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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-07-28
1NSURANCE!

l ANlNG made very satisfactory al
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Insurance Companies.
At TrUstbarg. | would he much pleased TO
renew the business acquaintance of my old
patrons JOHN H.TCHINS.
London Assurance Corpora
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Lycoming Of Pennsylvania,
capital...... ............ j,33s, 81. 81
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July 81
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GAS FIXTURES {!
Cheaper Than Ever !!

/ HAVE Just received from the MANU-
L FACTURERS full stock of
GAS FIXTURES.
in new and beautiful designs, in Ebony
and Gold. Roman and French Bronze,
Pc ished Brass, Crystals, etc, etc, which I
will sell at Factory Price.
Citizens of FrOstburg need not go to
Baltimore, or the eastern cities, to buy,
when they can buy at lower rates in
Cumberland.
This is the season for House Cleaning,
and no PIECE OF FURNITURE adds
more to the APPEARANCE and COM
FORT of a room than a nice CHAN.
DEE1ER.
New ;arpets, and newly papered walls,
and nice, clean windows and paints, with
an OLD RUSTY GAS FIXTURE, don't
look very nice.
Call at No. 12 N. Centre Street, doors
below the Post Office, in Cumberland, and
examine my stock.
May 2G-3m c. A. SEAY.
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TEMPERANCE SPEAKING.-Daniel
O'Neal, a reformed drunkard and
gambler, was announced to speak yes
terday (Friday) evening in the base
ment of the NJ. L. Church. He is
conducting his work or the Murphy
plan, and is strongly accredited by
the Grand Lodge of Good Iemplars.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-07-28

A DISTINGUISHED legal gentleman
of this town would like an opportln
ity to repeat an opinion recently de-
livered. The "bulldozer" who
sought it, would also like to have his
Judgment put to a test.
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DRAMAT:c.-The members Of Mon
terey Lodge, No. 80, knights of Py-
thias, Barton, Nd, will present for
the first time in that place. next Fri
day and Saturday, July 9th and 2Sth,
the celebrated five-act play, by Ban
i'm, entitled damon and Pythias,'
or a True Test of Friendship.
Music will be furnished by the Bar
ton Orchestra, composed Of Messrs.
James Hoyatt and James S. Roberts,
riolin: David Penman, cornet; James
Campbell, riolinceiio; Robert Patrick,
picolo; James Santmyer, tromJc ne,
and John II. Symons, uiolo. These
gentlemen will open the programme
at 7:30 p. m, with two grand medleys.
This will be succeeded by a song and
dance, with orchestral accompdni
ments. dot Leedle Yawcob Strauss,
by Mr.. James Boal, after which the
play Damon and Pythias,' will be
taken up with the following cast Of
Il.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
SPEER'S PORT GRAPE WINE.
Four Years Old!

This justly celebrated native Wine is
made from the juice Of the Oporto Grape,
raised in this country. Its invaluable
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f p a9onI in'!rs SCUM OF tne National
PIC Sa r,, n r,' ai 500. - r;''r ~
Garrett county, and being the same land
described in Il Patent from the State of
Maryland e I" u h"mas beat'y' lanes Beatty
i ,. Innn An i-o5 far 5n91 W acrns 4' nni
conveyed by said James and ! G. Realty tn
said Thoma- Beatty by deeds recorded in
LiaGr L. No D. iohos 'j39' $50 35', one
Oh 'hc L"hu hecotas Oh Ailegany county.
THIS land IS heauily hm5ered and
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Market Review.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
ID. Il. Sloan q Co..
DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Corpor Main oud Church etrnotu

Corner Main and Church streets,
LoNACoNING, MD, July 81, 1877.
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SHOULD not be regarded as
trifling ailment-in fact nature
demands the utmost regularity of
the bowels, and any deviation
from this demand paves the way
often to serious danger. 1t is quite
asnecessaIy to improve impure &C
cumuations from the bowels as it
is to eat or sleep, and no health
can be expected where costive
habit of body prevails.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-07-28

lHitchinS rOs. are receiving lines
of all cl,sses of beautiful shoes. from In
f nts to Ladies', in all sizes Prices will be
marked in strict conformity with the times
Call and examine.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
Hayes a. q rni,osonher.

