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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
CIRCUIT COURT.

Jury Terms-Second Monday of
September and the First Monday of
May.
Non-Jury Terms First Monday
of July and Third Monday of De-
cember.
Chief Judge-Hon. r. H.. Alvey.
Associates-HOns.. Wm! Motter
and Geo. A. Pearre.
Clerk-W. H. Tower.
Sheriff-ThOmas Coddington.
States Attorney-Jno. W.Veitch..
Court Auditor-W. p. Townshend.
Standing Commissioners-Gilmor
S Hamill and A. B. Gonder.-
Crier-Wm. Smouse.
Messenger-Jas. NJ. Bell.
Bailiffs-Wm. Waltz and T. Bosley.-
Return days of Equity process
Third Monday in January, third
Monday in March, third Monday in
May, third Monday in July, second
Monday in September, second Mon
day in November.
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IMPORTANT TO ALL
Lovers of Flowers

Having greatly enlarged my Greenhouses
to upward f25,000 Snuare feet of glass for the
raising of towering Plants, | will be prepared
to furnish all our ncighboring friends With
choice flowers. You will save money by
buying from me. am determined to sell as
low rs the lowest, and my plants will arrive
i'll much better order than from distance,
l have an immense stock of Roses, Bedding
House, and Basket Plants; over 20 different
kinds of Roses 60 different kinds of VERDE
mas GeraniumS and every description of
Towering plants; Tuberoses and Gladiobes
in large quantities; also Lilies and Lilies of
the Valley. My plants are in very fine,
thrifty condition.
First choice Double TuberOSes, 70 cents per
dozen, or $500 per hundred: second choice, -
cents per dozen or 81. " per hundred. In adj
dition to the above. I keep also a full supply
OF genuine fresh Garden Seeds which sell at
New York prices, by the packet, ounce,
pound, or quart, gallon and buShel, and are
best suited to Our locality.
A full assortment of early Vegetables for
table use. Lettuce and Rhubarb ready now;
RadiSh and Beets in April Vegetable plants,
Gold France Cabbage and Lettuce plant in
any quantity, per dozen or 10000, are ready
now, and can be planted out at any time as
soon the ground is dry enough to work.
Tomato, Egg Pepper, Sweet Potato and Ccle-
ry Plants on the LIST of May. Cabbage Plants
at any time from now till July 10th. Send
for Price List.
Seed Store No 33 Baltimore Street, Cumber-
land, Md. Greenhouses, | mile west of Cum
berland, on the b. & o. II. II.
Parties desiring to see me personally. will
find me at my store daily from II to2P.M
Address, II. WEBER,
mh2 i'm Box 52S, CUMBERLAND, MD.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The regular sessions of the County
Commissioners commence on the
first Monday in January; the first
Monday in April, being the appeal
and transfer term; the first Monday
in June, being the levy term; the first
Monday in July. the term for APP
pointing judges of election, and the
first Monday in October
President, E. G. TillFon ;: Com.
missioners, John Riley and Jeremiah
Guard.
Clerk-Wm. II. Hagans, who wilb
be in the office on Tuesdays and Sat-
urdays of each week.
County Surveyor-JOhn Harmed.
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HA WKERs AND PEDDLERs.

AN ACT to amend the twenty-first and
twenty-secOnd sections Of the tifty-siXth
Article Of the Code of Public General Laws
relating TO the Licenses of Hawkers and
Peddlers.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted by the General
Assembly of MARYLAND Ihat the twenty first
and twenty-secOnd Sections of the flfty-siXth
Article Of The Code ofPubic GcDcrl Laws, re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30
LICENSES TO OWNERS AND
KEEPERS OF STATIONS OR
JACKS.

