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

some of the neighbors put it out be-
fore much Roadway had been gained.
The revival meeting which was car
ried on in st. Pauls church during
the month of January and which
closed on Wednesday night of last
week, resulted in ten conversions and
eleven accessions to the church by
letter and probation.
Attorney Thomas J. Peddicord, af-
ter spending a few days with his fam
lily in Oakland and attending to some
legal business which called him home,
returned to Hamilton, Ohio, Sunday
night in which city he has large
and growing practice.
Many of the B. & O. employees have
made over 40 days during last month
Sleep is at a premium with some on
account of the heavy business. The
men do not any more than get in at
one end of the road until they are
called to go out again.
Mr.. E. d. Kepner, accompanied by
his daughter Miss Alice went over to
Kingwood on Saturday last to attend
the funeral of Mr.. Kepner's sister
Mrs. John Lantz, who died at Davis
a few days before and who was
buried at Kingwood on Saturday.
Farmers say the condition of the
growing wheat crop at present is
promising. The freezing so far dur
ing the winter has not hurt it. A
very trying time is still ahead Of us
however and it is difficult to foresee
what may yet occur before spring.
Mr.. Fred Hoff went to Mount Say
age to enter the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania railroad shops to learn
practical work. He is fitting him
self for a course in mechanical engin-
eering. He was accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. r. 7. Semmes.-Cum-
berland News.
Postmaster John L. Englehart, of
Accident, came up to Oakland Tues
day to make arrangements with Mr.
John Ault to erect a store building
and residence for him at Accident,
Mr.. Englehart having purchased an
eligible site for the building opposite
the new Lutheran church in that
town.
Mr.. George Pritts, of Swanton, re-
turned home, after weeks visit to
his son Joseph Pritts, at Elk Garden.
Grandfather Pritts is eighty-four
years old, and failing to get off the
train at Shaw when he came here,
went on to Blaine and walked up the
mountain to his sons, a distance of
three miles.-Keyser Echo.
Mr.. John Felty ir., one of Oakland's
wide awake merchants has had plans
completed for an addition to his
store building on Alder street. The
proposed addition will be 40 feet long
by 30 feet wide and two stories high.
Work will be started on the building
as soon as possible after the contract
has been awarded.
Mr.. Howard Smouse, who has been
engaged in Oakland with Messrs.
Dixon & Kelso and also with Messrs.
j. M. Davis & Son, has accepted q
position with large hardware deal
err in Fairmont, for which point he
will leave the 18th Howard has many
friends in Oakland who follow him
with their best wishes for his success.
1t is said that a man over at Grants
vile bought his boy Il nice double
barreled shotgun, last week, and the
first thing the boy did was to look
down the barrel and ask if it was
loaded. The father didn't say a word,
but took the gun right back to the
dealer and took in exchange a saw
buck, an axe and other tools.-SOmer-
set Star.
Attorneys f. a. Thayer and f. H.
Sincell, accompanied by Surveyor
Alex. Mason and number of men,
are engaged in making survey of
several hundred acres of land adjoin-
ing 'Fernleigh Manor Col. John f.
Woods property a few miles west of
Oakland, which is owned by some
western parties who desire to get the
lines of their land established and
made matter Of record.
Sergeant Harry Neff returned to
Kingwood last week. His battery is
at present stationed near st. Louis,
Mo. Since his enlistment he has
been promoted to sergeant in Battery
E, First Artillery, U. S. A. Harry
will remain in town three months.
No doubt there will be many red
letter days to think about when he
returns to camp life again.-King-
wood Journal.
Mr. Patrick II. Rodeheayer, who
resides on the HOoppole road, six
miles north of Oakland, was in town
Tuesday having come up here to get
cop,a ,na6iciDa for bic family oil +ho