Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27
departure for Florida in November
last, addressed as follows:


which accompanies the address Mr..
Beail opened the envelope Feb. 14th,
the day on which intelligence Of the
Captains death reached here. and
found 4 paper characteristic Of the
writcl, and OF which the following is an
exact copy:
h"ol" all mot dy Mc&c presents:
That /, Nelson Bcall Of the town of Frost
burg i'll thecounty of Allegany, Md, having
made my will several years ago, wherein |
devised al! my worldly possessions whereof
may b. t"-s. sscd at the time of my demise
and the SAME heinS satisfactory to me up to
the present time, now procecd 10 dictate and
direct how and in what manner my remains
shall be disposed of, and how my funeral
shall Lc conducted
Having laborad under q certain chronic
physical intirmity for the past forty years,
and now beng daily almoniShcd that my
constant bad health will soon terminate in
dissolution, | therefore direct as follows:
Having passed beyond the usual period al
lotted to man, thrccSCorc and ten years, and
having seen the vanity and pride displayed at
funcrals-at cost that las deprived many
families Of the common ncccssares of life
| for time at least, |, therefore, if only by way
OF example, hereby direct my hereinafter
named special executor for this occasion to
have my collin made at A J. Wiliison's car
| penter shop Of white pine or poplar wood, in
plain manner, and stained or covered with
| some dark stuff, and TO put thereon plain,
| cheap handles, the whole not to exceed in
| cost twelve or fifteen dollars.
| / desire to have no honorary or fancy pail
| bearers, and, therefore, | name tie following
| persons whom it Is my special request shall
be invited to carry my remains from my
| dwelling to the grave at the old Percy grave
yard on the hill, for which service they shall
! be paid each three dollars. viz: y. J. Wilson,
| William Oats, Luther Dawson, Jacob Conrad,
/ Enoch Clicc and Theodore Miller
And now in regard TO funeral services have
only to say that | desire none either at my
! house or at my grave, but if any friend present
on the occasion would only say: I'VE sol
/ ennly commit the body of our departed
! friend to mother carth-dust unto dust
where the weary are at rest and the wicked
/ cease from troubling, brief as this may
appear it is all desire.
And, lastly, hereby appoint my brother,
Richard Bcall, my special executor to see
| carried out this, nay last Will and testament
in special regard to my burial.
| | will add that if should die from home
! in distant State, in such case | wish my re-
mains to be there inferred and never to be
taken up and returned to my native home
/ Given undermy hand and seal this 25th day
ofNovember, 1885. NELSON BEALL [Seal.l
" B-My hcadStonc is to be the same as
/ those of my mother and wife, Caroline now
at their graves. n BEA1L
To Mr.. Beall's immediate family the
existence Of this paper was unknown.
His wife and son, Frank, in charge in
Floriua, obeying natural impulse, at
once decided to take his remains home.
Reaching here, the provisions of this
last will becoming known were carried
ont as far AS then practicable.
10 Capt. Beall's enterprise Frost
burg owes much Of its growth. Two
OF the additions to the town bear his
name, each the product of his invest
ment and development.
In 1860 he commanded the .Frost-
burg Blues" military company, from
which he gained the title of "Captain."
About fifteen years ago he was elected
a director of the Second National Bank
Of Cumberland, position which he
held with credit till the day of his death.
lhe Miners Conrention.-O re-
port last week of the Miners Fedora
ton convention in Cumberland closed
with Thursdays proceedings. The
convention resumed its session Friday
and continued until Saturday, when it
adjourned.
Edward Hughes, Of Pocahontas,
Va, was elected from District No. 3 to
the National Convention Of Operators
and Miners, which met in Columbus,
Ohio, last Tuesday.
The Columbus convention met and
adjourned, but Maryland appeared to
have no share in the disposition OF al
fairs.
The following Is a copy of the ad-
dress to the mining operators of the
district adopted by the Cumberland
convention:
CUMBERLAND Mp, Feb. 1S 1886
GENTLEMEN AT a delegate convention of
District No. 3, of the National Federation of
Miners and Mine Laborers, held in Cumber-
land, beginning February Is, 1886, the fol-
lowing scale of prices per ton for mining
coal i'll the various districts was adopted. All
other labor to be paid in proportion. The
same to be binding for one year, and to go
into effect on Monday, March s, 1886 Clear
field 80 cents, Irwin 60 cents, Garrett 40 cents
Meyersdale 40 cents Georges Creek 50 cents
Elk Garden 80 cents, Pocahontas rs cents.
The necessity Of an advance in the price o
mining coal, and the wages of mine laborer,
in all the above districts is apparent At tho
present prices your employers cannot, or a
least do not, receive sufficient COMPENSATION
fIr their labor to enable them to hive as be
comes Christians and civilized beings, DOS