Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-05-15

THE brickaycrs will commence laying
brick on the Odd Fellows Hall on Monday
next
THE Duty Times has reached its fourth
volume with enlarged prospects for sue
ccssful run. We rejoice,
THE communication of Capt. Douglas
having undergone revision, appears in our
paper with additions and improvements
upon the Ne'rs' publication.
FIRE HINT.-Always use closed Ian
tern, and never allow smoking III hay
barns. stables, ware houses, or i'll stores
where goods are closely packed
THE Frostburg Normal School, conduct
ed by Professors Sanner and Gchman, has
about fifty pupils All are progressing
finely. There is room for more.
NEW ADyEHTIsEMENT.-D &. Percy,
Esq, having purchased the stock of IL
LeFevrc & Son. druggists, intimatcs in an
other column some thorough work in his
line.
"REroRrER" furnishes us with another
of his excellent news letters this week. a
correspondent like him in each of our
neighboring towns would enable Us to dis
lance all competition.
AFTER recruiting in Florida, Nelson
Bcal, Esq., has returned to add something
to property value in Frostburg lie de
signs replacing his present residence with
something on II larger and handsomcr scale.
KuLED.-John W. Alexander a former
resident of Frostburg, was instantly killed
ut Homecoming Thursday morning by fall
ing from the tender Of a locomotive under
the wheels of cars in motion. lie was a
Young, unmarried man.
DIED-At his residence at Maryland
Mires, on the 30h of April, 1870, after a
short and severe illness, Alexander McMul-
len, aged 60 years, II months and 1G days.
He left u wife, two children, and Il large
number of friends to lament his loss
\ New MovEMENT.--Wc dncsday's CoM
7rade JoUrnol says:
The movement looking To an increased
price for The Cumberland coal product is
gaining strength and there is some pros
poet Of a pooling of the output, with am adj
vance in price, after the anthracite m"iuS
opel"ndi.
4 MAP OF KEySEH hangs on our wills.
1t dcincatcs every lot in that prosperous
town as we'll us other objects Of special IN
tercst to parties contemplating real estate
or other business investments. 1t posses
ses interest too as being the work OF Il
Frost5urg cnginccr-Jamcs ii. Ward, Esq.
Come and see il.
TIE Georges Creek Press appears this
week enlarged to double its former size.
The evidences Of typographical improve
mcnt already apparent are introductory TO
n large and permanent transmogrfication
Gifts physi0gnomy, if we infer rightly the
drift of several locals about new materially
This is sensible, for what's the use, or
where's the analogy, in growing bigger
without getting prctlicr? Success, gentle
men.
The Piedmont independent contains let
tiers from Hon. A. p. German, President of
the Chesapeake ard Ohio Canal Company,
and Hon. Levin Wooiord, State Treasurer,
to Hon. p. lIamil, chairman of the West
crnport extension committee. Both gentle
men express favorable impress ions Of the
proposed work. Mr.. German announces
that the Canal Board will attend Il meeting
at Westernport in the interests of the En-
tension.
RELIGIOUS ching at the
English Baptist Church Sunday evening at
O'Clock, by the Rev John Thomas, of the
Presbyterian church The public cordially
invited to attend.
st. Johns Protestant Episcopal church
Broadway, on tomorrow, Sunday the
10th, the Rector will deliver discourses rs
follows: Morning at 1870, Heaven its
cmploymcnts and songs" Evening at 40
Hell and the nature of its punishmcnts."
To these services the public are cordially
invited.
There is more systematic way ofasking
subscribers to settle arrears than using the
columns of the papcr-a way which we
adopted long enough ago to make many of
them quite familiar with it, Finding our
selves unprcpared for that mode at a mo-
ment too late for remedy this week, we are
impellcd to depart from it. The fact is, we
ere in need of money at least, those we owe
are. A number of subscriptions have been
due for some time, which, if paid now,
would help us wonderfully. SO come in,
gentlemen; square up, and enable us to put
our creditors in love with our patronage
again.
CITY CoUNCIL.-At the meeting Tuesday
evening the Mayor announced the follow
Jig Committees
Streets and AHcys-Messrs. Sanncr and
Griffith.
Rules Of Order-Mess:s. Koontz and San
ner.
FInqnces-Mcssrs. Lapp, Price and Por-
ter.
VIM. McIuckic petitiOncd Council for