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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
Eastern Vie'cs Of the CouL I'r0de.

New York. - Bituminous operators
are SAID to be dissatisfied with the
pool rates, and arrangements are
being negotiated for large contracts
on very narrow margins. Both the
Cumberland and CIearfeld regions
are mining more than at this time
last year, and the supply from the
bituminous fields will be largely in
creased.-Mining Re"O,M.
We hear little Of movement III
the soft coal market, there are some
few contracts being recorded, but
there is no great degree OF snap or en-
thusiam about this branch Of the
coal trade. Good Cumberland and
Cleartield has been sold at pool rates,
and this fact ought to be settled, so
far as any pool can be, but at the
same time there are other Goals in the
market and they are selling at less
rates. 1t cannot last much beyond
this year, fit does SO long, and just
as soon as there is any marked revi'
val in manufacturing and industrial
pursuits. We may look for a irmer
tone to the soft coal market, and IL
better average price and profit to
the operator and to the carrying COM
panics One Of the features Of the
week, is the settlement of the Grand
Trunk contract, and it must be ad-
mitted that this contract goes at Il
low rate-railroads seem to be con-
tsnt with about three mills per ton
for haulage, nowadays,-Coal Trade
Journal.
Coal has been rather quiet during
the past week, though some large
orders have been booked. The Mary
land coal company is said to have
secured the Pacific Mills contract at
at about pool rates, $3.50. 1t is
rumored that the Reading company
offered anthracite broken coal at the
same price, and pea coal at about
$2.75@$2.SO per ton--fgures that
even allowing a summer freight,
would leave the price of anthracite
here very much below present prices.
This is. therefore, a very important
straw in indicating the direction Of
the anthracite current in more ways
than one. The Pacific Mills have
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
GENERAL ITEMS.

"WHAT's IN NAME :'-Mary-
land has some distinguished darkies,
if high sounding names will confer
distinction. For Instance writer
en- the Cambridge Era furnishes the
following George Washington Mi
chael Marcellus Picolo Nicolo Runa-
DO Donaho Gamboge Taylor, resi-
dcnce Pocomoke City, Md. Then
comes Palenstine Seienator De Verb
Aptcraf Nartan Lookdown Son Of
Wrestling Jacob Henry, now resi-
dent of Baltimore city, formerly Of
Dorchester. Miss Angelina Ange-
lette Mary Ann Tucker sweat, is also
a resident OF Baltimore. Dorchester
presents two names, Julia Jane Au-
gusta Dominica Rustis Ro Bo Bus It's
Jack, and John Henry Land Runner
Run-out and Surveyor Bandana Bea-
yer Dam Rendezvous God Bless Bus
ticUe. TO these may be added the
name OF u colored girl formerly in
Easton, Guela Emily Annamaria
Sarah Sprigner Perrin Smith. One
who lived in Centreville was named
Marietta Melvina Sarah Perry Cox
Hopper.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

Coai aad canal Notes.-The pool
arrangement is still under suspicion.
The Consolidation coal company
takes q contract at Portland Maine
10000 gross tons at $3.50.
The Pacific Mills supply is awarded
to the Maryland company.
The "Ant" has been moved rom
the repair shops at Mt Savage to Hotf-
man mine preparatory to being again
placed at underground haulage.
The canal appears to have II rough
road to travel in its competition with
this seasons railroad freights. SO far
as heard from no coal has been offer
ed for transportation. In consequence
preparations for work by boatmen,
bookkeeping by merchants and OF sup
plies by feedmen, are held in abey-
ance until the coal operators are
heard from.
The hoatmen are still in q frame OF
mind concerning another contingency.
They are not kicking against the rate
for haulase, but opposing the boat
owners notion Of the rent to be charg-
ed on boats.
Tho PUcahontas (Va.D coal and some
Of the Pennsylvania bone Goals are
said to be going into market on trial
orders al prices proposed to be consid-
erably below pool figures, The former
adVertises itself, too, as several hun
bred per rent, superior to the "best
steam coal il the world "-our own
Georges Creek. IF lis owners can
stand to put this in print, il would be
Interesting to overhear the Instructions
given the champion liars of their
drumming" corps.
Although our output is slightly
ahead of this period last year. il must
be admitted that the outlook for the
season is not so promising as then.
The canal is open and ready for
business. All that is lacking is coal
to carry, and ii settlement of that little
misunderstanding between boat land
lords and tenants.
Says the Cumberland Times; ZAP
parentiy while the railroads dance the
can-can, the canal must dance the
cau7t-cau't.n
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
NEWS FROM BEYOND THE FLAT.

