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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

sees anything questionable in the School
| Boart-"don't you sce?' If the County
Commissioners will understand a couple of
things, the Times may be induced to con-
tinue its frightful war in Howard without
ever rcproaching people at home for not eX-
citing sedltion.
Again it says:
MANY persons are of opinion, however,
that the people of Frostburg have been
shrcwd enough to hold their own in that
particular Al present that community fur
nshcs Allegany county with her State Sen
ator, the President of the Board Of County
Commissioners, the Clerk to the same, and
one member to the School Board-tour OF
the most important positions-an indication
that Frosthurg is cmncntly competent to
take care of its own interests
The best offset to this quarterinch di-
rcctory is the thrce-inCh County official
list Of Cumberland That will show pre-,
cisclv who know low to care for them
selves at the expense Of other portions of
the county.
THE Ciri5itH admonishcs Us to be- quiet
anu IlitnuN III Il way ST. tiIln dli Htl''t
that really we feel quiet rcgrcttul that We
are compelled to assert our equality OF
claim in all cases where County tayors are
to he dispensed We know that Gambler
land is a dolcfully neglected spot, cspcc-
! ially when she wants something. But it
! isn't exactly fair to accuse us of "unirirnd-
/ illness" and fault finding when we tell of
our toriorn condition, and What we Lave
/ nee S~'riIy TO DO to build up Cumberland,
without making such huge supernumcr-
arv of her. All we ask is to distribute the
strictly unnecessary funds in the really
waste places. But we never expect it, if
we may judge by the comfortable assurance
Of the following paragraph:
SO far as the School Board is concerned,
we hope YOU may show lis how it may he
remodcled. If You can get two good
| Frosthurg men in the place of our two
members You are welcome to the whole
! Board.
Yes, eff we can get then" there's
the rub.
But the rjcIioa and other papers make a
mistake when we claim Ill ior Frostburg.-
We do not clam ali--Simply Il share tor
distribution all over the territory which
pays the taxes. Now, gentlemen, is that
,,,,4.i,,, H.,
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Maryland Eye and Ear Institute.

Our space is too limited to give the
but we can not overlook the fact, that
DR.. Reuling has we'll established rep
utation that is second to none in this
country. In the tabular statement
submitted to the Board of Directors
of this Institute for the wear ending
lst of Oct, 1878 we find that from the
LIST of Oct, 1871, to lst of Oct, 1873,
there We're five thousand and sixty
four patients four thousand four hun
dred and thirty-two We're treated fer
diseases of the eye, and six hundred
and thirtv-tWo for diseases OF the ear.
Among the patients treated to a hap
Nv and successful conclusion we note
the names Of ". W. Corcoran, of
Washington, d. c., for cataract cur
great Baltimore tavOrite actor, Joe
jefferson, Glaucoma, and very recently
Capt. Nesey, port master of DeInerara,
British Guina, was successfully treat
ed for Glaucoma. Under such
coarse as Is presented in this institute
under DR.. Reuling, there certainly is
strong hope given to those who may
have dc2paircd Of power Of VISION
We congratulate the DR.. on his unri-
vailed and we'll deserved reputation,
and publish in confirmation Of all hat
can be said the following certificate:
WAsnINGToN, Nov. II, 1874.
Er Geo. Renting, Bt'tjmorc--
DEAR SIR: | take pleasure in handing
you the enclosed check with the expression
of my thanks for the skillful and successful
removal of the cataract from my eve, where
by tie sight, which, before the operation,
was entirely gone, has been so far restored
as to enable me to read with glasses, with
every indication, by daily Improvement, Of
complete restoration.
Very truly, Yours.
W W. CORCOR,S
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26
FrOstburg Circulating Library.

As a number of the books have been kept
out of the Library for a long time those
persons charged with them are requested to
return them as soon as possible. II return
cd at once no charge will be made for over
time. Hereafter persons keeping book
over two weeks will not bc allowed to
draw another until their fines are pad.
Those members whose year expires on
the first of January are requested 10 hand
their subscription of one dollar for the en-
suing year to Mrs. Owen Evans, who now
has charge of the Library, and : author
lied to receive the money.
Those members WHO lal to make their
payment within two weeks after the first
OF January will forfeit their membership
BY order Of he
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26
General News.

