Frostburg mining journal., 1883-08-04

"Uhaney tract OF l,UOo acres, near
Wellersburg, Pa. 1t is covered with
fine pine timber. A platform for
loading lumber on G. & P. cars has
been built at Barrelville by the sane
gentleman.
A GooD CHANCE FOR A CHEAP
TRIP.-The Cumberland Times says
IAN effort is being made to get up an
excursion Of 200 persons from Cum
berland to the celebrated Luray cav
erns, now known as one of the wond-
ers cf the world. Every man, wo.
man and child of comprehensive mind
should see those caverns once at least
in their lives. The tickets will be
sold for So so for the round trip. in
cluding admission to the caverns, the
price Of which alone is ST." This is
an OPT ortunity which no one able to
spare to So so should permit to pass
by. The caverns are not only one of
the wonders but among the most
beautiful and extensive natural curl
osities ever discovered. Those who
desire to go should apply early to Mr..
]. F. Legge, agent, Cumberland.
OLD PAPERs.-Mrs. W. H. Evans,
of his place, favors us with copy Of
The Sun, dated Baltimore, Tuesday,
January 2, 1888" The paper is not
quite so large as half sheet of the
JOURNAL. There are four pages,
four columns to the page. Ten col
umns are occupied by advertisements
and six by communications, editorials
and news. The leader is a severe
arrangement of George Y" for NAL
treating amelia Y" his pretty wife.
The Sun Of to-day retains it's original
typographical appearance.
In the same budget Mrs. Evans
sends also copy each of the Ameri.
can and Commercial Daily Advertiser
and the Commercial Transcript, dated
January 27, 1885," The american
contains European news to December
l7th, 1887. The editors ackno Wedge
the receipt Of book entitled "The
transactions Of the Maryland Acad-
emy of Science and Literature"
which among other articles contained
"a Description of the Frostburg Coal
Formation Of Allegany county, with
an Account of its Geographical Posi-
ton, and a Profile View, by Philip
T. Tyson" Flour was held high in
market $s@$s so.
The Transcript contains lengthy
description of "the very ingenious
and beautiful contrivance invented by
Prof. Morse for communicating intel
ligence at great distances with light
ning-like rapidny,' copied f.om ths
New York Commercial advertiser, the
editor of which was mot prepared to
offer an opinion whether the object
sought WAS or was not feasible"
A DooToR's TALK.-We are accus-
toned to hear the high and dry loca-
tion Of cur town alluded to as the
prime condition of its heali ihfnlness,
and so on. The JOURNAL has indulg-
ed in much of this talk-so much
that we have come to regard the topic
as needing little or no additional dis
cussion.
With some surprise, therefore, we
heard one Of our best and meat thought
full physicians say a few days ago
that "tie to,On should have a health
officer /"
Why?
"To compel the people to keep
their grouads, alleys, drains and out
houses free of filth-to institute and
properly direct drainage wherever
necessary and to change such as now
leads to populous thoroughfares. In
some instances it would bo better if
there were no drains at all. The
slow evaporation of this rottenness
is fruitful source of disease, espec-
tally to children. In the absence of
sewerage privies should be built
under a municipal enactment in such
manner that they can BIZ readily
cleaned at stated intervals. Such at
tention to Re effective must be gen.
eIal, and this is required by the un-
evenness of our surface. A resident
may keep his premises clean and
sweet, but ifhis neighbor, residing on
higher ground, neglects his, the form
er ID more likely to suffer than the
latter. And without municipal reg
ulation the sufferer is powerless to
remedy the evil. People do not fully