The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-18
Mr.. Will Wood of Kevser w Va

was an Oakland visitor on Sunday.
Judge Jere Wilson passed through
Oakland this morning on train No.
for the West.
f. j. Fringer has rented the Ham.
ill property on Second street and will
occupy it on May 1st.
DR.. H. w. McComas received a val
liable horse on Sunday afternoon
from Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Boyer and chill
dren left ON Monday afternoon for
Fairmont, their future home, where
they will occupy new house.
j. S. Myers came up to Oakland
from his home at Friendsville Mon
day afternoon and remained here a
day or two visiting friends.
Jerry Browning, Owen Treacy and
George Helbig went east last Wednes-
day night, visiting Baltimore, Wash
ington and Philadelphia.
Mr.. w. d. Cornell, of Pittsburg,
representing the c., B. d Q. r. R.,
was in Oakland yesterday afternoon
looking up passenger traffic for his
road.
State Senator Ravenscroft arrived
in Oakland this morning from the
east and after spending few hours
in town on business, left for his home
at Accident.
Messrs. Frank jenkins and b. c..
Feather, of near GAINESVILLE, were
business visitors to Oakland Monday.
The former expects to return to Oak
land this week to engage in erecting
some mason work for Chas. Newman,
who is building a new home south of
town.
Messrs. Walter and William Ravens
craft, sons of DR.. and Mrs. w. H.
Ravenscraft, visited their parents
here on Monday. The former resides
at Ridgway, Pa, where he is EN-
ployed in the brick business as super
intendent. The younger son William
is among the progressive business
men of Fairmont, w. Va.
a little son of James A. Enlow at
the Park has a number of pigeons,
among them a matronly inclined bird
which wanted to raise family and
finding no eggs of her own to set ON
chose hens egg with the result that
few days ago chick was Matched
which the pigeon watches over with
jealous care.
EXCounty Treasurer Thomas b.
Wiley brought to Oakland on Mon
day a wagon load of maple sugar and
syrup, the output of the last run in
his camp. The quality of the sugar
cannot be excelled. The crop this
year was up to the average Last
week was busy one with the sugar
producers.
H. NJ. Speicher, OF Speicher Bros,
Accident, spent the past week in
Connellsville, Uniontown, Pittsburg
and other cities on business. The
firm will add to their already large
stock full line of ladies' and gents
furnishing goods, full line of ready
made suits. all up-to-date. They in
vite the public to give them a call and
examine goods before buying else
where.
Captain and Mrs. d. 7. Z. Casteel
reached Morgantown on Monday
evening from Pittsburg where they
had been since Saturday. The Cap
tain is looking remarkably well and
has been warmly greeted by his many
friends and acquaintences in this
place. His regiment was mustered
out at Frisco last week and he lost no
time coming east. He has been away
nearly two years and in that time
has seen some of the hardest service
experienced by any officer that went
from this State.-New Dominion.
Quite jolly crowd of young people
from Oakland went to Keyser Friday
night on the flyer" to attend the
Easter dance given by the Mill Mead
ow Club of that town. A most en-.
joyable time was had by all who went
many of whom returned home on No
Z, Saturday morning. Those in at.
tendance from here were Misses Jen
ME johnson, Wonn Robinson, Lena
Fuller, of Cumberland, who is visit
ing Miss Robinson, Margaret and
Gertrude Sincell and Nell Offutt
Messrs. w. A. Sturgiss, Will Weber
Art White, Elwood Offutt, j. Il. Sin
cell, Eugene Hart and Bowie Johnson
We publish OH the first page of to-
days REPUBLICAN the remainder OF
the new election law Considerable
space has been given it but we are OF
the opinion that it is space well spent
This, in addition to the levy list pub,
lished to. day gives but little space foI
news matter and in consequence some
items have been pared down to the
lowest notch. We had intended to