The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-11-17

ing held there that evening.
Fish Commissioner A. F. George, of
Swanton, was in the city yesterday
morning. having arrived here from
Baltimore where he spent two or
three days on official business.
The members of the Epworth
League will hold a reception at Nay
lors Hall, Railroad street, on Thanks
giving evening at which silver offer
ing will be accepted at the door.
Miss Grace Jones, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. s. L. Jones, of Oakland, was
here from Friday evening to Monday
morning, the guest of her grandfather
Hon. j. p. Jones.-Preston Republi-
can.
The winter schedule on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad will go into
effect on Sunday morning next. So
far as we can ascertain there will be
no important changes in the time of
trains.
John d. Taggart has on sale at his
restaurant, opposite the postoffice,
Mrs. Gonder's home made bread
canned goods, oysters, etc. Meals
served at all hours. 37-5t.
The widow of the late w. A. Loraw.
formerly of Crellin, but now residing
at Bruceton, over in Preston county,
W. Va, was recently granted a pen
sion of $12 per month and received
something like $500 as back pay.
Messrs. H. C. Russell, 6. W. Barn
hart, Benz. Sharpless and Chas. Beck
man, all OF Chaffee, w. Va, We're
pleasant callers at this Office on Sat
urday morning last. They were in
town as witnesses before Justice Sin
cell.
The Henry Watson Children's Aid
Society provides homes for destitute
children. Address, Miss Mary Will
cox Brown, Gen. Sec'Y, No. 1926 n. Cal
vert street, Baltimore, Md, or Rev.
William Brayshaw, its special CORE
spondent, Oakland, Nd.
f. H. Tibbett, for years past mine
boss at the Davis Coal and Coke Com
pany's mine near Bloomington, has
accepted the position as superinten-
dent for the New York Coal Company
at their new mine at Pennington,
Taylor county, West Va, to which
point he has moved.
Mr., R. S. Browning, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. Il. Browning, arrived in Oak
land on Wednesday night OF last
week and will remain here a week or
two visiting his parents. Dick has
been a policeman in Baltimore for
year or two and has made an excellent
officer.
Services will be held in st. Mat
thew's Chapel, 9Th and Alder streets,
Sunday as follows: 10 a. m, Sunday
school; II a. H., morning prayer and
sermon. Thanksgiving Day, 1870 a.
M, Holy Communion and sermon.
At Loeb Lynn Heights, Sunday 2.30
p. III. Cordial welcome to all.
An exchange says that a man
should not deprive his wife and family
of goad local newspaper. They do
not go away from home to learn the
news as he does, and the local paper
serves to keep them informed. 1t is
the worst possible economy to deprive
the family of pleasure so easily and
cheaply procured.
The Postmaster General has put in
force stringent regulations which
makes it imperative on the postmast-
er to declare a postoffice box vacant
if the rent is not paid on or before
January, April, July and October 10.
Another regulation prevents two fam
lilies from using the same box. Post
office patrons will govern themselves
accordingly.
The following from an exchange will
bear closer inspection than a casual
glance afforts. A man owed another
81 and had 70 cents. Went to a pawn
broker and pawned the rs cents for so
cents, and then meeting a friend sold
him the pawn ticket calling for 70
cents for so cents. He thus had two
80 cent pieces, 81 in fact, with which
he paid the debt. Was any one out
and how much?
The old saw has it that eggs is
eggs" This year "apples is apples
From the Pacific coast to Maine, in
Canada and Europe, the crop is dis
tressingly short. The agricultural
papers estimate the yield for the U. S.
at 100000 barrels as against 49, OO,-
900 barrels last year and 10000, 900 bar
rels in 1896. Still with 27,00O,O00 bar
rels we ought to have apples enough
to eat, even though our exports fall
off.
Mr.. George NJ, Mason, proprietor of
the City Roller Mills, has erected
around his mill yard a substantial
fence of posts and two inch pipe