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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
New Germany.

SIeighing is thing of the past.
Our roads are in bad condition.
The waters. in this neighborhood
are very high.
The protracted meeting at the NJ.
E. Church closed Sunday night, on
account of the inclement weather
There were five conversions.
On last Sunday morning Rev. c.
U. Heilnan preached memorial SER
mon on the life of Uric ZwingIi, the
founder of the Reformed Church, to
large audience in the Reformed
Church.
Our Sunday school has been kept
open during the winter.
Local option is the leading topic
here. In this neighborhood there
are fifty for 1t and only three against.
Mr.. Philip McAndrews is out again
and doing well.
Business is looking up, and from
present appearance we will have an
active spring trade.
Mr.. G. J. Otto shipped $4,000 feet
of lumber during the month of Janu-
airy, exclusive of Hath and shingles.
Messrs. Jacob Fresh, VIM. H
burst and Patrick Dorsey expect to
erect dwelling houses the coming
summer. The lumber is being work
ed at E. J. Miller's planning mill.
The Boucher saw mill is now rum
ming.
Mr.. Samuel Broadwater, who has
been very i'll, is much better now.
The Lochiel Lumber Company is
taking advantage of the high water
in floating their logs to their mill at
Bloomington.
Mr.. David Compton, of Dakota, is
visiting his mother and brother.
Mr.. Jonathan Broadwater, of Min.
nesota, has been visiting friends here
and in Pennsylvania.
Rev. HI. E. Friend was visiting at
Mr.. Bancord's this week.
Miss M. NJ. Layman, of the Half
Way House, is visiting friends and
relatives in New Germany.
Charlie Yeast, of Elk Lich, Pa, is
spending few days with US.
Miss Sidney Michaels, CT Firm
Rock is hereamong her many friends.
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Legislative Notes.

DR.. A. +. Specher was in Oakland
Saturday. The object of hiR, visit was
to ascertain the wishes of the people
upon the various local measures pend
ing in the legislature.
The local option bill has passed the
Senate and now goes to the House.
There seems to be no doubt of its
fnal passage.
Mr.. Getty has introduced bill in
the Senate for the formation of a new
election district, We are not inform
ed as to the territory that will be en-
braced in the proposed new district.
On Thursday of last week the Sen
ate Finance Committee reported I'M
favorably on House bill to empower
the county commissioners of Garrett
county to correct the assessment OF
the real estate Of James Maust, Of
said county, for the reason that such
legislation was special and in viola
ton of the constitution.
Senator Getty moved to substitute
the bill for the unfavorable report,
aud that it be recommitted TO the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
THE GREAT WESTERN FLOODS.
The Flood at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE river
is G6 feet II inches, and rising an
inch an hour, aud raining hard. 1t
lacks now but q inches of the flood o.
last year, with rains general and trib
utaries all rising. 1t is impossible to
predict what height may yet be
reached, or where the rise may stop.
1t is certain now that last years rec
ord will be surpassed before night.
Still there are no casualties to re-
port in Cincinnati, except two tlisrep-
utahle women, who were carOusing
in a boat in the lower part of the city
yesterday and fell into the water.
Their male companions made no effort
to save them. The increased stage of
the water has no effect to change the
railroad situation beyond what was
noted last night. Cincinnati. Ham.
iltOn and Dayton trains can reach
their depot until the water reaches
81 feet, and then can land passengers
at the stock yards, three miles out.
Speaking of the propriety of hold
ing the Opera Festival the CONNER
ciaL- Gazette says: IF the abandon
ment of the festival could have dis.
tinct OF even remote tendency to
aid the sufferers from the wide spread
desolation of the valley of the Ohio
there would not be an instant's hest.
tation, The situation is not of that
sort. Thousands have direct inter-
ests in the continuation of the festi-
val, and not one is interest in post
poning it. Everybody who comes
Can he comfortable"
AT P. NJ. the river is &C feet 3 in
ches-just one inch below the food
of last year. II has rizpn 1t inch in
the last two hours, and ii is still rain
ing heavily.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 12.-The river
marks 68 feet inch, and is still rising
at the rate of an inch per hour. The
weather is fOggy and mild. Reports
from Gallipolis state the river com.
menced to fall at o'clock this morn
ing, and had fallen 4 inches up to 8
o'clock. Portsmouth reports that the
water is still rising steadily. The
weather there is mild and foggy.
COLUMBUS, o.. Feb. II On adj
vices from Pomeroy and other river
towns, making appeals for aid, a
meeting of citizens was called last
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

