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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

Brocitfes' - No school Monday -
Washington's birthday.
See here, Frostburg base ball as,
sociaton, if you owe the Cumberland
association $3l.45, pay it. If not, $, e
that they stop publishing the lie to
your discredit.
a. H. Stump, of Baltimore, presl-
dent of the Georges Creek coal and
iron company, died recently. j. j.
Alexander, of same city succeeds him.
The NJ. c. D. c. fair is going on sue
cessfully.
A blizzard yesterday. Wind high,
thermometer low.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

Serious Accident.-Alex. II. Reck-
nor, Of this place, met with an acci-
dent at Johnson's planning mill, Satur-
day last, which will MAIN lin for life.
While running a hoard through a
dressing machine both hands were
caught by the rolls and drawn in, one
to point nearly up to the knuckles.
The amputation Of several fingers on
each hand was necessitated. The ac-
cident was ii distressing one, Mr..
Recknor having just begun work after
considerable period of idleness. Not
many months ago, also, he sustained
painful injuries about the face by the
explosion Of a cartridge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

SPEAKlNG of Gov. Lees message
to the Nlrglni@ legislature suggesting
the appointment Of Il debt COM
mission, the duty of which will be to
explain to the holders of Virginia
bonds the in'possibility Of full and
honest payment Of the States obilgu-
tions, the Cumberland Times SAYS:
Creditors are to be faced with the
fact that there are no moneys in the
Virginia treasury and asked to take
that as partial payment. The bal
ance will be paid rs provided for by
that notor!ously diSgraceful measure,
the Riddlebcrger act, and other laws
supplementary to it. When will there
be II man manly enough to save Vir-
ginia from herself ?
The same people who are monkey
ing with the silver question to the
prejudice of silver are the ones who
fixed NirgInia's debt beyond Viz
gInia ability to pay. According to
the McCulloch arrangement the debt
was placed at about thirty one mil
hons, q sum reduced by the Riddle
berger scheme to about twenty one
millions. Yet, strange to say, the
larger sum was easier to pay at tie
time than the smaller is now. WHY ?
Because the bondholding class, by
various maneuvfrs, made Il day S
work worth about 60 per rent. less.
For the same reason the national
debt is much larger now than at tie
close Of the war, and if the anti-silvcr
people in Europe are permitted to
continue their extreme friendship for
the gold which their bonds represent,
1t IS within the range Of possibility
that in course of time even the
United States may need Il financial
savior.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27
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so that we would gain another through
| line east.
Another rumor less alarming, pro-
vides for q grand steam towing com.
pany to operate on the canal.
March 20 has been fixed as the date
for opening navigation.
1t is likely there will be no change
in tolls and wharfage from last year
y and 4 cents-total 26 cents.
School PdraGruphs.-The commits
sioners have decided not to lengthen
the scholastic year. Whereat a tutor
remarked the other day II wish that
| were even dead, or teaching in Gar
rett county,
A fine entertainment was given in
Public School building No | Thursday
evening by Miss Stewards 7th grade
pupils. a lecture upon '..The Eye" by
Prof. Buckley was an important and
instructive feature of the programme.
Sudden Death'-Col. Thomas J.
Mckaig, brother of Senator A, Beall
Mckaig, died last Sunday afternoon
between and 6 o'clock at his residence
in Cumberland. Stomach and heart
trouble appeared to be the immediate
cause of death. Col, McKalg was
well known throughout the State, his
fine social qualities and legal attain
ments giving him high standing in
popular esteem.
Sciopficon Entertainment.-A large
audience greeted Rev. G. w. Hobbs
at the M. f. Church Wednesday even
ing. Views of prominent places in
the United States, England, Ireland,
France, Italy and Switzerland, also
several Bio.e scenes, We're shown.
Each picture was accompanied by
brief description which made the even.
ing's entertainment both enjoyable
and instructive.
Nominafions.-Den Sheridan for
Inspector of Mines; Lewis j. Ort and
John J. Byrnes forregistrars of districts
Nos IL and u; William Armstrong
and II. h. Atkinson, magistrates for
No. II, and Noah Trimble and Ulrich
Steineman for No. II, and +. C. Beall,
notary public, have been nominated
by the governor.
Mdrried-At St. Michael's Church
on Wednesday last by Rev. V. f.
Schm.tt, Mr.. MARTIN CORDIAL and
Miss MARY E. BETz, both of Eckhart.
At st. Michaels Church, Thursday,
Feb. 25, 1886, by Rev. V. F. Schmitt,
Mr.. JOHN HoLzsCHNEIDER and Miss
L1zzY MINER, both Of Eckhart.
Legislative NOtes.-Mr. Holle has
obtained leave to Introduce bill
amending the charter of Frostburg,
providing for the election of three
councilmen each for two years, so that
three will always hold over.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

