The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-31
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc

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Mr.. w. L. Shaffer, of Deer Park,
was business visitor to Oakland yes
terday.
DR.. Hattie B. Jones, of West Vir-
ginia, is here on visit to her brother,
Mr.. Scott T. Jones.
In ST. Marks Ev. Lutheran church
services will be held Sunday morn
ing by Rev. Geo L. Uhler, the pastor.
The First National Bank, Friends
vile, with paid up capital of $25,0C0
pays three per cent. interest on time
deposits. Is st
The Oakland Concert Band is in
debted to Mr.. A. D. Naylor for treat
to delicious ice cream after the con-
cert last Thursday evening.
The architect for the new First
National Bank building was in Oak
land yesterday laying off the ground
for the excavations.
Walter Wolf, ESQ, who left this
part OF the country several years ago,
is now in Idaho where he is holding a
lucrative position with large lum-
boring concern.
One of the most ENJOYABLE hops of
the season was held last night in
Offutt's Hall, about forty of Oakland's
young people and number of out
of-town guests being the participants.
DR.. and Mrs. John K. Mitchell and
children, of Philadelphia, who re-
Gently returned from Europe, arrived
at Deer Park few days ago to spend
the summer. Mrs. Mitchell and her
sister, Miss Williams, were in Oakland
Tuesday afternoon.
For SaIe.-The William Jankey
property" at Deer Park. One acre
cornefalot, 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. If
Mr.. and Mrs. g. H. Walter, of the
Schley Hotel have as their house
guests their nieces, Misses Margaret
and Grace Bradley, of Jeanette, Pa;
Mrs. E. E. Dull and two children, of
lockwood, Pa; and their nephew
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Walter,
of Meyersdale, Pa.
The new bell for st. Marks Ev.
Lutheran church was shipped from
the foundry up in New York, on last
Saturday and is expected to arrive
here to-day or tomorrow. The bell
weighs about 1900 pounds and will re-
place the present bell which was
broken last winter.
There is horrible fight on between
the Grafton Leader and the Grafton
Sentinel oyer local issues, chiefly
street paving, and the way the re-
spective editors inject sulphur into
their publications is calculated to jar
the foundations of journalistic his
tory. Up to date the agitated citi-
zens have not ca"ed for military in
reference.
Complaints are being made regard
ing the sale of cigarettes to boys I'm
der sixteen years of age in this place.
This is strictly forbidden by law and
a penalty accompanies it. One boy
not over ten years of age was seen to
purchase a package of the Internal
product on Friday afternoon and the
matter maygo further if the offense is
repeated.-Ex.-Same in Oakland.
Ferris Bosley, former employe of
this Office, but now living at Whining
ton, Del, where he holds a response
BILE position with a large ship and
locomotive construction works, came
home Sunday night owing to the ILL
ness, and subsequent death, of his
father, the late George L. Boslev,
who died Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock.
Col. William Kilgour and daughter,
of Rockville, Montgomery county,
orc icSlstcItu DIT Uue ON.nlduQ. n
few moments conversation with Col.
Kilgour yesterday brought out the
fact that ever since 1858 he has been
visiting this town. 'Of all the places
on earth, y he said, this is the most
charming" He is full of "reminiscences
and tells with grace not 3qualled
by anyone many anecdotes relative
to this community many years ago at
which time it was comparative will
derness.
Prof. E. D. Murdaugh, principal
elect of the State Normal School at
Frostburg, arrived in that town from
Oklahoma on Friday of last week and
will open the school early in Septem-
Der. Prof. Murdaugh is we'll known
in Oakland where, 1856, he was
principal of the Oakland schools,
leaving here in the spring of 1886 and
going west nine years later where he
was engaged as principal of the Ter
ritorlal Normal School at Edmond,
Oklahoma.
Harry RroyUn q hrotbar of Mre