The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
Attend the Mass Meeting.

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Attend the Mass Meeting.
-Thos. Martins youngest child
died Monday morning last.
The business of the B. & o. R.
r. at this time is very great.
"A Garfield and Arthur Club
should be at once organized in every
district in the county.
Mr.. r. S. Jamison has been very
unwell TOR about two weeks. He is
now much better.
Excursion tickets to Oakland
from nearly all points on the rail-
read are now issued by the company.
Bring your sisters, your cousins
and your aunts" to the grand mass
meeting in Oakland, September ID.
"A Garfield and Arthur Glee
Club was organized Tuesday. with
Capt. j. M. Jarbee as leader.
Work has been commenced on
Davis & Townshend's store building
and on w. HI. Towers and G. w.
Legge's residences.
Mr.. A. S. Sell is erecting a
dwelling house on the east end of
Oak street. Mr.. G. A. Spedden is
doing the work.
Don't forget it. Wm. P. Totten's
Cheap Cash Store is the place to get
the highest cash price for sheep
skins. s IA Am
-Messrs. "Dod" Bell, Wm. A.
Daily and DR.. S. Townshend were
at Black water this week, on q fish
ing excursion.
Miss Alice Hite, of Cumberland,
who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Ii. B. Wolfe, returned home
Saturday.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, it is stated, have in
view The building of a large sum-
mer hotel at Frostburg.
Peter Goodwin, postmaster at
Barton, Allegany county, and his
wife on Friday of last week celebra
ted the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding.
The town council should see to
the repairing of the board walks
about town. Some of them are in
dangerous condition and may cause
serious injury to pedestrians.
The Garfield and Arthur cam
baign club of Oakland meets every
Friday evening, in the court house.
A g.nd speech at every meeting.
Ladies are especially invited to at
tend.
The Orphans Court met Tues
day, but transacted no business of
general interest except the granting
of letters of administration to A. b.
Gender, Esq. on the estate of Owen
Costello, deceased.
Every voter in the county should
attend the monster mass meeting
which will be held in Oak land Sep
tember I'd. 1t will undoubtedly be
the largest political meeting ever
held in the county.
As an evidence of the popular,
ity of the Singer Sewing Machine,
the agent at Oakland, MI. ]. w.
Slonaker. informs us that two weeks
ago he received II and this week l6
machines, all of which have been
disposed of.
The President on Monday ap.
pointed Mr.. Webster Bruce as col.
lector Of internal revenue for the 4th
Maryland District, to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the death of his father,
the late Colonel ID. G. Bruce. Mr..
.Bruce's application was endorsed by
leading members of 10th political
parties and his appointment to this
position of importance and respons-
Utility gives general satisfaction.
Mrs. and Miss Halbritter, the
wife and sister of Fred Halbritter,
who lives about mile this side of
Tunnelton, were killed by No 10
Monday evening, while walking on
the track near their home. They
stepped from one track to the other
to get out of the way of a freight
train coming east, and got directly in
front Of the west bound express,
which struck them and killed them
instantly.
Church Seryices--Sunday.
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