The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-13
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

Mr.. Chas. D.. Smith has returned
from Baltimore.
The best corned beef in the world
at Herman Creutzburgs market.
Mr.. w. s. Dunlap, of Cumberland,
was business visitor to Oakland on
Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Just take look at the most com
plete line of ladies' muslin underwear
at Townshend & Sons. IA
DIR. S. M. Hartman, eye. ear, nose
and throat specialist, Grafton, w. Va.
Spectacles and artificial eyes fitted.
The dairyman doesn't believe in
crying over split milk so long as the
pump is handy.
Fresh fish and vegetables arrive
daily at Creutzburg's Enterprise Meat
Market which are sold cheap for cash.
Mrs. Miller, who has been quite ill
her home, the Commercial hotel, we
are glad to state, is better and able
to be out.
Miss Mary Mitchell returned yester-
day morning from Roanoke, Va,
where she was attending school for
several months.
Miss Anna McQuay, of Mt. Lake
Park, spent few days last week in
Oakland, the guest of Miss Robinson
at her home on Second street.
Naylor & Co. have a fine line of
spray pumps on hand as well as the
largest variety of pumps for deep and
shallow wells in the county. We also
do pump repairing. 1873
The first dance of the season was
given at the Oakland Hotel on Fri
day night last, which was quite
swell affair. A number of outof
town guests were present.
Mr.. George L. Bosley, who has been
i'll and confined to the house for a
year or more, was on the streets down
town Saturday shaking hands with
his many friends.
BOARD WANTED-For man and
wife near Oakland, convenient for
fishing, for one or two months. Please
give particulars as to location, price,
etc. Geo. G. Sparks, 1910 H st. W.,
Washington, ID. G. 1t
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Good and family,
of st. Louis, arrived in Oakland the
first part of this week and will spend
the summer here at Mrs. Kepner's.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Goods mother.
Warren Choate, Esq, a prominent
real estate man of Washington, D. c.,
has purchased from Rev. 7. d. Rich
ards, the Hotel Chautauqua at Noun
tain Lake Park which is being pre-
pared for the reception of guests. The
hotel is delightfully."- situated and in
past years has been quite successful.
June is likely to break few records
in the weather line also. 1t has al
ready had the hottest June day for
ten years and the weather now is as
cool and pleasant as can be. In Da-
kota snow has fallen and all over the
Northwest the frost line has been ex-
tended
Minor s. Field, of kingwood, and
his half sister, Martha Watts, of Nor.
gantown, were married Saturday,
The county clerk and preacher who
married them did not know of the
relationship. The West Virginia law
provides a penalty of from 2 to II
years in the penitentiary for hall
brothers and sisters marrying.
One thing most gratifying in Mary
land today is the good news that
comes up from every portion of the
State. The people in the mountain
foot-hill and lower counties, are de
voting themselves to their home du
ties. The farmers. all over the State
are busy with their industrial duties
As with the farmer, so with the
miners, the railroad men, the manu-
facturers and the merchants.
While the season has been back
ward this year the number of people
arriving here to spend the summer is
greater than has been for number
of years. Nearly every summer hote
near Oakland is open for the recep
ton of guests. At Brookside mum
Der have already arrived while a.
Mountain Lake Park the place is fill
ing up rapidly. The hotels of Oak
land have thier share of the patron
age also.
Mr. Percy H. Veitch, son of the lat,
Col. John w. Veitch, who has beer
in Washington practicing law for {
number of years, arrived in Oakland
Monday afternoon with the intention
of locating here permanently wher,
he will continue to practice law. Mr.
Veitch has many warm friends in thi
section who welcome him to his oil
home and wish for him successful
career. We understand his Office
will be located in the McComa
building.
The first engine for the Jenning
Bros extension, running from tn
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