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Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24

DEATH OF AN EsTlMABLE Young
LADY.-Miss Amelia Douglas, elder
daughter of John Douglas, Esq, of
Homecoming, died at four o'clock
Thursday afternoon, aged about %
years. Her funeral will take place
at Homecoming this Saturday. after
noon at one o'clock. Her great Vi
vacity and atiiity made her ex-
ceedingly popular with host of
friends and her patience during the
distressing afliction Of the last year
of her life endeared hee il an eape-
cial manner to her family. In the
hope Of restoration to health she re-
Gently went to Colorado, but was add
viaed to return Immediately, it being
manifest to her medical attendants
that she was rapidly passing away.
Her untimely demise is deplored sim
cerely by all who knew her.
WE have some names upon our list
several years in arrears for subs,rip-
ton. We have waited and watched
and "drnndel' when the pay-days
come, all to no purpose. AT length
we have come to the solemn concu-
sion to part with friends who have
scted as though Divine Providence
had placed us in position to work for
and serve them for nothing. 1t may
be, with many, however, as the Key
ser Tribune apollo. .atically states
Time hastens on and many don't realize
how soon another year has passed; but
when one, two, three and four years go by
without disturbing the pccuniary memory
of the weekly Tribune reader, then in the
course of human events it becomes ueces-
sary TO remind him or her of the great
principal underlyin all financial problems,
viz: to pay.
At any rate, it is all the same to
the printer; ifhe doesn't get his mon
ey through forgetfulness he is as bad
off as if he loses it by design. So
that if some who know they haven't
paid us for long time, don't square
up before next issue, they may con-
slider themselves very much surprised
if they get it.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24

In TRANsITU-A cold wave.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24
london E5Eems!.

OUR Reliable Asthma and incipicnt
Consumption Cures, Sold by Druggists.
Address, Home,
Frostburg, Nd.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24

TEXAS gives this year its largest
yield Of wool, 100000 bales of cot
ton, anl an unusually large crop of
corn
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24
All Amazing Offer.
SIS %.

The their
corlngy special o eaf st
To ALL received July,
CLOTH half
To sending place. special (usuy the
leading bookseller will
The
volumes when completed
q mi be a
remaining
solids
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24

IMMENSE beds of the fne5t blum
inous coal have been discovered west
of San Antonio, near the Rio Grande.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24

wurrun1.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-07-24

SHADED spots are seen or some OF
the new goods-espeoially on the ed
iior's sniff.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26

FRANK BURY was robbed and hanged
by some Cinnamon, several years ago,
near Gold Hill, Nevada. Soon after
ward he met one of the rascals and
killed him. A clever and plucky use of
his own knife had severed the rope in
time. A later exploit increased his rep
utation on the Pacific coast. He froze
the fingers of one hand, and physician
told him they would have to be ampu-
tated, at a cost of 500. He decided to
save the money by doing the job him
self. He fastened one blade of pair of
sheep shears in wise, stuck in his hand,
and struck the other blade hard blow
with a sledge. 1t was a successful oper-
alton. These episodes in his history are
oulled from his obituary, for he has just
been killed in bar-room row.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
LATNEE NFWa.

