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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08
Homecoming Items.

On the Sunday evening fire broke
out il the second story Of George Rob
inson's house in Detmold. Il WAS
FIRST noticed by Frank Cline and his
timely assistance saved what might
have proved q disaster.
William Atkinson, who has been
busily engaged for the las. ten days
in removing his store house from its
former location to the new foundation
next his hotel, expects to have the
work completed this week.
At the congregational meeting Of
the members Of the Presbyterian
church last Tuesday evening Andrew
Walker and Duncan J. Sloan were
elected trustees, Mr.. Walker 10 serve
five years, and Mr.. Sloan 10 serve
the unexpired term of Mr.. James Muir
ray, removed to Kansas.
Henry Hanekamp received a fine
lot Of hogs by rail on Tuesday, and
was busiIy engaged On Thursday
slaughteriDg them.
Mr.. Northup's singing class, which
has been Ill training for several
months, and snte,ta ned The people at
the Presbyterian festival with sons
Of their excellent music, will give .
concert on or about the 18th Of this
month. Lovers of 6na music rhould
not fail to attend the concert.
There will be drawing for thirty
one yards Of fvs-qusrter reg carpet
in Mr.. Robert Dicks Hall on Monday
evening, Dec. Gath, for the benefit Of
Mr.. James Harris, who has been trou-
bled of late years With asthma.
Frank Carrot, Of Knoxville, Md,
and Mr.. Tab, Of Nsrtinsburg, w. Va,
who have been % the Black Hills
gold diggings, returned home last
month, and stopped here on a visit to
Mr.. James Anderson, Mr.. Carrots
brother-in-lsw.
Mr.. James Cunningham, Jr., of
Wheeling, W. Va, is holding q series
of temperance meetings in Rschabite
Hall, which are largely attended, and
numbers OF persons are signing the
pledge. On THURSDAY evening soci-
ETY. was organised called "Loaacon-
ing Christian Temperance Union. No
H. The following named parsons
Were elected sIccrs to serve six
months.
Pesjde,t-Adnm Boston.
First .'tcs pyteiGs,,f -Jarnaa Mich
OILS.
tSec77ta Vice Presjdent-N Mrs. Thorn
as Engleby.
Sters4,ry-C. G. shecksy.
7yco<ursr-Jos.ph Graham.
Eaec11s9c Consnsttss-Goo Thomas,
James C4anin CHAM, DQncaa j. Sloan,
john Do-den, David Mccormack.
There VIII be 6 messing held n enc
of the churches or Sunday aeenins 81
which time several persons viii to 4
on tempersnce
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08
Neighboring Affairs

Public ScHooLs.-Ths Board Of
Education were in session frcm Flida!
unit. Tuesday last, and traassctaI
business of in portancs to the public a.
well as to the interests of the schools
and tie teachers.
An order was passed instructor s
Treasurer Mckay to pay the teachers
OF the public schools tbs amonn,o due
for the first term Of the ncholastlc
year. The salaries amounted t.
$lO,35O, and Will BE- welcome to Ia
recipients ct this season of the ye4i
when the holidays are approaching, ..
well es threatening severe winter.
-AUeC4nlQu.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

- attanooga, Tenn, the Tennes-
sec = and Iron Company are work
ing doNlsAhls totheir fullest capacity
on iigat rail and merchant iron, with
orders iorall they can manufacture for
some tine The Roane Iron Com
pany are making iron rails for the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
on contract for Eve hundred tons.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08
General Items.

THE solid gold society badges de
liyered by the Franklin Jswelry Com
pany, n 704 Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia, are exactly as represented.
AL orders are promptly filled, and
no orc need hesitate about sending
them mouey.-Christsan Voices, PHIL
aa.!otsa.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

ON the first psge "Apropos' gives
some clear views of the situation as
regards the needed amendments of
the mining Jaw. They are notable
also for fgicneas and an evident 90
sire to ask for nothing the acquire
meat Of which is laden with constitu-
tional difficulties. We hope to hear
more from Apropos' and 0. hers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08
Georges Creek.
CIearfeId.

