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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Memorials ottbc Past.

Last week the Old stone church at
Ecllhart was blown down by dynamite
on account of the dangerous condition
Of the walls. The contents of the
cornerstone were found in a very
mOuldy condition, and Rev. A. G..
Haverstlck, Of Frostburg, will forward
them TO the Bishop of the Diocese to
be preserved among the archives of the
church. Although church people fur
nlshed the money to put up the build
ing, the land always belonged to the
Consolidation coal company.
The contents Of the box were Il
Bible Prayer Book the Diocese Con-
vcntion Report for 1917; a copy of
the Constitution and Canons of the
Church Il copy each of the Philadel-
phia Banner Of the Cross, dated Aug.
2S, 1871, and the Baltimore Church
Times, dated Aug. 26, 1917. From
these dates it may be inferred that
the cornerstone was laid about Sept.
!, 1917, over Is years ago.
Among some interesting items in
the papers it appears that Bishop
Whittingham presided over the Do
cese; Rev. Samuel Buel, brother of
the incumbent, was rector at Cumber-
land, and Rev. James G. Tracey,
stationed at Mt. Savage, with post
office at Jennings Run, served the new
church.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
An Open Letter.
FRosTBURG, Mp, March II,

FRosTBURG, Mp, March II, 1898.
To the citizens Of Frostb,oy.
At meeting of the Frostburg Fire
Department, held this day, it was de-
oided to state to you through the press
the hostile attitude assumed by the
present Mayor and Council towards
our organization, and that their policy,
if continued, will in our opinion, de
stroy thu efficiency that has, we are
proud to say, marked our organization
as one of the very best of volunteer
fire departments in the State. Our
record, will, we are satisfied, bear us
out in making this claim.
With this brief introduction We will
enumerate few Of our grievances for
yOup information.
Last Julya committee, appointed by
the department. waited on our city
fathers and requested them to have
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

The JOURNAL is indebted to Col. r.
E. Fast, Of Morgantown, for a fine
acknowledgements view of that
pretty place. After looking at the
new courthouse, which Judge Hoffman
wants to copy, and few other re
membered localities, the JOURNAL fell
asleep and dreamed of eating fried
chicken, Monongalia vintage of 1893,
at the Wallace House, Fast having
confdentially said grace"
One of the most Inconsistent and
unsystematic frauds carried on in the
name of the United States is the express
business.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
SEMI-LOCAL NEWS.
How She IISCapcu,

1t would appear that the teachers in
West Virginia are not the only female
brutes over there. In witness whereof
read the following paragraph from the
Clarksburg Necs:
There is mean girl in Clarksburg. AMI tho
story OF her meanness has just leaked out.
She bet kiss against dollar with nice
young clerk in this town that Harrison
would be elected. The stakeholder O. the
dollar was homely old maid, and when The
young man claimed the kiss from the pretty
young girl she eooliy Informed him that the
stakeholder held both bets and would cheer
fully deliver them on demand.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Elaboration Sanitary.

Council should by all means now
make up somewhat to the town the
losses, retrospective, present and es-
peclally prospective, incurred by its
obstinate laundering in the water
matter, by enforcing with the severest
impartiality the sanitary ordinances
of the town.
When the weather permits the Board
of Health should see
l, That the premises of ege,y house
holder in town are thoroughly cleansed,
and
=, That the Streets and alleys are
treated the same way.
The laws of health inexorablv
demand that these steps should be
taken as soon and thoroughly as
possible.
We understand that Councils powers
are ample to compel cleanliness, and as
Frostburg is naturally the best drained
town in Maryland, it ought to be made
otherwise iron-clad proof against all
the low forms of disease that terminate
and ripen in filthy conditions.
1t is no use to be specially afraid of
the cholera.
1t is our duty to be afraid Of all
diseases that kill, and to provide By
prevention against their Judgment, stay
and spread in the community.
The Council owes it to the people to
act promptly, vigorously and without
reference to rich or poor, or white OF
black
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

The coming municipal campaign will be a
battle between the wcll-borcrs and bumpers
-Ledg.r
Hardly. At least not after the
Water Committee has announced so
decisivelv that 1.-THE money in hand
has got to be spent this corporate
year, even though they stood as two to
five thousand"
There are not many people who can
stand out so defiant of the peoples
interests and reckless of the peoples
money.
But Frostburg must have a ruling
dynasty.
The town doesn't feel at home unless
somebody is cracking whip oyer its
head.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

