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i .R. GROVE,) ’ '
i B ODER ) Editors and Prop’rs.
FROSTBUIIG, OCTOBER 28, 1871.
The End of Polygamy.
The recent arraignment and in
dictment of Brigham Young and oth
er prominent officials of the Mormon
hierarchy is a movement in the right
direction. Considering the prompti
t ide with which the government has
hitherto acted in the suppression of
disorders of probably less flagrancy,
U is a matter of wonder it has not
•earlier taken in hand tiie subject of
Utah polygamy.
But as it lias finally introduced le
an! action in the premises, it is pleas
ing to note bow the arrogance of
• religions monetrosity is offset by
.he energy displayed by the prose
ecution and the bench in subjecting
it to the severest test. The assump
tion, on the part of the defence, that
a plurality of wives, being the fun
damental doctrine of the Mormon j
church, is, therefore, legitimate in
practice and not amenable to “lower
law,” is not unexpected. Advan
tage is thus ingeniously sought to be
taken of the protection which the
Constitution affords to religious be
lief, but the sophistry of the pretext
Is so transparent that .Judge McKean ■
at once and effectively demolishes
the enormous subterfuge.
Questions, respecting the institu
tion of marriage, are, of course, fully
Introduced and ventilated. On the
one side polygamy is represented as
♦riiong the “latter day” revelations,
wherein the universally admitted i
blessedness incident to marriage with
one wife may be doubled, trebled,
quadrupled, ad infinitum, by plurali
ty, and in the same ratio, all other
temporal blessings must, necessarily,
accrue. Spiritually, obedience to
this “higher law,” logically implies
merit of greater immunities, and he
who most accepts the use of the priv
ileges confered, is entitled to the
highest places in the synagogue.
On the other hand, the weighty
principles of ecclesiastical and com
mon law, united with the suggestions
of common sense, present arguments
against plural marriage at once in
vulnerable and invincible. The so
lidity of the social compact, the de
pendencies of civil liberty and law,
the purity of the race and the pres
ervation and perpetuation of pedi
gree,—all combine to make a phalanx
of argument, the overthrow of which
would subvert the foundations of
all that makes life endurable, if it
did not uproot tho basis of the
church.
The American mind, it is thought
by many good people, is too well im
bedded in the idea that the marriage
compact, like the Scriptures, is too
sacred for the slightest innovation—
that “if nothing should be taken
away, neither should there be any
thing added thereto”—for us to real
ly fear the establishment of a fanati
cism so destructive of public virtue
as polygamy. But the laxity of sen
timent, and even law, in some of the
States shows that while Brigham
Young, if we mistake not, is impla
cably averse to divorce—that a man
once married is always so—it is not
a hard matter to obtain release from
obligations approved and sanctioned
by entire Christendom. And when
the case of a member of Congress is
terminated in conviction of bigamy,
the verdict of the jury which con
signs him to punishment is answered
by a flash from the Executive Chair
of the Nation, decreeing his uncon
ditional pardon, what are we to think
of the stability of the institution of
legitimate marriage ? To say noth
ing of the manifest inconsistency of
this action, as compared with the
treatment of Brigham, it establishes
a painful precedent—one, taken in
connection with other social disor
ders, that may well excite apprehen
sion.
To those who fervently desire the
cessation of the impious reign of po
lygamy in heathen Utah, it will be
commendable, also, if they wish for
more rigid dealing with kindred
Crimes nearer home.
A Marked Distinction. —An Eng
lish lady of high rank, at the close
of the Fianco-Prussian war, asked
Victoria, the crown princess of Prus
sia, to give to the wife, mother, or
betrothed, of the man in the German
army most distinguished for a per
•onal act of bravery a certain cross
of gold and jewels, in token of his
achievement. For some time the in
vestigation has been going on, there
being many, of course, in that splen
did body of soldiers having strong
claims to this distinction. At last
l.ieut. Brandenburgh, of the Lower
Milesian infantry, in" the successful
o :c, his magnificefirt courage at the
taking of the firftpcatiiion from the
enemy—at JV<sSji, August 6th,
1871—having been adjudged in this
respect pre-eminent.
The city council of Richmond, Va.,
on the 14th inst., appropriated
SIO,OOO for the use of tho Chicago
relief committee.
** *' *
ConneHsvHle Railroad.
Our community was studied on
S iturday morning last to learn that
a serious ac cident It id orcu red the
day before on tie- line' of the Pitts- '
burgh and Connellsville Railroad at a '
Point n°ar P.idwell station, about I
sixty-nine miles west of Cumberland
which had resulted in the death of a
| very worthy man, Mr Moses Collins.
