The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-08-02
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.

o. B. Barnard, of Bloomington,
was in the city yesterday.
DIXON & KELSO will pay 1Sc, one
half cash, for Eggs and zoe for Butter.
Mrs. Alice Tasker returned to Oak
land from her visit to Florida on last
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Bruce, of Cumberland, is Wis
iting the family of Squire Gender on
Second street.
Mr.. James w. Harvey, of District
No. 8, was in the city last Thursday
ON business.
If your old mower or rake should
give out buy a Mccormick. They are
the best. A. d. Naylor is agent.
Messrs. Arthur L. and Oliver NJ.
Miller, both of Gormania, were in
Oakland Monday and made this office
brief visit
Ex-Postmaster Chas. Brown, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, is in Oakland as the
guest of his brother, Lieut.. Brown.
and sister, Mrs. d. l. Totten.
Rev. w. H. Osmond, the Rector,
will hold service at Deer Park on
Sunday, August 5th. Holy Com
munion with sermon at II o'clock.
Mrs. J. Lee Harne and children, of
New Martinsville, w. Va, are here
visiting the family of A. j. Harne,
ESQ.,, on Fourth street.
Mr.. VIM. H. Malette, of Pittsburg,
arrived in Oakland one day last week
TO spend few weeks with his mother
and sister.
"Comradie' Hartman on Monday
received a pension of Sc per month
and back pay to the amount of $271.
Congressman Pearre worked his case
up.
Mrs. Mary Price and son Russell, .of
Baltimore, who visited Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Little in Oakland for three
or four weeks, returned home this
morning.
Rev. and Mrs VIM. G.. Davis, of AL
legany, Pa, are here, Mr.. Davis being
on his annual vacation. They are
visiting Rev. and Mrs. John NJ. Davis
on Second street.
Mrs. J. S. Keller and children, who
visited relatives at Hoyes and vicin-
ity during the past month, returned
to Oakland yesterday and will leave
for their home at Romney today.
The Right Rev. Bishop Grafton, OF
Fon du Lac, will preach and hold
service in ST. Matthew's P. E. church,
Oakland, on Sunday, Aug. 5th.
Holy Communion on Sunday, Aug.
18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Ward, on
Tuesday sold their farm, lying about
ten miles south of Oakland, to the
Preston Lumber and Coal Co. for the
sum of $4,000 cash. The farm com
prises nearly 800 acres.
Miss Esther Bells, of Washington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Il. Dorton and
Miss Blanche Coblentz, of Baltimore,
arrived in Oakland last night and
will be the guests of Judge Sanders
at his home south of town for a week
or two.
Mrs. L. Fl. Bartlett, Mr.. and Mrs
j. l.. Pollock and the Misses Bartlett
drove down to Accident yesterday
morning, returning to Oakland last
night. Mrs Bartlett was born near
Accident, this being her first visit tc
her old home in many years.
w, H. Barnard, Esq, of near Bloom.
ington, recently sold to J. S. James.
son, Esq, of Piedmont, the mineral
underlying his farm of about 75(
acres. The price paid was $12 pei
acre. The land is underlaid with
several veins of coal and in order to
bring the mineral into market short
line railway will be built to the tract
tapping the w. Va. G. near Luke.
During the civil war, as well as in
our late war with Spain, diarrboea
was one of the most troublesome dis.
eases the army had to contend with
In many cases it became chronic and
the old soldiers still suffer from it
Mr.. David Taylor of Wind Ridge
Greene Co., Pa, is one of these. He
uses Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and says he
never found anything that would
give him such quick relief. 1t is for
sale by Oakland Pharmacy, Oakland
and J. w. Laughlin, Deer Park.
Messrs. Taylor Morrison and Fred
A. Thayer, trustees, offered at public
auction on Monday at Oakland anc
Tuesday at Westernport, the rea
estate of the late Hiram Duckworth
of District No. II. The estate com
prises several pieces of valuable lant
lying in this county and number O.
lots and houses in the town of West
ernport. The trustees withdrew
the property as no bid of sufficient