EcKHART, March %, 1885.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Sickness and cold weather are the
leading topics.
Josiah NJ. Porter has purchased from
J. P. Wiesel a now Mason & Hamlin
organ.
Rev. James Miller will preach in
the Baptist Church Sunday, 29th inst,
morning and evening. Hereafter
there will be preaching on the first,
second and third Sundays Of each
month, commencing April 9TH.
Miss Mollie Garrett has returned
home after few days sojourn with
friends near Grantsville.
The new wire rope for the Hoffman
slope arrived Monday. 1t is FIVE
thousand, five hundred feet long.
Frederick Adams got his foot painfully
hurt with it Tuesday.
John J. Byrnes, our grocer at the
corner, has purchased horse and
wagon. His customers may now de-
pend upon the prompt delivery of
good.
Thomas Corcoran, formerly of this
place, but now of Corning, Ohio,
spent Tuesday night with his brother
in-law, Patrick Ryan. He looks we'll
1t is nine years since he was here.
The only change visible is the silvery
tinge upon his hair. He is on his way
to New York.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
CORRESPONDENCE
WHERE is THE JOKE =?
70 the MINING JOURNAL.
Last week the JOURNAL said

To the MINING JOURNAL.
Last week the JOURNAL said:
The disposition to belittlc the importance
of seven gentlemen to administer the town
government for the coming year is not a
healthy one.
To the weight and pertinence Of this
observation every right-thinking cit
izen will heartily subscribe. One of
the most astonishing things to the new
conner in Frostburg is the tendency to
make an annual opero-6ou.fe of the
council and mayorslty election. The
amount of "alleged" humor that is
meant, or thought to be extracted
from this important, necessary, and
(under ordinary circumstances) decent
and serious procedure is truly appall-
ing. The worst feature of the whole
business is that everybody seems to be
in the joke. Exactly where the joke
comes in, however, may not be pre-
cisely apparent; still the joke is there.
And what a joke it is! The laugh
may be all there, but to an outsider
who has seen even smaller towns
saturated with a large and vigorous
public-spiritedness, the laugh seems
very small and silly. To see a whole
community break int an annual grin
at the new organized public life is
spectacle far from edifylng. Because
Frostburg is not quite as big town
as New York it does not follow that
its municipal government is therefore
contemplate, and matter of no con-
sequence whether wise men or fools
run it. No Intelligent, conscientious
man will SO degrade his civic obliga-
tons. They are as fully binding in
their way as any other duty. This Is
SO obvious that it seems like platitude
to say it, and yet it is apparently
platitude that needs to be preached to
our people just now. l have no doubt
that Mr.. A. &. Greene would have
preferred to spend many hours in the
solitude of his library that he devoted
to the service Of the people Of this
county. Are we not the gamers by
his large sense of public duty His was
undoubtedly the correct point of view.
No man has a moral right 10 shirk
public responsibilities simply because
they are unpleasant. 1t is clearly the
duty Of all to take live and enlight-
ened interest in these matters.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
4 Ps4LM FOR THE TRADE.


Tell US not in dolcfll numbers
Trade is done for evermore-
That supply demand outnumbers,
And the drummer's days are DER.
Trade is real, trade is active
Better times again we'll sec;
To remain stagnation's captive
Is against all history,
Time is long and bills maturing
Must be paid without delay;
Such the only way insuring
Better trade at early day.
Shm this reckless competition,
Look beyond the moments gain
Learn that honest coalition
Is far better in the main.
Stop this scheme of futnre dafi,sG
Ere it has become too late;
Act at once, and cease all prating-
Leave consignments to their fate.
Lives of others all remind us,
If our dealings just and fair,
That 2 better time will find us
Getting all our honest share.
Manufacturing Je,eel
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

country, has thrown himself into the
scheme with great vigor. At first 1t
was intended that the settlement
should be exclusively devoted to Irish
immigrants. That scheme has been
abandoned now. All poor people Of
all nationalities will not only be
welcomed, but will be assisted until
they obtain footing, and will be al
lowed to pay for the land they occupy
as soon as they can.-Virginia New
Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

AN IRISH Colony IN UTAH.-The
arrangements for the establishment
of an Irish colony in Utah are now
complete. A tract Of 100000 acres
has been secured, and all that is
wanted now is that the water rights
should be guaranteed, Mr.. John
Dillon, late NJ. p. for Tipperary, who
accompanied Mr.. Parnell through the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
SAVINGS and Lean association OF E'roStbHrs. Nd.

