The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

Miss Nettie Kepner is on visit to
relatives in Pennsylvania.
Ex-senator w. r. Getty, of Grants
vile, is in Oakland to-day.
Mr.. George T. Brew is at home from
his base of operations at Ronceverte,
w. Va, for a few days.
Mr.. Charles Anderson is in Balti-
more this week on business for the
Oakland Coal and Coke Company.
DR.. ]. G. Robinson, who attended
the funeral of his brother in Balti-
more, returned home Saturday morn
ing.
Will Sturgiss left Tuesday morning
for Buffalo, Pittsburg and other
cities. He will also visit Western
States before his return to Oakland.
Dr. John E. Legge, who spent
few days at Parkersburg, w. Va, and
also pyints in Ohio, returned home
Monday morning.
A pheasant flew against a window
in Oakland Monday and was stunned
by the blow. Before it recovered it
was picked up by a passerby and car
ried home.
The ladies of the Catholic church
held an oyster supper Monday and
Tuesday nights for the benefit of the
church at which a neat sum was
realized.
Rev. w. E. George, of Deer Park,
who recently recovered from severe
attack of illness, was in Oakland
Tuesday and made this office pleas
ant visit.
Surveyor Alex. G. Mason is down
near Grantsville this week making a
survey of some land patented recent
ly by the Land Office to resident of
the Grantsyille community.
Mr.. Thomas L. Lincoln, of Carmi-
chaels, Pa, who spent the summer at
Conneway's Tower, up in District
No. s, came down to Oakland on
Thursday last and on Friday left for
his home.
Mr.. H. M. Speicher, of Accident,
who was here attending teachers in
stitute this week, was taken ill Mon
day and forced to return home yes
terday. While here Mr.. Speicher was
granted life certificate to teach in
Maryland.
Mr.. John w. McCulloh, the Demo
cratic nominee for State Senator from
this county, came up to Oakland
Tuesday and spent day or two here
in the interests of his candidacy.
Yesterday he drove over to Crellin in
company with Mr.. w. R. Offutt, can
didate for the House of Delegates.
Rev. VIM. H. Osmond, rector of st.
Matthews Parish, has gone to
Brownsville, this State, to attend the
convocation of the archdeaconry of
Cumberland, diocese of Maryland,
Protestant Episcopal church, the ses-
sions of which begun last night and
will continue for two days.
The band of Gypsies encamped near
the base ball grounds comprises the
family of Henry Small Gather and
sons) of Philadelphia, Pa. Henry
Small is well known in Romany cir
cles and is leading and influential
member of that mysterious tribe of
people whose origin is lost in the
mists of antiquity. This is Mr.. Small's
first visit to Oakland, and his outfit
of wagons is one of the finest on the
road. If you want to meet Romany
Rye of the pure blood visit the camp
and talk with Mr.. Small.
No man ever yet made success of
business without advertising of some
sort. Maybe he didn't call it adj
vertising, but it was advertising just
the same. Advertising primarily con-
sists in letting lot of people know
you are in existence and what excuse
you may have for it. The nucleus of
advertising is a sign over the door.
If nobody had ever put up a sign, one
baking powder company would not
now be paying out 100000 year
placing signs in all the newspapers of
America.
At eleven o'clock Monday morning
an explosion of coal dust occurred in
the South Side mine of the Merchants
Coal Company plant, at Tunnelton,
w. Va, in which ten miners were
badly burned and four of them are
thought to be fatally injured. Chester
Buckelew was pftting in shot and
as it was not pr1perly tamped it blew
out and the coal dust from the ma
chimes, which filled the air, ignited,
causing an explosion in which Buck
elew, Peter Spiker, Ernest Cross and
Frank Dodge were horribly burned
and William Haney, Edward Stewart,
William Hines and several others
more or less seriously injured. Three
hundred men are employed in this