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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

the details of the pool are arranged,
and in the hands of a most excellent
manager.-Coal Trade Journal.
We have referred on several oc.
casions to the soft coal pool" of the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
railroads. This agreement nominal
ly comes into force March LIST, and
it 'establlshes' the price of "pool
COAL" supposed to include all Cum
berland, Clearfsld and Norfolk g.
Western Goals at the following fig
ures: At Baltimore, $2.70; Phila-
delphia, $3.50; New York, 1926
Boston, $3.50 per ton f. o. b.; and this
arrangement is based upon the IN
tention of allowing about so cents a
ton for the coal at the mines, the re-
mainder being freight and shipping
charges, the pool roads Pennsylvania
railroad and Baltimore & Ohio rail
road) paying the local roads such
rates as they can arrange for, and
in all cases more than they themselves
get on this through business.
PAi1ade7phio. The bituminous
coal trade is likely to develop consid-
cradle activity. Judging from the
negotiations in progress, several
large contracts will be placed in the
East. Some of the operators here
say that the decline in anthracite will
not be sufficient to give them much
trouble, and that they Will be able to
market an immense product III tie
East.
Boston.-There is continued ac-
tivity in bituminous coal, but is no.
ticeable only in one or two directions.
The "outside" companies are getting
the contracts, or most Of them, The
100000 tons for the Boston and
Maine Railroad are said to have been
awarded to the Chesapeake & Ohio
and Norfolk & Western railroads, al
low price. The former road has
also sold the Hamilton mills and
Appleton mills $4,000 tons, and it
looks as if the Chesapeake g. Ohio in
tended to do more coal business in
Boston than it has been doing. Its
production is said to have increased
materially of late. A few other
manufacturing contracts have been
taken, but a large volume of business
is still to be done, and it is proying
as backward as expected it would
AS for those bitumlnous operators
that are controlled by the pool, un,
less they stir about more actively.
they will have contracted for an un.
usually light tonnags.-Engineerlne
and Mining ,JOurUql.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
An ENJOYABLE EVENING.

To the MINING JOURNAL.
Last Monday evening large mum
Der of Frostburg lads and lassies de-
cided to take advantage of the elegant
sleighing by making a trip to the
Cumberland roller skating rink, Mr..
H. j. Speck, proprietor. We reached
the city about 81 o'clock, and went d.
rectly to the Windsor hotel, where we
were kindly received by the hospitable
landlord, Capt. Hedges. After the
ladies had gotten rid of the rumples,
which are generally the result of q
sleigh ride, we proceeded to the rink
where we received polite attention
from the proprietor and number of
Cumberland friends, and delightful
time ensaed. The grand march at 9
o'clock, led by John Hooking and Miss
May Gunter, of our city, was the most
interesting feature of the evening
The Potomac band was present and
enlivened the exercises with some fine
selections. The proprietor prolonged
the session one-quarter of an hour
longer than usual in honor of the
Frostburg visitors.
After the rink closed Mr.. Speck and
a number of Cumberland ladies and
gentlemen accompanied us back to the
hotel, where we ''tripped the light
fantastic" and did ample justice to the
elegant repast which followed.
About l. o'clock we turned our faces
homeward and reached our destination
shortly after l o'clock.
With many thanks to our Cumber-
land friends we decided our visit a
success. r. II. B.
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that my wife and child had been eaten
by wolves. Perhaps this marvellous
story was founded on the fact that the
things most likely to happen in this
life are the strangest things. fla horn
was blown at the Baptist parsonage on
some clear morning it would be heard
by 500 or 600 persons. Twenty-Five
families live within less than a mile
from me, and the road on which l live
is about as public as some streets in
Frostburg. live in the great cotton
belt of South Carolina, and in one of
the richest counties of the belt. This
region was the tramping ground of
Marion and his men. / think it more
than probable that a wolf has not
travelled this road since Marion, and /
am quite sure that we are as safe from
wolves or any danger here as you are
in Frostburg. In fact, we are freed
from tho wolves that send the drunk
ard to his wretched home and his more
wretched wife and children. Such
wolves infested Frostburg when was
there. There are an abundance Of
stores here, but | don't know of but
two places, either in this or the adjoin-
ing counties, where whiskey or beer
can be had-one is at Darlington G.
H., II miles from me the other is at
Sumter, 80 miles away. l have seen
moro drinking or drunken men on
Sunday evening in Frostburg than |
have seen since I have been in South
Carolina.
We have had cold weather for this
region. The coolest was II degrees
ADORE zero; ice as thick as q carving
knife blade, and the ground frozen an
inch.
Garden peas are now 3 or 4 inches
high, cabbage plants are up and the
people are planting Irish potatoes.
Farmers are busy ploughing for cotton.
We are enjoying most excellent
health, better than we have for years.
My wife joins me in kind regards to
yourself and family and desires to add
that we had good laugh over the wolf
story. If you think this note worth
publishing l would be obliged as it
might be of interest to our friends.
Yours truly. VIM. 0, PETTY.
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Eestcrn TiccS offha Goa! Tr0de