On Wednesday the iron manufacture
ers of Pittsburg held meeting to dis
cuss the business situation. The only
definite action taken was in, reference
t. the card rate, which was reduced
half cent, which makes it now two
and half cents. This reduction
brings it down in theory to what it
has been practically for some time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

In New York it has been ascertained
that about one-ffth of those employ
ed in the industries and manufactures
Of the city are idle-in round numbers
10000 out OF total Of 100000 work
ingmen and women. Not far from
10000 families must, in consequence,
live through the winter unsupported
by any wages.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26
Private School
lOk
YOUNG LADIES AND CHILDREN
Fr0sabalrG. T5I.

'E>HE exercises of this School viii be re-
sumed in Odd Fellows Building on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Eth, 1874.
The Course OF Study will embrace She
Elementary and Higher English Branches
and Mathematics. Lessons in Music on tie
Piano will also be given. Charges of Tui-
ton will range from s. 10 $40 per quarter
according to the advancement of the pupil,
or the number entered by one patron. The
children OF ministers of the gospel will be
charged but half price,
In making this announcement OF the re-
opening of my school, | would avail my
self of the opportunity to return my thanks
to my patrons for the liberal patronage eX-
tended me during the past year, and, in So
Letting the same for the future, to promise
them to direct my best efforts towards the
intellectual, mora. and refined culture Of
their daughters or wards
SUE A. GROVE,
Aug Is Principal,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

Brewster s. Co., carriage makers of
New York city, are fostering a mutu-
al benefit association, which has on
hand over $4,000. The same firm
have adopted the industrial partner
ship plan with their workmen.
The Longshoremen's Association Of
Hoboken n. j., numbering five hun
dred and eighty men, have dissolved,
and their fund of $4,000 distributed
among them. Each man is privileged
to get work where he can.
Flour and many other articles of
consumption are almost down to ante
war rates The wages of labor keep
pace with this declining grade, but
rents are slow to follow suit.
Business in the mills at Gilbertville,
Mass, is very dull, almost onc-half the
machinery lying idle, and large num-
hers Of the mill hands have left the
village altogether.
The Sheffield steel works at Wind
sor, Conn, have resumed operations,
and are running no " on cutlery
stock, for which there is a good de-
'''''''''' -
the 'amalgamatel engineers the
most powerful trades union in Great
britain nurllcrs fprtv-twO thousand
. - .,,'' i, 'l'''I'' ~; wv '''0'S'''
'''''' Il '''''''''' '''''' ''3'''y w.
The salaries Of officers. clerks, and
,,.,.,,.a,.;,, - t,at ,.,Ira,. Laro baon ' ~
I'"aI 81, ,.,r ..,,. 80 '''
.tan..l '' 49,. I,', ,'a.i No. WatarfarJ
,,,,,',,;,'., u ,,' '', ,;,h., ,nJ 10 plaol
.tamn I'm t,n,,
As.ou .tn;,.o &c fro ,,oo1,s ~ +ho
I,baIja iron works Wbnnl;no the
tL;r1 Lor5s ha,a como 70 WOOL, at 81
per day' -.....-.- --.-.--
A sliding scale for wages, based On
the market rate for iron, has been
,nnnl., 80 N - - ,''| .
" NO.
The Iredegar iron works at Rich
| 900 hands now have a force Of about
| 2NO
- 90, -,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

'Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
And the noble of all ages;
Whose deeds crown history's pages:
And times great volume make
And now we reluctantly retire from
this great building, but hope to make many
more interesting visits to it, when more
deliberate examination will unfold new
scenery for our enjoyment Esto perpetual. :
a II n
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

Judge Bedle, of New Jersey, has
granted an injunction restraining the
officers of the 'Longshoreman's Union
from expanding the money now in the
treasury. The union had divided
about $4,000, and has, it is alleged
about 81 900 left.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

Brewster & Co., carriage makers of
New York city, are fostering a mutu-
al benefit association, which has on
hand over $4,000. The same firm
have adopted the industrial partner
ship plan with their workmen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

1t is estimated in Brooklyn that
there are now three times as many
men out of employment in that city as
vas the case this time last year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26
The News of the Year.

