The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-27
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE

Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.
Cashier Scott T. Jones was at Terra
Alta Tuesday afternoon on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. J. Newman were
guests on Sunday of friends at Terra
Alta.
Mr.. and Mrs D. E. Offutt attended
the funeral of the late John P. Jones
Terra Alta on last Saturday.
Miss Laura Matthews of the Balti-
more Store, has returned from visit
to Baltimore.
Jerry Stanton and sister Miss Julia
were at Rowlesburg on Monday after
noon visiting friends.
Good -four and plenty of it at the
Felty Roller Mill. We grind every
thing in the grain line. erect
A number of young men of Oak
land went down to Piedmont yester-
day to see Wallace Brothers show
which exhibited there.
The editor and family were the
guests on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. F. White, at Hutton, where
they were entertained most royalty.
Jos. E. Harmed, Esq, returned home
on Sunday night from business trip
to New York and others cities of the
East.
Mr.. j. A. Grant and daughter Miss
Annie left for Philadelphia and New
York on a pleasure trip which will
extend over several days.
Bring your buckwheat, wheat, rye,
oats and corn, if you want cash or
trade. The Felty Roller Mill, Oak
land, Md. 27-26t
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Boldly, of the
GIades Hotel, left Oakland Sunday
night for Rochester, N. Y, where they
win visit relatives and friends for
short time.
Mr.. D. G. Smith, of Grafton, came
down to Oakland on Saturday and
assisted in packing his household eff
fects prior to moving them to the
above place.
DR.. and Mrs. E. X. Goldsborough
left ON Monday morning for their
home in Washington, d. c., to spend
the winter. They were preceded
thence on Saturday by their children.
Harland Jones came home from
Wheeling on Friday last to attend
the funeral of his grandfather, the late
John P. Jones, of Terra Alta, which
took place on Saturday afternoon.
DR.. Henry w. McComas on Satur-
day went to New York on professional
business, accompanying to that city
Mr.. Watson, of Fairmont, who has
been under treatment with DR.. Nc
Comas during the past several weeks.
Out of respect to the late John p.
Jones, of Terra Alta, director in
the Garrett County Bank, that insti-
tuition was closed on last Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock instead of
tbree o'clock the usual hour.
Mr.. Thomas J. Peddicord left on
Sunday evening for Hamilton, o., to
resume his practice in that city which
was interrupted by Mr.. Peddicord at
tending to court matters here during
the past three weeks.
Messrs. H. l.. Grant and Samuel
Lawton, the B. Il o. photographers,
left on Monday morning for Phila-
delphia, where they will be engaged
for several days making photographs
of the company's property in that
city and the adjacent territory.
Attorneys Richard T. Semmes, of
Cumberland, and E. H. Sincell, of
Oakland, were at Listonburg, Pa,
Monday and Tuesday of this week
taking dispositions of witnesses in
case now in the Circuit Court for this
county.
Noah Bittinger, of Bevansville, this
county, has been granted a pension,
through the efforts of Congressman
Pearre, of Sc per month from October
End, 1897. Recently Col. Pearre has
secured pensions for quite number
of our citizens whose claims have been
before the department for several
years. There are quite number of
other applicants who will probably
receive their pensions before long.
While this place and vicinity is the
home of number who work in the
clay mines, there are also some beau
tiful homes and farms. Among these
we might mention Mr.. Godfrey Ros-
enberger, and also Mr.. Henry Finzel.
The latter gentleman lives three
miles south of the National Pike and
cultivates about 100 acres of land. He
raises wheat, oats, corn and vegeta-
bles. He keeps large stock of cattle
and is an up-to-date farmer. Your
correspondent while here received