A SroIc,-There is degree Of
stoicism exhibited by many people in
the endurance Of pain; without finch
Ing they lear up admirably until as
sailed by Tooth-ache, Neuralgia, Ear
ache and IIe@d-ache, when they are
completely "undone," and auxiousIv
look to Po1ltlces Hartshorn ana ot-cg.
useless agent, for relief. One word
to such sufferers, procure and use
K alters Roman hujmen5, the beay
remedy known for Toothac1e, Ear
ache, &C.
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rI7ETEs
Maryland Directory,
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81 IS --S- ..A-1

eEINC historical and descriptive COM
- rii alton al It's resources and trade
advantages; prominent ana iuie resting
points 80 tourist aus pleasure sten crs;
Tow Ms, villages aud post office described to
date; aAetches 81 mrA engaged in All
'ruGChss Of trade, s1G Tie Professions,
names and tn,r.aS al merchants man fac.
rufeGs and professional nrl1; farms suI
farmers. t',JacCC shi tobacco planters in
each c',IutY, price and quality Of farming
snI other lands, kinds of fertilizers used
and Ehose ptsI suited to the soil for .hc
growth Of various crops; cleared and tim
herad lands; mountain, valley and RIVER
scenery; suitable points for emigrants and
others To locate; mills and mill Owner..
country merchants and general stores:
names and address of state, federal Judi
cla!, municipal, town and county Officers;
hotel and summer resorts; shipping, eX
press, postal and freight routes; taxable
property and rates of taxation; neWspa-
pers, banks, bankers, Incorporated com.
panies, benevolent societies, colleges,
schools, and public and private facilities
TO education, and such ether 2auttsrs Dt'
pu5ldc interest as mag be suggested IY trieaGs
IN d!fcrsHt sections ef tie State, making
this book, we hope, one in which all classes
of oui pc0P,a will teel Interested.
Further information viii he cheerfu!ly
given, and orders for the book received, /
payable when delivered by addressing
ne undersigned by postal card, or ether /
wise.
]. FRANK LEWIS & co,
No, 5. Gay street, Baltic,
Sept23 P46!i.sers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

WITHIN a day or two about seven
teen steamers laden with 100000
bushels Of coal will have arrived at
and gone south Of Louisville, Ky if
the river docs not fail too rapidly.
Southern steamers due up will be
obliged to remain at the loot Of the
canal till the blockade is removed
The coal fleet ia tho largest for years.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

THE CAEAL-The damage to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, although
not so grsat as was at one time sntici-
patsd, is very large, reaching near
ly half million dollars, although per-
haps half that sum would put the ca
nal in repair SO that boating might be
resumed next spring at the usual time
The repairs will be pushed SIS rapidly
as the season permits. There was a
loss Of coal at Georgetown of about
one thousand tons and something like
two thousand tons additional, was
damaged It is estimated that ten or
fifteen boats have been swept out Iot
the canal and some two hundred
boats are detained at points on
the line, from the breaks that have
occurred, and will not be able to
reach destination The Baltimore 4
Ohio road was damaged at many
points but through coal is now being
received at Baltimore. Thanks to the
precautions Of lac superintendent, the
Cumberland & Pennsylvania railroad
suffered br.ittle damage. The loco-
c.on Of this road Is 50 peculiar, That had
not this care been taken tits road
must have suffered severely and had
shis been the case, GEORGES Greek
Cumberland coal would have been a
scarce commodity in the markets.
Coal Trade Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

PETrRsBURG, VA, claims to have
been hugely benefited by the Inter-
national British celebration, held
yders last May. Upward of $4,000
have bee invested III farms in the
aeisLborhoo;l, aad immigration is on
most encouraging scale.
A BROAD SMILE.-Qne Of the Ken
lucky Ministries is sitting for his carte
IN character. Operator: Now, sir,
look pleasant-sniie a little" (Min-
strel slnile5.) ooh that will never
do. Its too vide Tor the instrument"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

The elegant Royal Casket sent out
by the Franklin Jswelry Company, Of
7O3 Bennett Street, Philadelphia, is
fully up to the representation in their
advertisement, and IS this Company
is perfectly responsible, no one need
hesitate to send them money.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