With its usual misinterpretatiou of
statements plain to everybody else
the Cumberland Ne1Cs says:
We hasten to remove one cause of bitter
grievance which still rankles in the bosom of
the JOURNAL as a great paper. The editor of
the Nc~s is not the poet.
The JOURNALS bosom rankles with
no bitter glievances-neither one nor
many against the Nctrs. nor any other
paper.
The JOURNAL loves all its contem-
poraries, even as a father regards his
children, grieving only when they are
perverse or dull Of apprehension.
The JOURNAL knows the Nc,cs is no
poet-no more than lamb is IL ego it,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

thp fire n1uos oilnI o,,I r,,+ =, ,,,,o,,,,,
condition Tho ranno,+ ,,a. I.;,,9I,,
granted and tLo C6;"f ,n "', M't''' ~
nnt two co,nnntl,+ ,,,,,, 4l,l
nlIIrs soon ~ ,,n..;Lia ,rl tI,n S NJ nio
and Council whnld INV tba hin Twn
of the denartmrnt's vow, hast ,,o,,
were appointed and instructed 10
attend to the matter immediatnlv Ro-
fore they conld start o+ +bou.n,.i. L,,,.
ever. the Water rommittne Who snaM,
to be the whole bacl, front ond 49,, 0 n -
the municinaI edifica ordorad +hot,,
not to touch fine nln@s Onr Cbio t" han
asked several times since 70 have this
matter attended to. but little or no
satisfaction has been obta,nnd We
may mot know anv more about tor
works than the 3jcf,,yey an tbc ,raU ), h,+
we do know that the FnuIl, fro oIo,,.I,,
demonstrated that the pluos wnro in
very bad condition OWING to the Of
ficiouSneSs of thc ornat L;g nm nf
ficials.
Why this restriction has been nut ON
the department we arc ot , InNs 10
know. as the department has always
used its best Indictment in renard to
wasting water. We defy the Water
committee to cite one instance vhr,o
we imposed upon the citizens Inv vii
fully wasting water when there was
not plenty. We have noticed that tho
Bailiff and Wafer committee h,vo
access to the pluos. of which pn ,ro
deprived. only at the time of fires
OF late we have been acjtatino fine
raising of the fre-alarm bell that now
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Song Without Words Now.

some of the JOURNALS conteHl-
poraricS made themselves unhappy
because they would have it that the
Journal was sneaking under the
tent after thepostof1ice.
And now they are miserable because
they cannot loot their grievance on
the same baZoos to the same words.
The only thing left to them is the
depressing old tune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

The JOURNAL did not regard Philip
Michael's offer and guarantee as meet
ing the demands of the situation, but
it did furnish ground for inquiry and
investigation Of undoubtedly the
cheapest method of obtaining the water
the town wants.
But the proposal was rcmorselessly
kicked out of conference.-the so
much YChemencc, in fact. as to give
rise to the fear that the Water com
mittec is consciously, or unconsciously
registering the wish and promoting
the interest of the old Water company.
Whether this fear be well founded
or not, the effect is the same. The
mechanism which imposes greater
cost upon the town water is so much
money in the pockets of the towns
alien competitor, especially if that
competitor adopts the plan which the
Water committee has kicked out of
doors rather than get acquainted with
It.
The Council should now do two
things:
|, Please the fremen by putting on
the hall new belfry high enough for
the bell to ring its alarms across the
housetopS, and
,, On the tower erect a flag pole
flying a white ensign in token of
corporate surrender to the old Water
company and inviting it to come and
resume its quondam throne. old-time
crown and sceptre ci-djraM
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
MINING JOURNAL.
Others Needed.

