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VOL. IV. NO. 38.
GLASS OF 'Ol.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT RA
VENSCROFT’S OPERA HOUSE
Next Thursday Evening, June 13th.
Excellent Programme Arranged,
Which Will Be Found Below.
That the public school is the “bul
wark of civilization,” and the hope of
the future is becoming recognized
more and more as time speeds on and
with each succeeding year Interest in
creases in the doings of the public
school.
The crowning event of each school
year, and a feature that is looked for
ward to with many pleasant antici
pations is the exercises of the gradu
ating class of the High school. It is
__ taken for granted that the student
who is to be presented with a diploma
saying that he or she has completed
the course of study prescribed has
earnestly and faithfully performed
those duties incident thereto and at
the graduating exercises will giye
evidence of the result —some account
of the years that have been spent in
the school room.
We ventuie the assertion that the
class this year will not prove a disap
pointment—nav, will even be a sur
prise, and second to none of the classes
graduated from the Beall High School.
The (Jlass of 1901 is composed of ten
of as bright young men and ladies as
the city affords, and that they will
acquit themselves with honor, and
credit to their instructors is our pre
diction. The Class membership has
a balance on the feminine side, com
prising four young men and six young
ladies, whose names are as follows:
Leslie Lemmert, Geo. William Hill,
John Henry, John Wesley Porter,
Summerville, Eva Hitchins Jeffries,
Anna Minerva Jones, Sadie Lisetta
Pfaff, Lenore Smith, Nevva Estelle
Workman and Katherine May Wei-
mer.
ped will take place at
- House Thursday
, , y ~,i-J.h, and without
evening, June i> l %--vhouse will be
doubt the spacers pTS - nou ® e WHI
filled with admiring lv.„ repre-
Lontat ive Citizens of JProstSSlO^'-R^f
Isentative citizens or - ,
a sides the programme rendered fj s the-1
V membership of the class, Prof. John
T. White, school examiner, will
deliver an address, and to add to the
further pleasure of the evening the
German Arion Band has been engaged
to fill In between numbers. The
entire programme to be rendered will
be as follows:
Overture Arion Band-
Invocation Rev. C. H. Cannon
Class Ode . Graduating Class
Salutatory Eva H. Jeffries
Essay Katharine Weimer
Vocal Solo Lenore Smith
Oration Wesley Sommerville
Debate: “Resolved, That Compo
sition is a more important
study than Arithmetic .”
Affirmative Lenore Smith
Negative J ohn Henry
Music Arion Band
Recitation N. Estelle Workman
Class History Miss Sadie Pfaff
Essay Amo, Jones
Class Prophecy George V. Hill
Recitation N. Estelle W,u-kman
Valedictory. L. Leslie Eenmert
Music
Address Prof. John T.Vhite
Address and Presentation of L :
plornas George Sten
Pres. Board of Tritees
Benediction Rev. H. R. Loch
Class Motto: “Finis Coronal
Opus."
Colors —Red and Gold.
Flower—The Rose.
First Honor—L. Leslie Lemma
Second Honor-Eva H. Jeffries.
Inasmuch as the class must stai
all expenses incident to the gradua
Ing exercises it has been decided th,
an admission of 10 cents will be char
ed at the door.
The baccalaureate sermon, whicn
always a very interesting part of tt
exercises in connection with tt
graduating class, will be delivered t
Rev. J. W. R. Sumwalt at the M. 1
Church Sunday evening, June 9th.
New Dancing Class.
After many earnest solicitatio
from Mt. Savage young people w
had heard of Prof. Dailey’s ability
teach dancing in all its fullness, tl
gentleman went to our sister burg
Wednesday evening of last week a
organized a class with a large me
bership. Brennan’s new hall, whi
is said to be the finest dancing hall
Allegany County, is being used
present, and Mt. Savage young peo
are looking forward with many pie
ant anticipat ions. Miss Cora Duf
of this city, is acting as pianist at 1
Savage for Prof. Dailey.
THE FROSTBURG FORUM
Workmen Qo On Strike.
