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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-07-27

stated he had received no dividend
for seven years. In 1874, four years
ago, there were two dividends paid,
Just after we begun the improvement
which cost us heavily, and the reve-
nue., which l would like to see made
larger by the more liberal contribu-
tions Of 'Civis," is being used to pay
off this debt. IF the stakeholder held
the large interest in the company
which is stated, it seems strange he
never made any inquiries concerning
it. If the company had only such GUS
toners as "Civis," Off he be one)
then the stockholders might think Of
giving up all hope of any return in
the future. But l believe and insist
that there is large majority of the
good people of Frostburg who respect
the rights Of others, and who have a
finer appreciation of our efforts to
benefit them in the future as we have
in the past. by furnishing the best Of
water and good fire protection for The
principal portion Of tho town.
| am not aware Of any interference
on the part Of the water company with
the original rights of the people
Most certainly that Of using the COM
pany's water without paying for it
was never one OF such rights, and
should be sorry to think "Civis' dis
posed to create this belief.
The comparison with the Cumber
land water rates is not fair one
Here the city runs the machine; ths
citizens pay according to the schedule
for the water, and as much more per
haps in the way Of taxation on water
bonds and the additional annual levy
of $1,000, or $4,000, to repair the
works and run them. So, few of III
know how much we really do pay fol
the bad water we get.
[ do'not wish, Mr.. Editor, to taxi
up too much Of your paper, so will
drop the subject, hoping that oul
friends will be a little patient ant
aid us in keeping up the Frostburg
water works, which "Civis seems
anxious to destroy.
Respectfully,
WIN. o. SPRIGG,
President F. W. Co.
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JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, our min
lister to Spain, by way Of introduction
to his admirable"Fireside Travels, y
quotes: "Traveling makes q man sit
still in his old age with satisfaction
and travel over the world again in his
chair and bed by discourse and
thought" This may all be very true
generally, but it certainly cannot be
applied to those who travel for their
health, for, while we are suffering, the
chances and even the inclination fol-
enjoyment are few and negative
Ask man to enjoy the grandeur Of the
Colorado Canons, six thousand feet
deep, (the most sublime scenery on
the American ContinenN while he
actually feels fortv-seven distinct
Rheumatic pains from head to foot,
and see if his pleasure and "satis-
tactic won't be of a decidedly tame
nature; but give him bottle Of
Keller's Roman Liniment, and he will
be relieved and cured as sure as the
stars shine from above, anu then not
only enjoy travelling, but life in every
way. 1t is the greatest pain banlshe1
on earth
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CUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from Mr.. Sprigg.
CuMgERLANp, July %, 1873,

SS-tA't--N---A-NIj q VI ~ @C'o'
M3 Editor In your paper Of the
Goth inst. there are charges against
the Fsostburg Water Company which
are in part untrue, and in the whole
ungenorous and natured.
The company has within the past
four years been compelled to contract
q heavy debt in putting down pipes OF
6x8 inches in the main streets in place
of those which had become useless,
and Of SKA inches in many other
streets where they had not been plac-
ed before, and we hoped our efforts
under trying circumstances would be
properly appreciated, l regret to see
they have not (at least they seem not
to have) been, if "Civis' be the mouth
piece OF the people. If the charter
granted to the company was for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the directors and
shareholders, they certainly have not
awaited themselves OF any such advan-
tage; on the contrary they would re-
joice could they be possessed of their
Original rights the money invested
in the works. For several years the
water works have chiefly subserved
the convenience Of the people, who
have just appreciation Of their value
and the honest liberality of not ex-
pecuing or wishing to use the water
without a Pr par consideration to
those who have contributed so much
in renewing and extending them.
1t is true the election for directors
is required to be held on the second
M9ndny in May, or within twenty
days thereafter and equally true that
it was held within the time, to wit
Saturday, june lst, 1878, between the
hours of IL a. m. and II n. Mr..
Keller says the date in the notice,
which was clearly an error, was
changed to correspond with the day,
and at the proper time more than
three-fourths Of the stock (S03 shares)
was represented, and six directors
elected. The omission Of the regular
annual election was due to my illness
at the time, and the notice was not
given by any other officer. 1t was
attended to as soon as | was able to be
out.
1t cannot be true that one OF the
largest shareholders, or any other,
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Homecoming Items.
VIM. O. SPRIGG,
President F. w. Co.

