Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-07-24
WHOLE NO. 772.

repaired to Cumberland in 1861 to repel
threatened assault upon that city, was passed
over the Presidents veto Saturday on ac-
count Of specially meritorious features. Mr..
Romiser was accidentally but dangerously
wounded by a comrade.
The Piedmont and Cumberland railroad is
booming right along. Nearly all the line is
under way.
What so rare as a day in June?' "a
dead mule" answered q Hoffman man last
Saturday.
number of men who went to Elk Garden
during the last six or eight weeks returned
Wednesday. They do not like mining in
| the woods"
postal card from away out West, received
Thursday, says: Change our address to
-, and send copy Of July 10, as we did not
receive that issue. We can't do withom the
JOURNAL, which comes so refreshingly from
the cool mountains. Hot as - but the
rest of the sentence We could not make out
up to the hour of going to press. 1t is doubt
less an obscure term, indigenous to the rowdy
West
The discussions brought about by the first
! good pay this year, infamcd by whisky, was
attended Saturday evening in some dscordant
| episodes. A knock-down or two reminded a
| few of the old stagers who still survive of the
| "blessed times of DID, and made them think
| that after all life IS not that dull, meaning
| less, almless condition that some agnostic
! folks want to make out "There is life in the
| old land yet"
All the railroad agents here Thursday were
| thorough-going, wide-awake, get-there men.
Personal.-Dr. l.. B. Wilson, of Cumber-
land, was in town Tuesday on business con-
| nected with the recent location here of a
branch of his dental establishment.
J. f, Legge, formerly b. & o. agent at
| Cumberland, reported dead, telegraphed from
| Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, that report was
false. On the face of it, this appears to be
good for Legge.
| Miss Ida Frantz, daughter of Councilman
| d. p Frantz, of Cumberland, died Saturday
| night in Atchson, Kansas, whittier she had
| gone few weeks before with the hope that
| change of scene would benefit her impaired
health. frequent visitor TO the family of
II. b. Shatfer, Miss Frantz was quite we'll
known and highly esteemed in this place.
Among those present at the funeral in Cum
berland Wednesday afternoon were Mrs. H.
B. Shatfer, Misses Carrie, Ellie and Lula X.
Shatfer, Messrs. Duncan and. William Shat
fer, and Misses Julia and Eva NJ. Walker,
May Guner, Rose Lapp, Phoebe Johnson,
| and Etfie and Ida Baker, all Of this place.
| J. Halderman, of Fort Wayne, Ind, travel
| ing passenger agent of the Southern Kansas
| railway, was in town Thursday in the inter-
| est Of that road.
! c. w. Oder, accompanied by his little
daughter, Mamie, reached here Tuesday
morning from Kansas City, Mo- They will
stay some time.
| One Phelps, contractor on the Georges
Creek and Cumberland railroad away back in
| 1879 or 80 is in limbo for carrying two wives
or in other words for believing it is not
| good for man to be too much alone. Bad for
| Phelps.
| w. r. Coyner, of the P. and c. r. R.,
Piedmont, w, Va, was at home, this place,
last Sunday. He brought the JOURNAL a
copy of q recent issue of the Toxic (Japan)
Independent. Not more than one in mil
lion Americans can read the Independent. To
such we are glad to say that generally and
locally the news from Toxic is very cheering.
Real estate has improved some during the
last 100 years, though the picnic clearings have
| fallen off. The weather was warm and the
signal service indications booked more sun
shine. Leaving out the comments on this
topic and the tea crop, the Independent, which
is to Toxic what the JOURNAL is to Frostburg,
shadows forth the fact that life in Japan is
about on par with existence here. They
have stores, hotels, restaurants, barber-shops
and water company.
The central passenger agent Of the Great
Wabash Route, A. NJ. Breckenridge, of Pitts
burg, Pa, Thursday took Frostburg in his
current tour for the benefit of the railway he
represents.
f. Wineland of Meyersdale. Pa, came
over Thursday on a short visit.
Robert Matheney and several other prom
inent citizens of Lonaconing, were in town
last Sunday.
J. S. DeVecmon is sick at the residence
of his mother this place.
Our whilom brother of the Cumberland
Ne'cs, Arthur Shriver, is the chief Of a new
printing office and book bindcry in Cumber-
lduu lie TelalllS, Ol course, All lHc DuSllleSS
vim which marked his management of the
NecS for many years, and his patrons will
undoubtedly enjoy satisfactory service. See
advertisement.
Rev. L. A. Hannah, of st. Johns Catholic
Church. Baltimore, is the guest of Rev. V.
f. Schmtt.
j. J, Dillon, of st. Mary's Seminary, Balti-
more, is at home at the ST. Cloud hotel, and
+. p Doory, of Baltimore is his guest.
j. w. Patton, Of Somerset, Pa, passenger
agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
came to Frostburg Thursday to let us know
all about the coming eXcursions-iixed for
the benefit of'those who want to make cheap
as well as pleasant trips.
DR.. L. c. Gaskill, of Cumberland, was in
town Thursday. He seemed to be here ex-
clusively on business.
Miss Hattie Burnworth, of Piedmont, w.
Va, is visiting friends in this place.
T. j. Crump, of Buffalo, n, V, is spending
his annual vacation in Frostburg, his native
town. Mr. Crump has clerical position
under the law firm of which President Cleve-
land was formerly member.
Mrs. Ewing and family removed from this