Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-27
Personal.


Eli Lancaster, of Marshalltown,
Iowa. is here visiting old home scenes
and friends. Twenty-four years ago
he was citizen of Frostburg, 'since
which time" he says, both growth
and Improvement have wonderfully
changed: the place"
Miss Nellie Dcetz, of Cumberland,
is the guest of the Misses Dando.
DIN Beall, of Roanoke, is here look
ing well and expressing undiminished
confidence in the future of his town.
George M. Perdew. of Homecoming,
was here Tuesday. Like his town, he
was feeling the same interest in Story's
baseball team that an incubator cher
ishes in the game cocks to which it
has borne a sort of maternal relation.
There was Mansfield, for instance, and
several other country -borns" to whom
Lonaconing's proud lips alludc as
stellar lights, though they shine with
diminished and Pickering rays. Mr..
p. left for home on the late train
thinking that the next crowd that
came up here TO witness Il shut-Qut
would be a minority Of Lonaconing's
population, minus one.
Mrs. G.. H. Roeder returned to her
home in Washington, d. c., this week,
accompanied by her niece, Miss Eva
Crump.
Miss Grace Fcaga, Of Cumberland,
is visiting Miss lizzie Bath.
Misses Laura and Bessie Evitt,
guests of Miss Mollie \. Thomas, have
returned to their home i'll Baltimore.
Miss Mamie Dobbie, of Homecoming,
is spending the week with Capt. j. P.
Smiths family.
Mrs. J. +. Wilson, of Johnstown,
Pa. is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. h. NJ. Thomas.
Col Vinegar Bitters, of Homecoming,
was taken violently i'll on Bowery just
as the tiremcn's parade passed Il given
point The sight of the rattlesnake
upset his predispositiou to anti
biliousness.
Col. Whoop koffkutter, of the
kingdom of Allegany, viewed the
freman's parade from the corner OF
Main street and Devils alley.
Frank d. Russell, aforetime pre-
scription salesman in Il. G. Colborn's
drug store, was in town this week
He has a position in Johns Hopkins
University hospital, Baltimore.
Messrs. C. f. Smith and Charlie.
Wilcox, of the Meyersdale Commercial
and Register, respectively, paid the
JOURNAL a call last Saturday.
J. T. Engleby, of Roanoke, Va.
turned up unexpectedly here las
Saturday, and has spent the week Will
his family at Mr.. Staples.
A. Porter, of the City Nationa
ank, Norfolk, Va, is at home.
Miss Lucy Taafel, of Cumberland
spent this week with Miss Belle C
Wilderman.
Miss Maggie Mcdonald, of Pitts
burg, Pa, is visiting the family o
Rev. A. C. Thomson.
"W. J. Purdy," says the Salisbury
pa Star, ''who used to run barbel
shop in this town, came over from
Frostburg, his present location, OF
Monday, for the purpose of renewing
old acquaintance here. "JOhns,' a.
we used to call him, is looking exceed
ingly hearty, and says he is prosper
ing nicely, all of which we are glad t.
know, for there are few better barber
and no better men on general prin
ciples than our old friend Purdy."
The Hyndman Bulletin Pa.) report
that "ex-Mayor j. S. Metzger, o
Frostburg, was in town Sunday an,
spoke in glowing terms Of HyndmaI
water works. The water, he said
could not be surpassed" The eA
Mayor doubtless added except by tina
of Frostburg, but the Bulletin forgot
print it.
Corporal Q. Cumber Pickles, c
Barton, expressed considerable DISCUS
at the military pretensions of MI
Pink Whiskers of Pocahontas. H
said he could raise squad in Barto
that could lick all the fremen i
Pocahontas. Mr.. Whiskers, hearing {
this bravado, started out to hunt fc
the corporal and found that the latte
fearing he had talked too loud, ha
left on footback to get home ahead {
the train.