Frostburg mining journal., 1882-03-11

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NEXT Friday is st. Patrick's day.
There will be no particular observance
here.
GREAT Preparations are | einR made
for the anniversary Of the Good Tenn
plars on the 9th inst.
FA.ALLY SoALpED.-A little child
Of Mr.. Thomas Anderson, living at
Allegauy mine, was accidentally
scalded Saturday evening in the
kitchen. Tie little one fingered in
great pain until Sunday morning
when death ensued.
SMASH UP ON THE G. & P. Road
Enaine No. 81 became unmsnsgeable
tt ursJsy while going down the Y
near ut. Savage, and ran into coal
train completely demolishing the
tender and badly wrecking the engine
The crew leaped from the train and
escaped injury.
JOURNALISTIC. Baltimore has a
bright new evening Paper ycleped
"Ths s ar" 1t has all the news and
ia sriciiy conducted.
Hon. George Cotton has retired
from the Baltimore Gazette. Under
his control the paper was conducted
with great ability. Mr.. W. T. Croas
dale, an experienced journalist, auc-
cse''s him, aud the first issues under
the new regime promise brilliant
future fer the paper.
ILPRovENENTs.-A new one and
a half story frame dwelling is being
6niihed tor o. j. Moai, Esq., at the
corner cf Mecl anic street and Baker
alley.
Mr.. Thomas Stapleton is building
a neat two-stoly frame dwelling in
Pomrey Smash.
Several lew dwellings are going up
on Bowery street.
A commodious back building has
been built to the residence Of III
Edward Dorahue on Main street.
lhe congregation of the M. E.
Chapel, Brownsville, are making ar
rsngemeLts to uiid new and larger
church to worship IN.
Tie liquor store adjoining the store
of B. Stern & Co was razed to the
ground ,his we k and the lot is
being cleared OF the rubbish prepara-
tory 10 the erection thereon Of two
story dwelling and storeroom. The
new building will be twent7-two feet
wide and the storeroom f2rty five
feet deer. Our fellow-lownsman, B.
Stern, E.q, proposes to make the
! new building an ornament 10 the
town.
A Historic FAMILY.-The Bo ma
parte (Ill.) Journal reports the death
of M. Crsssp, an old and respected
citizen of that town. on the 9th ul t..
Mr.. Cresap was born in this coun-
ty in 1906 and vas 76 years of ace
at the time of his death. Shortly
after his marriage be removed to
Somerset county, Pa, where fer many
years he kept hctel on the National
turnpike. In 1865 he removed to
Bona psr.e, where he resided until
his death. Hs left eight children,
four of whom reside al Bouaparte
the re naming chill isen, G. N Cresap'
Elizabe;htown, KY; Mrs. Charles c.
Smith Colorado, and William and
Ross Cresao, both OF Montana. The
Journal further has the following to
say CT this noted family
Mr.. Cressap belonged to family which
was identified with some of the uost
stirring scenes in the carly history of
Maryland, aud which still has many repre-
sentatives in the western ssciion Of the
Safe, Thps, Cresap, the founder oi the
amily in Maryland, was ono of the mos,
remarkable men OF his day. The stories
of his proWess and daring in many excl
ling scents o. cary provinciol HISTORY O. G
still preserved, not only in The pages Of
Ma ry and istory, hut in many interesting
local traditions. HI was specially prom
| 4 en- IN the borde warfare between Mary.
land and Pennsy .vania arising out o the
disputed boundary question, and defeated
the Pennsylvania, IN several encounters
He was at last sur rIsed, taken prisoner
and carried to Philadelphia, where, &C.
cording to Coz. Brantz Mayer. "the streets
doors and windows were thronged with
spectators to see the Maryland monster
vino taunted the crowd by cxcialming
| haf IN earnest half III derl+ion, Why, this
Is the finest city in the Province ct Mary.
laud r" Thomas Cresap afterwards re.
moved t. Western Ma yland, where he
/ hecame the acknoW edged lender of the