The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-07
The Deacon

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The members of the Oakland CotiI-
lion Club gave a dance in Offutt's
Hall on last Friday night.
Mr.. w. II. Jacobs, of District No II,
was in town Yesterday on business
before the County Commissioners.
Henry Bethel, one of Bittinger's
substantial citizens and staunch Re
publicans, was in town to-day on
business.
Mrs. f. f. Flowers and family have
removed from the Felty house on
Water street to the Davis property
on Second street.
Attorney Thomas j. Peddicord re-
turned home yesterday morning from
a weeks professional visit to Hamil-
ton, Ohio.
Mr.. George w. Snyder, of Cumber-
land, was in Oakland yesterday on
business and made this Office very
pleasant visit.
Messrs. Charles Brown and Ross
Compton, two Grantsville citizens
whom the people of Oakland are
always glad to meet, were in Oakland
to-day on business.
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have shipped their household goods
to Washington, their future home,
and will leave tonight for the above
city.
Among those who took advantage
of the low-rate excursion to Clarks-
burg on Sunday were Mr.. George H.
Fulmer and daughter Miss May and
Miss Blanche Flowers.
The hunting season has opened but
no serious accidents have been re-
ported. This is different from the
opening of the season in other places
and indicates a woeful lack of enter
prise on the Tart of our hunters.
Bible lecture by Bro. Sampson, of
Ziom's Watch T'o,oey, Allegany, Pa,
will be given at Loeb Lynn Hall on
Wednesday evening, Nov. 10, at 7.3O,
and at Oakland, Sturgiss' Hall, on
Thursday evening, at 7.3O. All cor
daily invited. No collection.
As predicted the old town present
ed a sorry sight on Friday morning
the day after Halloween. Second
street was piled high with wagons,
drays, carts, etc. A few disreputable
sidewalks were ripped up and thrown
into the streets which may in time
prove to be blessing in Disguise
after the new sidewalks are laid.
Rev. DR.. H. Scott met with a mis-
hap yesterday which will probably
keep him in bed for several days. He
was out making calls on some of his
Pensioners and stepping upon a roll
ing stone he twisted his ankle quite
severely. Yesterday he suffered very
much and was confined to his bed
much of the day.
The New Germany road, particu-
larly on the Meadow Mountain slope,
near G. j. Otto's, has long been
source of danger to travellers. Re-
Gently Mr.. Augustus burst, an eff
cient road supervisor, with the aid of
the good people of his neighborhood,
have relocated about one half mile of
the heaviest grade on this road with
little aid from the county. They
have done some of the most skillful
engineering and built a piece of the
best road in the county. The Board
of County Commissioners should at
least provide half the money they
have expended. These public-spirited
citizens should be encouraged by be-
ing partly reimbursed. They have
expended about 5000.
The Board of County Commission
ers are now in session transacting
routine business. This will be the
last meeting of the Board as now con-
stituted, Messrs. Carey and Kelso re-
firing to give place to Messrs. Taylor
Friend and Jacob Stump, who were
chosen by the people at the polls on
Tuesday to serve as public servants
The members of the new board, who
will assume their duties ON January
list, will be composed of the two last
named gentlemen and Mr.. Peter j.
Stephens, the hold-over member of
the present board, who will be presi-
dent of the incoming body. The du-
ties of the County Commissioners are
onerous at all times, and having so
many persons to deal with in the
regular routine work of a position of
this character it was not expected
that any body of men could give per-
feet satisfaction to everybody. Never
theless we have no hesitancy in say
ing that we believe the board acted
conscientiously in everything brought
before them and they leave a record
clear of arduous work well done. The
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