The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-15
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.


Personal Mention, Etc.
Mr.. George L. Bosley has been
granted an increase of pension to $12
a month.
Capt. r. Il. Gordon, of Cumber-
land, came up to Oakland Monday
night for few days recuperation.
Naylor g. Co. have a nice line of
new and second hand bicycles for sale
and rent. 93t
Mr.. Chas. A. Deffinbaugh has pur-
chased three lots on Third street from
Thomas and John Harne an will erect
thereon at an early date dwelling.
The stable and outbuiIdings on the
farm of Jacob Wisner were entirely
consumed by fire on Monday last.
Mr.. Wisner resides down near Bloom
ington, in District No. 4.
Miss Sheets, of Pittsburg, Pa, who
was the guest of the Misses Nelson in
Oakland for several days, returned to
her home in the above city Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. w. NJ. Lohr, of the Cove, came
up to Oakland Thursday and on Fri
day as ex-Treasurer of the county
sold at public auction some real es-
tate for non-payment of taxes due
and in arrear.
LosT-A White English Setter,
about Is inches high: left side of face
and left ear brown; tip of right ear
brown; black strap as a collar on
turn to Office of Preston Lumber Co,
and receive reward of $500.
The house belonging to Mrs Bridget
Laffey, near Frankyille, on the line
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
in this county, burned to the ground
last Sunday morning about o'clock.
The household effects belonging to
Mrs. Laffey were saved from the
flames.
A bursted wheel under a car in an
east bound B. & o. freight train caus-
ed an ugly wreck on the seventeen
mile grade last Friday morning Six
cars were wrecked. both tracks block
ed and all trains delayed for several
hours. The train was trying to get
out of block to prevent OBTAINING No.
2, which probably would have made
the wreck worse than it otherwise
would have been.
Rev. S. M. Engle was Sunday in
stalled as pastor of the Presbyterian
church, at Parsons, w. Va, the ser
vice being conducted by Rev. Charles
Ghiselin, ID. D., of Shepherdstown,
w. Va, and Rev. E. d. Washburn,
D. D., of Romney, w. Va. Rev. Mr..
Engle is also pastor of the Hendricks
and Hambleton churches and the in>
stallation exercises were repeated at
the former church Sunday night.
By reference to the head Of our edi-
torial page it will be seen that Chair
man Laughlin of the Republican
County Committee has issued call
for primaries to be held on the 31st
inst. to elect delegates to a county
convention in Oakland on June 3rd
at which time delegates are to be
elected to attend the Congressional
convention to be held at Hagerstown
on June 9Th to nominate a candidate
for Congress from the Sixth Congress
sional District
Prof. L. L. Friend, son of Rev. D.
A. Friend, of this county, who at
present occupies a position in the
West Virginia University at Morgan
town, has been elected as head of the
new preparatory school, the build
ings for which are now in course of
erection at Keyser. Prof. Friend has
been connected with the University
since his graduation from it. He is
also an alumnus of the Conference
Seminary at Buckhannon. His
friends here congratulate him on the
preferment.
Yes said the old man addressing
his young visitor, 81 am proud of my
girls and would like to see them COM
fortably married, and as l have made
a little money they will not go to
their husbands penniless. There's
Mary, 25 years old and a real good
girl. | shall give her FIVE thousand
dollars when she marries. Then
comes Bet, who won't see 80 again,
and shall give her ten thousand dol
lars, and the man who takes Eliza,
who is 40, will have fifteen thousand
dollars with her." The young man
reflected moment or SO, and then
inquired: "You haven't one about so
have your"