The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-10

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from visit to relatives and Friends
III Wheeling and Pittsburg yesterda J
morning.
For sale cheap, square, rosewood
/ piano, comparatively new. For fur
! ther particulars inquire at this otlic,
! Or address box III, Oakland. Il
Misses Nan and Elsie Kennedy AZ
rived in Oakland from Wheeling this
morning and will remain here a few
days with their sister, Mrs. II. G. Sin
cell, before going 10 Washington then
future home.
Mr.. II. l.. Grant, Of Grafton. has
moved his household goods TO Oak
land and viii remain here acting as
telegraph operator at the Nough
bridge while the new structure is be-
ing put up.
We keep on hand constantly at this
Office fun aud complete supply of
Justices blauks psiuted on good quail
ity OF paper and sell Shem at a small
margin; ulSO mortgages and deeds al
ways On hand.
Mr.. JOuas Frltlpc. ur Pittsburg, was
in Oakland iast saturday. Mr. Fra
zee has disposed uf his mercantile
commissions husiNcss in the above
city and viii soon tuJbark IN the
wholesale grocery business there.
Go 10 Newman's for your Christmas
goods consisting of dolls, toys. child
ren's books, china and pewter dishes.
iron trains. tops, rubber balls. block
games and many other toys two nu-
merous to mention.
c. H. Gaskill, of Cumberland, a
Baltimore and Ohio freight brake
man, whilst engaged in coupling cars
i'll the cut near the water station in
Oakland had the misfortune to have
one OF the fingers of his right hand
very seriously mashed. Dr. Henry
McComas, the company surgeon
here, rendered surgical attention 10
the injured man.
The management of the bowling al
ley is to be congratulated for the
improvements they nave been and are
making. In few days arrangements
shall have been completed which will
set one or two days apart for the la
dies exclusively i'll which they alone
" III bt PEI itl W tSC llit ttlltN !.
Bowling in the cities is now what the
roller skating rink was few years ago
in the fashionable world.
An exchange draws parallel be-
tween man and dog, which inclineS
to favor the latter, i'll these words:
"Help q dog out of a ditch and no
matter what sort of dog he is-toWn
dog or country dog, educated or illit-
crate, aristOcratic or plebeian, he will
wag his tail into paral ysis, and eX-
haust every muscle trying to tell you
that every drop OF blood i'll his veins
is at your service. Help a man out
of ditch, and what follows will de
pend very much upon his breed
The late heavy purchases of co
lands in the COnneIlsyille region,
Southwestern Pennsylvania, and il
Preston county, West Virginia, will
lead to developments that will give
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com
pany a heavy addition to its tonnage.
1t is gratifying to be informed that
less waste1ul methods will be intro
duced in making coke SO as to as far
as possible utilize by-products.
Monday of this week a petition was
filed in the Circuit Court for this
county to have Messrs. q. 5. Hamiil
and Fred. \. Thayer appointed re-
ceivers for the personal property OF
JOHN j. Bceghlcy, Of the Cove settle
ment. 1t is estimated that the prop
erty so placed in the receivers hands
will amount TO about 81, 800 whilst
the claims against it will be some
thing in the ncighbOrhood of $1,000.
DR.. J. Lee McComas, of Oakland,
Just called on me, on his way from
the city OF Mexico, where he has
been attending the Pan American
Medical Congress. The doctor is en-
thusiastic over his trip, and barring
the loss Of his trunk, and Il few other
drawbacks had splendid time. He
proposes to spend two or three weeks
here. before returning to Oakland.
may have something to say about
the sights the doctor saw hereafter.
y. Jays CovingtOn lky.) Corr. in
Cumberland News.
In 1892 Mr.. \. l.. Goldwater, who
owns three retail drug stores in New
York City, having learned of the
great value OF Chamberlain Cough
remedy for colds, Group and whooping
cough, ordered supply for his Gus
toners. 1t met with so much favor
that be soon found it necessary TO
order more, and during the winter
sold over two gross of the remedy
He says it gives the best satisfaction
OF any cough cure he uas ever hand
led. For sale by Oakland Pharmacy,
and Dr. J. ". Laughlin, Deer Park.
The railroad agent is the most
patient man in town. Some people
are evidently of the opinion that he
is placed in his position Just to answer
questions OF the inquisitively in
clined. Some people make it a point
10 go to him daily and inquire about
trains, etc. If anything happens IA
train TO cause it to be late, the agent
is besieged by people who have no in
terest in the road. asking all kinds of
questions, and if he refuses to be
bothered, the inquirer goes off mad,
calling the agent all kinds of hard
names.
Major G.. II. Picton is manager of
the State Hotel, at Denison, Texas,
which the travelling men say is one
of the best hotels in that section.
In speaking of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Major Picton says: II have used it
myself and in my family for several
years, and take pleasure in saying
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