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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

New YORK is to have theatre devoted ex-
clusively to amateurs.
CLARA NORRIS tainted while playing Sea
mile" in Washington d. c.
Mr.. DION BoUcICAULT succeeded Mr..
Booth at the Boston museum.
NINE. PATTI found the doors at Warsaw
closed against her because of her high rates
for seats.
ETHE gross receipt, of the Boston museum
during thirteen weeks of Edwin Booths en-
gagement exceeded $l5O,D01.
MRS. CHANFRAU, the widow OF the late +.
s. Chanfrau, the actor will it is cabed as
sumo the lesseeship of a London theatre.
CALIFORNIA has furnished suprano singer
for the American Opera company in New
York. Miss Louise Elliott is the lady. The
San Francisco papers praise her highly.
ALL the theatrical managers in Cincinnati,
with one exception, have signed an agree
ment not to give any theatrical performances
in their respective places of amusement Oh
Sundays.
CHRISTINE NILSSON declares that her
coming tour in this country will be her very
last. Then she will settle down permanently
III London and grow Old gracefully with
Jenny L;nI
THERE is a new American prima donna
abroad Her name is Nine. \ liza Adm, and
she was a Miss Adelaide Chapman, of Boston.
one Is 10" HlaAlu5 NICE VIII Win HeT voice
and her use OF it.
THE centenary Of Weber's birth is to be
celebrated at Eutin, Germany, by musical
festival, at which the principal operate
works of the composer viii he performed by
the best available German artisUs.
Ro>ALINDo CARUSo, an artre-S Of Verona,
LA, us completed ,cntury of life. At the
lJOtn anniversary of her birth she offered to
It ite at an actors 4, he it performance She
reads aS well rs ever witaout spactacles
ANTON RUBINSTElN has written the last bar
of his new o:atocio, ''.luses, which will be
the great attraction of the Leipzig Gewand,
haus concerts this season. The work will be
rehearsed and executed under the direction of
the composer.
DR.. FRANZ LISZr. the famous musician, is
going to visit England for the first time in
aDouJ forty years. Extensive preparations
are now being made Cor his reception and
several mn ,lral teteS will be given in London
in his Eono".
THE performance of Russian opera by NJ.
Solovieff, a young and comparatively I'M
known composer, has created a sensation at
st. Petersburg. The libretto is founded on
Sardou's drama La Hainc,' but in its Rus
sian form The work is called ''Cordelia," after
the name of the heroine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
Two WOEAcn Murdered.
INils6S.

Aired Smith, of Cleveland o a sa lor on
the lakes, n.urC cred Lis w:tcand her compan-
ion, l. IL ga jane Wilson, and then a. tempo d
suicide by cut:ing lis throat. The =
failed in its work, and he will rec " l.. Mrs
Smith was cairv' y,nt, and for two years
occupied 70 ms in tao Croker block on Su C.
rior street, She ard her husband came from
Osweg', Y. Y, where they ere h' ru and
rearei. : was - wear oil and quite good
looking VOL nan. The pair had two chi dren>
a girl IL ye rs old and n boy TO- Smith as
heen worti IS fellow AM has ,mpell, Il
his " life to support him. Lately he has been
very brutal and his wife en- Friday apple |,
for divorce. Saturday night he entered
tie room by meaus Of window and !, ed
The womel by beating them over the head
with carpenter : hammer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