Legislative Notes.-Mr. Holle has
obtained leave to introduce a bill
amending the charter of Frostburg,
providing for the election of three
councilmen each for two years, so that
three will always hold over.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

Canal Matters Some alarm was
created lately by report that a scheme
was on foot to dovetail the West Vir-
ginia Central and Pittsburg railroad
nd the Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

THE Cumberland NeWS, which has
lately devoted some really fiuc writ
ing to the Balkan Question, " Ger
tainty and Uncertainty and other
serious matters akin TO the far away.
fell into Il facetlous mood Wednes
day over IL provoking error in our slI-
yer calculations Of last week. That
our readers may fully understand the
issue the Nc~& shall speak for itself:
= I" In last week. issue of the
JOURNAL we are given f21S, ,23l ,16l as
the total coinage of standard silver
dollars up to and including 1883.
which the JOURNAL says, on q basis of
$4,000, zoo is P43 Ct to each inhabitant
Now we have hunted up several of our
old school arithmetics and brushed up
our schOolday recollections of this
branch Of mathematics, and in addi-
tlon have called to our assistance the
aid OF several Well-known Savans in
the science Of figures. but nothing and
nobody has so far enabled us to cipher
out the result the same as given by the
JOURNAL. The most we can make of
1t is F4.36 to each inhabitant. and in
stead of $2lS to each family of FIVE, rs
given by the JOURNAL, we can only
somehow get $2l l.SO."
This is about one-third of the
NcWS' ado over Il mistake made in
cutting Off the ciphers and dividing
by the integer 5.
To show, however, that the jour
NAL knew what it was talking about,
we will quote two paragraphs not al
luded to by the Ne@S:
l. That, taking 1855 as Il sample,
the coinage of the standard silver dol
lar for that year was $2S, ,6G9,7l7
=. That estimating the country's
population ut fifty millions, the mints
last year made 81 cents of silver cur
rency in the shape of standard dollars
for each inhabitant.
Now, then, If the JOURNAL had
been off as to the true method Cf
finding the dividend in the case pre-
sented, Or had committed the same
error, it would have named 1915 IL
stead of " 81 cents
However, the Nc1"s, in effect, con
crdes the lop>uS by seeking to get up
Il laugh at our expense, Meanwhile
it has done us tie service of making
on: argument exactly ten times
stronger-a Development for which
the JOURNAL, both Il person and Il
paper on the silver question, CRATE
folIy makes acknowledgement.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

Mr.. Journal, Of Frostburg, the
Cumberland Ners says you cam
figure. rc.'-Lonaconing Rerisg.
We are not SO much concerned now
as to what the "Novs says as TO have
you "cail TO your assistance the aid of
several we'll known savans in the
science of figures" so that you may
find out what y0U say.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

specimen of silver augmentation:
Anti-sjlcer man-But, my dear sir,
how would you like to have your cor
respondents pay you in cartwheel
dollars ?
Si1rer maniac-Pay me ? You don't
seem to understand the people of oul
section. Nobody ores as anything.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

No change OF cars between Cumberland and
Huntingdon. Through cars between Hunt
ingdon and Philadelphia, New York and Pitts
man, for Somerset, take Express train west,
change cars at IIyndman, and arrive at Som
erset at GAO p. m. Passengers leaving Somer-
set at lao a. III. make close connection at
yndman for all points east.
Tickets sold and baggage checked by PETER
Noon, Agent, corner Baltimore and Liberty
streets, Cumberland, and at the depot
J. II. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent.
X. l.. HOLIDAY,
May lG Superintendent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

