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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-10-14

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-10-14

DIED. : At Midland mines, on
Thursday, October II, 1882, FRAN
CTS PAUL ENNIS, son of Frank F. ana
Mary G. Ennis, aged l year and 9
months,
Mr.. Maher, of Ocean, lost two chill
dren last week with diphtheria.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
Several Narrow Escapes.

Fire iH the Riverside Hotel, Bridge port
 The Riverside Hotel, Bridgeport, took fire in @ store room yesterday morning at 5:30. By prompt work the fremen saved the build ing, but three rooms were damaged by fire and the building was flooded with water. The St0radtsrd says: ssThe store room in which the fire originated contained two Brussels carpets, some mattresses and other property belonging to MT. C. schilds, pro- prietor of the hotel, all of which was ru- ined, causing loss of about $1, ,OOO. Mir. Schilds had $2, 100 insurance, so that his loss is fully covered The servant girls lost all their clothing except what they had on. A nephew of Mir. Schilds, who was sleeping in an adjoining room, was aroused just in time to make his escape, as the furniture of the room was badly scorched A. O'Brien, who occupied & room over the store room, was carried out by Mir. Schilds in an insensible condition, the result of smoke Charles Platt lowered himself from the third story, by tying sheets and bed clothes together, and had bad fall when near the ground. The fire burned for over an hour and attracted large crowd. The ground floor of the building was occupied by stores and offices, which suffered from the fire and water, all being flooded. Dr. A. J. Smiths office was damaged by fire and water to the amount of $75, on which there was no insurance. J. W. Smiths grocery store suf- fered to the extent of about $1 1000 from fire and water and was insured. Charles Lees crockery, toy and furniture store was dam aged from $1,5OO to $2,O00 by water and was insured. The cause of the fire is not known, but Mr. Schilds thinks it was the work of an incendiary"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
Personal.

O. c. Coggins, of PFC Dixwell avenue was badly bruised Wednesday evening by falling down the elevator well in Atwater's block, at the corner of St. John and Grand streets.
 MT. Warner of Hamden, has received sev- eral letters of late from persons who think they have seen a man answering the descrip. tion of his missing son, Starr G. Warner, who was last known by his friends to be alive in Hartford on December 26.
 Miss Jessie, daughter of B. A. Bradley died somewhat unexpectedly on Friday last She was naturally of delicate constitution and had been suffering for some time with malaria, but was supposed to be improving when chills set in, very hard one seizing he, on Wednesday, from the effects of which she did not rally. Miss Jessie was just develop ing into womanhood, and in her death the bereaved parents lose an affectionate and du tifu1 daughter and her many friends sincere and lovable companion. Vaz1ey Sentinel.
 Mir. Charles Clapp, 85 years of age, a highly respected citizen of Wethersfield, was stricker with paralysis on Wednesday.
 MT. John S. Griffith, teller of the Bridge port National Bank, Mir. Beers, of the Spring Perch company, and Mir. Edmund Warren started Wednesday afternoonfo for Jacksonville Florida. a.-St0n007d.
 John H. Strong, formerly superintendent of the Housatonic railroad company, and since that connected with the paper manufacturing business died Wednesday night at Stock bridge, Mass.
 Fred D. Foss is at the Elliott House. He represents the Willie Edouin Sparks company who will give Dreams, or Fun in Photo graph Gallery" at Cummings New Haven Opera House on Friday and Saturday even ings-with matinee on Saturday-Fe February 3d and 4th,
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
Professor Hoppin's Work on Homi-
From the Boston Advertiser. ]

From the Boston AOVertlserl
 Professor James M. Hoppins work on Homiletics, or the art of preaching, is noble volume, and forms the latest edition of the authors treatise on the Office and Work of the Christian Ministry, part i. while part il. will appear as Pastoral Theology. This divi- sion is demanded by the subject itself, preaching and pastoral care being so unlike as to be rarely united in one man. Good preachers are usually poor pastors, and the best pastors-one feels like adding God bless them-do not generally receive compliments for their sermons. Professor Hoppins treat ise on Homiletics is, we think, the largest and most systematic work of the kind in any language It is also one of the very best. Its praise, and just right for %he theological student. Whether certain chapters might not have been condensed is, perhaps, fine question for what young man can read and digest eight hundred pages on question of methods alone? Professor Hoppin drags in the whole subject of rhet- orie, with it's ''invention," Individuality" " purity" etc. He might just as we'll devote hundred and fifty pages more to logic. turn, is decidedly meagre and omlts the most important of all, which is consolation For the function of all religion consists in giving hope and comfort to the anguished l soul But as whole the book is a singular ly noble performance, and it deserves spe cially generous praise because our theoio gians are not in the habit of printing treat ises that show familiarity with the literature of their subject If there be another theo logical work of such excellent workmanship published in this country, we have failed tc | sea if
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
A Learned Man.

