The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-03-11
The order of the Iron Hall made
number of the members of Oak

Huihotr VI tiie heHlDerS OF YAK
land lodge happy Saturday last by
the distribution of about fortv-five
hundred dollars to the holders of
matured certificates. Those who
received checks were: s. +. Shirer,
one thousand dollars; Mrs. Isabelle
Whetsell, one thousand; John W.
Arnold, one thousand; Daniel Mil
Ter, five hundred, and Isiah Ham,
one thousand.
What is the world coming to? First
it was docking horses tails, and now
some Pennsylvania farmers have
begun the practice of dehorning
| cattle, in other words, saving off
heir horns. They claim that the
horns are dangerous, that the opera
tion is not cruel, being performed
- 6&few seccNasps- number u
farmers were arrested for cruelty
to animals, but were released on
trial and the prosecutors had to pay
the costs. Nature went a step too
far by putting horns on cattle. They
must come off.-Ex.
The Maryland State Sunday
School Convention will be held
Wednesday and Thursday, April 6
and z, and preparations will be at
once commenced with the view of
having the largest and most enthu-
siastic convention hitherto held.
The convention, as usual will be
held in Baltimore city. Entertain
ment will be furnished delegates;
reduced fare will be obtained on all
railroad and steamboat lines. Each
Sunday School will be entitled to
two delegates. Pastors and super
intendents are delegates by virtue
of their office.
Every newspaper man, says an
exchange, "has at some time or an
other in his business experience met
the man who now takes more papers
| than he can read He was in town
last week. He wiped his nose on
the awning, tried to blow out the
electric light at the hotel, failed to
light his cigar on it, paid IS cents
for an almanac, put a nickle in the
slot at the postoffice and kicked be-
cause the mail did not appear, want
ed to lick the cashier because ht
closed at o'clock, and watched tht
clock in front of the jewelry store
waiting for it to strike, and still ht
takes more papers than he ca,
! read"
81 have just recovered from 8
second attack of the grip this year.
saws Mr.. Jas. o. Jones, publisher
of the Leader. Mexia, Texas. "In
the latter case used Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, and ! think with
considerable success, only being IN
bed little over two days, against
ten days for the first at tack
The second attack ! am satisfied
would have been equally as bad as
the first but for the use Of this
remedy, as | had to 60 to bed in
about six hours after being struck
with it, while in the first CAGE ! was
able to attend to business about
two days before getting down. "
so cent bottles for sale by III. j
Mayers.
Mr.. Daniel II. Of'utt, President
Of the Garrett County Bank, ano
one Of the largest tax payers in this
county, has had prepared and for.
warded to Senator Getty bill pro
viding for the issue Of bonds to pur
chase a lot and erect thereon a new
court house. The vaults in Tho
present building are not large
enough to protect the records Of th'
county and should it continue to bt
used they will have to be enlarged
at a heavy cost. The old building
needs repairs every year and it il
argued that the amount that mus
be annually expended on it viii
more than pay the interest on The
bonds for new building. The ole
building can be utilized for public
school purposes and save the rent
Of buildings for that purpose.
Court Visitors.