The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-10
BLOOMINGTON.

The Savage base ball team defeated
a combination nine from Blaine, Coke
ton, Thomas, Elkins and Davis on the
morning of the Fourth. The Savage
Cornet Band preceded the players in
procession through Bloomington,
Luke and Savage and played during
intervals throughout the game. The
score stood 2 to in favor of Savage.
Mr.. George Kitzmiller, of Blaine, can
didate for the Senate to fill the unex-
pired term of Senator Ravenscroft,
took an especial interest in the boys
from up the Potomac.
Miss Stella Green, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. B. F. Green, was married
to Mr.. John Durham, of Barnum, on
last Wednesday evening at o'clock
at the residence of her parents at
Brantsburg, a short distance from
town. The wedding was quiet home
affair, only the friends and relatives
of bride and groom being present.
Rev. George Cecil, of the NJ. E. church,
this place, performed the ceremony.
The happy couple, surrounded by
friends and with best wishes of ac-
quaintances and relatives, boarded
the train the following morning for a
tour of Western cities.
Dubois Il Bonds first engine for the
Savage River Railroad has been de-
livered at Crab Tree station, the east
ern connection with the b. Il O. We
understand the mill buildings are
completed and as soon as about one
mile of track is finished the machin-
cry will be placed-in position. The
capacity of the mill will be $4,000 feet
daily.
Mr.. Bert Wolf, of Mailman, accom-
panied by his wife and family, spent
a few days under the parental roof
last week.
Spring chickens are selling at 25c
per pound, with enough corn in the
craw to fatten good sized pig.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton True sold out
their household effects and moved to
Clarksburg. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Moore moved into the property vaca-
ted by the True family.
Messrs. Daniel and John Raley and
Russell Pattison, all residents of this
town, but for the season the brain
and Drawn of the Homecoming base
ball club, spent few days here last
week with their families.
Mr. Hartman Elliott celebrated his
advent into manhood on last Satur-
day evening a week by giving his
young friends and companions royal
good time.
s Mrs. Edward Warwick has returned
from Tunnelton, where she had been
called to attend the funeral of her
little nephew, Joseph Ray Irons, aged
II years, who died under the most
distressing and heartrending circum-
stances while on board the Duquesne
Limited of the B. & o. en- route to the
Pasteur Hospital, Baltimore. About
nine weeks prior to his death strange
cat came to the house and while the
little fellow was playing it one morn
ing bit him on the nose. The nose
became terribly infiamed and swollen
and physician was called in attend
ance. Under treatment the wound
gradually healed and nothing I'M
usual was noticed in the boys condi-
tion until last Saturday q week ago
when a frightful CONFUSION terrified
his parents. Physicians pronounced
his disease hydrophobia due to the
cat bite and arrangements were i'm
mediately made to hurry him to Bal
timore for Pasteur treatment. The
train was boarded at Morgantown,
which place the father was engaged
in the lumber business. While en-
route one convulsion followed an
other with short intervals until the
vitality of the little fellow at last be-
came exhausted and he died while
the train was nearing lockwood, A
miles above Cumberland. The body
was taken to Cumberland and pre-
pared for burial by an undertaken.
On Monday morning of last week the
remains passed through this place on
the accommodation train to Tunnel
ton, the old home of Mrs. Irons, where
they were buried the day following.