The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-03
NEWS OF A WEEK.

evening III LOndcOHlHg.
Mrs. j. g. Peddicord was SER
iously i'll several days this week.
The camp meeting at Tunnelton,
Preston county, will begin August
Is.
All industries except one saw mill
at Davis, Tucker county, has shut
down on account of dull times.
The total output of coal from the
Elk Garden mines from January l
to July Is has been 1913, $40 tons.
Rev. DIR. H. G. Alexander will
preach. next Sunday in Garrett
Memorial church both morning and
evening.
D. W. Frazee has been appointed
postmaster at GAINESVILLE, Preston
county, and G W. White, at White,
Preston county.
The stone crusher closed down
Tuesday for an indefinite length Of
time, throwing about twenty-five
men out of employment.
E. M. Spedden has secured the
contract to erect the Sincell build
ing. The work will be pushed to
completion as fast as possible.
Grover, the eight year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Stemple, of
Oakland, fell on Tuesday while at
play and broke his collar bone.
The Friendsville Col0b0rat0r is
so elated on account of it being the
possessor of a Webster Dictionary
that it Immediately puts the fact
into print.
All persons ale warned not to
trespass upon my land lying 6 miles
north of Oakland on the Hooppole
road, for any purpose whatever.
21-3 p. II. RoDEHEAvER.
Are you going to build? If so
write to ". A. Liller, Keyser, W.
Va, Cottage Architect and Builder
and dealer in all kinds Of building
supplies. 12-13t
The NJ. 4. church at New Ger
many will be reopened on Sunday,
Aug. 18th. The services will be
conducted bv the Rev. David Flani-
gan, of McKeesport, Pa. All are
invited.
A crossed wire on the electric
light pole at the Central hotel cor
ner last Friday night caused a short
circuit and the consequence was all
the lights on one of the machines
went out.
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. Paul's
M. E. church. S-1yr
The Council of Juniors at Cranes
vile will present a flag to the pub
lie school of that village on August
10Th Several councils have been
invited and some prominent speak
ers will be present.
A reward of five dollars is offered
by the committee for information
that will lead to the arrest and con-
viction Of the party or parties who
threw mortar against the new Luth-
eran church in Oakland.
There are some differences Of
opinion as regards the extention of
the G. & O. r. r. but the majority
believe it will benefit this place. -
Coflaborator. And why should it
not benefit your town, brother?
The first of the series of Worlds s
Fair excursions over the B. & O.
was run on Monday. The train
was comfortably filled with passen-
gers, among them being Mr.. John
Helbig, jr., formerly of Oakland.
A fund is being raised by indi-
vidual contributions for the benefit
of Mrs. Thomas Wells and children.
Mr.. Wells recently lost his life in
trying to save another miner at
Homecoming. Already 1924 have
been contributed.
We regret to learn Of the death,
in Baltimore, Md, of Miss Lillian
Cecil, daughter Of Mr.. Geo. T.
Cecil, the boot and shoe man Of
that city, who has many friends
and sympathlzers in this vicinity.
Her death occurred last Friday.
Two small colored boys have been
arrested charged with beng the au-
thors Of the numerous fires that
have occurred in Hagerstown re-
Gently. As they have both COM