Monomantac on the Subject of Birds
 Tracks-His Death at the Insane Hos-
 pital-An Old Yale Graduate.
 Joseph Barrett, M. D., died of apoplexy at the Hospital for the Insane, Middletown, on Wednesday. The deceased was a learned man, and once prominent physician, of fine social position. The Post says: "He was born in England, January z, 1796, and was the second oldest of family of nine chil- dren, five sons and four daughters. He was, therefore, at the time of his death, S5 years and nineteen days old. He came to this country when about 25 or 26 years old and was employed, on his coming to Middletown, as professor of botany and mineralogy, in the year 1926 or whereabouts, in Captain Partridge's American literary, scientific and military academy, which was established here in 1924, and is now the Wesleyan University. He was graduated an M D. at Yale in 1884. He used to deliver lectures on chemistry to the towns people in the Mansion House Hall and illustrate them by experiments. Later on in life he claimed to be, and probably was, the discoverer of bird tracks and fossil re- remains in the sandstone regions here. He did not, however, confine his researches to these localities, but made extended tours about the State and elsewhere. So deeply was he engaged in this work that he neglect ed his profession and became monomaniac on the subject of bird tracks. He saw all manner of fossils in the city walks, which no other eyes were able to see, and in his pere- grinations about the town would stop sud- denly, look at stone whip out 8 sheet of wrapping paper, and. laying it out on the walk, would draw upon it whatever his fancy painted it, write the place where the stone lay and the date of it's discovery. His room at one time was filled with these draw ings, stones of all kinds, Indian rel ics, etc. He was an excellent botanist and mineralogist, and some museums have been enriched by his contributions to them, particularly that of Wesleyan Univer- sity. He understood the Indian language, paid much attention to it, named our rivers, the avenues to the Indian Hill cemetery, and other places hereabouts with Indian names. A few years ago he became incapacitated so as to be unable to do any business, and later on he had softening of the brain and was re moved to the hospital, where he has since been kept until his death The funeral ser vices will be held in the mortuary chapel on Indian Hill cemetery at p. m. Friday. Friends are invited to be present.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
The Charleston Trip.
Suit For $3,OOO Against Quartermaste te

Suit For $3,OOO Against Quartermaster
 General Harbison.
 Before the First regiment went to Charles ton a contract was made in behalf of the State by Quartermaster General Harbison with the owners of the steamer Charleston to convey the excursionists from New Haven to Yorktown and Charleston and return to New Haven for the round sum of $6 OOO, one half of which amount was paid in ad- vance.
 The Legislature had appropriated S3, ,OOO toward the expenses of the trip, the under standing being that the regiment would make up any amount in excess of the appropria- tion But 1t was provided in the legislative resolution that the expenses of the Governor and staff and the Yorktown commission should be paid by'the quartermaster general. The experiences of the trip are we'll known. The regiment and all hands came home by rail at an expense considerably above that | which would have been necessary had the | steamer been considered seaworthy The captain of the Charleston loaded his vesse with cotton and returned direct to New York The sequel to all this now comes in the form of suit brought by the owners of the vessel against Quartermaster General Harbi | son to recover the balance of the contract price paid ($3, ,O00), and the papers have beer served upon General Harbison to appear a the next term of the United States court a | New Haven. Of course the State cannot b' sued, and the claim is made against it's agent The writ IS brought by ex-Governor Ingersoh as attorney for the vessel owners. Genera Harbison has placed the matter in the hand of Judge Harrison, of New Haven, and Josepl | l., Barbour, of Hartford
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
The Deadlock Broken,