Neas }ori.-That pool in soft coal
does seem to be fixed fact, and we
trust that it will result in good to
the parties in interest. A pool COM
missioner is appointed, and his salary
is jointly paid by the two carriers III
interest. We hear Of no sales by any
Of the Cumberland or Cleartield
GOALS, at less than the agreed rate !;
there is an excellent spirit prevailing
that tends to keep this business in
good shape, and portends even better
results for the future. Buyers nave
no fault to find, as there is no effort
to extort high price for the cont
modify, while the market price is
we'll known to all. There is the as
surance that the Norfolk and West
ern road will act in accord with the
plans Of this pool, and the top prices
obtained will be none too high. We
hear Of some coal to be shipped from
Georgetown, which may come out at
a trite less than the pool rates for
rail coal, but this is only when the
value of the coal is sacrificed. The
Reading or Vanderbilt Clearfeld is
understood not to be IN the pool, but
as there is nothing gained by sacrific-
ing coal to make trade, and as the
proposed prices are low enough to
yield any return for coal and carriage,
these parties while not exactly allies
will not threw away their coal. All
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

A DEEP ARrEsIAN WELL.-Charles-
ton, S. c., is about to undertake the
driving of the deepest artesian well
i'll the world. 1t Will be driven in
the main Part Of the city, and, as it
is expected to furnish 100000 gal
Ions Of water day, it is calculated,
with two similar wells, already down,
to furnish a sufficient supply of water
for the entire city for many years.
The new well will be 1000 feet deep.
Will be at least SIX inches in diameter
at the bottom, and is to be completed
by next August.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

PRESIDENT ARTHUR has no desire
to be pensioned by the government.
When his term is up he viii continue
his law practice and begin anew his
struggle with the world. This is a
new departure. Most Of his prede-
cessors have retired to private life
with competence sufficient to keep
them during their declining years.
Buchanan, Fillmore, Pierce and Van
Buren, had private fortunes, but
others who ruled later were not thus
blessed. Grant became partner in
banking firm and failed, and Hayes
went to raising chickens.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
LATEST NEIES.

The new Cabinet, nominated Thurs
day, is composed as follows:
SccyetaryUf Statc-Thomas f. Bayard, Of
Delaware.
Secretary Of t'o Trsssary-Daniel Manning,
of New York.
Secretary Of Hdr-William G. Endicott, Of
Massachusetts,
.s-ri3ta,V Of tie No"y-WilliamC c. Whitney,
Of New York
Secretary Of The I@ferior-tucius z. G. La
mar Of Mississippi.
Pcathna*'e, Ge,eral-Wllllam f. Villas of
Wisconsin.
attorney He"s14t -AtgustuS II. Garland, of
Arkansas.
The above nominations We're not
confirmed owing to an objection by
Mr.. Riddleberger, Of Virginia.
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NEWS FROM BET0ND THE FLAT

ECKH,ET, March 5, 1885.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Miss Mary Tresher, of Cresaptown,
and Mr.. Williams, of Ocean, are visit
ing friends here.
Eckhart and Washington are repre-
scented at the Inauguration.
Miss Jean Williamson has gone on a
visiting tour 80 Baltimore.
Rev. James Miller will preach Il,
Pompey Sunday, March Sth, at i
o'clock, p. N.
Mrs. Mary Ann Mair and Mrs. VIM.
B. Baird, and Messrs. Joseph Stewart
and James Mcmillan are spending this
week at Washington, d. c.
?. II. Jenkins was slightly hurt
Monday, % inst by the slope rope at
Hoffman.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

THE President has approved the
act prohibiting the importation and
migration Of foreigners and aliens
under contract or agreement to per-
form labor in the United States; the
act authorizing the construction of q
bridge over the Mississippi river at
Memphis, Tenn. tho act amending
the act to increase the water supply
of Washington; the act for the cree
ton of a public building at Macon,
Ga; the act to enlarge the United
States custom house at Richmond,
Va, and large number OF pension
bills.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
C0nsumptires and Rheum0tics
WHY SUFFER {?


