The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-04
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est prices at Offutt's. act
Fl. H. Dill, Esq, general agent for
the Garrett estate, was in Oakland
yesterday on business.
John Felty. Jr., has the cheapest
line OF wall paper in town. Call and
examine it,
Mr.. Austin Brown, who has been
down at Friendsville. his old home,
returned to Oakland Tuesday night.
DR.. S. NJ. Hardman, eye. ear. nose
and throat specialist, Grafton. W. Va.
Spectacles and artificial eyes fitted.
Deputy Sheriff James Chisholm, of
near Gormania. was in the city Mon
day on business.
Fifty styles 10, Is and % cent Tor
schon lace at Sincell & Co.'S for sc per
yard.
Do not buy Mowers, Binders, etc,
that you will have trouble to get re-
pairs for Buy the Mccormick and
get the best. Naylor has them t 3*
Mr.. Charles Anderson returned
home from Baltimore on Monday af-
ter having spent two weeks in that
city on pleasure.
Miss Margaret Browning. OF Thayer-
vile, is in Oakland this week the
guest of her sister, Mrs. r. X Ma,
roney.
1t is rumored that Messrs. Smith &
Mckinney, of Fairmont, will purchase
the Loeb Lynn Hotel and place Mrs.
List in charge.
Harland Jones, the gentlemanly
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott r. Jones, is
home from Wheeling to spend the
Easter holidays.
Mr.. Clarence Lantz, OF Aurora, w
Va, passed through Oakland Sunday
evening on his way home from Wash
ington where he had been for some
time on a pleasure trip.
Merchant w. G. Jones. of Deer
Park, stopped off at Oakland Tuesday
night on his way home from a visit
to his old home in Pennsylvania.
where he had spent week or ten
days.
Dixon & Kelso will sell YOU the
famous Oliver Chilled Pillow cheaper
than ever. All kinds of reapers con-
stantly on hand. Good spring-tooth
harrows also for sale cheap. Two
Y1hnSfoh nt 70 fn or oil n1t A ,NNi1
list. 8 2t%
The District Meeting for the West
ern District of Maryland, German
Baptist Brethren church, will be held
on May 3rd, in Georges Creek church,
near Homecoming. Rev. J.W. Beeghly,
of Accident, is the secretary of the
ID istrict.
Considerable comment has been in
dulged in by our citizens recently
over the disposition of railroad fire
men to refrain from ringing the bells
on their locomotives while passing
through town. If there is an ordi-
nance compelling the ringing of the
bells it should be rigidly enforced and
if there is none one should be imme-
diately enacted.
Three tramps were arrested on Fri
day night last by Baltimore & Ohio
detective and one of the Piedmont
officers at a point near Bloomington.
They were brought to Oakland and a
charge of tampering with the wires of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany was preferred against them.
They were tried Monday on the
charge before Justice Gender, who
sentenced them to serve term of
thirty days each in the county jail.
A big force of men and a steam
shovel are being utilized in widening
the small cut just west of Mountain
Lake Park so as to enable the operat-
ing OF the new type of engines which
will soon be placed in commission on
this section of the Baltimore g. Ohio.
A great many persons have visited
the point from Oakland to watch the
shovel at work. 1t is a wonderful
machine, moving tons of earth in a
remarkably short time which is load
ed upon cars and hauled away.
Mr.. Scott L. Jones has been exhibit
ing colnmendable spirit for the well
fare of the town by circulating petit
ton and subscription paper asking the
Town Council to continue the paving
of Second street as far as the corner
of Liberty. Yesterday afternoon near
ly all the property owners embraced
in the block between Alder and Lib
erty signed the paper pledging them
selves to pay 81 per front foot for
the paving, the town at large pay
ing the balance. Definite action on
the matter will be taken Monday
night at a special meeting of the coun-
Gil. 1t is the desire of the property
owners along the street who are the
most vitality interested that the work
be commenced and finished before
the summer is upon us, otherwise
they will be opposed to the improve
1pant Of this tima 1nraforrino, fbo+ ~