Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1911-01-21
Thirty Years Ago.
WEEK ENDING JANUARY ~. ISIS

WEEK ENDING JANUARY - 1881
Thomas Cessna, residing near Frostburg,
died Saturday, January 10 1881, aged 80
years.
Pendry Powell, of this place died Mon,
day, January 10, 1881, aged II years.
Mrs. Jane Porter, wife of John w Porter,
of Eckhart, died Wednesday, January 10,
1891, in the 9th year of Der age.
Wegman, the clock man, met with great
success exhibiting his wonderful clock.
The German Lutheran fair netted 5000.
The snow blockaded the tramway of the
Savage Mountain Fire Brick Company
clay mine, stopping hauling operations,
Frostburg coored man stole S45 from
another Frostbprg colored man, was found
guilty, and judge Pearre sentenced him to
serve four years in the penltentlary.
Wednesday, January 20, 1881, Miss Laura
V. Gunnett was married to Mr.. George f.
Stevens, by Rev J. P. Wilson, all of this
place.
Tuesday, January %, 1881 Miss Carrie
Hammond, of Eckhart, was married to Mr.
Michael Finn, of POmpey Smash, by Rev
V. +. Schmitt.
Friday, January 81, 1881, Miss Maggie J
Price was married to Mr.. Philip Llewelyn
both of Borden Shaft, by Rev. Thomas
Wood.
Daniel Mooney, II years cd an outside
driver at johnson mine of the New Central
Coal Company. was killed Monday, January
~, 1881 by falling under loaded cars of coal
His neck was broken.
At the request of r. NJ. Waterman the
Journal weighed his mammoth hog Satur
day, January 22d. The platform weighed
03 pounds the hog mounted and the jour
NAL shOuted-'9i9 pounds ~ 20. but take
off the weight of the PLATFORM yelled a
fellow whose guess had cost dollar. Ger
tainly ~ roared the JOURNAL Three from
nine-6; six from lis, and from 9-eight
hundred and cighty-SjrI" doomed the jour
NAL in a tone with octave coupler and both
knee-swells on. 1t was found that Messrs
Zach. Krapf and John Williams had each
guessed sS5 pounds, and MeSsrs. Douglas
Percy and John Get2 SS7 pounds. How the
matter was disposed of had not been deter
mined.
Hon. f. C. Latrobe, Mayor of Baltimore
sent the JOURNAL copy of his annual
message.
John Conrad was elected president of the
Frostburg Y. NJ. c. A, Edgar Walsh vice
president, John f. JohnsreCording secretary
Thomas Rowe executive secretary, A. A.
Rogers treasurer, and John H. Hosken
librarian. Messrs. Christopher Roberts,
John A. Thomas, William McLuokie, jr
and Rees d. Rees Ghalrmen of committees
Zero weather
Thomas Immersion showed the JOURNAL
a copy of the first issue of the Baltimore
.imfrican, (original print1 mo, l. Volume
l." dated FRIDAY, August 20, l773' then
known as The Maryland Jo"no' and Balt-
more 1d"ertiSer.'
copy of the first issue of the Frostburg
Gazette, December Is, 1858, is also mentioned.
John Pickell was editor and he wrote in
variably of "Frostburg coal aud The
Frostburg Mining Region" Advertisers
Porter, drugs" "Lowndes Il Clary, dry
were sc. H. Hamill grocer" "Dr, J. NJ.
goods and groceries y Frost IL Shafrer,
grocers :" u. II. Hoblitzell IL Co., dry goods
and groceries = George $. Evans. grocer !"
Percy y Brother, dry goods = r. II. Paul
Il Brother, iron - John G. Weis,
tahacconlst and cOnfectioner," and Thomas
A. Keller, McCuloh House.
The Caledonia Club of Homecoming OBJ
served Robert Burns birthday, January 25
1881, at the Merchants Hotel Over 100
diners sat at the tables.
The roof of NJ. A. Frost's barn, at Rawl-
ings, gays way under the weight of snow
and ice and did great damage to farm nipple
ments and products.