hn1StG1
+bo~ fullest and latest now. If oro,t
events transnjriur IN the world
around lis. Our NEWSPAPERS. il is
true. daily furnish vast funds Of jnfor
nation. vet so evanescent in the inter
est they arouse, that they are supersc-
ded in dav and pass like the success
sive phantasies of dreams into utter
forretfulness. OF the real history of
humanity we read but little III al the
long chronicles of news.
The record of the year now closing
could not bcsSmpassed by thousand
volumes. In dramatic interest its
stories would surpass all the fiction
ever written. The variety, novelty
and magnitude of its facts would over
shadow all the historic wonders which
have distinguished the recorded col
lisions of good and evil in The earth.
News from the battlefield of the
world, where the angels Of light are
contending with the spirits of dark
ness from the great foundry where a
thousand millions are moulding the
destiny of the race from each falni-
", Preside, shop and store from al
tars sacred and profane from the
bed of the dying and the grave Of the
dead from heaven from he'll -
What momentous chronology, unread
on earth, is spread before the lottier
intelligence of heaven
We are shocked at the capital an
nouncements, startling Murder,
which daily greet us. 1t is awful to
think of life taken in passion. greed,
wantonness, or malice. But string the
years announcements together then
read the horrible catalogue if YOU
would realize how the pes,ilence of
crime stalks abroad at MONDAY. And
how many murders of the soul have
been committed? How many mag
nifcent minds, lighted for immortality,
have gone out prematurelv and eter-
nally into the gloom of oblivion?
We are amazed at the motives
which PROMPT and eliminate in suicide
vet how frequently it occurs. Men
and women, heartily tired of life, cut
short their DAYS BY self-inhicted vio-
lence, while all around, through all
grades of animation. the nearly mi
versal instinct and plea is life, more
life But how manv suicides have
occurred Observation-Disclosures >
And how many are now taking place
without attracting observation In
\the appetite for mean whisky, in the
}prodigious race and mcrciless toll for
unnecessary wealth, in excessive in
diligence of domineering propensities
of anv kind, NAV be traced self-muy-
der no less than in the long, broodine
resolve which finally EMPLOYS the pis-
tol or poison to accomplish the fell
work. Beyond this, how self-murder-
GUS to poison the mind-to plant the
seeds of death in the soul. Can any
mind estimate the amount of this
dreadful work done during the wear
through the yenomous agency of nru-
rient, trashy and obscene papers pic
lures and books? Are the assaults of
disease made alone upon the physical
organisms of men and women? How
far does the mind eniov immunity
from decay Is there room for won
der when we hear of "men with LITTLE
souls"-some with mo soul at all %.
Mot much when we remember that
whole lives have crown nm unon hnrt-
full mental pabulum distortine, GRIN
Ming and dwarfne tbet which sbovId
have reacbed for l;rbor .+,t,.no ,l,n
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

The Longshoremen's Association of
Hoboken N. j., numbering five hun
dred and eighty men, have dissolved
and their fund of $4,000 distributed
among them. Each man is privileged
to get work where he can.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

Flour and many other articles of
consumption are almost down to ante
war rates. The wages of labor keep
pace with this declining grade, but
rents are slow to follow suit
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-12-26

Business in the mills at Gilbertville,
Mass, is very dull, almost one half the
machinery lying idle, and large num-
hers Of the mill hands have left the
village altogether.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19
West Ecnnr~sCC'- Strongest
Wan sor Governor

What i"uyr man for Governor has
West Tennessee than W. J. SYKES. of
shelby His honesty and ability are IN
questioned lie is thoroughly informed
as 10 tie wants Of The State. lie is a
man Of broad views and liberal ideas; and
still a strict construction Democrat.
Owing 10 his knowledge of the political
history, and the history of the politicians
of Tennessee, and bis wonderful fund of
Information Oh all The questions that will
be discussed and his ability as a stump
speaker, he will triumphantly defend the
principles of the party in tie canvass
II matters not who his opponent on the
stump may be. Major SYKES is public
y and personally and fayorably known
throughout the State He has as many
warm personal friends as any man in the
State Major SYKES has great expert
ence, not only as public debater. but
also IN the conduct of public affairs.
Major SYKES has always given his assist
ance and advocacy to all proper pubIic
enterprises in the State Some men are
born to serve the public rather than their
individual interests. Major SYKES is one
of these. All things considered, h. Is
the strongest man West Tennessee can
put forward as her candidate for Cover
nor, and he viii receive in Middle Ten
nessee heHrtier and stronger support
than any other man West Tennessee can
offer US
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Letter from McMinnv1IIe