! (mail agent, on the Pittsburgh and
| Connellsville road, between Cumher
; land and Pittsburgh,) and the injury
,j of several other persons, and the de
i strnction of considerable property.
Although the disaster oeeuir' l : t '
1 o’clock, P. M. on Friday, it w,s
1 not permitted to become gcneia ly
j known, and it was 8 o’clock on Sit -
I unlay morning before the peop'c in I
this city began to li ur of it from i
: passengers over the road who had j
just arrived The railroad officials, ;
as usual in such cases, endeavored
to keep the affair as secret as possi- j
hie, but it is. an old saving that
“murder will out,” and at last some 1
account of tin* horrible disastci was !
detailed by persons not connected j
with the road, to the following ef 1
I feet. :
j The mail train which ieft Cumber- j
j land for Pittsburgh at 8:10 A. M. on
j Friday, Consisting of one oyster ear. ■
one mail, baggage and express ear, j
two passenger coaches, collided
with a freight train coining oast at a j
point about sixty-nine miles west of
Cumberland, by which both engines
and a number of cars were badly
! wrecked, and the oyster car, and
the mail, baggage and express car,
together with nearly all their con
tents, were consumed by tire.
But the most terrible, liearUicken
ing pait of the account was that Mr.
Moses Collins, United States mail
I agent on tho train, lias been crushed
to death, and his body almost wholly
consumed in the lire which followed .
! the disaster.
The trains were running at full
speed, and as they neared each oth
er the alarm was sounded, but too
late to avoid a hea l ong and terrific
collision. The engines reared up
against each other like living ani
mals in conflict; the oyster car tele
scoped with the mail car, crushing
and shattering it to splinters, and
the stove in the mail department
setting the fragments on lire, tho
wreck of both cars, together with
the mail, baggage and express
freight, were totally consumed.
The safe only of the Adams Express
Company was dragged by hooks
from the burning pile, and the con
tents were found to he almost wholly
uninjured. Not even the body of
poor Collins could be rescued, al
though efforts were made to reach
it, and his comrades were compelled
to 6tand by and see it consumed by
the llames. Miraculous, indeed was
the escape of Mr. Cooke, (the bag
gage and express man,) and a news
boy who were in the dilated car at
• the time. They were both knocked
to the rear end of the car, from
whence they made their escape,
slightly injured, by crawling out at
the top, the roof having been torn
off by the force of the collision.
One brakesman bad his leg broken,
and some of the other employees on
the trains were more or less hurt,
but no passengers were injured.
The engineers anu firemen on both
locomotives jumped from them in
time to save their lives.
The cause of the accident, it is
said, is attributable to the freight
conductor, a very young man, who
states that his watch was out of or
der, or had stopped, lie was out of
his time some forty minutes, so we
have heard it said.
Be it as it may, somebody has
been guilty of the grossest negli
gence, and we hope the matter will
lie brought to light, and the culpa
ble parties held to accountability
and thus prove a warning, and there
by avert similar catastrophes in fu
ture.
Mr. Collins had been recently up
pointed postmaster at Connellsville,
and Friday’s trip was to have been
his last as mail agent. Boor fellow,
how fearfully was it indeed his last
trip. We learn that he leaves a
wife and family residing in Fayette
county, l’a. lie was about fifty
- four years old, and is spoken of as
having been a good citizen and trust
j. worthy official. — Daily News.
Prosecuting the Nev York Mcni
i c.PAt. Bing.— Mr. Charles O’Gonor
having accepted the trust tendered
. him by the New York State’s Attor
. noy, General Champlain, of prosecu
ting the members of the New York
. city ring, has associated with him
. self as counsel lion. Wrn. M. Evarts,
, democrat, and Wheeler 11. l'eckhain,
Esq., and ex-Judge Krnolt, rcpulie
| ans. To the interviewers Mr. O’Coi:-
or is represented as expressing the
intet tim of prosecuting the delin
• queiits with vigor. 'Hie Times says
■ that criminal proceedings will begin
I with the case of Mr. Tweed, agtrimt
- whom “incontrovertible evidence”
• is supposed to have been obtained
i by an investigation of tho books of
the Tenth National (ring) Bank,
i The case of Mayor Hall is now un
i dergoing investigation by the Grand
• Jury.