An Institution O1ga@i.cd "adet the Liars Of
.HarIand,
OFFERS SPECIAL ADVANTAGES TO
Oall who desire by small deposits to invest
their savings i'll real estate and other absolute
ly safe securities.
To borrowers it extends the full par value
OF its shares at the legal rate OF per cent, re-
payable by weekly instruments.
All profits divided pro rata to stockholders
to borrowers as 10 those for whom the ASso-
citation does not in advance redeem shares.
49, BY an Act Of the last General Assem-
bly, of Maryland special powers were granted
this Association enjoyed by no similar insti-
tuition in the county
Entry fee Per share. 80 cents.
Weekly dues per share. .........25 9
interest per share. ......l5 =
Par value OF shares. ................S l30.
- Apply to Secretary at JouENAt. office
for further information.
Il. STERN, President
J. RUtIL, Eice-presidcnt.
j. T. ODER, Secretary.
JAMES KANE Treasurer.
WILLIAM GRACE, Attorney.
d. ARMSTRONG. JoHH y. Benson,
OWEN HITCIuNs, WILLIAM STAPLES,
Directors.
- A dividend Of 8 peg cent. was distrib-
uted to all stockholders for the years, 1882,
1888 and 1884.
The p;;iG-up capital stock now amounts to
twenty-five thousand dollars $50, GOO and
is growing at the rate Of about 500 weekly.
March u
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

Robe" j. Burde:te.-This gentle
man will appear on the platform of
Meats Opera House, Tuesday evening,
ApM, Z. He is one of the foremost
lecturers Of the age. Witness the fol-
lowing
The lecture by Robert ]. Burdette was one
of the real successes of the season. In fact
we regard it as the best effort of the platform
in humorous vein that has been given in
Boston fer several years. Mr.. Burdctte is a
fluent, bright, sparkling speaker and his wit
is fresh and vigorous. The lecture was inter
spersed with pathos and sentiment, each ex-
Quisitely uttered, and with artistic gradations
of light and shade lie impressed a large
audience in fremont Temple most fayorably
and if he visits Boston again it will be with Il
reputation that is mGgnctic.-B T,'anS-
ci.t,H
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
MINING JOURNAL.

AN AWKWARD EDITOR. "A most ex
cellent dinner was served US by Mrs.
Cordray, who certainly understands,
and seems to have anticipated the
tastes of the hungry editor. And right
here-we hate to tell on ourself, but it
is fact, dinner being served from a
revolving table, the first we had ever
seen, and, by the way, a great con-
venience, the editor caught himself
several times making a grab for bis
cult or something else as the table was
turned. We hope we will be used to
revolving tables next time.-Leary
(Ga.) Courier.
Well, brother, We are all sitting at
revolving table. Subscribers come
and go; some die, others resign, but
Providence raises up appetites for
news and literature to take their
places. Posterity is the hope of the
press as we'll as the church, and the
price of the JOURNAL is $3.50 per
AMMAN.
1t is sometimes pleasant to have
a man stop the JOURNAL, for we are
sure, both from observation and ex-
perience, that somebody born under
another sign of the zodiac will soon
fill the vacancy. Thus the JOURNAL
turns upon its axis and the subscriber
takes the "biscuit."
The Cumberland Times lnsinuates
that there are unconverted people in
our picturesque and carbonaceous
valley, and..among whom doubtless it
irreverently classes the JOURNAL:
The Salvation Army has now secured
$50 converts at Coal Valley, Pa. They
are said to be contemplating a raid on
the Georges Creek region. Brother
Oder, do you hear?
We are obliged to confess We are
not so good as our privileges warrant,
albeit we struggle along through the
darknesses of life not altogether be-
reft of the pleasures of hope. We
should at least fare no worse than the
devil, whom detachment Of the
same phalanx tried by court-martisl
at Salem, Massachusetts, several days
ago. After auditing lot of CO parte
testimony the court found him guilty
of conduct unbecoming an officer and
gentleman, and then let him soff with
a courteous reprimand. Had he been
condemned to death, or even dismiss
cd from service, there would be no
need to-day Of a missionary incursion
of religious bulldozers into the great
Georges Creek region"
Snow blockades, floods and other
accidents by field" reduced the re-
ceipts on the Wabash and Missouri
Pacific railroad so low that IN ''self
preservation, the first law of nature"
among railroads as we'll as shoemaker
shops, the company had to lower tie
wages of the employees. The latter,
quoting from a freight contract, could
not see why they should thus suffer
for ''acts of God" not directly impos-
ed upon them, refused the lowered
rate and quit work. Very magnani-
mously, however, they set guard over
the company's property and would
not permit a bolt, tap nor splinter to
be molested. Thus was "wisdom
justified of her children" for the men
csptlvated public favor and the COM
pany receded from its ultimatnn.
Now perfect amity reigns; company
and men appear equally happy and
are working together like beavers on
o dam, or Frostburg fremen on "
burn.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
$4,000 Danages.-Jn tho g,