An Institution Drgatized 5Ddes' tie Lars Of
R'.YIaud.
OFFERS SPEtIA L ADVANTAGES TO
Oall who desire by small deposits to invest
their savings in real estate and other absolute
~ safe securities.
To borrowers it extends the full PAR value
of its shares at the legal rate of per cent. re-
payable by weekly instalments.
All profits divided pro rata to stockholders
to borrowers as to those for whom the Asso-
citation does not in advance redeem shares.
- BY an Act Of the last General Assem-
bly, of Maryland special powers were granted
this Association enjoyed by 10 similar insti-
tuition in the county.
Entry fee per share so cents,
Weekly dues per share.
interest per share. .....t5
- Apply to Secretary at Journal office
for further information.
b. STERN, President.
j. RUHL, NicePrcsidcnt.
j. b. ODER, Secretary.
JAMES KANE, Treasurer.
WILLIAM BRACE, Attorney.
D. ARMSTRONG, John n. Benson,
OWEN HITCHINs, WILLIAM STAPLES,
Directors.
80" \ dividend of per cent. was distrib-
uted to all stockholders for the years, 1852,
1883 and 1884. Jan 10
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The city of Chattanooga, accord
ing to its Daily Times, has nearly
doubled its population within the
past five years, having increased from
$4,000 in 1880 to $4,000 in 1885.
The manufacturing capital of the
city has likewise doubled within that
time, standing now at over $5,O0O,00O
Capital in wholesale trade is fully six
times as great as the amount so en-
gagged five years ago. During the
past year half o million dollars has
been invested there in value of real
estate changed hands at prices be-
yond those asked during the "boom"
Of 1882.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

SUCCESSFUL experiments have
been made by the Pennsylvania rail-
road company with electric lights
for passenger cars, it is expected
that they will soon be in general use
on the trains.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
GENERAL ITEMS.

OUR old friend, Mr.. Walter Free
man, is the commissioner Oh the soft
coal pool a good selection for this
important position. - Coal Trade
Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

CANAL PROSPECTS, Superintend-
dent Aulyaney is getting his division
in shape AID thinks that if the wealth
er continues as it now IL, he will be
ready to turn on the water the latter
part of next week. There is still
considerable ice. The basin has been
pat in condition and force is at
work removing ssnd-bars from the
Consolidation wharf. So it4r there is
no indication as to how much coal
will be offered to ship by canal or
when shipments will bsgin.-Cum-
berland NeWS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

A CHICAGO man wants a divorce
because his wife does not talk enough
to suit him. Most married men will
regard him as one Of Chicago's sacred
animals, before whom pearl Of great
price has been thrown.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

A NEW electric brake, invented by
an American named Walcker, is said
to have stopped a train running at %
speed of about rs miles per hour
within Sly seconds of time and with
in distance OF 20 yards.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Nineteen Cents

CyEND Nineteen Cents in stamps for one Of
- our Illustrated Cloth-Bound DC
TIONARIES-3O,O 900 words-pronouncing
JNO. A. FULTON & CO.,
Opposite tostotfice, Cumberland, Md.
Books, Stationery, Birthday and Wedding
Presents, large stock of Fancy Goods and
Sporting Goods. lFep q
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

A WOMAN hanged, her sister shot,
q brother n,..imed and q lynching bee
in prospect for the disposal Of the
rest Of the family is the latest record
of crime from the vicinity Of Louis
vile. In addition 10 possessing a
climate that Is decidedly unhealthy
for criminals, Kentucky justice is
conducted on the hair-trigger princi-
pie which ought TO have the effect
of Improving the moral tons Of the
state; but somehow it doesn't.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
AYERS
Cherry PICTORIAL.

No other complaints are so insidous in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so triaed with by the majority of suffer-
ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from trifiing or unconscious ex-
posure, is often but the beginning of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has
well proven its efficacy in a forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be-
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Trade Notes.--It is rumored that the
Empire mine, near Piedmont. will
soon resume operation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

NQGTH CARoLINA's New FLAG.-
The North Carolina House of Dele
gates Saturday passed bill present
ing a new flag for the State. 1t is
red, white and blue. There are two
horizontal bars, the upper one red
the lower white. One third of the
flag nearest the staff is blue. The
coat-of-arms Of the State in gilt occu-
pies the centre. Above are words,
"May 20, 1775," (the date of the
Mecklenburg declaration of indie
pendence,) and the words April -,
1776."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

CASE DIsMISsED.-ln the case
against Andrew j. Michaeis, living
near Westernport, in Garrett county,
chnrg2I in tie United States court
with sending all obscene postal card
to Marcus Fazenhakcr u noi rr@seQui
has been entered. j ". ;. Co2hrape
al This city was counsel for Mjchacis.
This disposition Of the case was by
order Of Attorney General Brewster
and was one of his final official acts.
Cumberland .NeuS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
A Terrible Cough Cured,

"In 1887 l tool, severe cold, which affected
my lungs. had terrible cough, and passed
night after night without sleep. The doctors
gave me up. l tried AYERS CHERRY PFC
ToRAL, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
continued use of the PICTORIAL a perma-
nent cure was effected. l am now G. years
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your
CHERRY PICTORIAL saved me.
HORACE FA1RBRoTHER."
Rockingham, VT, July IS, 1852.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

