The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-05-30


Cash paid for sheep. veal. lambs,
hides and pelts at. Herman Creutz-
burg's meat market. st
Be sure to see 1.-The Woven Web
a thrilling war play, at the opera
house tonight.
Merchant James S. Lakin speut
Sunday in Oakland with Ir and
Mrs. d. f. Offutt.
Townshend & Son have nice, neat
line of plaids, percales, organdiC; ;,
colored lawns. lace curtains. bed
spreads, sheets, etc, away down.
Cheap John" Michael has received
from the manufactu rers a new soda
water apparatus which he will have
ia operation shortly.
"Some men will pay $3.50 for medi-
cal purposes, says the Oakland Phil
osopher, land then kick over a IS
cent prescription at the drug store"
WANTED. -Four men for common
labor and to drive team. Will pay
good wages and hire by month. APP
ply to Chas. R. Savedge, Deer Park,
Md. 3t
Mr.. Frank Doll, of Frederick coun-
ty, who holds a position at Rowles-
burg, spent Sunday in Oakland the
guest of Mrs Leah f. Sincell and fam
lily.
Chief of Police J. II. Stanton is
spending this week at points in West
Virginia. His place on the police
force is being filed quite acceptably
by William Newman.
Mr.. Edwin l.. Mitchell has made
some attractive improvements to his
property on Second street, among
them being substantial brick walk
from his front gate to the house.
DR.. E. H. Bartlett will have charge
of the drug store at Mountain Lake
Park this summer DR.. Bartlett was
until few years practicing physi-
clan and stands high in his profession.
Men and women make good money
working for us at home in their spare
time. No experience or investment
required. Write at once to Hermann
Manufacturing Co., 1876 So 9th St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 1873
Miss Lizzie Weber, of near town.
who spent several weeks at Lonacon-
ing receiving medical treatment, re-
turned home Monday afternoon i'm
proved in health. Miss Weber's many
friends in this section hope for her
speedy recovery.
Willie. son of Mr. and Mrs. w. H.
Halter, has gone to Grafton where he
will be employed as baker and pastry
cook by Col. Headley at the Grafton
Hotel. The young man is Industrious
and painstaking with his work and
will give satisfaction to his employer.
A team belonging to Messrs. D. E.
Offutt u Sons, which was engaged in
hauling lumber from the station
here, became frightened on Friday
last at passing train and ran away.
In making the turn from the depot
yard the animals collided with an
el@ctlic light pole, one going on either
side of it. This put stop to their
flight and resulted in slight damage
to the wagon, the electric light pole
and cross arms carrying the wires.
Had either horse swerved but few
inches in any direction after nearing
the pole one or both of them would
have been killed.
A Georgia exchange is responsible
for the following: At revival meet
ing a man arose and said that he was
the wickedest man in town. I'D 60
to hell if should die tonight he
concluded. Immediately an old dea-
con started the hymn, "If you get
there before do, look out for me, I'm
coming too" And then the deacon
wondered why everybody laughed.
The "Order of Don't Knock" is the
latest candidate for public favor in
the way of fraternal societies. In the
constitution "knock" is defined as
1.-THE deplorable habit of speaking i'll
of our fellows and another section
binds the members to observe the
Golden Rule. When the "Order of
Don't Knock embraces the whole
world and its tenets are strictly OBJ
served, the millennium will have ar
rived. In the meantime, success to
the Don't Knockers may their
tribe increase,
Mr.. Charles Brown of Grantsville,
Md, was a pleasant caller at the Star
office, Monday morning. He feels
great interest in the building of the
railroad extension up the Casselman
valley into Garrett county, and he
thinks now is the time for the people
of the county to get awake and do
something for themselves. In this
Mr.. Brown is right, and it would be
very good plan for our southern
neighbors to organize home COM
pany for the purpose of prospecting
and shafting for minerals. If it can
be shown that there is good merchant