Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26


offer was backed by proffered salary
of $4,000. The JOURNAL is glad tc
learn that Mr.. Avirett will remain in
Allegany county. Some day his
party will need him in Congress.
Preston Fiddls,representing Morling
Myer & Co., of Baltimore, visited
town on Wednesday last to collect in
formation for new State Directory.
J. Dutton Steele, railroad enginee,
of national reputation, died at Potts.
town, Pa, last Sunday, aged 76 years
He was the father of Mrs. F. E.
Bracket, Of this county.
Owen Price, ir., is at home from the
military school at Oxford, Md.
Cornelius Daily, of this place, twice
hurt in New Hope mine last week, is
improving.
The Oakland Democrat should ALWAYS
go fishing as Il paper, not as a person.
A paper has no bones, and is not sub
Ject to the cheat and burden of the
day" The JOURNAL, too, has always
found that when it angled for trout as
person the speckled beauties exhibit
ed coquettish disposition to firt,
steal bait and sponge on us generally.
Consequently, the number of real
mashes was near y always small. The
tired reader will find the occasion of
these remarks in the following quota
ton from the Democrat
Ferdinand Williams, Esq, of the Cumber-
land bar, was in town Saturday. After
spending the forenoon on business he in
weighed the Democrat-which like the Frost
burg JOURNAL, ''is sometimes a person, and
sometimes paper'-to accompany him on
trout fishing excursion as a mutual relax
alton. Our bones are aching yet from the
fearful trip in the broiling sun over noun
tain, swamp and glen to the home of the
trout on Dunkard Run. We didn't find
them ''at home to any great extent only
three of that desirable specimen of the tinny
tribe being polite enough to allow us to cap
ture them. These were borne home on the
midnight train in triumph to Cumberland,
and we presume will form the basis of one of
Ferd's most thrilling fishing tales
In James Prout's card of Thanks
last week the clause, "lodge friends" !"
should have read lady friends.
The Burnett (Texas) Bulletin informs
US that Thomas H. Hamill, formerly
of this place, was elected on the 10Th
inst. Senior Warden OF Valley Lodge,
No. l75, A., f. and A. NJ, of that
place, for the ensuing year.
Marshall Wilhelm, of Listonburg,
Pa, died in this place Monday, aged
81 years. He was visiting the family
Of O. c. Deffenbaugh.
Abraham Jandorf, of New York, is
enjoying his annual summer visit to
Frostburg friends.
Mrs. Laura Parker, nee Payne. of
Cleveland, Ohio, is on a visit to
friends here.
Miss Kate Porter has returned from
the State Normal School in Baltimore.
Messrs. r. G. Colborn and Howard
Porter, OF Pittsburg, formerly of this
place, are here.
Clayton Purnell went to Cambridge
with Gov. Lloyd to stay several days.
John McFall, of California, Pa, is
the guest of Mayor j. B. Wright.
DR.. Wilson is in town, stopping at
the Grand Central, which makes that
hotel headquarters for dental work.
Read his "New Business Locals" and
call on him for work in his line.
Harry K. Wingert is at home from
the Oxford military and naval school.
Brecities.-The difficulties between
the Clearfeld miners and the operators
of that region have been finally ad-
justed and the men are all at work
again.
The JOURNAL is grieved to learn
from the Teacs that "the beauty of
baseball in Frederick lies in the fact
that majority of the players are per-
feet gentlemen" 1t is to be inferred, b,
therefore, that the minority are i'm
perfect gentlemen, which some folks
here think trenches upon an association
park instinct at Cumberland. That
leaves Frostburg as proprietor of the
plu-perfect association, club and
grounds.
The Homecoming RegieeO reports the
game of polo at Eckhart last Saturday
a draw. The referees decided at the
time as below:
EckllarJ. '''.... u
Our reliable informant regrets the in
PRODUCTION of Cumberland baseball
tactics into the Areadian amusement of
pclo, but Frostburg accepts all banters
to play old or new games. In the
language of George Mauck, "it is
6icm taria Withdrawn