GENERAL SHERMAN says he would not de
liver a lecture on his march t. the sea fol-
81 100000
EX-SEcRETAEY OF WAR BELKNAP lives in
bachelor quarters in Washington. His wife
resid IS in Europe.
: EMPEROR WILLIAM has ordered that the
German navy be included in the church
prayers, as well as the army.
In a two weeks campaign in Cleveland,
Francis Murphy and his son pinned the tenn.
perance ribbon on 25, 900 converts
BISHOP GREEN, of Mississippi, the oldest
American bishop. ut the advanced age OF
eighty-ssven is still actively at work
HANNIBAL HAMLIN says that the grand
highway OF politics is strewn with the bones
OF the men VINO have written political let
ters"
Mr.. PLIMSoLL, the y-rne:n',er of the Brit
lsh parliament, bes1 known us the '.,aio s
Friend. will soon sal, with his family, for
New York
GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, is be,
lever i'll gymnastics His privat. a,a~.-
men;S are well supplied with dullb bells and
Indian clubs.
JrsTlCE MILLER. of tae Unit. 5 ate, su-
preme court. is said to be IA perfect picture
OF an old monk as he sits on the bench y
wearing dark velvet skull cap.
EIGHTY year; Old, ex-senator Simon
tti'N "a ~ iii.S anu H'fti ueNtTh
with dyspepsia or rheumatism. and almost Us
obServant of political affairs as ever
Miss MARION lAyGpoN New Works
prominent beauty and heiresS. has Just gone
abroad, an poo ii. are wondering if she is
II 1t a ter cn!u.set or something better.
JUDGE DAVID DAVIS got his great fortune
hy being compelled to take eighty acres OF
lani near the villaga of Chicago, when a
young man. fo;' debt. The land is now in the
heart of the city.
GENERAL NELSON 4. MILES is the Young.
est man of his rank in he Cnt.l States
army. and the only one wac has come from
civil life. When the Civli wa. began he was
u dry-goo1,s clerk in Boston.
THE Duke of Athole ha seventeen inferior
titles, the Dukes of Argyll an Hamilton, six.
teen each. the Dake OF Bucclcuch ana the
Marquis of Butte, tifte' each, and the duke
of northumberland. thirteen.
CONGRESSMAN REAGAN, OF Texas has
back ,ir. thou III he is now nearly seventy,
and his eye S rs bright and his step as firm
Us That OF many Of til. younger members
he was the Confederate uDSt,,l: ,t,,---e ,arnl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
BUSINESS.
No Improvement Except in Dry Goods
Made.


In dry goods traffic was reported to have
been large lest week in the Eastern markets
with generally stronger tone, and higher
prices in some instances. The improvement
extended to both cotton and wooden goods. The
situation was even better at the end than at
tn, beginning of the week. The improvement
in trading in this line of commodities is vari-
ously accounted for, hut in woolens it is said
that the spring sales in Londen encourage ex.
pectations OF brisk demand for materials;
and in cottons interrupted production and
other dement's of increased cost of manufac-
ture are suggested as causes. Distribution
large as it has been, was inexecuto of orders
and Il ere is such dy demand as to excit
confidence that tie activity and advance are
healthy aud permanent.
With the exception Of dry goods there is
no improvement in the general business si:-
nation.
The distribution of goods in the Northwest
has been interrupted by snow, though not so
seriously as in the preceding week. The eas.-
bound shipments from Cnicago were unusu-
ally small, Icing less than 2G.G00 tons. In
general &C mmodites, such as sugar, grocer
les of ell! kinds. fl ,ur, dairy pro!ucss. g..
markets have been dull, and with few ex-
oeptions, with declining tendency.
The sp cu'ative markets have been very lis
reg ular during the week; stocks continued
under the control of the bull elements, while
petroleum had 10 support ard declined to a
point lower than at any tim, since the ad-
vance b'gan, which was commenced LAST
June and eliminated in October. In the
early part of last June the price Of crude oil
was be'ween IS end 20 cents. 1t advanced
&c 80 and over in that month, and has not cen
Glow 50 cents since. The price reached 81 121S
in October, or bout four months after the
rise set in. The end of January, OF neary
four months afterwards sees the price back
10 alb ut 81 cents, or only or cents above
the point it started from eight mon his ago
Wheat advanced in the early part of the week,
bat the Improvement was more than lost; the
temper is bulish however, and the feeling
tirmer again. i rel IN buyer ara acting with
fx:rt m, caution. Corn and oat S are fairy
steady, as also raw Gotten.
TIE financial situation is beg inning to i'm
prove a2a;n, or rathe", is recovering from
the check received earlier in the month. The
Eumher Of failures shows decrease, and
s.hile the surplus reserves Of the banks il,
New Iori; are still increasing, this mountain
of idle funds is not or owing as fast as for the
prev Gus Two o. three weeks. Loans are de-
ireasing; there is less demand for money. tu.
New York exchange is cas- r throughout
the country, showing that there has BEEN d
relaxation in ths rigorous der.aud for money
to hoard away in lleness The lank ex-
changes are less than in the prec,d ng week,
Tut larger than the correspon ling we, k of
last year. Conf ieace is mistaken, and wi,
Iingness to wait It'll Latural eau -es lead tn
healthy advan, ment in CO ,hercial affairs
Is the leading sentiment of ali business classes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
LIVING 4 CENTURY

