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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-07-07
GAS FIX. I:URES !
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/ HAVE iIst received fror tie Manu.
: FACTCREI-S 4 iuli ST. i
GAS FlXHG,E -,
in new and beautiful ies.o n ThcV
and Gold, Roman and Z @ Bronze.
Polished Brass, Crystals, r,a . which |
will sell at Factory Pri. e..
Citizens of FrOstbUr.- ., not 90 to
Baltimore, or the eastern es, to buy,
when they can buy et yer rates N
Cumberland.
This is the season for + >use Cleaning,
and no PIECE OF FURNITURE adds
more to the APPEARANCE and COM
FORT of room than Il nice CHAN.
DEE.lEEs.
New rarpcts and uaw!v iapcreG walls,
ard nice, clean windows ana paints, with
an OLD RUSTY GAS FIXTURE, don't
look very nice.
Cali at No. II n. Centre Street, doors
below the Post O.line, i'll Cumberland, and
examine my stock.
May 25-3m G. A. sEAY.
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CHILLS AID FEVER, MA ARTDUS
FENERS, bowel CDGTLAINTS,
RESTLCSSNESS, JAUNDlGE. AND
NAITSEA
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The ANeganio1' enjoys a classic
correspondence. The three letters
published yesterday have signatures
something like these Pro Nr Bono
S,ceitzer PubHco," "Puer," and E
Plouqbus Erin Unanm Go Brogh.'
V1s1ToRs.-Rev. J. F. Ockerman
and wife, of Havre de Grace, Md, are
visiting Mr.. ]. D. Armstrong; family
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Market Review,
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
d. Il. Sloan q Co..

DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Corner Main and Church streets,
LoNACoNING, MD, July 6, 1877.
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"OUR compositor," the same who
reported "Scott's Political Work"
three times last week, says this week
I'VE two" meaning, we suppose, Jus
too He also sayeth "the later bug
wiU doeM little harm this season"
There are some other insects quite as
harmless
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SOLD OUT.-Mr. G. F. Hartzell has
sold to Mr.. George W. Fisher his
stock of saddlery, etc. He will leave
Monday next to take charge of an ex-
tensive lime works near Martinsburg,
West Va. We wish him success.
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The JOURNAL Office will remain
the place to get your job printing done.
1t will always keep ahead in this as
in all other lines. Whatever is not
right in taste, composition and prices,
we are competent and able to make
right. We are not willing to do the
best work for nothing, but, if neces-
sary, will come the next thing to it,
and guarantee satisfaction.
A GRAND FINALE.--The Orion So
ciety closed the jollity of the Fourth
with a hop at the residence of Mr.. G
H. Hamill. A large number of our
"fair women and brave men partici-
pated, all of whom pronounce the occa-
sion as one of the pleasantest in their
experience. Tie following ladies and
gsltlemn from distance added very
much to the eclat of the party:
Miss Katie McCaughan, Palestine
Texas; Miss Mary E. Douglas, Iona
coming, Nd; Mr.. and Mrs r. D. John
son, Jr., Miss Nellie Bruce, Miss Ella
Y. Slicer, Messrs. T. F. and c. C. Cand-
Ter, R. c. Cuthbert and VIM. Brace,
of Cumberland, Nd, and Mr.. ]. w.
Lazear, of Baltimore.
The party broke up at 3! o'clock
Thursday morning.
The storms of Sunday and Tuesday
mornings before day were remarkable
Observation-Disclosures of lightning
which attended them. The darkness
was intense, but SO rapid and vivid
were the flashes which filled the firm
ament, the whole face of nature was
luminous with electric light. The
heavy clouds every moment threaten
ed to pour down their garnered full
ness of rain and thunderbolts upon
the town. Happily, Big Savage was
barrier in each case too formidable
to be overcome. The cloud, while
hating here, parted in twain, the
heavier portion following the valley
between the Big and Little Savage
south, the other north. Along the
southern track trees were shivered
and uprooted. The cloud kept close
to the earth and moved slowly. When
daylight appeared Sunday morning
it was still reveling among the noun
tains over in West Virginia. Fortu-
nately, the track along which it was
forced was sparsely populated, else
property and life would have been Sc
riously imperilea. The storm north
was light and no damage reported.
So imposing were the demonstra
tons upon Frostburg that few people
were not up and awaiting the on
slaught with almost breathless sus-
penss. When they passed it is need
less to say the qualification was gener-
al and profound.
In other portions of the country
oraot 40 m ro mao s,,afoinad
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PUHsa1Vy yr4 E4 ABLE.

