The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13
LOCAL AND OTHER WISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

Personal Menn0n, Etc.
Earl Graham, of Terra Alta, was in
town Monday.
Ohio j. Paugh, Esq, of Barnum,
was in the city Monday on business.
Frank Bro wning, who is employed
by meat firm at Homecoming, spent
Sunday with his parents here.
Ed. Helbig, after being confined to
his bed for several mont his with ty-
phoid fever, is out again.
DIXON & KELSO have 40, 900 lbs.
low grade flour to sell at $40 hun
dred. 4S2t
W. A. Sturgiss was at Morgantown
Sunday attending the funeral of an
aunt, Mrs. Wagner, who died Friday.
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday,
which marked the beginning of the
Lenten season.
Some one has said that snow or
rain has fallen in Oakland every day
since November 9TH last.
There should be no scarcity of ice
in this section during the coming
summer.
Quite large number of young peo-
pie from out of town attended the
final ball given by the dancing club
here on Monday night.
Mr.. John J. Mosser, of Shelton,
Nebraska, a former resident of Gar
rett county, is among our new sub
scribers this week.
We are under obligations to Mr.. H.
A. Loraditch for the report of the
local teachers institute, held in Oak
land last Saturday, which appears
elsewhere in this issue.
This Office is in receipt of an invita-
ton from the citizens of Cincinnati to
attend the opening of the Cincinnati
Building at the South Carolina State
and West Indian Exposition at
Charleston, S. c., ON the 18th inst.
A week ago last Sunday there were
nine Livengoods, from Salisbury, all
in Grantsville at once. Strange to
say, there was still little liquor left
in the town after they returned home.
Salisbury Star.
The first gathering of note at Noun
tain Lake Park will be the meeting
of the Secretaries of the international
Y. M. @. A. which will be held June
11-15. Several hundred delegates will
be in attendance.
Mr.. Milton Liston, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, was in Oakland a few days this
week on visit to his cousins, Messrs.
John L. and Edwin L. Mitchell. Mr..
Liston was born and reared at Lis
tonburg, Pa, and went west num-
Der of years ago, settling in the Nor
mon city, where he is engaged in the
lumber business
AS result of the continued cold
weather ice to the thickness of 10
inches is being cut on the Little
Yough and the lakes and ponds in
and near Oakland. The ice is clear,
free of snow and resembles the ice
from the great lakes which few
years ago was brought to this section
for use by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company.
Mr.. Winchester's Annapolis letter
this week is quite as interesting as
his former ones. We feel like con-
graduating ourselves in securing the
services of this writer. What he says
in his correspondence may be relied
upon as being strictly true with refer
ence especially to the boodling meth
DDS of the Democracy. His letters
are eagerly read every week by our
patrons.
Recently car load of ponies was
being taken east over the Baltimore
and Ohio. AT Deer Park the train
men noticed that four of the animals
were lying on the floor of the car and
were being tramped by their mates.
The train was stopped and upon in
vestigation it was found that one of
the animals was dead and the others
badly injured. Mr.. John Z. Elliott
purchased the injured ones and will
attempt to restore them.
The camp site may yet come to Oak
land. Congressman Pearre is in a
position to do much toward securing
the location for Garrett county and
from private sources it is believed
that he will exert himself to the ut
most to accomplish his aim. Oak
land has many prominent members
of Congress enlisted in her behalf.
among them being Senators Nc
Comas, Elkins and Scott, the entire
membership in the House of Repre-
sentatives from Maryland and num-
Der from West Virginia, Ohio and
other states west and south of us.