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

Oakland, Md, has been appointed
president; Mr., 5. p, Wiley, OF Nor
rlsvlEe, Md, secretary, sud Mr. G.,
+. Dutton, of Newburgh, Nd,
treasurer. There are quite large
namber of members on the roll.
and it promises to b, eomc very
popular.-Balto. AmcSlcau.
Alcohol is one of those strange
substances which has the power OF
producing apparently opposite re-
suits, = In Small qaautiQcs It sum-
ohteS the action Of the heart, in
large 1t dcprvsSVS 1t, IN small guam
slltleS, ~ ncnases The S~ersiion of
! gastric Juice; IN large ii dtS,roys
the pcpSln and arrests digeStion;
m small quantities it has an exhil-
arating effect upon the nervcouS
system; in large 1t is narcotic.
Those merch"ntS whose adver-
,isements do not appear in the col
umnS of TuE REpuRlCAN have
not gone out of business, They are
still with us and they still have some
of the goods on their shelves they
had ''bcfo' de wah = II they don't
get "move on" and use printers
Im& ludIcioOsiy younger blood will
push them out of business and they
will have to draw the blinds, board
mp their windows, lock their doors
and throw their KEYS away, This
is a prophecy.
Moses Brown, Fletcher Williams.
Charles ", Brooks and Frizby
ComcgyS, the four murdererS Of DIR.
Y, High Hill, were executed at
Chestcrtown on Friday last, There
was little excitement, and compar-
ativcly few people in town, because
of the heavy snow, ComegyS died
in ten minutes of strangulation.
while the necks of the others were
broken, although Brooks struggled
violently because of muscular con-
vUlsions, The men persisted to the
last in denying their guilt, and all
professed to be ready for death.
When a man is through with his
days work and is sitting down rest
ing in his home, he cannot read the
advertisements on the fences, and
the hand bills and circulars that
were left on hls door step during
the day and have been blown away
or destroyed. He calls for the pa
per and there he finds the mer-
chants announcements, and with
nothing to bother his mind, he
reads it carefully, aud then calls
his wife's attention to it and they
decide to go TO the merchants store
and examine what is advertised. -Ex.
President Turner created a sensa-
ton Friday among the students of
the West Virginia University, at
Morgantown, who are members of
Greek letter societies, by an address
in which he took a stand against
their introduction into colleges. A
few days ago, in the election of Of
ficcrs in the literary societies, a bit
ter contest was engendered between
the members of the Phi Kappa Psi
and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternities
which led finally TO the expulsion Of,
two students from the university
and this prompted the remarks of
President Turner. He quoted from
an address made by the president of
the Chicago University to sustain
his position.
A ripple of excitement was caused
here during the past week by the
discovery of what is supposed to be
gold on Negro Mountain. The
discovery was made by Mr.. George
Brandt on a tract of land belonging
to Mr.. G. w. Dclawder. The ore
has been examined by a gentleman
who was connected for a long time
with financial institution near the
mining region of the northwest.
He is inclined to the opinion that
the specimen is gold ore and SAYS il
it is gold it is very rich. Mr.. De
lawder has sent a quantity Of the
ore to have it tested. lie owns four
hundred acres Of land where the ore
was discovered.
One Of the Jurors summoned to
serve at this term Of the United
States Court, now an session in
1 Parkersburg, is James r. johnson,
4 of Grccnbrier county, W. Va. He
wrote 10 Judge jackson asking to
be excused, because he was going TO
be married. Judge jackson for
warded the letter to District Attor-
ney Sturgiss, Of Morgantown, who
is a brother Of Col. Sturgiss, Of
Oakland, who excused him BY let
ter, closing with the following sen
tence: "lt would be contrary 10
| public policy for the courts in any
way TO hinder. DELAY or impede the