Az etfecgual spe-
cifc for all diseases
of the Liv,r, Ston-
ach aud spleen.
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(Of which $1,000 are payable
this day.
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QUARTERLY MEETING.-The second
quarterly meeting for Frostburg M. E.
Church, South, will be held tomorrow
Sunday, July sth.) Rev. P. H.
Whisner, presiding elder, will preach
at Emmanuel, four miles west Of
Frostburg, at l04 clock in the morn
ing, and at Grace Chapel, Frostburg,
at y o'clock in the evening.
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July is June's bridegroom, the young Gu
liant
That holds her heart in thrall;
Fierce now and then and, fiery too,
But noble and kind withal.
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Hitchins rOs. are receiving lines
of all classes of beautiful Shoes, from In
ants to Ladies', in all sizes. Prices will be
marked in strict conformity with the times
Call and examine.
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Other TOWNS afterwards.
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Regulate tie liver
and prevent
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-02

thing at him, !" che knows better" One
miner told me con6dentially that he
had at last found out what it was used
for; says he, "they make nickles out
of it ~
But there is one circumstance that
puzzles all alike. 1t is the fact that
these mines were worked many hun
drcd years ago. Every mine Of promi-
nence throughout the mica region
bears the undoubted and indisputable
indications. AT the first miueoper-
atediby Heap & Clapp there was sue
cession of old holes and upon the
dumps of earth that came out of them
trees were growing, and being cut
down by the miner they indicate an
age of FIVE or six hundred years. At
the Buchanan mine slinholes were
much larger, being from forty to six
ty feet long, twenty feet wide and ten
to twelve feet deep. The depth to
which these ancient miners worked
can be easily traied to the
very point where they left
off, sometimes q great depth below
the bottom of these sinks. Their tools
were principally made of stone, such
as picks and axes, but they had no
means of blasting or otherwise work
ing rock. In one instance | saw
where they had worked down TO the
rocks and finding a large crystal of
mica that they had hammered and
battered attempting to get it out, but
failing in their effort laid their stone
axe down by the side of the mica for
US to pick up. Who were those an
cient miners? From whence did
they come? And whittier have they
gone? These are questions for future
wiseacres to answer. The Indians
that Columbus found here and that
have been driven to the land or the
setting sun, were evidently not the
miners, as they have no tradition
whatever on this work But it may
have been the work Of the mound
builders, ior in the Mississippi Valley
there are found side by side in the
same mound native copper from Lake
Superior, mica from North Carolina,
shells from the gulf and prophyry
from Mexico. But who were the
mound builders? Echo answers who!
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guage. Mr.. Bailey, convinced that
the fellow was an imposter, reported
him at headquarters, and accompanied
detective Dwyerto the Whitney land
ing, where the boy was arrested Just
as he was going to Troy. Chief Ma
10y searched him carefully. and on his
person discovered two diaries in
which we're entered the places he had
"worled," the names of several of
his victims, the amounts received each
day, and various other data Of cur
ious interest.
"What's this?" said the chief, as he
pulled out two cigars.
Cigars, replied the prisoner.
"Take one? They are not very good /;
ten centers. | generally smoke twen-
ty-dve centers."
"You are frst-class fraud, /" replied
the chief, ard the boy was not in a
position to deny the charge. He said,
however, that he only cheat" those
who can stand it. He said he was
bonn in ST James Parish, La, of Gre
ole parentage. The name he goes by
is Frank Taylor, although in his diary
he calls himself Crank La Belle, .
which may be pet name of his own,
derived from his girlish appearance.
In fact, he says he has been threc
times arrested en- suspicion of being
girl in male attire-the last time in
Newark, N. J.-but never for any
other ohense. He says, further, that
he has travelled with Mrs. Bowers,
playing in "Lady Audiey's secret.
His diary shows that he has visited
cities as far west as ST. Paul, as far
south as Galveston, and has pretty
tbroughly worked Kentucky and the
Western States, aud has just been
making the tour of the Central Road
His cash account shows that from the
9TH Of last December to May 9, he
made $40 05 above ex.
penses; from May 2 to May
Q his net receipts were $35 05
His best days work was at Galveston
March 10, when he took in SO 05
He remarked that Galveston aud
Houston are the best and most gener-
Gus places he has met with. The
names of his victims include railroad
and steamboat officials, newspaper
men, United States Senator's, bankers,
lawyers, etc.
On being taken to the police court
this morning "Frank La Belle" was
sent TO the penitentiary for six months
as vagrant.
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Mica Mines at Macon.