Washington Cor. n. Y. Tribune.
Comparatively few Congressmeu 20
TO see him During the sessions. in
President Grants time. there awe re
almost always a score Of Senators and
Members at the White House of IA
morning, ing their turn for inter
views Now il is rare to find more
than two or three Those who talk
with President Hays about the political
situation, says that he is not the leas'
harmed aud that he puts aside their
gloomy forebodings about the future
Of the Republican organization with
coun:enaucc tull Of sunshine. an eye
1~ clear a a June sky, and with such
cheerful, philo- phical talk, that IT j.
impossible not TO take away from the
interview good opinion OF him and
hopeful view Of the future of politics
Nobody can quarrel with him, because
il takes two 10 make quarral, aud
he will not be one Of the parties Ii
is easy for Congressman to Sulk in the
cioakrooms at the Capitol aud pile
up their grievances against the
Administration, a. Indian burial
mounds were formed by each passer
by adding n stone The pile from
accnmulations OF like material ass umes
formidable proportions. but when any
one Senator r Representative takes a
Nv sample complaints up to the
White House, he Is usually convinced
that the, are not the sort Of stones he
would like to be seen throwing at the
President in public
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
A Rnh Reputation.

The Springfield Mass Republican
says:
The past six months have largely
added to Kentucky'S reputation as
state iu which brufel crimes auc
general IawlcSsness are especially
numerous and rampant. Some section,
are ABSOLUTELY at the mercy of bands o
masked ruthrns' who 20 about whip
ping, m1iming aud even killing
inoffensive persons Hho have in some
way become obnoxious to them. while
murders growing out of family and
ueiehborhooI quarrels are alarming y
frequent"
Verify, we are getting very beauti-
ful reputation through the country
If there js not some very exact justice
ueted out to "reguIators' aud the
>washbuckIers who shoot each other
at sight in some portions Of Kentucky
we will get as bad a name as Penn
syIvauia. Ii we are too com pas~iouar re
and sentimental to hang murderers.
the imperative duty remains to lodge
them iu5 the penitentiary. We want,
moreover, juries 10 eit on murder
cases who will render yerlict- accord
ing TO facts, and not according to their
fears or mpathie>. We in Kentucky
own it to ourselves TO let the State De
known as the enemy to lawiessuess.
II makes 10 difference how many
murders and lyuchings and assassina
tion> take place in Ohio Pennsylvania
aud other States We want to be
known as law abiding people, where
every citizen makes il his bu-iues, to
see that no disgracelul outiawry
taruishes the name of the Common
wealth. Courier Journal.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
The Concert at Madrid Bend,
Kentucky.

The concert given by the young
ladies and gentlemen for the benefit
IF the new school house in Madrid
Bend, Kentucky, On last Friday eve
mug was well attended, notwith-
standing the very disagreeabe weathe
The concert was we'll gotten up, ana
the plays sc ected showed much taste,
as a no the decorations on Phe stage
We would like to give the performance
in detail, but space forbids, We will
,ay, however, that tie acting Of Miss
Mamie Jones, as Aunt Betsey was
very Guety executed. Miss Jones
displayed great deal Of power as an
emotional actress, aud acquitted herself
very we'll tor an amaluer. Miss
Jennie Watson assumed vggy difficult
Part, being that Of Cleopatra ;
Farewell to Antony aud the Death
Sceue' was we'll rendered by that lady,
and ; owed study and careful delib-
Grafton Misses J Mailing aud Leila
Cough carried their parts very well.
indeed The other p rts were we
sustained, and the eOucert went OFT
smoothly The music was furnished
by the brass band Of this place. Iu
tact the evenings entertainment was
excellent in every partieu.ar--l Ne"
Madrid Tribune
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

An old negro named Pete was very
much troubled about his sins. oh
nasSa, I'm such great sinner" "hut
P,ter, said his master, "you aa,T fool
30 to take it so much to heaS. Il
know de reason, ma>sa,' said Pete
when you 90 duck shooting and xiii
one duck aud wound another, don 7
you run after the wounded duck?
yes, Pete, said the master, wondering
what was coming next We'll, massa
dat is de way wild you and me; de
debbil has got you sure; but, as he
am not sure OBJ me, be chase dis chile
all de time -
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
.Eas. Baker Murdered by Geo.
4 Xing.

