The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-12

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the Oakland Ev. Lutheran church,
held on Sunday morning after the
services, it was decided by a major
ity vote to erect the new church on
the Tower lot, corner Second and
Alder streets. Work will be COM
menced on the new edifce in a
short time.
+. &. Hyde, the wide-awake Jew
eler, is never content with his place
of business and residence looking
nicely, but it seems he wants it to
out shine every other place in town.
The latest improvement he has
added is a handsome and substan-
tial iron fence and had the building
nicely painted. ~
The people of Homecoming will
vote on two propositions of impor-
tance to them on Saturday, August
20, 1892. The first question is
whether the council shall have
power to increase the tax rate to
324 cents on the 800. The Sec
ond proposition is whether the
council shall issue bonds to the
amount of $40, 900, the proceeds to
expended in the construction of
water works.
Jonas K. Gnagey, of Grantsville,
Nd, was a welcome caller at The
Star Office on Monday. Mr.. Gna-
gey has embarked in the hotel bus
mess in that town, in the brick
building lately known as the Mel
hnger house, 1t goes without say
ing that Jonas will keep first-class
house and give his guests the best
kind of treatment, because he does
not know how to be anything else
than clever and accommodating. g
Salisbury Star.
The five buildings comprising the
Tyard Manufacturing company's
general planning and buggy factory
with all the machinery, a large lot
of lumber and several buggies at
Morgantown, were totally destroyed
by an incendiary fire at 2 o'clock
Sunday morning. Loss S25, 900,
insurance Sc, 900. The company
purchased all the house building
material for the section. This is
the ninth incendiary fire there with
in 1S months.
/ A reign of terror exists about
Uniontown, Pa, because of the
threats of the Cooley gang against
Thomas Collier and others for
causing the death of Jack Cooley
three weeks ago. The outlaws have
sworn vengeance on Collier, and
he is obliged to keep an armed
guard of neighbors in his house
every night for protection. The
whole southern end of the county
is in a state of terror over the re-
cent midnight robbery of William
Smith, Nicolas township farmer,
of 81 800, and other exploits of the
Cooley gang.
Governor Brown, accompanied
by Mrs. Brown and two children,
arrived at Deer Park Tuesday
morning at O'Clock in Third Vice
President G. X. Lords privite car
"Deleware." Mrs. Brown looked
well after her long ride, and the
cough which had been troubling
her for some time has entirely dis
appeared. Tuesday evening she
took drive with Mrs. Tucker,
daughter of Gen. John A. Logan,
and expressed herself very much
pleased with the mountains. We'd
nesday the Governor and Mrs.
Brown drove over to Oakland.
Rev. Oliver c. Miller, recently
of San Francisco, CAL, former pas
tor of the Oakland Ev. Lutheran
church preached to large and at
tentive audiences in the Lutheran
church here on Sunday morning
and evening. The friends of the
reverend gentlemen were all happy
to see him and grasped his hand in
token of that fact. He and his
wife and babe departed for Roanoke
Va, (where Mr.. Miller has accepted
a pastorate) on Wednesday morn
ing, taking with them the well
Z Il.