The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-04

For rough and stumpy ground get
the Mccormick vertical bar mower.
Elliott C. Harvey. of District No. s,
was in the city Saturday on business.
KRAMER WAGONS are the best.
Sold exclusively by Offutt's. ct
Mr. Percy H. Veitch, of Washing
ton, was in Oakland last week for a
few days
John Felty, Jr. has the cheapest
! line of wall paper in town. Call and
, examine it.
Mr.. John Shartzer returned from a
trip to Washington, D. c.. on Sunday
! morning.
Go to Cheap Johns, next to furni-
ture store, for your Easter goods, toys,
/ fruits. candies, etc. 1t
Mrs. Kate Mauldin has returned to
Oakland after having spent two weeks
with relatives and friends ia Wash
ington.
Lloyd Sanner, one of the Oakland
terriers" had the misfortune one
day last week to mash his foot and is
now walking with cane.
A party of gentlemen from New
York City was here Tuesday looking
at Monte Vista with a view of pur-
chasing it from Dr. King.
If tronbled by weak digestion, loss
of appetite, or constipation, try a few
doses of Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Every box warranted.
For sale by all druggists.
Mrs. c. F. Schroeder and children,
OF Grafton, spent few days this week
in Oakland as the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G. Peddicord and Mr.. and Mrs.
George O. Miller.
The Easter services in the churches
OF Oakland Sunday promise to be
quite interesting, special programs
having been prepared for the occa-
sion. Sunday evening the services
will be held in both the Methodist
and Lutheran churches.
The new Mecca" the shrine of the
Caaba, has been removed and all
teachers who wish to find it are in
vited to attend the Oakland Normal,
where boarding may be procured as
cheap or even cheaper than at Acct
dent, and besides the county's capt.
tai affords many advantages and at
fractions fhaf Il = l.,
former Mecca. it,
The immense quantities of lime
which have been brought to Oakland
by rail and hauled to farming lands
near by this spring is something sur
prlslng and has made the sale of
chemically prepared fertilizers dull.
Lime is the best fertilizer and our
farmer friends appreciate the fact,
hence the quantity used by them.
The weather man has not treated
the busy housewives with any great
degree of consideration in sending
upon them storm of the magnitude
OF the one now raging and in the
midst, too, of housekeeping when the
burdens are nearly doubled and the
man OF the house is forced to eat any
thing set before him and in MANY in
stances eat that at table pushed in
to a dark corner of the kitchen.
Those who have started the annual
tumble of carpets, curtains, stoves,
etc. have been forced to suspend OBJ
erations until SOME more propitious
time.
Persons renting postoffice boxes af-
ter April 1 must agree tothe following
prohibitions laid down by the Post
Office Department at Washington:
"All renters of lock boxes and draw
ers at postoffices throughout the
country are prohibited from using
keys not regularly obtained by them
selves from their respective postmas-
tiers, and after April LIST each post
master shall inform the renters of
boxes and drawers that all except
regular manufacturers of postoffice
furniture and fixtures are enjoined
from making or causing to be made
any key or appliance for unlocking or
opening any lock box or drawer in a
postoffice