The following l. part of letter
from : ke-t0n 10 the Dexter Enter
prj>e-Messcnger, dated October Il.
On Thursday. the IIth instant, in
Big Prairie. New Madrid county. and
two miles south Of this place. one
George \ Irving brutality aud coward
Iy murdered James Baker. by stab
bing him with dirk knife The
wounds were made in the neck and
left side. the heart, causing death
in about three minutes Baker leaves
a wife and several small children
He was a quiet, indu,tripu. farmer
and his death is greatly deplored in
the neighborhood
Irving, the murderer came to Big
Prairie from Kentncky. some three
years ago. and seemed to be an in
dustrious fellow, but was very quar-
relsome and disagreeable, and was
known to be hard case. as he had
served a term in the Kentucky State
prison for stealing a bolt OF calico
and because of which he was called
calico George. Irving mounted
his horse Immediately after commit
ting the deed and made his escape,
Friends OF the murdered man have
made up and:are Offering S2OU reward
for his apprehension.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
Sitting euI,,S "yyniGe Mother,

Sitting Bull has formally decided
10 put himself under the protection Of
the White Mother" Queen Nictoria)
and the white Mothers mounted
police are going to have A pretty rough
time Watching the new ward, as he i
bnm fall Of fight After General
Ierrys benevolent and elaborate
speech to the savage at Fort Walsh,
IN behalf Of The Commission, Sitting
Boil advanced toward him with
uplifted finger. ~hrieking, YOU came
here to tell as lies lie then said;
"Forsixty-lour years YOU have kept
me aud my people, and Gated Us bad
W hat have we done that you should
want u? We have done nothing
II is all the people Of your side that
have started u. TO do all these depredu
ton. We could not 20 anywhere else,
so we took refuge in this country o.
the British. 1t was on this side of
the country that We learned to shoot,
aud that Is The reason | came back to
1t again Why DO you come here?
In the first place did not give you
The coubiry, but you followed me from
one place 20 auo her, SO | had to leave
and come over to this country. |
did not give you any country, but
you took It away from us. was
born and raised in this country, with
The Red rive half breeds, and intend
to stop vi l,hem. E-was raised hand
in hand wit6ihe Red river halt breeds,
and we are oiug over to that part Of
The country,and that is the reason
why hive Ome over here, Shaking
hands with the British officers, he
proceeded T3hat Is the way .wa-
raised 70 the hands of these people
and tFf Is tue way | intend to be
with them. You have got ears to
hear aud you have got eyes to see,
aujyou see how | live with these
peple. You see uS Here am
lyon think am fool, you are a
tgger fool than | am This h.use i
medicine house You come here to
ell Us lie-, but we dou't wan, to hear
hem. | don't wish any such language
lsed to me. that Is to tell ne such lies
u my great mothers house Don {
,ou say Two words more O. back
lome where you came from. This
.ountry is mine and intend 20 stay
lere aud to raise this country luIl Of
.rown people See, these people
.ere were raised with them Cagain
baking hauds with the British
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

Nashville colored preacher is suing a
member of his church for the payment OF
subscription to the pastors salary
Exchange.
Some whites are. from accounts, full
' mp with their colored : brethren in
uch matters, A large number of our
eople sign subscription papers to
hufches. charities, and public enter
prises. " tn a kind of mental reserva
ion, that if it happens to be exactly
~nnvenient they will pay, but if 9th
.rwise they will simply decline to do 50.
This Is wrong. The people should
Earn that when they sign Que of these
apers that il means pay, and that they
re under the same moral and legal
, litigation as if the amount was in
urred for self By such signatures
hers are induced to perform work
nd to assume responsibilities, expect
'ug them to share the expeNse, and it
double wrong not to pay and leave
hers in the lurch The little para
.raph above furnishes matter for
healihful thought.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
GINII Service EIaNed.

TLis W atttm t to re-e-tab i-h
harmony ought to make an impression
On both sides We do not believe
that President Hayes will defy his
party or decline to make the couces
sion which Senator Morton predicts
with,so misch delicaey and Kind feel
ing. In fact, Mr. Hayes is already )
beginning to recede. He has explain
ed away the civil service order until il
me n next to nothing, and is likely
to drop the remaining fragments of il.
II Naw York HnraIh
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
the wm,to Improve Business.

