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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11
State and County Taxes
For the Year 1850.
SPECIAL NOTICE 10 TAXPAYERS
OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ALLEGANY COUNTY,

OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF ALLEGANY COUNTY,
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Oct. 10, 1880.
rENHE attention of Taxpayers is especi-
L ally called TO the provision of the
New CGdc of Public General Laws which
says emphatically that the Collector shall
collect and pay over the taxes within six
months after receiving the books, and in
the event uf LIS failure 10 do 50 he shall
be liable TO pro. ecuton and .cycrc pun
ishmcnt.
This means that the Collector having
received the books on tie 9TH day of July,
1880, is Obliged by law, by his oath of OF.
flee, and the bond he has given fer tho
faithful performance II his duty, accord
ing TO Jaw, 10 collect and pay over the
taxes within six months, tnaL is by the
10th day Of January, 1881.
The Collector has no discretion in the
matter. Having accepted the Office he is
bound TO execute its duties in accordance
with the law, and he will therefore be
Obliged to c. llcct by the Summary procesa
of distress or execution n | taxes that are
unpaid on the 10th gay of January, 1880.
Notice is hereby giycA that all x bills
for 1880, in arrears On the 10Th Gay of
January, 1881, will be collected at once nv
legal process
TaXpaJ trs should therefore n.lkc pro.
vision to comply with the requircm nts of
law, 50 as TO pa their taxes Tor 80 be.
fore January 10th, 1881, and thereby save
costs trouble, &c.
The taxes are to be paid at the CnIIoc.
toi 5 office.
~ order of the County Commissioners,
l.. +. DEWITT,
~. ,. FROST, Clerk.
Collector
Office at John j, Kellers's Store, Frost.
burg, Md. Nov
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

ton of Charles Haggerty. Why is
he impr..soael? What did he do?
Simply laid his hand in friendly
manner on the chivalrous shoulder
of Boss Grumly. Did he hurt him ?
No. ALL Mr.. Editor, "the wicked
flee when no man pursueth."
The Meyersdale Commercial has
defled its pages by publishing fla
grant exaegerations regarding what
the petted ones can earn. 1t says
they can earn from fifty to seventy
five dollars per month, whilst those
miners who have been raised to min
ing cannot reach such figures, as the
companies books attest. Oh, what
mean thing it j. TO be guilty of; but
straw Oh the stream shows its de-
scending course. Truth should al
ways bring higher figures than unprof-
liable labor. The ant Of fixing and
corrupting juries and prejudicing the
press is nothing new little of the
Judas coin can perform wonders,
whilst it cannot shield such wolves
from tie opprobrium Of the unbiased
public, nor furnish food for the young
Haggertys. MANS inhumanity to
man makes countless thousands
mourn" This over. weight should be
nipped in the bud; it is of monster
growth aud would, without any Gull
ture, soon spread its Upas fbers be-
yond the State of Pennsylvania and
poison national prosperity. Like the
tea tax which our revolutionary faith
ers resisted, though it was merely
nominal, they foresaw the consequent
ces and the gigantic opportunities
it would provide for future strife.
The Legislative power ought to in
terfere in behalf of honest weight,
honest pay, and drive from their
once honorable State all this human
trough-system called company stores
"The laborer is worthy of his hire
the Scripture says. But at these stores
hs is only worthy of I'd, Sd, or 4th
class goods at lst class figures. The
writer has wrought in the State Of
Pennsylvania; has Leen subjected to
this "trough-system;" but lacking
Hessian proclivities, was driven away
into the brush to root hog or die"
Excuse me if l have trespassed be-
yond the limit of a column-enough
in which to extend the sympathies Of
this community for the sons of toll
discharged from the Shaw mines last
month. Hoping they will find con-
genial friendship to take them by the
hand, we remain yours, &c.
ISLANDER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

The Baltimore Gazette maintains
its prestige as one of the very best
papers in the country. With hand
some makeup, clean print, pertinent
editorials upon current topics, and a
daily repertoire of general news, it
provides all that the readers Of this
busy age desire.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

THIRE is fearful fear in and
around Cumberland that the new
Lunatic Asylum will be located near
some other place. To which the
Commissioners will leave in, as usual.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