A New Book nv Heny A. Wise. —
Ex-Governor Wise, of Virginia,
’ has nearly completed the writing of
a book at the request of the (acuity
I and board of directors of William
and Mary College, to he called
“Seven Decades of the Union, inclu
ding a Narrative of the Life of
’ Tyler.
It is said on competent authority
that not less than 5,400 vessels of
, various grades are now in process
I of construction in the United King
> dom, and most of theso are iron
steamers.
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I Western Uiv.xi.uy. —lt appears that i
tiie western rivals of Chicago are already
preparing to appropriate tiie business on
which that city lias thriven. The St. Louis
Republican publishes statistics of tiie trade
of Chicago, points to the great void occa
s’nni d in the commerce of the Northwest,
and claims that a new duty devolves upon
St. Louis. That duty is not to wrest from
Chicago its legitimate trade, hut to supply
tho regions now cut off from the Lake City.
The St. Louis p ople are exhorted not to
he die, but to go at once into the field
buy the farmer's crops, and sell him the
“store goods” lie wants. As one means of
securing this trade, the employment of the
many idle men in Chicago—merchants who
have lost all as well as salesmen thrown
out of a situation—who know the men,
the laws and the trade of the Northwest,
is invited. These would serve St, Louis
interest, and form an addition to the popu
lation. Cincinnati, Milwaukee and some
other enterprising places are also conspir
ing against the burned-out city.— Sun.
A Chicago Jeremiads. —Mr. W. D.
Ilancker has brought from Chicago to Now
York a curious memorial of tho great tire.
Among the ruins of tire Western News
Company’s establishment, where an im
mense stock of periodicals and hooks was
reduced to aslrcs, there was found a single
leaf of a quarto liihle charred around the
edges. It contained the first chapter of
the Lamentations of Jeremiah, which opens
witlr the following words: “How doth
the city sit solitary that was full of people!
How is she become a widow! she that was
great among the nations and princess
among the provinces, how' is she become
tributary! Stic wcopeth sore in the night, !
and her tears arc on her cheeks; among all :
!>er lovers she hath none to comfort her.” 1
and that was the only fragment of litera- '
ture saved from the News Company’s great
depot.—Acre York Tribune.
The New York Tribune, referring to the
decision of Chancellor Zaliriskie, of New
Jersey, which sustains the lease in perpetu
ity of the works of the united companies
of that State to tiie Pennsylvania Railroad j
Company, remarks:
“This decision completes a great monop- j
oly. It gives to the Pennsylvania Railroad i
Company, of which the Hon. Thomas A.
Scott is controlling spirit, an unbroken
right of way from tidewater, in New York j
harbor, to a point far out iu the great spa- j
ces west of the Rocky mountains, and
leading, possibly, to the Pacific. It is too j
much power to give to one corporation.
It is creating a colossal interest, which
must overshadow all others that approach
it iu any spirit of healthy competition, and
which is sure to make itself felt in the
Legislature of each State in which it has
ramificatioijs.”
The outburst of sympathy and liberality
in England, elicited by the Chicago dis
aster is magnificent. Chicago has not been
forgotten in the large eities of tiie conti
nent, but London and Manchester, and Liv
erpool and Birmingham, and Bradford and
Edinburg, and Glasgow and Dublin and
Belfast and the other large cities of Great
Britain and Ireland are contributing so lib
erally that our own large cities are left hut
little room to boast. From Queen Victoria
down to tiie humblest citizen the British
people, one and all, seem desirous to give
substantial proof of sincere friendship.
Such deeds as these are more significant
than the most, eloquent professions that
“blood is thicker than water."
Tiie Rise in Coffee. —The recent ex
traordinary rise iu the price of cotree has
produced much discussion iu commercial
circles. The price of good Rio in cargo,
for instance, has within a few weeks ad
vanced from 114 cents to nearly 17 cents
per pound, gold. Other descriptions of
coffee have riseu nearly as much. It is
stated that there arc at present tint forty
odd thousand hags of errtfee in first hands |
in the United States, and some of the large
dealers an: ordering cargoes from Europe.
When tiie tariff was reduced on coffee,
tea and sugar, a year ago there was an
almost immediate decline in the price of
those articles; but this short crop of coffee
has iiillueuee tiie present rise in that “ne
cessity.”
Petroleum. —The mouthy petroleum
report, now compiled, shows a total pro
duction in Pennsylvania for September of
511,402 barrels, agaiust 584,070 barrels for
the same month last year. These fi-mres
prove the impre.-ion of an increased yield
which had prevailed among operators, to
Ire incorrect. The report aids: “Tin
gravity of tiie product has imoroved con
sidcrably within the past sixty days, owing
to the general decrease in tiie use of ben
zine, save for the legitimate purpose of
cleaning out old wells.
