The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-31
LOCAL AND OTHER WISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

Mrs. ID. Grant Smith, of Grafton, is
in Oakland visiting relatives.
GAME.-H. Creutzburg buys game
of all kinds for cash.
Miss Nell Offutt is visiting friends
and relatives at Cumberland this
week.
Just received, big car white mid
dlings, or red dog, at Dixon 4 Kelso's.
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School Commissioner George +.
Bishoff, of Hoyes, was in town yester-
day on business.
Andy" Gender, son of Squire A.
b. Gender, is clerking in the store of
Messrs. d. f. Offutt & Sons.
Rev. George |. Uhler, the pastor,
will preach on Sunday morning and
evening in st. Marks Ev. Lutheran
church
The ladies of the Lutheran church
will serve dinner and supper on cleo
ton day at the Boyer building, Oak
land.
Miss Hagans, of Morgantown, who
visited Mrs. Benz. H. Sincell in Oak
land for several weeks, will leave for
her home tomorrow morning.
Westernport schools are closed as a
result of the diphtheria epidemic in
Westernport, Piedmont and Luke, all
within short distance of each other.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Savage, of
Meyersdale, Pa, who were guests of
Mrs. West, at the West House, have
returned home, accompanied by Miss
Lille Raley.
Rev. and Mrs w. H. Berry, of Mas
silon, o., who were guests over Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Falken-
stein, departed for their home Mon
day morning.
Young man don't loaf around and
--complain of your hard luck. Go to
iol k with vim and make lot of
good luck. That is the only way
you will ever have it.
Messrs. d. o. Kimmel, L. l.. Schoo-
ley and P. H. HamIll, of near Thayer-
vile, returned Monday morning
from ten days trip to Niagara and
Buffalo.
Miss Jennie Smith, the railroad
evangelist, has been holding a series
of meetings in the Methodist church at
Hyndman since last Saturday night.
The church has been crowded at every
service.
Train men will in few days all be
supplied with winter uniforms. The
frosty air has been cutting through
the summer garb until further orders
and chilly feeling has been preva-
lent among the employees.
The exposition at Buffalo will close
on Saturday night November 2nd at
midnight. This has been decided by
the board of managers. The show
has been disappointm ent as a money
maker and the managers are now
figuring if it was help to the town
in any respect.
The point designated as the center
of population of the United States,
according to the census of 1900, has
been found by exact astronomical OBJ
10 bn n 70 nuna6 nv
James Mari, five miles south of
Columbus, Indiana. The spot is
close to longitude 50 West from
Greenwich, and 80 degrees minutes
and sc seconds North latitude.
We hope the farmer who said this
7 will be very mild winter is right.
The old gentleman when asked fol-
his reasons said: The hornets had
built exceptionally low this season,
which is sign that meyer failed.
He further stated that the hardest
part of the winter would come first
since the woolly worms had more
back on their head than on theiI
tail.
This weather has been great for the
builders and they are properly thank
full. Few days this fall have been
unfit for outdoor work and great
deal of work has been pushed along
that otherwise might have been
realty hindered. There hasn't been
any rain to speak of for the past
month. There are those who predict
that the month will go out dry.
Railroad men these days are being
badly overworked. They don't get
time to sleep and in consequence
many accidents are taking place. The
men go to sleep at their posts even il
they known that they will get killed
for doing it. Flagmen sit down Oh
the track and go to sleep and get rur
over. The men are complaining over
the condition of affairs which has be
come intolerable.