Election of Commissioners fn the DIffer-
 ent Boards--One Republican and One
 Democrat Elected.
 The Board of Aldermen met in the Alder mems chamber last evening pursuant to ad- journment for the purpose of selecting mem- bers for the different commissions. By virtue of the election of a Republican Alderman in the Eleventh ward the deadlock was broken and nothing remained but to select one Re- publican and ono Democrat on each of the Boards of Public Works, Police and Fire Commissioners. Alderman States presided and Alderman Studley acted as secretary
 First in order was the selection of mem bers of the Board of Public Works Alder man Mix nominated Jonathan W. Pond and Alderman Benton named Joel F. Gilbert The result of the ballot was that Mir. Pond received 15 votes and Mr. Gilbert B. They were declared elected.
 For Police Commissioners Alderman Faul haber nominated William B. Catlin, who re ceived IA votes, and Alderman Sheldon nom mated Frank D. Sloat, who received votes For Fire Commissioners Alderman O'Keef | nominated ex-Alderman Redmond, who re | ceived IA votes, and Alderman Farnswortl nominated John Ruff, who received votes and Benjamin F. English received 1 vote The two persons receiving the highes 1 elected.
 l The Board after being in session only abou 1 ten minutes adjourned.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27

I. lot of very fine all wool Misses Hose, the remainder of about 50 of the best styles, goods that sold (according to size) from 75c to S1.3O pair, will be sold without regard to size at 56c pair. Most of them are the larger sizes worth soc to $1.3O
 II. A small lot of Real Laces at about a fourth part of former prices. To ladies who can appreciate the value of real lace this is an opportunity.
 very fine quality and good width, reduced from $3.25 to $2.5O. Very elegant Silk and Hair Plush reduced from $6.5O and $7.OO to $5.75.
 ". A lot of Fancy Colored Satin Stripes reduced 25 per cent. A large lot of remnants of Colored Silks, all excellent goods reduced from $1.25 and $1.37 to $1.OO and S1.IO Another lot reduced to S5c, and still another made up of various grades, marked down 374
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27

per cent on the average of the lot. V. Two or three odd lots of yard-vide bleached Cottons now quoted in the whole
 sale market at T and 7i net, without dis count, we will close out in retail at 7c An- other we'll known make will be sold at 6c
 VI. A lot of Gentlemen's Fancy Half
 Hose, very elegant 4Oc and 50e goods at 25c
 This is a very great bargain, as there are no hard styles among them, and the quality is first-class. VII. Lot of Ladies and Misses Knitted
 Hoods reduced 33t per cent. VIII. A number of odds and ends in Raw
 Silk and other Table Covers reduced 25 per cent. to B per cent.
 TX. few dark Ginghams, I5c goods for ! 1Oc yard X. Colored Spanish Laces reduced 10 per cent.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
LOCAL NEWS.
Rrief Mention.

Rrief Mention.
 The estate of the late Nathan Peck is esti, mated at $2oO,oO
 Joseph Hearn, 159 Goffe street, fell on the ice and received compound fracture of the leg. ....-
 Major H. H. Fitch, of Hartford, who has been seriously i'll, was slightly improved yesterday.
 The Hillyer Guard of Hartford, are having fair. It opened Wednesday evening, and will continue till February 16th.
 On Wednesday Will Smith, boy in North Manchester, ran into a tree while coastlng on Main street and broke both bones of his right leg.
 A parish meeting was held at Christ church last evening on the subject of the needs and requirements of the parish as to a pulpit supply. The civil authority. of Westford met yesterday to take precautionary measures with reference to the smallpox, one case hay ing appeared in that city.
 Wesley Jackson, colorsd boy of three years, at 26 Winter street. was very badly burned on Wednesday by his clothes catch ing fire from a stove.
 The funeral of the late Mrs. George w. Beach, of Waterbury, takes place this after noon at quarter past two o'clock at the First Coneregational church in that city.
 Rev. M F. Houghton, pastor of the Church of the Messiah, will exchange pulpitt with the Rev. John Kimball, an eminent Unitarian divine of Hartford, on Sunday next.
 The Hartford Posts Midaletown core spondent says ~''Mr. Houghton, receiving good offer for his fast stepping horse. ha' sold him and his whole team to parties 1T New Haven. The buyer is fortunate"
 Two weeks ago George c. Ref, of 34 Long Wharf, set a hen on eighteen eggs, ane she came of with eighteen chickens. Int mother stepped on one of them, and it hae to be killed. The remainder are living ane well cared for by the old hen.
 Governor Jewell entertained Hon. George William Curtis at his residence on Farming ton avenue Hartford, Wednesday afternoon giving dinner in his honor, at which Pro lessor wayland, of New Haven, William Hamersley, of Hartford, ana Mark Twair were present.
 A few large clans are once in while found off West Haven shore as well as al Guilford, if they are like the sample tha Messrs. A. & J. Hills, of the Homestead send us. The Messrs. Hills keep up thei1 excellent reputation for frst-class cuisine in winter as well as in summer.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
A Baby Choked to Death.