THE County Commissioners adver-
tise for proposals of cites for the loca-
ton Of the Insane Asylum. In max
ing up your bids, Frostbureers, avoid
all idea of making fortune out OF
the transaction.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

q
Kind reader, dear, anil did YOU hcl:,
The news that's going ar und?
The key to open your pocket book
Has by WALTER b. SPILL been found.
His Christmas toys can't be beaten;
His CONNECTIONS pure and sweet;
And the attention you'll receive from him
Is really quite treat.
Il has dolls of all kinds and sizcs,
Fromthe China Patent, Gumand Wax,
Black, White, Chinese and Yankee,
With halr natural, jute and flax.
Vases, Magic Lanterns, Drums,
Banjos, Camp Chairs and Writing Desks,
Help to make up this grand assortment;
Also Casters, Dishes and Tool.Cht sis.
For the musical lie has Horns,
Trumpets, Pianos and Metallaphones,
With Harmoncas, Whistles and Buglcs,
That play i'll sweetest tones.
Work Baskets end Work Boxes,
Wall-Pockets OF every kind;
Satches, Brooms and Buckets,
In this store you'll surely find.
Trunks, Furniture Sets and Whips,
mars, DuckshWS ana CancS,
And Hobby Horses without rider,
And no one to hold the rens.
For the brave boy he has
Flags, Horses and Guns,
Watches that keep time,
And a Fire-Engne that runs.
Toilet Sets, Bureaus and Vaises,
An Express Wagon and "Shoo Fly"
Sleighs, Call Bells and Cabinets.
That will make you say "Oh, my"
Whistling Uonks and pretty Beads,
With Rattles for the little one;
Cars that will travel fast,
And Jumping Jacks-what fun
Moustache and Magic Cups,
With Mugs, Whips and Banks,
And Tin Soldiers in box,
That you can put in ranks
Nice States to draw upon,
Sterescopes to look through,
With Menagcries to please the boys,
And splendid Books for you.
Carriages that you can ride in;
Toy Pistols for your protection
Kitchen Sets and Noah's Arks,
Help to make up this collection.
Cigar Holders fer your Cubas,
Candlesticks for your candles,
Washboards and Wringcys for the cook,
Knives and Forks with solid handles,
Scales to weigh your coffee in,
And a Mill to grind it;
Also Stove to boil it, on,
With lighted fire you'll find it.
Sleighs the fastest ever made
With Books of History and of Fun;
Christmas Tree Ornaments by the million,
And Picture Frames for every one.
Cand!es-of every hue and pattern,
Both French and Domestic;
Figs, Dates and Raisins by the pound,
Which I'm sure won't make you sick,
To other things, too numerous to mention,
He calls your undivided attention;
Then let your dollars drop into the till,
OF Yours Respectfully,
Decd. WALTER B. STILL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

On THE WRONG TfACK.-We have
letter from w. j. Smith & Co.,
Meyersdalc, Pa, calling our attention
to and asking correction of state
ment in this paper of Nov. 9th con-
corning the alleged Salisbury riot. "
With reference to Charles Rogers,
whom these gentlemen denounce pref
ty roundly, they are pleased to char
acterize our statement as "false in
every particular" To set ourselves
right we will quote all there was said
about Rogers:
Charles Rogers swore that he was
miner; had worked in Smithley's mine
bank, but wouldn't "blackleg," so lost his
job. Left Salisbury Thanksgiving morn
ing. Didn't know anything about the riot.
It will be seen that this is S,0or7l
evidence, of which we gave a mere
synopsis. If there is falsehood in it
we are not responsible, and the pro-
per thing for Messrs. Smith & Co. to
do to get the matter Strengthened to
their liking is to have Mr.. Rogers
correct his testimony.
Messrs. Smith & CO. are much
obliged to us for not publishing their
letter in full as they seemed to desire.
The town council should give us
an ordinance at once to take effect on
and after January LIST, next, providing
for a municipal record of births,
deaths and marriages happening with
in our Limits. Such register would
involve no expense and but little Ia
Dor, and at the close of each year
would furnish interesting matter for
publication as showing our rates in
the lines named. By comparison 1t
is believed we can make better
health showing than any of our sister
towns of the State. Our population,
location and surrounding conditions
are such as to warrant the step.
We suggest, therefore, the passage
of an ordinance making it incumbent
upon all ministers, physicians and
coroner of the town, to provide the
town clerk record Of each marriage,
birth and death, coming within their
professional or official purview within
twenty-four hours after such occur
renee, and requiring the clerk to cor
rectly transoribe them in their order
in book for the purpose.
IT il almost in order for the aver
age city daily to make its annual ret
respect of things in general and to
announce its own platform of good
intentions for the future. AS a rule
it is better to look forward than back
ward, and if the JOURNAL was city
daily instead Of great country week
ly, it would likely do the same thing.
In other words:
If we were dear little club of boy,
We would try to be charmingly good,
And fill all our relations up trimful of joy
To see their young friend such n very
good boy
We would be just what we Should
So we would
We would be eS tremendously good
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

