The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-05-02
BLOOMINGTON.
edmont Independent.

BLOOMINGTON.
Piedmont Independent.
Mrs. Laura V. Johnson, accompan-
led by her son, Master Henry, was a
visitor to relatives on Thursday
Mr.. Osborn, of Philadelphia, and
County Surveyor Mason, of Oakland,
were busy during the week, locating
the lines of property known as Key
Stone, belonging to the Empire Coal
Company.
John Right, of Hampshire hill, was
in town Wednesday. We also noticed
from the same place Oscar Aber-
nathy, John Foy and Lem Cole-all
readers and admirers of the Indepen-
dent.
Little Laura Tibbets, an Is months
old child of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Tibbets, fell from the front porch of
their home on Wednesday and sus-
tanned painful injuries about the
head.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamilton, of
Philadelphia, are visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Hamilton, of
Hampshire.
Two car loads of water mains were
side tracked at this point on last
Wednesday,. One of the contractors
for the extension of the water system
of the Piedmont water works was on
hand early Thursday morning with
two teams and a gang of laborers,
busy unloading and hauling the ma
terial to the proposed site of excava-
walton. The line, at present, will be
constructed as far as Deep Hole and
connect at its eastern end with the
pumps at the pulp mill. TO COM
plete gravity line that will supply
the reservoir at Piedmont will nee
essitate the laying of three and one
half miles of water main frcm the
mouth of Savage River. This would
carry point of intake considerably
above Everett's tunnel, and would,
no doubt, insure the very best drink
ing water. The contractors have
rented the brick store and COM
menced building hunks and sleeping
booths on this Friday, for the ac-
commodation of their employees.
Mr.. George Fazenbaker, aged IS
years, who for the past five years has
lived on the Henry Warwick farm,
three miles from town, died last Sun
day night about 70 o'clock. Mr..
FaZenbaker was veteran and be-
stone mason by trade and was well
known about Piedmont, Western
port and all along the line of the c.
s. p. r. R., where for the past 50
years he worked at his trade. He
was buried in Philos cemetery, at
Westernport on last Tuesday after
noon. A large number of friends,
relatives and children were present
at the funeral.
Miss Lolita Kemp, of this place,
who was taken very i'll at the Opera
House, Piedmont, last Wednesday
night at the close of the play, Quo
Vadis, was brought home on Thurs
day morning, and is conyalescing
rapidly.
Miss Mills, of Hyndman, Pa, is the
guest of the Kennels family, at
Lochiel.
Irwin Warwick, administrator to
the estate of Henry Warwick, has ad-
yertised sale of personal property
ON May IS.
Squire Moody is again indisposed
from rheumatism.
The extensive land slide that oc-
Cured at the mouth of the Buxton
mine and the west end of the bridge
across the Franklin plane, caused by
the four or five days constant rain,
took away about rs or 100 feet of the
county road between this place and
Luke. This has necessitated a great
deal of inconvenience to wagons and
horsemen who have had occasion to
use the road, as they are now COM
PEELED to travel by way of the Mich