HURRIED AT the parsonage of the
Reformed church, Tuesday evening,
March 3, 1885, by Rev. DR.. Ruhl, Mr..
HENRY UARTIG and Miss HANNAH
SCHELI, both OF Frostburg.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

4 SEA. Thing IN Churci, Fairs'-In
Missouri they have introduced hug
ging socities to swell the church treas
uries, and Missouri paper gives the
following:
lIugging parties for the benefit of the
churches are all the rage III some of the
counties in this state. The prices range as
follows:
Girls under IS, for minutes hug. %
= u to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .0O
~ 10 zo....,'s '.','. ...''.....'''. 10
f>CllODllilu ANS. ......'.. NJ
Another mans wife. Observation-Disclosures, LOO
Widows, according to looks. 10 cents to 200
Old maids, cents each or = for nickel,
and no limit as to time.
NIlllSlcTS. . no IIlii &c
Editors pay in advertising, but not allow
ed to collect until everybody else is
through.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

THERE is no department Of jour
nalism requiring wiser disorimina-
ton than that which concerns itself
with communications. 1t is just here
that the tyro in the business will
make his greatest plumbers, for the
best judgment of every we'll trained
newspaper man is sometimes at fault.
1t is hard thing to always decide
what ought to be published and what
ought not. One thing is certain, no
editor ought to allow his paper to be
made a vehicle for the qualification of
mere private spite. There are other
far more rational ways of settling
such matters, and the public is not
supposed to take the slightest inter-
est in one mans mere opinion of an
other. There was day when almost
anything endorsed by responsible
name could find somebody foolish
enough to publish it. The bloody
reprisals that have often followed
such indiscretion are well known.
Happily, with the growth of high
or type Of journalism, this evil has
been corrected. Editors are reserv-
ing larger right in this matter with
good results. Much that is written
in irrational passion-for anger is
really q sort of lnsanity-is deeply
regretted by the writer, and such
people would be pleased if the editor
had "turned down" their hasty and
lll-tempered illusions. Even discus
sions Of public men and measures do
not lose any weight by the clear pre-
sentation of the facts without heat.
1t is the lightning, not the blunder,
that kills.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07
Group. "A Mothers Tribute.


"While in the country last winter my little
boy, three years old, was taken ill with Group;
1t seemed as if he would die from strangu-
lation. One of the family suggested the use
of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, n bottle of
which was always kept in the house. This
was tried in small and frequent doses and
TO our delight in less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc
TOR SAID that the CHERRY PICTORIAL had
saved my darling's lfo. Can you wonder at
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
Mrs. EMMA GEDNEy."
159 West 12sth ST., New York, May l6, 1882.
az have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL,
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate TO pronounce it the most etfectual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. A, j, CRANE"
Lake Crystal, Mimi, March 10, 1882.
AZ suffered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no sue
cess, was cured by the use of AYERS CHER
RY PICTORIAL. JOSEPH WALDEN"
Byhalia, Miss, April 8, 1852.
81 cannot say enough in praise of AYERS
but for its use should long since have died
from lung troubles T.. BRAGpoS."
Palestine, Texas, April %, 1882.
No case of an affection Of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use of AYERS CHERRY PECToRAL,
and it will Arrays care when tho disease is
not already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED by
Dr.J. C.Ayer & Co. Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

GEORGE GOULD, son of Jay Could
made his first appearance as MEM
Der on the floor Of the Stock Ex-
change the other day. lnaccordance
with time. honored custom, the new
member was hustled about pretty
roughly, and had his new Derby
spOiled,
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THERE seems to be- no doubt about
the accuracy of the reports that Gen.
Grant is seriously i'll and that little,
if any hope of his recovery exists.
The trouble seems to be a malignant
cancerous growth at the root of the
tongue. The disease is said to have
sprung from excessive smoking. 1t
will be remembered that George
Lawrence, the celebrated English
novelist, died from the same disease,
brought about by the same cause.
WASHINGTON seems to be good
name to hang some Lumbugs to; the
latest is an alleged coal company with
that name from West Virginia on
lands owned by Blanche Medea.-Coal
Trade Journal.
No better than "Cumberland COAL y
plenty of which exists in West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. The real
name, Georges Greek, is not so handy
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-03-07

The playful cowboys stopped a
Pacific express the other day, made
the conductor execute a can-can on
the platform, and, because the per-
formance wasn't to their liking, shot
at his legs. Since that affair every
conductor on the line has joined a
dancing. school.
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CORRESPONDENTS
THAT WOLF STORY.

LYDIA, DARLINGTON COUNTY, s. c.,
February "a, 1885.
To the MINING JOURNAL
In your issue of 14th inst. noticed
anote from you relative to a rumor