The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-30
LOCAL NEW S ,
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Rev. S. w. Haddaway preached
TO large congregation in the M. E..
Church Sunday night.
Snow fell here to the depth of
about foot on Friday night and
Saturday of last week.
AS previously announced, the
new M. f. Church at Johnstown,
this county, will be dedicated Sun
day, December LIST.
--Myriads of cases of Rheuma-
tiSm and Neuralgia have already sue
-cumbed to that wonderful remedy.
Keller's Roman Liniment. Price 50
cents.
The Johnson school in district
No. 8, will be opened January 1st
with Prof. g. G. Mckay, of ALE
gany county, as Principal, and VIM.
w. Fairall, of Oakland, as assistant.
The only business of. general in
terest transacted at the Orphans
Court was the settlement of the
fourth and final account, in personal
property, of George L. Dunlop, adj
min1strator of the estate of Governor
Thomas, deceased.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Oakland Band of Hope was held
in the M. E. Church on Thursday
evening of last week, Rey. B. ISOn
presiding. The programme was as
follows: Selections, Laura Lang and
w. II. Tower; defamation, Willie
Scott ; essay, w. H. Hagans. The
next meeting will be held December
18th, when good programme will
be presented.
"A gentleman representing the
Western Maryland agricultural soci-
ETY. leaves here TO day for Boston,
where he will confer with Messrs.
Hathaway d Pond, the agents with
whom the contract for Mr.. Beecher
to speak at the late fair was made, in
regard to is nor appearance. 1t is
possible the conference may result in
a suit for damages. 1t will be re-
membered that in his telegram Mr..
Beecher assumed entire response.
bilitv.- Cttmb NeUS. 25th.
The ladies of St. Peters church,
Washington city, have just closed a
successful fair, netting S1,700. One of
the objects voted for was Il gold
headed cane, to be given to the most
popular priest in the city. The sue.
cessful candidate was Father o., ulli-
van, who recently left Western port
to take charge of st. Peters church.
Wherever the Father goes he meets
and makes friends, and there is no
occasion for his being stranger any
where. CLnlb. Times.
The Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Ass, citation c0nYen-
ed on Thursday at Cumberland, and
continued its sessions for business
until Saturday. Prof. Hopkins, of
ST. Johns College, was elected Presi-
dent. Nearly all OF the delegates
present made favorable reports of the
good cause. The closing meetings
took place Saturday. In the morn
ing there was a platform service in
the Centre street NJ. E. Church; in
the afternoon a mems meeting in the
Christ Reformed Episcopal Church,
and in the eveuing Il farewell meet
ing was held in the Centre S rect
Church.
Mr.. Chaales R0bb, agent of the
American coal company in Cumber-
land, died last Friday night at 10
O'Clock. Two weeks ago Mr.. Robb
went to Baltimore on business for
the company, and while there was
attacked by what seemed to be inter
mittent fever with typhoid SYM
toms. He gradually grew worse and
his symptoms became so alarming
that his wife went to that city to see
him. He was brought home Friday
night and remained unconscious to
the time of his death. His life was
insured in the Mutual insurance
company Of New York for S., 900 and
will also receive $4,000 from the
Knights of Honor.
The great brick smokestack at
j. b. Hoyt & Co. IS tan yard, in Cum
berland, which leal ed about five feet
out of plumb, was "righted" Thurs
day, the job being done by James
Baker, "A furnace builder. The work
was done by saving out wedge of
brick, starting in the rear and pro-
,ceeding to the front, and then forcing
the tower back by means of jacks,
until the opening made by the re.
mOval of the wedge of brick was
closed. The tower is twenty EIGHT
years old, 50 feet high, contains 11S,
600 brick, and weighs something like
forty tons.
Church SerVIeeS--Supday.