WILLIAM WATERMAN. l19 years old. l.s'vs
at Oshkosh.
Polly WILCOX OF Hope Valley, K. l., has
Just celebrated her centennial birthday.
HARRIsoNvILIE, n. j., boasts of two cen.
tenarians, Barth 1lo:n,y Coles All Michael
Potter.
CHRISTOPHER MANN. OF Independence,
Mo-, died recently u sed III years. He wa
born in Virginia in l!i4.
BENJAMIN w. BOW DIES old aSe, Nathan,
died recently at his home i'll Talbot county,
Mississippi aged lo1 year.
AFTER living u century, Mrs. Eiizab N
Thomas was killed I,rentiy while walking on
the railroad track at Reating, Penn.
AMONG the celehianti of the l0.'th birthday
of Jane Wilson, OF Ed ,ecom5, NJ. were her
sister, aged ninety-four, and her thee dauyl-
tiers, the eldest ei9hty-ona years OF aSa,
PROBABLY the oldest minister in the WE! |
is Thomas Tenant, of Vineyard town hip,
Arkansas He vas born i'll IN. He is al
itinerant Methodist preacher.
AT Wilson Greek, n. c.. Mrs. Susan Phil
lips died recently Just as she was closing II
century of life. She la thirt,e.I children
sixty three grandchildrel AMI sixty great
grandchildren.
ONE of the most forcible an, effective
shouters in tho Methodist church of Browns
bridge, Forsyth county, 'Srgia, i old
Auntie ScrogginS, who has Oh. Dyed religion
for "a years, and is now l0i years old,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
4 REMARKABLE RESCUE.
Captain Clark's Story ora Mut:ny
and Burned American Shin,

Captain Clark, of the American sh u
Frank n. Thayer, has arrived at Plymo h
ON the Cape steiner, by VIII Oh he vas picked
upat sea. He relates that the Thayer was
bou tor England with IN xsd crsw, i'll
clu ling two Manila amen. Thee two men
stole ulcn tie Geek ore nighr, and, armed
with knives Ii shed t poles, attacked the two
Ulcers, killing them instantly. Tt Sal rs
the ones on deck, wore quickly d s,,atches
Captain Clark, hearing TIE shrek
Of the crew rushed on the deck
in his nightshirt The M4niilars sla she'd him
terribly. N he barely escape with h 9 life.
After desperate struggle he br, Ike away
from his assailen.s, and, rushing to his cabin.
locked himself in. III. Mai ilans blttened
down the matches and kept tie captain and
crew below deck day and night
The captain finally fred through 81 ylight
at one of the multi GERS, ard wounded him
in the thigh. The man rushed to the side of
the vessel and leaped owe, boari. The tther
nu.ineei then went below, fred the cargo
and returning to the deck jumped into the
sea.
Teir.fe to madness, the crew fore e their
way to deck, lowered a boat ID loVed away.
Tee ship was consumed. The crew W indere
at sea for week before they were picked no.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
4 Rar-IOOm Tragedy.

For some time bad blood has existed be-
'ween Jesse Crpoms aul J. II. p Davis, two
well known young men OF Richmond, Tex IS
The two young men met in a saloon. Crooms
Grew revolver, saying tn It h ha l COME for
satisfaction ard was going to have it, and
while he was in the act Of raising his pist | was
Tired on by Davis, the ball passing through
Cfoom's hear, killing bin instantly. DIy :
was arrested ard at the inqu st u verd ct OF
justifiable homicide was r, ndered. Prior to
this Crooms had been engaged in number
OF desperate affrays. in one of which he was
aim st literally cut to pieces, having received
'ourteen CHASTITY wounds from his aLtag onist's
knife, whom he finally killed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
ENs1GNEpps, THEcoLoR-BEARER

Ensign Epps. at tho battle of Flanders,
Slowed a seed of glory and duty
That flowers and flames in height and beauty
Like crimson lily with heart of gold,
To-day. when the wars of Client are old
And buried as deep as their dead COM
manders.
Ensign EppS was the color bearer
No matter on which side, Philip or Earl;
Their cause was the shell--his deed was the
pearl
Scarce more than lad, he had been a
That day i'll the widest work Of the field,
He was wounded and spent, and the fight was
lost:
His comrades were slain or a scattered host,
But stainless and scatheless out of the strife
He had carried his colors safer than life.
By the rivers brink, without u weapon or
shield,
He faced the victors- The thick heart-mist
He dashed from his eyes, and the silk he
Ere he held it aloft in the setting sun,
As proudly as if the fight were won,
And he smiled when they ordered him to
yield
Ensign Epps, with his broken blade,
Cut the silk from the gilded staff,
Which he posed like spear till the charge
was made.
And hurled at the leader with laugh,
The round his breast, like the scarf of love,
He tied the colors his heart above,
And plunged i'll his armor into the tide,
And there, in his dress of honor, he died.
Where are the lessons your kinglings teacha
And what is the text of your proud com
manders?
Out Of the centuries heroes reach
With the scroll Of deed, with tho word of
story
OF ono mans truth and of all mems glory,
Like Ensign Epps at tho battle Of Flanders.
John Boyle o. Realv in Outing.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
HOUSE.