THE official vote of Oregon gives
Garfield 763 majority.
On the 10Th a boiler in Captain
O'Neal's saw and grlst mill, near Stevenson,
Ala, exploded, killing four men, wouuding
two fatally and two seriously. Carelessness
OF the engineer was the cause.
OFFICIAL vote of Massachusetts,: Gar
field, l65, i0s; Hancock, Ill $780, Weaver, 4, 54s
Dow, $50.
A. l.. DAVIS, one of the Judges of
Election at Danyille, Va, at the Presidential
election, was arrested on the 18th upon com
plant Of Joe Jones, colored, charged with vio-
lation OF the election laws of the United
States.
A PARIS telegram, on the 10Th. stated
that grave rumors of another NihiiRt con-
spiraCy In Russia, even more terrible aud more
carefully organized than any OF the plots
hitherto discovered, were ahOat there. II ia
10 be feared that ere many weeks, perhaps
ere many days, the country will have news OF
q catastrophe that may cost the Gar and
many Innocent people their lives The Gear
has lost much Of his popularity since his
morganatic marriage. Several high officials
attached 10 his person are believed TO have
relations with the Nlhllsts.
A LONDON dispatch on the 10th stated
that evletlons at Durham continued to be car.
rled out with great cruelty toward the fam.
ilies OF miners. Eighteen families were that
day turned into the street. The snow was
falling at the time aud the suffering Of the
children was most intense.
JAMESON, Pumas County, Cal, was
destroyed by fire ON the 10Th. The town con
tained about forty houses, including fine
hotel and three stores. The fire Is supposed
20 have been incendiary,
The St. LOuis Refinery and Smelling
Works were destroyed by fire on the 10th. The
hne was caused by the bursting OF one OF the
ametlng furnaces containing TWENTY-FIVE tons
OF molten lead. John Williams, the night en-
gineer, while attempting 10 save his clothing
was oHertakon by tie flames and burned to a
erisp.
The American Uaion Telegraph Com
pany intend to lay two new Atlantic cables
Immediately,
A DISPATCH was received by the
State Department. on the 18th announcing
that treaty had been agreed upon between
the United States Commissioners and the
Chinese Government on the subject OF imml-
grafton. The Department declined 10 give
particulars, but said IL was satisfactory.
The sugar crop Of louisiana partially
estimated, ia $4,000 hogsheads, an increase
Of 1,lOO hogsheads over 1879
The Philadelphia Ledger is authority
for the statement that Governor Cornell, OF
New York, Is torecommendi In his annual mes
sage that ex- Presidents be made life Senators
Of the United States. IL 10 understood that
Senator Conkling Is committed TO the scheme
and that II is 10 be pressed upon the attention
Of Congress aud the country.
en- AZ Utit5 a1urtyJJr 70 IA IIiu y,,,tt,,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26

WASHINGTON, November l9.
THE following statement OF the condition OF
corn, tobacco and potato crops was issued to-
day by the Department Of Agriculture.
The crop Of corn shows no Increase over that
of last year, but rather a slight decline for the
whole country. The Atlantic States all show
an increase, particularly the States OF New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania ana Virginia
The Gulf States suffered from drought in the
spring and too much rain during the summer,
except the State Of Texas, which almost
doubles her product. In the States north Of
the Ohio River, Ohio and Michigan increased
their yield, while Indiana aud illinois de-
creased. West of tho Mississippi River, Iowa
alone increased her yield. On the Pacific Slope
California shows an increase.
There was less land planted In tobacco this
year than last. The decrease was principally
in tho states Of Maryland and Virginia In
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin there was
decided increase Early in the season the
weather was not propitiOus, but in August
and September il was very favorable. The
average yield per acre, as reported November
i, is $40 pounds, against i9j last yea.
The area planted In potatoes was this year
about equal TO that planted in 1879 but in the
total crop there Is quite decline. Tue yield
per acre Is reported this year at an average of
VI bushels against 9S in 1879 and 80 in 1873.
Only three States-Texas, Arkansas and Cali
fornia-repOrt an increase in the yield. All
others report decline, more or less Insect
injuries arc not of general complaint, but
drought Is almost universally mentioned.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
The Care OF Books.

