The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-26
at the ampitheatre.


the police of the noble republic of
Liberty, equality and fraternity"
! played the part of henchmen to the
sport and cleared the building for
the proprietors, shutting out the
crowd to go hooting and fighting
down the adjacent streets. The ad-
mirers of France as a conservator of
! liberty and as a nation prominent in
refinement as expressed in its art and
its industries will regret that the
French authorities have permitted
such performance as the one last
mentioned to take place.
1t may be answered that America
as the home of the prize fight has
nothing to say, but there is funda-
mental difference between bull fight
and prize fight. The latter permits
the perfect preservation of the prin-
ciple of fair play; the former violates
it in a cowardly way, matching an
unframed brute against dozen
skilled men. The English common
law has had an immense influence in
cultivating the sense of far play in
England and her colonies, and in
America. In none of these countries
is the bull fight permitted. In what
ever country the bull fight is popular,
the criminal law and the constitution
and practice of criminal courts will
bear careful examination.
Salisbury Railroad Extension Begins this
| Week.
| Work on the Salisbury railroad ex-
tension begins this week, and many
men are now on the ground, ready to
make the dirt fly.
The road will be, extended as far
south as Bittinger, Md, distance of
about 13 miles, and the ties and rails
will be put down as fast as the road
bed is graded.
! Jennings Brothers, the men in
charge of the construction, expect to
have the road completed to Bittinger
by the time snow flies, as there are
but few heavy cuts and fills to be
made between here and the southern
terminus. 1t is also reported from
an official source that the road will
next year be extended through the
mountains to Altamont, where it will
connect with the main line of the
3. & 0.
Mr. Uriah N. Stanton is generously
donating the ground for a depot,
switches, etc, near Stanton's mill,
one mile east of Grantsville. and the
people of that village are very prop
erly elated over the pr aspect of get
ting railroad into their community
at such an early date. And right
here we wish to remark that now is
Salisbury's time to get in master
stroke of good business policy. If
this town offers the proper induce
ments, it is almost certainty that
we can get the railroad to come right
into our borough limits, and it
doesn't require very smart person
| to see what a great benefit and con-
venience it would be to Salisbury to
have the depot and freight Office in
the borough, where it should have
been long ago. With the extension
will surely come regular passenger
service, and this will give the people
of Garrett county good and con-
venient way to come to Salisbury to
do much of their shopping, but we
should have the depot in convenient
place in the borough.
Now gentlemen, let US all get our
heads together and see what we can
do for the best interests of our town.
God only helps such communities as
help themselves, and if the people of
this town do not make an effort to
get better railroad accommodations
than they now haye, they will be
very foolish indeed Salisburys
Star.
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