The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-03
Winter is loath to leave us.

Zinc and grinding double the wear.
1t looks as though few more loads
of coal would be required.
Messrs. Andrew and Bernard Con
! der and Ernest Harne were in Pied
mont Sunday.
Dixon & Kelso will EXCHANGE SO
lbs. No. buckwheat flour for bushel
| buckwheat. 425
| Rev w. c. Davis, of Kittaning, Pa,
arrived in Oakland Monday evening
to spend few days with his parents.
On Sunday st. Peters Conmandery
No "a, Knights of st. John, of this
place, took the third degree of the
order.
Miss Virginia Johnson was the
guest of friends in Piedmont Monday
where she attended the ball that
night given by the Acorn Club.
Mrs. f. NJ. Robinson, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Josephine, left
Monday morning for visit to friends
at Davis, w. Va.
Mrs. f. Fundenberg and daughter,
Mis- Teckla, who spent month with
relatives in Cumberland, have re-
turned to their home near Deer Park
Col. Sturgiss has had the rooms at
his pharmacy repapered and other
wise improved. The store is model
of neatness and is inviting in appear
ance.
Wrecks are again being reported
from various parts of the b. & O..
They are caused by the same thing
that has make them occur in the past
too much work for the men to do and
retain their proper faculties.
Mr.. G. James, an extensive oil op-
orator of the Clarksburg region, spent
Sunday and Monday in Oakland on a
visit to his wife, who has been here
for several weeks and who will re-
main here during the summer months
for her health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Proctor arrived
in Oakland Tuesday afternoon from
Charlottesville, Va, where they spent
the greater portion of the winter and
will occupy their residence here dur
ing the summer and fall months en-
suing.
April has started off as if it intend
ed to take the place left vacant by
March this year so far as mean wea-
Their is concerned. This month may
be one of the worst of the year, if the
predictions of the long range prophets
are worth anything. They state that
it is to be corker.
The recent Incorporation of the
Garrett Coal and Mining Company
brings to our county wealthy Penn
sylvania capitalists who will at once
deyelop their holdings and thus give
employment to large number of
| persons.
Jerry from Kerry" a comedy and
speciality show. is billed to appear at
the Opera House in Oakland on Sat
urday night, the 9Th inst. The show
is replete, sparkling with mirth and
funny situations and carries with it a
ladies concert band. The usual
prices will prevail.
Just as we had been lulled with the
hope that spring had arrived three
foot snow came upon us. 1t is quite
healthy these mornings to arise, grab
the snow shovel and clear your pave
ments of from three to six feet of the
beautiful" before breakfast. Besides
being healthy it is an appetizer. If
| you are of an industrious nature you
can repeat the process at noon and
again just before supper.
Rev. George w. Kepler remember
ed the editor by sending through the
mails copy of his Easter Greeting
containing the order of services that
was observed in his church at Par
kersburg Sunday. The remembrance
of the many days of close fellowship
enjoyed by the editor with Mr.. KEEP
Ter while he was pastor of the Metho-
dist church in Oakland will ever re-
main with us.
Morgantown is to have brewery
OF course the beer will not be sold OF
consumed in Morgantown. That
saints rest? Never! There hasn't
been a drop of spirits or alcoholic
beverages consumed in that dear old
paradise for seveDty-tive years. Much
less sold there. Perish the thought!
That brewery will never get a dollar
out of Morgantown. Why the people
down there won't allow the drinking
water to stand over night, lest it fer.
ment. They don't eat hard apples
fearful that they contain hard cider.
-Fairmont Times
The Garrett County Coal and Min
ing Company recently incorporated
under the laws of the State of New