If business Is not good with any Of
our readers, the only thing and best
fhiug for you to do is to work at once
aud make il So Do not look to con
gress or anybody else to do this or that
to improve business Remember that
YOU arc the architect of your own
tortuneStthat it is as you make it, good
or bad; and from yourself alone must
come the best relief IN any hour Of
difficulty. la order to effect this, you
must make your existence known by
keeping your name aud business con
stautly before the public, by means
of advertising in The COURIER, the
hest medium for your business. You
must attract trade, aud not imagine
( that it will seek you out. Do not
let your customers forget you, bur
! cons tnuriy remind them of your Ia
ciiries for business. Dn not place
the blame on tue times, if you are no
yourself up with the times, aud tn,
methods Of attracting trade aud doing
business. So advertise always
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

Gen. n. B Forest, the great Com
r~derate leader, died, i, Memphis
Monday. after long illness, He was
he greatest cavalry officer developed
hy the civil war lie has 5een much
andered as to hts usages dnring the
var. and now that the old chief i
lead. perhaps history may do his name
iustice.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

The penalty for selling tones vote in
Kentucky is di,franchi>ement for life
IF some ambitious aspirants for Cor
oner knew the terrible risk some OF
their supporters were running, they
might haH in their mad effort to cor
rupt suffrage.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

THE pistol and bowie knife have
grown epidemic in Central Kentucky
That portion of the State is many
years behind Southern and Western
Kentucky in civilization a healthy
application of "rope" will improve
them.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
aipenins Piot Against Mexico.

The auuexltIou plot Is ripeuiug very
fast. Senor Mata, after many weeks
of hui;le>s p.saI.ngs Tor just and
peaceable settlement of the Rio Grande
troubles. quit, Washington in disgust
and despair firmly persuaded that the
State Department Is determined 10
force quarrel upon his country. No
sooner are these negotiations broken
of than news IS flashed through the
country from Sau Antonio thata great
band of Mexican raiders l. pluuderiug
Ca>troSiiIe; that a stage has been cap
tured by them on the FL Paso turn
pike, aud It's driver killed, aud that
preparations are goiug on quietly" to
re enforce the Texan Rangers with a
thousand men 'as soon a. the word l.
given companies now forming
adds the despatch being composed for
the most part OF young men.
The compIot between Washington
and San Antonio has long beeM 20 pal.
- Bic that this news need su s)ri,e no
Que The El Paso region, where the
raid on the stage Is reported, was the
region Of The salt squubble between
Texan citizens, lately described a. an
armed raid from Mexico; aud Fort
Stockton, which inveuts this new fc
ton. was the source Of the former one
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
senator ConKIins.s opinion

Conkling said to day that if this
kind Of thing was to 90 on it would
be bad ior-the Administration aud
hat unIe;s Key. Schurz aud Evar's
are 1ut out OF the Cabinet within sixty
days, there would be very little of the
Republican party lef,to work for or
live tor
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

RFv. DIR. MUNsEY, whose death i,
announced, was one of the most di :
tinguished pulpit orators in the South
T word painting and weird imagery
he had not bis equal in the land.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

There are indications that Gen
Grant will be placed on the track for
the next Presidential race Gen
Boynton, writing on the Cincinnati
Gazette, says that the organizers
..believe that the triumph of the solid
South, and the prominent temperance
upon the political stage Of the leaders
Of the rebellion, will have so disgusted
the North long before the next
Republican Convention that such a
name as Grant will be needed by the
party. and that under his lead the
Republicans can conquer again.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
nr. Esa,eS Doee No. Retreat.

There Is every reason to believe that
while Hayes will stand by his Southern
policy, he will easily fad way to re
treat from the advanced and difhculI
ground Schuiz inveig!ed him into tax
ing on the civil service question = n
O. Times
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

We learn from undoubted authority
that Capt G. T. Allen, of the Prince
lion Banner, will be candidate for
Congress to succeed Judge Boone
Everybody in this District knows Capt
Allen He was the district Presiden-
tial elector during the last campaign.
and made a thorough canvass Of the
district Tx.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

TWENTY FOUR democratic governors
to II republican. Probably two more
will be transferred from the republican
to the democratic column this month
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

ORR river trade Stocking up As
the condition of the South improves.
it will grow better until something like
the old-time appearances ofTProsperity
may be perceived upon our wharve .
This is 70 mere fanciful speculation
but a condition of things Of which
those best acquainted with the relations
of cause aud effect already feel certain.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

immeiste and unconditional repeal
OF tie bankrupt law. Mr.. President.
l nope the bill will be placed on the
Caieuaar
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

A Bourbonite, who went to the
Black Hills. wrote back to the
Kentuckian; Offer premium at your
coming fair for the biggest fool In tie
country, aud IN try aud get there IN
time, aud feel confident Ill make way
with il.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