THE letter of Judge Black in this
Issue should be read by every citizen.
He writes trenchantly upon the sub
ject which must sooner or later be-
come a vital issue before the people.
The letter is addressed to the New
York Chamber of Commerce in an
swer to a series Of questions pro-
pounded by that body to prominent
men in various parts of the country
in regard to the right of railroads to
regulate prices, and respecting other
topics raised in considering tie sub
ject of Interstate commerce.
Let old readers Of the JOURNAL
remember, if they can, how we have
argued, albeit SO feebly, similar prop
ositions in behalf of the people.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11
GENERAL ITEMS.

IT is estimated that there are 100,-
900 tons Of anthracite coal frozen up
on the lakes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

B1TUMINoUs.-The Chesapeake and
Ohio canal is closed, and very shortly
all the coal will be removed from
Georgetown, most of the companies
having chartered sufficient vessels to
ship the Same. The shipments of this
region will now be reduced to the
usual winter quantity. The Clear
fell region is getting better supply
of cars, but does not feel secure in a
continuance of this good fortune.
Prices are somewhat better. The
outlook favors a fair winters bust
ness -Engine ering and Mining Jour
nal.
Bituminous is in good request, and
all the reports frcm the several pro-
ducing regions are to the effect that
coal is saleable far in advance OF the
ability of the car service that is avail
able to transport the same, Coal is
king, and the number of subjects in
the kingdom is increasing every
month. No one State that produces
the comr odity is complaining Of the
condition Ct business. Iowa, Ohio,
Indiana, Missouri, Virginia, Alabama,
Tennessee. Pennsylvania, etc, al will
show up larger productions than here
tofore, when this year $ returns are in.
Bituminous is bound TO be the source
of our supply of steam raising fuel, for
Anthracite is growing so much in ia
vor for domestic purposes, that it will
not pay to use it for steam. Georges
Creek does not show up very largely
fer the week ending the 37th ultino,
but is still 10000 tons ahead of last
year on the sum total. Clearfeld is
gaining steadily. The new railroad
int o the Georges Creek region is now
completed, and will be just in time
to do heavy trade next year, when
all the transportation facilities can be
had, will be most desiratle.--Coal
Trade Journal.
WE arei in receipt of some statistics
bearing on the coal and iron trades
of Wales, from which We CLEAN the
following figures, which are very sat
isfactory to that country The in
crease in exports CT coal from Cardiff
for the first ten months Of 1880, as
compared with the like period Of
1879 was 452,777 tons the increase
of the coasting trade was 1884 tons.
The only falling off was in patent
fuel, which shows loss of 1906
tons. The exports Of coal from
Swansea show an increase OF 1899
tons, and from Newport 81, 982 tons.
Engineering and Mining Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-12-11