William Garringer and Hiss Lizzie
Reese and Miss Lizzie Smith. Mr..
Miller has purchased the Glade farm
belonging to E. McMillen. ard will
go to farming April 1st.
Messrs. Eli McMillen and Josiah
Beeghley talk of going to Kansas
with their wives to spend the sum
mer.
There is much talk about temper
ance topics generally pro and con.
The opinion prevails that if special
election is held that local option will
carry in Garrett.
Miss Susan Turney has been home
on visit.
We are locking for some word
from our old friends Shepp and Will
burn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

not been over there and seen for him
self the tOpsy-turyey condition of
houses, trees and streets cannot begin
to realize how bad it is. The narrow
escape many houses had from he
ing utterly annihiated is wonderful.
Huge trees that would raze hea V
brick house had it been struck
were stopped in some miraculous
manner within a few feet of frail
frame cottages. The pianos and Or
gans that were ruined will number
over sixty in this ward alone. Many
were thought to be elevated on chairs
high enough to be out of the way Of
all danger but they floated off, turned
on end, upside down and in every
other way damaged.
The residents were nearly all too
much worn out or depressed to have
formed any estimate of their losses.
Many of those who lost four and five
hundred and even one thousand dol
lars expressed themselves as willing
to aid Others who were in a worse
condition. There is loss everywhere,
but few estimates have been made
LntelligeHcer'. Tuesday.
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Real Estate Transfers.

The following is a list of real estate
transfers filed for record in the Office
of w. H. Tower, Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Garrett county, for the
week ending February 9th:
Joseph B. Dayis and wife to John
Harmed, J interest IN a part of tract
of land called 1.-THE Promised Land
Resurveyed," containing 6155 acres ;
S4,500.
Mt. L. p. Association, to Rev. J.
H. Flanagan. lot No. IL on the plat
of Mt. l.. p. S75.
Albert Richie and wife to VIM.
and Mary l.. Richie, an undivided
interest of 1l-30 in a parcel of land
called Erich Glade" also in tract
called Constitution Vale" also in a
tract called addition to Hunting
Ground" also i'm a tract called "In.
vestmeLt." also IN Il tract called
"FIOwery Meals"
Thomas Coddington and wife to
Mariah Groves, parcel of ground
containing 2 acres and 80 ps. $40.
Mt. l.. p. Association, to George
V. Leech, lots Nos. I and 8 ON the
plat of Mt. l.. p. 81 &c.
Jasper Guard, Collector, to I'd.
Jamison. military lots. Nos. 1892 and
3049 SAL.
Ed. Jamison and wife to Jasper
Guard, an undivided ! interest in and
to military lots Nos. 1892 and 3049 +;
$25.
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Aid from Uncle Sam.

WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE
House Committee on Appropriations,
at meeting this morning, agreed to
report bill for the immediate appr0-
priation of $500, 900 for the sufferers
by the floods along the Ohio river and
its tributaries. The members from
the submerged districts have receiv
ed great many kilograms urging the
necessity of prompt action for the re-
lief Of the sufferers. The reports in
dictate that there are nearly 800, 900
people rendered destitute by the
floods.
Senator Camden and Representa-
tives Golf, Warner and Gibson were
before the committee and stated
that the suffering surpassed anything
known before. Whole towns they
said, were submerged and thousands
of families left without food. Mr..
Warner had just returned from the
scene Of the disaster. kilograms APP
pealing for assistance were read be.
fore the committee.
The greatest anxiety was manifest,
ed by those at the Capitol whose
families or friends are within the
reach of floods, and many eager in
quiries as to the state of the water are
made on every hand.
AT 2 o'clock this afternoon Repre-
sentative Follett reported from the
appropriations committee joint reso-
luton appropriating 100000. After
an animated debate of over two hours
the House a little after 4 o'clock
passed the resolution by an almost
unanim us vote, there being not more
than 20 votes in the negative.
Through efforts OF the Ohio, West
Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky Sen
ators, the Senate remained in session
until nearly 6 O'Clock waiting for the
resoluti IN to be received from the
House, and as soon as it was announc-
ed it was Immediately taken up and
passed without objection or debate,
1t was then engrOssed and sent to the
President for his signature to make
it a law, and tomorrow the Secretary
Of War will take sttch steps as will
Immediately apply the money to the
relief of the sufferers at different
points between Pittsburgh and Cairo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
McHenry.
Shedding played out.

