The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

| Western Maryland Land and Live
Stock Co, 1922 n. Fulton S., Balti-
more, Md. 40-5t.
During the last year the b. & o.
railroad company has built aud put
out on their systems 3o,000steel freight
cars. All Of these cars together with
Others are now in use on that road
Prof /. 7. Groves announces "a So
cial sing to be held at Thayerville,
on Sunday, Feb. 18th, ut 100 p. IN. in
which the classes from Thayerville,
Paradise and North Glade will partic-
ipate. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all to attend.
Patrick Joyce was found frozen to
death in his shanty, two miles west of
Kcyser. He had two faithful dogs,
and one, it is said, was frozen stiff by
his side, while the other stood guard
and had to be killed before anyone
could go in and remove the body
The Gordon Telephone Company,
whose line runs from Piedmont to
Dobbin viii soon begin the erection
of an extension Of their system from
the latter point to Swanton and
thence by way Of Bittinger to Grants
vile and other points in the North
ern end of the county.
The Twelfth Infantry, United
States Regulars, passed through Oak
land Monday en- route to New York
where they will embark in q vessel
for transportation to Manila The
regiment had been stationed at JET
ferson Barracks. st. Louis, Mo. The
soldiers were in three trains.
The Hagerstown EaH recently got
mixed on punctuation with the fol-
lowing result: "The storm in the
'glades'' of the Allegany mountains
is quite severe. The mercury on Fri
day last registered % degrees below
zero. Whiskey in bottles at Deer
Park froze up which caused much suf-
fering."
Mr.. VIM. A. Brown, who was in
Baltimore three or four weeks receiv-
ing surgical treatment at the Univer-
sity Hospital, has returned to Oak
land much improved in health, the
operation performed on him having
been highly successful, although on
| Tuesday of last week he felt as
though he had slight chances for re-
cOvery.
This issevere weather on wild game.
1t affords the feathered variety no
opportunity to feed and will no doubt
be the means of killing q great num-
Der of them if the snow keeps on any
length of time. Other game has suf-
fered much but is not handicapped
in the way of getting food as the
birds.
Mrs. Fred B. Sanders, of Hartford,
Conn, who has been visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schrader,
has gone to Hutton, Md, to visit rel
atiyes before returning to her home
Canton (Pa.) Sentinel.
a nice ornament for parlor decora-
ton during the winter is u bunch of
the common ferns that grow in our
mountains Gathered in the fall and
placed in water in a cool corner Of a
room they will retain their greenness
throughout the whole winter. To
keep them fresh looking the water
should be changed at least once a
week and the leaves rubbed often to
take off the accumulation of dust.
Rev s. *. Arbuthnot Chaplain of
the First W. Va. Vol, requests us to
announce that lowing to the muster
out of the First West Virginia Volun-
teer Infantry, | shall be without
work, and viii be glad to accept as a
supply any suitable place that may
be vacant" He also writes that on
his return, starting last Monday, he
expected to go to Savannah Ga,
where he would take a ship for Bal
timore that day. viii remain in
Baltimore few days and then go 70
Washington, where he expects to
spend two or three weeks, and finally
to Wheeling, where he expects to
visit his mother at No. 455 Market
street.-M. E. Times.
County Examiner u. G. Palmer
was caught in the blizzard last week.
To use his words he describes his ex-
periences as follows: "wednesday |
left Swanton for Bittinger where
was booked to hold an educational
meeting that night and one at New
Germany on Thursday night and also
to visit the schools in that commu-
nifty. The mercury stood at two de-
grees below zero at midday Thurs
day morning it was Is degrees below
and Friday morning at s o'clock it
was % degrees below. | was obliged
to be at Oakland on Saturday to at
tend a meeting of the School Board
| waited until p. III. Friday for the