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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-26
Proceedings of the Orphans Court.

On Tuesday of this week the regu-
lar semi-montly session of the Or
phans' Court for this county con-
vened at the court house with Asso-
ciate Judges Cuppett and Merrill on
the bench, Chief Judge Wilson being
detained at home, when the following
business was transacted
Last will and testament of Samuel
\. McRObie probated and letters
testamentary granted to Joseph II.
McRobie, executor.
The following administration ac-
counts were passed.
First and final account of Margaret
Eggers, eXecutriX of Henry Eggers.
First and final account of John p.
Miller, administrator of Christian p.
Miller.
The eleventh and final account of
G. p. Miller, guardian of Clarence
Miller, was passed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-26

Some one wants to know what has
happened the Kearney correspond
ent. Nothing serious-only scarcity
of news and stationery.
The protracted meeting at White
Oak has closed with an addition of
eight members, so we are informed.
Mr.. J. II. White. of near German.
has added another car of lime to the
two already applied to his farm.
Miss Lucinda HalniIl, who has been
visiting friends at North Glade S'Gr
few days, made her return last Satur-
day, but we are informed that she
expects to return to North Glade.
La grippe is very prominent in our
neighborhood. Several families are
complaining.
Some Of our farmers talk Of attend
ing the farmers institute January
23rd.
Mrs. Charles Harvey, of North
Glade, who has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Harvey,
and other friends. returned home on
Monday of last week.
1t is seldom that we haye anything
to say on the political question, nei-
Their do we pen this for discussion,
but we note the article in your last
week issue directed to the Honora-
bic Board of County Commissioners
relative to the appointment of road
supervisors. The general tenor of the
article impresses us with the idea that
somebody was expecting an appoint
ment of some kind from the board
and because the boat left him he feels
sore over it. We have every reason
to believe that our commissioners are
aiming to use the peoples money as
judiciOusly as possible on this line
regardless of party. U-No-ME.
For the benefit of our esteemed cor
respondent we wish to state the arti-
Gle referred to above was written bv
the editor of THE REPUBLICAN with
the view solely in mind to bring the
board of commissioners 10 realiZa-
ton of the debt they owe the repub-
lican party for their election as public
officials. Whether they are spending
the peoples money as judiciouslv as
possible is an open question. Ed
REPUBLICAN.
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10 be Continued.



To the Editor OF The Republican.
We regret to notice in last weeks
issue Of the Garrett JournaI that the
GOrtner correspondent for that paper
seems to have taken some offence at
something we wrote about him in
your valuable paper of the 18th inst
We always make it II point to speak
or write we'll OF everybody ana es-
pecially do we do this when writing
of this mighty man Of the North. Lit
tie did we think that anything we
might write would affect the brain of
George Mccormick, but when we stop
for a moment to think of the great
strain that is already upon his brain
it is not surprising that evidences of
brain sOftening would develop. For
instance, let us take a view of the
gratis work he is doing in managing
the affairs Of the Garrett County Com
missioners; Aurora, Oakland and
Terra Alta Telephone Company; pub
lie school system Of Maryland, all the
ministerial work of the county, and
the private affairs of many of our peo-
pie. We do not know to what politi-
cal party he belongs but we do know
that he belongs to the!society of know
all and has taken the highest degree
within the gift of that society. If we
were capable OF seeing him as he evil
IDENTIFY sees himself, we would call
him the world and in giving partial
geographical description Of him we
would say: His brains have their
source i'll the far north mot too far,)
they take a southerly course, passing
on and on in gentle manner finding
"a harmless outlet at the southern
extremity of the tOrrid zone. We
have often thought that he should
have a place il some state or United
States institution and Judging from
the expression of his countenance we
feel confident that his compo sition is
such that if any effort is made to de-
velOp it place in such an institution
would be an assured fact. As the
spring of the year is now approach
ing it might be Of interest to farmers
if his photos were taken, full form,
and posted on stable and barn doors
and doors of blacksmith shops.
We hope before this article comes
under the notice of this graduate of
Know allism that his disturbed and
foaming brain may have cooled to its
normal temperature.
We remain, respectfully,
VISITOR AND SPEAKER or S. NJ. :. )
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the harshness and permanencyo of their
punishment and for these society has
to answer. Unfortunately prison
walls cannot speak and society as a
whole has no time to heed things or
persons that are out of sight; were it
otherwise our ears would tingle at the
maledictions upon us by those who in
the first instance wronged society but
at the last were wronged themselves
and that for life. Many a well-inten-
toned lad, for serious offense, has
been placed where those long in the
way of crime could influence him, or
where he himself was so lacking in
demands on his mind and hands that
he brooded over evil until he lost
sight of his own misdeeds and saw
only that organized society was his
enemy. For such society is to blame.
l have in mind now a Jail in Delaware
that have visited, where young and
old, Witnesses and criminals of all
grades are crowded together in abso-
lutte idleness from one years end to
the other The sheriff stated to me
personally that he never knew of one
lad who went out from that place re-
formed from his evil. The new cen
fury will nOt-must not-sO act. The
uncOnfined criminal will in all cases
have Il detention that shall improve
him. He will be studied as possible
benefactor of his race and, if ignor-
ant OF useful ways of earning his liv-
ing will be taught to work both with
his hands and his head and then be
released an improved member of the
very society of which he was once an
enemy.
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Obituary of Isaac BoIyard.

