The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-04-26


terday afternoon.
In st. Marks Ev. Lutheran church
next Sunday services will be held at
1890 a. III. and TAO p. m, to which
all are cordially invited.
If you want to invest your money to
a good advantage just attend the
shirt waist and tailor made suit sale
at Sincell & Co.'s Special offers April
10th, Goth and 21st.
F. G. Hyde, Esq, the Alder street
jeweler, lis preparing.to raise his house
to the level of the street. 1t will be
a great improvement and will en-
| chance the value of his property.
DIR. w. NJ. Longstreth has had
erected in the grounds of the Oak
land Sanitarium a boat landing and
has placed a number of boats in the
Little Youghiogheny river, which
runs through the premises of the in
stitution.
Ex-County Treasurer Thomas B.
Wiley was In Oakland few days
this week on business. Mr.. Wiley's
health is poor and he contemplates
coming to Oakland soon for treat
ment in one of the sanitariums locat-
ed here.
A young lieutenant in the Philip
pines has been saved from death by
a plug of tobacco in his breast coat
pocket. That don't sound as we'll
as it would if the bullet had been
stopped by Bible, but better than
if it had been copy of Sapho.
The miners strike in the Georges
Creek region is still on. The miners
employed at Franklin mine in this
county have signified their willing
ness to return to work and many of
them did so on Tuesday.
Last night at the opera house
Frank Adams company presented
Uncle Her," pastoral play, to a
fairly good sized audience. The play
is exceedingly funny from start to
finish and was highly entertaining to
those present.
The past few days have been regu-
lation Spring weather and nature is
radiant in this section. The grass is
growing rapidly and the trees are bud
ding. George NJ. Mason, the miller,
has discarded his overcoat-a sure in
dication that spring is here and that
no more cold weather will trouble us.
Messrs. Olin F. burst and Dave
Dixon, of Homecoming, were visitors
in Oakland from Friday until Sun
day having come up to attend the
Easter hop on Friday night given by
the Oakland Cotillion Club at the
Glades Hotel.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Second National Bank of
Cumberland, which appears in to-
days REPUBLICAN This bank Is
situations of Western Maryland.
Governor Lowndes is its president.
Its cashier, Mr.. Daniel Amman, is
obliging and accommodating.
Col. G. L. Smith editor of the Fair
mont IndeT, was in Oakland last
Saturday in company with Mr..
George M. Whitescarver, of Grafton.
Col. Smith commands one of the West
Virginia regiments and is endeavor-
ing to have Mountain Lake Park Sc
lected as the place for the encamp-
ment of his troops the coming sum
mer.
Mr.. George w. Kitzmiller, of Blaine,
was in Oakland day or two this
week on business. Mr.. Kitzmiller is
at the head of the Blaine Coal Com
pany which at present employs sixty
men in mining coal. About one
hundred tons day are now being
taken out. A new opening in the
vein is being made which will double
the capacity of the mine within a
short time.
We have received from Mr.. w.
Harry Ryland, of Grantsville, an
invitation to attend the commence
ment exercises of the Pittsburg Den
tai College, to be held in the Alvin
theatre, Pittsburg, on Tuesday next.
Mr.. Ryland is one of the graduating
class. He is one of Garrett county's
promising young men and, we trust,
will be successful in his chosen pro-
fession.
The Davis Coal & Coke Co. have
an engine in place at Wilson and are
about ready to sink a well for the
purpose of testing the coal. Should
the result prove satisfactory, this will
be another important epoch in the
history of the coal business in this
section as no doubt should the result
prove satisfactory the coal will be
developed.
Mr.. Julius G. Renninger, who rep
resented Garrett Council Jr. o. u. A.
M. of Oakland at the Grand Lodge
held in Cambridge last week, return
ed to Oakland Saturday morning.
Through his efforts Oakland was Sc
lected as the place of meeting for the
Grand Lodge next year. Eastern
Shore towns were anxious for the con-
vention next year but yielded to the
request of the Oakland representa-
tive to have the meeting here.
Invitations have been received in
Oakland for the wedding of Miss
Katharine Rausenberger Handy, of
Holly Oak, Del, and Mr.. John Oliver
Bosley, of Oakland, which will occur
at the home of the bride on Thursday
evening, May 10th. After May 31st
the couple will be at home at 607
Fourth street, Washington, D. G. Mr..
Bosley is son of Mr. and Mrs. George
L. Bosley, of Oakland, and at present
holding lucrative position in Wash
ington. Numerous friends in Oak
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