The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-09

thursday OF laSU week, was attended
by about five hundred farmers and
others from this county and Somer
set county, Pa. Mr.. Yoder disposed
of his horses, sheep, cattle, ETC., q
good prices The thoroughbred DuF
ham cows brought from $40 to $iS
each, while yearling bulls sold at $50
to $40 each. His horses went at
prices ranging from $95 to $102.50.
Sunday evening an oil lamp ext
ploded in a bed room of II. c. Sincell'a
house on Liberty street and when
discovered was blazing quite fiercely.
The flames were extinguished, how
ever, after having burned a hole in
the carpet and doing slight damage
to the walls Of the room. In putting
out the fire Mr.. Will Kidd, of Balt:ii
more, who was in the house at th]
time, burned his hand rather severeN
ly.
The agent of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company at this place
has received notice of the summer ex-
cursions which will be given on that
road next summer to the sea s. -e,
from Oakland and vicinity. The
time limit of the tickets is extended
to fifteen days instead of ten, which
has always been the limit of the ex
cursions tickets in the past. Some
good excursions are booked to take
place during the months of July and
August
The fall of snow which has been
almost continuous since Sunday last
has made some of the roads impass-
able, in places the drifts being over
the tops of fences, which has resulted
in closing them 10 tatIic. One good
result Of the fall of snow, however,
has been to give the farmers an oppor-
tunity to visit Oakland with loads of
produce, grain, etc, which of neces-
sity made busy times for the mer-
chants.
The Nount0iR Democrat last week
entered upon its twenty-second year
Since the paper has been under the
editorship of Mr. j. NJ. Litzinger it
has made rapid strides toward per-
lection as a local paper. Politically,
however, it is the same old rut as of
yore. However, we wish Bro. Litzin-
ger much success and congratulate
him upon the energy put forth
since the fire last July, when his entire
plant was consumed, by which he has
almost wholly regained the loss sus-
tanned by that calamity.
Mr.. James NJ. burst, of New Ger
many, one of the staunch republi-
cans of the county and also a pro-
gressive farmer, was in Oakland
Tuesday and Yesterday for short
time. This was Mr.. bursts second
visit to Oakland since the town be-
came the county seat, more than
twenty years ago. His first visit to
Oakland was made about three years
ago when he was an election official.
He took quite an interest in being
shown about our printing plant, the
first one, he states, that he ever visit
ed.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Jacob
Fresh, wife of ex-County Commits
sioner Fresh, residing near New Ger
many, is quite i'll with very slight
hopes for her recovery. One day last
week the lady, who is advanced in
years, fell in the yard surrounding
her home and broke her hip. She
was made as comfortable as possible
by the physician summoned to at
tend her and a few days later CON
| tracted pneumonia with which she is
now suffering We trust that she
may be restored to health at an early
day. Mrs. Fresh is sister of Hon. c..
j. Otto, also of New Germany.
Private Simon Meyers, son of Mr..
| Henry Meyers, residing near Oakland,
was discharged from the service of
Uncle Sam on Monday. Private Mey-
ers suffered an attack of typhoid fe-
yer early in the fall and was confined
| to hospitals in Philadelphia and
Washington since that time except
| for a period of three or four weeks,
when he was furloughed home. He
arrived here from Fort Myer, Va,
Tuesday evening. He is still in poor
health, his right knee being very
weak from the effects of his recent ill
ness. He was a member of Co. G,
First Maryland.
If there is anything in the ground
hog tradition the worst part of the
winter is past and it will be fairly
| good weather from now on. His tim.
id hogship didn't see his shadow
Thursday, for the sun was conspicu.
Gus by it's invisibility at noon, and il
is not likely that there was any arti
fetal shadow casting light in the
neighborhood of his hole when the
ground hog came out to take his an
nual survey. 1t may have been diff