MT. E. L. Galpin, employed at Benedict & Burnham's, has been bereft of his only child, Freddie Eugene, aged eight months and two days, which met with fatal accident about 1O:3O this forenoon. The mother put the little one in a patent childs chair which had an adjustable tray to hold the playthings, and then went about her household work. She had occasion to go into an adjoining room for a moment, and when she returned was shocked to find her baby had slipped from the chair and was held by it's little throat on the edge of the tray, the pressure having been sufficient to shut off its breath and cause death The infant had not uttered sound, and there was no mark on it's throat. The chair which proved death trap was bought by Mrs. Galpin on the recommendation of it's being perfectly safe and she had been accus- toned to put the child in it when busied with her household duties, with the utmost conf dence. The accident was probably one that might not occur once in thousand times Waterbury An1e1jcd1a.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
----------------7-@@== A New Haven Hearing.

Yesterday afternoon William Franklin, Horace H. Strong, Rufus s. Pickett, Frank lin H. Hart and Robert E. Baldwin appeared before the legislative committee on incorpo rations and asked that the charter of the New Haven Cooperative Savings Fund and Loan sssociatioa be amended, so that they can make temporary loans on government bonds, town and city bonds in the New En gland States and stock of the National banks in this State. The committee voted to rec omaend that the cha rter be so amended.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
The MaIley Case.
The Prisoners to Plead Tod

Tine Prisoners to Plead To-day.
 James and Walter. Malley and probably Blanche Douglass will be brought down to the Superior Court to day to plead to the indictment on the charge of murdering Jennie Cramer. The senior counsel, Mir. Samuel F. Jones, of Hartford, will be present. mo- ton will be made for the postponement of the trial until the April term, which will no doubt be pranted
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
Suicide by Hanging.

In Hartford Wednesday afternoon Joseph Smith, sixty years old, hung himself with 6 clothes line in an outbuilding in the rear o1 his daughters house on Flower street. He had been clean shaved within an hour or two of his death had put on a clean shirt and before adjusting the rope had put clear handkerchief around his throat. Despond ency is supposed to have been the cause o1 the act.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
sudden Death.

MT. Sidney D. Nichols, an old and well known resident of East Bridgeport, died sud- denly yesterday afternoon. He lived. at 117 William street and worked at Wheeler & Will son's. He went home to dinner apparently in his usual health, but while on his way back to work fell in front of the factory and died almost immediately. It is supposed his death was caused by heart disease.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27

Notwithstanding the slippery condition ot the streets and sidewalks yesterday, E. .Malley & Co. s store was filled to overfowing. MucE enthusiasm prevailed over the immense bar gains offered in silks and dress goods, ladies muslin underwear, linens, towels, laces, ho siery, gloves, &c., &c. Fresh attractions are added every day from the wholesale depart mant.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
'ataI Sport with a

Frank Lanning, about ten years old, was instantly killed in Greenwich Wednesday evening. while coast1ng, his sled running with great force into pile of rocks. His body was badly mangled. -..r..G
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
nnanad fhe Snfe,

Mr. Hall, principal of the Hartford High school, and Mir. O. s. Davidson, yesterday succeeded in opening the safe which had been left in the ruins of the High school building and found the contents in very fair state of ,nracnruatinra
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
The Dean stanley Memorial.