The paragraph below is quoted from
the Lcdger's report of Monday evenings
Council proceedings:
Mr.. Wittig made statement concerning
the dismissal of Water Superintendent Jeffries
and refuted the charge made by paper that
the councils action was because Jef1ries haC
told things out of executive session. That
was not onc-twenticth Of the charge against
him. Under Mr.. Jcffrcs' management of
the books water rents were constantly de-
creasing, and he read an extract from the
books showing that Mr.. Oder's own bill had
been reduced lower than it should be. Since
last week the committee had gone over the
bool, and increased the revenue nearly 800 a
year.
In reply to the first statcmcnt-if
Mr.. Wittig made only one of over
twenty charges against Mr.. Jeffries, it
would have been presumptuous IN the
journal to assume that Mr.. Wittig
had told not quite ) per- rent. of the
truth, and it would have been unjust
to Mr. j ef1rics to infer that "the half
had not been told" If, therefore, Mr..
Wittig, speaking officially, means over
twenty times more than he says, it is
his fault if he is sometimes misunder-
stood.
Investigation of the second state
mcnt shows
/, That the original -taker of
water consumers erred in enumerating
the .IoURNAL'S household. Mr.. Jcffries
inherited his report and continued the
charges until September last the water
supply of Hitchins Bros building was
changed from new to old. Mr.. Jeffries,
supposing this meant transfer also
for the JOURNAL, made one of the re-
auctions Of which probably Mr.. Wittig
complains,
Again-whiIc the original census
taker erred in counting the JOURNAL
at two less than the actual number,
Mr.. Wittlg comes in and charges the
great paper with two more than the
proper number. Hence, while he says
the JOURNAL should pay 1913, his
rates provide only for 500 pcrquarter:
SO that those who have imbibcd
from the Ledgcr'S report of Mr.. Wittig's
exposure the notion that the JOURNAL
has enjoyed reduction. will see in
the figures a notice to the JOURNAL
that its rent has been raised 20 cents
for quarter-a sum, however, which
the BailifI cannot collect.
The JOURNAL never questioned Il
water bill presented, presuming it ali
right. At one time, probably, it knew
the basis upon which water rents are
charged, but it never treasured it.
But since it has been found that the
JOURNAL should have paid last year
$3.50 more than was charged, that
sum is in hand subject to the Bailiff's
demand.
If the IOURNAL'S case, therefore, is
a sample showing Mr.. Jetfries' general
dclinquencies, he is guiltlcss, and the
Water committee must sill further
strain itself to find other reasons than
the true one for his summary dis |
charge
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Found Dead.
avenue.

The dead body of George Boettner.
ST., was found in the rear of NJ. Yung-
erman's yard Sunday morning. He
had been i'll feeble health for some
time and died, it is believed, from
natural causes. He was about IS
years old.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Compulsory Reform.

NJ. F. Moran, State Organizer of the
Omitted Mine Workersof West Virginia,
and one Of the leading labor unionists
of the country, has been convicted at
FalrmOnt of intimidation and con-
spiracy.
The punishment is not less than two
years in the penitentiary or more than
ten.
Mr.. Moran was indiscreet. His no.
ton of making birds sing that wont
sing will have to be REVISED in the re-
frigerator and worked ont on himself,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
TrnIIhln in Carroll.

Just as the JOURNAL went to press
the following important dispatch was
received:
MCHENRY's GATE, March 1.-THE operator
at Sang Run, who is christian, asked yester-
day for extra pay for overwork in sending
bogus dispatches. The acting president IN
formed him that If he was getting only what
he is worth he ought to go on a strike. The
situation is grave. TITUS A. BRICK
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
GENERAL ITEMS.
The L Sual Result.

The strike among coal miners at
Centralia, H., which has been on for
two months, terminated Saturday, the
miners going back to work at 60 cents,
oyer an inch and a-half screen aud
other conditions to suit tho operators.
Baltimore ,Sun
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
In Death Not Divided.

Laura f. Clicc, 6 years old, and
John S. Clice, 3 years old, children of
Michael Clicc, Of Midland, died Sun
day afternoon at that place. Funeral
Tuesday, Rev. c. l.. Kennard, of
Frosthurg, officiating.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
lIi,il.

Russell Stewart, u youth of Mid
lothian, died at that place Saturday,
March |. 1893, from the effects of II
strain while at work. He had been i'll
bni Il few DAYS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Hard to Decide.