Isaac Bolyard was born July 5, 1887.
and departed this life January Is,
1899, aged 81 years, s months and II
days. He was one of the much re-
spected citizens of Parsons. For
nearly one year he was patient suf-
ferer, but his disease baffled the skill
OF the physicians. and death came to
his relief at o'clock last Monday
morning, but it found him ready and
waiting. He was converted about
forty years ago and Joined the church.
| visited him Il number of times dur
ing his Illness and he often gave very
bright and clear evidence of his ac-
ceptance with God. The last time
saw him before his death he asked us
to sing Rock Of Ages, Cleft for Me-"
which we did, and prayed and
left him rejoicing in great peace, and
he said to me, Il am just waiting to
pass over
On the morning of the 18th at $50
Il. III. u large cOncourse of sympathiz-
ing neighbors and weeping friends as
sembled at the church where the fu-
neral services were conducted by the
writer, assisted by Rev. Hollis, of
the Presbyterian church, after which
we followed the remains to the Gene
terry, where all that was mortal of
Brother Bolyard was laid to rest, to
await the resurrection morn, while
the immortal has gone to the realms
of bliss.
c.. w. Cox
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SnnnYsihe.

Our public school was visited on
~ Sday last by our County Superin-
! ncant U. G. Palmer.
T. Yhe meeting which has been in pro-
ess at Sunnyside school house,
q Ned on Wednesday evening of last
eek with one accession to the church
eonfession and baptism. The
iqafsing was conducted by Rev. Dan
iai Austin, an evangelist of Philippi.
w Va.
I'VE We're certainly pleased to note
III your issue of last week that THE
skRpBLIcAN is meeting with such
real success, which certainly goes to
.<sroFe beyond a doubt that it is by
siaf NE best paper in the county, and
1--WE Nre glad, too, that the editor of
IL hEPUBLICAN can secure volun-
Stai ysubscriptions and does not have
20 search the registration books and
records of the county for names of
ktksA BE ppon whorato thrust his pa
per whether they want it or noJ. We
do not think THE REPUBLICAN ever
did this, but we do know of a paper (?)
which was started up in Oakland in
that way and with the object in view
that some day it might become the
leading organ of the democracy in
Garrett county, which however is not
a likely case, as the democrats or the
republicans are not likely to take up
an organ which keeps its motive hid
under bushel.
We notice in the Garrett Journal
of late date that the Gortner CORES
pendent speaks in glowing terms Of
the appointment OF VIM. White for
road supervisor which is a consider
able departure from his previous
views of the actions of the County
Commissioners. He says the people
all seem to be pleased, which means:
us four and no more" We own
farms and machinery, and also q
store
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DIETRICH.-At his home one mile
west OF Accident, on Friday last, Jan
uary goth, after an illness of several
weeks, John Dietrich, aged eighty
three years, seven months and eleven
days. He was a member of the Ger
man Baptist church nearly all his life.
HIS funeral took place on Sunday from
the German Baptist church near Ac-
cldent, and was conduced by Revs.
James w. Beeghley and David Hos
teller. The interment was made at
the buryingg ground adjoining the
church. The deceased was an old
soldier and served with distinction
during the War of the Rebellion in a
pennsylvania regiment. He leaves a
widow and several children, among
them Mrs. John Schlossnagle, OF near
Oakland, and Mrs. George Hessen.
who resides here.
PoWELI-On Friday night last,
January Goth. at the residence of Rev.
John Moon, in the Beckman settle
ment, south of Mountain Lake Park.
Joseph Powell, aged about seventy
years, afteran illness of many months.
The deceased was never married and
made his home with those from whom
ne could secure employment. His
funeral took place on Sunday, the in
terment being made near the Glen
Dale church.
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NUMBER As.
Married.