movement is going on in England to place in the "great windows" of the chapter house of Westminster Abbey worthy me- morial of the lamented Dean Stanley. In view of the fact that many Americans of al- most every Christian name might naturally be expected to wish to contribute to this purpose and to express their admiration of the character and work of Stanley. it has been suggested that they have the opportu- nity and privilege of contributing one of the windows of the proposed memorial.
 A subscription paper has been forwarded to me by the Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks of Bos- ton, with the request that I bring the matter to the notice of the pe ople of New Haven. If is expected that the subscribers will be of no one denomination of Christians, but that all who wish to honor the memory of the late Dean will feel at liberty to contribute what they deem fit, In conclusion, 1t need only be added that large individual subscrip- tions are not looked for, the sum needed for the proposed Americans window" being but five thousand dollars, e1, Oo0 The paper is now ready for signatures at the bookstore of E. P. Judd, Chapel street, who will kindly forward to me any sums of money left in his charge EDWIN HAYWOOD,
 Trinity Rectory.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
G. A. R.
Ns As NSs - Department officers were elected yesterday

Department officers were elected yesterday as follows Dep. Com-Ira E. Hicks New Britain. Zen. Vice Com.-Isaac B. Hyatt, Meriden Jun. Vice Com.-William Berry, Hartford. Medical Direotor-A. T. Douglass, New London. <Jhaplain-J. W. Davis, Waterbury.
 Representative at Large-John Mccarthy, New Ha- ven.
 1st Delegate-W. 0. Vile, Sandy Hook. 2d Delegase-L. G. Logan, Bridgeport. Alternate-James R. Sloan, Hartford; ". G Gala gher, Meriden; F. G. Blakeman, Birmingham.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27

A lady tells us ''the first bottle has done my daughter great deal of good, her food does not distress her now, nor does she suf. fer from that extreme tired tee15aag which she did before taking Hoods Sarsaparilla." A second bottle effected cure. No other preparation contains such concentration ot vitalizing, enriching purifying and invigor- ating properties as Hoods Sarsaparilla
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
A Pleesant AnnrsaI Gathering

The regular annual reunion and supper oi the Dwight street Debating club was held or Wednesday evening, January 25th, at Land lord Coleman's Royton House.
 The attendance was very full in spite ot the storm, which kept some of the ladies ot the party at home, and the "feast of reason and the flow of soul" was fully enjoyed After splendid bill of fare, which would have done credit to any New York caterer was served. Mir. H. J. Prudden, of Messrs. Bowditch < Prudden, was called upon tc preside and Mr. H. G. Newton to act as sec retarys
 The toasts were numerous and replied tc at length. by many, prominent among whom were Mr. E. P. Arvine, MT. Burritt Hitch cock, ex-AIdermen c. L. Baldwin and R. G. Russell, Lawyer Newton, A. W. Phelps and Dr. Morrell, ,ythe latter being unusually point ed and amusing. Many others made short speeches, and retters of regret from Mr Jesse Cudworth, of Boston, and MT. H. P Dibble, of New York. Mir. E. Larkins clos ed the entertainment by touching memente of the dead and absent members.
 The club will hold several meetings fol public debate, the first being at the Y. M. C. A. Hall on Wednesday evening, February Sth This society has been prominent before the public for nearly quarter of century.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
Coma AShnra

A press dispatch from New London states that large ship has gone ashore east of the Cornfeld lightship. Her name and destina- tion are unknown.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27

Dr. Banning's spinal female, rupture and pile supports will be applied by himself at
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
TIE WEATHER RECORD.
Indications.

Indications.
 wAR DEPARrMENT,
 OrrfoE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFEIcER,S
 WASHINGTON. D. O., Jan. 27-1 A. M ) For New England warmer, cloudy weather and rain during the day. south winds shifting to vest and falling followed by rising barometer. For the Middle States local rains, followed by clearing weather southwest to northwest winds TIE inc barometer and colder weather
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27

Weather Strips, wholesale and retail, New Haven Window Shade Co.,, 43O State street.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27
< Entertainments.

feature at the skating rink on Monday evening next will be a match game of polo between the Reds and Blues of the city team. The regular assemblies continue to prove very attractive and the floor is gay with skaters both afternoon and evening".
Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-27

How the hearts of 8 crowd swell and throb with pitiless hatred against the man who coughs during the performance at a theater, when they know he is too stingy to invest twenty-five cents in bottle of Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup.