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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

In an article from the Engineering
and Mining Journal, elsewhere print
ed, it will be seen our operators ar
moving in the direction OF reducing
wages. They were to meet for dis
cussion in Baltimore this week, and
the paper quoted urged upon them to
unite "for the purpose of reducing
wages"
Having delayed treating this mat.
tor so long, they should have waited
vet 4 little while for the outcome OF
the miners appeal to Clearfeld. 10
say the least, this would have been
fair. Their proceeding, whatever it
NAV be, tends to compllcate and re-
tard a proper settlement Of the ques'
ton by those who have in a common
interest moved to equalize wages. 1t
ia to be feared, therefore, that the
companies here want no advance in
Clearfsld, preferring downward to
an upward tendency of wages. We
lave had occasion before to remark
that fifty or fity-fve cents here
means forty in Clarified. so that the
operators of the latter region will lead
ours anyhow in whatever advantages
there are to be gained by reductions.
It will be seen, then, that a contest
in Clearfeld seems inevitable. If
wages are reduced here, wages must
be reduced there-as the only hoTe
of giving an inferior coal compsti'
tive standing with ours, Which Is
better-a contest for q higher rate, or
one against lower price than they
now have2 The former by every
possible method Of reason.
The probability that the question
is reaching crisis here makes Imme'
diate and decisive action by the
Clearfeld people more than ever i'm
perative. Holding in their hands
the welfare of our miners as we'll as
their own, it behooves our people
also to urge this appeal with renewed
vim, and both should move with a
determination not to be overbcrne-
this to avoid any cessation of mining
when the time for work comes.
With all the great output from
Clearfeld the report comes that the
miners are making nothing at fifty
cents. At present prices Of living,
how much can oul people make at the
same rate? If the former region
works unprcfitably at fifty cents, how
will it be at forty cents ? And how will
our people do at fifty cents, with a
long strike thrown in2
We earnestly trust, however, that
the Baltimore meeting has resulted in
no conclusion looking to reduction
Of wages. If go, The effect will not
be altogether unpromising; if they
attempt reduction, then they have
Joined hands with their hated Clear
field rivals for wholesale destruc-
tion of labor.
In any event, Clearfeld should
come up to sixty-five cents
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

The corporate election is only siI
weeks off, and it is nearly time the
solid citizens were casting around for
good citizens to fill the Offices Of May
OF and Councilmen.
Respecting the financial condition
of the town it is difficult to state
where we stand, owing to the non.
publication OF the usual quarterly re-
ports. On the Sd day of MAY, $780,
our Indebtedness was 81 ,252 "a, and
$626,62 on the I'd of May, 1881. At
that rate of reduction we ought to be
nearly out of debt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

ALLAN LIME
STEAM BETWEEN
INSTRUMENTATION
Calling at
III, FAX aud QUEENSTOWN.
Each way.
: dcf, ia lid Screw Steamers OF the above
Ltno VII run as follows.
From
Tons. Baltimore.
$500. NOVA SCOTlAN. -. Jan 10
For Liverpool VIA Halifax and
st. Johns, N. +.
4334. -. .HIBERNIAN. Jan. 2S
For Liverpool direct.
And thereafter from Baltimore every fort
night.
All steamers are appointed to leave Bal
t,more at a. M, on their advertised
dates.
Storage Passageto or from Liverpool
Londonderry, Glasgow Queenstown, Bel
fast, Bristol, Cardiff, &C., at Lowest
Rate. Very best accommodations for
Steerage and intermediate Passengers.
Al experienced surgeon s ATTACH cd to each
vessel. Intermediate and Steerage steward
esses carried by each steamer for the pur-
pose of attending to the wants Of the TO-
males and children. For further particu-
lars or passage tickets to and from Great
Britain, apply to
A. SCHUMACHER g co, BALTIMORE; OF
in Frostburg to j. JANDORF,
Jan 7-y Main Street
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

QUITE new and peculiar test has
been applied to ascertain the qualifi-
cations of aspiring magistrates and
registers. Suspected renitents have
been cited bofore some grave and rev.
erend seignior, as il we're. They are
not required to be democrats, as OF
yore, but their loyalty to the COVER
nor must be double-barreled sine
qua non. This established by un-
doubted evidence of active service
rendered the republican ticket last
fall, the applicants are duly certi6,a-
ted and labeled o. K. Under the
pressure several spurious conversions
have happened. The Hamiltonian
catechism IN this county is run by two
or three quite too remarkably not Gel
ebrated membahs of tie Cumberland
bah.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18
H'Hsiianeots Advertisements.
ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the I'M
~ designed will petition the County
Commissioners at their first meeting next
after the end of thirty Us from the date
hereof, to lay out and open County Road
from Frostbarg to Pompey Smash, leav-
ing the National Turnpike near the Gene.
terry rate, and passing through the lands
Of the Consolidation Coal Company and
G. NJ. Graham s. Co, and following as
near as practicable the footpath from a
point near said Cemetery gate to a lane
near Piney Woods, then across the hill to
the Biz or Vale Meadow; then alohg the
line of the Georges Creek and Cumber-
land railroad AMI the depot at Pompey
Smash; then into ssld village.
HITCHINS BROS,
WM. H. KOCH,
N. 5. FROST,
Fen st A. j. WILSON.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18
Tuesday, Feb. %, 1882,

Il
AT II O'CLOCK A. NJ,
on the premises in Frostburg, all the fol-
lcwing described property, lots and parcels
of ground lying in Frostburg, viz:
LOT no. I,
Being all that lot or several lots, under
one fence, situated on Broadway, and
bounded ON the enst by Broadway street,
ON the south by Loo street, ON the west by
Water street and on the moth by Frost's
avenue, and is kn wn rs the residence and
ground attached OF Mrs. Cutharine Hamill,
and now occupied by her. SAID lot is i'm.
proved by fine, large two-story
DWELLING HOUSE,
with fine stable attached and other out
uildings; the OTIS Ire fully described Ly
courses ana di tances IN said deed oil ir st,
and will be Sold as who.e or in parcels To
suit purchasers.
LOT NO. 9.
Also all the following OTIS of ground
numbered one of block five, number four,
five, six and seven of block six; numbers
TWO end eleven OF block eight; numbers
o. G, two and the e of block ten; nun bers
Tx, seven, eight and nine of llock eleven;
lots one, seven, eight and nine of block
Twelve; as laid of ON the plat of the land
of the late Me-ha. k Frost, deceased, and
filed in No. 1893 Equity in the Circuit
Court for Allegany county. Also Tue un-
dyit ed interest OF said Catharne Hamill
in the undivided portion Of said estate,
consisting OF the cd homestead aud three
acres of grounc.
Terms of Sale Cash on day of sale.
The trustee has no reserved bids, the
property must be sold ior what II will
Lring WIN. M. PRICE,
Feb ltd Trustee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

SOME Clear6eld authorities report
that the operators are prepared to
make it lively for any committee
from this field appearing there to
"make trouble" Hail glorious land
Of liberty Of thy Especial police"
We singl Perhaps the difference of
fifteen cents per ton enables the
miners over there to maintain force
sufficient to keep them in subsection
to low wages
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

AN old stager remarked to us the
other day of wages articles appearing
in old and new local papers about
this time that "the editors are writing
under the hallucination that their ar
gunents never appeared in print be-
fore. Why" continued he, "the
JOURNAL his long ago gene over al
that ground until we understand it
thoroughly" TIE old man forgot
thst the little boys and g rls need in.
struction, and, when reminded, re.
marked "that's 30. "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

THE MARYLAND Editorial Associa-
ion in session last week at Annapo-
is, came down heavily upon adver-
Using agents. Now let them be as
good as their word and announce
unanimously and continuously-"No
dealings with advertising agents"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

But then circumstances alter cases, you
know.-Valley Times.
So that if by any chance the circum-
stances remain unchanged the cases 90
on evolnting anyhow.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

TO-DAY is St. Valentines day. Parlla-
ment should send Mr.. Gladstone cloture.
The Assembly should send Gambetts a
scrusin de hste. The Reichstag should send
Bismark rescript. Gazette.
And the able, bodied mechanical
department should have sent Cover
nor Hamilton copy of the VALLEY
Times inscribed-"Ho'd on to our
coat.tails, governor. All if tail
hold should slip-good-bye
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-02-18

Mr.. MOORE the republican Senator
rom Montgomery, voted against the
elective mine inspector bill. Mr..
Moore thinks there is capital in the
measure fol Mr.. Brace. Mr.. Moore
is not aiding the Brace boom to any
appreciable extent if he knows it.
Fact is, Mr.. Moore has the Congress
sional humble bee buzzing persuasive
ly around in his own Gainsborough.
A MODERN "Macaulay" has been
discovered by the Homecoming Reuie'r:
He extamporized brilliant eommu-
nication, sent 1t to that paper and it
VAS found to coincide almost exactly
with an editorial in the Shenandoah
(Pa.) Mining Herald. But the intel
ligent reader can stand that better
than the rehash Of dead witticisms
which frequently appear closer home
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18

Trains arrive and leave Austin station as fol-
lows. No mail and express arrives at ut IN ;
No mail and express leaves at $50 a IN.
Connectons--At TeNarkana, with all trains on
81, Louis, Iron Mountain Il Southern Railroad
for all points North, East and Southeast. AT
Longyiew Junction and Mineola, with all trains
for International Railroad for Tyler, Palestine,
Houston, Austin, Galveston and San Antonio
At Dallas, with trains of the Houston Il Texas
Central Rw'y, for CorsiCana, Mcxia, Bremond,
Waco. Calvert Bryan, Hampstead, Brenham
and all points IN Middle and southern Texas
on the line of that road. At Fort Worth, with
stages for all points In Western Texas. At
shreveport with Red River steamers for
New Orleans, Pullman's Palace sleeping Cars
from Fort Worth, Dallas and sherman to St
Louis. ANY information In regard to rates for
freights or passage, time and connections will
be cheernlly given on application TO Geo.
Noble, Gen'l supt Marshall, Texas; W. New.
man, q. +. A., Marshall, Texas; or r. W, Tomp.
son. q. p. Il I. A. Marshall Texas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18

ing decided falling off compared with the
heavy movement of the previous week, is
yet of large proportions, the total being
S935,OO, principally gold. Since January
the shipments of specie aggregate So, 752,
020, of which "a, 227 $40 was gold, and the re-
mainder Isl ,524 $50 silver
In answer to a correspondent inquiring
about foreign exchange, New York paper
replies as follows; A given amount OF gold
is shipped to London. TO its face value
here there is TO be added carriage freight,
insurance, and the sale of it at its destina-
ton, and these are varied amounts. When
exchange is SO high that more will be re.
allied out of the gold thus exported than
out of the bill on London which the gold
will purchase here, then it is profitable to
ship it, Sometimes an order is given to
ship for its effect ON the market here or its
influence on the money market there, but
gold is not likely to flow out in any guam
titv unless sterling is above $3.50 AT pres
ent rates of freight and insurance this
would be the lowest price at which eX-
change could be sold to pay profit against
the shipment OF gold, and the gain at this
rate would be very slight.
DALLAS EXCHANGE AND COIN.
Buying. Selling, Buying. Selling
n. Y. Fx. h@APar0A st. Louis h0APar@H
Chicago k@&Par@A N. O...h@4 Par@A
Galveston = Par@A Houston..h Par@A
Exchange all points = to y discount. Sterling
sight 81 80, Francs, sos TO- Marks, q.
Trade dollars. focus Mexican dollars. .SCcts
Mexican halves, ,i0cts. Mexican Quarters ltcts
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A private dispatch from Paris Saturday
said failures We're occurring in all parts OF
the country, and the markets would be me-
cessarily depressed for at least sixty days.
The importations of specie and bullion at
New York during the week ending Febru-
AIRY 10 We're S7S,27O, consisting OF So, Sll
in gold and $40, i50 in silver, as against n
total of sol ,02l Tor the week ending Febru-
AIRY II last year.
The total trade of the United States with
Mexico, rs reported by the custom-house
authorities, was near $4,000.
State Treasurer Lubbock reports sales OF
10000 acres of school lands ut 81 an acre.
The first payment on the same, $4,000, or 5
per cent, was received into the treasury.
The st. Helena gold mine lin Arispe dis
trict IN Sonora, 100 miles from the Ameri.
can line) has lately been sold to Americans
for $S50,000. In eight months ninety.fiye
stamps will be crushing gold-bearing rock at
this mine. This is gold proncrty, and has
been worked over one hundred years. The
mining ground is not less than one mile
long by GOO feet wide. The mountain. is a
mass of quartz, which runs high in gold
and is mined at a cost Of about 81 per ton
The. exports and imports ut the several
ports have been reported for the year 1851
and we are able to compare the relative 10.
sitions of the several cities and see the pro
grcss they have made. The values of ex
ports anu imports in 1850 and 1851 were;
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18
COMMERCIAL.