Shedding played out.
Mud and rain in its place.
Samuel Specht, Esq, has returned
from his trip to Pa, looking hail and
hearty. He says he has improved in
health and weight, and thinks he
must return again.
Mr.. Thaddeus Glotfelty lost valu-
able mare.
Mr.. William Kimmel has been sick
for the past week. DR.. Keller has been
summoned. He says he is in a criti-
cal condition.
Mr.. J. B. Meese is under the hands
of the Doctor.
The scarlet fever has again made
its appearance in our community.
Three of Jonas Glotfelty's children
are seriously i'll with the dread dis.
ease.
The United Brethren have COM
menced a protracted meeting near
McHeEry at the new United Breth-
rem church. There has been quite a
number of conversions and some &C.
cessiOns to the church.
Messrs. Brison Welch and A. S,
Sell have returned from their visit to
Bedford county, Pa. They said sled
ding was not very good the last few
days.
Presiding Elder, Roy. J. X. Mel
sol, will hold a quarterly Injecting at
the Spiker Church Feb. 23I.
Mrs. SuSan Penrod is visiting
friends and relatives in this vicinity.
Ground hog day ST. far has proven
failure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

MIR. H. P. Tasker has charge OF
Mr.. d E. Offutt's steam saw. shook
and shingle mills near Oakland.
Frank G. Hayden, of Fayette
county, Pa. is visiting relatives and
friends in Oakland.
Examiner Ludwig desires to visit
all the schools in the county before
the close of the term.
james s. johnson has been APP
pointed Constable for district No. Z,
Uice P. A. Chisholm, declined.
A meeting of the School Board
was held Tuesday at the office of the
Board in Oakland, all the members
being present.
The County Commissioners will
hold session next Thursday, for the
purpose of approving the bond of the
new tax collector, and for other bust
ness.
Married, at the residence of Jos.
Dewitt, Jan. 9th, 1884, by Hey. Jos.
Dewitt, Mr.. Francis M. COnneway
to Miss Laura f. Frazee, both of
Garrett county.
See a woman In another col.
umn, near Speer'S Vineyards pick
ing grapes from which Speer's Port
Grape Wine is made, that is so highly
esteemed by the medical profession,
for the use of invalids, weakly per-
sons and the aged. Sold by Druggists.
The Pastor of the Lutheran
Church took his leave of the noun.
tains for short visit of a couple of
weeks in eastern cities in inaugural
Ing plans for the building of Luther
an church at Keyser, w. Va. There
fore there will be no regular services
at the Oakland Lutheran Church
Sunday, 18th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

judiciary Committee to inquire into
its constitutionality. He did not de-
sire the passage of an improper law.
but the party named iii this bill was
poor man, whose assessment had
been placed at a figure three times
above its true value, under the inn
preston that there was coal mine
on his land.
Senator Gill opposed the reference.
He said the Legislature could not be
made an appellate court in the matter
of assessments for particular parties.
There was a general law on the sub
ject, and the proposed act would I'M
doubtedly be unconstitutional legisla
ton.
Senator Brace said he was not so
sure that the general law covered
the subject matter of this bill, and it
was certainly no unusual thing for
the Legislature to pass acts of this
character. If the senator from Bal
tiinore Mr.. GilD had oeen more at
tentiye to his duties he would doubt
less have recalled them.
Senator Hodson interrupted Sena-
tor GilPS reply to call the attention
of the Senator to the act of 1878, chap
ter l78, which gave to the Appeal Tax
Court of Baltimore, and the county
commissioners of the several counties,
all power to annually correct assess
ments of real and personal property,
and argued that as this law covered
the subject beyond a doubt there was
no need of doing anything further in
the premises.
Senator Gill then got the floor and
went for Senator Brace in "A lively
manner. He said if the senator from
Allegany represented the views of
the judiciary Committee on the SUBJ
ject it had certainly better not be re-
ferred to them, but he could not think
he did. The constitution and the law
quoted by the senator from Somerset
was conclusive of the subject.
Senator Brace replied that it might
be conclusive to the senator, but how
if it were not to the Judiciary Com
mittee, is it to be presumed then that
they are all fools? Senator Gill soto
UoceJ "Very probably"
Senator Moore called for the ques-
ton and on yea aud nay vote the
bill was substituted and referred to
the judiciary Committee. Senator
Moore said in explanation of his vote
that he thought this course was due
in courtesy to the senator from Gar
rett, and if the bill was unconstitu.
tional it could be voted down when
the judiciary Committee reported.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
Accident.