The Baltimore critic luXuriatcs in
this hallucination
The FRosTBURG MINING JOURNAL manages
to keep its columns lively by quoting from
the critic and animadverting on the editors
humble efforts to correct some of the economic
errors the country editors so often lead their
readers into.
What the Cumberland .Nc,rs will do
now nobody knows.
1t has been suspected of thinking
that its remarks are the exhlarating.
if not Intoxicating elixir of life that
makes the JOURNAL the best paper in
all this region of civilization.
Brethren, keep on
The Lord only knows which is right !.
Economic ProSnostication.
The JOURNAL will not be surprised
to learn that the Baltimore Critic, since
the Hyattsville decision, has timed"
the Cumberland NelrS in an effort to be
skeptical of the infalhbility of the
Court of Appeals in general and of
sole McSherry' III particular.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
All Gone.

y few weeks ago Benjamin Myers,
OF Eckhart, had three children. All
have meanwhile died, the last one
Wednesday, aged ) years.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
COUNTY NEWS.
BrcyiticS.

Nose Bear, of Homecoming, says
there are only thirty night shirts in
the county.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
The Real Reason.

Too Iatc-Noyor Wilson.
Ditto Councilman WITH.
That's what l -co"c1o,oD LoDouc,t.
So did we all.-thoruS.
Which is exceedingly consistent
when we consider that the Water
Committee had
|, To be driven to action by the
agitation Of George G. Townsend at
the November meeting, and IN that
action fatty disobeyed the order of
Council, and
=, Had to be still further whipped
forward by Mr.. Townsend's appeal to
the Fire Department to co operate.
Then the Committee awoke-only
when it had to, remember, and for
fear that its own individuality would
be lost in the movement, they had to
adopt the longest way round to get
home.
They had to show the real agltators
that the Committee was still alive,
even though the exhibition is to cost
the town sum that no liquidation of
bonds will ever diminish.
All this, people, was forced on your
Water Committee by George G. Town
send, to whom, in any event, your
thanks will be due-not under any
circumstances to the Water Committee.
The plan proposed by Mr.. Townsend
at first was the plan which at length
stirred the Committee to action.
1t was the plan he adhered to and
proposed at last-with the guarantee
the Committee demanded.
And yet this sluggish, this drowsy,
this sleepy Committee says
1t is too late
Which, being elaborated, means
No, Mr.. Townsend, you are not SIN
it," We are the lah-de-dahs, the
bazocs and the tara a-boom .de-ayes
Of these here hydraulics, and don't you
forget to disremember it
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
GnawimG Il File.

The Cumberland NewS affects TO
know something at last of 'the judicial
ermine and the integrity of the cause
Of JUSTICE
Its awakening comes late. but it
comes.
1t says:
Judge Alleys decision is supposed to have
been based upon the law and not brought
about by the clamor of Georges Creek, nor
even by the first alarm given by the
JOURNAL.
Not only the law comes into judicial
consideration where great public inter
ests are involved, but questions of
public policy frequently control the
judgments of courts.
If law were the absolute tormu7a of
judicial guidance judges, lacking all
discretion, would be the mere ma
chimes of an autocracy, invisible, vet
more absolute: if possible, than the
Russian monarchy.
THE equities of the case" have
something to do with the case also,
and patriotic Maryland Judge would
not be apt to forget that the interests
OF his State and people are always
abstractly paramount to those en-
bodied in alien claims.
He (iudge Alvey decreed the canal to be
Ia
and it would have been sold had not the
astute lawyers of the Baltimore and OHIO
company devised legal scheme and put uI
a 100000 bond to stay the sale.
Our recollection does not tally with
this statement. We do not think he
ever 'decreed" the sale.
On the contrary, he said, in sub
stance, the canal in its charter was
dedicated to specific purpose ,torerr.
and was, therefore, unsuitable to
people who wanted to divert it from
that purpose.
This was the coaStrotcti0a of the
charter by judge Alvey, Maryland's
greatest JutlSt, ana the peer OF any
other Oh this continent.
a West Virginian Judge, however
might have construed it to suit exactly
the Tory idea which prevailed in
Cumberland at that time, and thus
the Ne~s would have got some share
of credit for its innocuous desuetude.
AS it is, it can claim but two things
in connection with the attempted
steal
/, That it said nothing one way OF
the other, although its party platform
! J0nnded upon the laU Of the case, com
manded it to oppose the scheme witt
all its might; and
), That no other paper shall be per
mitted to claim anything for doing the
right thing at tlhe right time.
These are planks Of its journ alisti(
platform--with the edges turned up
wards, each of which, however, is
amply broad for a narrow-guage in
stltution to travel OH.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
ScaSOnablc Advertisement

We do job-work. Tax-dodgers Il
constitutional speciality .-Cumberland
(tUr;l)
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss She chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Business Locals

About Teeth.-Do you know that Drs.
p. p. Ritter IL Bro. extract teeth without
pain by the use Of the latest local anaesthetic
known to the profession, and insert Artificial
Teeth that cannot be detected from the nat.
ural organs. Office opposite Central Hotel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
Two Valuable IFricnds.--l.

