The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-03
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.

trip to the eastern cities.
Miss Laura Matthews, who was east
in the interest of the Baltimore Store,
has returned to Oakland.
Hon. p E. Finzel arrived in Oak
land this morning from Washington
and will remain here several days.
Miss Lille Hagans, of Morgantown,
is in Oakland and will spend the
present month as the guest of Mrs.
Benz. H. Sincell.
Merchant D. NJ. Dixon, OF Oakland,
accompanied by Assemblyman Mer-
rift Wilson left for Buffalo Saturday
night.
Mr.. John H. Barlow and sister Miss
Mary have moved to Parkersburg, w.
Va, where Mr.. Barlow will continue
the cigar making business.
Mr.. Floyd Grove, the Demo
nominee for County Commissioner. is
among the new subscribers to THE
ANtAI Oo1lSAN blllS WSChs
The man who sneers at his neigh
bors, says the Accident Philosopher,
would probably be very much sur
prised to know what his neighbors
think of him.
Clerk to the County Commissioners
A. g. Ross and Deputy Sheriff Silas
o. Wiley left on Saturday afternoon
for Buffalo, N. Y, where they will
spend this week visiting the Pan
American Exposition.
The West Virginia Central & Pitts
burg Railway will sell Excursion Tick
cts from all stations on its line to Ell
KlNS, W. Va, on Oct. 2, and 4,
good for return trip until October 5th,
1901, inclusive, at ONE FARE for
round trip. ACCOUNT of Fair and
Races to be held at ELKINS.
County Commissioner E. w. Kelso,
in company with Commissioners Gea-
ry and Stephens, inspected the new
road leading from Grantsville to New
Germany on Tuesday of this week.
The Commissioners agreed to furnish
the means with which to build the
road.
The West Virginia Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church will
convene to-day at Fairmont. Rev. r.
B. Ward, former pastor of the Oakland
church, is secretary of the conference.
Rev. Asberry Mick, the present pastor
of the church here, preached his fare
well sermon Sunday night.
Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ath-
ems, Ohio, the distinguished Ohio con-
gresham, passed through this city
yesterday evening being enroute from
Washington to his home. Gen. Gros-
venor will take an active part in the
Ohio political campaign in the inter
est of the Republican party.
Capt. and Mrs. Matthew MARYLAND
have as their guest at their residence
in Oakland Mr.. J. A. Howells, of JEFF
ferson, Ohio. Mr.. Howells is q vet
eran newspaper man and has been
connected with the Ashtabula Senti-
mel for over half century. He made
this Office fraternal visit Tuesday
morning.
Ex-Sheriff Charles Wegman, of
Grantsville, who has been on the
police force of Baltimore City until
quite recently, has resigned his office
and is at home settling up the estate
of his recently deceased father. Mr..
Wegman will not return to Baltimore,
but expects to be employed at Grants
vile.
Judge and Mrs. David W. Sloan
and family, who spent the summer at
the Phillips house on the Mountain
Lake Park road, left Oakland Tues
day morning for Frostburg, whittier
they journeyed overland via Grants
vile. After a stop at Frostburg over
night they went on to Cumberland.
George d. White accompanied the
Judge and his family and will return
to-day with the team.
NJ. Maroney & Son advertise in an
other column to-day the sale of horses,
carriages and other vehicles, whips,
robes, farming implements, etc. The
property to be sold comprises the en-
tire outfit of two well equipped livery
stables. The sale will take place at
the Green street stable of the firm in
Oakland on Saturday, Oct. 10Th. Much
of the property to be sold is quite
valuable and many bargains may be
secured.
The celebrated Bloomer Girls base
ball team was scheduled to play a
game of ball at Oakland, Md, last
Monday. Wonder if the Oakland
boys were as slow as the the Meyers
dale boys-unable to catch on that
the so-called bloomer girls were not
girls at all, but boys dressed and
Npadded to represent girls. The Mey-
ersdale young men could not tell the
artificial from the real, but they ex-
cuse themselves on the ground that