The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-26
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

AUeOihCy OOAIu l.. miICIich IL COll'
fined to his house with an attack oil
Illness
Miss Lizzie Weber has returned to
her home near town from a visit of a
week or two to friends in Cumber.
land.
Mr.. George 7. Brew arrived home
on Friday night from Rouceverte, w.
Va, and will remain here for the hol-
idays.
Misses Grace Jones and Bessie Offutt
came home from school Friday even
ing to spend the holidays with Their
parents.
Saturday night was the coolest ex.
perienced here this winter, when the
mercury registered II degrees below
zero.
DR.. and Mrs. John &. Robinson
have gone to Baltimore where they
will spend the holidays with the
parents of the former.
WANTED.-A reliable, competent
girl or woman to take charge of house
for widow lady; no children. AID.
dress Box 1853, Mountain Lake Park
Md. AZ II
Mrs. John Harmed, of near Oak
land, left here Monday morning fol
New York, where she will spend the
holidays with her son, DR.. Frank
Freeland.
Among the many students in eastern
schools who have returned home fol-
holidays we notice Byrne Hamill
George l.. Sincell and Semmes
Hamill
Mary Zimmerman, aged fifteen
years, was sent to Jail in Oakland one
day last week charged by her uncle,
William Kitzmiller, with being incor-
rigible.
The physicians report many cases
of liberated sore throat among the
children of Oakland and vicinity,
caused probably by the many and
severe changes in the weather re-
Gently.
A petition will be shortly presented
to the Board of County Commission
ers praying for the erection of a
bridge over the North Branch OF
the Potomac river at or near Shaw,
West Va.
Oakland was full of Christmas shop
pers Saturday, Monday and Tuesday,
resulting in busy days for our mer-
chants and consequent depletion OF
Christmas goods and a swelling OF
bank accounts.
One day last week the saw mill be-
longing to Theodore Bush, ESQ, three
miles from Grafton, was completely
wrecked by the explosion of the
boiler. One man was killed and an
other slightly injured. The loss is
$4,000 with no insurance.
Mr.. William r. Stull and his bride.
formerly Miss Jeanette Law, of West
Pittston, Pa, who were married on
the 3rd inst, arrived in Oakland last
Friday, after having made tour OF
the eastern cities Mr.. and Mrs. Stull
will occupy their handsome new
home now building, after the first OF
the year.
A committee of members of Oak
land lodge Knights of Pythias, are
making preparations for banquet to
be given on Friday night, January
Bird, to the members and friends of the
organization. A very handsome in
vitation to the function will be issued
which is now in course of preparation
at this Office. The lodge is in a
prosperous condition, financially and
also in point of members.
The F., M. & P. trains have an easy,
don't-care, happy-go-lucky way of
running that is quite charming in
these days of hustle and hurry. There
is certain element of delightful un-
certainty about the way they disre-
gard the schedule. The liberties they
take with time tables would crafty
the soul of an anarchist. If you
want to go anywhere. good people,
you don't have to hurry.-Morgan-
town Post.
Prof. s. G. Smith and his many
patrons have been greatly disap-
pointed over the non-arrival of the
pianola ordered for the holidays. The
instrument was to have been shipped
from the factory in Connecticut on
the 9th inst, but instead it was not
shipped until the Goth. Mr.. Smith
desires us to state that he did not
anticipate this delay when he adver-
tised the concerts to be given by the
instrument at the music store and his
disappointment is only equaled by
that of his customers and lovers of
music generally.