The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE

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!. The new woman wants to brace up
and be man.
DIR. S. NJ. Hardman, eye. ear, nose
and throat specialist, Grafton, w. Va.
Spectacles and artificial eyes fitted.
Merchant Charles S. May, of Swan
ton, was in Oakland Monday on bus
mess.
Few girls reach the age of IS with
out having experienced the joys of
broken heart.
Hon. Julius Scherr, of Eglon, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. G. NJ. Rem
ninger, at Cumberland.
Mr.. James L. Pollock, of Pbiladel-
phia, spent Sunday in Oakland with
d. and Mrs. E. H. Bartlett.
dood flour and plenty of it at the
Felty Roller Mill. We grind every
thing in the grain line. erect
Mr.. J. Frank Ford, clerk of the
Court of Appeals of Maryland, died
at his home in Leonardtown yester-
day after brief illness.
Misses Sallie and Nellie Jarboe will
leave on Saturday for Washington
and Baltimore to spend short time
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Burke, of
the Schley Hotel, are the parents of
little daughter who was born to
them on Friday last.
Bring your buckwheat, wheat, rye,
oats and;corn, if you want cash or
trade. The Felty Roller Mill, Oak
land, Md. 27-26t
Mrs. August Schmidt and family
desire to thank the many kind friends
who assisted them during their recent
sore bereavement in the death of the
husband and father.
Rev. William c. Davis, of Allegheny
City, Pa, who recently closed one of
the greatest revivals held in that sec
ton of Pennsylvania, came to Oak
land Monday to pay his parents a
short visit.
The supper given on Thursday and
Friday evenings of last week for the
benefit of st. Marks Lutheran church
was literally patronized by the town
folks. The net proceeds for the two
evenings amount to something over
$40.
Messrs. James S. Lakin and Farley
DeBerry, two of Terra Atlas promi
nent merchants, were in Oakland
yesterday and purchased at tax sale
something over 800 acres of land
which was sold by eXTreasurer Thos.
B. Wiley for taxes in arrears.
The extension of the telephone line
to the Cove has been stopped by the
extreme cold weather and the huge
piles of snow along the route. Nearly
all the poles have been set for the
line and as soon as the weather opens
work will be resumed and the line
completed.
The public schools throughout the
county will close within less than two
weeks. The short term of instruction
afforded the children now and here
tofore in this county has been one of
the serious drawbacks to our devel-
opment and prosperity. Until some
arrangement whereby the schools can
be kept open longer is arrived at just
SO long the development of our co I'M
ty will be held back.
Mr.. Fred. A. Thayer, trustee, adj
vertises to-day the sale of the Rev.
John Thompson property at Noun
tain Lake Park which is to take place
in Oakland on Saturday, March odd.
The property consists of three lots of
ground upon which is erected frame
dwelling house, located on one of the
main streets of the Park near the new
auditorium. The property was last
summer occupied as a Deaconess
Home of the NJ E. church.
County Treasurer VIM. NJ Lohr
went uOWu 10 Ills IlOIu6 III bIle love
Thursday afternoon of last week, re-
turning to Oakland Monday. Mr..
Lohr visited Addison, Pa, Saturday
where meeting of the g. A. K. Post,
of which he is Commander, was held.
He says that the roads in the Cove
country are drifted shut, in some in
stances the snow being piled as high
as eight feet and has effectually put
a stop to the movement of teams in
all branches of trade.
The editor does not tell all he knows
or report all he sees. He keeps a
great deal more out of the paper than
he puts in it. You may be under OBJ
legations to him for what he has put
in his paper and you may be under
obligations to him for what he has
kept out. He can't well charge you
up so much line for the very inter
esting things he suppresses--they
would have been eagerly read and
talked about, but he kept them out
in your protection. Perhaps you