The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-01-19

Write or call on The REPUBLI-
CAN when you are in need of printed
stationery. We do work well and
as cheap as any house in the coun-
try. Don't forget this.
The snow was drifted so badly
along the Accident road the latter
part of last week that the mail did
not reach Oakland from the lower
end OF the county for two days.
The members of the Uniform
Rank, X. Of p, meet every Mon
day and Friday nights at Surgiss'
Hall for the purpose of drilling and
going through the manual of arms,
Apeddler left Deer Park on last
Thursday afternoon to cross the
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morning he was found with both
feet frozen.
Dr, A. l.. Wagner has located in
Oakland and will practice both in
town or country. Calls promptly
answered either day or night. Of
flee, one door west Of st, Paurs
NJ. +, church, S-lyr
Puck SAYS that the man who
sprinkles ashes on his icy pavement
is macadamizjng his pathway to
heaven, Here is a pointer for those
whose calling and election is other
wise uncertain,
, Huron, South Dakota, is long
way off, and the climate is pretty
cold, but the papers there advcr
tiSe for car load OF manageable
girls, and declare the town is full
of eligible husbands,
About one hundred Huns and
! Poles were brought to Oakland
Tuesday morning by the b, & o,
and put to work under a superin-
tendent shovehng snow and digging
it from the railroad track.
The barn on W, McCulloh
Browns farm near Bayard was
burned to the ground last Wednes-
day night. All the live stock, wa
gons, implements, ETC., was saved.
The loss is 5000; insurance $500.
Russia will soon have the longest
electric road in the world, 1t is to
run from st, Petersburg to Archan-
/ gel, distance of 450 miles, and
the power is to be furnished by a
series of generating stations along
the line.
The mercury got down to 26o
below zero Tuesday night, accord
ing to the self-registering thermom-
eter at Sturgiss' pharmacy, 1t is
said that a thermometer at the
watch-box on Main street registered
80 below.
A new Baptist church is nearing
completion at Corinth. Much
credit is due the good people of that
place for their effort. This will be
the only church there and will be
the finest Baptist church in Pres
ton county.
In the Circuit Court for Allegany
county thirty indictments were
quashed and the grand jury was
discharged upon the ruling Of the
Court of Appeals in the Avirett
case that the grand jury had been
Improperly drawn.
A heavily laden freight train on
the B. & o. railroad plunged
through bridge at Pennington,
W. Va, Saturday morning, No
one was hurt, but bad wreck en-
sued. All passenger trains from
the west went ria Pittsburg.
A young man in Winamac loved
two girls. lie loved one Just as
much as the other, and the other
as much as the one. SO he set the
two to cooking competitive civil
service dinner and married the one
who got the highest average per
1 centage.
The Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany has openly declared war
against organized labor, and are
discharging all who do not reuounce
their allegiance to the different
unions. Fifteen were discharged
I in one bunch at Indianapolis last
Saturday.
Counterfeit dollars Of the date
1892 are being passed in the State,
and the public should scrutinize all
coins OF that date. The counter
felt dollar has fair rng and ap-
pearance, but is betrayed BY the
greasy feeling inseparable from
such coins.