The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-05

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in bucket of coal, he remarked Il
his wife, who was churning in the
kitchen, MARY, I'll bet there isn't
another congressman in the United
States carrying in coal today tc
which Mrs. Freer quickly replied
NO and their isn't another congress
mans wife churning, either"
Messrs Will J. Shartzer and Grant
Hayden returned to Annapolis Tues
day morning where they entered up
on their studies for the coming year
as students at st. Johns College.
They were accompanied as far as
Washington by George L. Sincell who
is student at the Maryland Agricul-
tural College.
DR.. Hattie B. Jones, of Wheeling
came down to Oakland last Saturday
and spent Sunday here as the guest
of her brother, S. 7. Jones, Esq!
From here she went to Salem, w. Va.
where new industrial school is about
to be established by the State of West
Virginia, DR.. Jones being the chair
man of the committee having the
matter in charge.
On Monday of this week the Comp
troller of the State Treasury made
the quarterly distribution of the pub
lie school fund to the white and Col
ored schools throughout the State,
the amount being payable on and af-
ter the 10th inst. The amount dis
tributed was 100000 to white and
$37, 900 to colored schools. OF this
Garrett county will receive 1,540.37
for white and $751; for. colored
schools. In addition $500 was dis
tributed to the Normal schools with
in the States limits.
The play, Broken Fetters," which
was given here on Dec. Goth, by local
talent, will, by request, be repeated
on Friday night. Jan. 6, 1899. The
pieces for admission have been reduc-
ed to 10 and % cents. The proceeds
will be applied to reducing the debt
on the church property of st. Marks
congregation.
New and pleasing specialties will
be introduced between acts.
DR.. E. j. NJ. Button, of the U. S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, whose
family have been residents of Oak
land for year or two, arrived here
on Sunday morning of last week
where he was summoned owing to
the serious hurt received by his wife
the night previous. Mrs. Button was
ascending the stairway the night in
question and missing her footing she
was precipitated to the floor below re-
ceiving numerous bruises and also
fracturing her hip. The doctor will
remain i'll Oakland a few days longer
his leave of absence being for two
weeks.
Publishing a newspaper is simplya
business enterprise, and is subject to
the same laws that govern other bus
mess enterprises. The printer
neither steals his supplies nor creates
them by magic. They must be
bought and paid for in cash. Hence
it is clear as day that those who take
the paper must pay for it promptly
or the paper must quit business.
When two and two no longer make
four this may be otherwise, but not
until then.-Preston Republican.
Few persons expected the change
in the weather we have at present.
However, the weather man said that
it was coming. He sent out a tele-
gram Tuesday morning telling of a
cold wave and then few hours later
he predicted that rain or snow would
follow. The weather service bureau
here thought that he had changed
his mind and would give us the rain
instead of the wave, but he was
generous and gave us but sprinkling
of rain and no wave. The sudden
changes in the temperature will not
do those who are suffering from the
grip any good. The attacks are
lessening in number, however, and
everyone is glad to know it.
A glance over the news columns of
THE REPUBLICAN to-day will con-
vince our readers that we have not
been idle even though no paper was
issued last week. We have cores
pondence from nearly every uarter of
the county, all readable and newsy,
giving all the happenings taking
place. 1t shall be our aim during the
coming year to maintain the high
standard alreaddy attained by this
paper in giving all the news. During
the war we succeeded in giving all
the leading events which took place
prior and during the progress of that
brief though glorious struggle which
interfered somewhat with the plans
of the editor tO ma kp il n Duralv loco