The Republican., 1899-10-19
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

at nome ana Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.
a heating stove for sale. Apply to
Joseph Martin, ir. 80
Miss Lizzie Weber went down to
Cumberland on Friday to spend few
days with friends.
Dixon & Kelso want 10000 bushels
potatoes at the highest market
price. 31-2*
Ex County Commissioner Jacob
Fresh, of District No 5, is in Oakland
this week on business.
The infant daughter of Merchant
d. NJ. Dixon has been seriously ill for
several days past.
For SALE. - One dark bay horse
weighing 400 pounds. Apply to J.
A. Beeghly, Accident, Md. 32-2
Mrs. John T. Mitchell and son Paul
returned from a few days visit to
Baltimore last Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Porter, of
Cumberland, recently spent two or
three days visiting relatives in Oak
land.
Mr.. S. George White, representing
the Antietam Paper Co., of Hagers-
town, was in Oakland yesterday on
business.
The new merchant at Beckman.
Mr.. p. F. Mellinger, has been appoint
ed postmaster at that place 0ice
Julius Littman, resigned.
Mr.. Charles Deffinbaugh, foreman
of the Democrat Office, was in Balti-
more three or four days recently in
the interests of his employer.
Mr. Harry Hebden, of Baltimore,
was in Oakland a day or two this
week on business and also attending
the sessions of the County Institute.
A fresh large COW and young white
mare, top buggy and spring wagon
for sale cheap. Apply to Mrs. S. E.
Cochrane, Loeb Lynn Heights,
Miss Hattie Bartlett returned from
Washington, Baltimore and Cumber-
land Monday morning last where she
had been on visit to relatives and
friends.
MIR. George Wilt, of near town, has
been seriously i'll for several days
Sunday night his life was despaired
of but since that time he has slightly
improved.
Mr.. W. NJ. Sebold, of District No. 6,
recently purchased the horses, car
riages ETC., of E. F. Smouses livery
at Mountain Lake Park, and will at
once assume charge of his property
The Felty Roller Mill is now ready
for business. The best and latest i'm
proved machinery for grinding wheat
buckwheat, chop and graham flour
Don't forget the place-the Felty
Roller Mill formerly the Rasche Mill.
26-tf
Rev. and Mrs. J. NJ. Davis and Mrs.
S. L. Townshend and daughter Miss
Edith, left Oakland Tuesday morning
for Pittsburgh, Pa, where they will
visit relatives and friends for a short
time.
Messrs. j. NJ. Davis & Son have the
handsomest display of fine chinaware
we have ever seen in Oakland. Miss
May Fulmer has charge of this
department in their store, assuming
her duties on Monday.
We are pleased to note the i'm
proved condition of Mr.. A. K. Keck,
manager of the Preston Store Co. at
Crellin, who has been lying extremely
i'll of typhoid fever at his residence on
Liberty street in Oakland.
The Oakland Club, of Garrett coun-
ty, Nd, is discussing the advisability
of holding a county fair in the autumn
of each year. Garrett county is forg-
ing ahead at a most gratifying rate,
and a county fair would be good
thing to show the great resources of
that county.-Sasisbur Star.
States Attorney Fred. A. Thayer
made a business trip to Clarksburg
last Thursday, returning to Oakland
Friday morning. He states that
prospects for striking oil on the farm
adjoining that of his sister, Mrs.
Waters, near Clarksburg, are promis-
ing.
And remember aIways-the real
business of life is a happy home;
everything else is secondary to that;
for, when you come to sift the whole
chafT of eXistance everything goes to
the winds but the happiness we have
had at home.
Reports from all parts of this
country state that horses will be
higher this winter than for a number
of years. Great Britain is buying
horses in this country by the thous-
and. Reports from the west state
that horses are scarce there.
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