DALLAS, February l1.-One of the most
important enterprises affecting the business
interests OF Dallas is the early completion
of the st. Louis Il Texas namow-gauge
road to this city. II will open up for a
long distance new country to our trade,
and one of which the business now is al
most entirely pointed in another direction
When the East Line road is completed to
Mckinney large portion of the trade
along its line will be brought here but a
direct route to Mt. Pleasant assures us all
the business Of the productive and rapidly
growing country lying between that point
and this city. 1t has been suggested that
II proper efforts were made on the part OF
our citizens the managers of the road could
be prevailed upon to commence operations
ON the road at once and complete ii long
before the time agreed upon. We have in
this city board of trade organized for the
purpose OF encouraging and facilitating
just such enterprises, and this matter would
legitlmately come under its surveillance. If
they make full and proper statement to
the president of the road, there can
be no doubt that early ac-
ton will be taken to complete
the whole line to this city and have it in op.
Grafton in time to get full share of the
carrying business throughout the
next cotton season. II is to
be hoped when matters of such
moment to our interest can be accom-.
plished, and without expense, that the
Board of Trade will take it in hand, and if
they neglect it, then the business men
most interested should themselves take all
necessary steps to. consummate so desirable
an end
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18

Total. ,,..ow....s Sss5li sSss. 6sg. ~,
The collected statistics OF the assessments
and dividends of mining properties in Ari.
IONA, California and Nevada during the
year 1881 show that Arizona is at the head
of the list, Arizona declaring dividends to
the amount of s., 296, 900, the everplus over
assessments being S2,200,000; California
dividends amounting to $26S8,935; over
plus, 81 ,S33,oS9 Nevada assessments, 81
G6l 900; dividends, Sl,6S2,0s2 deficit, So,
910Ol7. This calculation is made by the
San Francisco stock exchange, and is cor.
rect so far as all the incorporated companies
10. No dividends have been declared from
the fny,four mines on the Constock lode,
and the largest assessments (S5,Sb5,soo) are
nom these mines.
The immediate deficiency appropriation
bill is for. i,I23,320, OF which the follow.
Ing arc the most important For pub.
lie printing, $4,000, for the Indian
service, principally for the Sioux; Sils,.
goo; Tor the transportation Of coin and
bullion $4,000; for the construction of
vaults in The treasury, $4,000; for clerical
forces in the patent office; $4,000; for cleri.
cal force N the pension Office, $4,000; for
the post.oiiice department, 100000; for re.
pairs 70 the executive mansion, $4,000:
| The imports OF merchandise into New
York during the past week were quite
heavy, the total being S0,726,3i9, of which
S6,Sii,3!I was general merchandise and the
remainder dry goods. The increase Is dine
entirely to a more liberal movement of
general merchandise, the imports of dry
goods showing but little change. The I'M.
ports of coffee during the week have
seen large, aggrcgatlng In value Si,ll0..
81. The export movement of specie from
New York during the week, although sho Y.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18
FUTURES,

ThE sales OF futures in this
city to-day us recorded ON the
Brokers Exchange, were 800 bales Of cot.
ton, 1000 bushels Of wheat, $500 bushels Of
corn and 9GO barrels of pork.
The future markets in this country show
adecided Improvement since yesterday. 10
New York they advanced 10 points and IN
New orleans Is points for April. In Liver
pool, however, there was decline Of thlr.
ty-second for some months, and the Market
closed barely steady. =,
NEW foRK February l7.-ruturos opencsi,
steady At an advance Of ten points since lss
evening for April At one time the ngurs
reached II 80 for that month. hut went back four
nMlmlA- md nlnAnl finn nj II 70 Anln. 100 IlN-
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18

THE following statement from Buffalo
newspaper is causing some gossip in ex-
press circles
Important negotiations have been in pro.
gress for some time looking to the consolida-
ton OF two great corporations, the American
express company and the United States eX-
press company The IDEAL" means simply n
union of interests and management. Def.
mite particulars are lacking, but il is under
stood that the shareholders of the United
States company so into the American ut
tho full value of their holdings, and that
hencelorth the identity of their concern
will be lost, swallowed up in that of the
American express company. A great deal
Of secrecy yet surrounds this transaction.
Only the big operators have had their hands
in it, so that the smaller shareholders are
almost in entire ignorance Of the matter.
New York city has been the scene of the
negotiations. Ex-senator Thomas c. Platt
and Hon. Theodore NJ Pomeroy are said to
have led the way on the part ofthe Estates, I"
and MrJames c, Fargo and his eastern repre-
sentatiyes on behalf of the American
Word reached this city yesterday afternoon
that the terms had been agreed upon. A
private telegram was Immediately for
warded to prominent firm of Wall rect
men, asking the rumor could be substan-
tiated. The reply came back that such was
the general belief on "the street,
To the knowing ones who are familiar
with the inside history of the Estates" this
statement causes no surprise. They are
authority for the declaration that ever since
the company became formidable rival to
the American steps began to be taken by
the latter toward securing control. of its
stock.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18
COTTON.