MONDAY After the call of States and
Terri cries for bills was finished to-day, the
House took up and passed, n der a SUI pension
of the u!es, what is known as the widows
pension bill. 1t was passed as it came form
the committee, substantially without amends
nlent. This kills the proposition to repeal the
limitation of the arrears of pension act.
TUEspAY.-The House to-day devote is
energies to cuog'es on the late Vice Pr, 81
dent Hendricks. Quite rumber OF sp eches
were delivered to full galleries. Mr. Randall
who rarely peaks OH such occasi 'ns, attracts
ed the most attention when he arse in his
place aud addre sod the Speaker
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Unsuitable Notwithstanding girls.
Citizen.
If man is to die by inches he wants
to be all.--New York Nsns.
4 snow-plow is like a bad habit -
A good thing to cut adrift. Boston Bal
letin.
Jones--"Can you always tell fooll'
Brown-'If he doesn't ask too much.
What would you like to know7"-Bing-
hamton Republican.
They are going down to dinner: He
MAY l sit on your right handa" She
ooh, l think you had better take chair :"
He did. --Pttris Nses.
bio Lewis says that hot water will
cure all complaints. In that case i'm
provident men ought to be extra healthy,
for they are always in it.
Entering the asylum for inebriates, he
asked: do you treat drunkards heref"
eyes, sir" "WeIl, Pm one Where's
yer barl''- Chicago Ne9s.
An exchange says the fall of the ska
ting rink has come" We'll, it is time
The rink has caused enough falls in its
time.--Nen York Graphic.
A brass band has been organized
among the employees of Columbus car
riage factory. They are said to be must
cal feloes. - Ollie !StAte Journal.
An Eastern physician has published a
work telling how to prevent scars. A
treatise on minding ones own business,
most ikeiy-CA&uyo Ledger.
In regard to modern languages it is said
that the Chinese is the most difficult. We
find this OUT when we try to explain to
our Chinese laundryman that pair OF
our socks is missing. Settings.
Bily's little sister had fallen and hurt
her nose and she cried great deal
over it. Hearing his mother tell her to
be careful lest she'd spoil it next time,
he said Whats the good of a nose to
herr She never blows it,"
Every man is the architect of his own
fortune, they say, and it needs but u glance
to convince the most skcptical that some
men don't know any more about architec-
ture than hen knows about artificial in
cubation. -HerctAnt 1iraceker.
The blissful elasticity of spirit which q
ecll-iiltdc HAL ID eupPosNA w l'o'o9oo' sc
dependency itself compared to that elas-
tic buoyancy OF soul which permeates the
being of the street Arab who has learned
to play tune on the mouth organ
Chicago Ledger.
Man in carriage Ito farmer in the
tield)--"That corn doesn't look as
though you'd get MORN half crop"
Farmer in the field Ito man in a carriage)
Don't expect to. I'm working it on
shares" mean you won't get much to
the acre" "Don''t expect to; only got
half an acre.
Smith, you are the lazist man
] ever saw" Smith-"Correct." Jones
They say you sleep fifteen hours out OF
every twenty-four." Smith-'Corrcct."
Jones--"W do you do it for!" Smith
an order to economic. You see it costs
nothing to sleep, but the moment you
wake up expenses begin"
AN OpTlaIsT'S LAY.
The buttercups that eerlmed the vale
In summers golden hours are fled;
The wild rose red, the primrose pale,
The hyacinth-all, all are dead.
No more at morn in beauty's pride
Their tinted petals they unfold
And scent the breeze; they dropped and died
When chill winds swept across the void.
But why should We their loss deplore
Why spend our time in vain ras,rets
When organ grinders to our door
Come daily with Sweet Vioistse
boston Courier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
Labor Riot.

Two thousand striking empl yees a. one OF
TIL irrn works in Dacazeviie, dapar;m mt of
Aveyron, France, attacked the Ii use Of. the
manager OF the works, broke open tn, door
entered the blilding, seq u the mana ger and
threw him out of the window. He was then
trampled to death by the angry crowd.
Troops We're sept to quel tn, disturbance.
The strike grew out OF a question Of wages.
The troops restored orler, buf MT until s,v.
tral OF the rioters had been kile and a mum
Der wounded.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
The Greek Front Unchanged.

