The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-29
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.

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guest of the Misses Fringer this week.
Mrs. John Fox and daughters, of
Pittsburg, are in Oakland visiting
friends.
DR.. S. NJ. Hardman, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist, Grafton, W. Va.
Spectacles and artificial eyes fitted.
G. Felty, Esq, after being housed
up several days with an attack of ILL.,
ness, is out again.
Miss Jennie johnson entertained a
few friends at progressive euchre on
Tuesday night at her home.
Miss Stella Goodwin, of Baltimore,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Creutz-
berg, on Second street.
Senator Ravenscroft and family, af-
ter spending a few days in Oakland,
returned home Friday afternoon.
Lloyd Lowndes, Jr., of Cumber-
land, was in Oakland one or two days
this week q professional business.
Mr.. Geo. T. Brew returned to Romeo
verte, W. Va, Tuesday morning af-
ter having spent week in Oakland.
DIR. Green, the dentist, will visit
Friendsville on September nth and
remain until the Both. Teeth ex-
tracted without pain. PA
Mr.. James w. feathers, who at
tended the reunion of McNeill's
Rangers at Moorefeld last week, re-
turned to Oakland Friday.
Miss Nettie Michaels left yesterday
morning for Baltimore, where she
will remain during the coming fall
and winter.
His Honor Judge Edward Stake
was in Oakland last Thursday night
and portion of Friday, when he
heard arguments in case.
Miss Lulu Murphy, of Keyser, has
been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W.
M. Coddington, in Oakland, for some
days.
Dixon & Kelso will pay 75c to soc
per bushel for good potatoes. Have
on hand s car loads feed and flour to
sell cheap. Peaches arriving every
day. 80
Representative George A. Pearre
visited Mountain Lake Park Tuesday
on business. He is suffering from a
sprained knee and walks with the
aid of a cane
Monday next has been proclaimed
legal holiday lit being Labor Day.
by Governor Smith, in consequence
of which the banks will be closed that
day and the postoffice will observe
the regular holiday hours.
For SALE:-The Lutheran parson
age, located on the corner of Fifth
and Green streets, in Oakland. near
the court house. Contains s rooms,
hallway, cellar and porches; excellent
well of water. Will be sold cheap.
Apply to or address Rev. George l.
Uhler, Oakland. Md.
G. A. Bolden, Esq, of Meyersdale,
Pa, spent a few days in Oakland last
week. He was accompanied home
Monday by Eugene Hart, who ex-
poets to remain at Meyersdale until
late in the fall, when he will return
to Oakland.
DR.. w. L. Davidson, superintendent
of the Chautauqua at the Park, left
that place yesterday afternoon for
New York where he will take a
steamer to-day for London to attend
the Ecumenical Conference as rep
resentative of , the National Uni
versity.
Lemuel Sanders, of Crellin, who re-
Gently underwent an operation for a
cataract of the left eye, at the Nc
Comas Sanitarium. was in Oakland
Tuesday. The removal of the catar-
act has restored Mr.. Sanders sight to
some extent and it is thought by his
physician that as soon as the inf1am-
nation recedes his sight will be
wholly restored.
Assemblyman Patrick E. Finzel, of
this county, who has been nominated
by the Republicans for the House of
Delegates, will make fight for the
Speakership of the House should the
Republicans have majority in that
body. Mr.. Finzel's experience in the
House two years ago and also at the
extra session has given him consider
able insight into the workings of par
liamentary law.
Farmer James Andrews exhibited
to us on Monday a twig of plum
tree about fifteen inches in length
and less than half an inch in diameter
upon which forty well developed
plums were attached. The fruit was
in clusters and reminded one of
punches of grapes so thickly were
they growing. All the plums were
healthy looking and fully developed,
the average size being about one inch
in diameter.
An Italian foreman of gang of his
countrymen engaged in railroad con-
struction work near Terra Alta re-