The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14

NhoH2of ny telegram annOunlnS UIle
serious illness of his parent, whose
condition is yet considered critical.
The members of the fire depart
ment are urgently requested to meet
at the engine house on Monday night
next as business of utmost Importance
is to be transacted
County Commissioner John Z.
Carey, of Friendsville, accompanied
by his daughter, came up to Oakland
on Tuesday and remained here until
yesterday morning the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. ]. Fringer, when they re-
turned home.
The office of the the School Board,
while the schools are not in session,
will be open for the transaction of
public business on Tuesdays and Sat
urdaYs. 5-tf
A message has been received in
Romney, w. Va, stating that Sprigg
Lynn had been killed in Cuba. Mr..
Lynn was a member of McNeilrs
Rangers during the late war, and
some time ago he went to Cuba to
fight the Spaniards.
The Oakland normal school in order
to meet the demands of the people
has added model Department" for
the fourth and fifth grades of the
public schools. Tuition, 81 per term.
1T. X. K. SANNER, Principal.
Mr.. d. E. Offutt, accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Nellie, left for
Philadelphia and New York on Tues
day morning. Mr. Offutt will remain
in the above cities a week or ten days,
whilst his daughter will make an ex-
tended visit to relatives in New York
City before returning to her home in
Oakland.
In 1888 my wife went East and
was attacked with rheumatism. She
received no relief until she tried
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Since
that time we have never been with
out it. We find it gives instant relief
in cases of burns and scalds and is
never failing for all rheumatic and
neuralgia pains.-D. G. BRANT, Santa
Ynez, Cal. For sale by Oakland Phar-
macy and DR.. j. w. Laughlin, Deer
Park.
Mrs. John G.. Durham was taken to
Baltimore on last Thursday night by
DIR. Henry McComas where she was
placed in John Hopkins Hospital
and on Friday a large tumor was
successfully removed from her breast
by the physicians of the hospital. A
letter received from her a day or two
ago states that she is regaining her
strength and will be home shortly.
Messrs. Henry Weber & Sons, the
florists, have received an order for
one hundred plants of the Mrs. Gar
rett rose from a firm in England The
plants will be shipped in few days
This firm has sold over five thousand
plants of this variety of rose since
they have been producing them, the
shipments being made to all parts of
this and foreign countries.
| was reading an advertisement of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the Worcester
Enterprise recently, which leads me
to write this. | can truthfully say
| never used any remedy equal to it
for collie and diarrhoea. have never
had to use more than one or two doses
to cure the worst case with myself or
children.-W. A. STROUD, Pokomoke
City, Md. For sale by Oakland Phar-
macy and DR.. j. w. Laughlin, Deer
Park.
Fish Commissioner-elect A. F.
George was in Oakland Friday last
calling on his old friends. On Thurs
day Mr.. George delivered to parties
in Allegany county $4,000 brook trout
all of which were placed in the
streams of that county except few
thousand which were sent to Mr.. G.
j. Otto at New Germany, this county.
"a word to the wise is sufficient
anda word from the wise should besuf-
ticient, but you ask who are the wise?
Those who know. The oft repeated
experience of trustworthy persons
may be taken for knowledge Mr.
W. M. Terry says Chamberlain
Cough Remedy gives better satisfac-
ton than any other in the market.
He has been in the drug business at
Elkton, KY, for twelve years; has
sold hundreds of bottles of this rem
edy and nearly all other cough medi-
cines manufactured, which shows
conclusively that Chamberlain's is
the most satisfactory, to the people
and is the best. For sale by Oakland
Pharmacy and DR.. J. w. Laughlin,
Deer Park.
State Fire Marshal E. j. Lawler
was in Oakland on Wednesday of last
week for the purpose of making an
investigation of the attempt to burn
the Shartzer block of buildings on
Second street two weeks ago. The
citizens of Oakland have subscribed
rewards aggregating five hundred
dollars and the Towu Council at it's
on Thursday night of last
week subscribed an additional five
hundred dollars reward for the arrest
and continuation of tho nortu x,bo