The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

Capt. Robert H. Gordon, of Cum
berland, spent Sunday at his farm
near Mountain Lake Park.
Mr.. NJ. R. Hamill went oyer to
Blaine, W. Va, Tuesday to remain
until tomorrow morning
Thomas Gender went to Cumber-
land Sunday where he has secured a
position in a drug store.
WANTED SALESMAN - Local and
travelling; salary or commission.
Brown Bros. Co., Rochester, n. Y.
Miss Nettie Michaels arrived in Oak
land yesterday morning from Balti-
more, where she will remain for an
indefinite period.
Mr.. W. w. Briscoe, after having
spent a week in Oakland with his
mother, left Yesterday morning for a
Western trip.
Mr.. Oren F. Morton, the Kingwood
(W. Va author, spent Saturday in
Oakland on business connected with
his publications.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Randolph, of
Washington, D. c., who visited rela-
tives in Oakland for two or three
weeks, returned home Tuesday morn
ing.
Miss Nora Walter, of the Schley
Hotel, who spent two weeks at At
lantic City and points in Pennsyl-
vania, has returned to her home in
Oakland.
Messrs. Samuel Gnagey and Mahlon
Spiker, two representative of Acct
dents young manhood, were in Oak
land Monday when they made this
Office brief visit.
Stewart and Byrne Hamill left Oak
land yesterday morning for Baltimore
and Hagerstown respectively where
they will take up their studies for the
winter, the former becoming a stu
dent in the Maryland Law School.
One day last week the architect of
the new Catholic church called the
attention of the skaters to some de-
fects in the work which he said would
have to be remedied and they all quit,
hence the work is being somewhat de-
layed.
FOUND.-In front of my home on
Hooppole Road, north of Oakland, on
the morning Of Sept 18th, 1902, a
small brown mare attached to a
buggy. The mare has left eye out,
bob tail and foretOp clipped. The
owner proving his property and pay
ing charges may take the same away.
M. NJ. Ashby, Oakland, Md. 30 3
As usual the approach of fall has
brought out a crop of prophets who
are predicting all sorts of weather for
the winter. The chances are that
they won't know for certain what we
are to have any sooner than the rest
of us and we won't know until after
we have it.
A big row is on at Uniontown be-
cause one of the merchants has re-
fused to close his place of business at
six O'Clock along with the rest of the
storekeepers. The police had to be
called the other evening to dispense a
mob which stood in front of this store
and threatened to raise cain.
Sheriff w. A. Maffett advertises in
this issue of THE REPUBLICAN the
sale of III acres of land lying adjacent
to Mountain Lake Park. The sale
will take place on Saturday, Oct. 49,,
and will be made under an execution
issued out of the Circuit Court against
the lands of A. w. bennett.
Baltimore and Ohio Agent D. M.
Mason has received from Stevens City,
Va, a box of war relics picked up
near that town and sent to him by
express. The relics consist of an off
GERS sword, bayonet, leather cap
box containing a number of percus-
sion caps and an unexploded as well
as unloaded three inch shell. The
sword and bayonet are both badly
eaten by rust. The cap box is well
preserved, however.
There is cave in the mountain
near Piedmont that has never been
fully explored. Three young men ex-
nlored for over mile, but found no
end. Unlike most caves, the bottom
is rough, in many places huge bould-
ers having fallen from the roof. 1t is
inhabited by innumerable bats.
Stone of a peculiar appearance and
very hard is found in large quanti-
ties. Although discovered several
years ago, its extent remains mys-
terry.
The third annual report of the
Deer Park Village Improvement AS
ISOLATION, now in press at THE RE-
PUBLICAN Office, indicates a healthy
growth of the society both numerical
ly and financially. The treasurer's
statement shows a balance of $3.50
with no outstanding accounts. Many
suggestions of merit concerning the