Grain looks well.
The weather is getting warm.
We have had sever weeks splen-
did sleighing but the snow disappear.
very rapidly.
Messrs. Klale have The contract for
N. j. Miller's house, to be completed
ready for tlHe plasterers by June LIST.
Butchers are looking up fat cattle
close. Cattle have been sold readily
al AZ and 5 cts.
Messrs. j. w. Boyer & Son are pre-.
pairing to build large store build.
ing. Michaet Harden is getting out
She timber,
Quite number of aged people
have been i'll lately but all seem to
be improving. Mrs. StOUher, Mr..
Minebaugh, Mr.. and Mrs. Mosser,
Mrs. Englehart and others have been
under the doctors care, in some few
cases of fever, with rnach sore throat.
We appreheud, from the state of the
weather mach catarrhal fever among
children.
Deep Creek is almost sea and the
country generally is just now flooded.
The great event of the winter was
the marriage on Sabbath 10th, of Mr..
Geo. Miller and Miss Reese. The
walters were Mr.. Fred. Burkhart and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
LOCAL EW &.
LODGE MEETINGS.

SHEALTIEL LODGE, No. l22, I. o. o. F.,
meets in Legge's Hall every Monday night.
OAKLAND LODGE, I. o. G.. T., meets in
Sturgiss' Hall every Tuesday night.
ALTA LODGE, No. 574 X. of H.. meets in
same Hall I'd and 4th Thursday nights of each
month.
PATMOS COUNCIL, No. 1856. A. l.. OF II q,
meets in same Hall ID and 4th Friday nights
OF each month.
LOCAL BRANCH, No. 81, of the Iron Hall,
meets in same Hall LIST and Sd Saturday nights
of each month.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
List Of Letters.

List of letters remaining unclaim-
ed in the Post Office at Oakland,
Garrett county, Md, Feb. 9th, 1884.
Butler, Mary Miss, Koehler, Chas. Forsn
Butler, Allen, MARITIME, NJ. c.,
Broadnanx. Lee, Pyseli Addie,
Bosnett, G. A., Savage, Lou,
Brant, l., w, Smith, William,
Johnson, VIM. F., Taylor, James Is.
Halterman, Henry,
Persons calling for them will please
say they are advertised.
r. THAYER, P. M.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
Church Services--Sunday.

M. e. Church-Preaching at P.
NJ. by Rev. M. w. Rider.
st. Peters, Catholic Preaching
every Sunday at 1911 O'Clock a. M,
except the second Sunday of each
month.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
sPEER's PORT GRAPE WINE !

L OF the dead ripe OportO Grape, raised In
Speer's vineyards Its valuable,
TONIC AND STRENGTHENING PROPERTIES
are unsurpassed by any other Wine Being
produced under Mr.. Speer's own personal SUI
perVSion its purity and genuineSS. are guraD-
iced by the principal Hospitals and Boards of
Health who have examined it The youngest
child may partalle oft and the weakest in
valid use it to advantage. 1t is particularly
beneficial to the aged and debiliated, and
suited to the various ailments that affect the
weaker sex. 1t is in every respect a WINE
TO BE RELIED ON.
speer's Unfermented Grape Juice,
Is the juice OF the Oporto Grapes, preserved
in its natural, fresh sweet state as it runs
from the press by fumgation, thereby des-
troying the EXETER offermentation. Its per-
fectly pure, fres from spirits and will keep in
any climate.
Speer's Burgundy,
IT is a dark rich medium Dry Wine used by
the wealthy classes as Table or Dinner Wine,
and by physicians in cases where a dry vino
instead ola sweet port is desired.
Speer's (SooiaIite) C!aret.
Is held in high estimation for its richness as
Dry Table Wine especially suited for dim
ner use.
Speor's P. J. Sherry.
Is wine of superior Character and par
takes Of the rich qualities of the grape from
which it is made.
Speer's p. J. Brandy.
IS "A PURE distillation from the grape, and
stands unrivalled in this Country for medici-
nal purposes.
1t has peculiar flavor similar to that of
the grapes from which it is distilled.
See that the signature of ALFRED SPEER,-
Passaic. n. j. is over the cork Of each bottle.
Sold by d. CHISHOLM, and by druggists
everywhere. Feb. Is 'S4 ~.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16
NOTICE OF MEETING.

OFFICE oFTHE !
BOARD COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS,
OAKLAND, MD, Feb. 9Th. 1854.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That there
will be meeting Of the Board of County
School commissioners for Garrett county,
Tuesday, Feb. 18th, 1881, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
By order of the Board.
g, b. LUDWIG,
l 10 l Secretary.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-20
Hacking the Yellow Fever.