Two Valuable Fricnds--l. A physician
can be always had rheumatism, Neuralgia
Sprains, Bruises and Burns occur often and
sometimes when least expected. Keep handy
the friend of many households and the des-
troyer Of all pain the famous Red Flag Oil,
% cents.
,. Many precious life could be sayed that
is being racEcd to death with that terrible
cough. Secure good nights rest by invest
ing % cents for 4 bouie OF Pan-Tina, the
great remedy for Coughs, Colds and Con-
sumption. Trial bottles Of Pan-Tina free at
q. G. Shearer & Coz Drug Store.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

Say.-MAYER DRUG Co.-GcH,n0t-I wish
to cNdrcss my appreciation of the merits of
your "Catarrh Cure" | have suffered with
Catarrh for 5 years, and can truly say that it
has given me more relief than any other
medicine | have tried, and it will undoubted-
ly effect a permanent cure.
can recommend Mayors Catarrh Cure to
any of my friends. Very truly,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18
T.. X. SHIT
Nassau St, New

.NUSSIU oI.l Now I OK.
1t has cured Mr., Smith Of the worst cases
of Catarrh on record with 4 heavy discharge
of the throat. One bottle is guaranteed tc
cure. 1t will cure you, otherwise no charge
For sale by all druggists, or address the
Mayer Drug Co., Oakland, Md. Price 81
Sold by \. f. Parker and G. f. Pearce &
Co, druggists
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-03-18

Dcntistry.-Drs. 7. T. Ritter 4 Bro. have
all the latest appliances to perform any and
all operations pertaining TO their profession.
Preservation of the Natural Teeth specially.
Office opposite Central Hotel.
O for an eye more clear to sec
\ mind to grasp more earnestly,
For every good intent,
That to sick and dcSpairing
bring thee peerless cure.
Pan-Iina, the great remedy for Coughs,
Colds and Consumption p and 5Ocents Sold
at q. c. Shearcr IL Co.'S Drug Store
The Progress., 1893-02-18

Collections of short stories
and pleasant paragraphs by
NJ. Quad and other we'll
known writer's.
The Progress., 1893-02-18

The IRISH PoTATo CRoP.-Bator
Rouge Truth: Indications point 70
a heavy planting of Irish potatoes in
this parish in the next few weeks,
while the outlook for good prices is
most encouraging. Very consider
able sums of money are realized by
growers of this esculent at season
OF the year when money is most
needed. To show to what proportions
the raising Of early potatoes in this
section has advanced, we cite the
fact of one gentleman of our &c
quaintance who has planted for g
crop of 1900 barrels.
The Progress., 1893-02-18
HAVE YOUR CIsTERNs CLEANED AND
PURIFIED.

Now is the time to have your cis-
terms cleaned and purified. Remem-
Der that Mr.. Charles Stoer has pnr-
chased the patent whereby this can
be done without losing the water.
Not only does he clean the cistern
ont, bnt he likewise purifies the wa
ter. It will cost but nominal sum
and is a very necessary and whole
some measure. Telephone Mr.. Chas.
Stoer, or call on him at his store on
Texas avenue, and have this work
done at once.
The Progress., 1893-02-18


Wagner Brothers have opened q
shop near the market house, where
they will keep on hand the best of all
kinds of meats, sausage, fish, chick
ems, turkeys, eggs, butter, milk and
all kinds of vegetables. They have
telephne connection, and can serve
you on short notice Mr. John
Fetzer has charge of the vegetable
department. and will be plased to
have all his friends call to see him
He says he raises the finest vegeta-
bles in the State. and can please
everybody. Milk and crerm cheese
in the morning. Be sure and give
Ms call. and we will please you
Picked meats a specially.