To the Editors Of the Herald and Mail:
Having enjoyed the perusal of your
very interesting paper, | am much pleas
ed, and by request send you this COM
munication.
Nothing striking or strange has occurred
recently. All things move on with the
quietness and smoothness characteristic
of our pleasant little city.
When, few days since, accompanied
by friend, we assembled the topmost
point of Ben Lomond, we were forcibly
struck with the beautiful, and we thought
appropriate comparison he made. Aided
by optical instruments, we were teastlng
our vision on the lovely landscape below
and around us. What a beautiful pic
ture does your Queen city present, set
in a frame work of evergreen! 1t may
we'll be likened to large beehive, so in
dustrious and energetic seem all its in
habitants.' Our attention was directed
to the business part of tOwn.-Merchants,
mechanics, etc, were all at their several
duties.-We saw no loungers-no droncS
in the hire. Again our eyes were riveted
on a most lovely spot-the College
grounds Numbers of bright happy girls
we're enjoying recreation on the beautl-
ful green slopes, or in some quiet shady
nook, beneath those grand old forest
trees.
But as we had seen stated, we soon OBJ
served that everything moved by clock
work there. A signal bell sounded, and
soon all those gay laughing sprites were
quietly seated in the respective apart
ments of those classic halls. They are
working bees, which we viii doubtless
perceive if We have the pleasure of at
tending the annual Examination, which
will take place the second week in June.
And just here, we wonder if some of their
Columbia friends will not be present to
witness the closing exercises.
The Christian, Methodist Episcopal,
and Baptist churches have been conduct
ing a series of successful meetings.
Last, but not least, just to let you know
what sCOmdn can do, we give you an item
concerning the Church Festival of l4th
prox gotten up by the Ladies Sewing
Society. In word, it was a splendid and
successful affair Sl58.00 clear was
made, which the ladies feel proud to know
is the fruit of their own labor. The
money will be appropriated to church
purposes.
With best wishes for your prosperity,
we remain, Your FRIEND.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19

MAJ WN J. SYKES has resigned his
position as canvassing agent of the Mem
phis and Knoxville Railroad Company
From his letter it appears that this road
has a good prospect of being built, and
that within a reasonable time. The i'm
portance Of this road to Columbia and to
Maury County it is unnecessary to argue
TO any man who has any information or
judgment. Whether we will stand any
chance to get it depends upon our own
action. If we manifest no interest and
take no steps to secure it, then we may ex-
pect it 10 pass south of us, and after we
have once lost it through our own supine-
ness, it will be too late to remedy the
evil Whatever may be the result, we
have the consciousness of knowing that
we have done all we could to secure to
our town and county this great line Of
railway. The men who have this enter
prise in charge mean business, and if we
hope to reap any Of its benefits. we must
be up and doing.
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ties and cost 81 81 tota1 81 a.

blf7S anu COSJ % DCs IOldl % 81
L G Packard, one tract of land of 100
acres, lying in district No 4, and bound
ed on the DOrth by -. south by -, east
by the lands of E w Dickson, west by
-, valued for the year 1873 at S75, taxes
IS cts, penalties and cost 81 So, total So As.
Mary Bailey, one tract of land of 20
acres, lying in the civil district No 5,
of B. Sims, south by the land of Rush
ton, east by the lands OF John Sims,
west by the lands of W. r. Hays,
valured for the year 1874 at $50. taxes
571zcts, penalties 81 Sc, total SO 13.
Thomas Greenfield, one tract of land
of 200 acres, lying the civil district No
s, and bounded on the north by the
lands of w. c. Dabbs, south by the
lands of J. Hensley, D. B. Cooper. Jas.
Hensley, valued for the year 1873 at
1850 90, taxes 81 OF, penalties and cost
81 90 total So 90.
Milton WhiGeside, one tract of land
of $50 acres, lying in civil district No 6,
bounded on the north by the lands of
| M. c. Plummer, south by the lands OF
r. 8. Johnston, east by the lands OF
James Johnston, west by the lands OF
! NJ. G. Plummer, valured for the year
| 1870 az 700 90, taxes $50, valued for the
year 1871 at TOO 90, taxes 700, valued
| for the year 1872 at 700 co. taxes 5 60
valued for the year 1873 at 700 90, with
! 5 90 paid leaving taxes due for said year
8 90 penalties and cost 80 total 2I70.
j. S. Robertson, one tract of land o.
900 acres, lying in civil district No s
bounded on the mort by the lands o.
T. T. Tatum, south by the lands of W
| c. Napier, east by the lands of S. 81
| Pope, on the west-valued for the
year 1873 at $50, taxes paid 8 81, penal.
ties and cost 50, total II Is.
| JOHN SIMS,
| June 10, 1875. Ta4-Collector.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19

