Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-20

NJ. F. Vallette of "Old-time Punish,
ments and Ordeals." The wcll-known
naturalist, C. f. Holder, in his "Woo-
ing Of the Birds" describes and illus,
trates some of the strange perform
ances OF the feathered gallants when
they seek brides in the spring time.
Altogether it is a most enjoyable mum
ber
School iHairs.-Nearly all the teach
ers Of the county were present ct the
institute Friday of last week in Cum
berlaud.
A resolution, offered by Prof.
Buckley, of this place, providing for
the appointment Of Il committee to
wait upon the county commission
ers to obtain, if possible, an in-
crease of the school appropriation suf-
ticient to allow the school board to
keep the schools open for the usual
period, that is, the full 8 months, i'll
stead Of stopping them at = months,
April 80, as proposed, and indeed
necessitated by the limited amount of
funds at command, was adopted.
Messrs. Buckley, of Frostburg; White
and Adams, of Cumberland Perdew
and Cunning, Of Homecoming Mckay,
of Mt Savage: Deremer, of Barton,
and Bruce, of Westernport, were APP
pointed. The committee will meet in
Lonaconlng to-day to devise Il pro-
gramme of action.
The vacancy in our Public School
No. |, occasioned by the transfer of
Miss Kate Kildow to Cresaptown, has
been filed temporarily by Miss Mamie
McSheiry, Of Cumberland, who takes
the third grade.
,Said to be q Fccd Enct.-Represent-
atives OF the leading eastern coal roads
have met several times recently to
form a pool for this year. They have
now fully agreed upon q plan which
gives the Norfolk and Western and
the Chesapeake and Ohio 500, ,000 tons,
and divides the balance Of the ship
ments to tide points between the Balti-
more and Ohio and the PENNSYLVANIA,
the latter getting So per- cent. and the
former 10 per cent. The total output
is predicated upon that of last year
$500, ,000 tons, OF which the Norfolk
and Western railroad company and
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad COM
pany are each allotted 100000 tons,
the Pennsylvania railroad company
LOO, ,OO0 tons and the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company l,035,000 tons
Should it become practicable to in
crease the output the extra allotment
will be proportioned on the above
basis. Freight rates are to remain
unchanged. A meeting will be held
to arrange the minor details. The
Beech Creek railroad company will
not be taken into the pool. This is
said to be something of an advantage
lOl luc baltimore ana OlilO.
"Houidn't SQuirt."-A story comes
from West Virginia concerning man
who started II post-oGice ut locality
convenient to himself and neighbors.
He appointed himself postmaster, got
a case of pigeon-holes ready, and in
formed Col. Villas that he was pre-
pared for business. But no mails
came, and no letters were deposited to
be taken away, and the postmaster
couldn't understand wherefore. SO
he wrote to Col. Villas demanding an
explanation of the departments
strange conduct. Our informant
swears that he did not see the official
reply, but the following parable comes
from somewhere:
a man went into a foundry III New York a
few months ago and bought fountain. He
set it up in his front yard and waited and
watched for it to begin to play like them he
seen down to York" But it made no sign,
and he wrote to the foundry and demanded to
know when the thing was going TO squirt.
Legislature Notes.-Among the bills
passed Monday evening by the House
Of Delegates was one amending the
charter Of Westernport.
DR.. Gaskill's sheriGf's fees bill passed
the House of Delegates Tuesday.
DR.. Gaskill is on special committee
to inquire into the expediency of fur
ther reducing the State debt.