-DERRICKsON.- On Tues-
dpy, January "a, 1899, at the Com
mercial Hotel, by Rev. RIB. Ward.
MIR, David Albert Brady and Miss
Mollie Alice Derrickson, both of Sis
tersville, West Va.
PITzER - JONES. - On Saturday
night, January IA, 1899, at the Glades
Hotel, by Rev. j. NJ. Davis, Mr.. Cbas.
Sed Pitzer and Miss Olive E. Jones.
both of Fairmont, w. Va.
WATTS INSTRUMENTATION Monday
morning, Jan, ,1G, 1899, at the West
Hotel, by Rev. j. NJ. Davis, Mr.. Ches-
ter .. Watts and Miss Dovie L. Me-
Wicker, both of Fairmont, w. Va.
Decentralization SUNDAY. Ian
uary 8, 1899, at the residence of the
officiating minister, Rev. ]. M. Davis.
in Oakland, Mr.. Samuel Messenger
Butler, Of Oakland, and Miss Florence
Catherine Haun, of Fairmont, w. Va.
This wedding was kept secret for sew
erai days, the parties inte, ed .giS Il
ing it. The bride was, until it's re
moval from Oakland,a clerk in the Bee
hive store on Second street. The
groom is an adopted son of Mrs. Sam
uei Ferguson and is reliable and in
dustrious young man. We trust thew
may have long and blissful life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-26

Miss Kate Codyre, of Piedmont,
was in town last week.
Mr, Right, Of Piedmont, W. Va,
was here on business last week.
Mr.. Theo Beckman, of Swanton,
was visiting George Warnick's re-
Gently.
Mr.. VIM. Alternately, of Hamps hire
Hill, has the grip.
Mr.. VIM. Ward has been driving
Mr.. G.. c. Pattison's team during the
sickness of his regular driver.
The MoUntnin Nel0S sent several
sample copies to this place last week.
DR.. Parsons, of Piedmont, is able to
be out again after about a months
illness resulting from being thrown
from his horse. He had three ribs
broken.
The pulp mill whistle Sunday caus-
ed quite an alarm. The sulphur
house had caught fire but was ex-
tinguished with very little damage.
Mrs. VIM. Dawson, of Midland, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward Mill
er this week.
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To The Land of Sunshine.

Take the Sunshine Route from CHI
cago to Los Angeles, San Francis j
and other points in California, !
escape the rigOrs of winter in the Il; u
and North.
Pullman Tourist Cars for first a I
second class passengers leave Chica II
every Saturday at o'clock D. III. w
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pasi
Railroad to Kansas City, thence p
California via the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroads. real Sui
shine Route.
This is the earliest afternoon traii
leaving Chicago for the West after All
rival of morning trains from the Eas
thus avoiding tedious delay.
The Sunshine Route is essentially
the best and most patronized through
car line for men, women and children
Every attention paid to the needs d
passengers en- route.
Send for Sunshine Route time
table folder. 1t costs you nothing.N
Address John r.. Pott, District Pals
senger Agent, 4S6 William street, VIII
Transport, Pa. 45-3tt
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SENATOR-ELECT M'COMAs.
Mr.. C1abauGh To Go On The Bench And
Judge Russum For Attorney
General.


