Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-04-25

wi Ii ttIA'l ~ i'iS t'is :
resident of the county She was the
widow Of the late Henry Wade, who
died about fifteen years ago. Her
surviving children are Glmon Wade.
and Mrs. Julia A, Wagner, Of this
place; Mrs. Elizabeth Britt, OF Mid
lothian, and Mrs. Mary Williams, of
Rochester, n. I.
William Knoyer. Of this place, died
Wednesday.
Improvements - Peter Mcdonald
has erected Il neat fence enclosing his
Bowcry street lot
The yard OF Miss Margaret Heycr,
on Broadway, is undergoing consider
able improvement.
The old portico in front of Judge
Douglas Percy's residence has given
place to a new and handsome struct-
uro Of similar pattern.
Rev. \. C. Haverstick has planted
row Of trees il front Of the Episcopal
roctory or Frost's avenue.
Msyor-elect George Il. Witt. viii
pat down shortly a substantial stone
crossing III front OF his now avenue
residence at his own expense.
The air has become thick this week
with smoke from burning garden
trash.
nj
last week printed circular letter was
addressed as follows
To TIE Presidents Of the gario~s Coni Cohnpau-
les Of tho Georges Ct,e1 Coat Rcgion:
We, your employees, request that on and
after the LIST day of May, 1885, the price of
mining be advanced to so cents per ton, and
all other labor in proportion that the law
regarding the hours per day in and around
the mines of Allegany and Garrett counties,
as laid down in the statute books Of The State
of Maryland, be complied with.
1t is unnecessary for us, your employees, to
state the cause OF this request, Us your intc!li-
gence will tell you that it is impossible to sl,s-
tain family at the present rate Of mining
We choose this method of addressing you
in order to avoid cessation of labor during
working hours and would be pleased to hear
from you through the county press regarding
thcabovc request, at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully, Your EApLOYEs.
April IS, 1885.
Reports of interviews with opera
tors indicate that the request will
receive little if any attention.
Pub,ications.--Dorc MagaziHe, ike
good wine, improves with age. The
May number opens with IN excellent
article on ''The Exhibit OF Women's
Industries III England giving descrip-
tons Of al the neW-nid stitches and
varieties OF art work, showing that i'll
reality there IS nothing new uuder the
sun. There are dozen OF fifteen
Illustrations Of laces knitted OF cro-
cheted, with several etchines for out
line work, pattern OF square for GRO
cheted quilt, wheel for tidy, penwi ler,
and medallions for the new lace fol
trimming summer dresses. Mrs Lydi,
Hoyt Farmer contributes another arti
Gle on Tapestries" and the remaindei
of the pages are filed with notes OF
decorations and novelties OF all kinds
and variety, No workable should be
without a copy of the Do'ras. '5enC
ten cemts Jor sample copy. Newsdealer!
and Postmasters will take subscription!
OF furnish specimen copies. Address
DORCAS, S72 BROADWAY, New Yorl
City.
Public SchOoi Ecantiuati on-Th,
regular monthly examination at Pub
lie School No. !, closed yesterday
The names OF those who passed tht
best examination are us follows;
StpeNM Gycde---Eose Habcrlinc
Sitth Gradt-Ilarry Metzger.
FJM Grode, FIRST sect;oA-LiI2ic An
Thomas and VIM. Koch; Second Scct;o1,-
Mary Hoyc and Blanche Oder.
FoarM GIude-Mary Barnett and William
Towles.
Third G,adc-Emma Mayer and Kat
Lutz.
Second Grade-William Wittig, Joseph Clio
and Tirzah Williams
In the cases above where two name
are given the work was so close tina
it was impossible to discriminate with
out injustice. The papers at the las
examination were all of letter pape
size and the pupils evince no little tast
in binding them together. The prir
cipal informs US that he will be please
at any time to throw open this wor
to the inspection of visitors. Th
work in free-hand drawing, u subje,
now systematically taught in a
grades, was better than expected. Th
map drawing was not so good, tn
principal having recently changed til
system from triangulation to latitud
and longitude projection, so that tn
pupils were not quite at homo in i
Better results are expected next time.