men IN various pdies Va ono SooHAJ
in regard to the right of railroads to
regulate prices, and respecting other
topics raised in considering tie sub
iect of Interstate commerce.
Let old readers Of the JOURNAL
remember, if they can, how we have
argued, albeit SO feebly, similar prop
ositions in behalf of the people.
A FEW months ago it was seriously
argued in this county that the right
to punish its employees was one of the
prerogatives of railroad company.
The JOURNAL held at the time that it
was an unfortunate term for COM
pany to adopt as defining suspension
or discharge--that it was an expression
too severe for a corporation, whose
privileges at best are not equal to
those of an individual, to use with
reference to individuals. Moreover,
that the power of punishment was
reserved by the State to itself-to be
exercised after due trial and convic-
tion.
Now, let us turn the focus of Judge
Blacks logic upon this point:
The corporations who have got into the
habit of calling themselves the owners OF
the railroads have no proprietary right,
title or claim to the roads themselves, but
mere franchise annexed to aud exercise
BILE thereon. They are agents of the State
for the performance of a public duty.
If the railroad company are there
fore merely the licensed agents of the
State to conduct certain of its thor
oughfares, where is the public duty
to punish anybody?
Then, speaking Of the States right
to control and regulate freight charg.
es, he says;
This is power of which no free State
can disarm itself by any act of its judicial,
legislative or executive officers.
How much less can the State strip
itself CT the sovereign power to pun
ish it's citizens?
The Meyersdale Commercial has
sounded terrific alarm, and tie stur-
dy agriculturists of Somerset APP
pear to be on the qui vave. Several
hundred miners of the Meyersdale
and Salisbury regions-a mere hand
full of Somersets population--agita-
ted by inadequate pay through the
villainous policy which exacts from
25 to 80 per cent. overweight, have
stirred the staid old county from Dan
to Beersheba. Every sententious ut
terance OF recent editorial sounds
q note but little let's alarming than if
the core OF the borough was threat
ened with an incursion of one hum
bred thousand redskins.
1t is just to cay, however, that this
and all such troubles have come about
through wrong policies. The opera,
tors have adopted indirect methods
of getting some work for nothing, and
the miners have not been fortunate
In their movements for redress. Grim
ination and recrimination follow, the
operators generally managing to get
the press and public to believe that
all the wrong is with the miners.
And, strange to say, an otherwise i'm
partial public gulp down anything
said against the miners more readily
than if uttered against any other
class. Stranger still, commonwealth
noted for opposition to human thral-
dom in every shape, are the quickest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-22
How She Revenqed Herself.
[From the Carson (Nev.) Appeal.


A couple of weeks ago a little woman
and two children made their appearance
at the Grand Central, in Tahoe City,
Lake Bigler. The woman was plainly
dressed and so were both her children.
They were not taken much notice of, and
no one called to make the acquaintance
of the modest little lady in plain clothes.
Then the woman who saw herself snub-
bed every day, got her dander up and
sent down to San Francisco for the
balance of her clothes and likewise her
children's. They came. Next morning
she appeared at the breakfast table with
a toilet from Worth, and her diamonds
dazzled everybody.
ooh, good morning, Mrs. Smith, %
came from all sides.
But this was only the beginning of
the toilet boom. At lunch she was SIM
ply magnificent, and at dinner overpow-
ering. She had nine Saratoga trunks to
draw from, and her little daughters
evening dress created regular furore.
Now came her turn to put on airs. She
simply treated every one with the coolest
kind of politeness. Of course she was
civil, but didn't overdo cordiality to any
extent. After overwhelming the place q
few days with an avalanche of style, she
sent them back to San Francisco and re-
sumed her plain $25 suit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-22
Death from OverWork.
From the st. james Gazette. I

1t was a saying of Sir George Lewis
that, although he had heard of many
persons killed by idleness, he had never
met with genuine case Of death from
overwork. It cannot be denied that i'll
nesses attributed to excessive mental
labor are often due to other causes of a
less elevated kind-such as indigestion
produced by want of exercise, or neglect
of simple rules as to diet; but, on the
other hand, deaths from overwork are by
no means unknown in the present day
among those engaged in physical labor.
A melancholy case of this description
formed the subject of recent coroner's
inquest at Sheffield The deceased was
a striker at some steel works. ''Strik-
ing" is an occupation that involves a
great strain on the physical powers of
those engaged in it, and may be de-
scribed in every sense of the term as
"hard labor It being necessary to get
out an important order at the works, the
men were told one day recently that they
must work all night. The deceased con-
tinued to work accordingly through the
night without cessation; nor did he cease
from his labors until past noon on the
following day, when he fell down and
died suddenly, his death, according to
the finding Of the jury, being due to ex-
haustion caused by overwork.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-22

