The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24


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George Taylor has found silver on
his farm near the junction, Hamp-
shire county, West Va. Assay of sur
face ore shows a yield of So to the ton
A shaft is being sunk.
Mr.. Julius C. Renninger went over
to Kingwood this morning where he
will be engaged several days before
the circuit court in session there in
trying several cases.
A postoffice has been established at
Swan Meadows, which will be known
as Gortner, with Mr.. Peter p. GOrtner
as postmaster, who was commissioned
on Saturday last.
Fish Commissioner John E. Gnagey,
of Accident, recently returned to his
home with 200 gold and silver fish for
distribution. He procured the fish
at the Baltimore hatchery.
The recently elected mayor and
members of the town council will take
charge of municipal affairs on Mon
day, April 4th, from which time their
TERMS Oh ONCE are dated.
Messrs. A. Knabb g. Co.'S new mill
at Krug was closed down several days
last week owing to the breaking
of the engine. The mill resumed
work on Monday morning.
Mrs. Sarah Scott and Miss Laura
Matthews, who went to Baltimore
last week to purchase a spring stock
of millinery for the Baltimore store,
have returned to Oakland.
Mrs. Chas. Wilson, of Altamont, took
No. AZ yesterday afternoon for home.
She had been visiting her mothor,
Mrs. WEIGH, out in the country, since
last Monday.-Keyser Tribune.
Mr.. James Andrews who for three
or four years past has been a resident
of Oakland, is moving his HOUSEHOLD
goods to his farm south of town and
will reside there during the summer.
Mr.. r. NJ. Brown, of the tailoring
firm of Thomas HughesCo., Wheeling,
was in Oakland few days last week
booking orders for spring clothing.
Mr.. Browns many friends were glad
to see him.
Rev. and Mrs. William G. Davis and
little daughter left Oakland yesterday
afternoon for their home in Alleganv
City after having spent ten days
here visiting Rev. John NJ. Davis and
other relatives.
Last week was one of unprecedented
warmth for March and the farmers
owning sugar camps made good use
of the balmy weather by tapping
their trees and manufacturing the
water into delicious sugar and syrup.
A slight freight wreck at Swanton
occurred at two o'clock Monday morn
ing, delaying trains few hours. No
one injured and but two cars left the
track which however blocked both
tracks for the time being.
Messrs. Edward H. and Harper
Bartlett have purchased DR.. Henry
W. McCOmas' drug store at Mt. Lake
Park and will open it when the sea
son begins there. Both young gen
tlemen have the best wishes of their
friends for success.
Ellen Cogley, disreputable girl
who is the mother of two children,
was sent to Jail Monday by Justice
Sincell. She was charged with being
habitually disorderly and failing to
give bond for better behavior her
consequent incarceration.
DR.. E. H. Bartlett received a tele-
gram yesterday afternoon which con
veyed the intelligence of theapproach-
ing death of his brother-in-law, DR..
M. A. r. +. Carr, of Cumberland. DR..
Bartlett left Oakland last evening for
the bed side of his sick relative.
Messrs. William A. Beavers, of Terra
Alta, and Joseph A. Pugh, of Rowles-
burg, West Va, two hustling young
business men, will open a wholesale
grocery at Terra Alta in short time.
Both gentlemen have shown great
business ability and their success is
assured. Mr.. Beavers is we'll known
in this county and will share the pat
ronage of our merchants, we have no
doubt.
A subscription fund has been start
ed at Huntington to erect a monu-
ment to the late Rev. J. Wesley Webb,
prominent in the Methodist Episco-
pal Conference and West Virginia pol
itics. He requested that the inscrip-
ton on the monument be: Here
lies the body of J. Wesley Webb, a
firm believer in the Lord Jesus Christ,
the Methodist church and jefferson
ian democracy"
On Tuesday afternoon the board of
control of the Oakland District Ep-
worth League, In conjunction with
the committee to arrange the program
for the District League convention,
met in st Paul's NJ. E. church. The
president, Rev. A. S. Annett, called
the meeting to order when Rev. r. b.
Ward was elected secretary. After
transacting preliminary business it
was decided to convene the conven-
ton in Oakland on June 7th, at 10
o'clock a. IN. Several committees
were appointed to look after the in
terests of the League. The program
will be prepared within few weeks
when it will be published in these
columns.