The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-24

| ppIlnS COulu Truly Uc Cdllou Tue
sweetest season if it wasn't for the
early onions.
a neat booklet descriptive of Hotel
Chautauqua is being printed at this
Office.
A new call card for the Garrett
County Telephone Company is in
course of preparation at this office.
a. d. Naylor has received three car
! loads of vehicles this week. Finest
assortment ever come to Oakland. 1t
Rev. T. D. Richards, of German
town, Md, former owner of Hotel
Chautauqua, was in Oakland Friday
last on business.
Thomas Rigg, Esq, of Terra Alta,
is patient at the McComas Sanitar-
ium in Oakland where he Is being
treated for complication of diseases.
Walter Hinebaugh, brakeman on
the B. & o., has leave Of absence
for the summer and will work here at
painting and paperhanging with w.
F. King
We have received several new sub
scribers this week but for business
reasons we refrain from publishing
their names as we have been doing
heretofore.
When a woman sews button on
her husbands pants she shows more
real affection than the one who talks
for an hour about the love she feels
for him.
Tuesday morning on train No. 3
was an express car containing seven
baby elephants which were being
taken from New York to Indianapo-
lis, Ind. The animals were in charge
of German keeper.
Martin Luther, or the Story of the
Reformation" will be presented at
STARTERS Opera House in Ga kland
| on June end and 3Id which will be di-
rected by Mrs H. f. Monroe, of Wash
| ington, ID. G..
Messrs. A. ID. Naylor and Julius G..
Renninger, who represented the local
council of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics at the State
Council, which was held at Annapo-
| lis last week, have returned to Oak
land.
Mr.. f. g. Naylor, who is boss smith
at the Shaw mines had the misfor-
tune to run spike through his foot.
He is treating it himself, the treat
ment consisting of liberal applications
of hot poultices and he says he is get
ting along right well.-Meyersdale
! Commercial
The insurance case of Malette ct al.
We tho North Prifioh INioO IT,
Company, which has been through
the courts of this county and the
Court of Appeals of Maryland, where
the former obtained judgment for
the full amount sued for, was settled
one day last week the defendant pay
ing to Malette something over $4,000.
The public local laws and the an
nual levy have the call upon our
space and will account for the small
amount of news appearing in this is
sue of The REPUBLICAN. Next week
we hope to incorporate the levy and
local laws into a supplement which
will be issued with the regular edition
and thus give us more space for mat
tiers of news.
Mr.. r. E. Carder, a popular young
salesman for the Buxton g. Landstreet
Company, of Savage, w. Va, and
Miss Bessie, eldest daughter of Mr.. j.
Bishop, of Homecoming, Md, will be
married at the home of the bride elect
April 9th, at four p. m. Mr.. Carder
is a brother of Mrs. William Kildow,
of near Oakland. We extend con-
gratulations in advance. Both par
ties are well known here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. A. Thayer on
last Thursday night entertained quite
deliberately large number of ladies
and gentlemen at their residence on
Third street, the occasion being the
| regular weekly meeting of the Ladies'
| Club which was formed early in the
winter by a number of ladies of town
| for social purposes. The evening was
delightfully."- spent.
Messrs. d. Z. Bolden & Co., whose
furniture store was burned few
weeks ago at Piedmont will not re-
open business at that point at present.
The furniture saved from the fire is
now being sold at cost by Mr.. Brown,
one of the firm, who went to Pied
mont Monday for that purpose. A
branch store may be opened at Noun
tain Lake Park by the firm this sum
mer.
Farmers have been held back very
much with their work this season by
the cold, changeable weather. Many
of the farmers have done very little
of their spring work yet, as it has
been almost impossible to do any
outside work whatever of late. The
early spring gardeners are also grow
ing impatient at the long delay, as
during some years gardens are made
and growing by this time.
An enterprising writer on farm sub
jects says the present high price of
butter is due to the drouth of last
summer and the consequent scarcity
of feed during the past winter. He
overlooked entirely the action of the
wholesale dealers. 1t may be noted
that every winter when the price goes
sky high there is some unavoidable
reason for it, the unavoidable reason
being that dealers can force the price
up. 1t has always been so and will
continue to be.
THE Old Dairy Homestead" a ru-
raj comedy drama in three acts, is
being rehearsed by local talent and
will be produced for the benefit of the
Oakland COnoort Rand in tho Oparo