Franklin, n c., Advance.
AS mica has become an article OF
so much importance to the citizens Of
this country, probably some account
Of its first discovery in North Caro-
lima and its use as great commercial
article will not he without interest
to some of your readers.
Some eight or nine years ago Gen.
Clingman employed hands to sink a
shaft on the land Of VIM. Sylyers,
in Mitchell county, at what is now
known as "Sinl1 Hole for the pur-
pose of searching for silver, but in
stead Of finding silver they threw out
large quantity Of mica, which they
considered to be Of so little value
that it was left neglected by the
searchers for silver, who finally gave
up their search without success. a
wagner passing by on his way to
Tennessee threw into his wagon a
piece Of the mica, and man by the
name of Clapp, a shrewd Yankee,
living at Knoxville, seeing the mica
and knowing its valae, ascertained
the locality that it came from, quietly
came over to Mitchell, leased the
property from Sylyers, and together
with his partner, Mr.. J. G. Heap the
present representative Of Mitchell
county, commenced mining for the
mica. They held out every induce
ment to encourage others to follow
their example until finally mining be-
came the chief employment Of a maj
Gritty ot the citizens Of Mitchell and a
portion Of Yaneey county. From
this small beginning it is estimated
that between S8O0,000 and 81 ,000,-
600 worth Of mica has been furnished
by North Carolina, principally from
the counties of Mitchell and Yancey,
Within the last three or four years,
Macon and Jackson counties have
supplied considerable amount.
1t it surprising how few people out
side of mica regions know of its value
and great commercial bearing, and
how few know that the trade is in.
debted to a few comparatively un-
known counties OF North Carolina fo1
three. fougths of the amount of this
valuable mineral consumed in America
and also for the great prominence now
given it in the manufacture of stoves
Before the discoveryin North Caroline
less than 5000 pounds supplied the
, whole trade of the United States fol
, a year, while now 10000 pounds were
{ used last season owing to the depres
sion Of business among stove-dealers
There are great many miners il
! Mitchell and Yancey counties who d.
, not know the use to which mica j
put. Tell one of them that it is used t.
l illuminate stoves and he takes it all a
a joke; "you can't poke any sue
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FOREIGN.

New York, July "A cable dis
patch from Romania says that Rouma-
nian forces are preraring 10 cross the
Danube near Kalafat.
PRESIDENT MCMAHON
in his order OF the day to the troops,
at the annual review, yesterday, said ::
81 am satisfied with your bearing and
expect you to help me to preserve
order. McMahon was repeatedly
cheered by the soldiers.
WAR ITEMS.
London July 2-The Turks are re-
moving their trolling stocks from
Rustchuk to Wanna.
A steamer filed with Roumanian
soldiers was sunk Saturday by Turk
ish monitor near Bahoyia.
London, July 2.-An official des-
patch from Semnitza, dated yesterday,
says that the bridge begun on the 28th
ult was partially destroyed, and 26
persons sank by the storm Of the 29th.
The bridge will be completed this
Sunday evening.
A Turnu. .magneri despatch says
that no crossing has taken place here
and probably none will. The Rus
slams made serious demonstration
which would have been turned into a
real attack had fair chance been of
fered The Russian forces are SC
distributed in the nelghboring vii
lagos that they could with equal ease
fall upon Simnitza or Turnu agnerli
To the last moment it was uncertain
which would be chosen.
A Bucharest dispatch says the OBJ
jcct to be obtained by Roumania il
an offensive war against Turkey is
the acknowledgement OF the absolute
independence Of Roumania and the
dism antling of the Turkish forts along
the Danube, thereby placing bott
banks on an eqaal footing, and insur
ing the free navigation and pelpetua
naturalization of that river.
Another dispatch dated 10 30, Sunda
evening, slys the Russian advance guar'
attacked Biea bat was driven back OF
Sistoya with heavy loss. A fresh battle
expected. The Turks made desperate
sorte from Ksrs Sunday morning, attempt
ing to surprise the Russians and storm the
hill on which are two guns used in tn
bombardment of Kars. The Turks were
compelled to withdraw after several hour:
fighting. Losses heavy on both sides.
London July 2-Telegrams from
shumla, yesterday merning says, 1t
estimated that 10000 Russians crosse
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Ind, the lowest estimate of the dam
age is fifty thousand dollars.

