Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-12
Thirty Years Ago.

For the week corresponding with this
in 1871 the paragraphs below comprise
i'll part items of occurrence then new:
The Journal congratulated the people upon
their ability to reach upstairs ria "a new iron
stairway on the outside
Thomas Jetiries was severely injured by a
fall of coal in Borden mine Saturday, Octo-
Der :.
A small crowd attended the circus Oh the
10th.
AT a meeting Saturday evening, October :,
Council decided to light the street lamps, and
on Monday night following leach lamp paid
its CHEEKY tribute to the general illunina-
ton
Rev. l.. Llewellyn. r. r. Sanner, Jonah
Esau, c. B. Potter and the Hooking band
figured prominently in Rechabte meeting
"Philanthropst'' contributed a scholarly
letter to the JOURNAL under the heading.
"iMiuS PopuE Supreme Le1"
A protest was made against mail service
to Frostburg delayed Is hours in Cumber-
land
Frank Skidmore, of Borden Shaft, shot
himself accidentally, and man of the I'M
common name of Jones had leg broken in
one of the Consolidation Coal companv's
mlnes
Nearly two columns are given to dispatches
from the great Chicago fire beginning on the
Sth, ending on the 10th.
OVER y YEARS AGO.
In this connection the JoUNAL is in.
dcbted to w. c. barrow, of Cumberland,
for copy of the Frostburg Go:cHp of
June 1, lS19-the 9th issue of that
papers first year, indicating that its
first number was dated Saturday, De-
ccmber IS, 1858.
There was IA good deal of general news
going then, but little local. The editor,
Col. John Pickell, quoting "a very emf
nent writer" said "war is the extremity
of evil" Gen. Sherman, more bluntly,
said the same thing years aferward.
From two ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it appears
that Evansville, n. Y, was the home of
the editors boyhood. He had, he
writes, given our country long period
of service i'll the army" but his "heart,
untravelcd still fondly turns to home"
Among the few local items is this:
Our citizens are favored almost every week
with a good treat of martial music. We
have in our town very respectable family
who believe, as we do, that the most stirring
and cheering music is that in which the FIFE
and Drm" form a conspicuous part. The
father and his two sons, with the ordinary
and large Bass Drums and Fife. march one
evening each month, we wish we could say
eVc,y ~eek up and down our payements with
the order and precision of recruiting party,
much TO the delight of our pacific population.
The weather was growing" but 1.-THE
coal trade dull" although the Go:riic
was highly gratitied to learn that 300
tons of Swanton coal was to be shipped,
ria Baltimore, to Cuba for the use of the
railroad building from Havana to the
interior of the island
Notice of election of five councilmen
was advertised to take place June at
the office of Joseph Walsh, Esq, begin
ming at II. m, closing ut sunset.
The advertisers of those days were
Lowndes & Clary, G. IL. Hamill, j. II.
| Hoblitzell, John G. WeiS, George $.
Evans, Frost & Shatfer, George Steyer
and Thomas Johns, merchants; r. II. &
r c. Paul, machinists; 7. A. Keller,
McCulloh House. and II. johnson, Frost
burg Academy.
The first Council under the current
charter was composed as follows:
1S70-N S. Frost, Mayor William Warn,
Douglas Percy, Henry Bepler, l.. NJ. Gorsuch,
J. J. HObhzcll and William Thomas, Coun-
cilmen; Henry J. Wade, Clerk; Michael
Sherry, Ealili
The second:
! ISL. NJ. Gorsuch, Mayor; Reuben An
thony, John Johns, Levi b. Porter Daniel
Krapf, John Il. Wright and John ID. Koontz,
Councilman; Henry }. Wade, Clerk; William
Conrad, Baihii..