EVEN when books are bound the bind.
ings, not less than the contents, need
care. Each volume in a library should
be thoroughly busted two or three times
year, not only to keep them in all theiI
freshness, but to prevent any develop.
ment of insects and to detect any signs
of dampness. Ten golden rules for the
preservation of books are as follows:
l. Avoid dry heat as much as you
would a damp atmosphere; one destroys
as much as the other. The former will
affect the binding; the latter the paper
When reading keep all books from the
influence of the fire. Never keep any
books near the ceilings where the room
is illuminated with gas.
3. Never wet your fingers in turning
over leaves, but turn them over from the
head. Catch each succeeding leaf up by
the fore finger, on the top corner, as
near the fore edge as possible.
3. Never put cards or folded docu
ments into book, as it will break the
back. Keep such things in port
folio.
4. Never read during meals. CrumbI
and cheese are ruinous to books.
3. Never turn a corner down to KEEP
place, but put in a piece of paper pro.
iecting at the head, as a mark.
6. Never push or pull book along
the table. To avoid scratches put book
down fiat and firmly, and take it in like
manner.
Z. Never pull books out of the shelves
by the headband, or suffer them to
stand long on the fore edge. In doing
the former the back is apt to be pulled
or forced; by the latter the back gets out
of shape.
8. Always open a book in a gentle
manner, and with a reverent spirit-es-
pecially such as are newly bound-and
never coniine the leaves with the points
of the thumbs; in so doing it breaks the
backs. Lay it upon fiat surface, and
open it lightly, pressing upon the open
leaves, and, taking few leaves at a
time, go through the book until the
requisite freedom IS obtained.
8. Always use paper-knife or folder
to cut open the leaves of uncut books,
so that the edges may be smooth and
even.
10. Treat books gently, for they are
friends that never change. We benefit
by their ADVICE, and they exact no con
fessions.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
FOHEIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Pope has signed brief appoint
Ing Cardinal Jacobina Ponti6cal Secretary of
State. The Pope has also approved the con-
duct of the Irish Bishops In regard to the land
agitation in Ireland.
THE ship Galata, bound for Bombay,
foundered of Cape Clear. Twenty-one per
sons were drowned
A TEHERAN dispatch says Sheik Alb
dullah attacked the Persiaus at Uumiah on
the 18th, The loss was heavy on both sides.
The Kurds were repulsed They burned the
village and massacred 800 inhabitants in their
retreat. Fifteen battallons of Turks have
been sent to drive the Kurd invaders out of
Persia.
KING KALAKAUA of the Sandwich ISL
ands, Is coming to this country again.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
DOmestieated Animals Iu Europe and This
Country.

WAsHINGTC'', November Is.
THE Agricultural Department has prepared
a statement giving the number of domesti-
Gated animals In the United States and Europe.
By the table It is shown th0t there are in Eu-
rope u, ,573, ,683 horses, of which Great Britain
possesses 2,lOl, l0J Russia, 49, 100 600; Austria,
1,36L023; Hungary l,l51Sl0; Prussia, 2,2I8, ,T2I;
France, 27i2,fOs; other countries, less than
l,OOO,OOl each. The United States has but TO-
93S,TOO, or ~, ,9a3 less than all Europe.
Europe has l,l5603l mules and asses, Spain
having 23lO,Si6; Italy, 1922; France, iOj-
0l3; Portugal, lss,640; other countries less
than 10000 each. The United States has but
l,7l3,l0O or 2,42203l less than all Europe
There are In Europe sgB7s,ets horned cattle,
Great Britain having 5000, 100; Ireland, 4,l42-
400; Sweden, 2,0!d,3jO; Russia, 23,7i0 0J1; Aus
tria, T4252l2; Hungary5,a70 1913; Prussia, S8l2,-
l50; Bavaria, 80j0,23; France, HEEL l59;
Spain, 2,0j7,3Ol; Italy, 8,4s0, l25; other coun-
States has 83,23l,5OO, or 5B,4t3,7I5 less than
Europe.
All Europe possesses 19l, l,O28,sl8 sheep, Great
Britain having 30 1876 900; Ireland, 4,4s2,OOO;
Russia, 40, 5000; Austria, 502J,3 30S; Hungary,
l5,O,60g7; Prussia, 1864, ,l5s; France, 25,035,-
ia; Portugal, 2,7O8T77; Spain, - 485 O39; Italy,
6,95i,0I0; Roumnnla, 4,IS6,3l1; other countries,
less thun 100000 each. The United States has
8S, l25s0O, or 1856, 500, 43B less than all Europe.
There are in Europe t2,BSd403 swine, Great
Britain having 25l93OO; Ireland, 1,Oi2 244;
Russia, 0,nOl,OO0; Austria, 2,55l ,473; Hungary
4,443219; Prussia, 4,2iS58l; France, 5,755, $685.
Spain, 4,35l,75Gi Italy, l,653,5S2; other ooun-
tries, less than l,0OO,0O0 each. The United
States has 8,766, 100, or 7,92O,5O3 less than all
Europe.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.