Ind, the lowest estimate of the dam
age is fifty thousand dollars.
Indianapolis, July 2-In Morgan
county, several houses are reported
blown down and many injured. Two
children have since died. A school
house was carried fifty yards down /;
another school house was carried
across the road into corn6eld and the
school furniture was scattered over half
a mile. One house was bespattered
with mud supposed to have come from
a stream half mile away, as no rain
accompanied the storm, corn waist
high, was literally torn to shreds, and
plowed ground was carried away.
The storm was quarter to a half a
mile in width.
Near st. Paul, Michael Mcherlick and
Mrs. Kicker, we're killed, and sthers in
jured with great damage to houses and
crops as in other counties. In Wayne county
two persons who had taken refuge on a
bridge, were killed by falling tree crush.
ing through across their buggy
A train east bound on the Pan Handle
this morning, ran into the tornado near
Knightstown. A tree fell across the for
ward end of the postal car crushing it, but
doing no ether damage. A severe thunder
storm prevails here and westward
EXPLOSION.
Chicago, July 2.-The following special
is received from Keokuk ''The steamer
Red Wing met with disaster above Dal-
las, illinois, Saturday, by the bursting of a
steam pipe while en- route to St Louis. The
following list embraces all the killed and
wounded Ed Weany, steward, missing
it is thought he jumped overheard, and was
drowned; Isaac Myers. Portsmouth, Ohio,
deck passenger, died at Keslsutz hospital at
II o'clock a. m, Sunday VIM. Morgan
Rock Island, second cook, died at Mont
rose at 80 o'clock a. m. Sunday NJ. e.
Tracy, Mount Ida, Iowa, and Edrdge Kans
face hands and legs badly scaded John
Pierce, ST Louis, first cook, face and hands
scalded Pete Gold, ST. Louis, pastry cook
slightly injured John Z. Damon, deck pas.
senger, scalded about the face, arms and
legs-in critical condition. Tracy and Da
mon were lett in the hospital in this city.
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NEW YORK.
FRAUD Or PERJURY.

New York, July 2.-The receiver
of the American Popular Life lpsur-
ance Co., states that the books are
full Of irregularities. They show that
the officers, either have been guilty
OF fraud, or perjury.
COL. DE QUERELTA.
recently OF the Cuban army, and a
member of the new war commission,
now representing the Cuban cause in
this country, Said; "At no time, since
the first blow for liberty was struck,
nine years ago, have we Cubans been
so near the realization of our hopes,
as at the present moment, and it is q
matter OF regret to us that America
should be Indifferent to our fate, and
especially the colored people. We
need arms and ammunition; we do not
ask for fillibusters; we have enough
Cubans on the island and in exile,
more indeed than we need to plant the
Cuban flag, even IN Havana itself, if
we only had arms and ammunition.
For the last three years we have not
received a single round OF ammunition
from outsiders, we have to fight for it
and take it from spaniards.
INCARCERATED.
Oakley S. b. Barker, aged ~,
grandson of Commodore anderbilt,
was arrested on the charge Of stealing
gold watch. chain and loc1ct from a
yonng woman whom he knew. 1t is
said that Barker yesterday, the day
he spent in the court and in the tombs,
came into possession of an annual in
come Of $4,000.
INSULTING REPoRTEKs.
The Tribune pays attention 10 the
Harvard crew, who ostentatiously in
suited the reporters at the university
race. The Tribune says in a letter
from Springfield: These young men
would do well to call to mind the
points Of that culture which their
parents send them to college to ac-
quire. Bancroft and his Harvard crew
stand on the position of gratutiously
insulting respectable and industrious
class of men more useful than them
selves, by placing on the Harvard boat
house, at Springfield, the legend in a
conspicuous place, carefully painted
on sign board, reporters and loaf
ers net wanted here" They SO con
Quoted themselves towar4 the Spring
field committee, who in am experien
ced way did their best to entertain
them, that one choleric gentleman
of the committee felt he had goo(
cause TO call them d-n boys.
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A Thrifty Tramp

