Frostburg mining journal., 1889-05-11

! +. McMullen, manager OF the popular
IRON front store. for - 600.
GOOd Words for a FrostbuiU H0fei .-
| The Homecoming Rerjep says very truly
of the Central hotel, William Slicer.
proprietor
The hotel is located in the business centre
of the beautiful city, and is kept neat and
| clean at all times and under all circumstances.
The hotel is here chcerfully recommended to
the travelling public. There your every want
will be looked after with pleasure.
APPof"fme"t up convey to
the democratic party the first intima
ton that Leonidas J. Parker has been
appointed registrar of voters for this
district No. II. With no prejudice
whatever toward Mr.. Parker we are
bound 20 allege that the democratic
party. as usual, has not consulted with
itself in thus matter. His appointment
must therefore be the outcome of a
vest pocket caucus.
The arbitration Case Dcciied.
case of John n. Benson rs. The Frost
burg Water Company has been finally
determined by the arbtrators Messrs.
H. b. Shaffer, +. c. Beall and Davis
son Armstrong. The determinations
arrived at are:
First, That Mr.. Benson had been damaged
by water,
Second, That the water doing such damage
came from leaks, cracks and overflow of
reservoir.
1hird, That the damage sustained amount
ed to sl39s7,
1t is understood that Mr.. Shatfer
disSented from all the findings.
Dfed.-At his residence, this place,
Tuesday morning, May I, 1889, Mr.
FREDERICK GROSS, aged 80 years. He
had been i'll for some time with alter
mating conditions of improvement and
relapse. Mr.. Gross was an old citizen
and for Il long time an active business
man. His wife and two grown SONS,
Edward and Charles, survive. The
funeral. which took place from the
house Thursday afternoon, was IN
charge of Mountain Lodge, No. 30, A. ,
f. aud a. NJ, of which deceased was a
member. Messrs. James II. Ward,
Conrad Seiikcr, w. H. Evans and w.
G. Mcmillan were the pallbearcrs.
Person"L - Many inquiries have
been made of the JOURNAL concern
ing the identity and appearance of
Titus A. Brick. 1t would be uube-
coming us both as an individual and
paper to point to him with the cold
finger of Identification, but we can
say that while Mr.. Brick may be Il
prohibitIonlst, he does not look like
one,
Mrs. Fanny Jandorf returned Tues
day from her purchasing trip to New
York. Her new advertisement else
where tells the rest of the story.
One of our leading townsmen, Owen
Hitchins, has been confined to his
house by indisposition about ten days.
He is recovering, we are glad to say,
and will soon be ont again
4 Word for the Statesmen. seems
to be understood that movement will
be made shortly to close the stores at
= or 8 o'clock p. m. to enable the
statesmen and salSeladIes of the town a
portion ui tho time which all other
calhngS devote to rest and recreation.
In asking this boon from employers
and customers it must be acknowledge
ed by all that their claims are reason
able. They ask for small part only
of the time allotted TO others for rest
for absolution from the care, respon-
sibility, monotony and toll Of business.
This request goes not so much to en-
plnyers as TO customers. II the latter
would do their buying through the
day, employers would be glad TO drop
the expense of keeping open at night.
Employers do not like to incur those
expenses which yield no returns,
Hence, let al customers join in with
the saleSpeople i'll the matter, and our
word for it, there will be no trouble
with the merchants.
Breufties. building, and repairing
dwelling houses aud putting up new
fences is being actively pushed forward
in various parts of town,
The pleasant weather of the past
week has started many of our citizens
to gardening.
The season for city folks to look for
pleasant summer resorts in the country
is rapidly approaching, and Frostburg
may expect a goodly share of summer
boarderS,
Frostburg merchants have been re-
ceiving large supplies OF spring goods
this week.
Hitchins Bros. have just had another
large enclosed shed built on the lot in