Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-12-24
Thirty Years Ago.
WEEK ENDING JANUARY S, 1881

w ZEN ENDING JANUARY ., 1901
Every fire plug in town frozen; Their
mometer l6o below zero Thursday, Decep-
Der 80, 1850,
distinguished egg nog citizen complained
of great scarcity of eggs and milk, plenty
whiskey, brandy, etc.
The Georges Creek and Cumberland Rail
road Company began running passenger
trains Saturday, January L. 1881, betwe,
Cumberland and Homecoming.
The sun arose partially ecHpsed Friday,
December 81, 1850.
Tuesday, December IS, 1880 Miss Eliza
beth DAVIS was married to MIR. Joseph A.
Smith, by Rev. W. O. Petty, all of this
place.
Monday, December y, 1850, Miss Ella G.
Galley, of Baltimore, was married in tn;
city to Mr. James H. Hughes, of this place,
by Rev. Father McDeyitt.
Thursday, December 80, 1880, Miss Clara
&. Staples of this vicinity, was married to
DIR. John NJ. Peddicord, of Harrisburg, Pr,
by Rev. p. l.. Harrison.
A writer in the New York U'orid, pre-
sumably John A. Graham punctured
story about the laying of the first Trail on
a railroad in the United States that it was
imported from England by the Erie Rail-
road Company, and the making of the first
Trail in this country at Scranton, Pa. all
from the record, stated that the first heavy
railroad IRON manufactured in this country
was made at Mt Savage in lSi4-a bridge
rail. weighing 40 pounds to the yard. At
same time the Mi Savage mill was employed
on contract of + rails of - pounds to the
yard for the Fall River Ola Colony railroad
to Boston. In the same year the Mt, Saw
age company made rails of both patterns for
the road extending from Mt. Savage to Cum
berland. Mrs. Henry Thomas Weld, wife
of the cOmpany's mining engineer, held the
tongs when the first heavy rail made in this
country was run through the rolls
George p. Tenant was drawn as a Juror
for the January term 1851.
Capt and Mrs. Nelson Beall left for a
winters stay in Waco, Texas.
One colored man stole SO from another,
lit out, and was caught at Bellare, 0.
A Cumberland girl fell in snow-drift.
A Frostburg kindly youth seeing one ear
sticking out, rescued her.
James Noouan, of Mt. Savage al-train
conductor, had feet and hands badly frozen.
George Mcmahon and ]. F. Moody of Eek
, hart, returned from hunt with a large deer.
John w. Arnold, son of J. j. Arnold. left
Monday, January 3, 1881, for POughkeepSie,
n. Y, to take business course in college.
Mrs Mary Martha Humberson wife of
A. f. Humberston, of this place, died We'd
nesday, December D. 1850, aged - years.
Antoine Weisenborn died Monday De-
cember 26, 1880, aged 10 years. Widow and
7 children Dereayed.
George Wade and William Wasmuth,
boys, each had leg broken Saturday, Janu-
AIRY /, 1881, "cOasting' on Union street.
George Womsley of Eckhart, went to
Iowa City College, Pittsburg, Pa, to take a
business course.
A branch of the Irish Land League was
formed at a meeting held Sunday, January
., 1881, with Michael Carney president, Peter
Cordial vice president, James Sloan record
ing secretary. J. ?. Moody financial secre-
tary, and Andrew Carney treasurer.
Rev. j. NJ. Jones, of Westernport, visited
Rev. V. f. Schmitt. He was travelling
companion in Europe of the latter, and a
grandson of Commodore Jones' of the U.
S. Navy.
Rev. q. II. Humphrey, a former pastor OF
the Presbyterian church, won the best-poen
prize at the National Eistcddfod Milwaukee
Wis.