The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-18

Col. PeaFie vii! speak At the Oak
land meeting Monday night
Mr. W. E Harvey, of n.sr Gorman.
visited Oakland yesterday
Mrs. E. Fundenberg and daughter.
Miss TeckIa. Of Deer PARK visited
Oakland Tuesday.
Percy Walter, of lockwood, Pa,
spent Sunday with his parents at the
Schley Hotel
Mr. John Il. Elsey of near Cranes
Vile, who attended court in Oakland
Tuesday. visited this office thar day.
L. L. Savage, Esq, of Sang Run,
was paying subscriber-visitor to this
office yesterday morning.
In the Deer Park Lutheran church
Sunday morning and evening Rev.
Geo. l. Uhler will preach.
Mr. B. w. Wright, formerly resi-
dent of Oakland, but now of Clarks-
burg, is in town today on business.
NJ. NJ. Ashby and family will remove
to Oakland from their farm north of
town as soon as house can be pro-
cured.
Mr.. P. E. Finzel, of Finzel, this
county, is at present located at Balti-
more, where he is holding lucrative
position.
f. ID. Brook, at present engaged in
the photograph business at Clarks-
burg, West Va, has been in Oakland
this week atteding court.
Miss Mary Barlow, formerly of Oak
land, but now residing at Manning
ton, W. Va, accompanied by several
friends of the same place, spent Sun
day here.
Sidewalks are needed in several sec
lions of the town. The town council
should see to it that they are provided
and provided at once 1t will be toe
late when bad weather sets in.
Edward E., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
E. Sollars, of near town, left Oakland
Monday for Charlotte Hall, st. Mary's
county, where he becomes a student
in the college at that place
ReY. William 7. Sines, of near Oak.
land, who belongs to the German Bap.
fist church, will preach in the Cum.
berland council chamber Saturday
evening and Sunday morning and
evening.
Mr.. j. Wilson Humbird and family
who spent the summer in Oakland
where they occupied the residence OF
Mr.. Edwin L. Mitchell, returned tc
their home in Cumberland Monday
afternoon. These pleasant people
will probably be. numbered among
Oakland's summer residents here.
after, as it is Mr.. HUNDREDS desire tc
purchase property here.
The contract for the brick work Oh
the new bank building in Oakland
has been let to Mr.. J. W. Bryan, OF
Clarksburg, w. Va. A speckled gray
brick which resembles to a great de-
gree granite and West Virginia sand
stone will be used in the construction
OF the building, this conclusion hav
ing been reached yesterday by the
building committee.
The Republican meetings adyertis
ed in these columns to take place
at various points in the county
will be addressed by Hon. George A
Pearre and Senator Ravenscroft
These two speakers will positively be
present and good audiences should be
accorded them.
The matter of houses for people in
Oakland and those who want to come
here to reside is becoming most ser.
ious one. They have no place to &c
and can find no place in which to live.
The growth of the town is being seri.
ously hindered by this condition OF
affairs. People who have money to
invest should get busy and remedy
this at once.
The recount in the Cumberland
city election case occurred yesterday
in the presence of Robert Shriver, ex-
aminer on the part of Mayor w. C.
White and J. J. Mcguire, on the part
OF w. L. Coulehan, petitioner, and
their respective counsel. Ward No. 8
was thrown out because the clerks
initials were not placed on the ballots.
In Wards 1, 2, and 5 the admittedly
good votes counted for White were
1888, and for Coulehan 276. There are
1877 challenged votes, 1928 by Mayor
Whites attorneys and 900 by Mr..
Coulehan's.