Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-08-18

MORRlSSEl ana MISS MARY L. NEOS,
both Of this place.
A Handsome CIR. Messrs. Borden
and Lowell, of New York City, have
presented Borden Shaft Sunday School
with handsome library of one hundred
volumes.
Religious. The annual retreat of
the Catholic clergy of this diocese will
begin Monday, 9th inst, and end
Saturday, Sept. |. Rev. ID. c. De
Wulf will attend.
Shipment Of Codi to Canddd.
Hudson and Delaware canal company
scows were loaded Tuesday at Hitchins
Bros National mine, and consigned
to Montreal, Canada.
4 McCOntdS COOn.-We Wednesdays
Baltimore Ime1icaW says:
Mr.. l.. T. Dewitt, superintendent of the
Atlantic and Georges Creek coal company, at
Piedmont, w. Va, yesterday sent to the
IntericaH office a two-year-old male coon.
The animal was presented by General Felix
Agnus to captain Casse!l, to be placed in
''Ioo' at Druid Hill Park. 1t is Il large
fine looking specimen, and is said to be an
Allegany county McComas coon, and will
stay up nights to shout for Harrison and
Norton"
Pal
and Ohio railroad company have fixed
upon, Tuesday, Aug. 2l, for the Luray
excursion this year. Train will leave
Piedmont at 6:}5 Il. m. and Cumber-
land at S:l5 u. m. Parties who have
never made the trip should avail them
selves OF this opportunity. The ex
cursion train will be held at Cumber-
land until the arrival of the c. & p.
train at 500
An Accfde"L-The many friends of
James H. Cook, of this place. were
shocked Thursday morning to learn
that he had fallen from Il coal train
near the brick yard and had his lett
leg cut off He was returning from
work at Borden Shaft, and while pre-
pairing to a;ight he slipped and fell on
the track with the result above stated
The injured member WAS amputatcd
just below the knee, and the patient
is dong we'll
a fine audience witnessed "Thc
Mole Family" in Moat's Opera House
Tuesday evening. The play was rem
dered by Cumberland ladies', who
easily succeeded in earning liberal ap-
plause for their excellent personations
The east was as follows.
Mrs. Mole. lc.............M Miss Columbia Bruce
SSer"ph'"e' ,,, .....Miss Edwards
Corotine, Mrs Arthur Shriver
.iH"t -Notiilo. ....................Mi Miss Weber
-Hice. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mrs. Hunter
Brjlgt. t...................... Miss Sue Weber
.i"gc'i4"c. Miss Maize Bruce
A number of strangers were present
who We'd with Frostburg in demon
strations of approval.
Visit to a Minc-A pout S o'clock
Tuesday evening party composed Of
Misses Fannie Marean. of Cumbcr-
land; Clara Jones, of Youngstown,
Ohio ; Nellie Claiborne, Of Baltimore
Ida kalbaagh, Of Westernport Annie
Duke, of Springfield, Ohio; Rose
Lapp, May Gunter, Julia and Eva
Walker, Ray and Ida Anthony, Ida
and Lilly Baker, Clara johnson and
Lula Shatfer, of this place, and Messrs.
Charles Wright, Marshall Price, w. J..
Davis, John Stewart, George Smith,
Robert Young, Edward Gross, Eugene
Grahame, Edward Bctz and Louis
flanagan, started for New Hope mine.
Under the guidance of W. J. Davis the
workings among the black diamonds
We're thoroughly investigated The
party reached home about II o'clock,
delighted with their trip.
hyer Dear, lOflDcflN Oh
this place, residing in Piedmont. has
announced himself a candidate for the
sheriffalty Of Mineral county, West
Va, subject to the will of the demo.
cratic convention.
The republican primaries held last
Saturday evening resulted in Watei-
loo for the McComas side. In the
Frostburg districts, however, the lat
ter carried the day, the gentlemen be
low having been elected to the county
convention:
No. 1l-George Crump, T.. n Michael,
David Smith, Fred, Stevens, Peter laemmcrt.
No. I'D. l.. Phillippi, Richard Hawkins,
Alex, Smith, IL. A. Myers, William Myers.
The county convention was held
Tuesday in Cumberland. ID. w.
Sloan, of that city, presided. An in
teresting discussion arose over the
question whether the committee on
credentials had reported or not, which
was decided finally by the adoption
of Il partial report. A provision al
lowing each delegate II vote appeared
to be the rock on which the convention
split. About half the McComas men
left the hall, and the remainder re