The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Peddicord
and daughter Miss Mollie, left on
train No. yesterday morning for
Covington ,Ky.where they viii spend
the remainder OF the winter.
Owing to the fact that no bid was
made for the real estate of the Loeb
Lynn Store company which was offer
ed blythe receiver, Mr.. John Shartzer,
last Saturday, no sale was made.
DR.. and Mrs. Z. II. Ravenscroft, of
Accident, were in Oakland yesterday
on their way home from near Cum
berland, where they had been on
visit to relatives for week or two.
Mr.. Chas. j. Newman and Ernest
Shartzer are at Homecoming selling the
stock of goods recently purchased by
Mr.. John Shartzer from the receiver
of the Maryland Supply ,comnanF.
Good advice Never leave home on
a journey without a bottle of Cham
berlain's Cholic, Cholera and Diar-
rhOea Remedy. For sale by Oakland
Pharmacy and DR.. j. w. Laughlin,
Deer Park.
A cantract has been made with the
Oakland Electric Light company by
the County Commissioners to place
electric lights in the court house and
jail. The work of wiring in the lights
is about completed.
Mrs. w. H. Ravenscraft went to
Fairmont Tuesday where 81 2 will re
main until tomorrow visiting her son
William H. DR.. Ravenscroft went up
yesterday and will return tomorrow
also.
Mr.. James A. Delawder, receiver of
the Maryland Supply company, has
disposed of The stock of goods be
longing to the above company at
Mountain Lake Park to Messrs. Of
futt & Lakin, of Terra Alta.
Mr.. Thomas b. Heating. of Mans
field, Ohio, who has been residing in
Mountain Lake Park for the past
year, went to Baltimore last Thursday
to spend several weeks. He will re
turn to the Park some time next
month.
Mr.. NJ. Cohen, the tailor. has re-
ceived during the past few days letters
of cOmmendatiOn from numerous pa
irons, all of whom speak in the high
est terms of his Workmanship and ac-
commodating manner of transacting
business.
The William Ryland Company, of
Friendsville, this county, will have
something interesting for our readers
during the next several months. 1t
will pay them to watch their adver-
tisements from week to week.
Train No. 81, a fast freight making
the run between New York and Gin
cinnati in forty-eight hours, has been
put in service on the B. & O. At GER
tain points along the road between
the two cities the train often attains
a speed of mile Il minute.
In order to stem the exodus of peO-
pie from Barton, Allegany county,
owing to the Potomac mines having
been worked out, it is said that negO-
tiatiOns are in progress with j. O. j.
Greene for his coal lands in that vici-
nifty to be opened up as soon as the
deal is consummated.
Mr.. William q. Browning, son of
Mr.. J. NJ. A. Browning, of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, and nephew of Senator II. Il.
Browning, of Oakland, was stricken
with paralysis at his home in Bloom
ingtOn few days ago. Mr.. Brown
ing is aged about forty-fve years.
The Rt Rev. Bishop William Paret,
d. D., Ii. D., Bishop of Maryland,
will spend few days taking a much
needed rest with his friends, Rev. and
Mrs. William Brayshaw, at the Rec
tory. The Bishop will arrive on the
10 p. IN. train Sunday.
Sheriff Leroy Shaw, the plucky of
fetal of Preston county, West Va,
who carries in his left lung at the pres
ent time bullet received whilst in
the discharge of his duties, was in
Oakland Tuesday evening of this
week and made some of his old time
friends social visit.
Mr.. Lee Porter, of Oakland, who
went west several years ago and took
up piece of land in Michigan, was
buncoed out of it by acapitalized cor
porations of that state. To compro-
mise the matter Mr.. Porter settled
with the company for $500, he re-
ceiving a check for that amount Sun
day.
Travelling men all over the country
are rejoicing over the fact that the
opposition to the issuing of an inter
changeable 5000 mile book has been
removed. At the last meeting of the
Central Passenger Committee, in Chi
cago, the Pennsylvania Line withdrew
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