Coal lTEHs - Situmincua coal is
without any feature Of novelty the
output Of the Cumberland dis;rica
will show a decrease for the balance
of the year from causes already ne
ticsd, but the op. ators sspect to be
able to make a good showing mex
wear, al they aro disposed to consider
ths elfor.o Of their cAief competitor as
having been full " teatsd tina season.
without any great measure Of loss in
the way of trade.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
might ta.e 30 clofs an intsrsat in til.
Cumberland coal trade during next
aeason, that the tonnage would be
largely increased. L i. tie intimate
.lA.ncs bs.Eeen TIE Pennsylvania
Railroad cad Ctearf4ld shippers
which sna bles thon to make new mar
heta Tor 4heir coal, This is 4 point
worthy Of consideration and Mr.. Gar
rstt or his lieutenant, Mr.. John King,
r., will do we'll to look into it.-Sa-
ward Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

That Want is Now Fully Supplied.
We nave secured the exclusive use of
2ioharlssoa's Carp: Exhibitor,
A WONDERFUL INVENTION
For showing Carpets. A brief description
of the use of which which we give below:
With the use of the CARPET Ex-
H1B1ToR, We show from Sample just
how the Carpet looks on a very large
room, multiplying the Sample thous-
and times, matched and shown as per-
feet as when the Carpet ia made up
and nailed upon the floor In this
way We are now prepared toshow you
NEW YORK WHOLESALE STOCK.
We have made special arrange
mouts with one of the L.2gest Houses
in New York, to Gil our orders for
Carpets, and will show YOU larger
assortment to select from than h =. ever
been kept outside of wholesale house.
We keep samples of all
View ana Desirable Patterns,
Which are not kept in stack outside of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08
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Thia e1ernoiatir&v painful disease Is
irstai, relieved ard rapidly cniad by
the continued application CT Ills Lin
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08
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The healing and purifying c,lAt;; r. q
EE..LAsss iEIIENT -e.4l.er ii thc et
article Tor the speedy aid f~ls cure ci
uIcoTa.tt scres.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08

r. ssas43 ~ : eua5an wrench:nr Of the
sp,us, AMI produces violent and scute
Ts,us, n.Aei;s it very difficult for the
person 10 movs. 1t should not be neg
le~ted, 20 the curvature Of the spine ~
often brought Oh By asalect Of this COM
mon euulnLaIllt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-12-08
ss s,3 ] ..~< 5.5 t. q I y.!-1c y
Inf 2yni7a:;aa af Tho Breast.

This diFtre~'ing complaint nay he
cured, or entirely prevented by tie timely
u.e ut t!.is remcdr. /; has never faiied,
vl,n applied al Tie commencement, or
before the gathering takes place.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
THE TIMES NEW BIooMF1ELD, Pa DECEMBER 25, 1871

day of hydrophobia, having been slightly
bitten by small dog about eight weeks
ago.
NEwBuReH, N. Y, December 10. -
Thomas Rooney's house at West Point
was burned yesterday and his two children,
aged three and five years respectively,
persisted. They were locked in the house,
their parents being absent.
CINCINNATI, December 19.- Three men
called at the house of V. Harris at Rock
port, Pike county, Illinois, a prominent
merchant, at two o'clock yesterday morn
ing and induced him to 60 to his store and
sell them coat for man who, according
to their statement had just died. While
Harris was unlocking the safe to get change
for twenty dollar bill the men knocked
him senseless and robbed the safe of 81, 900.
RANDOLPH, Mass, December TO- This
morning Catherine Ryan, residing on La
fayette street, was found under the in
fuence Of coal gas with slight hopes of her
recovery. 1t was discovered that her chill
dren, three boys and girl, and Mary E.
Berry, aged fourteen, relative who passed
the night with them, were all dead, being
suffocated by the same cause. Unsuccess-
full efforts were made by several physicians
to resuscitate them.
PITTsBUReH, December, 19.- A boy
named William Hopkins, ten years of age,
was abducted from his home at Braddock's
Field, near this city, last Sunday morning,
by man supposed to be tramp. He is
pretty boy, with full face, light COM
plexion and hair, and rather strongly built.
The tramp is a small man, with face
pretty we'll marked from smallpox. The
neighbors and miners searched for two
days, but up to this time nothing has been
heard of the boy. His family are in great
distress, the mother being almost insane
from grief
The boy was found on Friday at York
vile, Ohio.
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An Effective Temperance Sermon.

