The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-28

ever.
And still the cold weather continues.
Monday night was the coldest of the
winter, the official thermometershow
ing eight degrees below zero, and this
morning the mercury registered six
below.
The many fires reported in the pa
pers all over the country should re-
mind our people to be particularly
cautions about the condition Of their
stoves and faRs during cold weather
when large pg are.needed
DIR. j. CT Rgbfnson, Dentist, of Bal
stimare has deeided to locate perma-
neatly ',e1er m asfss { tsw.i of Oak 80.
where he will be fully equipped to per-
form in all branches of his profession.
Office in Felty building, Alder street.
Last Thursday a brakeman resid-
ing at Keyser, while coupling cars
near Oakland, had his hand so badly
mashed that it necessitated the ampu-
tation of his second finger, which op-
Grafton was performed by DR.. H. w.
McCOmas.
Here's state of things! By actual
count there are $4,000 husbands with
in the limits of Greater New York
now under bonds to support their
wives. Twenty per cent. of these
wives are under age; 80 per cent. con
tracted matrimony while yet in their
teens.
The series of meetings which have
been going on in the NJ. f. church for
the past two weeks closed last even
ing. Some three or four persons pro-
fessed conversion. Owing to the bad
weather and the sickness Of great
many of the members the services
were not as well attended as they
would otherwise have been.
Mr. Thomas r. McRobie, of Oak
land, who has been a Justice of the
Peace for over a year, sent his resig-
nation to the Governor one day last
week, and on Monday the Governor
accepted it. Mr.. McRobie has made
a good record as a Justice. He will
return to his farm in District No.
as soon as he can arrange his matters
in Oakland.
One day last week as an east bound
freight train was nearing the new
bridge west of town a truck under
one OF the ears Jumped the track and
turned crOsswisc. In this condition
it was hauled over the bridge and was
brought to a stop only after the
brakes had been set on number of
other cars. The damage done was
slight, but may have resulted very
seriously il the car had jumped over
into the river.
Not few who read what Mr.. Rob
err HOwls, of Holland, Va, has to
say below, will remember their own
experience under like circumstances:
Last winter | had la grippe which
left me in a low state of health |
bllNN llNliANlCAt" itili'blNN- IaOllt ~
which did me any good, until I was
induced to try a bottle Of Chamber
lain's Caugh Remedy. The firs5 bot
tie OF it so far relieved me that | was
enabled to attend to my work, and
the second bottle effected a cure" :"
For sale at % and 50 cents per bot
tie by Oakland Pharmacy and DR.. J.
w. Laughjin, Deer Park.
"Evancalist' Williams, of PhilaGeI-
phia, advertised on Monday q series
lectures TO be given Tuesday and last
night in &hartzcr's Opera House on
ROmanism. The arrangements for
the use of the opera house during the
lectures was not consUmated on ac-
counn OF the absence of the owner
and therefore they We're not given
Williams is fluent speaker ana come
to Oakland bearing numerous recon-
mcndations. In appearance he re
sembles a Catholic priest.
Since the gym was established sew
eTal weeks ago numerous additions to
the paraphernalia have been made,
the latest being rings, ladders, etc.
The membership is increasing and
quite an interest is being manifested
by the young gentlemen who desire
to become athletes. Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons of each week
the gym is open for the use of young
ladies exclusively and quite number
have availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity to develop their biceps and in
the art of swinging Indian clubs, the
use of dumb bells, trapeZe work, etc.
For a pain in the chest a pieceS of
flannel dampened with Chamberlain's s
Pain Balm and bound on over the
seat of the pain, and another on the
back between the shoulders, will af-
ford prompt relief. This is especially
valuable in case where the pain is
caused by a cold and there is a ten
dency toward pneumonia.
For sale by Oakland Pharmacy
and DR.. j. w. Laughlin, Deer Park.
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