$4,000 Damages. the suit of
W. A. Brydon rs. the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company for breach of
contract, tried in the Superior court
of Baltimore city, the jury Friday of
last week returned verdict for all that
Brydon claimed, $4,000. Hon. Will
liam Walsh of this county, chief counsel
for the plaintiff, won new laurels for
the ability with which he conducted
the ease. A new trial has been asked
fer by tbs counsel for the defendant.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

The railroad coal miners conven-
ton held at Pittsburg was largely
attended. The reports from the del
egates were very encouraging to the
strikers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

The JOURNALS exhortation last
week is elsewhere emphasized by an
esteemed correspondent. The matter
of selecting municipal administra-
ton is one Of real Importance and it
should be s, respected and treated
-univers lily and particularly.
There is bat little more to say in
this connection except that we pre-
sumo to add to our correspondents
remark
No man has moral right to shirk
public responsibilities because they
are unpleasant
And leave them to be assumed by
mere clowns and testers.
SALARIES OF MAYoRs.-The mayor
of Frederick city, Nd, gets a salary of
$1,000 a year. The mayor of Hagers-
town receives 800; the mayor of Will
Transport gets 500, and the mayor OF
Cun DGllduu 'r)UU.- -DullluIOlc ''uH'
And the mayor Of Frostburg 500.
Come, now, gentlemen, we do not
want TO put the office out to the low,
est bidder, but we want the best man.
Don't all speak simultaneously.
JoURNALIsTIc.-Mr. j. j. Miller
retires from the Cumberland Times,
and MIR. J. Will Thompson becomes
co-proprietor with Mr.. p. W. Avirett.
The last named will continue as ed
itor-a position he has filled with sat
isfactien to the patrons Of the paper,
and credit to himself. We wish for
the Times constant prosperity and
more of it as age comes on.
The appointment of Gov. McLane
as minister to France brings Hon.
Henry Lloyd, president of the Senate,
to the gubernatorial chair of Mary
land. Mr.. Lloyd is u young man,
but it is believed his experience in
public affairs has been of that extent
and character which promise a wise
and efficient administration.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

EX-PREsIDENT ARTHUR will sail
on July Is for Europe. He will
make summer tour, remaining in
England for some weeks before cross
ing the channel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

The Wheeling Register has news
of unusual scarcity Of food and great
suffering in some of the interior coun-
ties of West Virginia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

DR.. G. LANG lays down the law
that night-frosts are only to be fear
ed when the dew-point lies below the
freezing point of water
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-28

SKATING-RINk managers of Chica
60 are mnch alarmed over the crusade
made against roller skating by several
preachers, who, from the pulpit, have
assaulted the Kinks as immoral places.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-20
- Lot on Davenport with fine
Go.

For sALE-Full lot 2lst and Clark street, 6
room house, 1880.
For SALE-Beautiful acre lot in Gise'a add.
$l,2U0.
For SALE lot on Chicago street between
18th and 14th, $500.
BEAUTIFUL lots corner Fsrnam and 10Th
street cheap.
For SALE Lots in Walnut hill, 5000.
For SALE-1 lot with 6 room house 2lst
street easy payments, 81 600,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-20

over $500, 900 in good paying stocks and
ground rents. She lives in modest styl e
at the corner of McCulloh and Dolphin
sire ets. She is a widow and ohildless.
Richard and J. Hall Peasants have about
81, 500, 900 between them. 1t is rather
singular that Notwithstanding the general
prosperity Of the Hebrews, the common
estimate of their wealth Is exaggerated.
The richest are Alfred and B. f. Ulman
and Albert Gottschalk, Light street
whisky man, but the,e are not accredited
with $780, OO apiece. Besides these in
dividual fortunes there are estates that
control millions, such as the Johns Hop
kins, Cuttings, Glenn and Winaus.
There are Thousands Of Baltlmoreaus who
count their thousands with five fingers,
from $40, 900 to 800, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-20
The b Service.
Boston Advertiser.