There were three children affected
by sun stroke last Friday.
The Maryland coal company are
working their mines three days and
a-half a week.
VIM. Cunning, miner employed
by the Georges Greek company, was
caught under a fall Of roof coal on
Wednesday. One of his legs was SC
seriously injured that it was neces-
sary to amputate it just below the
knee.
Mr.. Peter PEBBLES is about to erect
q large tannerv near the old Savage
Mountain dump.
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could, willingly and patiently, hoping
the day of recompense was still ahead.
Il iar noA come, and may not till the
''sweet l. ..ar., 60" Hence, we
ill., nart, unless as before stated.
10 those who hare always promptly
paid and stood by us we are profound
ly thankful. But for them, no doubt,
we would have long since become
something of the past Had we
served them alone we would be better
off to-day.
To all we announce that the JOUR
NAL will still go on. There Is a tu-
ture for it which will outshine the
past. Under its present management
it has rich resources ofresolution and
labor, dependent only upon health
and life. When the good times
coming" arrive, we expect to be here
to announce the jubilee, and join il
the general prosperity.
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NOTICE TO
Tax Payers
Sd Collection District.

'VtHE STATE AND COUNTY TAXES
L for 1878 are now due.
By an act of the General Assembly OF
Maryland, 1876, discount of ) per cent.
will be allowed on all taxes paid On or
before the LIST Of September; OF 4 per
cent, on all taxes paid on or before the
1st Of October, and of 3 per cent on all
taxes paid on or before the 1st of No
vember. No discount will be allowed
after the latter date.
Office in .. Jarrett 6 Bros Furniture
Room, Main St.. Frostburg, Md.
j. B. McCULLOH,
July 10 Collector.
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New Advertisements.
Order Nlsi.

Maurice A. Healey, Trustee, No $3.50
Chancery in
s. }the Circuit
Court 1orAl-
John ". Tomlinson, ct ur. legany Co.
nRDERED, That the sale made and re-
W ported by Maurice - licalcy, trustee
for the sale of the estate Of John W.
Tomlinson, he ratified ard confirmed m
less cause to the contrary thcreofhe shown
on or before the oath day OF August next,
provided a copy of this order be Inserted
il some newspaper printed in Allcgany
county once in each of three successive
weeks before the 24th day of August next.
The report states The amount of sale to
be eight hundred and tifLy dollars
THEO. LUMAN, Clerk.
True copy Test-THLo. LUMAy,
July 21-3t Clerk.
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBE
ERs.-A few of our patrons who have
paid us nothing for long time will
miss the JOURNAL after this week,
unless, meanwhile, they arrange for
its continuance. We have long and
patiently paid money out of our
pocket to purchase labor and material
in order to supply them with local
organ and representative of our in
dustrial and business interests. In
doing this we have fallen very short
of making fortune. Had we been
always promptly paid we would have
been able to afford a better paper.
But in the worry of trying to keep
expenses below The income much
mental force is exhausted which
might be expended more satisfactorily
upon editorials and locals. The case
has not been helped by the fact that
hundreds read the JOURNAL who DO
not take it-who take our labor aud
money without paying for them. This
is done by borrowing. We Asaow of
cases in this town where the JOURNAL
is sent for regularly every Sunday
morning. Is this right? Is it hon
est? At the risk of insulting every
body who does this sort of thing we
say it is not. Yet, for the sake of two
dollars, these people will send fifty
two times E. year to neighbor, and
send it back just as many times, max
ing one hundred and four trips. The
consequence is, the neighbor is vexed
Just so much and we are defrauded in
every way the question can be con-
sidsred. People are doing this thing,
too, who are not only rich in this
worlds goods, but rich IN christian e.
persencei
However, to those who have taken
but not paid for the paper, we started
out to say we are sorry to part with
you. We have done the best we
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CONSTABLE'S SALE
% F
REAL ESTATE
II NJ
FROSTBURG,NI MD