Jose Corresco, of Mexico, is tiie wealthi
est silver mine owner in the world. He
owns several mines, from one of which
alone he receives $200,000 per month.
In a single year the locomotives in the
United States consumed #50,000,000 worth
1 of wood.
fBY U^tJCEST.]
A Perplexed Clergyman.
The following liucs are supposed to have
l ecu written by a country minister, on his
return home, af.er preaching nn open-air
sermon. This is liis ai count of Low his
congregation talked during the sermoL :
f talked of sin, and they listened in awe
As I told of ils muse and governing law,
In a most effective manner,
When one from out the gathered throng
Cried out in a pathos deep and strong,
“That's what’s the matter with Hannah !''
1 looked around for the troubled dame,
And called her out liy her given name,
(For I did not know her other);
“Woman called Hannah, if thou art near,
Approach thy Christian brother.’*
My hearers laughed at my earnest cry.
And “Put a shanty over his eve !”
Cried some in a mocking fashion ;
15ut I paid no heed to the Broiling few,
“Hannah, my sister, I called for you
In love—not wrath or passion.
“Come, then, to the altar, oh child of woe I"
Then spoke another, “Not any for Joe!”
1 wondered at him slightly,
And said : “Oil. Joseph, the flesh is weak !
It makes me tremble to hear you speak
Of holy things so lightly.”
Then up from the heathens came the cry,
Of "Hully, old fellow!" “How’s that for
high?”
It fairly made me shiver:
\nd 1 trembled in heart as well as in limit,
V* they fiendishly screamed, “Put a head
on him. Jim,
And, pitch him into the river!”
But I stood ntv ground, and commenced to
tell
Of a terrible tire, in a terrible hell;
That would burn them up forever,
if they lived for this world. Said a man of
pelf.
“Oh, golly! You know how it is your
self!”
So I started for home as they would not
yield,
And I had neither sword nor shield,
That might defend my banner;
And to-day 1 sigh forthe slough of sin,
Which one poor woman is walking in,
Whose given name is “Hannah !”
Deacon.
The Philadelphia Ledger of recent date
has the following:
liy tlie failure of C. T. Yerkes, Jr.,i& Co.,
stock operators, the funds of the city
treasury are found in deficit to the amount
of $478,000. Messrs. Yerkes & Co. have
considerable property—enough, it is said,
with the securities on the official bond of
the city treasurer, which is for SIOO,OOO, to
secure the city from loss. There were re
ports on the streets yesterday that other
parties, operating largely in stock securi
ties, were using the monies of the city
treasury in the same way and probably on
like terms ns Yerkes & Co. used them.
What w e desire to call attention to Just
now is this had management and unwar
ranted use of public monies, not oidy by
the officers of the city, but by the custo
dians of the funds of the commonwealth;
I for both use them and profit by them in
the same way. Besides this large loss to the
city treasury by the failure of Yerkes & Co.,
we have Iteen informed that the way up
from $120,000 to $189,000.
It is understood that this money of the
| people of the State was loaned to this speeu
; lating stock firm w ithout collateral orsecu
rity of any kind, the Stale officials loaning
; it to them unlawfully, and criminally put
| ting the price paid for its use in their own
, pockets
The business of loaning public funds en
trusted to their keeping by State and mu
nicipal fiscal officers and putting the inter
est received into their own pockets has in
some places conic to be regarded as a regu
lar (if illegal) perquisite of the treasurership
What the practice may lead to is shown
j in the nlmve case, where the treasurer’s
i bondsmen are now legally responsible for
; over SOOO,OOO.
In tlie United States District Court, 20th
iust., Kichard N. Bowemian and Titos.
IJ. Wilson, convicted of embezzling the
1 public money while deputy collectors in
i the Baltimore custoni-liouse, were brought
j out for sentence. Judge Giles sentenced
It. N. Bowerman to pay a fine of $2,34G 72
and costs, and to be imprisoned in Balti
more city jail for four years, and Thomas
J. Wilson to pay a fine of $(1,180 and costs,
nod to lie imprisoned three years in the
jail of Baltimore city.
In sentencing General Bowerman, Judge
Giles remarked that it was a painful duty
to sentence a man as a criminal who had
served his country. His sentence was tem
pered with mercy in consideration of his
services in the defence of his country.