There are strikes and strikes, but it
is seldom that there is such a novel
one as occurred last Monday on the ]
electric road that is being built be
tween this City and Cumberland.
There are employed on this road about
75 men who at one time or another I
were miners, and in this latter fact is *
where the trouble lay. It is the cus
tom of the miners to eat a lunch at
9 o’clock and when they commenced
work with the railway people they
kept up their custom. They were
1 notified Monday morning that if they s
persisted in losing ten minutes each i
day it would be necessary for them to 1
make up that time bv commencing :
• work earlier every morning. One of i
the number Price McFarlane, took 1
[ this opportunity to make a stump
. speech and spoke warmly against such
. ruling with the result that he was at
. once requested to hand in his resig- 1
i nation. When this fact became
, known, McFarlane’s fellow workmen '
laid down their tools and refused to
[ work. In the afternoon the contrac
j tors reinstated McFarlane and the en-
I tire lot of workman resumed. McFar
, lane, however, as soon as he was rein
. stated, asked for his time and quit on
; his own account.
i ■“ 1 ■
Family Reunion.
! Mrs. B. W. Deffinbaugh, of this city
has received an invitation to meet
' with a gathering of the descendants
5 of Edward Ball, that is to be held at
’ Kuka Park. N. Y., August 27th, 28th
1 and 29tlj. Edward Ball was one of
| the original Puritan settlers at Brad
j ford, Conn., and this meeting is prim
arily to discover whether or not there
’ is any connection between the New
’ England Balls and the Virginia Balls.
Inasmuch as the coat of arms of the
; two families as handed down is re
' markably similar there seems a very
strong probability that the families
’ are related. Col. Wm. Ball, of Vir
’ ginia, was the great grandfather of
* General George Washington, and as
3 the. mother of Gen. Washington and
tivbgreat grandmother of Mrs. Deffin-
Sit will be readily
ibaugh must nec
ant of the Balls
Defflnbaugh was a
jancaster County,
the, onjly .person
q-dftxxr Vfr-Ufrj.j
whn t.rap.t* I
I tIT Too " '-' lie state who can trace
back to a kinship with
the “Father of Ilis Country.
Petition for Pardon.
William L. Atkinson is circulating
a petition in behalf of his brother
Douglass P. Atkinson, asking Gover
nor Smith to pardon him from the
house of correction, where he is now
residing. It will be remembered that
a few weeks ago Atkinson was sen
tenced to a year’s imprisonment for
stealing chickens from Miss Mary
Thomas, on Centre street. The evi
dence was almost wholly circumstan
tial but apparently strong enough to
convict, and the young man was sent
up for a year. In the petition it is set
forth that young Atkinson has always
borne a very fair reputation, and inas
much as the evidence was purely cir
. cumstantial, about which there must
always be some doubt, it would seem
that executive clemency should be
extended. Mr. Atkinson is meeting
with good success in securing the
names of business and professional
men on the petition.
A Surgical Marvel.
George Burns, a Civil War veteran,
70 years old, was a visitor in Cumber
land Monday and The News man in an
interview learned that the visitor is
a veritable marvel of surgery. The
old man is minus the entire bony
vault of his skull, five ribs are gone
from his left side, a portion of the
right hip gone, both legs fractured in
two places, both elbow joints missing,
heart moved from position by loss of
‘ ribs on left side, and in his breast
bone is imbedded a bullet which can
not be moved owing to its presence
.near a main artery. Besides all this,
TMr. Burns is blind in the left eye.
'Hie received most of his injuries in
Ebattle but was also crushed in a steam
joat wreck. It would seem that this
s enough to have laid him out, but
.he old man is in pretty fair condition
ihysically, and walks only with the
id of A cane.
om t
yho lfc Will c * ‘ '
, Cumberland Fire.
to irOa tw
hat had an SB,OOO fire last
ononc£; t! evening at 7 ocloclc. The
andmber and planing mill of Thomas
emuifger& Sons’ company on South
licherj-Oanic street was entirely consum-
II ib. ’ 'he burned mill was of brick,
aldi ories, with a frontage of 66 feet
opled a depth of 175 feet. The firm
eas-rried $5,800 iusurance. Buildings
iftyar the fire were scorched but the
Mt. imen were able to keep the tire
ler control.
