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

a daughter. the third, arrived at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Sincell Monday morning.
WANTED-A sexton for st. Mat
thew's Episcopal church. Apply to
Rev. W. II. Osmond, rector.
Mrs. james j. Reynolds, of Balti-
more, is here visiting the Misses Rey-
nolds and other friends.
Mrs. George /. Uhler, who has been
seriously i'll for some weeks. is in an
improved condition this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII H. Scott and lit
tie daughter, OF New York, are here
on a visit to the formers mother.
Mr.. Frank Legge and son, of Wash
ington, are here as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Legge on Second
street.
DR.. and Mrs. E. X. Goldsborough
and family, of Washington, have
arrived in Oakland and are occupy
ing their residence on Oak street.
Col. John W. Averitt, State Game
Warden and editor of the Cumber-
land Times, has been quite i'll for
some weeks with an attack of typhoid
fever.
MIR. w. S. Dunlap, of Cumberland,
who is travelling for Baltimore gro
Gerry house, was in Oakland yester
day calling on the patrons of his firm.
The camp meeting at the Park is
the leading attraction in this com
munity at present. Great crowds go
down to the park from Oakland every
evening to attend the services.
An excursion from Washington to
Mountain Lake Park will be run on
the 18th and Goth insts. Mr.. Warren
ChOate, proprietor of Hotel Chautau
qua, interested the railroad manage
ment in the excursion. A rate of
$3.50 including fare from Washington
and return and boarding at the hotel
three days has been agreed upon.
The Long boy, of Deer Park, who
lost his leg last Wednesday by falling
under the wheels of freight train
and who was operated upon at the
McComas Sanitarium in Oakland the
same evening has so far recovered
from his injury as to be out on the
plaza of the hospital.
The secretary of state of West Vir-
GINA has issued a charter to the
North Glade club, of Wheeling, w.
Va, for the purpose of maintaining a
rod and gun club at North Glade, this
county. Capital, $20,O00 paid in
81 900; incorporators, Allen Brock, J.
P. Maxwell, John Warehouse, Jo-
seph Neill, G. R. Hubbard, all of
Wheeling.
Sheriff Oester advertises in this
issue the sale of valuable real estate
lying within the confines of Mountain
Lake Park and adjacent to the Den
nett hotel property. The land in
tended to be sold contains III acres
and will be offered for sale in front of
p. Il. Garthright's store at Mountain
Lake Park OH Saturday, August 3rd,
at two o'clock p. III.
The hotels and boarding houses of
Oakland are enjoying a more pros
porous season just at present than in
a long number of years. Nearly every
place in town where boarding accom-
modations may be secured is filled
and the demand for houses either
furnished or unfinished is much
greater than the supply. Some of the
hotel proprietors have been compelled
to place their guests in rooms of pri-
vate houses.
Will Bowman, the Rowlesburg base
ballist, came to town last night and
was welcomed by his many warm
friends. He will soon go to Parsons,
w. Va, where salaried nine will
have its headquarters for the balance
of the season. Oakland can hardly
expect many games this season owing
to the scarcity of suitable players
Many of the best players have moved
from Oakland and those remaining
here are too busy to devote much
time to practice.
Rudolph Beckman, Esq, of near
Altamont, was in Oakland last Satur-
day and informed us that he has
about closed the sale of his coal land
in the county of which he is the
owner of large body. There are a
number of veins of mineral underly-
ing the land, the total of the several
strata being in the neighborhood of
forty feet. Should the sale be con-
summated at the price agreed upon,
Mr.. Beckman will receive a great
many thousand dollars for the land
which few years ago was consider
ed almost worthless.
The only accident which occurred
in this vicinity on July 4th was the
fatal injury to Mr.. Andrew Kirkpat-
rick at $50 p. III. Mr.. kirkpatrick