The owner or keeper of every Stallion or
Jack SHALL before being permitted TO stand or
station such animal, pay to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of some one of the counties in
this State, the highest sum which he intends
to ask or receive for the season Of one mare
and the receipt of the said Clerk, with the
seal of his Court attached thereto for said
sum shall be the license for stationing or
standing such stallion or Jack for one year
from the date thereof; provided, that in no
case shall q sum directed to be paid by this
section for such license be less than ten
dollar; ard that every stallion or Jack upon
whiah .ll said tax is paid shall be exempt
from ail other tax.
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The applicant must either make oath, as
heretofore, before the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the county where he is engaged in
business, of the amount of goods kept on
hand at their principal season of sale, or Tia =
oath may be administered by Justice Of the
Peace, when the person wanting a license
applies through an agent.
Persons may sell salt to cure fish in March
April and May without license.
Vendors of Cakes and vendors of Beer and
Cider, who are makers of such beer and cider
Qager Beer eXcepted) are not required to pay
license.
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AN ACT to amend Section one, of Article
fifty six of the code of Public General Laws
entitled "IiCenSCS,' relating to the issuing
of licenses by the clerk Of courts.
SEQ. !. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That section one of Article
fifty six of the code of Public General Laws,
entitled "Licenses,' be amended and re-enac-
ted as to read follows
All licenses shall be granted by the Clerk
of the Circuit Courts of the counties and the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the
city of Baltimore, except where a different
mode is especially provided, and all licenses
granted NY the said clerks shall expire on the
first day of May next thereafter, except lcen-
ses for fisheries and horse races and if gran
ted fora part of a year, a ratabe sum shall be
charged therefor.
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LICENSES TO ORDINARIES OR
TAVERN KEEPERS.

The licenses to OrdinarieS and Tavern
Keepers to sell spirituous or fermented liquor,
or lager beer in quantities less than pint at
any one time are as follows:
The said applicant is to make oath before
the Clerk as to the rate of rent or annual
value of the house at or in which the business
to. be authorized by the license may be done
or intended to be done.
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LODGES.

Il. f. & 4 M-Meet every first
and third Thursday night.
l. 0. o. K. No. 122-Meet every
Monday night.
Alta Lod e. No. 574. X. of H.
Meets in McComas Hall I'd and 4th
Thursday evenings of each month.
/. O. G. z. ~. II4-Meet every
Tuesday night
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30
SHERTFF0S
LICENSE N Office.
TO MERCHANTS, TRADERS,
AND OTHERS.

All persons and bodies corporate or polite
ercising or pursuing any business, or shall be
doing any act or thing, or shall be in the occu-
patton fanny house or place for any purpose
for which license is made necessary by the
laws of Maryland, are HEREBY WARNED
TO, OBTAIN A LICENSE OR RENEW
THE SAME ON OR BEFORE THE
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

lating to the license of Hawk ers and Peddlers
be and the same is hereby repealed, and the
following sections enacted in lieu thereof:
Twenty one" For every such license, not
to extend beyond the county in which the
same may be issued, there shall be paid the
following rates, to-wit:
For every license to travel on foot, the
SUM ol... .... I'D ~ w
TO travel with horse or other beast of
burden and wagon and other vehicle,
With two horses or other beasts of bur
den and wagon and other vehicles,
the sum 20 90
For every such license so extended over
the whole Eastern Shore, or the whole
Western Shore, there shall be paid the
following rates, to-wit:
For license to travel on fOOt............... 60 o.
To travel with horse or other beast OF
burden and wagon or other vehicle,
the sum off,. ........... ........... 100 90
With two horses or other boosts of bur-
den and wagon or other vehicle, the
SUM Low w
"Twenty-two." No such license shall be
granted to any other than a white person, or
TO any Hawker or Peddler in the name or
style of a partnership or company, and but
one person shall act under any such license.
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ORPHANS COURT.

Meets every second and fourth
Tuesday of each month.
Chief Judge-Joseph Dewitt.
Associates-A. j. Michaels and.
VIM. Harvey.
Register of Wills-W. l.. Rawlings
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TRADERS LICENSES.

The amount to be paid by Traders for Il
license (the amount of stock at the principal
season of sale to be given under OATH is as
follows:
Ifthe applicants stock in trade does not
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30
FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1873,

under the penalties prescribed by said law,
for the infractiOn thereof.
Those interested are notified of the following
requirements of the License Laws:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30

