Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-06-09

Encourage yoaw oa01a merchants ana
aDorkmen.
Especially sustain yoau home paper.
Be each for the other, and all for pub
lie Improvement.
Our interest belongs avherc "cdarjty
5egins-at hon'e.'
Our tooV1o first
OTHER toaUns afterwards.
Work on the new post Office hall is pro-
crossing.
$50 P. NJ, FRIDAY.-BarOmete indicates
slight atmospheric disturbance.
THE foundation of new dwelling on
Frost's avenue is being laid for Miss Allie
r. Hartzell.
IMPRovEMENT--Samu Jetiries, Esq,
has heightened the Windows and otherwise
improved his residence.
THE usual services at St Johns Epis
copal Church tomorrow at 1O4 Il. m. and
y p. m. The public is invited
THE name of the McCulloh House will
shortly be changed to CITY Hotel" The
new sign will! be put up next week.
TROUT FIsuING.-MeSsrs. Nelson and
Horace Beall are on the highlands angling
for trout They will return within Il week.
NoMINATIoN.-A Frostburg correspon-
dent of the Homecoming Miner nominates
Dr. G. E. Porter of that town for the
Senate.
APARTY is on the gu oire for the river
next week. We hope the boys and girls
will enjoy several lunches of luck and catch
whole flock of fish.
THE new counter in the st. Charles Pool
and Billiard Room is a specimen Of ele-
giant workmanship turned out by Messrs.
Gross & Nickel of Frostburg.
DIED FROM HIS INJURIEs.-Charles
Mussetter, hurt some time since in New
Hope mine, died therefrom last Saturday
at his home at Allcgany Mine.
THIS section was visited Wednesday and
Thursday nights with refreshing showers,
whereat the gardens are much improved
and householders much rejoiced.
A VEIN of coal two and-a-half feet thick
has been reached by the Grant Coal COM
pany's heading, near Pompey Smash, at
depth of five hundred feet. The coal is
reported as of excellent quality.
THE JOURNAL is not ready for delivery
until it reaches the post office, TO take
it out of our office clandcstinely or other
wise is to tax us with more watchfulness
ard memory than we have time or inclina-
ton to exercise.
AT the appeal sessions OF the Town
Council Monday and Tuesday the assess
ments of several properties were reduced.
In several other cases the valuation was
increased, so that the figures remain at
about our report last week.
THE new Beatty Piano recently nuichas-
ed by Mr.. Armstrong is turning out better
as practice upon it proceeds. The mem
bers of the family are more and more de-
lighted with its tone and power and visi-
tors are universally cnamOrcd with the en-
tire makeup of the instrument
A MARE belonging to John Meyer, ESQ,
r -. II rt,, ,.
near The McOulloh House Wednesday
afternoon, and died within an hour. The
symptoms indicated poisoning, though
several diagnoses of the case made it loss
of blood, lung fever, etc.
A Concert FIzzLE.--John NJ. Allison
of Winchester, blind man and graduate
of the Virginia lnatitutc for the Blind, ar
rived in town Tuesday and advertised
concert for Wednesday evening at Pauls
Opera House. One ticket was sold, and
the concert did not proceed. Hard times.
THE Boy LECTURER went TO West VIZ
ginia, where he was well received. His
eloquenGe captvated a Weston lady to the
extent Of an elopement ward New York
to engage in the Murphy movement. Miss
Kittie is not included i'll the bill of partic-
ulars set forth by the outraged public OF
that section. Now, if somebody would
kidnap her, Smith would have one lest to
quarrel with.
Tue Baltimoredn entered its sixth year
last week. This sterling literary paper has
been prosperous from the beginning. With
its present hold upon the public, it may
well look to the future for the enlarged
emoluments growing out of increased pop
ular favor Aside from Its literary merit,
it is neatly made up, excellently printed,
and, including its weekly illustrations of
notable personages it is just the sort of pa
per that may be always looked for with
anticipations of pleasure.
A VILLAINoUs ACT.-On Monday night
about eleven o'clock, while a number of
persons were stopping in John Brady's
house, some one stepped up to the back
window and discharged musket into the
room. The explosion smashed the pane
and the ball struck the sash, and, glancing