FROSTBURG, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, JUNR 8, 1901
60M16 OPERA.
FROSTBURG ELKS HAVE SECURED
THE BOSTON LYRIC OPERA CO.
50 People, Gorgeous Costumes, Special
Scenery, Good Music, Lots of Fun,
Monday Evening, June 10th.
The local lodge of Elks, ever alive to
all the good things going, have secur
ed the Boston Lvric Opera Company
for a one night engagement at Baven
scroft’s Opera House, and lovers of
good music and lots of fun will have
the opportunity of their lives to revel
in both to their hearts content.
Monday evening, June 10th, this fa
mous company will appear in the
opera success of the season, “A Trip
to India,” a performance which re
quires fifty artists, unlimited scenery
and costumes the gorgeousness of
which has not been equaled in any
modern opera. The company comes
from a two night stand at Cumber
land and a three week’s stand at
Ford’s theater, Baltimore, the most
exclusive playhouse of the city, which
should certainly prove recommenda
tion sufficient to warrant a crowded
house at the performance in this city.
The performances of the famous Bos
ton Lyric Opera Company are known
in Frostburg by reputation and their
engagement in this city for one night
in the interest of the local lodge of
Elks will be in the light of an ovation.
The Company is reputed to- be of
magnificent voice, unexcelled chorus,
sumptiousness and detail. Without
doubt comic opera is generally the
most satisfactory stage performance
of modern times and this opportunity
to hear one of the best companies on
the road will be welcomed by the citi
zens of Frostburg and vicinity.
The opening scene in “A Trip to
India” is the beautiful court in front
of Milan’s great cathedral. It is ar
ranged and illustrated with appropri
ate studies in the architecture of that
place. The scene of the 2nd act is laid
in the square at the head of the canal
in Venice, the great lagoon stretching
out to the Adriatic Sea with the
Doge’s palace and thejVenetian build-.
of the ss+fons act where nearly the en-’
tire company assembles for the finale
the picture presented will be acknow
ledged to be the most striking one ever
given in this city. The costumes are
all historically correct, full of charac
ter and study. All the properties are
from the hands of the most artistic
makers of theatrical appliances.
The Elks are at enormous expense
in bringing this first-class perfor
mance to the city and should be ac
corded the support necessary to bring
them out financially. The success of
this would mean the bringing of other
high grade attractions to the city and
, this should be an added incentive to
, give the company a crowded house.
, The admission charges is SI.OO, and
; 75c and tickets can be had of all mem
, bers of the lodge of Elks and at the
. Pearce Drug Company headquarters.
i
i Seriously Injured.
; The Hollenburger family living
near Cumberland seems to be followed
by a hoodoo. About two weeks ago a
team ran away with the family and
seriously injured William Hollen
berger, the head of the house. On
Saturday last, a son named William,
about 12 years of age, was terribly
1 injured by a horse. The boy was
working in a field near the Six Mile
1 House, when his lower jaw was seized
' by one of the animals which he was
; working, and mangled in a horrible
manner. When the teeth of the
; animal let go, the boy’s lower lip was
gone and a portion of his jaw torn off.
1 The family is anxiously awaiting
’ the result off this accident, and
wondering where the next blow will
J fall. t
; Fourth of July Coming,
Onlv three weeks and five days
( from to-day and the grand and g-l-o-r
--i-o-u-s Fourth will arrive providing of
. course that the weather don’t inter
fere. Already has the eagle begun to
( scream, and never with a more inspir
. ing and soul-stirring note. From all
over the country comes the report of
prospective celebrations, and from
now until the all eventful day, will
every-thing and every-body be kept
; on a jump. With the small boy, the
> Fourth ranks side by side with Christ
mas, and the distance between these
i dates usually seems pretty long to
■ these munchers of hard candy, bad
, peanuts and over-ripe bananas—but
, come they will, and the small boy is
i in the seventh heaven of delight.
i —.—.
