The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-05-19

cry year since the injury the sore has
began to color and grow darker than
the flesh surrounding it, and on the
10th of Julysin every year a sharp
tingling sensation is felt in the limb
just within the scar. To convince us
that this is not the effect of imagina-
ton he informed us that the itching
and tingling occurs when he is not
thinking of the day of the month,
but that he finds himself rubbing
the affected part sometimes when he
is busy with other matters, and on
reference to the calendar, or refiec-
ton upon the matter discovers to his
own surprise that it is the anniver-
sary of the bite of the snake. Our
friend is gentleman of practical
common sense, and attempts to set
up no theory for this singular recur-
renee except that at is so because it
is So"
A REMARKABLE CASE.
At about II o'clock Friday night
last little daughter of Mr.. R. R.
Sanner, of Frostburg, aged ten years
was taken with spasm, and the
contraction Of the muscles of the
right thigh was so great that the
bone of the leg was broken in two
about half way between the hip and
knee. Several physicians were sum-
moned at once, and through their eff.
forts the child speedily recovered
from the spasm, but on consultation
it was deemed advisable to postpone
the setting of the fractured bone I'M
til to-day. The child is subject to
spasms.-C um6. Civilian.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Frostburg Gas Light Com
pany, held at the Office of John c.
Weis, Esq, on last Saturday, 9Th in
slant, the following gentlemen were
elected to serve as officers for the en-
suing year: President, Marx Wine
land, Vice President, Douglas Percy,
Treasurer, Nelson Beall, Secretary,
Charles A. Greene, Directors, A. C.
Greene, Lloyd Lowndes, Jr., Joshua
johnson, Richard Beall and Owen
Price. The new board will take
charge of the company's affairs in a
few days. The appointment of aSu-
perintendent will be made at the
next meeting.-Frost6urg Eepubh-
can.
The Union Grove camp meeting
association last week resolved that
the meeting this year shall begin
August 10. Since the last meeting
many Improvements have been made
on the grounds, including the sink
ing of large well, which will pro-
vide an abundant supply of water.
Capt. Roger Perry will shortly re-
move to his new residence on the
crest of the hill in West Virginia,
just opposite the bridge. Captain
Perry has fitted the handsome villa
with all the modern Improvements,
including gas machine, which will
manufacture gas for use not only in
the house, but in lamp posts to be
erected at different points through
the grounds Cana6. NeUS.
Up to Saturday night 1909 loaded
boats left this port, as compared with
754 for the same time last year-a
gain of 345.
IT is rumored that the merchant
mill, in connection with the rolling
mill here, will resume operations on
Monday week.
The shops at Piedmont are now
quite brisk. There are $40 men en-
ployed in rebuilding six engines and
constructing lot of new hoppers for
the Baltimore road. There is said
to be enough work to keep the hands
busy through the summer and fall.
Monday quite serious mishap
occurred to one of the coal trains COM
ing down from the mines as it ap-
preached Cerregansville. 1t seems
that engine No. 80 was pulling a
train of SO hoppers loaded with coal
and as it approached the Mt. Savage
Junction, about 9 o'clock in the
morning, the axel of one of the hop
per-cars broke in the middle, result
ing in throwing IS cars from the track
ten of which were upset and badly
injured, two of them being rendered
utterly worthless. About 100 tons
of coal belonging to the Maryland
and New Central companies, were
thrown out upon the track. The
train was in charge of Conductor
Wash. Porter, who escaped without
injure, as did all the train hands
Cumberland AUegdnidn.
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