A Memorial to the Legislatures
The following paper, entitled can
Appeal of 5000 Miners and UEder-
ground Workers, Employed in Ale
gany and Garrett Counties" has been
placed in the hands of onr Legislative
delegation for distribution at the
proper time:
To the Senate and House Of Delegates Of
Wdryta'td IN Legislature assembled:
We would respectfully ask your favorable
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

OF the amount of coal shipped from
this region this year 23l sos tons have
gone from mines on the Maryland side
of the Potomac river.
The Cleartield output to above date
is 354,549 tons, or l22,G5l tons in
excess of Georges Greek.
Our calculations, all given in gross
tons, show for other competing regions
to date above given as below:
Iec.h Creek NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1Oi907
PocGhontas, Va..................... 1881
Chesapeake & Ohio railway, VIVA. S,299
Broadtop, Observation-Disclosures. 80, $50
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-27

Has Pekin a coal region too?
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03
DAILY TELEGRAPH.
q. W. McCRANIE. Editor.
V. NJ. TELLES, Publisher and
Business Manager.
Poisoned Himself.

GALVESTON, July 3.-Joseph Opper-
man, aged 20 years, died Thursday
morning from the effects of a dose of
rongh on rats. Deceased was a son
Of Gustave Opperman, a capitalist and
prominent citizen, who is absent on
bridal tour. Young Opperman assign.
cd no reason for his rash act other than
that he had taken the poison in fun.
This, however, is not believed, as it is
known that he was enamored of the
young lady his father married, and
this, 1t is thought, was the cause of the
suicide. This is the second victim in
the past four days of rough on rats,
Mrs. Catherine Lang, aged 45 years,
who sought relief from domestic trou-
bic by taking dose of the poison, and
whe died ia great agony last Monday
morning, being the other.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03

denly Thursday night, killed a mum.
ber Of appropriation bills amounting
Ia the aggregate to about $175,O 200.
The bill to revoke the land contract
with John McEnery was recommitted.
Both bodies are holding evening
sessions and will adjourn next Thurs
day sine die.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03

all taxable property within such parish
city or incorporated town, sufficient
to pay the amount specified to be paid
in such petition; and such police jury
and authorities shall have the same
power to enforce and collect any
special tax that may be authorized by
such election, as is or may be confer
red by law upon them for the collect
lon OF other taxes, which taxes so
collected shall from time to time, as
the same are collected, be paid to ths
railway company or corporation
named in such petition, or to any
person, partnership or other COMPANY
or corporation, to which the same
may have been assigned.
Sec. 7. Be it futher enacted, etc.
The the right to receive the whole or
any portion Of such taxes may he ASA
signed and transferred by such railwa5
company or corporation to any peres
partnership or ather company or &C
poration and such person, partner
ship or other company or corporation,
shall have the same right to enforl
the collection and payment of such
taxes, as such railway scompany 81
corporation would have had II such
assignment had not been made provi.
ded, that no such tax shall be paid by,
such parish, city or Incorporated town
until the railway, in favor of which
the same shall have been voted shall
be completed and in operation, to such
point in such parish, city or incor-
porated town as may be specified in
the proposition set forth in the petition
required in the first section of this
act.
Sec 8. Be it further enacted, etc.
That all act and parts Of acts in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed. -
H. w. OGDEN,
Speaker Of the House of Representa-,
tives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved this 2Sth day of June,
1886.
S. ID. MCENERY.
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
A true copy from the original:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary of Slate.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03
Louisiana Legislature,

