The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-20
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.


Park, was in the city this morning.
Mr.. Harry NJ. Hebden, of Baltimore,
spent two or three days in Oakland
this week on business.
Mrs. Hooper, of Baltimore, who Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. George 7. Brew for
two weeks, has returned home.
Good flour and plenty of it at the
Felty Roller Mill. We grind every
thing in the grain line. 27-26t
Judge Jere Wilson, of Washington,
has closed his summer home here for
the season and returned to Washing
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Durham left
last night for two weeks visit to
Cincinnati, Ohio, and other points in
that State,
Mr.. Joseph E. Harmed is making
business tour of the eastern cities
where he is selecting Christmas
goods.
Tuesday, September 25, at 7:30 p.
H., Bishop Paret will administer the
rite of confirmation at st. Matthews
Episcopal church.
Bring your buckwheat. wheat, Frye,
oats and corn, if you want cash or
trade. The Felty Roller Mill, Oak
land, Md. 27-26t
DR.. and Mrs. Mclean and daughters,
Mrs. Stephens and Mrs. Vaughn, all
of Philadelphia, are guests at the
Browning Hotel.
Mrs. D. H. Loar, who visited rela
tives at Grafton for the past week or
two, returned home yesterday after
noon.
Miss Bessie Allen, of Washington,
who visited Miss Belle Browning in
Oakland for two or thee weeks, re-
turned to her home Monday after
noon.
Mrs. w. H. Ravenscraft, of Fair
mont, who has been here on visit to
DIR. and Mrs. w. H. Ravenscraft, will
leave on Monday for Richmond, Va,
to visit her sister.
Miss Estella Hutson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Hutson, of near
Gortner, has entered the Fairmont
State Normal where she will be a
student during the coming winter.
DR.. G. NJ. P. Kings Richmond, Va,
who owns one of the most delightful
summer outing places in this COM
munity, came to Oakland Tuesday
night to remain here a few days on
business.
Mrs. johnson, widow of the late
James H. johnson, returned yester-
day afternoon from Baltimore where
she went several weeks ago to be
operated upon in one of the hospitals
of that city.
Rev. Thomas J. Stanton, of Iona
coming, and a number of other
priests from towns adjacent to Oak
land, accompanied Cardinal Gibbons
on his visit here last Thursday after
noon, returning to their respective
towns Friday afternoon.
DR.. Hartman will fit spectacles at
Oakland, Central Hotel, Saturday,
Sept. %. The Doctor has just COM
pleted thorough practical course in
the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat College, and is now better
prepared than ever to give satisfac-
ton. Examination for glasses free.
Burbridge Fraley, Esq, of Terra
Alta, was in Oakland yesterday for
short time, having come down here
to appear before the pension examin-
ing board, but hearing of the death
of his son-in-law, he went from here
to Grafton on an early train.
Rev. F. M. Glenn will preach next
Sunday at II a. IN. at the Hall of
Philosophy, Mountain Lake Park.
Mr.. Glenn has been appointed to
circuit in Frederick county, Md, and
will leave for his new field of labor
within few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George h. Blshoff, OF
Hoyes, who attended the Grand
Army Encampment at Chicago and
also visited points in Illinois, Mis-
souri,, and other western States, ar
rived in Oakland Tuesday morning
on their way home. Their visit was
beneficial both as to pleasure and
health.
The Baltimore Sunday Herald con-
tanned a remarkably good picture of
Senator Ravenscroft along with an
article describing his trip through
the gold fields of Alaska. The article
in question was much the same as the
one published in these columns just
after his return from the North.
The new church built in Oakland
by the colored people will be dedicat-
ed on Sunday next, Bishop Lee, of
Wilberforce, o., officiating. For the
occasion the b. g. o. will run a special
train from points as far east as Cum
berland and in consequence big