The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01

delegates to the National Prohib
ton Convention, which was held
Wednesday and Thursday in Gin.
cinnati, passed through Oakland
Tuesday evening. A considerable
number of the delegates alighted
from the train and walked around
taking in few whiffs of our pure
mountain air. The first choice OF
the New England delegation fol
President is st. John, with Cali.
fornia man us second choice.
AS the west bound accommodation
was coming up the l7 mile grade
.aear Everctt'e Tonnel on Monday
evcmIng The engine struck r. L.
Rhodes, n boy about Is years old
and son Of the watehman The
hoy received serious and perhaps
fItal injuries, his right leg and left
loot being cut off.
NATER.-The injured lad died
abput half an hour after DIR J. Lee
MdComas arrived, who was called
to Attend him.
Ap exchange says that every
child in the United States ought
to bda Republican and Protection
st juft from listeningto the talk of
their seniors who relate how thew
were Whipped in childhood for
breaking dish when we bought
our qa aeensware from England. 1t
was an expensive article, and near
ly all aboring men of the country
t d thti children out of tin plat $.
Now, Under the wise care of home
industries, queensware is so low
in price that parents would hardly
look cross at child if it were to
smash whole set of dishes.
On a petition filed yesterday
Judge Hoffman appointed Messrs.
R. r. Henderson, b. A. Richmond
and ID. ". Sloan, receivers for the
Potomac Paper company. The
purpose Of the company in placing
the concern in the hands of receiv-
ers is to effect a reorganization
and place new blood in control of
the company's interest.
They are doing a big business
and in short while will be run
ming to their fullest capacity. This
this city and is controlled entirely
by Cumberland capitalists. The
re- organization will place it on a
better footing than it ever has been
before. Cumberland News.
Two Cumberland colored gentle
men one a porter and the other a
dining room servant at the Glades
Hotel had a row Friday morning.
A quarrel originated over some
trif1ing matter and after pas
sing the he back and forth Wesley
Brown struck Mitchell a terrible
blow across his head inflicting SER
ious wounds. Brown was arrested
and arraigned before Justice Con
der charged with assault with in
tent to kill. lie was committed
for a hearing at 3 p. m. AT three
O'Clock DR.. McComas who had
charge of Mitchell, reported that he
was unable to appear and Brown
was committed for a hearing at
three o'clock on Saturday after
noon. On Friday night Mitchell
skipped. Brown was bound over
for the action Of the grand jury.
Mr.C. T. Sweet, of Swanton, ac-
cording to the Deer Park cOrrespon-
dent of the Cumberland Times,
ships from 400 to 600 quarts Of
Strawberries day and on account
of scarcity of pickers large per
centage goes to waste. Mr.. Sweet
halls originally from New York and
has selected romantic location on
a high point east Of Swanton where
he has a grand view Of the Ale
gheny ranges for miles in the dis
tance. He has cleared a nice farm
and has some twenty acres in fruit,
vegetables Of all kinds, including a
vineyard Of choice grapes.
Mr.. Sweet not only has the theory
Of cultivating these luxuries, but he
has the practical part, and pulls of
his coat and manages all his work
and shipping, ETC., in person. ltC
is also a cultured gentleman with a
classical education, and as his
name indicates, he and his accom-
plished wife and daughter are not
only Sweet by name, but genial and
sweet in their social relations. And
it would gladden. our hearts to see
more Of such grand, enterprisin2
citizens come to our mountain
county.
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