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

reburueu 10 OAKLAND sunday night.
Miss Alice Kepler, who visited rela-
tivies in Cumberland for few days,
returned home Saturday evening.
A bea iful line of wash goods,
silkalenes, piques, lawns, &C., Just
opened up at S. P. Specht's, Deer
Park. 72t
Attorney julius G.. Renninger was
at Aurora and Eglon ON professional
business several days last and this
week.
Hon. julius Scherr came down to
Oakland Monday and left the same
afternoon for Baltimore and other
eastern points on business.
Did you see that line of summer
goods, laces, embroideries, silks and
velYets at Townshend 4 Sons? Cheap
er than ever. 81
Justice Andrew b. Gender has
moved has moved his office from the
opera house to the building corner
Third and Alder streets.
This is the last week for the publ
cation of the annual levy for 1901.
The space occupied by it will be de-
voted hereafter to news items.
Clerk Tower and his deputies were
kept pretty busy Tuesday and yes
terday issuing licenses to merchants
and Others in the county doing bust
ness for profit.
Mr.. Daniel Dorsey came here one
day last week to meet his sister, Miss
Carrie, who had been visiting in Cum
berland. After spending the day
with their friend, Miss Kit Dougher-
ty, both returned to their home in
New Germany, Md, in the evening"
Meyersdale Commercial.
Rev. 7. d. Richards, of German
town, Montgomery county, was here
yesterday making arrangements for
the early opening of Hotel Chautau-
qua, Mountain Lake Park, of which
he is the owner. He will issue within
a short time an illustrated booklet
advertising the Park and the hotel.
The printing will be done at this
office.
L. +. Warwick, Esq, of Blooming
ton, was in the city yesterday on bus
mess. Mr.. Warwick has recently
completed the drawings for perpet-
ual calendar which he expects to
place upon the market shortly. The
arrangement of the months, days of
the week and the years is unique.
The calendar will be manufactured
in large lots and sold at reasonable
price.
Judge Edward Stake has filed an
opinion and order in the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal cases, extending the
period for the operation of the canal
as waterway by the trustees of the
bondholders for four years and eight
months. The petitioners asked for
an extension of five years, but the or
der of the court will bring the ques-
tion up the next time at the close of
the canal season instead of at the
opening thereof.
BLACK Jack a noted outlaw of
the west who was hanged last week
for murder and robbery at point in
Texas, and who was decapitated when
the drop of the scaffold fell, was at
one time in the employ of Walter Z.
Thayer, who was born and reared in
this county, but who went west many
years ago and located in New Mexico
where he is rancher. Black Jacks
favorite pastime was shooting out
the eyes of sheep, cattle, etc.
A bay mare belonging to Archibald
Spiker, residing short distance south
of Oakland, was taken from the sta
BILE on Sunday night and on Monday
Mr.. Spiker came to town and notified
the officials of his loss. Telephone
messages were sent from this point i'm
all directions, but the animal could
not be located. Tuesday, however,
the horse was found near Crellin, it
having evidently been taken from the
stable and ridden there by some one
too tired to walk.
The largest catch of fish so far this
season was made Tuesday by Attor-
ney Norman S. Heindel and Rev. G.
l. Uhler. After fishing all the after
noon in Broadford the two gentlemen
walked along the stream to the dam
at Mountain Lake Park where under
the splash they beheld school of
fish. Casting their hooks they were
disappointed in not getting a bite.
Finding that the fish would not take
the bait one of them jumped into the
water and succeeded in throwing up
on the bank forty fish, which upon
examination proved to be red striped
suckers. They measured from eight
to ten inches each in length.
Two or three men have been can
wasting this county for some weeks
selling what thev claim IN ha in,,,o,