10y virtue of writ of teri tdclas, issued
ID by John G. Weis, Justice Of the
Peace Of the State of Maryland in and tor
Allegany county, upon a judgment against
Francis A, Maurcy and Dorothea Maurey
at the suit of Owen Hitchins and Adam l..
Hitchins, trading as Hi.chins Bros, SAID
writ bearing date of the 24th day of June,
1878, ! have seized and taken in eXerution
all the right, title and interest Of the said
Francis A. Maurey and Dorothea Maurey
in and to all that real estate in the town of
Frostburg known as
Lot No. 10 Of block No. 5 of Beall
lst addition to Frostburg, lying
on the corner of Maple and Loo
streets, and fronting so feet on
Maple and $50 feet On Loo street,
being the same property which was con-
veyed to said Dorothea MauIey by deed
from Nelson Beall and others recorded
among the land records OF Allegany
county. Said property is improved by a
Frame Dwelling House,
And hereby give notice that on
SATURDAY; AUGUST "a, 1878,
at 9 o'clock p, NJ, will offer at public sale
to the highest bidder in front Of the Grand
Central Hotel, in FrOstburg, the aforesaid
property, to satisfy said claim and costs.
Terms OF SaIe-CASH2
JOHN BRADY,
July21 Constable,
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FNsOLVENT'S NOTICE.

Robert Aceinn OEanoEag'E;p,,, r this ; s5th
His Creditors. that Robert McGinn give
notice to his creditors, endorsers, and sure
ties, tha ttc second Monday Of October
next is fixed for the said Robert McGinn
to appear in the Circuit Court of Allegany
county to answer such intcrrogatories as
his creditors, endorsers or surcties may
propose or allege against him; and that Il
copy of this order be inserted II some
newspaper printed il the lown Oh Frost
burg once u week for three successive
months prior to the second Monday OF
October next, as such notice.
'Ccet: THED LNMAN
July 6-3lu Clerk
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AWAY with all fences and keep your
stock at home! Feed them in your stables
or barnyards and make all the manure you
can Not before this sentence is carried
out to the very letter will farming he really
profitable? One of the greatest drawbacks
to improvements of landed estates is the
custom which has allowed cattle and other
stock to roam at will over the public roads.
The law which allows farmer damage for
destruction of his crops by predatory cattle
is mere farce. In such cases, most of the
nelghbors who are asked to appraisc the
damages don't want to be mixed up with
the case for fear of gaining the ill-will of
their neighbors, who in turn might APP
praise heavily against them. Therefore it
is often an imposibility to get persons to
appraise the damages. Hence many peo-
pie, in my neighborhood at least keep from
two to three cows and four or five hogs,
without owning single acre Of land
These cattle mum bering sometimes q hun
dred at a time, prey upon the farms, des-
and even if you get judgment against the
offending owners they do not own any
thing.
If you should have the audacity to pen up
predatory cattle lit is surely a delightful
job TIC pen up strange hogs which browse
in your contield) your barn is certain to be
| i'll danger.
Now all this can be avoided by a strict
and pcremptocy law, torbidding any stock
or cattle to be left too roam at large. Such
statutes exist to my knowledge in two
counties of New Jersey. viz, Camden and
Vineland. There they have a pound and
an officer who impounds stray cattle. Tho
penalty for stray COW is one dollar, a
sheep Or hog fifty cents, a stray horse, one
dollar ond 60 on Even the goats ere re
| membered with twenty-five cents. Ii all
fencing is done away with farming can be
| made profitable, for it costs generally as
much as Il farm is worth to keep it well
fenced for term of twenty years
Throughout my native land there is nc
fence to be seen. The laws concerning
stray cattle are very strict, And the IN,
hiassed mind will see the advantage to the
whole community at once-Ane7tcaa
| Farmer.
Let those read the above extract
from the american Farmer who are SO
virtuously inclined toward having
their neighbors keep up good
fences. We put forth this idea in
the outset as officially proper, and we
still maintain there is not as much
moral obligation resting upon the
garden-owner to protect his lot as
there is upon the cow-owner to take
care Of his cattle. The day is com
ing when "no fences" and "takc care
of your stock" will be the rules. We
are too "green" for it yet. but we are
maturing as the years roll on.
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'T'IIE annual meeting Of Stockholders of
z the FROSTBURG BUILDING AS
ISOLATION vii! De he'd IN Their office on
MONDAY, AUGU ST 5, 1878,
at 1880 O'clock p. n,,
for the purpose of electing officers and
directors.
All nominations to be made on the
evenings OF July 22d and Goth
BY order of the Board,
THOS. HILL,
July cote Secretary.
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aNsDAVENT's NOTICE.

