The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-05-09
Mr.. Frank w. Watts, of Baltimor

day.
Big combination formed at Swan
ton to buy wool for cash. C. S. May,
proprietor.
The postoffice at Blaine will not be
moved across the river to Kitzmill ers-
vile as was contemplated.
Miss Jessie Fringer, who spent the
winter at Eglon with her aunt, Mrs.
Louis Bush, has returned to Oakland.
Trailing arbutus, the daintiest and
prettiest of our wild flowers, is in
bloom.
Townshend g. Son have nice, neat
line of plaids, percales, organdies,
colored lawns, lace curtains, bed
spreads, sheets, ETC., away down.
Harper Bartlett, who has position
with numbering firm at Clarksburg,
spent Sunday in Oakland with his
parents.
John L. Sincell, Esq, was at King
wood Monday ON business connected
with the sale of some coal lands in
which he is interested.
Did you see that line of summer
goods, laces, embroideries, silks and
velyets at Townshend & Sons? Cheap
er than ever. "a
Senator Ravenscroft and family, of
Accident, were in Oakland Tuesday
on their return home from a visit to
the Senator's parents in Allegany
county.
Messrs. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr., E. l..
Mitchell, E. H. Sincell and Sheriff
Oester are down in the lower end of
the county this week making a sur
vey of some lands in litigation.
The census enumeratofs in this
county appointed in accordance with
the act passed at the recent extra
session of the Legislature, are.making
rapid Roadway with their work.
Painters, carpenters, paperhangers
and all other artisans of Oakland are
kept as busy as they can be building
and identifying property in Oak
land.
A note was received at this Office
Tuesday from Hon. q. w. Moon, now
in Washington, stating that his fam
lily had been removed from Washing
ton to his old home in this county.
The cold storage warehouse now
building on the lot adjoining the
electric plant for the Cumberland
Brewing Company is almost com
pleted.
Senator Ravenscroft has let the
contract to A. D. Naylor g. Co. tor
the installation of a steam heating
apparatus in his Office building in
Oakland, work to begin on the same
shortly.
Mr.. j. II. Bonnet, of this place, had
the misfortune to fall from a ladder,
at Bloomington, last Wednesday. He
was badly bruised and will be laid up
for some time, but not dangerously
hurt.-Piedmont Independent.
Mr.. VIM. Moody, of Bloomington,
was in Oakland Tuesday attending a
meeting of the board of directors of
the First National Bank. Mr.. Moody
is just now recovering from a severe
attack of infiammatory rheumatism
with which he was confined to his
bed for number of weeks.
New call cards for the subscribers
of the Garrett County Telephone
Company have been printed at this
Office and distributed. The new cards
contain the names and calls of all
subscribers to the line and are quite
an improvement over the arrange
ment of cards heretofore in use.
Mr.. Graham Dukehart, of Balti-
more, Right Eminent Grand Com
mander of Knights Templar of Mary
land, will visit Oakland Lodge An
cient. Free and Accepted Masons on
the night of the Gath inst The visits
of Mr.. Dukehart to the brethren at
stated intervals is always a source of
pleasure and profit.
There are still few idlers and
buns to be seen on the streets not
withstanding the great demand for
workers. When these specimens get
into trouble and are in lire need it is
an utter waste of charity to help
them. They should take David Starr
Jordan advice-if they are not fit to
stay on the earth they should get I'M
der it and thus could be at least use
full enough to help nourish the cab
bage.
The tramp question is not settled
yet. While some towns get rid of the
parasites by making them work it
only causes them to move on and an
noy some one else. The thriftless
idler does not want to work and will
not work unless under com pulsion,
while there is an abundance of it for
all and the world is suffering because
it is not done. If all towns would
adopt the plan of putting the tramps
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