Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-01-09

datiOnS upon his cOOpS .Asittc from nom
dav eatings AT home, his tocks were found
to be steadily decnratng until the matter
aroused some speculation and not little
curiosity Finally he concluded that some
body WAS fcastng right royalty at his cost,
and visions of high carnival and atilucnt liv-
inr Mt unhallowcd b ards fitted through
his imagination like the tCathercd ghosts at
The tabled wake of the ostriChcs He en-
plovcd George and John liartig to sentinel
the poultry Yard, ncighboring hay-loit at-
fording y fine situation as a watch-tower
. Last Saturday night, the fourth of the series
of watchings, a man was observed about
twelve O'Clock to approach and pull pal
ing from tie yard enclosure, and then an
other He stcalthlly entered, looked around,
saw no danger levied on three turkeys, and
made of just outside the fence a voice
I from the hay-loft ordered halt Cntoriu-
naicly for him he disrcgaidcd the command
/ by taking to flight Two loads each from
shot gun and pistol Were fired at him as hi
crossed the meadow in rear of Mr. Wine
. lilltl : ITtIlllStS trttlIliS tli' WY
sailed ont to search the meadow, when
they found crouchcd in a fence corner on
the opposite side, a colorca man named
+ Hczckiah jackson. "Ifez" Indignantly de
MED either stealing turkeys or being shot
lie was taken to the house, however,
when it was found he was badly pcppcrcd
from the rear of his right thigh TO his
( shoulder Some of Tie shot and balls We're
picked out others will likely be found and
/ extracted, and some will remain to plague
him with hurtiul reminders Of hapless
/ incident ola very bad enterprise.
I FRosTBURG PERPETUAL BUILDING As
soCIATIoN-END OF THE FIRST YEAR
/ THE STOCKHOLDERS REALIZE TWELVE
/ PER CENT ELECTIoN-SALE.-- annu-
al meeting of stockholders and election of
officers of the Frostburg Perpetual Building
! Association was held last Saturday evening,
the first year OF the Associations existence
having terminated the Saturday preceding,
Dec 2G, 1874.
! From the Sccretary's statement 1t appears
that during the year the Association has
loaned the sum of $20,0e000, on which it
| has realized the handsome sum of $5Gn05.
/ OF this sum $4,Ol0.0O is as yet unearned,
representing premium money obtained for
/ the entire period occupied by the shares in
maturing. The net profits for the year
/ 81, POS 40, which sum is divided among the
. I,,,I n at I,n to
of twelve per ccntum per annum upon the
amount invested
The following named gentlemen were
/ elected officers for the year 1875:
PrcsiCcnt-Willam Staples.
Vice President-R. II. Sanner.
Sccrctary-J. b. Oder
( Trcasurcr-James Kane
Solicitor-.Tohn $ Grove.
Dircctors-Thomas Hill, John n Carson.
Owen Evans, George W. Tenant Joseph
, Timmcns, b. Stem.
The right of redemption of ten shares of
/ the Associations stock was disposed of by
auction ct the same meeting as follows Two
shares at $G4 five at 500, and three at $50
each.
( l4Aktrf liot'.-AlI. II. y. NilaN, Oh )HElOn,
recently killed his Poland China Hog,
sleeping Beauty" weighing gross, 80 Us,
net 513 lbs. Will the Garrett Ue,uid copy
and stop blowing abou; its porcinc intant-
/ cides ?--F'RuSrBu RG JOURNAL.
IJaaticide, in this connection is decided
/ " rich, (Scc Webster. )-Garrctt HeraId
Is not ''porcine,' in the same "conncc-
ton quite as ailluent? (For particulars,
return TO Wehster)
| The HtrulFs challenge on the hog subject
was confined to the limits of Garrett county
! alone but since the JOURNAL has thrown
down the gauntlet we shall still contend for
/ the championship. Our t,c0 hogs weighed
/ LILO lbs, net Let Mr.. shaw add the
weight OF his merit bdHgeyt hog and give the to-
TIL, and if ii beats our ttc0 we will Surrender.
The next biggest hog is not in the ring no
more than that the biggest hogs" are ICON.
fined to Garrett county" When the Her.
ald pcrsuados us its biggest hog" beats our
biggest hog we are ready also to "surrcn-
/ der
If the JOURNAL wants to enter into COM
/ petition with the entire country at large,
we will remind him that hog passed
through Oakland few days ago that weigh
I ed upwards of |, 200 lbs. Pick your flint
Try it again.
Yes, the same hog passed through Allega-
ny.
CIRCUIT CouRT-MoNDAY.- Jan
llary term of the circuit court for A!ega-
ny county was convened at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning, Judge Pcarre upon the
! bench.
In His Honors charge to the Grand
Jury he omlts nothing in the category of
offences against the law, calling special
attention TO embellishments and infractions
of liquor license
Mr. J W. II Pollock was appointed
foreman of the grand jury and they retired
to their room.
The calling of the dockets was then
commenced. The Appeal docket came
first, numbering 1875 cases.
CUMBERLAND, MD.-Cumbcrland is q
great city in its way. But if it had not
been for the B. 4 0. T. r. it would yet be
an insignificant village. There never has
been much enterprise among her citizens.
They, have ppyn. dome mnrh tn holm tbpp,-