The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-06-12
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.


George Loar, Esq, of Grafton, was
in Oakland Sunday where he was the
guest of his mother.
Messrs. w. H. H. Friend and VIM.
L. Durham, of Selbysport District,
are in Oakland this week on business.
Dixon & Kelso have a car of the
best feed flour that ever came to Oak
land to sell at $3.50 sack 1872
Mr.. W. H. Michaels, one of Grants
vile Districts enterprising farmers.
was in Oakland on business a few
days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hinebaugh, of
Thomas, w. Va. are in Oakland Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Clagett and
other relatives.
Jacob Felix, Esq, of Accident, &C
companied by his little son, was in
Oakland Monday and Tuesday on
business.
Robert Shirer, who has been EN-
ployed for year or more in large
mill at Clarksburg, w. Va, is home
for few days.
Every Sunday is excursion day on
the B. & o. this summer. Excursion
tickets can be had between certain
points every Sunday, tickets good
for the one day.
Rev. Thomas j. Stanton, of Iona
coming, was in Oakland Friday and
delivered before the Normal School
here an interesting talk, report of
which will be found elsewhere in this
paper,
The adjourned March term of the
Circuit Court will meet in Oakland
on Monday next when Judges Stake
and Sloan will be upon the bench and
cases postponed until that date will
be disposed of.
Mrs. H. S. Whetsell, of Kingwood,
who was here on visit to Mrs. Geo.
w. Fleming for few days, went up
to Aurora Monday morning to visit
her parents before returning to her
home.
John Shartzer, Esq, who spent the
winter in Oakland with his family
left Thursday night last for Seattle,
Washington, and on Tuesday of this
week he sailed for Nome, Alaska,
where he will engage in gold mining
and prospecting.
For SaIe.-The "William Jankey
property at Deer Park. One acre
corner lot, good Broom house, cellar,
good water, fruit trees, stable and
other outbuildings. Price $3.50, part |
cash, part on time, or all cash, at buy
er's choice. Walsh Land Company,
Cumberland, Md. tt
Right Rev. William Paret, Bishop
of Maryland, will make his annual
visitation to st. Matthew's Parish
Saturday, June 14th, and will preach
and administer confirmation in the
Episcopal church, Oakland, at $50
o'clock in the afternoon of that day.
Sunday night heavy frost visited
this and adjoining sections of Garrett
county. In the immediate vicinity
of Oakland little, if any harm result
cd from the visitation. At Deer Park,
however, considerable damage was
done to growing vegetation, especial
ly corn, beans and tomatoes.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Karn, formerly
of Oakland, but for several years past
residents of Port Orange, Fla, are
now on visit to friends in Frederick
county, Md. They will come to Oak
land later in the summer and visit
friends for some time. All will give
them hearty welcome as they are
highly esteemed.
Rev. 7. Davis Richards, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of Neelsville,
whose residence is at Germantown,
Md, is very i'll at his home there with
complication of fevers. His condi-
ton, while not considered critical, is
understood to be serious. Rev. Mr..
Richards has been spending his sum-
mers at Mountain Lake Park for some
years past and until recently was the
owner of Hotel Chautauqua.
Attorneys John Il. Mitchell and
Edward H. Sincell went over to Bar
mum, W. Va, Tuesday morning where
they closed coal land transaction
involving about $125,000. The prop
erty in question was the mines oper-
ated by Messrs. Watson & Co., the
purchasers being Weston Dodson &
Co., of Bethlehem. The sale of this
property will bring other holdings in
to the market which will entail an
expenditure of large sum by the
new owners of the Watson mines.
The Republicans of District No. 3,
Grantsville, Md, Saturday elected as
delegates to the Republican Conven-
ton at Oakland, Md, which was held
on Tuesday Charles Brown, T. H.
Bittinger, Frank Folk, Charles burst
and l.. Compton. Pearre was en-