General Grant, when President OF
the United States, made very few and
very short speeches, no doubt bearing
in mind the adage, that ''he who speak>
much truth, speaks some lies" He
fully exemplided this at Birmingham
In responding to toast, he said
We Americans claim so much ner
sonal independence aud general in
telligence that do not believe il
possible for one man to assume ,ov
more authority than the eons,itn,;o9
and laws give him.
This was whopPer, and no doubt
came ola tongue made loose by wine
Every intelligent Englishman who
heard him knew he was stretching the
blanket.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

AcCoKDING to the statement of the
State Treasurer, Kentucky is in good
financial condition. The following
amounts are in the Treasury, credited
10 the respective revenue funds; Reve
nue. department, s5S8,9 SO; school
fund proper. s8,025 &c; negro school
fund, s20.85l 79-making a total of
36I77S1 3S.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
RURAL ACADEMY.
Prof. 3 Es. Saunders.
Singular Request That
Must be Granted.

Z HAVE time and again requested the
Tax payers of Fulton county to come
forward and pay their taxes. Some re-
sponded cheerfuly, while others have
thus far failed to comply with this rea-
sonabIe request. l shall hereafter cease
to lmportune with those in default-but
will ask their horses, mnles, cattle, hogs,
sheep corn, wheat, tobacco, household
and kitchen furniture, land aud tene-
ments to pay their taxes. These will
certainly respond TO the demand under
the manipulations of the Sheriff and his
Deputies. This, January 10th, 1871.
B. r. WALKER, Sheriff.
jan26 If
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

General Longstreet has ~writteu a
review Of the battle Of Geitysbur; !,
which prtssnts sowc new information.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
Judge Boone a, The races.

Nearly the whole OF the two Houses
of Congress attended the Baltimore
races last week Now that the horses
have stopped running, Congress may
20 to work The Louisville CoB,Dlcr-
cial, gets up a good take off on the
Kentucky members, in the shape of
telephone dispatches from each. The
following is the one FROM Judge
Boouc
FORT MHEXRY SoDTo Bs REMOVED.
BALTIMORE. October 24-The House met
/ to day near this city, and after hearing
reports on The subject determined tha- it
! was inadyisabe to move Fort MeHenrv TO
: the mouth OF Green river. There are n
good many kentuckians in town today;
what's up? a. r b.
The chances are Judge Boone was
not at the races
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

4 CORRESPONDENT of the Clinton
Dcmocrat argues that the law ''prohib
iIiug the carrying of concealed weap
ms" is the height of folly" and
thinks it places law abiding citizens at
he mercy of desperadoes. Not 70.
IL is wholesome law. That CORES
pondeut should contribute his mite for
he enforcement of the law. Ouly Z
few bravos and desperadoes want Il
carry concealed weapons. The goo,
of society demands that they shout
be frowned down and punished /
The state of society is so bad a t'
place the lives of peaceful, law abidln!
..itizens in jeopardy from the ullys'
who twill carry concealed weapons
hen the law will not prohibit thos'
law abiding citizens from carryin!
weapons openly for their own protec
don. Society that recognizes such
custom is not fit TO live in 1t is on
par with the savage and barbarians
Good society is strong enough to pro
teet itself from the worse elements
and if the Democrats correspondent
aud good men like him, will stand irn
they will Witness our complete redemp
lion from this barbarous custom.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

IT Is now reported that Gen Gram
will be appointed Minister to England,
if he will accept.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

VF YOU want fine Old Robinson or
] Bourbon Whiskey, 90 10
ap27l J. K. DOWNS.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02

Old corn forty cents busbeI, aud
new twenty five to thirty ceuts.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
SAMUEL HAANHDESGNE.
General Insurance Agent,
EE s~z zaa EA -
EE Z q z& Ha2 - Ea9 G

We prominent men
iou o. J. e by
Life
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
Tslai w ar.

The New York Times is strong
acker of Diaz, and is horribly afraid
a war with Mexico, because 1t viii
id ten Senators and twenty Repre-
rutaiives to the forces Of the solid
South in the Congress of the United
Srntes and thirty electors to their vote
u the next Presidential election. II
sill add $500, 100000 to the public
'rbt, and necessitate d u increase to the
-'andiHg army of $4,000 men, and the
,cstorarion Of the Southern Confeder
les TO their old positions in the army,
or they will all be in the war. They
m afford it-ean the country p y
-hort time ago Il e Times va'very anx-
'ous for an army of 100000 men. Il
has gone little wild over its self
imposed fears of "ten Senators and
,wentv Rcpresentntives. ="
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-02
LOSSES

following Agency since irssb
old Mutual Ben6, members ~