Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-02-07

KNOWS WnefeOt ne writes addresses lle
following postal card endorsement to
the JOURNAL:
"A Jabbering Time" was good.
Real Estate TransCers.-The follow
ing are among the latest filed for
record
John c. Robinette and wife to VIM. r.
Percy, tract of land in Allcgany county, $40.
Hampshire and Baltimore coal company
to VIM II. Evans, coal and other minerals
under tract of land in Allegany county,
81, 500.
Union mining company of Allegany county
to st. George Church Of Mt. Savage, piece Of
ground in Mt. Savage, 81.
Reiigious.-Rev. T. NJ. Evans, has
been pastor of the Welsh Baptist
church since Dee. 18th, last. Services
every Sunday at TO- a. Ill. and 6 p. m.
On Sd and 4th Sunday evenings of
every month services are held in tle
English language remaining services
of the month in Welsh.
An important meeting of the con-
gregation Of the Presbyterian church
will be held at the church tomorrow
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and 4
full attendance is expected.
Dfed.-At her residence, two miles
east Of Grantsville, Garrett county, on
the first day Of February, 1888, Mrs.
MARY A. STANTON, aged 6G years and
6 months, after a long and distressing
illness. She was the widow of William
Stanton, who died about fifteen years
ago, and leaves surviving ten children,
all grown. Among these is Hon. Eli
Stanton, member of the last House
of Delegates. The family is one Of the
oldest, most prominent and influential
in Garrett county. The funeral, which
took place Tuesday at the family resi-
dence, was largely attended. Rev. V.
F. Schmitt, Of this place, of1iciated.
Neao simultaneously. w. Con-
way, matchmaker and jeweler, lately
located in Percy's building, has gone
east for his stock of goods.
Henry Spitznos, ir., has opened a
saloon in the room formerly occupied
by B. Stern & Co.
Messrs. Michael s. Burton have pre-
pared the central room of Paul's Opera
House for grocery, -four and feed
store.
Otto Hehing, of Homecoming, is car
rying on a beer and porter bettling es-
Enlistment in building lately erect
ed on John Wambach's property.
A Puzzle.-A recent issue of the
Cumberland Times contains an editor
ial comment which perplexes the Oldest
and wisest heads in Frostburg. No
body remembers the bill to which ref
erence is made; consequently every
body is at loss to understand wherein
we should grow proud. Here it is:
Our Frostburg friends ought to feel tiatter-
ed at the following comment upon the bill
which they have commended, by the Liver
pool Courier, one Of the most influential OF
the English journals. Speaking of American
laws, it says:
The sober sense of the country ought tC
compel the passage of the Lowell bill The
old bankruptcy law was repealed because OF
the abuses and official plundering that had
grown up under it. The proposed law is care
fully guarded from these objections, and il
the grounds are not sufficient they can bC
made so by discriminating amendments
Breuitfes.--''The local paper" says
Whitelaw Reid, sis the best read paper
in the world. All the city papers can
not supply the place Of the home
paper. No other contains the mar.
riages and deaths no other relates the
scandals happening before the doors
of the townspeople no other paper
gives the time for the next ball, pie
mic or political meeting; no other pub
fishes the roll of honor of the public
school; no other discusses the affair.
of the town and county, or gives in de
tail the local news which cannot be
obtained from any other source
Everybody reads it, and that is why
the local paper is the best read paper
in the world"
Two public sales of valuable real es
tate to-day, provided settlement o
sales are not made meanwhile-one b,
Messrs. Reynolds and Brace the othel
by j. w. S. Cochrane.
1t is learned that orders from distan
localities have so far depleted Hon. B
/. Turner's stock of canned good
that it will be exhausted much earle
than anticipated. Our local dealers
who desire to replsnish their supphe
of the best goods in this line will DE-
we'll to correspond with Mr.. Turner a
nnon