Tiie Spirit that Wins. —The plucky
Chicago man who ordered a lot of sugars
and syrups in New York just after the fire,
and promised to have hist tore rebuilt by
the time the goods arrived, has kept his
word. On Thursday he telegraphed to his
friends there: “We enter a new store to
morrow, made since the lire, and resume
payments in full at maturity.” Such men
are the living reasons why we pin faith on
Chicago.
Biieadstuffs.—One of tlie natural
j sources of supply in Europe is the com
growing region embracing Hungary, the
Danuhian Principalities, Southern Uussia
and Austria. From tiiese districts the re
ports generally indicate small crops, Rou
| mania being the only Danuhian province
j likely to produce a full yield. Hence, Eu
i rope, always an importer of wheat and
j corn from America, will this winter make
an unusually heavy demand upon us.
Tlie Chicago custom house, with its
vault in which upwards of $3,009,000 were
burned, is pronounced by tlie Tribune, of
that city, to have been “a fraud of the most
barefaced description.” The term “fire
proof applied to it, is “a piece of irony the
most acute.”
New National Bank. — The banking
house of Messrs. Davis Brothers, at Pied
mont, West Virginia, lias been changed to
a national bank, hearing the name of the
National Bank of Piedmont. Hon. 11. G.
Davis is president, and W. B. McCandish,
cashier.
There is no protection to lilc and prop
erty on the lower Gila river, Arizona.
.Mexican bandits arc murdering whites
and Mexicans indiscriminately, and run
ning off cattle liy wholesale. Martinez, a
noted liamiit, is believed to have been mor
tally wounded.
I)r. 3. Maupin, professor at the Universi
ty of Virginia, was thrown out of a carriage
on tlie 19th, while returning to Evnchburg
from the fair grounds, and was so severely
injured that lie died at ten o’clock the samt
evening, j
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o
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n H. WALKER,
t* AT TIIE POST OFFICE,
Frostburg, Maryland,
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All persons wanting anything in his
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ty Subscriptions received, at Publisli
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’ Miscellaneous Advertisements.
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AT EC KII ART MINES,
HAS constantly on hand a Full Supply
of DRY GOODS. GROCERIES,
QUEENSWARK and PRODUCE.
His motto is to give value received for
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change it with us and not lose a cent on
; tlie machine we advised them to buy.
Tell us what kind of Sewing you want
a machine to do. ai d we will advise
■ which is host and bu llish the machine on
: rniAL. Kitten or charge. and if it does not
suit, we will furnish you any other kind
you desire, and in either ease, will fur
( tiisli the machine at as low a price, mid
on as easy terms as you can gel i; nny
; wf ere.
IN REGARD TO TERMS,
I wish it distinctly understood that 1
w ill sell you any kind of sowing machine
in the market, or anything in the Sewing
Machine line, just as cheap, ami on just
- as easy terms, as any other person any
where.
) We keep Needles for all Sewing Ma
. chine*, at Bc. each, or 75c. per dozeti.-
Also. carts for repairing ail machine*.—
Also. Silk ami Linen Thread on Spools,
, for Garriagc Trimmer*. Shoemakers, Sad
lers, Glove-Maker* ami Family Sewing.
Also, Spool Cotton. Oil. Oil-Can*, Cas
tors. Tuck markers. Corders. Binders, anti
ill other sewing machine attachment*.—
Vlso. Fl inging Needles for Fringing Silk
in the different machines.
i J. F. McKKNNKY, Gcn’l Agt.,
130 West Fayette St., below Howard,
BALTIMORE, MD
’ Branch Ovkicb. 88 Baltimork Street,
CUMBERLAND. MD.
O. K HUMPHREY,
| Oetf—■ lyitf* Manager.
Fr slhurg Advertisements.
rpUNNEL HOUSE,
ALBERT IIOLLE, RnoruiETor,
This Hotel is enlarged, ami can now
give every accommodation to the public.
Dealer in line Liquors. <So. nl-lv.
McCULLOH HOUSE,
E. BROWN, Proprietor.
First Class Accommodations. Moder
ate Hates. First Kate Stabling,
nl-ly Frost nr no, Mn,
JIROSTBURG HOTEL,
C. LYNCH, Proprietor,
Main St., near I)ci>ot, FROSTBURG. Md.
This well known House has recently
been renovated, repaired and reliimishcd,
and is now open for the accommodation
of the public.
The liar is stocked with choice Wines.
