Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-19

and made to liquidate.
The Oakland Democrat seems to pre-
fer principles that are Debsesque over
the Northumberland The Democrot
is evidently a stationary delegate of
the walking persuasion.
COUNTY NEWS.
Married.
In Cumberland Tuesday, December
10, 1896, by Rev. Q. C. Davis, Miss
Beulah F. Isaacs, of that city. to Mr..
Nerdeen B. Wilson, of Eckhart.
Fatally Hurt.
John Dick, jr., aged about 20 years,
was crushed by IA fall of coal last
Saturday in one the American COM
pany's mines. He died shortly after.
The Coal Trade.
Shipments of coal from the mines of
the Georges Creek coal region were
in long tons
For week ending Dec. 5, 1896. ..... S4,462
year to same date. ..............3,3 99, %
Increase compared with last year :. 122,999
Real Estate Transfers.
The following notes of real estate
transfers are Of more or less interest I:
Mary Stewart to Joseph Mccormick, lot in
Barton, S75.
James J. Dobbee to Dennis Mccormick,
property in Barton, $l25.
The Union Mining company to Sarah J
Reagan, lot in Mt. Savage, 800
Misplaced Faith.
What tncle San doesn't know about the
coal mines would fill several law bookseller
naconing Star.
And yet the Star will find miners
who insist upon "a practical miner for
Inspector putting 50 cents worth of
free and unlimited faith in all Uncle
Sam promises to tell of what he doesn't
know for 80 weeks "hand runnin'."
Proper Way to Speak Proper Names.
"My little man, what is your uncle's
name ?"
The innocent boy, thinking the qucs-
toner referred to recently incubated
paper, occasionally mentioned in the
JOURNAL, replied
",Sam ~
"Tut, tut" exclaimed the Inquirer.
''you should say Samuel. :"
Turning to an Irish boy, the same
gentleman asked
"And now, my little man, what Is
your uncle's name ?"
''Jimuel, be jabers.''
Brevitics.
A paper out West puts it down cold
and flat that "there are too many men
in this town who do not know the diff
terence between a hearse and a band
wagon" And too many in these
diggings who affect the notion that a
mine car should move with the velocity
of a hearse and halted on the scales by
a jury Of inquest.
d. P. Miller was this week re-elect-
ed president and w. J. Miller clerk of
the Board of County Commissioners.
1t is believed j. J. Robinson will
vigorously oppose the creation of Il
chair of physical cult. in the Lonacon.
ing high school on the ground that i,
is a transparency disguised scheme tc
pay salary to a foot ball professor.
A fall of coal in Eckhart mine
Wednesday, broke Joseph Marsch.
insky's leg.
Some of the pop schemes do not jan
the nerves. They are run in, how
ever. to give tone to the dangerous
ones. But "evil associations corrupt
good manners"
Boys have been behaving badly al
the Ocean and Midland depots, and
one day last week a justice Of the peace
ascertained that two youngsters of the
latter place had enjoyed about IS worth
of sport each and he taxed them in
that sum.
Vale Summit copy reached JOURNAL
too late for this week.
There is West Virginia story eur
rent in the lumber regions entitled
"Uncle Knows" But among the coal
mines and miners of Cumberland youl
uncle is the chief among ten thousand
who don't know.
The Homecoming Str in reviewing
the Recieto'S boom edition discovers that
there are many things in it that were
left out.
The public schools will close at noon
Wednesday for the holiday vacation,
and he open Tuesday, January I, 1897.
Monday will be the shortest day of the
year in the Homecoming Recieto office,
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