Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-09-11

A Ticket Nominated.

A Ticket Nominated.
There was fun in the camp of confusion
tother night,
When the pops filled Chambers hall,
When the voice of Davy Lewis rose high for
the right,
When the pops filled Chambers etc.
Simmy Devecmon declared when his tongue
got ''unloosed,'
When the pops filled, etc.
That w. J. Bryan is not the rooster of the
roost,
When the pops, etc.
C. p Otfman alone was the saddest of men,
When the, etc,
With the mercury standing at 4score and 10,
He wanted his money for Jmcle .Sonu back
again,
When, etc
d. j. Lewis called the convention to
order Thursday evening in Chambers
hall.
j. Semmes Devecmon was elected
Secretary.
The platform demands a checkweigh-
man and reduction of the ton from
2,24O to 1000 pounds-equivalen to a
nominal reduction of wages from As to
not quite II cents per ton.
The following county ticket was
nominated for the Offices named:
State tSenate-D. j. Lewis, of Cumberland.
Xouse Of Delegates-John Barber and Pat
rick Drum, of Vale Summit; B. J. Deffen-
baugh and Henry Wright, Of this place. and
E. j. Brennan, of Midland.
.hetit-Francis J. Brode of Hoffman.
county ConntiSsioneas-John w. Dayton, of
this place, and John f. Logsdon of Barton.
The proprietor Of the hall is threat
ened with a damage suit. 1t is claim
ed that he promised an audience of
100, but he says that he stated that
1.-THE seating capacity is 1907
c. P. Gilman was present and claim
ed shortage of supply of issues by
Uncle Sam. He wanted the pro rata
amount of % cents returned-a claim
which aroused great indignation.
The trouble is not yet settled, but the
JOURNAL hopes for the best.
Personal.
Miss Name Haverstick returned
last Saturday from visit to her
brother, J. Alex. Haverstick, West
Superior, Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. V. Parker, of
Norfolk, Va, came up on visit to
Mrs. P.'s parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
l.. Porter last Saturday. Mr.. Parker
returned to Norfolk Monday.
Mrs. Peter Lammert left Thursday
for a months visit to friends in st.
Louis, Mo.
Miss Hattie Duckworth, of Iona
coming, spent several days this week
with the family OF James Dando.
Prof, j. F. Rueckert, of Washing
ton, ID. c., induced to locate at Cum
berland, has New Business Local"
in this issue of the JOURNAL. Prof.
Rueckert is Il musician of the better
grade in the profession. Those, there
fore, who aspire to good performance
and Interpretation of classical works,
as well as in popular compositions,
should seek his acquaintance. There
is nothing like knowing a professor of
ability and thus feel satisfied in hav-
ing selected competent tutor.
Miss Marie NJ. Thomas has just re-
turned with IL choice stock of fine
millinery goods. Look out for her
advertisement in next weeks JOURNAL.
w. b. Jones, wife and child, of
Youngstown, Ohio, staid several DAYS
at Hotel Gladstone last and this week.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, nee Miss
Laura Thrasher, are former Frost
burgers who have prospered greatly
since they left here. He is trusted
employee of a large banking house
and is interested in other profitable
business. They left here Wednesday
for several weeks stay ON the seashore.
j. Syme-Hastings, the only editor in
the State whose sir-name is hyphen-
ated, was in town Thursday, partly to
hand the great paper a copy of Uncle
Sam, latel y on some sort of suspen-
sion. Mr.. Syme Hastings is a young
man with whole head-full of brains
gone wrong on social economy.