A Washington dispatch to the Bal
timore Sun of Tuesday says: Judge
McComas, it is understood, will not
retire from the District of Columbia
bench until March. On March he
will be sworn in as United States
Senator, to succeed Senator German.
Considerable interest is taken by the
District bar in the appointment of
Judge McComas' successor upon the
bench. Many members of the pro-
fession favor the selection of Job
Barnard, although the names of A..
a. Birney, j. j. Darlington and 9TH
ers are mentioned.
interested parties, who have talk
ed with President Mckinley upon the
subject, say the appointment OF At.
torney- General Clabaugh, of Mary
land, to succeed Judge Me omas, n ~
certainty.
"Marylanders here are discussing
the probable action of Governor
Lowndes in the event that a vacancy
is created in the attorney generalship
by the promotion of Mr.. Clabaugh.
The Governor will have the appoint
ment of a new attorney general, who
will hold from March until next fall,
when an Encouragement is to be
elected on the State ticket. A promi-
nent Eastern Shore politician, who
was il Washington to day, said it was
generally believed that Governor
Lowndes would appoint ex-Judge
George Mitchell RuSsum, of Caroline
county, to the place. The Governor
is known to have Il very kindly feel
ing for Judge Russum, whom he
placed on the bench OF the State
Court Of Appeals after the death of
Chief Judge Robinson, in 1896 The
appointment would be pleasing both
to Judge Russum and his friends, and
would relieve the Governor of any
complications that might arise by
the appointment .of younger and
more ambitious Politician"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-26

Mud is the order of the day.


Mrs. 4. j. Frazee was visiting
friends at Confluence Il few days last
week.
Mr. VIM. Walter Frazee, who has
been sick for some time, is again
moving around.
Miss Nellie Frazee was visiting her
sister Mrs. S. c. Rabeck at Krug Il
few days last week.
Miss Mary Silbaugh is on the sick
list at present.
Miss Laura Casteel is spending a
few days at Elder.
Lowdermilk Bros. are hauling
/ stavewood to Buffalo Run.
Logue & Co. gave one of their in
structive stereopticon and graphic
phone entertainments here the 18th,
giving good satisfaction.
Our school is progressing very well
with an enrolment of 30 and consid-
ering the kind of house we think the
pupils are making their mark in the
! educational contest.
Mr.. Frank Casteel attended services
at the Mill Run church Sunday night
and considering the mud there must
be some attraction that draws him
! over there.
The protracted services at the Big
Crossing Baptist church closed the
! 18th.
Mrs. Rebecca Frazee, relict of the
late Thurman Frazee, of this place,
died at the home of her son LAFAYETTE
Frazee, of Caney Valley, Pa, the Goth
inst, in the SSth year of her age.
The funeral took place at the Big
Crossing church the 22d and was one
of the largest for many years. May
she rest in peace.
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c. w. Cox.

Attorney Fred. A. Thayer recently
received II letter from a stock raiser
in Colorado making inquiries for 81
tract Of land of two thousand acres
in this county which can be utilized
for stock raising and grazing purpos-
es. The gentleman expects TO be
here in few days and if the land
can be secured the matter will be
closed up.
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New Railroad Company.

\ charter has been issued to the
Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
Company. The purpose of the com
pany is TO construct railroad be-
tween Morgantown and Kingwood.
The capital stock is 100000, owned
by d. H. Gowing, of Syracuse, N. ";
George G. Sturgis, and j. A. Mar
tin, of Morgantown, and George M.
Whitescarver and Thomas E. Davis,
of Grafton.
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Accident.

