The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-03
NEWS OF A WEEK.
Happenings In and About Town told
In Short Paragraphs.

In Short Paragraphs.
Seeds by ounce, pound, pint and
peck at H. E. Felty's Grocery.
Begin preparations now for the
observance of Decoration Day.
In another column of this paper
will be found the financial state
ment of the town.
The new Town Council will as
sumo control of the city government
on next Monday.
DR.. Thomas II. Koon, of South
Carolina, has located at Eglon, for
the pratice of medicine.
Justice A. B. Gonder has remoy-
ed his Office from the Mayors build
ing to the Felty building on Alder
street.
Mr.. Frank Rathbun, an employe
of this Office, who had an attack of
quinsy, has recovered and is again
at his case.
Send your orders for job printing
to this office where it will be exc
cuted in the best manner and at
prices consistent with irst-class
work.
Miss Alice Murphy, lately of Bal
timore, will start millinery store
at Deer Park about April 21, 1894.
A share of the public patronage is
solicited. 5-4t
Communications from Elder and
New Germany were received this
morning too late for publication
this week. They will appear in our
next issue.
The young ladies of st. Mark
church entertained an immense
throng of people on last Sunday
evening by the rendition of the
''Ten Virgins -
Rev. Ernest R. McCauley, of
Gettysburg, Pa, will preach in st.
Marks church, Oakland, on Sun
day morning, the 18th inst, The
public cordially invited.
The members of the Lutheran
Sunday school have purchased from
Prof. S. G. Smith a Carpenter
chapel organ for use in the Sabbath
school room of the church.
A number of Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad carpenters are engaged in
laying a new sidewalk along Rail-
road street. 1t will require three
weeks to complete the job.
The coal and coke business is
booming at Corinth, West Va, six
miles west of Oakland. The strike
has not reached this point and Or
ders have doubled within the past
week.
DR.. A. S. Arnett, of Aurora, died
on Monday night last after an i'll
ness of several weeks. He was
about forty years ofage and leayes
wife and FIVE children to mourn
his death.
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. 8-1yr
DR.. W. N. Berkeley, of Drs. Nc
Lane & Berkely, Frostburg, will be
at the Commercial hotel, Tuesday,
May s, to treat catarrh and dis
ease Of eye, ear and nose. Eyes ex-
amined for glasses. 1t
Rev. DR.. Alexander will conduct
services in the Garrett Memorial
church on Sunday at the usual
hours both morning and evening.
The evening discourse Will be upon
"Eli, the High Priest"
A very great improvement has
been made IN the appearance of the
Glades Hotel property by the erec-
tion of neat pailing fence along
the front of the yard and by the
hotel and cottages being painted,
Thornton Wilt, a farmer living
near Frankville, fell over an en-
bankment on Tuesday night and
dislocated his shoulder. DR.. z. r.
Kalbaugh, of Piedmont, was called
and rendered necessary surgical aid.
Piedmont Independent.
picturesque America" will be
given in Offutt's Hall on Thursday
evening, May 10, for the benefit of
the Oakland Cornet Band. This
will be an opportunity to hear Mr..
RudIsilPs celebrated lecture. IL
lustrated by $50 magnificent views.
The ladies of the Garrett Memo
rial church gave an entertainment
in Offutt's Hailed on last Thursday