The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-23

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Rev. and Mrs. S. NJ. Engle and child
rem, who visited friends near Charles
town, w. Va, last week, returned to
their home in Oakland Monday.
Mrs. Nathaniel Miller, of Johnstown,
Pa, who visited her sister here, Mrs.
d. E. Bolden, for two weeks or more
returned to her home on Friday last.
Some doctors claim that unhealthy
results follow kissing. They've got
the cause and effect twisted. Kissing
is generally the result of heart affec-
ton.
Mrs Lou Thayer Waters came down
from Clarksburg, w. Va, last Thurs
day evening, and will spend some
time visiting her many friends in
Oakland
Messrs. Ferdinand Williams, Rob-
ert H. Gordon and Robert 7. Semmes,
of the Cumberland bar, were in at
tendance at court here day or two
this week.
Mr.. Jonas Beeghley. of Accident,
was very pleasant caller at this Of
flee on Tuesday morning. Hereports
the prospects fair for good crops in
his section.
Mr.. G. V. Harvey, son of Mr.. John
0. Harvey, of Kearney, returned
home on Friday last from Buckhan-
non, w. Va, where he had been at
tending school.
Mrs. John Cornelius and daughter,
Miss Kate, who have been in Oak
land on an extended visit to relatives,
departed Monday morning for their
home in Rochester, n. Y.
Mr.. D. James Blackiston, attorney,
advertises in to-day's REPUBLICAN, at
public auction, a valuable residence
and number of building lots at
Mountain Lake Park.
Miss Cicely Wilson, OF Wilson, w.
Va, returned to her home Ui0 Oak
land on Friday last from Buckhan-
non, W. Va, where she has been
attending school during the winter.
Mr.. James w. Thomas, of Cumber-
land, was in Oakland Thursday last
and made sale of the New Glades
hotel at mortgages sale, Mr. Thomas
becoming the purchaser for the mort
gage.
Mr.. James O. Cleveland, who wa
engaged last week in plastering two
| houses at Hutton for the Enterprise
Tanning company, finished his con-
tract and returned to Oakland Satur-
day.
With the last issue of the Piedmont
independent that paper filled,out the
eighth year of its existence. The
Independent is wide-awake local
journal and seems to enjoy an increas-
ing patronage.
Monday two additional accommo-
dation trains were added to the sched-
ule of the B. & o., one running each
way. Train No. IA, east, is due at
Oakland at 1.07 p. H.; No. Is, west, is
due at 2.19 p. IN.
The Republican Congressional com
mite of the Second district of West
Virginia, met last Tuesday at Mt.
Lake Park, and decided to hold the
Congressional convention for that
district at Keyser August 31st
Mr.. H. H. Stotler, of Baltimore, who
was on business trip to the lower
end of the county last week returned
to his home on Friday, being accom-
panied as far as Oakland by Senator
Ravenscroft, school mate in years
past.
The ladies of ST. Marks Ev. Luth-
eran church held a strawberry and
ice cream festival in the opera house
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
which will be continued tonight. So
far the attendance has not been very
| great.
Saturday last the Board of Election
Supervisors met in their office in Oak
land and appointed registration Off
GERS for this year. Very few of the
old officers We're retained. The list
Of the appointments will be published
in short time.
On Monday evening horse attach
ed to the delivery wagon of Whorton
& Browning became frightened and
ran away 1t was stopped at the
junction of Third and Pennington
streets. The wagon and harness were
considerably broken up.
On Tuesday of last week DR.. F. H.
Ravenscroft and wife, of Accident and
H. H. Stotler, of Baltimore, caught a
fine string of trout and carp in the
| lakes of Mr.. Emanuel Custer neal
Hoyes. Some of the speckled beauties
were very large and two of the carp
weighed 7! and Spounds respectively