BATON ROUGE, July 3.-The House
met at II O'Clock yesterday morning
and took up the revenue bill on final
passage. 1t was passed on a vote of
70 to and sent to the Senate.
The general appropriation bill as
amended by the Senate was read be~
fore the House yesterday morning.
MIR. Hunter moved that the House
do not concur in the amendment. This
motion was made for the purpose Of
having the House and Senate appoint
committee for conference TO settle
amicably the amendments. A vote
was taken and the House refused TO
concur in the amendments. The Sen.
ate was notified of the action of the
House. This necessitated the appoint
ment of a conference committee. The
conference committee was appointed
as follows: BY the Senate, Messrs.
Davey, Jumel and Fisher. On the
part of the House, Messrs. Hunter,
Williams, Murdock, Shield and Ken>
nedy, of East Carroll. Senate proviso
relative to paupers' admission to char
ity hospitals meets with the unani.
nous concurrence of city members.
The board of administrators of the
Charity Hospital has telegraphed as
follows: Prohibition as to destitute
sick is impracticable and will reverse
fifty-year reputation for indiscrimio
mating charity that has rendered Lou,
isiana so marked among her sister
States. The provision will be stricken
out.
The first labor bill that ever passed
The Louisiana Legislature was signed
by Governor McEnery yesterday
morning. 1t is House bill No. %, an
act to regulate employment of chill
dren, young persons and women in
certain cases. 1t was introduced by
Mr.. O'Donnell, of the Third ward, and
passed the House and Senate almost
unanimously.
Governor McEnery stated positively
that there will be no extra session, as
there was not enough money in the
treasury to have one. The only thing
that will suffer will be the Revised
Statutes. The Governor states that
they will have to 60 over to next ses.
sion in 1887.
The Sennte by adjourning so sud-
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03
AN ACT.

special elections shall be held in pa
rishes, cities and in incorporated
towns of this State, for the purpose
OF levying special taxes in aid of
railway enterprises,and providing for
their enforcement and collection;
and to carry into effect article 242 of
the Constitution of 1879.
Section /. BE it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly OF the State of Louisiana
that whenever one third of the prop.
erty taxpayers of any parish, city or
any incorporated town in this State,
shall petition the police jury of such
parish or the municipal authorities of
such city Or incorporated town to levy
special tax In aid of any railway
company or corporation, organized uu.
der the laws of this State; and the
said police jury, municipal or own
authorities shall order a special elec.
ton for that purpose, and submit to
the taxpayers of such parish, city or
incorporated town the rate of taxation
and the purpose for which it is in,
tended; provided that said election be
held under thsSseneral election laws
of this Stste, Ct that time in force,
and at the polling places at which the
last proceeding general election was
held, and not sooner than thirty days
after the official publication of the pe.
tition and ordinance ordering the
election; both of which shall be made
in the same manner as provided by
law for judicial advertisements,
Section 2. Be It further enacted.
etc., That the petition mentioned in
! section one of this act shall be in wri,
ting; shall designate the railway COM
pany or corporation aud the percentx
age OF the tax to be levied each year,
and the number Of years not exceed +.
Ing ten, during which it shall be lev
led. The said petition shall desig-
nate the form of ballots to be used at
such election for and against such pro-
position.
Section 8. Be it further enacted.
etc, That said election shall be held
in the same manner as provided by
law for general elections, and the re-
suit thereof shall be announced and
promulgated by the police jury of said
parish.
Sec. 4. BE 1t further enacted, etc.,
That if majority in numbers and in
value of the property taxpayers of
such parish. city or incorporated town
shall vote in favor of such levy of
said special tax, then the police jury
for and on behalf OF such parish, or
the municipal authorities for and on
behalf of such city or incorporated
town shall Immediately pass an ordi-
nance levying such tax and for such
time as may have been specified in
the petition, and shall designate the
year in which such taxes shall be first
levied and collected.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.
that nonresident tax payers shall
have the right to vote at said election,
IL present. And if not present to vote
through an agent or attorney; pro-
vided, such agent or attorney shall
have written special authority fron
said residents for that purpose.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc.,
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03
MODERN MIRACLE.
A Young Girl Who Dies and Goes to
Henven-Shc Comes Back to
Life and Tells Her Experience.
She Takes to Preaching Under Inspira.
tiOn of the Lord, and Immense
Crowds Flock to Hear Her.