u
1t Is announced from Washington that
the national civil service commissioners
are making arrangements for holding
spec'El examinations in tse neighborhood
OF scientific and technial schools for the
purpose of inducing young graduates
of these institutions to enter the
United States civil leivice ss m Mechanical
draughtsman and assistant examiners In
the patent office. 1t will not be denied
that the government needs these men to
fill 1 ts vacant places, that 1t can and
will pay them we'll, and that no more
attractive work CT the kind presents
Itself to young men whose ambition
or special aptitude does not force them
into efforts for higher prizes, But back
of these considerations stands a yeritable
spectre, in the form of the vital question
will these men be retained by the gov
eminent In its employ as long as faithful
work is done by them?
A young man without any special In
terest in parties or politics, bent upon es-
tlblishing himself in bis chosen field of
labor, may well be p%ardoned for doubling
whe her the civil service law, which
would alone stand between him and pos
slble destruction, in case he ente cred the
civil service, is to be allowed by the
"epoils" party to remain a permanent
pledge Of rational good faith. The
democratic party CT the past can cay
nothing to convince him of It's
honesty nov. 1t has been a party If
promises, pledges and coed inten'ions,
but Its path Is paved with their remnants,
all broken and trodden under foot. The
democratic party of to-day Ia not any too
pleasant to look upon. A peSch with
ipecks ef decay on its sides is symbolic
Of a reform party which has Its Higgins
and Its Plllsbury visible to the eye, and
German, Eustls and Blackburn only half
concealed. Clearly the graduate wi @
thinks of entering the government SER
vice has reasons enough for hesitating
and scanning the future before he takes
the first practical step Of his life.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-20
THE GATLING-GUN HERO.
Something About Lieut., Howard Who
Saved the Canadian Troops
From Defeat in the
Northwest.

Lieut.. Arthur l. Howard, whose sue
cessful handling Of the Gatling-gun
platoon in the northwest has won him
sudden fame, is a man of whom very lit
tie was known even by his associates In
New Haven six months ago. He was in
the United States cavalry for FIVE years
prior to his being placed in command of
the maohine-gun platoono Of the Connect.
cut national guard July Is, 1884. When
the Calling gums were ordered for GER
vice In the northwest, DIR. r. j. Calling
looked for a man aoquairted with ma
chino guns who could handle them in a
way to add to their reputation. He
pitched upon Lieut.. Howard. Except by
reputation, DR.. Calling knew nothing Of
the lieutenant. In truth, there was little
to learn. After his service In the cavalry
he had been living quietly l II New Haven,
engaged at the Winchester arms manu-
factory In making arms. Later he, in
company with a Mr.. Salisbury, formed q
cartrldge.maklng firm known as A. L..
Howard & Co. The manufacture of
cartridges was carried on in a little wood
en- shop, which caught fire and was de-
s,royed about two years ago. When
appointed to accompany the guns Lieut..
Howard IA granted a months leave of
absence from April l to May l by the
stale. This has to-day been extended.
The Connecticut national guard has, it
may be remarked, no hand in Lieut..
Howari's trip. His leave of absence is
simply such as might be given any officer
Lieut.. Towards rank has been consider
ably misstated, and he has been reported
as wearing the uniform and claiming the
title CT a captain of artillery In the regu-
lar army. He has no connection except
with the Connecticut national guard and
is not the sort Of a man to assume a rank
to which he Ia not entitled. He is
second lieutenant commanding machine
platoon, I'd regiment. @. N. G.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-20
Life in the Paris Sewers,

is possible for a short time to the robust,
but the majority of refined persons would
prefer immediate death to existence in
their reeking atmosphere. How much
more revolving to be in ones self q living
seUer. But this Is actually the a
with those In whom the inactivity of the
liver drives the refuse matter of the
body to escape through the lungs,
breath, the pores, kidney and bladder.
1t is astonishing that life remains In such
a dwelling. DR.. Pierce's "Golden Med.
ical Discovery" restores normal purity to
the system and renews the whole being.