The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-10

Miss Daisy Grace, of Baltimore, is
here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Harmed.
The second floor of the Offutt build
ing is being tinished-plastered and
steam heat installed.
Bowie Johnson has returned from
a short visit to Baltimore and Wash
ington.
Messrs. H. Weber & Sons have pur-
chased saw mill which they will
have erected upon their farm near
town.
Supt. Rudisill went to Washington
Monday morning. He was accompa-
MED by his son Wesley who is a stu
dent in Pennsylvania college.
Services will be conducted in the
Lutheran church at Deer Park Sun
day morning and evening by Rev.
George |. Uhler.
The Louden sling carrier VI i'll take
in grain in sheaf and drop it at any
height of load in barn or NOV. For
sale by H. Weber & Sons. Oakland,
Nd. 44-2t.
J. N. Falkenstein has been laid up
since Friday last as the result of be-
ing cut in the ankle with an az which
fell from his hand. He suffered con-
siderable pain, and it will be several
days before he can resume work.
Another cold wave is said to be
headed this way but as it is accom-
panied by low barometer it is not
expected to be very severe when it
arrives. In the west, however, it has
made things hum for the past several
days.
1t is now claimed that the Chinese
discovered America 1000 years previ-
Gus to the time Columbus spied these
shores, but as the inhabitants at that
time had very little laundry work to
do they droppo it until more favor
able opportunity.
Another extension of the Garrett
County Telephone Com pany's line
was staked off yesterday from Acct
dent to the Cove country. The stakes
have been set as far as County Treas
urer Lohr's house. Work on the con-
struction of the line will be actively
commenced as soon as men can be Sc
cured to do the work.
Washington is preparing to have
the biggest Inauguration that they
ever had on the occasion of the sec
ond accession of Mckinley to the
Presidential chair. They have al
ready raised the $4,000 necessary to
pay the expenses of the affair. There
are to be more soldiers in line than
there has been for many years, since
the close of the civil wa in fact.
A meeting of the Accident Creamery
Company was held this week at the
office of the corporation when the old
officers were reelected for another
year with the SINGLE exception of Mr..
W. M. Lohr, whose duties as County
Treasurer require his entire atten-
ton. Mr.. G. G. Speicher was elected
in his stead as one of the Board of
Directors.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the First National Bank was held on
Tuesday of this week when the en-
tire Board of Directors as selected at
the organization of the institution
were elected to serve for term of one
year. Mr.. Fred. A. Thayer was again
elected president; NJ n. Wilson, vice
prefident; U. q. Palmer, cashier, and
MI M. R. Hamill, assistant cashier.
Goodbye to the good roads that
we have had all fall and winter. This
county will not know what it is to
have good roads all the year round as
it should until the plan of building
roads on scientific principals is fol
flowed. Why the old plan is still fol-
lowed although there is every reason
against it is hard to understand yet
we do follow it and the chances are
that it will be followed until the end
of the chapter.
The following unique claim is post
ed on a mine in the Grand Encamp-
ment, in Wyoming; 1--WE found it,
and we claim it by the right of found
ing it. It's our'n. It's $50 feet in
every direction except southwest and
northeast, and there is 300 feet on
each side of this writin. It's called
the Bay Horse, and we claim even the
spurs, and we don't want nobody
jumping on this Bay Horse-that's
what these trees is around here for,
and we've got the same piece of rope
that we had down in old Missouri"
The County Commissioners in ses-
sion this week appointed constables
and road supervisors for the several
districts of the county and also award
ed the county printing and publish
ing. Bids were submitted for this
work nv the three nrintino establish