AN ACT to add an additional section to arti-
Gle fifty six of the Code of Public General
Laws, entitled "Licenses,' so as to empower
trader to sell the license to trade with the
stock of goods.
SEC Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That the following section
be added to Article fifty six of the Code of
Public General Laws entitled Licenses
SEC !. BE ii enacted, Any trader who has
taken out license to sell goods chattelS wares,
merchandise, spirituOus or fermented liq-
uors, or lager beer in thiss state, shall have
the privilege to sell said license TO any party
purchasing his stock of goods and purcha-
sing or renting his place of business, and the
party so purchasing may continue to sell UNI
der the license Of predecessor in business UNI
til the expiration of said license.
SEC :. And be il enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Chap. iiS, page $685. Act of 1868.
AN ACT to add to the tenth Section of Article
fifty six of the Code of Public General Laws
subsection requiring license to enable
any one to act as real estate broker
SEC. |. Be j: enacted by the General Assem- =
bly, of Maryland That there be added to the
tenth Section of Article fifty six of the code
OF Public General Laws, subsection to read
as fOllOws
SUB-SEc l. Any person applying for the
same and paying the sum of fifty dollars,
may obtain a license for carrying on the bus
mess Of real estate broker, and any individ-
ual co-partnership or firm who snail carry
on the business of a real estate broker without
a license, shall be subject to the penalties i'm
posed upon other brokers by Section seven
teen of this article.
SEC. 2. And be il enacted That this Act
shall take effect from the day OF its passage.
THOS. CODDINGTON,
m3Otd Sheriff of Garrett County.
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SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
PRESIDENT VIM. A. BrydOn.
COnemissiOners-G. w. Delawder
and DR.. Burns.
Secretary and H'e0Surer-Dr. +. H..
Bartlett.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-30
AMENDMENT TO THE LII
CENSE LAW.

Passed by The General Assembly of Maryland
at the Regular Session, commencing Janu
airy, 1862, relating to License Chap. 40, page
An ACT to amend the forty second section re-
lating to the granting Of licenses to traders
Of Article fifty six of the Code of Public
, General Laws.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Ciancral As
Sembly of Maryland, That the forty second
section of Article fifty six of the Code of Pub
| lie General Laws, relating TO the granting Of
Licenses to Traders, be and the same is here
by repealed, and the following enacted as a
substitute thereof.
When any person, body polite, or corpo-
{ rate, shall propose to sell or barter anything
mentioned in the preceding section; except
spirituous or fermented liquors, he shall APP
ply to the clerk of the circuit SQUIRT of the
county i'll which he may reside, or if he re-
sides in the city of Baltimore 10 the court of
common pleas for a license therefor; but no
license to trade, or to sell Spirituous or fer
mented liquors shall be issued by any clerk
OF court to a femc covert or to person UNI
der the age of twenty one years without the
special order of the judge of the court; ;
but no judge shall give such special or
der to issue license to sell spirituous or fer
mented liquors unless upon the recommended
ton of at least ten respectable freeholders,
residents of the ward or district wherein the
place of sale may be. and whenever any Ii
cense shall be issued to a feme covert or mi
nor, the 1eme covert or minor shall be reSpon-
sible for all contracts made in the prosecu-
ton of their business under such license, and
shall be liable to be sued therefor in any of
the courts of this State; and the same feme
covert may be sued or indicted, and prosecu-
ted in the case of a violation by her of the Ii
censc laws of this State, or in case she should
keep diSordcrly house, as if She were
feme-sole; and if Judgment be obtained
against her on any contract, execution shall
or may be issued in the ordinary way to af-
fact her separate estate; provided, however,
that such responsibility shall in no manner
affect or impair the responsibility of the hus-
band or parent. und er the existing laws, and
that this act shall take effect ON the thirteenth
day of April next.
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If the rental or annual value is not
LICENSES TO RETAILERS OF
SPIRITUOUS OR FERMENT-
ED LIQUORS OR l. "A G + R
BEER.

The amount of license to be paid oy re-
tailers of spirituous and feTmented liquors OF
lager beer are as follows:
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.

District No.. / John II. Becklnan'
James III. Rush.
3 Isaiah Fuller.
4 w. II. Bernard.
S Daniel Hinebaugh..
6 Thomas Browning.
7 VIM. H. Hall.
8 l., l, Thompson.
8 j. Facenbaker.
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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
District No. il. II. Wilson and.
Henry Rasehe:.
BENZ. Griffith.
5--John T. Patterson
< SylvAnus Butler.
A. J..Warnick.
IA. c. Good and A..
l.. OSbourn.
9-Perry Weimer.
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TOWN OF OAKLAND.

BuUgess-D. i Offutt.
COmn.issiOners-Pete Martin. A..
l.. Osbourn, J. w. Smith, ID. Little.
Cyerk-M. V. Grim.
Bdiyif-P. A. Chisholm.
Postmdster-Ralph Thayer.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24
From Garfield.
GARFIELD, Aug. 20, 1873.

