The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-21

witnesses has been postponed until
September and another case with a
like number of witnesses will be
taken up tomorrow morning. Court
will probably adjourn on Saturday.
Manager E. NJ. Cologne, of the Oak
land, will arrive some day this week
and assume the active management
of the hotel. He has been in Wash
ington and Baltimore for several days
past soliciting patronage for the
house and as a result a number OF
guests have already arrived.
Those that do not go to the Opera
House on the night of the 27th will
miss the best show of the season. Mr..
Hearn has reputation for giving
good shows and he always leaves the
people speaking we'll of his company
wherever he goes. He is carrying
seventeen people with him this
season.
In the Rightmyer s. Shock Blue
Stone quarry at Rowlesburg a single
blast dislodged block of stone SO feet
long, 90 feet wide and IA feet thick.
This is the largest single block of
stone ever taken from a quarry ex-
cept those used in building the Pyra-
mids of Egypt. The block weighs
nearly 100000 pounds.
Charles H. Marks, while acting in
the capacity of nurse at the Second
Division Hospital of the Fifth Army
Corps at Santiago de Cuba used a
few bottles of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
diarrhoea and found it to work like a
charm. For sale by Oakland Phar-
macy, Oakland, and j. w. Lauhlin,
Deer Park.
On account of the increasing popu-
larity of Oakland and Deer Park as
mountain resorts the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, commencing Saturday,
June 90, will run a special train of
combination car and parlor car, leav-
ing Pittsburg at 1880 p. m, arriving
at Oakland at 740 p. III. 1t will go
via the Fairmont branch.
Our farmers should be on the look
out for a couple of fellows who are
reported to be travelling the country
trying to introduce, for pay, an al
legged new invention to increase but
ter making, claiming that by this re-
cipe, the farmers wife can make two
pounds of butter into three by
simply adding one pint of milk. 1t is
more of a money making than a but
ter making scheme.
The Aurora, Oakland and Terra
Alta Telephone Company is making
extensive Improvements in its plant
at Terra Alta. New poles are being
put in and new lines put up. The
furniture store of J. H. Rodeheaver
& Son has been selected for central
Office. Soon as improvements are
completed all patrons in order to get
anyone over the phone will have to
first call Central. 1t is hoped that
this will make the service much bet
ter than it has been.-Preston Re-
publican.
Last fall l sprained my left hip
while handling some heavy boxes.
The doctor | called on said at first it
was slight strain and would soon be
well, but it grew worse and the
doctor then said | had rheumatism.
1t continued to grow worse and |
could hardly get around to work. l
went to a drug store and the druggist
recommended me to try Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. l tried it and one
half of 50-cent bottle cured me en-
tirely. | now recommend it to all
my friends-F. A. BABCoCK, Erie,
Pa. 1t is for sale by Oakland Phar-
macy, Oakland, and j. w. Laughlin,
Deer Park.
Messrs. Fred. A. Thayer and E. H.
Sincell, who have been employed by
the Republican Board of School Com
missioners to represent them in the
case docketed against them by the
Democratic Board, went down to
Cumberland Friday afternoon to con-
suit with Mr.. Benz. A. Richmond,
who has also been retained by the
Board. The answer to the petition
for the writ of mandamus filed by
the Democratic Board has been
made returnable on or before the
Goth inst. The case has been set for
hearing on July Sd.
The freight traffic on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad is heavier this
Summer than it has been in the his
tory of the road. Between Councils
vile and Cumberland and Connells-
vile and Pittsburg tremendous
tonnage is being hauled every day.
The motive power and the men to
handle it are the problems confront
ing the management. A week ago
five new engineers were transferred
from the division between Cumber-
land and Grafton to the district of
the Pittsburg division. Several
Pennsylvania engineers have also
lately secured positions on the Bal
timore & Ohio with headquarters in