The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-22
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.

was in Oakland Tuesday.
Just received at Dixon & Kelso
Store 10000 lbs. feed, flour. 2-2
Mr.. James Moreland, of near Cor
man, was in Oakland last Monday
short time.
DIR. and Mrs. Koon, of Eglon, were
visiting DIR. and Mrs. Robinson few
days this week.
I Ex-Justice Jacob Stump, of Bloom
ington, was among the visitors to
Oakland Tuesday.
The public schools of Oakland
closed on Wednesday after a session
of five months.
Miss Annie Jordan, of Kingwood,
is in Oakland as the guest of Prof.
and Mrs S. G. Smith.
Mr.. Gilbert Warwick, of near Bloom
ington, was in this city Tuesday and
made us brief visit.
Attorney Thomas j. Peddicord re-
turned from business trip to Ham
ilton, O., Tuesday morning.
Miss Matte Porter left Monday
morning for Baltimore, where she
will spend a week visiting friends.
Senator Ravenscroft spent Sunday
evening and Monday in Oakland, re-
turning to Annapolis Monday night.
Chas. B. Crop, Esq, has opened
line of groceries in the east room of
the Ravenscroft building ON Second
street.
Joseph Martin Jr., who is employed
by the Bachelor Club at Cumberland,
spent day or two in Oakland last
week,
Mr.. Henry Fresh and family were
visited last week by Mr.. Fresh's
father, who resides in Garrett county,
Md.-Salisbury Star.
Mrs. J. M. Jarboe and daughter
Miss Sallie, are spending few days
this week visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles F. White at Hutton.
Much excitment prevails in Tucker
and Randolph counties, w. Va, over
the supposed existence of oil. A test
we'll will be sunk near Beverly.
Ex-Assemblyman VIM. H. Jacobs
was in this section a number of days
this week. If he can find a farm
suitable he will purchase it and locate
in this district.
John o. Bosley arrived in Oakland
this morning from Washington. His
visit home was owing to the serious
illness of his father, Mr.. George l..
Bosley, whose condition is critical.
The Baltimore and Ohio speed test
er is now being run over divisions
west of Cumberland, and one day
last week seventy miles an hour was
made between Grafton and Parkers-
burg.
The Comptroller of the State Treas
ury has made the quartely distribu-
ton of the State School Tax. of which
Garrett county will receive 81, 40 for
white schools and 1874 for colored
schools.
How can you keep the children en-
ployed all the time in school? In
troduce the elements of Manual Train
ing and see the results! Special at
tention will be given to this course in
the Oakland Normal, this yer. 1t
Mr.. Robert l. Anderson, the genial
manager of the Corinth brick works,
was along the line of the West Virginia
Central several days last week where
he closed a number of larger con-
tracts for fire brick.
Miss Nina Clement, of Hepburn, o.,
who taught the German school this
winter, left for her home this morn
ing, accompanied by Miss Theresa
Conneway, who will attend school at
Hepburn the remainder of the school
year.
Mr.. D. H. Bender, appointed prin-
cipal of the Grantsville Normal, an
nounces in to-day's REPUBLICAN that
the school will open on April 23rd for
term of ten weeks. Mr.. Bender is
one of the best instructors in service
as teacher.
The temporary injunction sought
by the Consolidation Coal Company
to prevent the Garrett county au-
thorities from collecting taxes on
coal lands pending the settlement of
the Garrett-Allegany boundary line
dispute has been granted.
Yesterday was the vernal equinox.
The & and nights are now equal.
Spring las begun. This season of
the year brings storm of more or
less severity with it but this year
the storm was week in advance of
the equinox.
James Jarboe, a Baltimore and
Ohio extra freight brakeman, fell off
his train-the snow on the car roof