II there be any persons in this State
who seriously think of repudiating the
debt of the State. OF of not providing
means to pay heinterest, which means
the same thing. we ask them to pause and
consider the consequences in pecuniary
point of view alone They may save a
little, and very little at that, ia reduced
taxes, for n short time The relief will
be only temporary liquidation will
drive capital and labor from the State
will prevent any and all improvement
and will eau s;agnation in all kinds of
business. Why will this be SOP Be
cause no people win have any confidence
in the business integrity of people who
refuse to pay their debts when they are
able to do SO The fact that the rate of
taxation Is less in Tennessee than in
nine-teuths of the States, shows our abili.
" TO meet our obligations. In Alabama,
the rate oftaNatiou l. Yearly double what
it Is in Tennessee, and ia Mississippi it Is
more than double Both Of these States
are mucI more impoverished than Ten
nessee, aud yet gay much higher
taxes kentucky and Illinois both
pay much higher taxes than Tennessee.
If we can invite immigration ond bring
out the hidden wealth Of our State IN
tsw Years, Ne viii have a State debt com
paratively small. but if by reputation
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19
Buried Alive.
{ Paris Correspondence New Orleans Plea
Nune.l

Paris Correspondence New Orleans Plea
yune.l
Two years since a family of MarseiIles
married their daughter, who had lust
turned of sixteen, to Salon, a town NOT
far from their residence. After the we'd
ding festivities the bridal pair set out for
Salon, which they made their home. In
the usual course of time child made its
appearance. The mother seemed in a
falr way ofrecovery, when q violent hem
orrhage supervened, A physician could
not be immediately procured. The loss
OF blood had produced a swoon. When
the doctor did at last come, he could onlv
declare that the patient had passed away
beyond professional skill These Incl
dents occurred in August. The weather
Was unusually sultry, even for that month
and latitude. The medical man engaged
the family TO have the body inferred as
speedily as possible. Six hours after her
death the young mother was laid in her
grave Last week the uidower aequaint-
ed his mother-in-law and her family that
be proposed to marry again She insist
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ed that her daughters body should be
delivered to her, to be buried at Mar
settles. He consented The mother-in-
law came over to Salon to superintend
personally the exhumation. When the
door of the family vault at Salon was
opened a heartrending spectacle was
seen. Her daughter corpse lay in the
middle of the vault The collins top had
been wrenched of; top and coffin lay on
one side of the vault floor The floor of
the vault was strewn with hair of the
corpse, the grave clothes were torn 10
shreds, the hands half eaten. The un-
happy young mother had been buried
alive, had recovered consciousness in
the vault, had burst the cofin-lid, had
made superhuman efforts to escape from
her fearful prison or to attract attention
to her. All of them had failed, and she
had died of terror, of starvation, of ex
haustion, of despair, living death, whose
seconds seemed centuries The distres;
of the mother may be conceived She
sank in p swoon as soon as the awfu
reality was conceived. She has been {
raving maniac ever since.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19
Yankee Philosophy ofLife.

Cheney-the Yankee who rode ahead
of the water, at Mill Greek, Massachusetts,
and warned the people of the bursting
reservoir and coming of the food-hss let
himselcand horse 10 a Snowman, and is now
travelling over the country on exhibition.
To US it seems anomalous that man caps-
bic of this truly heroic act is also capable
ofturnlng 1t to a money accommodating
his glory. Strange too that his people
by attending his show will thus help to
dispel the glory of an act that shed light
upon them. But the Yankee is eminent
Ly practical, and believes in substantial
rewards. Heroic action, glory, and honor,
are simply stock in trade with him.