is sweet virtue of thank
fulness, will I've abundant The rich, and
those who have comforts viii help the
poor, and we hope that their discrimination
will be equal 10 their bounty
In the same strain the JetriM Messenger
follows:
There is Il trying winter before us, that
the laborng classes will suffer hy the gen,
eral depression in manufacturing and bus-
mess circles, that charity will he the theme
and, unhappily, too much cannot be said