Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-04-23
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CARPET shaking and raising BIZ
dust generally is the housewives de-
light at this season of the year,

THE CUMBERLAND CLooK.-Hend-
lsY's Cumberland Historical and AS
Economical Clock exhibition closed
Wednesday evening after quite =
large Lum'rr Of our citizens had in
erected it. HE clock is of superior
workmanship and shows that an ex.
ptrienoei naeh;riat had put it ny.
II is different from any of the other
clo;k on exhibition. The large dial
on the front OF the structure is really
an astronomical wonder. The lit tie
lady playing the piano, and the old
mill and ship are ingenious pieces Of
mechanism. The figures Of the pres.
idents Of the United States walking
across the stage are very lite!ike.
Mr.. Hendley will exhibit his clock
throughout New England during the
coming summer.
THE excursion train feature of the
Cumberland Academy of Music enter.
tainments has grown to great dimen-
sions. Not less than eleven hundred
persons visited Cumberland Wednes-
day and Thursday 'evenings-a con
tribution Of $3.50 each to tho railroad
and the Maggie Mitchell company.
This shows that the people are will
ling to pay and endure great deal
for the sake Of some enjoyment. The
question arises = whether a large
amount Of consideration is not due
the people who sacrifice so much to
make up these excursions? Cur
judgment is that no person, certainly
no lady, visiting the Academy OF Mu-
sic, on these trains, should go unseatea,
An experience of this character is a
crucial test with many people. So
that if the Cumberland stage has
been a success only sine, the excur-
sion feature has heen fully Inaugural
ted, that element of attendance should
be cultivated and encouraged by all
possible expedients of comfort and
accommodation. In the first place,
if practicable, they should have ade-
quate space set apart for them in the
Academy. In the second, so many
tickets and no more, corresponding
with the space, should be offered for
sale at the several stations and trans
portation accordingly provided. This
would secure ease and safety in travel,
which are reasonable expectations.
We know such provisions are always
encountered with uncertainties, but it
is no great distress to a railroad com
pany to miscarry in calculation Sore
times. Popular caprice is hard TO
forecast, cut we notice 1t rays 10
make even half an effort to provide
alwaya for its most liberal displays
Perhaps there is more practical way
of doing this thing whatever it is, to
that We succumb with the guarantee
that all improvements in the direction
of ameliorating the niseries Of theatre.
goers from this section to Cumberland
will be appreciated by a grateful
people.
A MONSTER MEMORABILIA petit
ton, of which the following is a copy,
has been circulated among the people
of this region during the last ten
days. The large number of sigma
lures is significant of the feeling here
in behalf of the new enterprise. This
autographic document contained
1857 names spread upon roll 364
feet long 1t was laid before the
Board of Public Works yesterday
To the Hpnora1le, tie Board Of Public Works
Of tie State of Maryland:
GENTLEMEN-The miners, laborers, and
ether citizens of Allegany county Ie-
specially represent to your Honorable
Body that we hold an interest in the COM
pletion of the Georges Creek and Cum.
berland railroad to its lawful terminus
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal BASIN
scarcely second to any concerned; that
beth directly and indirectly our own and
the wcll-being Of thousands dependent
upon our labor is largely suspended upon
the accomplishment of the business pur-
poses contemplated in tho projection and
construction of the said railroad; that
whatever such projection and construc-
ton nay import to those thwarting its
aim and contesting its progress, its sue
cess means, to us, augmented development
of our resources and enlsrged opportuni-
ties for constant employment.
In sympathy with our concern in this
cause We are plea sed to observe that the
several laws, agreements, and contracts,
and adjudications interpreting them so lar
as the courts have been called upon to