Crowds Flock to Hear Her.
COLUMBUS, Miss, July 1.-The little
town of Vernon, in Lamar county,
Ala, twenty-eight miles northeast of
here, has furnished first,cIass sensation
which has set the entire country wild.
Mollie Pennington, daughter of
George Pennington, who resides four
miles from Vernon, aged 13 years, was
taken sick on the 10th inst. Physici-
ans state that her illness resembled
hydrophobia. Ga the 17th Dfs. Reed,
Brown, Morton and Burns were called
in to see the girl. She presented every
sign of hydrophobia, attempting to
bite every one around her, even her.
self. On the 18th inst. she somewhat
rallied, gained her consciousness and
told those around her that she would
die for an hour exactly, and at the
expiration of that time to chafe her
hands and feet and that she would
come back 10 life.
At the time predicted she died
away, and physicians present state
that death was apparent, the pulse
failing to beat and her body was cold.
Her physicians during the hour ap-
piled all available remedies to restore
her, and at sixty two minutes exectly
from the time she swooned away she
astonished all by opening her eyes
and jumping nimbly from her bed.
She told that she had been to heaven
and that God had cured her. She then
told that she returned to preach to the
earth, and commenced there exhor-
tations that amazed tam all.
The most curious circumstance is
that she remarked Immediately that
she had seen Mrs. Briermore in hea.
ven, aud had talked with her. Mrs.
Briermore, who lives four miles away
died during the hour the girl was ap-
parently dead, and no one bad had
any communication from that family.
At appointed times of evenings she
hos continued her eXhortations, telling
beforehand at what hour God would
be with her.
Ministers from all over the country
are fiocking to see her and her Disco
urses move ter audiences to shouts and
tears.
Men of strong minds say there is
something supernatural about her.
She never went to school day in her
life and cannot read her name, and
never heard but one sermon in her
life; and the good language used by
her in her discourses and Bible teach
ings strike her hearers with wonder.
She is unusually small for her age,
weighing but forty>one pounds. She
has alwaysbeen OF a retired disposition
until, within the last month, she has
been in unsual good spirits and talked
incessantly. This statement is cor
roborated by at least a dozen men
who have seen her and heard her
talk Great crowds are reported as 60
ing from all over the country to hear
her.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03

Savannah News: Last week one OF
the Apache captives at st. Augustine,
Fla, passed in his checks and Joined
the Great Spirit in the happy hunting
grounds. "Jim, the Scout" was fuli-
fiedged warrior, and many white
scalp dangled to his belt before he was
captured but now he will sculp no
more. This is the second Indians who
has died in captivity. The first one was
a chief One of the peculiar things about
Jim's death was the Indians did not
want the whites to know where he was
buried, so they secretly hid him in
the sand, aud now refuse to divuige to
the authorities W here he has been in.
tered. 1t is throught that the reason
why his burial place has been kept
secret is because it Is feared that the
pale faces are after his scalp. One diff
ficulty that the physicians have to
contend with in treating these red
skins is the latter's objection 10 taking
medicine. Not one of them will drink
anything prescribed for them unles.
the doctors gulp it down first.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-07-03

The young Emperor of China has
Just been engaged in the pleasant occu.
patton of selecting three ladies as
brides from among thirty-two ladies
assembled at his palace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-31
His Private Mark.

A mild-mannered German cook, who
does business in a small way in Grand
street, chanced to fall overheard from an
East river ferryboat. He was rescued after
much trouble by three young men-a
deck hand hand and two longshoremen.
While the Germans recovery seemed o
matter of extreme uncertainty the three
young men quarreled over the credit of
having rescued him. Each man wished
the glory of shining on the station-house
blotter as rescuer, with perhaps the
chance of subsequent material reward.
Before they had succeeded in settling the
matter to their mutual satisfaction they
were forcibly drawn apart by the police:
"See here, ;" said an officer, 'you can't
settle this thing by fighting"
ssThat's so," assented the smallest of
the three. ~ can prove without fight
inc that saved that man."
S'Let's see you do it, then, and be
lively"
"I've got my private mark on him."
"Show your mark and give US less OF
your jaw"
The young man stepped blithely to the
side of the half-conscious man, pulled
aside the blanket that covered him, and
pointed trumphantly to two-inch cash
in the fleshy part of his back. "There"
said he; "there's my private mark!
There's where I stuck the boat-hook into
himw
His name went down on the police
blotter without further question.-New
Y0rI: Times