Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-05-06
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE

menced lts seVenth delegated session
at the Academy of Music, in Baltimore,
Monday, Bishop E. s. James, senior
bishop of the church, presiding. Bish-
ops Levi Scott, Mathew Simpson, Ed
ward R. Ames, Thomas Bowman, Will
liam l. Harris, Randolph S. Foster,
Stephen NJ. Merrill, Edward G. An
drews, Gilbert Haven and Jesse T.
Peck were present. Bishop Isaac w.
Wiley was absent on account of sick
ness. Two hundred and seventy-6ve
clerical and lay delegates were in
their places.
The conference is held in the audi
forum of the Academy, the bishops
occupying arm chairs in the stage in
front of the drop curtain Aanked on
each side by the secretaries and the
official reporters. The delegates had
seats in the orchestra and part of the
orchestra dress circle. The private
boxes, stalls and front seats in the
lower circle, which had been disposed
of by the committee of arrangements,
were occupied mostly by ladies. The
seats in the other portions of the house
are free and were partially filled by
spectators.
The bishops are venerable looking
and dignifed men in their bearing.
A majority of them are apparently
over sixty years of age. Very few
straight breasted coats of the Wesley
an fashion are to be seen among the
delegates, and white neckcloths are
exceptions The delegates are gen.
orally men past the middle life, and
many of them veterans in Methodism.
The conference, as q legislative body,
is dignifed, but not devoid Of humor,
and at times has strong propensity
to get itselfinto ocular mood. The
business of the first day was conduct
ed spiritedly. Bishop james, who pre-
sided during the entire session, except
for short interval, is prompt as a
presiding officer and uses his authori-
ty mildly but with frmness.
The WANT OF CHANGE.-Notwith-
standing the steady pouring out Of the
new silver coins in the different cities
by the government there is a contin-
ued protested want of small change in
retail trade circles. This cannot arise
from anything else than an absurd in
disposition among people to part with
the small coins as we'll as the fraction
al currency with which they may be
obtained-all of which results in the
community inf1icting unnecessary in
convenience upon itself. Let the coins
be passed from hand to hand freely,
as was the paper fractional currency
previous to their issue, and there will
be no trouble in the matter. In Phil
adelphia it appears the silver is de-
handing from two to four per cent.
premium This premium will induce
boarding, or make everybody who has
change want the premium, instead Of
paying it out freely, as they should.
This is very bad and all in the wrong
direction. It is now a matter of first
importance that the government au-
thorities should hurry out the small
currency and make it as speedily as
possible so plenty that it cannot COM
mand premium.
LA! mel said Mrs. Darlington,
beaming mildly through her gold-rim-
med spectacles, women do make such
a fuss about impairing boys cloths.
Now, there's Isaac who hardly goes a
day without tearing something. He
used to keep me about detracted with
work till went and bought me sew
ing machine. was very careful to
get one that had plenty of room un-
der the arm so that when he tore his
pants l could put them right under
the machine without taking Isaac out
of them. The machine is in the re-
joining room, Doctor, and I'd like to
have you see it, saying which she
led the way to where Ike was discov-
cred seated before Light Running
Domestic" busily sewing the cat up
in the good old ladys rag-bag."
The PHILOSOPHY OF IT-The feel
ing in California against the immigra-
ton of Chinese is giving rise to pecu-
liar doctrines. A minister in San
Francisco recently preached a sermon
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