The Republican., 1900-08-23


was here yesterday visiting Mrs.
George Fleming.
Ex-County Commissioner Isaac w.
Alternately, of near Wilson, was in
Oakland yesterday.
Rev. Henry P. Hamill, of Lexing
ton, Va, who spent a week or two
here with his mother and other rela-
tives, returned home on Monday.
The excursion to Mountain Lake
Park Yesterday to hear Mrs. Maud
Ballington Booth lecture at the
Chautauqua. brought great crowd
of people both from the east and
west. Last night the auditorium
was crowded to it's capacity to hear
the African boys sing and witness the
moving pictures.
Mr.. j. +. limerick, the well-known
popular salesman for the Shipley
Hardware Company of this place, had
the toes of the right foot severely
squeezed while assisting, Thursday
of last week, to unload a car of goods,
by bundle of steel falling on them.
He does not catch on to limping read
lily, though fortunately he is recover
ing so rapidly that there is not much
necessity for it. Better luck next
time. Meyersdale Commercial.
CknN.,N Tlaal- D,avk
will debate on Imperialism at Noun
tain Lake Park on August 28th and
there will be the largest crowd ever
at the Park out to hear them. The
debate will be a rousing one. Both
OF these men are ready speakers and
equally at home in rough and tumble
debate as in more polished oratory.
The ground will be torn up consider
ably when they finish .-Morgantown
Dominion.
Prof. B. F. Laughlin, of Deer Park,
has received from Adiutant General
Saunders at Annapolis, a letter Civ
ing him permission to raise a COM
pany of militia with headquarters at
Oakland. Before the company will
be mustered as part of the States
troops it must have at least forty
members. Mr.. Laughlin is endeavor-
ing to get this number of young men
together and form the company.
Should he succeed one of Gen. Saun-
ders' staff will come to Oakland the
latter part of October to make an in
spection and report upon the advisa-
bility of accepting the company by
the State.
The old notion about candy being
unwholsome is being dissipated. Ger
many some years ago introduced
chocolate in the rations of her sol
diers. England followed her example,
the queen sending 100000 pounds of
chocolate in half pound packages to
British soldiers. The United States
is following in the same path and
candy has been added to the regular
army rations of the American soldier.
One New York firm shipped fifty tons
of confectionery during the past year
for the armies in the Philippines,
Cuba and Porto Rico. The candy is
of good quality consisting of choco-
late creams, lemon drops, coacoanut,
macarons and acidulated fruit drops.
Editor kildow, of the Herdld, is
about laid up this week with some
thing seriously wrong with his head.
We thought from few articles in
last weeks Herald that his head
must be out of gear or something
worse. In this weeks issue it doubt
less will be worse and more of it. 1t
is reported that his wife beat him
over the head with a stick of stove
wood but we were not an eye witness.
Possibly mule kicked him. But
now that his head is out of whack,
no matter from what cause, you must
not get startled at anything in the
columns of his paper. He got V
out of wedding Tuesday which
made him smile despite his wrangling
head. But he still looks ramp hun
gry.-Parsons Advocate. :,
Real Estate Sold.
Last Saturday Messrs. Fred. A.
Thayer, Edward H. Sincell and Gill
NOR S. Hamill, trustees, sold at pub
lie auction in front of the opera
house in Oakland, the real estate of
the late Bernard Reynolds, consist
ing OF farm, two dwelling houses
saloon propretv on Railroad street