Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-04-20
WHOLE NUMBER, 914.

Md, informs us that the engines pull the
coal from the two dip places to the foot of
sravlty-sl9pe, the whole plant being under
ground. The first 1 400 f. going in is level
from whence the left-hand branch leads in
$40 r., nearly all being on grade of 2-3 fl.
per 100 against the load Going in straight
rom the junction of this branch the road
leNei Tor short distance and then dips
| rapidly, making maximum in places of I-5
II. per 100. The regular load is q cars. or
from 10000 to $50, 600 lbs. gross ' ~
Mr' randolph estimates the capacity of the
plant at from 200 to ,5O0tons in ten hours
altiongh up to this writing they have not
| been able to furnish enough coal to test its
| luli capacity. The machine is working very
successfully, and is doing all that any one
can wish or expect.
In this connection it is but fair to state that
thc "drnWum load that was required to he
| hauled, III the specifications when the con
| tract was made, was 10000 lbs and the en-
Elne Is daily exceeding this.
| MeSsrs Finch x Co. have earned an enyia-
| que reputation for the excellence of their pro-
ducuons, and are always in the front rank of
manufacturers of improved machinery. In
cases such as this, all Messrs. Finch Il Co re-
| qure Is statement of grades, length of haul
ana maximum load and from these they
| speedily and accurately furnish terms for
| machinery that will do the work satisfacto-
| rly and III the most economical manner.
f"t"i accident. "Wednesday after
noon John Kear, young citizen of
Midlothian went out to kill a dog.
Meeting William Patterson, of same
place, on the road, asked him "if he
would not like to take a shot at a
| dog?" The latter answered "yes."and
went to his house and got an old blum
den buss. Following Kear, he met
another neighbor, Charles Cook. who
asked Patterson if he were "poing
huntingP' y Patterson answered no"
and told Cook he was going out to
shoot at IA dog. Cook followed and the
three went into the woods where there
vas Il "cave,in OF "A mine, the bottom
IT which was well filled with water.
The dog was taken down and fasten-
ed IN the water. Patterson fired one
shot which failed to kill. Dog started
to crawl ont of the hole, Kear and
Cook meanwhile throwing stones at
hlm to drive him back. Patterson
raised the hammer of his gun to take
the second shot, and while lifting it to
his shoulder the gun went off. The
charge struck Cook, only eight feet
away, full in the side of the head, kill
lug him Instantly Intelligence of the
ad event reached town soon after,
when Justice Clayton Purncll accom-
panied 10y Constable d. j. Williams,
went to Midlothian and hell an in-
quest with John M. Phillips as fore,
man of the jury. The verdict was
''accidental death" The remainder
of the jury was as follows:
David Holt, Jcthro Jeffries,
Robert Duncan, William Winehrenner
John Farrady, Hugh Rourke,
John o. Winter, Thomas Hewitt,
John Spier, James Hamilton,
William Conrad.
All the parties unmarried Cook
was about II years old, Patterson and
Kear each 20. The affair caused great
excitement in the neighborhood, none
regretting 1t more than Patterson.
He expected arrest and was ready to
go to Jail, but was left at home until
the grand jury can act
Road ridtiOnS.--The road
supervisors have filed their bonds and
commissions will be issuet Monday.
The sum of rs, 200 has been approprl-
ated to road repairs for this year by
the county commissioners, partly as
follows:
Rawlings.-Martin Ryrnes $40, Samuel l..
Robinson $40, John Barton $50, r. ID. Ra-
venscraft S75, VIM. Cessna S95, J. b. Cunning
$50 Total 1910.
Westernport-W. NJ. Greenwade $50, p. NJ.
Dayton $50, VIM. Knight OF f. Sl2O, C. G.
Miller S55. Total s345.
Barton-G. II. Shaw Sl55, J. r. Ross $40,
w. II. Miller $40 Total S2l5
Lonaconing-Patrick Madden Sl1O, James
Muir 500. Total 800
Frostburg-John Winter 800, Benjamin
Malin S55, Owen Hitchns S25 Total $3.50
East Frostburg-William Lewis Sl3O, Wes-
ley Loar sos Alexander Davis $50, John Me
Farland $40, John Kirby so, Philip Brode
$50 Total S535.
Mr.. Savage-James Pratt $40, Wm A. Por-
ter $50, Peter Kimmel S75, Harmon Michaels
s72, Samuel Blank S75, Augustine Brailor
500, Alexander Mattingly S35 -- $50.
Total $3.50.
East LonacOning-John Knapp 800, John
Dye so, Alexander Davis S45, John G. ia
cobs $50. Total, s295.
Legislative Roads-George Hooking, first
division, sl75; Benjamin Yates, second divi-
sion, sl25 B. S. Randolph, third division $3.50
DAVID Robinson, fourth Division, $3.50; Mi
chael Winn, fifth division, $500; Richard A.
Knight, sixth division, 500 Total 81 200.
National Road-Harry Piatt, first division,
800; j. A. n. Clary, second division, 5000;
- -, third division, 500; l.. NJ. Gorsuch,
fourth division, $50; A. J. Willison, fifth di-
vision, $3.50. Total $500.
Brectttes' Cologne had seventy
stinks, but it is believed that Georges
Creek, below Homecoming, has at least
seventy-one.
Barton has chaos club. The men,