New YoRK, December 10. - To-day
was one of the most quiet Sabbaths this
city has enjoyed for many years. The
number of arrests by the police was un-
usually small. This extraordinary re-
suit is due to to the rigid enforcement of
the law prohibiting the sale of any
liquor. The arrest during the preceding
ten days of nearly a thousand liquor
dealers had good effect upon those in
the trade. The police were upon their
guard, but succeeded in finding but
few saloons open. If dealer was found
selling he was promptly arrested, the
fact of his having license having no
effect upon the officers, who were in
structed to enforce the law. AS result
only comparatively small amount of
drinking was done to-day and but few
intoxicated men were to be seen on the
streets. The above dispatch furnishes
an effective sermon on temperance.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
A Coal Oil Fire.

A very strange and disastrous fire oc-
Cured at Patterson, New Jersey last
week. A coal oil car on the Erie track
took fire, the tank burst and the flaming
liquid ran into and flooded the streets,
communicating the flames to five or
six houses, some of them half mile
away. Three oil cars burst in succession
and several other cars were destroyed
Many families were burnt out and lost
everything. When one of the coal oil
cars burst the flames would shoot hun
dreds of feet high, lighting up the whole
city. Paint was blistered on houses q
mile distant. The spectacle caused great
excitement, and in the stampede for
safety many persons were slightly in
jured. The railway tracks are blocked
The western express, ,emigrant and other
western trains, and the eastern milk and
other trains were delayed. The loss of
the Erie road will be about $4,000.
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and outstretched hands of the former aud
the empty nest and egg shell of the latter
tell the tale.
In the gallery Of painting, filed as IL is
with rare and beautiful pictures, three or
four catch the eye at once aud riyet the at
tention. One Of these, among the very
first to be placed in position is "Caesar
Dead" a gloomy, dark and silent story,
depicted upon canvass 7x10 feet In ex-
tent. A chill comes across the heart as we
look at the great monarch of the world
lying stiff and dead where he had fallen. A
pool of blood is by his side, blood is on his
mantle and bloody footprints mark the way
by which his murderers went. His mantle
still remains where he drew it over his head
when he saw 1t was bis Brutus, best loved
friend, who stabbed him.
Charlotte Corday in Prison." is most
beautiful and lifelike as she gazes through
the iron gratings. She has killed the
blood thirsty Marat to rid her country
from his cruel oppression. The guillotine
is before her, but she is not sorry for the
deed she has done. Her face, though pale
and weary, is sweet and "pure womanly''
in expression. Her eyes are sad, but her
mouth is firm. She is SO real that we can,
hardly turn away from the picture. "The.
Lost Hounds" fairly speak to lis in their
dumb distress, to lead them home from the
bewildering snow where they are lost at
the close of wintry day. An English
scene shows "The Heir Presumptive" TAX
ing his daily walk through the Park of an
autumn morning, attended by stately
dame, his pony led behind by servant,
while in front the gardener rakes in piles
the fast falling leaves.
have mentioned but very few of the
lovely things to be seen in our Art Gallery
and must omit entirely the fine collection
of bronzes, The Hildesheim Treasures.
Niagara, Sevres and Lacquered Vases;
electrotype reproductions of armor, Chi
nese Antiquities and many other works of
art, both instructive aud interesting to
visitors. OLIVE.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
Miscellaneous News Items.

esy- wanted TO see the thing smash
up" was the excuse a small boy offered to
the Warren County Court for placing OBJ
structions on tho Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad track.
ey- Walter f. Bratlett, Trenton's de-
faulting tax receiver, who was bailed re-
Gently in the hope of his being able to
reduce the amount embezzled, has been
surrendered by his bondsmen. An ex-
animation sh owed the deficit to be larger
than at first supposed.
CB- The City Chamberlain of New York
last week received from tho State Attorney
General check for $444, 0s2, 1s, being the
amounts received from Peter b. Sweeney
and Elbert A. Woodward, in settlement
of suits against them to recover part of
the money stolen by the Tweed Ring.
WASHINGTON, December 19.- William
Poor, aged nineteen, died in this city to-
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
The Effects of the Silver Bill.

