The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23

q number of prizes had he not beer
delayed on the road which prevented
him from entering the contest.
Try an Auburn steel axle, light
running road wagon from MAYORS
All aXles guaranteed not to break un1
der any load. Fully warranted and
prices very reasonable. st
Ex-Sheriff Charles Wegman, of GAR
rett county, was in town Tuesday rel
newing old acquaintance. His many
friends will ue glad to hear that be
has been promoted in the position he
occupies on the Baltimore police
force. he having been advanced
from the night to the day service.---
Frostburg Forum.
DR.. E. j. NJ. Button, of Annapolis,
who came up to Oakland several
weeks ago owing to tbS extreme III
ness of his late wife, returned to
above place last night to resume kF
duties in the Naval Academy. (is
intention is to resign from his POI
ton and return to Oakland where le
will reside permanently ~
Friday afternoon Mr. d. L. Cote
ways team became frigifteaeSexl -,
standing at the corner of Second 3@f
Alder streets and ran away. The
driver held bravely to the reins and
succeeded in stopping them after hav-
ing run a considerable distance out
Liberty street. In the runaway moth
ing was injured save some portions of
the harness.
In the municipal election held at
Meyersdale, Pa, on Tuesday Mr.. G.
A. Bolden, son of Mr.. Charles Bolden,
of Oakland, was one of the council
men chosen to serve for term of
three years. OF course he was elect
ed on the republican ticket. Con-
gratulations.
1t is said by those who have been
out in sthe last few days that the
slaughter of the birds by the recent
cold spell has not been as great as was
expected. Few people expected to
see any of the birds at all survive the
terrible weather we have been having
but a great many covies have come
through intact.
Should the weather warm up the
sugar season will be fine one but in
case it holds out much longer there
will be but little sugar made in the
county this spring. At first the indi-
cations were most favorable for fine
season, but the blizzard knocked this
out.
Last night the ladies of the Oak
land Presbyterian gave a supper alt
MAYORS Hall on Railroad street AT
all times during the, evening theroom
was crowded with the towns lpeoplA
and thriving business wa5&lole,l
The supper will be given again teb-
night. The proceeds will go toward
the liquidation of debt incurred by
the congregation.
Mr.. Austin Brown, who recently
purchased the Pennington property
on Second street, has a number of
men at work renovating the house,
A new roof has already been put on
and the plastering will be commenced
as soon as the weather will permit.
New porches will be added and the
house be made to look like new.
The fruit buds may be in danger if
the warm wave continues much long
er but they will be very timid about
coming out after the experiences of
this winter. Seldom do the buds get
nipped after as severe a winter as we
had during the past winter. 1t is on
ly when the weather has been mild
that they unfold prematurely as
general thing.
Superintendent U. G.. Palmer has
sent bulletin from his office to the
teachers of the county instructing
them with regard to the matter of
oral spelling, pronunciation of sylla-
bles, etc. If the instructions contain
ed in the bulletin are faithfully car
ried out a great improvement is
expected among the scholars in This
branch of study.
An effort is being made by the {iti-
zens of Deer Park to rebuild Nhe
Methodist Episcopal church which
was recently burned in that tn In.
A subscription paper was in cirt Ia
ton here this week upon whitae ~,
of the citizens of Oakland pledged
themselves to pay specified amounts
toward the erection of the new build
ing. We trust that the effort will
meet with success.
Farmers, look out for the pill sign
swindle. An agent comes around,
secures permission to tack up pill
signs, and then gets the farmer to
sign an agreement not to tear the
signs down for ninety days. These
agreements turn up afterwards as
90-day notes for $500 each. The best