Edmund L. D. oneslOhIstp aaR II .s III,
His Creditors. )1s18, that Edmund d.
Jone, give notice to his creditors, cnlors-
er3, and surctics, that the second Monday
Of October next is fixed for the said Ed
murd D. Jones 30 appear in the Circuit
Court Of AileSany county, to answer suc1
heterogeneous as his creditors, undorSers
Or surcties may propose or allcgc against
him; and that q copy Of this order be in
serted IN some newspaper printed III the
town Of Frostburg ONCE q week for three
successive months prior To the second
Monday Of October next, rs such notice.
Test THEO. LUMAN,
July 6 3m Clerk.
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49,, ,NvE0.SE0HSf
.aaiiilII FRAME DIV BILLING

Also at the same place and Immediately
after the above sale said Association will
(by virtue of a power Of sale contained in
a mortgage flom said Rachel j. Preston
and Joseph Preston to it, dated January
9th, 1876, and recorded in Liber T. i.
No. As, folio 413, one Of the land records
of SAID county, offer at Public Sale all the
following real estate in said town OF
Frostburs, viz;
Lot No. q of block % of Beall's lst
addition to the town Of Frostburg,
fronting Is feet on Hill street and
60 feet on Homecoming street, and
improved by DOUBLE TWO
STORY FRAME DWELLING and
other buildings.
Terms of Sale IN each caSc-CASH !
BRACE q RICHMOND,
July % Attorneys for Mortgage.
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New Advertisements.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

w E, the undersigned, give our heart
w lest thanks to the ST. JosEPu's Cor
NET BAND for their kind services rendered
us at our pic mic, July Goth. Wishing
them III long and happy existence, we re-
main respectfully,
July 81 ARION CORNET BAND.
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Nea0s and ian old subscriber" of the
Valley Times, each made the same
inquiry of his favorite paper about
"the distance of the sun from the
EARTH" The two able editors make
identically the same reply.
THOSE members of the Council who
think we can make more by advocat-
ing fire apparatus than denouncing
the repeal of the COW ordinance will
please accept our compliments. We
exhausted that question long before
these gentlemen were called to con-
slider it. In fact, their own present
discussions of the matter are an out
growth of our utterances five years
ago, when some of them, in COM
mon with many others, thought the
agitation all fol de roll. AS one OF
the oldest converts to an efficient fire
apparatus, we are still strongly in
favor Of it, and are looking expect
antly to the newborn zeal of our au-
thorities for some of the dread we
have cast upon the waters.
With reference to the COW question,
the present tone of our columns can
only be silenced by the re- enactment of
the ordinance. This done, we shall
applaud the Council to the echo, and
go hand in hand with it in the beauti-
full work of marching onward and
upward.
WE have received communication
signed from very intelligent quar-
ter which is too severe upon our
friends of the Council for publication.
We are willing to give expression to
popular sentiment upon all public men
and measures, but our i1iends must
not expect the JOURNAL to become
the vehicle of irony too caustic and
invective too cutting no matter how
elegantly written. Such writer's prob
ably forget that, Notwithstanding our
differences on the COW question, we
would not i'll an any way wantonly
wound the sensibilities of a MEM
Der of the council, unless he has first
laid unholy hands upon our feelings
This has been done already to a slight
degree, the only provooation being
that we have chosen to deno,lnce an Of
fetal act-a prerogative which doubly
belongs to us as a journalist and as
one Of the people.
P. S.-Since writing above we have
received another letter, signed X,
which is open to the same objections.
The people are with US, but some of
them are too warm.
Since reading the letter Of " Justice
we have inquired into the matter Of
which he writes, and find that both
parties are blamable. a bitter con-
troversy would be the result of the
publication of his letter, in which ne
would be worsted by both sides. The
weather is too hot friends for such
assaults.
We have also letter alleging that
there must be some evidence Of Mr..
O'Rourke's criminal character, or the
Superintendent of the Consolidation
coal company would not have SO
charged him to President Mayer.
The writer infers that Mr.. Thomas
owes it to himself to furnish the spec
ifcations. The JOURNAL. is open.
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ALL A M LIN Z !
STEAM BETWEEN
sDOa


