Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-01-08

The cold weather is curtailing the
oil production.
THa Commissioners have been in
session during the week. Routine
business mostly.
SEE advertisement of "a Rare
Treat" and then patronize it when it
comes-Jan. 18th, next.
New YEARS Day was very gener-
ally observed by our citizens Sleigh.
ing was the order of the day.
YESTERDAYS Times was dated
Jan. 9th" Anybody writing Sun
day editorial entitled prospecting
for Goal" on Friday ought to have
the Asylum. Lot EN- have it?
CIRCUIT COURT commenced its Jan
uary term last Monday. a large
number Of appeal cases disposed Of.
The grand jury is understood to be
extending its inquiries into new fields.
AN Ohio subscriber writes:
=, Enclosed find check 1st National Bank,
Columbus, Ohio, in full OF subscription TO
date. Please continue the JOURNAL to
my address, as it is by far the best paper
published in my old home -
ACKNowLEDGMENT.-William Sta
pies, Esq., selected from his poultry
yard a young, plump turkoJ, and
sent it to us for New Years din
ner. The poor printers family was
made glad, and Mr.. S. is gratefully
remembered.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS Hon. a. j.
Colborn, Of the p nnsylvania House
of Representatives, has favored us
with several valuable public docu-
ments.
The Congressional Record reaches
us through the thoughtful kindness CT
Hon. M. G. Urner.
COLD WEATHER WEsTwARD.--A
letter from James E. Barnard to his
father, dated Spring City, New, Dec.
"a, states that "a stage left Bellville,
Idaho, week ago with two passengers
for Blackfoot, distant 1875 miles, and
has not since been heard Of. Sup
posed to be lost in the snow"
DELIGHTFUL.-It's real nice to
have the boys slap us on the shoulder
and say go ahead-we'll stand by
you Speak good words fer the
town and region and the miners !
Help us to keep our wages and we'll
keep up the paper-whoop-ee !" But
then. when we hear of some fellow
wondering whether Oder pays any
thing for the paper he prints the
JOURNAL on?" or "what he and his
hands do on the other days of the
week than Friday ?" and, while af-
fecting to despise "blacklegs,' try to
make one out of US by proposing
work eff we will do it lower than
Cumberland" the revulsion lands
one, temporarily unconscious of the
omnirotent power of restraining
grace, into state of exstatic cussed-
ness. But people who do this forget
themselves altogether. We know
they do, or they "would do by US as
they would have US do by them"
ANNUAL MEETING--A Sound, Sol.
cent haStitu,aon,-An interesting
meeting of the stockholders of the
Frcstburg Perpetual Building Associ-
alton took place last Saturday even
ing.
AT the close of usual routine Of a
regular meeting the secretary's re-
port was read showing that out of the
net profits derived from the opera
tions of 1880 the directory were en-
abled to declare a dividend of six
per cente1m.
This was followed by the report Of
the Committee of Audit, Rev. ]. Ruhl
and Messrs L. H. Gehman and J. S.
Metzger, who, finding all correct, re-
cite:
Your committee would congratulate the
stockholders upon the excellent manage
mcnt Of the affairs OF the Association. We
believe tie closing o the present series
will demonstrate that this Association has
been one OF the most successful institutions
of its kind in the county, and perhaps in
the State.
We would, therefore, strongly recon-
mend1the issue at an carly day ola new is
sue of shares, believing the improved con.