Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-08
FROSTBURG MD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1890.

THE canal dead as a Maryland wa
terway is better, infinitely better than
! live West Virginia railroad on Ma
ryland property.
SENATOR PEARRE thinks it very
amusing that the Cumberland Times
should roast him for doing in the canal
matter the very thing that paper
argued during the campaign that he
would not do.
But the Times fire is not very warm
this time. 1t is between Beelzebub
and McGinty's last destination.
| Besides, Senator, a man can stand a
great deal of heat when he is POO miles
away from it.
A STRONG letter that which is print.
ed elsewhere.
The writer takes the position. held
first by the JOURNAL, that the control
and conduct of the canal should never
pass out of Maryland hands.
1 llt NIoit llutIl vi inc llldlltl Is
the canal dead in our hands will be
better for Maryland interests than
alive in the possession of West Nir-
ginia.
Let us in this case have Il dead
friend rather than live enemy.
PURER drinking water we must and shall
have-Cumberand Times.
Somewhat analogous to Frostburg's
situation, which is
"Purer drinking WATER" and more
of it, ''we must and shall have
First person, plural number, nomi-
native case, imperative mood, ETC.,
and our water bill is already on its
winding way through the Legislature.
Hence, dear Cumberland, if you
want to open into your city and own
river of life, you must follow where
FroStburg leads-go to the Legislature
and preempt the right to take possess
ion, and take it.
AGAIN the JOURNAL suggests to the
business men and property-holders
| that it is time they were looking up
six frst-class men for Mayor, three
Councimcn and two Water Commits
sioners.
We understand that ''the boys" have
their ticket pretty well made up, and
| IL
ones it is even known who will be
bailiff, policeman, clerk, and all that.
Against all this foreknowledge not
taxpayer can tell who the next
Mayor will be.
People, do not put off this matter
until you have to swallow the potion
which non-taApayers mix FOR you.
A BILL has been introduced in the Virginia
House of Delegates to abolish ''professionaI
| jurors. Baltimore Sim.
Respectfully referred to the Maryland Leg
islature with the request that IA similar bill be
| made to apply to Allegany county.-Cumber-
| land 7imes
Or, if we must have professional
jurors" the State should endow u col
| lege III each county tou tkeir training
and graduation.
A professional juror" exhibiting a
diploma as such, you'd be Il sight to
look upon.
And vet he would be being far SUI
perior to the current 9e'tn+ homu. who.
apparently good for nothing else, is
the ideal juror Of courts and lawyers.
TAKE this paper; compare it with
this weeks issue of any other paper in
the county, and see whether it has not
all the news worth having.
And the comments on the news
do not oYellnok Them, and you will
find that the JOURNAL is away ahead
of all competition, Zeal or supposed.
Talking boH,ne~Spapers-those who
plume themselves on their experiences
in collecting gossip and their cutcncss
in retailing it at wholesale prices do
not know what news is, and, like the
snipe with the spider, do not know
what to do with 1t when Il real live
chunk of it comes to them.
Purveyors of chit-chat are not news
papers, and never can be "organs. y
In the matter of newS-getting they
could brag more nationally over their
skill at chasing and catching fish