Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-07-10

mines. The game was well contested,
both mines showing up good players,
| as follows:
FrostJmy. Eckhart.
f. Pfeiffer. f........... .Creutzburg
John smith,. ....c. f....... ......Sullivan
James Dando.... Il lf.............. Eckhart
George Bowen. Sd Frank
d. Lewis. ..........2d b.............. Conroy
William Hosken. LIST .Seifert
William Jack. $. s............ .... Brode
). Porter. r...........p p........ Stewart
}. Price. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...... Dillon
Innings: Frostburg, II !; Eckhart, 5.
At night eX-Mayor Wittig made u
fine display Of fireworks at his resi-
dence on Frosts' avenue, which was
witnessed by people all over town,
The "Social'' at the NJ. E. Church
during the evening was socially and
financially a conspicuous success.
Take it all in all, it was very en-
joyable day. But few disorderlies
and drunks disgraced the occasion.
Breoities.--A chicken-th thief is loose
on Frosts' avenue, and the clues point
to him as Il Frostburger, or rather a
Frostburglar. a man-trap has been
set for him. If it realizes a catch a
dispute about identity will be settled.
Pray Gussie, dear" she coaxing said,
The difference tell me
'TwiXt labor and capital, so
That may clearly see.''
He drew her on his manly knee
And stroked her pretty head,
'Now this is capital, my dear"
The lover fondly said.
The maiden pouted as he spoke
And Grossly cried-'I see,
'Tis capital until we're We'd
And then twill labor be-"
Change of schedule on the Penn
sylvania railroad. See "New Ad-
veriisements."
Gypsies in town. put q half dol
lar in her hand and blow on it for
good luck The JOURNAL. which
was a person on that occasion, and not
paper, put the half dollar back in
his pocket, and in less than half an
hour he was able to pay forty-tive
cents express freight.
Look at Mr.. Rhind's advertisement
Of u Free Scholarship
A bran new straw hat, found near
u chicken house forninst Frosts' ave-
nue., can be secured by the owner by
multiplying the lines in this paragraph
by 10 cents, and depositing the amount
in this office.
Whenever anybody is assailed
through or by the venal press It has
become a rule to premise by saying in
repIy-"my attention has been called, y
etc. We mention this merely to show
that as our attention has not been call
ed to remark in last weeks issue Of
the Homecoming Recier, we do not feel
that modern usage will justify us in
condoning either oversight or neglect
of any reader of that paper to point
out to us the fact that we were
mutilated.
Joseph Bear had out four holiday
flags. Three were stolen. Joe says
the quartette should be undivided, and
wants the thief to come and get the
unconquered colors. He will avail
himself of the occasion to deliver an
oration on patriotic stealing.
The County Commissioners will
meet Monday, August ID.
We have several lists of new Lodge
officers. VIII make it complete next
week il secretaries will send in the
missing one.
The Orphans Court offers a splendid
opportunity to some smart, good girl,
who wants u college course.
The JOURNAL publishes always with
reluctance epistolary criticisms of its
contemporaries, but in the interests of
free speech, of which a free press is
the eminent handmade, the JOURNAL
pre-eminently so, we must let the sov-
ereigns thunder.
Don't send anonymous marriage no.
tees to the JOURNAL. We could have
had forty-horse power skirmish on
our hands this week had we hooked ON
to the climax Of Il joke that was hoary
with age when the JOURNAL, as a
paper, was unborn, or when, as a
person, it was beginning Il career of
innocuousness and joy. Hence
"Taint a KNOWN kind o cattle
That's l,ctchd with mouldy corn"
summer .S2ionTaers.-S Since our last
issue the following persons have reg
iStered at Mrs. Richard Bealrs Mont
View Cottages:
:. d. Howland New York; r. L. West
Morgantown, w. Va. Mrs. NJ W. Connolly,
Miss Louise Connolly, IL. r. Handy, Mrs. II.
Handy child and nurse, Washington, d. c.. :
Ii. f. Mitchell, Portland, Oregon; Mrs.
George Baer, Bessie Baer, George Baer, Nellie
Baer and maid, Mrs. Ellen Richard, Balti-
more Md.
AT the residence of Mrs. DR.. Price ::
Mrs. Virginia Randall and Miss Margaret
Randall, Annapolis, Md; Mrs, Hook, Miss
Annie Hook, Master Willie Hook, Baltimore,