The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-21

A4lSs arms, VI mig WOOO, Is III Odk-
land visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Scott T.
Jones.
Miss Carrie Veitch, of Listie, Pa, is
here as the guest of her friend, Miss
Clara Davis.
Mrs. VIM. Inskeep and daughter, of
Keyser, W. Va, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Sollars south of town.
w. Greed Huntington, Esq, of
Terra Alta, was in Oakland yester-
day on business.
Mr.. D. Y. Morris, OF Kingwood,
came over to Oakland yesterday to
spend the day with his daughter, Mrs.
b. n. Sincell.
Mr.. Chauncey E. Ellithorp, one of
the School Commissioners, was in
town Friday last on business.
Mr.. w. E. Walsh, of Cumberland,
has been in and about Oakland sew
eral days on business.
Capt. NJ NJ. Best, of Sunnyside, was
in the city Tuesday and made a pay
ing visit to THE REPUBLICAN.
County Commissioners meeting
will be held on Tuesday, September
9th, for the transaction OF routine
business.
EASTERN COLLEGE, Front Royal,
Va, is offering more advantages at
reasonable rates than any other good
school. Write for free Catalogue. 5
Mr.. E. g. Miller, of near Deer Park,
bought yesterday at private sale the
William Hall farm, west of Oakland,
for $1,000 cash and will at once oc-
cupy it.
Attorneys John T. Mitchell, E. H.
Sincell and n S. Heindel, accompan-
led by Surveyor A. G. Mason are over
in the vicinity of Fairfax Stone max
ing survey.
Mr.. Henry F. Kahl, accompanied
by his wife and child, was in Oakland
Monday night on his way to his home
in Johnstown, Pa, after having Wis
tied his parents at Accident for sew
eral days.
Howard Hoffman, of Cumberland,
who is just recovering from an at
tack of typhoid fever, arrived here
yesterday and will remain for two
months or more, or until his health is
completely restored. He was accom-
panied here by his wife and babe.
Crops in Garrett county this year
will be hard to excel in any part OF
the country. Some crops have been
harvested showing large returns, The
oats crop is one of the largest, the
average yield of which will be proba-
bly, fifty bushels to the acre.
Rev. Charles Butler, Of Washing.
ton, D. c., will preach in st. Mark S
Ev. Lutheran church, Oakland, Sun.
day morning at 1890, while Rev,
Uhler, the pastor, will conduct ser
vices at Deer Park Sunday morning
and evening at the usual hours.
Honey bees a few days ago stung
the young son of Mr.. Poulk, who
resides at Barrett, about one-hali
mile from German. DR.: Dinkwater.
attended the injured lad and no seri.
Gus consequences of his acquaintance
with the business end of the bees are
anticipated.
The dwelling now occupied by the
editor. and family on Second street
was purchased on Monday by the oc-
cupants and will be repaired and re.
painted at once. Other improvements
are in contemplation and when com
pleted the editorial residence will pre-
sent an altogether changed appear
ance.
The continued cool weather is a
fertile source of comment during
these August days, when everybody
expects it to be scorching hot and
dry. The season has indeed been a
very remarkable one for low temper
allure and heavy rainfall Summer
resorts have suffered to slight ex-
tent on account of the cool weather.
Some rare old deeds are being
brought to light at Kingwood by the
lawyers in abstracting coal titles. One
few days ago was produced which
was signed by Patrick Henry, back
about the time the Revolutionary wal
was being fought while there are a
number of others which are signed by
James Monroe, James Madison and
the Randolphs, of Virginia.
Contracts will soon be awarded by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for
100 new locomotives. There are now
154 new engines under construc ton
for the Baltimore and Ohio, and this
order will make 254 to be delivered by
next summer, They will repr esent
an outlay of $4,500,00O This expen-
diture, with the new steel rails that
have been ordered and the extensive
reconstruction of the line to Chicago.
will aggregate total outlay of about