Alabamy Times,
Several Of our lawyers were visited
yesterday by young, efIeminate
looking fellow, who represented that
he was on his way from Omaha and
wanted 81 Toto help him to Portland,
Me. At one office he asked very
respectfully for some copying to do,
and the good hearted lawyer, having
no work for htm, give him half dol
lar to buy his dinner. Another law
yer gave him twenty-five cents, which
at first he was inclined to refuse, but
finally accepted, asking for his bene-
factors business card, that be might
return the money. At other places
he got orders for dinners on difIerant
restaurants. Finally he called on
District Attorney Bailey and repeated
his request for 81 70. Mr.. Bailey
was at first INCLINED to give it, al
/ though he remarked that 81 70 would
not pay fare to Maine. The boy, who
is perhaps seventeen, but quite small
for his age, said he could go for bali
fare, The more gthe district attor-
ney thought Of it the. less he
felt like granting the
request, aud finally hauding
him twenty five cents, told him that
would get him dinner, and that was
all he could do. This sum the boy
handed back, as he had done at one
or two other places about town, anc
in going out slipped under the door !
card ON which was written vile Ian
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New York, July "a cable dis
patch from Romania says that Rouma
nian forces are preraring 10 cross the
Danube near Kalafat.
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MISCELLANEOUS
A GRAND row WOW.

San Francisco, July "A press
dispatch, Portland, says grand pow
WOW has Just been held at Walla Walla
between the citizens of that place and
number Of Indians from the Umatilla
reservation, who came under the es-
eort of Major Connoyer, Iowlish
Wampo, of the Cayuse, Jesse, Of the
Nez Perces, Welcmsuost, OF the Una
tillas, aud others. The meeting was
largely attended the mayor presiding.
The above named chiefs made speech
es processing strong desire for the
continuance of peaceful relations. A
number of less notable chiefs spoke to
the same effect.
WIND STORMS.
Chicago, July 2.-The telegraph brings
information of isolated wind storms, which
were chiefly in Indiana, but reached few
sections of Northern Illinois and Wiscon.
sin They seem to have occurred during
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
indianapolis, July 2.-Another destruc-
tive wind storm passed over the central
portion of Indiana Saturday evening, near
Franklin The house of Mr. Brumber was
demolished, killing the entire iomily of five
persons; and the house Of George Frish-
Ter was also torn to pieces, killing the en-
ly ,1f o. In
standing crops, barns, forests and orchards
suffered,
Cincinnati July 2-As adyices come
in from points remote by telegraph
it is evident that the storm of vino
and rain Of Saturday night wrs ever
more destructive Of life and property
the previous one. Its path seemed
to have been through COUNTIES IN
Indiana and Ohio lying little south OF
the centre of the state
At Waverly, Johnson county, Ind,
about . O'clock p. M, the storm struck
the residence of Geo. Dressler, blow
ing it entirely away, leaving the fruit
cans in the cellar undisturbed. Dress
Ter was found near by with his fee
laccrated and chest badly injured
His wife and two children, FIVE and
three years old, were killed, outright
another child twelve years cid die'
yesterday; another child nine year
old received bad scalp wound an(
an ankle dislocated He is not ex
pected to live The residences O.
James Armstrong, near by, was blowI
down, killing one child; another since
died. Near St. Paul, Ind, a numbe
of barns and dwellings, also a church
and school were entirely destroyed
Michael Meheslcl was killed, Mrs
Kicker fatally injured; G Juppenat2
injured internally; John Lewis, cola
bone broken. At Jolly, Ind, church
was utterly torn to pieces. The far
mers lost very heavily. a large nun
Der of cattle were killed, fences lev
eled, barns and outhouses were des
froyed. In the vicinity of Columbu:
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-02

the Danube at Sistova and commenced
a forward movement towards Beda,
which was arrested by the Turks at
Pavlo. No details has been recei
we'd
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WASHINGTON
cA1LERs ANp orFIcE snEKEns.

NALLENs MD UtfINFl HEEh TlIss'
Washington, July .. 2.-Hundreds of per
sons of both sexes called upon the pres-
dent to day Those seeking office were ad
vised 0 file their papers with the proper
department officers