Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-02-28

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Totals. $4,000 1850 1910
1t will be seen that Mr.. Nickel was
reimbursed by the companies in the
sum of 500. The small proportion
which the risks bore to the values in
dicates a heavy loss above the amount
of indemnity, estimated as follows,
net:
Coffin stock ....................sl,l 100
Furniture ......,. Observation-Disclosures. 100
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., $50
These figures have been carefully
made up, and Mr.. Nickel hopes they
will be accepted as against some idle
rumors that are floating around.
occidental DcoM.-Having eaten
his dinner Wednesday William A.
Eilbeck, residing with his father, -
Eilbeck, at Pekin, went upstairs to his
room with the purpose Of cleaning his
revolver. About ! o'clock the family
were startled by shot in the young
mans room. Those who went up to
see about it were Mortified to find him
on the floor, his strong frame culver
ing in the agonies Of death. The bull
let had entered the left eye just above
the ball and came out at the back of
his head, death ensuing almost instan-
taneously. Upon the affair becoming
known Justice John Ryan, of Iona
coming, had Constable George B.
Parker, of this place, summon the fol-
lowing gentlemen as a jury Of inquest:
John Insl1ip, foreman; James Downey,
j. Hoban, Martin Grove,
Martin Geary, j. Askey,
John Lamb, Charles Krkwood
John Cavanaugh, Patrick Broiderick,
John Baker, James McCaughan.
Testimony given by Dl. Shilling, jr.,
and members of the family went to
show that the shooting was accidental.
The jury thereupon returned the fol-
lowing verdict
That William A. Eilbeck came to his death
to-day at the town of Pekin accidentally by
a shot from revolver in his own hands.
The young man was 10 years old,
handsome and robust. He was a mi
ner and generally esteemed by his COM
rades. The funeral took place at Pekin
Thursday, C. F. Nickel, undertaken of
this place, having charge.
End o. a Damage !Suu.-From the
opinions Of credible persons it is man
ifest that the dismissal of the suit
for damages against Rev. V. f.
Schmitt, of this place, was the best
thing the plaintiffs could do at the last
moment. They might have done bet
ter had they adopted this course be-
fore removal to Hagerstown, or still
better had the suit never been brought
at all. The statements upon which
the declaration was founded, were
much exaggerated, and no doubt it
was the knowledge of certain failure
to establish them in court that induced
the abandonment. Through some
means the case obtained wider celebrity
than the facts warranted. In this
case the pastor forbade the presence Of
a person in pew set apart for sub
scribing witnesses to marriage cere-
monies. The would be-anyhow witness
persisted in her determination to re-
main in the forbidden seat. Leaving
the altar to indicate more peremptorily
his desire that the offender should re-
tire to another seat the latter resisted
the order of the priest. An usher was
called to compel her removal, when she
gave in and, on her own motion, left
the church. Now that the case has
ended in .fasco these facts have been
given the Journal by friends of the
pastor as embodying what would have
been certainly established in court.
The regret is expressed, also, that tn e
plaintiffs, by their final action, denied
him the vindication he confidently ex-
pected at the hands of a jury. He
met the issue both in Cumberland and
Hagerstown by attendance at court.
His accusers avowed their fear of an
unfair trial in Cumberland, and in
Hagerstown they abandoned their
case, ''Thus ended" said one of the
parishioners, IAN attempt to make q
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