COMMISSIONER RAUM in his report
recommends the repeal Of the tax on matches.
THENational Grange patrons of Hus-
bandry) met in annual session at Washington
on the 18th. All States of the Union were
represented.
SECRETARY SCHURz recommends in
his annual report an appropriation sufficient
10 pay the Poncss for their lands, provided
they return to the Indian Territory.
The Director of the Mint estimated
The amount OF gold in this country on the 1st
OF November at S525, ,6Sl, 1T9. The bullion in
the mint at thai date was valued at SSl, ,6O2 -
17s. The coinage Of silver dollars amounted
20 S72, S47,75O.
POSTMASTER GENERAL MAYNARD has
sent an order to the postmaster at Cincinnati
70 refuse payment Of money orders and re-
fuse 10 deliver registered letters addressed to
Byron II. Robb and others, proprietors Of the
"singapore Tobacco Co;' the "American
S European Secret Service Company;n the
" Incino Company" the Monitor Lamp
Company, nand other enterprises that are ex.
tensively advertised.
Or the Sl30,0O0,OOO held by the
Treasury on the 18th, about 50 100000 wa,
in coin, the remainder, SSOiOOO,OOO being in
coined bullion.
BmGADIER GENERAL ZrELER, of the
United States Marine Corps, died on the 18th.
The total exports of domestic bread
Btuffs from the United States during October
were S25, ,Tl1,45S, for the ten months ended
October 81, 1921, ,33s,O3O, against sos, ,OO5, ,34I
for the same period last year
FfpT,y- ury-F roiIroodg rryboea oorpipo pore
have been added together, show great in.
crease over the earnings of the same lines
upon a corresponding date in 1879. This in.
crease amounts TO S3,562614
IT is proposed TO put electric lights
In Government light houses. The expert.
ment will be tried.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26

A FORMER clerk in the Dead-Lctter ONCE
relates some interesting facts about people
who bunder He says; "a gentleman trav-
cling on business sent u letter containing
$500 to his wife at home. lie sealed the
envelope and deposited It I'm the mail
without any address whatever. After
the letter was opened at the Dead-Letter
Onioe we found that he had written but a few
lines, announcing his determination TO go
South, not mentioning any destination, and
signing George There was no clew TO trace
the wife and but a slight one to lind the writer.
After long search George was discovered
on the hotel register, the only person out Of
thirty-two OF the same name who had merely
signed his name without saying where he was
FROM, or whittier going
"Another case, somewhat similar was the
following; A letter was written, dated Astor
House, New York, signed 'Chaunocy,' inclos-
ing two thousand dollars to u lady as a re-
muneratlon for the care with which she had
treated his parents, The letter stated he was
going 20 Europe. The lotter was misdirected
and was opened at the Dead-Letter OHce. The
Postmaster Of New York was instructed to
make inquiries at the Astor House for Chaun.
oey, who, after some trouble was found, and
tho money returned to him the very afternoon
he left for Europe.
"rhe following are some OF the singular
superserlptons on dead lettersi
"'Ploase hand to my mother and oblige,
Mary
"Sal, II you want TO hear from your bo, you
had better come ana get this letter.
"' In this letter there Is twenty dollars for
Bob, and send Il this way so that the Post
master won't steal t.
mPostmasters, please deliver this 70 the
young lady living in the first house beyond the
wallet factory, that wears black dress and
sack, white straw hat and brown faoe-trim-
mings, Now don't make a mistake"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26

ANidlot who, perhaps, surpusses all rivals in
memory, and in capacity to make muthemat-
ical calculations in his head, was recently cx-
amined befOrethe students OF the Medicu-sur-
glcal Academy Of st. Petersburg. He is twenty
seven years old. In his youth he was noted for
his brilliant ability but was addicted to the
immoderate use Of liquors, and led a dissipated
life. He was attacked by an acute disease.
When he recovered he was found to have lost
all his mental faculties except memory and
the power Of mathematical calculation.
These increased proportionHtely as his
understanding and power of logical
thinking vanished. Now he Is a
living phonograph and calculating apparatus.
In the lecture room Prot. Merjevsky request
ed him to square numbers containing five
OF six figures, to extract the square roots
of like numbers, aud so on. All the questions
were correctly answered by the palient in a
few seconds. No mathematician present
could do anything like It. Then the Professor
requested some one to read poetry aloud for
several minutes, and the patient repeated It
as correctly as a phonograph. The Professor
declared to the audience that he was unable to
explain this psychlcal phenomenon. The mem-
ory and the calculating capacity of the patient
are still growing, while in other respects he is
becoming more hopeless idiot.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