GARFlELD Aug. ", 1910.
Heavy rainfall here on the 10Th, beginning
at about o'clock T. NJ. and continuing until
midnight, and it has the appearance Of more
this morning.
Threshing is at a stand still for Il wkilc, as
there is scarcely any oat, stacked, everyone
wanting to thresh from the shock.
There is great deal of sickness in this neigh
borhood just now, more than has been known
for many years; and we have no doctor in our
village to administer to the wants Of the sick
Streator or Wenona is the nearest point that
doctor can be obtained. Here, now, is an
opportunity for some cnterprislng physician
who is dcsirous Of opening up new field for
practcng medicine. Seven miles from here
is the nearest pointa physician can be reached
The people want one in our village.
lNCOGNITO.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24

St Nicholas is always true in It's contents to
the season, and the spirit of September runs
all through the present number. 1t has an in
tercstng article on Mackeral-fshing; story
Of the sea by Alfred Kappes; and pleasant
glimpse of the beach in Satterlee's picture
by the Sad Sea Waves" There is also good
story entitled, How LIlly-toes was caught in
"a shower" and series Of very funny cuts,
called How He Caught Him" representing a
queer ilshermans difficulties with his catch.
Other good outdoor pictures are scattered
through the number, and the installmcnt OF
Miss Alcott's serial, "Undcr the Lilacs," con
tains Il large and beautiful brook-sccne by
Thomas Moran.
Other contents are an exquisite poem, by
Celia Thaxter en,' ed "Fern Seed" II story
by Susan Coolidge" fhc Fox and the Turkeys y
IL long fairy tale by Thomas Dunn English
and Il paper by W. X. Brooks, "IIow Birds
Fly" explaining simply and clearly the prin-
cipc and process of flight, with illustrations,
making il both an attractive and instructive
paper for boys and girls.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24

Following up its plan of II steel plate illus
tration each month from the Wavcrly novels
the tronuspiece of the September Godey's is IN
cNuisile plate by barley reminding the reader
of the iilial devotion, courage and tender, tru,
heart Of Di Vernon, for whom all readers OF
Scott cherish pleasant recollection.
The best story of the number is "ln the
Clearing" by Virginia F. Townsend, an old
favorite of this magazine.
The ladies will find the usual hints tor nov
elites in the mammoth fashion plates for the
month; those who share the prevailing mania
tor decoration" may find wholesome mcdi
cine in Mr.. Frost's caricatureS thereancnt;
and the usual treat Of games and puzzles, with
Il fairy story for their benefit will delight 'hC
little people.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24
Ophir and Vicinity.
August 18th, 1878.

+huEuoi 'liii 1910.
A very heavy ram and hall storm visited us
last Tuesday night, doing no particular dam.
age.
Stacking in these parts all finished, and con
siderable threshing also.
Harry McNally, while gong to La Sale
one day last week, had quite q runaway and
spill out As he was passing Sharp's coal shaft
his team got scared and becoming unmanagc,
able ran over mile, he pulling the buggy
with the lines. The traces became unloOsed,
and on turning corner Harry was spilled
out and the rig up set, after which the horses
ran into La Sale. Mr.. Krausse happening by
picked Harry up and took him into town
where his wounds were dressed by DR. Frazer
He is doing well at present.
Mr. Gorrie, of Chicago, is spending few
weeks at the residence Of Mr.. II, Wyle, Miss
Jessie Wylic had quite runaway few days
ago. The horse upset the buggy tipping out
its occupants No one seriously hurt.
Mcssrs Mcdowell q Moore, who had been
Iattendng school at VALPARAISO, Ind, have re
turned.
Rev Charles Dunlap, of Waltham, delivered
Il very good temperance lecture to his congrc-
cation last Sunday.
Geo. Woodford failed to make his appear
ance twice in these parts when looked for to
lccture-thc first in Waltham, the second in
Homer. Very little stock is taken IN him in
consequence. Folks say they will treat him
to empty benches when he does get here.
William Wilshey has been very sick for the
last three weeks, but is recovering slowly.
Among our happy ones last week were Miss
Louisa Edgcomb and Mr.. Alfred Brown.
Mr.. John Burgess is very i'll with heart Gis-
ease. Fears are entertained that he may never
recover
Mr., and Mrs. Feirstein paid us very pleas
ant visit last week; also Mr. Thos. Farling
and lady, of Mendoza, PEDRO HERCULES,
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24
September Magazines.