Liquors and Scjjars. Staliling and the
best attention to liorses furnlsbed. nl-ly
NEW STORE.
No. 4!i.
Just received a large lot of HEATING
and COOKING STOVES. Also, the only
place where the Ironsides Stove is sold in
Frostburg. Roofing and Spouting prompt
ly attended to. Also a large lot of Fruit
Cans on hand.
Sept HO—tf. F. JOHNSON.
E. WASMUTH,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER
Will do all work in his line with neat
ness and dispatch. By faithful attention to
business lie hopes to obtain a fair share of
public patronage.
Repairing done at shortest notice.
Call on him on Main Street, between
Lutheran and Methodist Churches, Frost
burg, Md. nl.-ly.
mcneill & wingert,
dealers in-
PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES, DVE-
SttilTs. Window Glass. Putty. Perfu
mery. Fancy Toilet Articles, and every
thing found in a tirst-elass Drug Store.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
Main Street, Frostburg, Md.
Oct 7 —tf
CAMUEL JEFFRIES,
Broadway, Frostburg, Md.
Keeps constantly on hand a large Stock
of GROCERIES, QUEENSWAKE, TIN
WARE, GLASSWARE, HARDWARE,
CUTLERY, CANNED FRUITS, TO
BACCOS, CIGARS and CONFECTION
ERIKS, —all of which he sells at reasona
ble prices. Give him a call. vlnl-3m*
J. JANDORF,
Frostburg, Md.,
Dealer in
CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, BOOTS,
SHOES, HATS & CAPS.
Groceries A Provisions, Watches and
Jewelry, Fancy Goods, Notions, &c. —
Wholesale liquor dealer.
Agent for drafts and passages from and
to all parts of Europe. nl-ly.
FURNITURE HOUSE.
THE undersigned respectfully announ
ces to tlie citizens of Frostburg and
vicinity, that he is prepared to furnish
tlie public with
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE,
AT REASONABLE PRICES.
To this business UNDERTAKING will
shortly be added. Call on
FRED. GROSS.
nl-ly Main Street.
TAILOR.
Q A. DEBOLD,
BROADWAY. FROSTBURG. Md.
NEW GOODS
JUST RECEIVED.
GENTLEMEN'S SUITS made to order
in tlie best Manner, and perfect Fit guar
anteed. A large force of tirst-elass work
men employed.
Patronize home institutions! We prom
ise satisfaction in every particular.
nl-tf
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re— —* --
PROSPECTUS.
FROSTBURG
MINING JOURNAL.
AN INDEPENDENT PAPER,
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE,
MINING. COMMERCIAL,
AGRICULTURAL,
GENERAL
AND
LOCAL NEWS.
m
The above is the title of a twenty
eight column Weekly Newspaper,
recently established in Frostburg,
Allegany county, Maryland.
We are aware that we have entered
a crowded field—that the competition
for public favor, on the part of news
papers, is so notably extensive ns to
make the establishment of additional
papers a matter of grave considera
tion. Especially so, when the nu
merous and increasing demands of
journalism are so generally deserving
of support.
However, we accent this fact as
not prejudicial to the establishment
of our enterprise, for we hold that
every institution, having a laudable
object, legitimately conducted, has a
moral right to live ; and the fact of
increasing journalistic candidates,
asking, and in all, hut comparative! z
a few cases, receiving popular sup
port, indicates the prevalence of a
healthy public sentiment with re
spect thereto. It is well known that
newspapers, in general, by assuming
a prudent censorship of public man
ners and a proper custodianship tit
public morals, become the best con
servators of the public peace an 1
the most effective promoters of tl.ni
public welfare.
Recognizing in Frostburg a prom
ising location, amid a populous com
munity, and encouraged by the coun
sel of some of its citizens, we haw
been induced to attempt the supply
of a long-felt want —a home piper.
We design devoting our h"st abil
ities to making it emphatically a
i Newspaper. Ft i tly avoiding puli
i tics, except, probably, simple state
ments of facts from both parties, our
1 efforts will, necessarily, he directe I
to the enhancement of the general
welfare and the further development
1 of tlie immense resources of this rich
section. We shall particularly en
deavor to make the paper suited to
tlie wants of tlie community by giv
ing, as fully as possible, the Local
News of Town and County. We
shall not, however, neglect to keep
our readers well informed upon the
leading topics of the day by publish
ing tlie most important Foreign, Na
tional and State News.
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t.ruled by no faction, and by faithfully
adhering to an independent positi".*,
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universal support.
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