Rain and mud. Plenty of both and
to spare.
Photographer Hoffman spent Sun
day in Elk Lick, Pa.
Snow falling in the mud is the CON
dition of the weather now.
Postmaster Smith, of Hoyes. spent
last Thursday in town on business.
Mrs. j. A, Beeghley and little daugh-
ter are seriously i'll, the latter having
pneumonia.
E. l.. Mitchell, Esq, of Oakland,
stopped i'll town II few hours on Tues
day while on his way to Pennsylvania
Mr.. j. r. Gnagey, of Milledgeville,
Ill accompanied by his sister, Miss
Grace, of Meyersdale, Pa, We're visit
ing relatives in our village last week
The representatives to the Farmers
Institute from this vicinity were
Messrs. Vim. Englehart, C. Speicher
and Gus. Garinger
Mrs. j. l.. Englehart and little son
returned on Sunday from Il visit to
Somerset county, Penna.
The marriage of Mr.. Newton Giles
and Miss Kate Bittinger, on Sunday
evening last, was quite a surprise to
many people of this community.
On last Friday evening, after many
months of intense suffering, the spirit
of Veteran John Deitrick passed 10
the great beyond. His remains were
peacefully laid to rest on Sunday af-
ternoon in the cemetery adjoining the
German Baptist Brethren church
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The intelligence of the recent death
Of Rev. II. p. f. King, will be learned
with regret by the many friends of
the venerated divine in this part of
West Virginia.
He died at the home of his son in
law, a. II. Boteler, Bellsville, Prince
George county, Md, on the 18th inst
The venerable minister was born in
the state of Virginia, August 30th,
1920, and for As years was in the act
i've ministry of the NJ. p. church. A
large part of his ministerial service
was spent in this state and for TWEEN
ty-tive years preached in the counties
between here and the Ohio river. He
was one of the ablest men of the con
ference OF his day and was much ad-
mired and beloved by the people for
his piety and plain speaking as an
eXpounder of the gospel. The last
few years of his life were spent with
his children. and he had only recent
ly returned from visit to a daughter
in Lancing, Iowa. He was at one
time pastor of the NJ. p. church of
this city, and is well remembered by
our people. His wife survives him.
Grafton Sentinel.
The deceased was the father of our
fellOw-townsman William f. King
with whom he lived three or four
years ago, going from here to visit
other children in the West.
Since the above was put in type we
have learned that Rev. Kings widow
Elizabeth n, died at the same place
on Friday last, January Goth, aged
80 years, s months and 10 days.
These two aged people leave 8 chill
dren, AZ grandchildren and great
grand children.
Call for YOur Letters.
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where a large concourse of people
met to pay their last tribute of re-
spect. Funeral services were con-
Quoted by j. w. Beeghly and David
HOchstedler, of the above named
church, of which the deceased was a
faithful member. His age was about
eighty-four years. He leaves Il widow
and family of grown children.
The fox chasing epidemic has taken
such a severe hold upon the citizens
OF our quiet little village that hunt
ing club has been formed for the pur-
pose of discriminating all game de-
stroying animals. Following are the
officers elected for the ensuing year:
President Senator Ravenscroft: sec
rotary, Postmaster Englehart; treas
urer, Merchant Gnagey; manager,
Shoemaker Burkhark. On last Thurs
day evening Messrs. Ravenscroft and
R1denour, Representatives of the
Brandonville hunting club came over
to. Accident with four hounds and
joined forces with the club at this
place and after two days hunt they
parted on Saturday evening with
honors equally divided. We congrat-
ulate the visiting sportsmen upon
their great achievement as hunters
and cordially invite them back again.
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i woman's Musical Kindergarten sy.

\ Woman's Musical Kindergarten System
a new method for teaching music to
children has been originated by Miss
Evelyn Ashton Fletcher, which bids
fair to revolutionize the old theoreti-
cal system, and to reduce the mental
strain that the study of this harmo-
NOUS science has always been to the
little ones.
Miss Fletcher had never studied
kindergarten system, bat in compar-
ing her musical plan with the Froebel
and PeStalOZZi ideas for the general
instruction OF children, all were found
to have sought out natures truths.
and so to have reached like conclu-
siOns in their special directions. Her
method is founded upon scientific
principles, and is so sound unsteady
that it commands the Endorsement of
all thorough musicians and educators,
and needs only time to make it as
popular in the scheme OF musical edu-
cation as the kindergarten has be-
come in that of the scholastic
The principle of acquiring ideas by
the sense of touch underlies the
Fletcher method, which proceeds
from the known to the unknown,
from the easy to the difficult The
first step is to teach the child to read
music, and this is done by means of
toys, games, puzzles, songs and stories.
The imagination is stirred and stimu-
lated in this way, and the pupil is
then ready for more complex knowl
edge, which she readily absorbs and
tenaciously retains. - From Demo
rests Magazine for February.
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Call for YOur Letters.
Thomas Hall (3), f. p. Anderson,
George Smith.