Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-03-01
SNYDER is the king laugh-maker.
Go and and see him.

THE number of publishers who
prin, the "best paper in the county
is steadily CROWN.
SEVERAL of the Baltimore dailies have
the largest irculation.-Westm i'd
gocate.
Based on the fact, of course, that
each is "the best.
MARRIED.-At Borden Shaft, Feb.
IS, 1879, by Rev. William o. Petty,
Mr.. DAVID PLUMMER and Miss CARO-
LINE SETON.
At the residence of the brides IA
Their, Morantown, near Frostburg,
Wednesday, February 26th, 1879, by
Rev. J. Ruhl, Mr.. WILLIAM REPHoN
and Miss CATHAR1NE EMELIA ENGEL,
daughter of John Engel, Esq.
The regular monthly Sociable of
the Enh lish Lutheran church will be
held on Monday evening of next
week, Sd of March, instead of Tues
day as formerly, on account of Con-
ference meeting in said church at
that time. Only ten cents admission.
A pleasant entertainment will be pro-
vided. Go and encourage the ladies,
in assisting in reftting the church.
d. S. WRIGHT came to the front on
his annual trip supplying stores with
Fresh Garden Seeds and Wright 3
Anti bilious Pills and Pectoral Cough
Syrup. Ho found no draw backs.
Every merchant in Frost burg was
ready to cash up at sight, and take a
fresh supply. AL sold we'll and
received presents. Marx Wineland
sold $40 papers and received the hon
ner Brad. Berkebile helped distrib-
ute 35 fresh boxes in leas than two
hours Who says D. S. Wrights gar
den seeds won't sell is false prophet.
TEE ADVENT OF THE LENTEN SEA-
soN.-Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday.
The day takes its designation from
the fact that on it Catholics were &C
customed to confess their sins as a
preparation for Lent. The day is
also called Mardi Gras and pancake
Tuesday. Wednesday was Ash We'd
nesday, the beg ming of Lent and
was observed in the Ep scopal and
Catholic Churche'. At the latter
ashes were blessed and placed upon
the foreheads Of the congregation by
the officiating priests, who repeat the
words, Remember, man, that thcu
art dust and unto dust thou shalt re-
turn. y
The COAL TRADE The shipments
from the mines of the Georges Greek
coal region for the week ending
F, bruary 20, were 1868 tons, and
for the year to that date, lis, 8l9 tons,
an increase of II, 642 tons as compared
with the corresponding reriod of 1878.
T he shipments to the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad during tie week were
1880 tons, for the year, 97,907
tons, decrease Of ll3 tons as
as compared with 1878. The ship
ments to the Pennsylvania railroad
wero 1917 tons; for the year II 1872
tons, an increase of IA 500 tons as
compared with last year.
The heaviest coal shipper last week
was the Consolidation company, send
ing cut oil tons the New Central
came next with ,4lO. The heaviest
shipper of the year has been the Con-
solidation company, 37,752 tons; the
New Central second, 1856 tons, and
the Hampshire and Baltimore third.
10,O09 tons; none of the others send
ing out over 10000 TONS
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
Progress Of Inaprovements.-The work
of reftting the auditorium Of this
ediice, recently retarded by delay in
obtaining the stained glass windows,
has been resumed and goes forward
with gratifying progress. Thirteen
of these windows are memorials of
prominent communicates now deceas-
g.. tbs friends n..yo SHOW. o1.coi
lent taste in selecting the designs; in
deed it is difficult to say who has
manifested 'the most liberality and
fine Judgment in the matter. The
happiest feature connected with it
consists in the fact that the idea, now
realized, was almost spontaneously
adopted. Starting with suggestion
of A. G. Greene, Esq, that the friends