GLEN CANADA, the Oldest negro In Virginia,
died few days ago at the home OF his rela-
tives, near Guilford, in Loudoun County,
Va, at the advanced age Of nearly one hum
dred and twenty-one years. When Clcm
was middle-aged, about sixty or seventy
years, he became the property of Mr..
Lee, a wealthy citizen of Loudoun
County He proved a worthy man and a
faithful servant, and enjoyed the fullest con-
tdence OF his MASTER who frequently intrust-
ed him with large sums of money and the
transaction Of important business Missions
AT the death Of the elder Lee provision was
made by will for the manumission OF Clcts
but, as the lattor could not at that time accept
his freedom and remain i'm Nir-
Finla, he removed to Pennsylvania, but
soon returned to Loudoun, and, surren-
dcring himself to the heirs OF his
late master, he was purchased by Mr.. Matthew
p. Lee, son Of his former master, for 800.
He continued in the service of the Lee fami-
ly until, by the proclamation Of President Lin
coin, he was again set free. Had he lived un-
til January, according TO a record still pre-
served In the Lee family, he would have been
one hundred and twenty-one years old.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26
WEST AND SOUTH.


A DIsPApCH from ST. Peter, Mimi, on
the 10th, stated that, owing to the excite
ment, 1t was almost impossible TO get com
plete list OF those killed aud hurt by the burn
ing of the Insane Asylum at that place the
night before. Dr. Bartlett thought that there
were not more than twelve lives lost and
probably as many more hurt. More of the
patients were hurt aud dying from exposure
TO the weather than from the burns received
Other people stated that as many az twenty
insane people either perishedin the flames or
died on the cold hills during the night
30 many Of the patients had disap-
pearod that II could not be told who
were dead and who ran away. Hun
dreda Of patients ware as helpless as children
and were seemingly shocked and dazed so as
10 render them almost insenslble. The OIL
GERS OF the institution were making every eff
fort to discover the whereabouts OF the miss.
ing patients aud take care OF those stlll there
The reai damage 20 the hospital building will
amount 20 SsOOOOO.
GOVERNOR WuTz, of Louisiana, has
appointed 7, q, Manning. ex Chief Justice OF
the sp,le supreme Court, 10 represent the
late spoiford ip the kellogg contest
,THE CorDDers Jury a. Denver, Col,
in the case OF the Chlnamen Killed there Oe-
tober 81, by mob, in their serdlct, given on
the 10th, eensure the city government for In.
efficiency and ineompeteney and state that
the mob could have been suppressed by the
regular police force had they fearlessly ar
rested the ring-leaders.
Two-THRDs Of the buildings IN New
port Ark, were destroyed by dre on the 18th.
About two hundred families were rendered
homeless. -
JosEPH Z. Brown has been elected
TO the United States senate by the Georgia
General Assembly.
FULL official returns of the California
election show that Henry Edgerton, Repnb-
nean Elector, received 507 votes more than
Judge Terry, lowest on the Democratic ticket.
and Is elected, The other Democratic Electors
have malorltles ranging from elghty-seyen TO
149 '0'''' "
GENERAL Pore, in his annual report
OF military affairs In the Department Of the
Missouri says the trouble with the Sioux In.
dians has always been In relation 10 their
tood' He says the Indian agents have been
In the habit Of punishlpg the Sioux and en-.
cent enumefdtiuHi Dut yNsss- --,,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26

W. II. JOHNSON, aged 55, bled him.
self to death at Honolulu, Sandwich
Islands. He left a note which ended,
" 1 want no priest or parson. am go
ing TO solve Ingersoll's problem"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-26

The Corean Government has for
bidden the sale of any native maps of
the country to Europeans, and even to
Japanese. The latter however. have
for some time past been very active in
surveying the coasts, and, when oppor-
tunity offered, the interiorof C0rea, and
their map, when published, will no
doubt prove very useful, as they have a
deservedly goodreputation for accuracy
In their cartOgraphical work