The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-08-09

Miss Kate Stanton, of Homecoming,
came up to Oakland yesterday to
visit her father and other relatives.
If you want your pump repaired
see A. d. Naylor & Co. A large line
of new pumps always on hand.
Surveyor Franklin p Green has
been in Oakland for several days at
tending to his official duties.
Mrs. Mary Cookson, of New Lexing-
ton Ohio. was visiting Mrs. L. w.
Roberts last week..
DIXON & KELSO will sell Mason's
quart jars soc doz.; I gallons, 65c doz.
Best harvest oil, SOC for gallon cans.
Rev. A. Mick, pastor of the M. E.
church Buckannon, w. Va, and wife,
spent last Thursday with Rev.
Roberts and family.
Rev. and Mrs. Henry p Hamill, of
lexington, Va, arrived in Oakland
Monday evening to visit relatives
few weeks.
Mrs. w. l.. Boughner and daughter,
of Fairmont, scent few days in Oak
land last week on visit to relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Belle Miller, of Baltimore, is
in Oakland as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Sincell at their home on
Liberty street.
Daniel Miller, Esq, of the Govern
ment Printing Office, Washington,
arrived in Oakland this morning and
will spend a month here with his
family who have been guests of rela-
tives for few weeks.
WANTED.-One young man from
Garrett county, Maryland, to prepare
for the coming Railway Mail Service
examination. We furnish everything,
including books and maps. Address,
enclosing stamp, Interstate Cores
pondence Institute, Cedar Rapids, la.
With the great influx of summer
boarders at the Park and other
points within a radius of a dozen
miles of Oakland, the country roads
are alive with swiftly moving teams
carrying the farmers products to
market where ready sale is found
for them.
The apple cropin this county prom
ises to be unusually heavy this year
Notwithstanding the frosts of the
early spring when it was feared that
the fruit had all been killed. Then
our apples have a flavor which is not
contained in fruit raised off the
mountains. They are juicy, palata-
BILE and will find ready market.
County Treasurer William M.
Lohr, and his assistant, Capt. X. K.
Sanner, completed their collections
of taxes in the several districs of the
county on Wednesday evening. Here
after taxes will have to be paid into
| the hands of the Treasurer at his
office in Oakland and to secure the
benefit of the discount the amounts
due the county must be paid prior to
September list.
Congressman George A. Pearre
that stauch friend of the old soldier
has succeeded in obtaining pension
for Capt. j. W. White, of District
No. at the rate of SO per month
from July Z, 1897. Capt. White receiv
ed on Monday of last week from the
Department his first check for pen
sion, amounting to nearly 5000. Col
Pearre has been very successful il
obtaining pensions for the old sol
diers of this county and they will no
forget him in November next.
On our first page to-day we repro
duce a history of the raid of Genera
Jones regiment of Confederate troop
through this section of Western Mary
land and the adjacent counties o
West Virginia The article was writ
ten by w. w. Goldsborough, ESQ.,, o
Winchester, Va, a member of Jones
brigade. The raid of these trooper
is well remembered by the old resid
ents of Oakland, especially those VIII
lost property in the way of merchan
disc and live stock.
1t is understood that the Baltimor
and Ohio has contract to transpor
60, 0OO, 900 bushels of wheat from CHI
cago to the seaboard for export. !
great deal of additional help will b
needed for the contract. 1t is sal
that Is fremen from the Chicag
division are at Cumberland to lear
the grades on the third section /
order to help in the great rush whe
it comes. This enormous shipmer
would require 10000 cars with
capacity of 10000 pounds each, NAL
ing in all $500, 600, 900 pounds.
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