w NJ. Chase's noted painting, Ready tor
the Ride" now the property of the New York
Union League Club, is reproduced in capital
wood engraving 10y Cole and opens the Scptcm
Der Scribncr. with ronde, suggested by the
painting, contributed by the editor of "Puck.
4 splendid illustrated paper on Hunting the
Mule Deer in Colorado is furnished by Mr. },
H. Mills, who appears i'm the quadruple char
acter of hunter, writer, draughtsman and en-
rravcr. While the paper is full OF facts OF
practical interest some of the engravings cs.
pccially that of Il little tawn head, are cNquls-
ite Good hunting, Mr.. Mills holds, is no
longer to be found east OF the Missouri river
buttherc are portions Of Colorado where game
is rs abundant as ever and from which it will
never be wholly banished. Such is the region
of st Vrains, Big Thompson, Cache la Poudre
and the range into the North or Middle Fork
From this region west and south is the heart
of the hunting; particularly in that portion
reached by the Gunnison and It's tributaries
Here roam all the varieties Of game ANIMALS
known to this latitude in America, with, | be-
lievc, one exception; the red or Virginia deer
has never been found west of the range except
as ii mongrcl. If desirable, the element ot
danger may be sought in pursuit Of the range
and cinnamOn,-th first cousin OF the true
EruM U1rltjHis, somewhat suntcd by change
of habitat but none the less ugly,-or the less
fcrocious brown and black bears, or the puma
(of whom beware >, or the other cats and lynXcs,
or the sluggish but courageous wolverine
DR.. W J. Morton, who contributed such an
interesting article in the August number un-
der the title TO South Africa for Diamonds ~
follows it up with a second installment of rare
personal experiences in the Cape Diamond re-
gion Maurice Thompson, who made such hit
with his Archery, IS no less happy in the present
number in his "Glmpscs of Western Farm
Life" Stephen ID. Dillaye follows with dis
cussion Of the grave question Of cheap trans
poration, advocating marrow gauge pure
freight highway from West 10 East controlled
by the government, Geo. B. Mcclellan writes
enthusiastically Of Alpine scenery with views
by Moran Chas II. Clark carries us through
the process Of manufacturing spool of thread
at the Wilcmantic Mills; there is "A series of
delightful unpublished papers by Thoreau
the Johns Hopkins University receives atten-
ton in the educational article, and SO on,
In fiction, the second instalmcnt OF BOye,
sens Falconbcrg Is given; ana there are scv-
cral short stories. There are poems by Bret
Hartc "Lucrccc," James r. Mckay, Mrs.
Dorr, &c,
Dr. Holland is more than usually lumin-
Gus and vouminous" in Topics Of the Times
and Home and Society, Culture and Progress
and the other departments receive their usual
liberal attention.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24
Litrcll's Living Age.

The numbers for August 3d and 10th have
the following valuable contents:
Giordano Bruno and GalIco Galilci, Quar-
terly Review; Among the Burmese, Fraser
What the Sun is Made of, by }. Norman Lock
yer, Nineteenth Century; A Doubling Heart
a serial story by the author of Castle Daily
published from advanced sheets; Cheap Liter
ature for Village Children, Macmillan; Ameri
can Missions IN Turkey, Fraser; The Story oi
a Letter, by Julia Kavanagh, Argosy; The
Constitution of Norway, Fraser; STRAY
Thoughts on Scenery Cornhill; The Bishops
at Lambeth, Saturday Review; Our Kentsl
Parish, Blackwood; How Three PrinCesscs
Purchased Palace, Pail Mall Gazette. Ad
miral Sir George Back, Nature; The Will OF
Peter the Great, Academy; and the usual
choice poetry, etc.
For tifty-two such numbers, of sixtyfouI
large pages each (or more than 5000 pages a
Year, the subscription price (Ss) is low.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-08-24

The September number opens with a por
trait and sketch of Canon f. W. Fawcr, Of
Westminster whose somewhat hctcrodox views
on the hell question gave him rs much notori
ETY. as Bcecher reaped about the same time fol
his obliquitics an the same question. We find
among other articles of merit IN the prcsen,
numbcrt the following:
Results of Experiments in Nervous Func
tions Reviewed; Brain and Mind; Why Ny
Home kindergarten; Jean lie Meissonicr; Ly
ing Fallow; Ague and Fever; Low Bcdsteads
There are also readable Editorial notes, poe
try, Notes ON Science, &c.