Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-06-05

PERsoSAL.-Charles Shaffer, for
merly of this place, now of Clearfeld,
is in town.
John Matthias and wife, of Balti-
more, are stopping for the summer
with Mrs. Richard Beall.
]. Hill Thompson, OF the National
Labor Tribune, Pittsburg, Pa, cley-
er, intelligent gentleman, is in this
region in the interest of that excellent
paper We are indebted to him for
several calls, particularly for a fiat
tering notice in his correspondence
from this place.
Judge Pesrre's decoration address
at Antietam was a chaste, liberal, ell
oquent tribute to the virtues of the
Nations Dead.
Hsrtz Bear, very sick last week, is
out again.
Miss Mary R. Porter, daughter of
John L. Porter, Esq. of this place,
acquitted herself handsomely at the
late annual commencement of the
State Normal School. During the
session she was promoted from class
A to @, attaining in the latter an av-
erage of rs out of 100. In the same
class Miss Helen Percy Sloan, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Sarah Sloan, of Lonacon-
ing, achieved an average (94) which
placed her first. These ladies are at
home, as also Miss Ida Engleby,
daughter of Thomas Engleby, Esq, Of
Homecoming, whose progress in study
was very creditablo. We are happy
to note good reports from Allegany
ladies they show that we are on the
up.grade-that the rising generation
is really rising.
George M. Perdew, formerly of this
place, lately of Brooklyn, N. Y, has
returned to resume his residence here.
Miss Lille Miller, of Virginia, will
spend the summer with D. s. Fately.
Miss Marion Grove, of Sharpsburg,
Md, likewise with John s. Grove,
her brother.
Mrs. Mary Croft returned Monday
from the east with an extensive stock
Of millinery goods for the ladies.
The papers chronicle the marriage
of Arthur Shriver, of the Cumberland
NeaOs, with a daughter Of Judge
Motter, of Hagerstown, Thursday.
She is reported winsome young la
dy, altogether worthy of the tip-top
young man who gains her favor.
Mrs. Kemble, of Philadelphia, Pa,
is visiting her father, Robert @.
McCulloh, of this place.
One doesn't often see as much good
sense crammed in the same space as
in the published interview of the Bal
tlmore Sunday NeaUs with Hon. VIM.
Walsh, of this county.
Charles Taylor, wife and child, of
Missouri, visited friends in this place
this week. Charles is son of Levi
Taylor, and formerly resided here.
J. E. ]. Buckley, of Cumberland,
stepped in the other day and smiled
radiantly upon us one of his broadcast
and blandest. He is employed upon
our good contemporary, the Times,
and of course adds something daily
to the interesting contents of that
excellent journal.
Messrs. Nelson Beall, Enoch elise
and John Preston, have been appoint
ed by the County Commissioners ex-
aminers of the proposed new county
road from Frostburg to Bowery Fur
mace, and Messrs. L. M. Gorsuch,
Thomas G. McCulloh and Richard
Beall, of the route for a new road
from Frostburg to PomFey Smash.
DIDN'T LIKE HIS Own LOOKS
A Erostburg turkey gobbler while
promenading tho porch of residence
whose windows reach to the floor, saw
reflection OF himself in one of the
panes. He was psttled with this ap-
parent intrusion upon his domain
besides, he didn't like the insolent
conduct of bird that would mimic
80 exactly his own pride of life, rustic
of feathers and royal strut. He
sidled up to the image; and the i'm
age sided up to him. There was
then a mutual oscillation of the head
from si,le to side, sudden turn, and
a savage whack, leveled at the i'm
ages impudent jaw, smashed the pane
into vulgar fractions.
THERE it is again The Inspector
of Mines disagrees with us too about
mining matters. We advise him to