The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03
BloominRton.

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Right, of
Westernport. spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Hol. Bsrricks.
Mrs. Jos. Richardson, of Frost
burg. and son, are visiting Mrs. r..
parents at Empire.
M. l.. Garvey has secured employ.
ment with the new coal firm of Black,
Sheridan & Wilson, at Frostburg.
Edward Brady, an old soldier of
Westernport. was placed on the orig
inal pension list ON Friday last.
Thomas Moore, lately from Scot
land. now resident of our town.
started on visit last Monday eve
ming to his two sons in Kansas.
Mrs. VIM. Mullen and Mrs. H. HI.
Right, of Piedmont. paid our town a
short visit on last Monday.
Prof. Whitehair, of Terra Alta.
has been appointed principal of our
school for the next term.
Mrs. Isaac Merrill, of Oakland dis.
trict, sister-in- law of Hon. VIM. Mer-
rill. of Garrett County. is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Hollis, of Laurel
Run.
Thos. Dougerty, Of the Junction,
starts for Pittsburg the latter part of
this week to accept position in the
machine department of the Westing.
house Company.
Messrs. Kane & Co., of Empire,
have purchased 900 acres of timber
land opposite their mill, on the West
Va. side. The tract adjoins Messrs.
Fredlock & Co., of Pine Swamp and
extends South along the line OF the
w. Va. q. railroad to the farm of
Joseph Warwick. No changes will
he made in the present location of
the mill as this above tract can be
operated from the Maryland side Of
river with very little extra expense.
Mr.. Henry w. Schaidt, editor and
proprietor of the Homecoming Re-
Viea0, will assume the general man
agement of the Cumberland Duly
NeaCS as soon as he returns from d
pleasure trip over the Pacific Slope.
The Southern Meth0dists are hold
ing a protracted religious service at
Chestnut Grove Church. Last Sun
day was children's day and quite a
large crowd was present to witness
the interesting ceremonies. Rev.
Howard. of the M. E. Church of this
charge, is holding similar service
at Reid's school house, near Frank
vile, this county.
Mrs. James Casey, of Elk Garden,
was here on business few days ago.
Mr.. Llovd Rawlings, agent at w.
Va. Junction, is on the sick list.
Mrs. Janke is down with the ty-
phoid fever.
A wedding and a political meeting
in the same town, at the same hour
and nearly at the same place with
the exception of the width of the
county road between the church and
the school house, might be consid.
cred opposition attractions for our
people on last Friday night. Politics
however gave way to Cupid, and not
until the wedding ceremony had
been performed, the bride and groom
had been made one, and commenced
their journey home amid the glad
peals of laughter and the shouts of
friends and acquaintance, did the
speakers announced for the evening
direct the thoughts of our people
from the merry wedding march to
the more solemn subject of free trade
and protective tariff. Immediately
after the marriage of our fellow
townsman, Mr.. Cal. Simpson to Miss
Mollie Cross. by Rev. Howard. in
the M. E. Church, the crowd adj
iourned to the school house, when
Sen. George A. Pearre. of Cumber-
land, had large and attentive audi.
ence, for over one hour and half in
an intelligent, able and eloquent dis
cussion of the issues of the campaign.
His audience was composed of min
ers, lumbermen, mechanics and farm.
ers, just such an assembly as could
appreciate, and did appreciate as
shown by the applause, the strong
points made by the speaker in com.
pairing the capabilities and the fitness
of the two opposing candidates to
! take care of the interest of the voters
in the Sixth District. All in all. the
meeting was great success, full of
yehemence, earnestness and enthus.
iasm. and showed that the Republi.
cans of the 4th district of Garrett
County were still true to McComas
and Protection.