The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-10
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

I4llC 10 ohOAb' II Ollly las lOuI lCGtSIs.
The autumn leaf is again among the
pressing issues of the hour.
DIR. John E. Legge is in Lexington,
KY, and other points south and west.
Mrs. G. NJ. Miller and daughter, of
Swanton, were in Oakland to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius G. Renninger
spent Sunday with relatives at Eglon,
w. Va.
Miss Margaret Tower left this morn
ing for a visit of two weeks to friends
at Moscow Mills.
Rev. John NJ. Davis was at Fair
mont Monday and Tuesday where he
attended the sessions of the NJ. E.
conference.
Mr.. Henry Schlossnagle and two
daughters, of near Accident, spent
Sunday in Oakland with relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bush and their
daughter Miss Ora left Oakland last
night for Buffalo, N. Y, where they
expect to spend week or ten days.
Major j. NJ. Burns, of Morgantown,
came over to Oakland and the Park
Monday to look after his property in
this section. On Wednesday he went
to Washington on business.
Messrs. Fred. A. Thayer and Joseph
<. Harmed attended the sessions of
the West Virginia Conference of the
M. E. church at Fairmont a day or
two last week.
A notable event in the history of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Tower oc-
cured this morning when son was
born to them. May the young man
grow up to be an honor to his parents.
Examiner Ed A. Browning went
down to Bloomington this morning
to examine The public school building
there preparatory to making some
needed repairs.
Jehu Dewitt Miller, the brainy
platform lecturer, will deliver his lee
ture entitled Love, Courtship and
Matrimony'' at the opera house in
Oakland Wednesday night.
That the melancholy days are here,
the saddest of the year, will be heart
lily Endorsed by the gloomy ones who
find themselves on the wrong side of
the November elections.
Come and see the largest and best
assortment of gloves and mittens ever
carried in stock in Swanton. Also a
full line of underwear, as well as shoes
for everybody. Bring along your
cash and produce and get credit for
the balance. VIM. w. Sweet, Agt.
Milton Gnagey, of Accident, Md,
has accepted the position of book
keeper for the Shipley Hardware Co.
He is young man well fitted for the
responsibilities attached to the posi-
tion.-Meyersdale Commercial.
A party of ladies from Oakland
composed of Mesdames John M. DAVIS,
John M. Jarboe, James G. Peddicord,
Benz. H. Sincell and Miss Hagans, of
Morgantown, went up to Hutton
Tuesday and spent the day as guests
of Miss Tina Cornell.
Edward E. Sollars, Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Sollars, of near Oak
land, left last night for Charlotte
Hall Academy, st. Mary's county,
which institution he will enter as a
student. He was accompanied there
by his brother, j. s. Sollars. The
latter will return home next week.
1t is thought by some people that
the new electric railway will be ex-
tended from Frostburg to Grants
vile. Let it go, and telephone line
with it; it would be good thing for
this section of the route. And then
we must have rural free mail delivery
to be up to date.-Johnsons corr.
Frostburg Forum.
The excursion to Cumberland on
Sunday from Oakland and points
west was well patronized. About
fifty from Oakland took advantage of
the low rates of fare. The train con-
sisted of fifteen coaches, all of them
being comfortably filed when it
reached Oakland. The train left here
at 9.15 and returning arrived at Oak
land about eight o'clock at night.
Much complaint is made of the con-
dition of the National Pike across the
disputed territory between the line
of Allegany and Garrett counties.
The eobble stones are uncovered, and
travel over them is not only unpleas-
ant but difficult and dangerous. 1t
is said that neither county is willing
to make the necessary repairs over
this mile stretch of road, and the
traveller has no place to lodge his
complaint. Only a covering of dirt is
necessary, and the expense would not
be great to place the road in good con-