The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-31
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.


Mr.. Norman Sanner was at Terra
Alta Saturday and Sunday.
Get glasses of DR.. Hardman, Cen
trail Hotel, Monday, April 4th.
Mrs. William Brayshaw will enter
tain the Auxiliary at the rectory to-
night.
Mr.. w. D. Nydegger, of Terra Alta,
was in Oakland last Sunday for
short time.
The Guild will meet at the rectory
Friday at $50 p. IN. A full attend
ance is requested.
Miss Lottie Loar is spending week
visiting friends in Washington and
Baltimore.
Go to Sincell's and select your
spring suit if you don't want it now
have it laid away.
Mr.. John l.. Englehart was yester-
day appointed postmaster at Accident
vice Alex. Haenftling, resigned.
We acknowledge very pleasant
call from Mr.. Chas. NJ. Miller, of
Swanton, during his visit to Oakland
on Monday.
Mr.. George D. White made bust
ness trip to Washington and Annapo-
lis last night. He will be gone until
Friday or Saturday.
Mrs. Charlotte F. Casteel, of Krug,
this county, has been granted wild
owls pension of $12 a month by the
Pension Bureau.
A new line in the latest style of
ladies and children's shoes direct
from manufacturers at Mrs. M. l..
ScOtt's Baltimore Store. Al
Mr.. Edward E. Sollars, late Treas
urer, advertises in this issue of THE
REPUBLICAN a valuable piece of real
estate for sale at public auction.
Dixon & Kelso just received car
seed oats, q large lot of all kinds of
grass seed; also car feed and flour, all
of which will be sold at rock bottom
prices. 4-3
Mrs. Edward Thalager, of Peters
burg, W. Va, a sister of Mrs. E. j.
Fringer, of Oakland, was here few
days last and this week making her a
visit
The Davis Coal and Coke company,
will commence to erect forty new coke
ovens at Thomas, w. Va, the first of
the month. They will be built along
the railroad below the mines.
Mr.. Ernest Colardeau, who went to
Washington last week to look after
the patent of his recent car coupling
device, returned to Oakland Monday
evening.
Rev. Father Thomas j. Stanton,
assistant rector of the Catholic church
at Homecoming, Allegany county,
came up to Oakland Monday morning
and spent the day here with his
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Leary left Oak
land on Saturday last for Hagers-
town where they were summoned by
the serious illness of Mrs. Brooks,
sister of Mrs. Leary.
DR.. j. Lee McComas, who recently
rendered his services to the govern
ment as q surgeon in the Navy, re-
turned on Saturday night from visit
to the War and Navy department at
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Fraley and Mr..
and Mrs. G.. A. Fraley and families of
Oakland, came up Thursday evening
last and attended the funeral of their
sister, Mrs. Hope w. Laraw, on Fri
day. The mesdames and children
remained until Saturday afternoon.
Preston Republican.
DR.. Bruce Lichty, who moved from
Grantsville, this county, to lockwood,
Pa, some months ago, will remove
from the latter place to Meyersdale,
Pa, this week. By the removal of
the genial doctor and his estimable
wife from lockwood the citizens of
that town lose an excellent physician
in the person of the doctor and no
less cultured lady in the person of his
wife.
The entertainments to be given in
STARTERS Opera House on Friday
and Saturday evenings of this week
by the scholars of the public schools
ofOakland promises to excel anything
of the kind ever before attempted.
The children who are to take parts
in the affair are being drilled and
brought to that degree of perfection
that will rebound to the credit of
those having it in charge. Secure
your seats at once. Tickets on sale
at the Oakland Pharmacy.