Mental confusion is phenomenon to
which every one is liable who can be
badly scared, and it takes but very little
of it to turn tragedy into a farce. Some
years ago, when the terrible yellow
Jack" was in Savannah, Judge b,
of the supreme court of the state, was
holding session in the upper county, but
within twentyfour hours run, by mail,
of the infected city. Quite suddenly,
late one afternoon, he was seized with a
headache, pain in his back, limbs, etc.
Having heard that these were the saluta-
tions which Yellow Jack extends to his
victims when approaching them, the
judge, in great CONSERVATION, applied to
a friend, who was posted" for advice.
A hot mustard bath was ordered at once,
and the Judge was soon LAYING himself
in the irritating fluid
Presently he felt better, and finding a
cake of soap in the bath tub, he began
to apply it quite freely upon his person.
After some pleasant exercise in this way,
he looked down for the first time on his
body and limbs, and to his horror dis
covered that he was turning black His
friend was hurriedly sent for, came in,
and declared that the symptoms were in
tensely expressive of yellow fever.
But" said the judge, 81 feel no pain
feel WE'LL"
$50 much the worse; the absence of
pain is marked symptom"
oh" groaned the judge, "what shall
l dop
"The only hope is in mustard; rub
away" was all the advice his friend
could give.
And he did rub with a will, On ex-
animation, he was as black as a crow, and
the soap" which a careless servant had
dropped into the tub, was discovered to
be somebody's patent paste blackiIg.
The Judge survived.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-20
Aerial Navigation.

So far as the solution of the problem
how to navigate the air is concerned, we
believe that balloons have done more
harm than good. The attention of in
ventors has been diverted from what is
probably the only feasible way to obtain
the desired end-namely, the construc-
ton of a machine, itself heavier than the
atmosphere. which will be able to strike
a blow on the air in excess of its own
weight Machinery worked by steam is
much too heavy for this purpose; cleo
tricity some day, perhaps, will be avail
able. An engineer who has made cleo
tricity his study recently informed an as
sembly of gentlemen that in the course
of the next ten years he believed it would
be possible to compress enough electricity
in substance the size of an egg shell to
drive an express train from London to
Liverpool. Science has not arrived at
this point yet, but who can tell, after the
telephone, the monograph and the other
marvellous discoveries of Edison, what it
may do in the future Inventors should
never forget that bird is heavier than
the air and that the bird flies because its
strength enables it to overcome the diff
ference between its weight and that of
the atmosphere it displaces. To put the
case in a nutshell, aerial navigation Is a
mere question of lightness and force
Fortnightly RecieO.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-20

That horrid Mrs. Sawyer!n said Mrs.
Jones, the other day. Il wish she
would move out of the neighborhood.
"Well, what do you run there all the
time forl told you how it would be-"
rctorted Mr.. Jones.
This was not the kind of sympathy
Mrs. Jones expected, and she became
ominously silent.
What has she said about you nowl"
inquired Mr.. Jones.
oh, it's nothing about me-" said
Mrs Jones.
"Who is it about2" asked Jones, with
evident anxiety.
Its about you," resumed Mrs. ].
She says you're no more fit to run for
office than brindlc cat, and that if Saw
yer votes for you she'd never speak to
him again. She says"-
" Never mind" said Jones loftily.
"lm not the least interested in what a
feeble minded woman says"
But the tiatiron had struck home, and
Jones left the table with a look on his
face that BODIED no good.
1t was baking day at the Sawyers'.
If there was anything Mrs. Sawyer
prided herself upon it was the tender,
tlaky quality of her paste. Jones knew
this.
Mrs. Sawyer was just rolling that ten
der pie paste into great sheets of trans
parent dough, when there came a knock
at the door. Mrs. Sawyer answered it,
rolling pin in hand. 1t was Willie Jones
who had knocked.
"Please, Mrs. Sawyer" said the limo
cent child, pa would like piece of
your pie crust"
Certainly, Willie" said Mrs. Jones,
much fattered, "but it isn't baked
yet"
'He doesn't want it baked"
''But he can't eat raw pie-crust."
Gle isn't going to eat it."
Then what is he going to do with
HE said he wanted to mend the har-
ness, and make hinges for the barn door
with it, and"--
The rolling pin hung fire, and the boy
escaped, but the barrier between the
houses of Jones and Sawyer can never be
broken. 1t is tougher than pie-crust.-
Detroit Free Press.