The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-04-12


Paper.
Mrs. Charlotte Shirer died at her
home in Oakland, Thursday morn.
ing, in the Saith year of her age.
-Garthright has just received 0
car of nice. yellow corn. Will have
a car of choice white seed oats, and
a car of Pillsbury's Flour in few
days. All to be sold at rock bottom
prices.
Daniel Albright. of Terra Alta,
had his foot badly mashed, on Satur'
day last. while attempting to go be-
tween two cars standing in front OF
the depot at that place. The cars
were coupled together. necessitating
the crossing on the bumpers. and
unthUughtedly Mr.. Albright put his
foot on the couDling-pin, and had 1t
caught between the bumpers" by
the train suddenly starting.
While the senior member of the
firm of Townshend e. Son was inI
Washington. the "bOys" took adj
vantage of his absence and gave their
large store IA general re-arrangipg.
and placed three immense lamps ia
the room, In the place of the small
ones formerly used. and when Mr.. T.
returned he hardly knew his place
of business, and that store Is one of
the most attractive in the town.
-Rey. D. Tasker closed his tent
meetings. Jacksonville, Fla, March
81, with go conversions; twenty-six
last evening. and forty seekers at the
altar. One Methodist church has
already been organized, and another
will soon be, as the result of these
meetings. Two churches will con-
tinue these revival meetings. The
town is stirred. He commenced at
Orange City. March 8; then at San.
ford the 18TH Christian Standard.
The Oakland Lodge I. o. o. F.,
contemplate celebrating the seventy
first anniversary of the establish
ment of the order in the United
States, by having sermon on Odd
Fellowship delivered in the NJ. E.
Church by the Rev. G. E. Clark, or
by the Rev. J. A. Dunlap, of the
Lutheran church. The members of
the order will attend in full regalia.
and have invited the Terra Alta
lodge to be present also. The general
public is invited to attend the ser.
vices.
The latest swindle out Is carried
on by means of a double fountain pen.
one cad of which is filed with good
substantial ink and the other with an
ink that fades out in a day or two.
The sharper writes his agreement.
contract or whatever particular lay
he may have chosen, with the ink
that fades and has his victim sign the
other end of the pen in the ink that
lasts. In few days he has slip of
paper with nothing on it but good
signature DER which he writes any
sort of a note that he can easiest turn
into cash. Lookout for the fountain
pen swindler for he is dangerous.
Two of Garrett county's military
boys are serving in the West Wiz.
ginia militia as captains of compan.
les, and are held in high.esteem not
only by the men in their commands.
but also by their superior officers.
DR.. D. T. E. Casteel is captain of the
Buckhannon Guards, and Captain
Ad. Laughlin is in command of the
Rowlesburg military. If West Vir-
giDia will officer her other companies
with Garrett county men. her home
guards will attain an excellence new.
or before dreamed of by the inhabi.
tants of the Mountain State.
We understand that Major J. III.
Bristor, Real Estate Agent of Mar.
tinsburg, w. Va, has recently sold
the Samuel Spencer farm of $50 acres
near Deer Park. TO Mrs. Eliza Fun
denberg. of Romney. w. Va. also a
500. acre form near Springfield,
Hampshire county. w. Va. belong
ing to Hugh Simpson. to VIM. N.
Morrow; also two farms near the
same place. belonging to Robert
Gutherie. of Springfield, to Mr.. Nor
row: also farm of "a acres. known
as the Truax farm, near Springfield.
to a German of Wilmington. Del.
Mr.. Bristor has opened a Real Estate
Office at Mt. Lake Park for the sale
of farms, and has associated with
him in business Mr.. Jas. A. Enl0w,
of that place.