The Cttciol Journal of Athens denies that
he attitu 10 OF the Greek Cabinet has
changed. Lord Salisbury has instructed Ad-
mlrll Hay, the commander of the English
Mediterranean squadron, to employ force
against tie GreeSs wherever they attack
Turks. The Duke of L iinburg has been al =
po ned commander in chief of the Medi
terranean station. Four Italian frigate
have sailed for Crete,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
BRIEF MENTION.

4 CREMAToHY i, 81. ,rtiy t, he bal, in @a,.
Francisco.
A CHIHAMAN who die In. emily at Coulter
Will, Cal, left over $lHA.t0).
THE Knights OF Labor, it is understood.
will make a bold sand for til" cight-hour
system May l.
II is e,tinltel tL.t til, 1900 .l,Dn, of
New York city tax il S:!l, ~ p,r day. or
SH,0Jl0lla year.
EACH Colgre SINAI GETS tbs year 900
IA .kagas OF vegetable ,eels. beside 50J pack
ages OF flower seeds
DURING last year l3.1>l people were fe"t a;
the New York diet kitchens. and fifth
Kitchen is contemplated.
MANY Key West sponYe!S a. abandoning
that business for ciStr-maNing which the !;
think will prove morA lucrative.
THE Cnitel States supr.,n" cour. has de-
cided that taxeSupon COM iserral 'drummers'
by State ana cities are uu Constitutional.
THE Fro.lth have the highest un-tcora'os.
cal station in Europe and their two largest OBJ
>elvaIo'i 2s are the hAst equipped i'll the world.
TIE GeI:sal census, shows that the empire
contains forty-tiva TOWNS Of over $1,000 in
hahit;nt>'. twcn y-anv OF which have more
tAan 10000.
SENATOR PAGMER, of MiCli :an. net.Iie
starties the clriol> people of Washington hy
wearing a live toy terrier in the front of hi;
buttonedup coat.
FIvE-sIXTHs of the Irish cmi@Yants from
Great Britain last year pro 'ecied TO the
United States. As did nearly two-thirds o.
those OF scotch nationality.
il AiJu.tu tr IN. y. NJ, a company is helms
organized to explore the ruins of vast an
ole n city, where it is thought S!00O0,0G
worth of pluuter may b. found.
THE city fathers of Isural. lucataa, de
i 4
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
A MORMON CORRUPTION FUND.

Mr.. Dement, says that the Mormons have
spent Ell enormous amount of money in
Washington during III. last four or five year
in attempting to defeat les'sla i'm and pre-
vent adverse decisions by the courts, and he
has secured documents to show to VIII nj the
fun s have been pail. When askei what
Congressman are iavo we'd Mr. Dement, said
most of III III were Democrats, hu
there are several pub, cans on
tha lis, one of whom, Western
Republican S nator, received 81, 900 for ,p-
posing the Edmuads bill. Other Senators
have received smaller sums fro III time to time
the payments having covered several years
and The money heDg disbursed BY WELL
known lobbyist here, who has rendered an ac-
count quarterly. Several Democratic men,
bers the House have received sums of ST.
90 alta time for several years for 10. king
after the minor interests in Gu gress, and
have also zen rewarded i.y tina cial ass
lance in the pa, m mt Of their campaign ex-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
Four Valuable instruments.

4 correspondent states that wealthy
person who was devoted to music died
lately in Paris leaving behind him four
strngcd instruments, all made by Stradi-
varus, which could with difficulty be
matched One violin dated 1877, the
wear of the makers death, was his last
work. and was named by Stradivarius
the "Swan's Song" Its owner paid
II, 900 francs ($3, 400 for it. A second
violin, dated 1904, was purchased for
-. go francs ($2, 500. The viola dated
1928 was bought for $4,000 francs
1873. 500, and for the violoncello, made
in 1896, the owner paid 1880 francs
($3, 5O0(. Duly authenticated docu-
nents attest the origin of each inStru-
ment --LOndon Times.
A New York clergyman said the tou
great difficulties which confront clergy,
men in large city are the Capitalization
of churches; the rush of business and
pleasure, and often silly and childish
pleasures; the crowded and shifting pop
ulation; and the tendency to sensational
ism. This, observes an exchange, is like
the thirty-eight reasons which mayor
gave for not firing a cannon when the
king entered the city. "The first is,
your majesty, we hadn't any powder;
the second, we hadn't any cannon; the
third",-but here The king shut him up.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06

The Nova Scotia Sugar Refining Company,
o. Halifax, has failed. Liabilities, 100000
one-half of which is due the Nor ms n, B INK
Vi Halifax.