TIM cotton statement Of this city, for the
week just ended, makes poor showing ON
paper, but when II is considered that for the
past three weeks the roads leading In every
direction from here have been in n wrctched
state, and for two weeks 1t has been he.
roic undertaking TO venture to the city at
all with wagons, the inquiry would natu.
rally suggest itself to all, Where did the
lao bales come from; and who had the
temeriE to brave the mud in bringing it to
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
FINANCIAL.

The bill introduced to-day by Mr.. Car
| Isle is understood to be acceptable gener-
ally to the distillers OF the country, who are
strongly represented here. The bill, first,
| reduces the tax to be paid on all distilled
spirits produced in the United States or re-
manning in bonded warehouse to fifty cents
per gallon.
=. The tax is to be paid on the spirits
when withdrawn from the bonded ware
house. This is deemed equivalent to an
indefinite extension of the bonded period.
3. Instead of the present system of re-
curing distillers to give every month a
bond for the tax on the whisky put in the
warehouse the preceding month, there is
substituted an annual bond not to exceed
500 900.
The act further provides that whisky may
be removed frsm the small distilleries to
the special bonded warehouses. Ii also al
lows for leakage on spirits during the time
the whisky is in warehouse, and for the
measure of this leakage provides rates
which have been ascertained and settled by
the statistican of the internal revenue
bureau.
A tax is levied on foreign brandy and on
other spirits manufactured or distilled from
grain or other materials imported, of Sl.50
per proof gallon, and similar tax on cor
wasser, ratalia, and other similar spirituous
beverages or bitters containing spirits, i'm
ported into this country.
The commissioner of internal revenue ia
vors the administrative part OF the bill, and
all except the part reducing the whiskey tax
to so cents per gallon, on which last point
he proposes no opinion.
The friends of the proposed measure are
confident that it will pass. 1t is claimed
that the reduction of the tax will not affect
the amount of revenue from spirits unfa-
yorably, and that fifty cents is the true rev.
enue point. This is the opinion ofMr. David
a. Wells, and it was also firmly held by
Secretary Bristow.
L, is stated in support of this view that
the first year the tax was raised from 80
cents to 30 cents, the revenue was $40, Co.,
COO In 1870, when the tax was 80 cents, the
revenue was sos, 100000, This year. with
the tax at 80 cents, some $4,000 600 revenue
was obtained.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18

NV osLsASs February i7.-futures opengnn
| trm NJ an advance Of fourteen points for Api,,s
| over the evening before. They remained scaus
during the day. closing firm At II 81, eighteen
points advance over ycste riny Sales 6tON
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18
EAST LINE & RED RIVER RAIL WAY,
Time Card NO2.

-. Taking effect Monday, March IA, 1891,
West-bound. JEFFERSON, kast.bom,a
400 p IN Depart. -. Mail -. Arrive 1910 A m
100 am Depart, right, Arrive l0pm
DAINGERFIELD.
G;l0 p m Depart. .., Mail -. Depart 75s m
1910 IN Depart, 90. Fright Depart Ais a m
plTTsBuRG.
7:l5 p m Arrive. Mail Depart ESQ n,
ll.b0 m Arrive. FIR ght. Depart 500 IN
7:S5 p m Depart. Mail go. Arrive $50 a IN
1890 p m Depart. FIR ght Arrive 200 m
WINSB0Ro
$50 m Depart. -. Mail, ,",, Depart 5:l5 m
2S5 p m Depart, -, Fright. Depart HAS a m
SULPHUR SPRINGS
lGlb 10 Depart .., Mail, ,., Depart $50 IN
G'o M Depart Fright Depart Gi5 m
GREENvlLLE
soo =. Arrive ..,.. Mat. Depart 200 m
siS m Arrive. 49,. s. cu,. Depart CHS m
Corrections A. ireenville with the Mo
facitc railroad icy all points in the northwest
az P'ttsburg with the Toxas& 81. =. railroad for
Gimer Mt. Pleasant and TYLER at Jefferson
with the Texas Il Pacific railroad Tor ut, Loris
and all points east south and southeast. Pas.
senger trains run daily except Sunday.
JN0. 7, FLYNN,
General Manager
s. RAlNEY, in,
Gen. Ticket and Pass. AIT, Jefferson Texas.