The advocates of the silver bill have
accomplished one thing that will cost
the Nation several millions in interest,
to say nothing about the cost to the
country by generally unsettling money
matters. They have stopped the process
of refunding the debt.
1t had not been supposed that the ad-
vocates of the silver bill in the Senate
would be strong enough to pass that
measure over the President but sub
sequent canvass placed this matter in
doubt, if it did not indeed indicate that
two-thirds of that body would vote for
the Bland bill with all its Objectionable
features. This discovery had its imme-
diate and legitimate effect. The per
cent. bonds at once sank below par, and
there they will probably remain until
Congress has finally disposed of the sub
ject.
In the meantime the United States
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

entrance. The elder Mr. Greenfield was
about the first who rushed out and he
was much scalded. He saw about q
dozen making their escape by the roof to
adjoining roofs. There must have been
100 persons employed in the factory at
the time of the disaster. More of the
wounded have been taken to the Cham
bers street hospital and Others to Belle
vue hospital and New York hospital.
The station houses and Chambers street
hospital, especially the latter, were be-
sieged with men and children, all anx-
iously inqulring for some missing rela-
tive.
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A Queer Sort of Miser.

A Mrs. Dinan, of No. 2S1 Gold street,
Brooklyn, reported to the police of
Brooklyn last Wednesday morning that
an old man to whom she rented the
basement of her house had been locked
in his room since Sunday, and either re-
fused or was unable to answer her calls.
Sergeant Cain at once detailed an officer
to look into the matter. With some
difficulty the door was broken open,
when the body of the old man was
discovered lying dead and stiff upon his
bed.
Coroner Simms was summoned, and
held an inquest last Thursday. In an
swer to the officers inquiries Mrs. Di-
nan was only able to state that the mans
name was Potts or Potter, she did not
know which that he had occupied her
basement for nearly two years, living
the life of a miser, and that she had
been told he was a man of wealth. On
Sunday night last, she remembered, she
had heard something like groan from
the basement but as the old man was
often in pain, and as he repulsed every
offer of assistance, bitterly complaining
if his solitude was disturbed, she had
paid no attention to the sound Moth
ing having been seen of him on Monday
and Tuesday, and finding his door lock-
ed upon the inside, she had finally be-
come alarmed, and Wednesday notified
the police. Coroner Simms was sum-
moned, and had the body removed to
an undertaker's. The following are the
facts that was able to be gathered:
The mans name is John e. Potts,
and he was the owner of at least two
houses in the city of Brooklyn, one on
Fulton street, near Oxford, and one at
No. 348 Myrtle avenue. With an in
come of several thousand dollars year.
Potts has lived for the last twelve years
in cellars and attics, moving about from
time to time and apparently devoting
all his energies to the task of absolutely
concealing his identity. Philip Hessar,
u shoemaker who for eight years has
been the tenant of his house in Myrtle
avenue, appears to know more of the
man than anybody, but he is only able
to say that Mr.. Potts was perfect
gentleman. Although miser, he
seems to have had strange freaks of gen.
erosity, at one time presenting to the
youngest child of the shoemaker $40 in
money, and on several occasions sur
prising his tenants with presents of tur-
keys and other seasonable things. He
always collected the rent of his houses
in person, and was supposed to carry
large sum at all times in his pocket.
The shoemaker is positive that he has no
heirs or even friend in the world.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
LIPPlNCOTT'S MAGAZINE

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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
Important to all InvaIlds. Iron in the Blood

The Peruvian Syrup, protected solution of
the protoxide of Iron, strikes at the root of
disease, by supplying the blood with its vital
principle, or life element-Iron. This is the
secret of the wonderful success of this remedy
in curing Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Dropsy,
Chronic Diarrhoea, Boils, Nervous Affections,
Chills and Fevers, Humors, Loss of Constitu-
tional Vigor, Diseases of the Kidneys and
Bladder, Female Complaints, and all diseases
originating in bad state of the blood, or
accompanied by debility or low state of the
system.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

Government is paying 0 per cent. inter-
est on many millions of its debt, which
might have been refunded at per cent,
except for the interference of the silver
men and the advocates of the repeal of
the Resumption Act. The loss to the
government by this unnecessary sus-
pension of the process of refunding will
be many times greater than any gain 1t
is likely ever to secure by paying the in
terest or principal of its bonds in silver.