Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-01-25
FrOstburg, Jan. 80. 1879.

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DIED.-Near Pocahontas, Somerset
Co., Pa, Thursday morning at 10
o'clock, Mr.. Joseph Mckenzie, aged 90
years. His remains will be inferred
in st. Michaels Cemetery to-day.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT. - Tnasdqy
morning as Mr.. Patoe Hanson was
about entering New Hope mine on
some empty cars, Mr.. Peter HenselI
threw rail on one Of the cars, not
seeing Mr.. Hanson The rail struck
the latter in the abdomen and knock
ed him off the car. He was badly
hurt by the blow. We are glad 10
state that he was getting much bet
tet yesterday.
The Circuit Court Of Allegany has
been afflicted with a horrible stencil,
the origin or source Of which 40 fell
low has ieen able to find out until
last Monday, when the Times dis
covered it came from the feet Of one
Snodgrass. A firm in Piedmont pro-
poses to cure the court house stencil,
and the authorities will no doubt
make the contract and send Suodgrass
up.
BROTHER Oder, of the FrostbuIg jour
NAL, expressed himself highly pleased with
the representa- on of the Oratorio Of Queen
Esther in that place MondaT night. Our
journalistic brother is q gentleman oftastc
. Cumberland II'neS
We knew brother Eve to be q mild,
seductive sort of fellow, but we didn
suspect he would play his blandish-
ments upon our unsophisticated judy
ment of o1atoriog, or We would have
shown him that We were born and
brought up among oratorios.
SEVERAL miners have called our at
tention to an item in the Eckhart
news of last week concerning the con-
contract for timbering portion Of
Hoffman mine. It is SAID that our
correspondent neglected to state TIE
price at which the work was given
out, which was essential to The COM
pletion of the item. The heading is
reported to us as being 7 by 7 feet,
or 5 40 cubic yards per running
yard. The price given Is 81 per run
ming yard, or nearly 81 cents Per ton,
The former price for this character Of
work was is cents per ron and We
learn that this reduction has given
rise to great dissatisfaction. We
hope, however, that nothing serious
will grow out of it.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE
Since our last report the following
transfers Of real estate have been fled
by clerk Of the court Human:
Michael Sherry to W. r. Percy an!
Salem Humberson, q tract of land
near Frostburg; 5000.
Henry Grouse and wife to Andrew
J. Wilson, lots so and 60, on Wash
ington street, in McCulloh's addition
to Frostburg; 800.
Lloyd Lowndes, jr., administrator,
to W. Mcmillan, property at Eokhart
Mines $500.
John Ross to Sarah J. Lyons, lot
No. 9, Ross Il Michaels addition to
Barton.
Patrick o Reilley and wife, of Phil
adelphia, to James 0 Reilley of this
county, property near Lonacaning !;
$1,000.
QUEEN ESTHER IN FBosTBUEG.-
The excursion train from Cum berland
carrying The Queen Esther company
and number Of passengers from
Cumberland and Mt. Savage, arrived
in Frostburg Monday evening, and at
Soclock the curtain in Paul's Opera
House rose u0on the first act of the
brilliant Oratorio. Prof. G.. +. Cal
kins directed the entertainment, and
the ladies and gentlemen of his COM
pany executed the programme in fine
style. Although amateurs, they
showed proficiency and self-poases-
sion which spoke well for the dis
cipline through which they had
gone. The antique costumes display
ed admirably the fashions OF the
times they represented, and were Il
feature Of great interest to those able
to appreciate the historical signih-
canoe Of the performance. The fol-
lowing from the T'a:e9 gives The oL,.,-
acters and names Of the performers
Those representing the chief character,