The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-09-05

Miss Tina Connell spent Saturday
last with friends in Oakland.
Mrs. E. NJ. Spedden and children,
of Crellin, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. E. Shirsr on Alder street.
DR.. S. II. Hardman, eye. ear, nose
and throat specialist, Grafton, W. Va.
Spectacles and artificial eyes fitted.
Mr.. Thos. C. Bradshaw, of Column
bus, Ohio, spent Saturday and Sun
day in Oakland.
Mr.. A. G. Walls, of Keyser, spent
Sunday in Oakland the guest of rela-
tives.
J. Russell Browning, OF Blaine, was
visitor to Mr.. NJ. R. Hamill's family
in Oakland last week.
Farris Bosley returned to Whining
ton. Del, on Saturday night where
he will again enter school.
Mrs. R. A. Orcutt was called to
Grafton Monday by the serious ill
ness of a relative.
Miss Ethelyn Houghton, Of Wash
ington, is the guest of Miss Orlie
Durham at her home on Centre
street.
There will not be many Ole soldiers
of this community who will attend
the reunion at Cleveland. Ohio, this
month.
Mr.. S. F. Cuppett, OF Elder, was i'll
Oakland one day last week on bust
ness. While here Mr.. Cuppett made
this Office a brief visit.
The new water company organized
at Mountain Lake Park is receiving
liberal encouragement by the resi-
dents of that place.
Bonnie" the little black mare be-
longing to Mr.. VIM. Hooking at the
Park, died one day recently. The
animal was highly priced by Mr..
Hooking and his family.
Mrs. Rosenheim and her daughter,
Mrs. Marcus, of Parkersburg, who
have been in Oakland the greater
part of this summer, will return to
their home this evening.
The Oakland District Conference,
in session at Mountain Lake Park, is
largely attended by ministers as well
as laymen. The sessions of the con-
ference are being held in the new NJ.
E. church.
Mrs. L. Frank, of Toledo, o., who
spent the summer at the Oakland
Hotel, went to Parkersburg on Mon
day, where she will remain a few
weeks before returning to her home
at Toledo.
Mr.. w. 7. Ravenscraft, of Fairmont,
was in Oakland day or two this
week on business. Mr.. Ravenscraft,
owing to the ill health of his wife,
will leave Fairmont shortly and locate
at some point in Colorado.
The Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions will meet at their Office in Oak
land Saturday for the purpose of APP
pointing additional election officials
The list of appointments will appear
in these columns next week.
Court convenes in Oakland next
Monday. Judge Sloan will preside,
his health having improved to such
an extent as to allow him to do so,
which is highly gratifying to his
numerous friends in this county and
the Judicial Circuit.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm applied
to cut, bruise, burn, scald or like in
stantly allay the pain and will heal
the parts in less time than any other
treatment. Unless the injury is very
severe it will not leave a scar. Pain
Balm also cures rheumatism, sprains,
swellings and lameness. For sale by
| all druggists.
Jerry Stanton has closed out his
confectionery store and news stand to
Mr.. Baumgardner, of Baltimore,
who will take charge on Monday next.
Mr.. Baumgardner is known to many
people here, having married Miss
Lizzie Little, formerly of Oakland, a
few years ago.
At Hagerstown on Monday Judge
Stake stopped William Wilmer and
family from giving an exhibition of
rattlesnakes. Wilmer lives in the
mountains near Cavetown. He has a
collection of twenty rattlesnakes and
| claims to be a snake "charmern and
| is proof against snakebites.
A corporation for the purpose of
carrying on wholesale grocery bust
ness at Piedmont has been formed.
Mr.. Scott 7. Jones, of Oakland, and
Mr.. w. T. White, of Terra Alta, are
interested in the venture. Mr.. n. J.
Crooks has been elected general man
ager by the stockholders.
The good politician never stops
working until the polls are closed
and the wise advertiser takes reckon
ing of his goods long after they have
been sold and paid for. The day up