BALTIMORE SXLHyERPOOA
Calling ut
HALIFAX and QUEENSTOWN.
Each way.
The splendid Screw Steamers ofthe above
Line will run as follows
Liverpool. Baltimore.
CASPIAN. July Q, July 81, 9 a m
Nova ScoTIAN... %, Aug ID, 8 q N
HIBERNIAN... Aug 6, %, pa IN
CASPIAN ..... 20, Sept II, 9 a m
Nova SCoTIAN. Sept 3, %, a m
And hcncctorth from Baltimore every
other Wednesday taking passengers and
freight to and from Liverpool
Storage Passage to or from Liverpool,
Glasgow, Queenstown, Dublin, or Belfast,
$2S, Currency. Very best accommodations
tor Storage and intermediate Passengers.
inexperienced surgeon is attached tocach
vessel. intermediate and Storage steward
csses carried by each steamer for the pur-
pose of attending to the wants of the fe-
males and children. For further partlcu-
lars, or passage tickets to and from Great
Britain, apply to
A. SCHUMACHER & CO., Baltimore;
in Frostburg to J. JANDORF,
July20-y Main Street.
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For SALE!
| Farm of As Acres

4 Farm OF 400 Acres
I'm the Baltimore and Potomac Rail
oroad, in Prince Georges county, Md,
with DWELLING, TENANT Ell
HOUSES, BARNS, CORN =
HOUSE and GRANARY WHA FI@
and all OUTBUILDINGS EfAN IH
needed for u FIRST-CLASStslz-- I-5..f-s
FARM-in good order, and land under q
high state of cultivation, well wooded, and
watercd by GOOD SPRINGS and TWO
RUNNING .jIGLAI.6 lnIoua Il Tic l,.I4i..
GOOD FENCING all over and around the
farm Fine local advuntages-near Post
Office, Churches and Schools. The owner
will take pleasure in showing the premises
and giving full information. For the
present inquire Of }. 3. ODER,
tpIroR MINING JOURNAL,
June s Frostburg, Md.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
FOUND.
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.

TNHIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the
J. subscribers have obtained from the Or
phans' Court Of Allcgany county, letters
testamentary on the estate of CATHA-
RlNE Z. KNODE, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof to the subscribers, on
or before the 9th day of January, 1879 :;
they may otherwise, by law, be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All persons
indebted TO said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given under
our hands this 9th day OF July, 1873.
JOSEPH KNOnE,
GEO. A. WINGERT,
July 13-3t Executors.
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STRANGE Co1NcIpENoE.-"An old

STRANGE COMMONWEALTH old
subscriber" of the Baltimore Sunday
Ne,Ds and Gan old subscriber" of the
Valley Times, each made the same
inquiry of his favorite paper about
"the distance of the sun from the
EARTH" The two able editors make
identically the same reply.
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FINDER and by virtue of the power
- Of sale contained in a deed of mort
gage from James Biddington and Mary
Biddington, his wife, to Marx Wineland,
Of Frostburg, Md, said deed of mortgage
bearing date of the 18th day ofNoyember,
A. D., 1876; and being recorded in Libcr
T. L., No. As, folos 1873 and 139, one Of
the land records of Allegany county, Md,
the said Marx Wincland, MORTGAGE as
aforesaid will sell at
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PUBLJC SALE

tle HILL ieColuS Oh AilcSdlly CouliIy, NH,
the said Marx Wincland, mortgage as
aforesaid, will sell at
PUBLIC SALE
to the highest bidder in front of the Grand
Central Hotel, in the town of Frostburg
| aforesaid, at II o'clock IL. M. on
Wednesday, Aug. 2tst, 1878,
all the right, title and interest of the said
James Biddington and Mary Biddington,
his wife, of, to ana in all that lot or parcel
of ground known as
Lot number ten, in block number
nineteen, of Beall's first addition to
the town of Frostburg, Md, situat-
ed on the western side of Main
street in said first addition, and
having a frontage Of fifty feet on
said street and running back one
hundred and fifty feet to an alley,
being one of the same lots or parcels of
ground which We're conveyed to the said
James Biddington by Nelson Beall and
Annie Beall, his wife, by deed bearing date
of the Goth day of December, A. d. 1878,
and recorded i'll Liber L. L. No. 40, folios
47S and 479, one of the land records OF
| Allegany county aforesaid. The said
! property is improved by a comfortable