The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-12

some shopping. They expect a big
crowd of summer visitors at their
beautiful country place this summer
and are making preparations to en-
terrain them.
Messrs. Fred. A. Thayer and L. H.
Sincell, trustees. will offer at public
auction on Saturday, May 9TH, the
tract of land called "Allerton," lying
a mile or two west of Oakland ON the
Youghiogheny river. The land is
well timbered.
Messrs. John r. Pott, of Williams
port, Pa, representing the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway, and
G. E. Dudrow, of Harper's Ferry, w.
Va, Travelling Passenger Agent for
the Baltimore and Ohio, were in Oak
land last Thursday afternoon inter
esting prospective tourists in their re
spective roads.
Mr.. William A. Smith, the Hoyes
postmaster and merchant, left Oak
land for Baltimore on Monday after
moo. Mr.. Smith went to the above
city to represent the Friendsville
Knights of Pythias lodge in the
Grand Lodge which meets in Balti-
more this week. He was accom-
panied by Mr.. Friend. of District
No. ..
The members of Smiths Military
Band are preparing to give minis
trel show in the opera house at Bay
ard, w. Va, at an early date. The
members of the band are working
hard for the success of their organiza-
ton and should be encouraged by
the home folks as well as those who
feel an interest in the progress of the
municipality.
The Board of County Commits
sioners has been in session this week
making the annual levy and transact
ing routine business. The levy will
be finished to-day when it will be
signed and the tax rate of the ensuing
year established. Numerous appro-
priations for public work, such as
bridges, roads, ETC., amounting to
several thousand dollars, will in all
probability keep the rate as high as
that of last year.
LATER.-Since putting the above
in type we learn that the tax rate
this year for county purposes will be
"a cents on the 800. This amount,
added to that required for State pur-
poses will make the rate 918 cents on
the $100-the lowest rate of taxation
in the history of the county. This
has been done, too, with the taxable
basis something like $4,000 lower
than last year. The schools have
been amply provided for, $4,000
having been appropriated for the
purpose. Other matters have also
been provided for and we feel that
the people of the county are to be
congratulated upon the record made
by the Board in thus reducing ex-
penses of the tax payers and at the
same time literally providing for all
necessary expenditures.
Pneumonia is one of the most dan
gerous and fatal diseases. 1t always
results from a cold. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy will quickly cure a
cold and perhaps prevent an attack
of pneumonia. 1t is in fact made es-
pecially for that ailment and has be-
come famous for it's cures over q large
part of the civilized world. 1t coun-
teracts any tendency of a cold toward
pneumonia. Can you afford to ne
glet your cold when so reliable rem
edy can be had for trifle?-For sale
by Oakland Pharmacy, Oakland, and
DR.. j. W. Laughlin, Deer Park
Not little stir has been raised
among the Democratic news
papers in the state by the pres
entation Of q paper alleged to be from
the Maryland Democratic Editors
Association to the Speaker of the
House and President of the Senate
recommending what papers in each
county that the association believed
ought to have the publication of the
laws of 1900. The charge is made
that the association, as a body never
passed on the paper. 1t is the first
time, if ever before that such a paper
was known by the public to exist.
The Allegany County Commits
sioners at their meeting held on Mon
day of this week fixed the rate for la
Dor on the county roads for the ensu-
ing year, increasing it from $1,25 to
1.40 per day. The wages of supervi-
sors, where more than five men are
employed, was raised from $3.50 to
$1.75 per day. The pay for teams
was fixed at the rate prevailing in
the different sections Of the county
in which the work may be done.
Troy Morgan, a brakeman ON the
Third Division of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, in attempting to
board his train after taking water in
the yard at Piedmont on Monday
morning fell under one of the large
steel hoppers, which passed over
him, almost cutting his body in two,
killing him instantly. He boarded
in Cumberland, but lived at Terra
Alta, W. Va, where his remains we're
shipped to his father, John Morgan,
who keeps restaurant there.
Cashier Scott Il. Jones returned
from Washington last Tuesday morn.
ing where he had been on business.
On Sunday evening Mr.. Jones at
tended meeting in Washington
which was addressed by his cousin.
Hon. Webster Davis, former Assis-
tant Secretary of the Interior, who
plead the cause Of the Beers before
an audience of nearly four thousand
persons. The address delivered by
Mr.. Davis was published in full in
the Washington papers Of Monday
and has attracted attention all over
the country.