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good condition. Apply at this office.
Woman’s Trials.
We heard three or four ladies the
other evening discussing feminine
trials and tribulations, and in the
course of conversation they gave those
men particular fits who are in the
habit of expectorating on the side
walks. Without a doubt there is
much room for criticism in this di
rection, for it is a fact that men gath
er here and there in small parties and
in the course of a few minutes conver
sation have literally covered the side
walk with their nasty expectorations.
Ladies coming along have the choice
of taking the middle of the street or
dragging their skirts through this
slush and it certainly is annoying.
We do not wish-to deny any man the
right to spit, but if he must spit let
him spit in the gutter, or else carry a
cuspidor around with him. No man
in the enjoyment of a pleasure has the
right to discommode others with that
pleasure, and above all things else
ladies should not have to put up with
a thing of this kind, in which they
never indulge. A fact that might be
mentioned along with this is that one
of the aforesaid ladies had on a skirt
of remarkable length, one that must
necessarily trail in the dirt at all
times when not held up. In view of
the uatural tendency of a majority of
of men to desire gard sanitary reg
ulations wouldn’t it be a good idea
fortheladies to meet the affair square
ly and prepare themselves for this
failing on the part of the male sex by
keeping their skirts clear of the
ground.
Delayed Enroute.
When it is considered that that
pestiferous little animal commonly
known as the housefly has bee n delay
ed in bis arrival for about two months,
even the chronic kicker ought to be
able to get some satisfaction out of
the continued rain and cool weather.
Usually by the middle of March that
blessed little buzzv-body has made his .
appearance in countless millions and ,
by the middle of June that personage ;
whose hirsute adornment is a tiling :
of the past is ready to give up the ,
ghost.J We have thus far been denied
pleasure of having our
regu/Vsummer visitor served up to :
us aj yf.iava, or a la strawberry ice
L c £*|rln<Man TrSitlsury.— ,
not, p-Xf in i m "Whli- .
canwp- not exclaim vyruiitnat Y'ni'- i
cal m•. J ltl \ “Praise God from Whom
all flow.’’
| Needed Improvements.
(j
Tt e streets of the city have been
rece/ving very much needed attention ;
tbisVeek. A number of men with f
hoes', etc., have been scraping the t
surplus mud therefrom and at the (
same time opening up the different ,
gutters. In some of these gutters the
startling discovery was made that £
regular street guttering had been laid 1
at some time or other. Now that :
the rainy season is practically ended j
we have unobstructed gutters—but
it’s better late than never, so we’ll not
kick now, but “lay back on onr in- '
alienable privilege of hoping for the !
best” in the future.
Snowfall In June.
Freeland, Pa., was visited by a light
fall of snow last Saturday. This will
certainly sounds remarkable to foreign
readers, but to those who are familiar
with this part of the country and the
peculiar antics of the weather this
will not seem out of the ordinary. It
rains herein June, gets uncomfortably
warm the next day, followed by rain
and uncomfortably cool weather.
Then it rains again, and then some
more and finally quits when the water
runs out—at least it has been that
way this spring.
Birthday Party.
Glenn, little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Olin Beall, was seven years of age
Tuesday and in honor of this event, a
number of his young friends and play
mates were invited to spend the even
ing with him. Games that are a part
of childhood were indulged in, and
refreshments were served, and it is
hardly necessary to add that the
children enjoyed themselves as only
in nocence and light heartedness
can. Glenn is a pleasant little fellow,
popular with older persons as well
as his playmates, and was the
recipient of a number of presents.
Base Ball Today.
This afternoon the Meyersdale ball
team will attempt to play ball with
the Frostburg club at the Driving
Park. The time of the game is set
for 2:30, and by 4:30 that Meyersdale
aggregation will be the limpest look
ing set of individuals that ever
handled willow. The male sex is to
be charged Scents for witnessing this
tefrible slaughter while the ladies are
permitted to enjoy it free.
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irds, |
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