"consented to commit the crime on the
promise that madame made me, that she
would marry me and give me half the
money that [ would thus procure her.
The deed done, / gave her the rest of the
arsenic, and asked her to keep her prom
Use. She formally refused, saying she
was not so stupid: that she had now the
income of four hundred thousand francs
and her liberty, and would not dispose of
either In my favor. L then threatened
to denounce her, and she laughed at my
threats. then went up in her room to
get the package of arsenic--the proof of
the crime. 1t was not there. Madame,
guessing my intention, came up behind
me and gave me the blue paper still filled
with the white powder, and told mo to
go to the magistrate, which I have DONE
Here is the poison"
They sent at once for pharmacian
who declared it was arsenic, and mad
anne and Joseph were arrested. They
commenced at. once to investigate the
affair. The body of the deceased was
confded to a chemist to be analyzed.
No one doubted the guilt of the persons
accused
But there suddenly happened some
thing very Arrange. In spite of his
preparations, his walls and mis- skill. the
chemist could not find one trace of
arsenic in the body. The powder, how
ever, in the paper was arsenic, and
Joseph swore to have given some to M.
Benoit 1t was past understanding.
The case went to the Supreme Court.
Nine. Benoit declared that Joseph, who
persisted in his affirmations, was an
infamous liar; that she gave him nothing,
promised him nothing; that her hus-
bands death was natural She had shut
the door in Joseph's face, weary of his
entreaties, and in his anger he had tried
to ruin her. Innocent of the crime of
which they accused her she commended
herself to the justice of man while wait
ing the justice of God.
This attitude combined with her great
beauty made no slight impression on the
jury and the public. A clever lawyer
undertook her case and obtained an easy
acquittal
To-day madame lives in peace, rich,
and surrounded with numerous adorers.
One of these days she will make bril-
liant marriage.
these: Nine. Benoit decided upon the
death of her husband with Joseph, and
had given him first package which he
had used, but instead of containing
arsenic, as the last one did, it contained
simply sugar. While Joseph admins
tered the harmless stuff to NJ Benoit,
Nine. gave him morphine and thus killed
him.
While believing to ruin her, her lover
had but aided her plans. Decidedly, she
was clever woman.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-22
Mr.. Ruskin on the Classics

Books being cup" just now, I hear
that the great Mr.. Ruskin has been weed
ing out his library, and some of his
works have brought absurdly high prices
at recent auction, not for the rarity
and excellence of the books, but because
they belonged to Ruskin; such is the
folly of the age. But, as usual, the
money went into the pocket of the book
dealer, and by very cunning little de-
vice. Mr.. Ruskin was asked if he
wouldn't just write line on the hy-leaf
of the rejected volumes with his initials.
So, in his innocent and frank way, he
wrote on his Demosthenes' Orations,
"Old school trash; never read line of
it. J. R." and on his Pliny, "Poor stuff,
not worth the paper it's printed on, y and
so ON. These books, with their quaint
comments, sold for twenty times their
real value.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-22
Couldn't Leave NV Mother.

lJOnn huSkln, IN Nineteenth Century.
But the other day I went for an after
moons rest into the cottage of one of our
country people of old statesman class,
cottage lying nearly midway between
two village churches, but more conven-
iently for down-hill walk toward one
than than the other I found, as the
good housewife made tea for me that
nevertheless she went up the hilf to
church. "Why do not you go to the
nearer church ?" I asked. Don't you
like the clergyman ?" "Oh, no, sir, :"
she answered, sit isn't that; but YOU
know I couldn't leave my mother. :"
"Your mother! she is buried at Fl -,
then ?" eyes, sir; and you know that
[ couldn't go to church anywhere else. %
That feelings such as these existed
among the peasants, not only of Cum
berland, but of all the tender earth that
gives forth her fruit for the living, and
receives her dead to peace, might per-
haps have been, to our great and endless
comfort, discovered before now, if
Wordsworth had been content to tell us
what he knew of his own villages and
people, not as the leader of a new and
only correct school of poetry, but simply
as a country gentleman of sense and feel
ing, fond of primroses, kind to the par
ish children, and reverent of the spade
with which Wilkinson had titled his lands;
and [ am by no means sure that his in
huence on the stronger minds of his
time was anywise fastened or extended
by the spirit of tunefulness under whose
guidance he discovered that heaven
rhymed to seven and Foy to boy,