The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-27

Mr.. Jerry Stanton and bride re-
turned Friday from Warrington, W.
Va, where they spent few days.
Don't sell your turkeys and poultry
till you see Felty & Co, Mt. Lake
Park. SO At
Mr.. Christian Kimmell returned
Monday from visit to friends at
Sang Run.
Go to the Tasker mine, two and a
half miles from Swanton, for coal.
Full satisfaction guaranteed.
mar list L. F. TAsKER.
Mrs. W. Il. Miller and two children,
who visited relatives in Manchester,
N. H., for two weeks, returned to Oak
land Tuesday morning.
WANTED-A thorough, sober, in
dustrious newspaper man capable of
taking charge of office. Address, "K,n
care The REPUBLICAN, Oakland, Md.
DIR. and Mrs. l. D. Newman went
up to independence, w. Va, last Sat
urday and remained there over Sun
day visiting the formers brother.
Ex-Sheriff Edmund Jamison is lying
dangerously i'll at his home in Crellin
suffering with pneumonia. His host
of friends throughout the county will
regret to learn of his illness.
Miss Irene Haulenbeek is visiting
her mother, Mrs. g. W. Haulenbeek,
at "Uplands' near Deer Park. She is
pursuing her musical studies in Bal
timore and will make but a short
visit.
Close upon the announcement of
the advance in wages to railroad men
comes another that freight rates are
to be advanced ten per cent, so the
public will get to foot the bill after
all.
The new aprons and regelia for the
Masonic lodge in Oakland have been
received and will be worn by the
members to Cumberland to-day at the
laying of the corner stone of the new
Federal building in that city.
Mrs. Mamie E. Burke has been APP
pointed by the Orphans Court for
Garrett county Administrative of the
personal estate of her late husband,
Thomas F. Burke, and gives notice in
this issue of The REPUBLICAN to that
effect.
The special service being held in st.
PauPs NJ. f. Church will be continued
throughout this week and for an indef-
mite period. Considerable interest is
being manifested by mem bers and
non-members of the church DIR. Scott
breaches every night and his sermons
are strong and to the point.
NJ. R. Frantz, Esq, of Crellin, who
is holding a responsible position with
the Fairmont Coal Company, at Gyp-
sy, w. Va, arrived in Oakland Tues
day evening and went to his home at
Crellin yesterday morning where he
will spend Thanksgiving Day with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frantz.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hinebaugh, daugh-
ter and two sons, who some time ago
moved from Oakland to the Anderson
farm adjoining the Weber place east
of town, which farm was sold short
time ago to DR.. Ravenscroft, are again
residents of Oakland, having moved
into the Lowndes property on Fourth
street one day last week.
An editor desiring the news asked a
man to write it from his neighbor-
hood and got this reply: I'VE have
two school marms, the hog cholera,
about fifty bushels of potatoes and a
tarnal fool who married a cross-eyed
gal because she had mule and forty
acres of land, and the same is your
humble correspondent"
There ought to be some method of
preventing trivial matters from pro-
voking strikes. Why don't the in
jured party hunt up the manager and
give him licking when he has a
grievance and let his brother workers
go on with their jobs, so people all
ever the country will not be disap-
pointed in getting their Christmas
presents.
Thomas Sweeney is expected to ar
rive here within the next few days
from Cincinnati, O., where he has
been living the past fourteen years,
to take charge of the livery stable
which has been owned and operated
by his father for many years past but
whose health is such as to render him
unable to give the business his per-
sonal attention. TOM has many
warm friends in Oakland who will
gladly welcome him.
A paper soliciting subscriptions
with which to purchase bell for the
school building in Oakland is being
circulated by Prof. Loraditch, one of
the teachers employed here. The call
for funds for this laudable purpose
has been most generously complied
with and a sum almost sufficient for
the purpose has already been pledged.