The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17

The members of the Christian En-
deavor society of st. Mark S Lutheran
church will have special service on
Christmas morning at o'clock. All
are cordially invited.
Judge and Mrs. J. W. Kennedy, OF
Wheeling, arrived in Oakland last
Saturday morning and will remain
here a few DAYS visiting their dough-
ter, MRS. c. Sincell.
just opened fresh and the best
raisins, currants, citrOn, nuts, oranges,
lemons, candies, mince meat, fine
canned fruits-eYerything for Christ
mas-at Ofutt & Sons.
Ex-Sheriff Chas. Wegman, of
Grantsville, was in Oakland a day or
two last week shaking hands with
his many friends who are always
glad to see his jovial face.
Indications point to joyful Christ
mas among the Sunday school child
rem in Oakland as all the churches
are preparing to celebrate the holiday
in lavish manner.
Mr.. A. L. Spiker of Mountain Lake
Park, will leave for the west in a few
days and will probably locate at Man
ASA, Col, where he has relatives and
many acquaintance.
ceives fresh daily a supply of oysters
which he serves in all styles. Oysters
prepared and sent to any one in Oak
land ordering them. 3O-3t.
We are pleased this week to receive
from our correspondent at Grants
vile a lengthy and well written letter
which will be found in another col
umn Of to-day's issue.
Sleds, Doll Carriages, Hobby Horses,
Wagons, Tool Chests, Doll Furniture
and Dolls, Albums, Toilet Sets, Books,
Candies, Fruits, Nuts, etc. Please
call and c Cheap Johns Great Stock.
Mr.. Don Hoffman, Of Baltimore,
one of the principal stockholders of
the Corinth Brick Company, was in
Oakland a few days last week look
ing after the interests of his com
pany.
Rev. Chas. S. Trump, of Martins
burg, president of the Ev. Lutheran
Synod of Maryland, spent Monday
night in Oakland with friends. He
returned to Martinsburg Tuesday
morning.
We keep on hand constantly ut this
Office a full and complete supply of
justices blanks printed on good quail
ity of paper and sell them at a small
margin; also mortgages and deeds al
ways on hand.
Mr. c. S. Davis, OF j. NJ. Davis &
Son, hardware dealers, Oakland, who
spent last week in FitIsburg, and
adjoining cities purchasing goods for
their store, returned to Oakland Mon
day evening.
John Dick, j., aged 20 years, was
killed in a mine at Homecoming on
Saturday by fall Of roof coal. He
was a brother oi eX-Assemblyman
David e. Dick of the Bureau of In
dustrial Statistics.
Go to Newman 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-
meTOuS to mention.
Miss Belle Browning will leave for
Roanoke, Va, Saturday night where
she goes to attend the wedding OF her
sister Miss Edith which viii take place
next week. Miss Browning will re
turn to Oakland in few weeks.
Mr.. John 4. Wagner of Swanton,
was in the city last Saturday and
paid his respects to this office Mr.
Wagner recently purchased tract
of timber land and will go into the
manufacture OF lumber. shingles. ect..
in the near future.
Last Saturday while Mr.. Charles
yelling was butchering hogs for Mr..
Hessen near town, he slipped and fell
on his butcher knife, scyefing the ten
dons in his wrist. The wound was
dressed by DR.. Henry McComas, and
he is getting along nicely.
The attention of our readers this
week is invited to the advertisement
of Messrs. j. NJ. Davis & Sons. the
hardware merchants of Oakland. 1t
will pay our readers TO keep III mind
this firm When contemplating the
purchase of anything III the hard
ware line.
Recently the Circuit Court for this
county filed an order setting aside the
Judgment recently rendered against
Walter ID. Collier for $500 obtained
by Mrs. Emma s. Cummins, of Friends
vile, on the charge of selling liquor
to her husband after having been
notified by her to the contrary.
Fast freight train No. 81 which
makes the run from Chicago to New
York in 80 hours over the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, has been on time
on an average of 8 out of 10 days the
last three weeks The success of
these fast freights has encouraged the
management to such an extent that
other trains are contemplated.
Miss Carrie Sell, daughter of Mr..
Adam Sell, of. this place has gone I'M
der instructions of DR.. Henry McCo
mas for a trained nurse. She will re-
ceive training until competent to dis
charge the duties of a nurse, and then
will be employed by the doctor as
nurse for such of his patients as need
attention.
In 1892 Mr.. A. l.. Goldwatcr, 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