The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-06
Edition" Cgvi1ian :

Editor CGUi1ian:
Accident is notably a quiet place
everybody "pursues the noiseless
tenor OF their way" without trouble,
or at least did so till yesterday.
There is lady here who loved not
wisely but too well, and the man in
whom she put her trust has proved
false. He came here Wednesday
evening and was arrested and held
here yesterday to give him "A chance
to obtain bail, and while all this was
going on other actors appeared on the
stage, one of the new corners being a
former, not now resident of Cum
berland, and this latter gentleman
allowed the gay Lothario to have his
pistol, which was snapped in the
officers face, but luckily did not ex-
plode, for which little playful act he
was promptly floored and disarmed.
Shortly after this the young gentle
man from Cumberland was served
with legal document relative to
transaction here some months ago,
and had to disgorge some filthy lucre
valued at about SIP or S13. 1t is said
misery loves cOmpa ny, so the two
principal actors, as it were, joined
hands. Towards night the gay de.
ceiver was removed from the village
to the home of the officer, in whose
charge he was. There was a suspi.
cion that an attempt to rescue HIM
would be made, So two additional
men went out to help (if necessary
the officer retain his prisoner. Nor
did they have long to wait before
brother of the prisoner, our Cumber-
land gent, young man from near
Frostburg and young man living
near here appeared in the vicinity of
the officers house, but were promptly
ordered to leave, which they did.
Being banked in this and being
bent on performing some deviltry, it
is said the Cumberland gent fred his
pistol through the window of Mr.. c.
Snyder's house, the ball passing just
above the head of a man who was
sitting in the room and entering the
woodwork above the door. But this
was not enough; the whole gang went
into Mr.. Beichter's shoe making
shop and threatened him with vi J.
lence, and commenced making things
lively generally, but particularly by
throwing down the stove, and by
way of information they stated they
were going to clean out Accident.
They had reckoned without their
host" for just at this juncture of
affairs some two CT three of the citi-
zens appeared on the scene, and then
the cleaning out commenced, but not
in accordance with the original plan.
The Cumberland gent was cleaned
first. he was knocked or thrown
clean out of the shop into the mud,
which was not so clean. The others
followed suit in beautifully spirited
manner. One young man, next morn
ing looked as though he had fell and
trod on his lip, it was swollen so
much; IN fact it excited the remark
that he had too much lip. The Frost
burg boy would have been asplendid
subject for a phrenologist, for he had
some remarkable bumps on his fore
head "largely developed" The
young man who resides near here,
when last seen, was making the best
run on record in this country, and
considering the fact that before start
ing to run, he had turned one or two
involuntary somersaults over board
fence and Topped in the mud, the
time he was making was remarka-
BILE. 1t is generally thought he is
running yet. But as all things have
an end, so did their nights frolic by
all but the fast running being cap
tured and locked up under guard in
the hotel.
This morning the gay deceiver and
Cumberland gent not being able to
procure bail, they were escorted with
due regard to their feelings to that
elegant new brick at Oakland, which
has hitherto been tenantless. The
boy that trod on his lip and the
young man with remarkable phreno-
logical developments gave bail for
t. cir appearance, and then disappear
ed. Peace reigns here now. ''Let us
have peace" / have refrained from
mentioning names on account of the
connections of some of the parties en-
gagged.
Y