The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-15

htN- ndFTlS''H Il Fiei'if- ~ Fang
Ruh. was ia Oakand {. day ar Two
last week on business
MIR. and Ms. Kim; Deitw Ter .isvr
closed their residence in Ga kiaI,d and
have gone IA the Jaui-nu faru near
the Park WHERE they will spend the
summer.
/ Mr.. NJ. y " Isor. OF WILSON,. w.
/ Va, was IN town Monday. He re-
turned home the same evening ac-
companied by Attorneys Thayer and
/ Sincell who will spend few days in
the neigh borhood nj Wilson fishing.
, DR.. ]. w. Laughliu, chairman of
the Republican County Committee,
was in HagerstOwn Monday where he
attended iueeting of the committees
/ of the several counties forming this
Congressional District at which time
dates for the primaries and conven-
tions were arranged.
A very valuable horse belonging to
Mr.. John 7. Bowers was taken sick
with spinal meningitis Friday last af-
ter having been driven to town by its
owner but by hard work on the part
of Veterinary Browning the chances
are that the animal will recover
One of the pieasantest social events
of the season was the party given by
DR.. o. g. Getty and wife ard Dr.
/ Bruce Lichty and wife at the Hotel
Stein on Tuesday evening. There
were about seventy five guests pres
ent and the evening was most pleas,
antly spent.-Meyersdale Republican.
Farmers from tue vicinity of Con,
neway's tower coming to town Mon.
day and Tuesday report seeing Il
bears track along the old NorthW est
ern turnpike, the animal having TAX
en- to the road at the spring at the
top of the mountain which it followed
for quite a distance. Near Mr.. Con-
neway's gate it took to the woods
when all trace of the footprints be-
| came lost. Persons who saw the tracks
report them as having been six inches
across, indicating a full grown bear.
Mr. Chas. Hoye, of Sang Run, Gar
rett county, Md, was recent visitor
at the home of his uncle, Mr.. Jonas
NJ. Cook, of Somerset. Three years
ago Mr.. Hoye went to the Philippine
| Islands as q volunteer soldier, in the
9th Pennsylvania regiment. Later
he was hired to teach school in the
Philippines, with which work he is
thoroughly in love and well qualified
for. At the close of his last term he
returned to the United States, bring
ing with him two Filipino boys, who
will be left here to be educated in this
country Mr.. Hoye is a grandson of
the late Prof. Joseph J. Stutzman.
After a vacation of about one month
in his native country, he will return
to the Philippines to resume teach
ing.-Salisbury Star
Mr.. Bond, one of the firm of Bond
Brothers & Dubois, who are making
preparations to begin the manufac-
ture of lumber Oh an extensive scale
near Frankville, was in Oakland yes
terday on business. A railroad is
building from the Baltimore & Ohio
to the site of the proposed mill, dis
tance of about four miles. Three
miles of grading has been practically
completed. Connecting switches with
the b. & o. will be put in next week
and Immediately thereafter the loco
motive for the new road will be re-
ceived and rails will then be laid, the
ties for which having already been
placed in position. The road will be
in operation to the mill by July 4th.
To Mr.. Bond the editor extends his
thanks for an invitation to be present
at the opening of the road. privilege
we shall certainly embrace if circum-
stances will permit.
A Bloomington correspondent con-
tributed the following to one of the
Piedmont papers last week: "Presi-
dent Roosevelt, wife and son Teddy
have been with us for few days, and
enjoyed, for brief period, the ex-
cellent trout fishing on the Delawder
estate, near Oakland. They say he
he was so we'll pleased with his recap
ton, the open-hearted hospitality of
his host and his good luck with the
rod that another visit is in contem-
plation as soon as the duties of his
office will permit. Some of our peo-
pie think the President did not come
to Garrett simply to try his skill as
an angler, but to confer with the
prominent party men as to the fed
eral positions that should in justice
come to this section of the State.
Garrett county has become a very i'm
portant political factor in the Sixth
Congressional district and now gives
1000 ajority to the Republican party.
With the new industries-mines, saw
mills and factories-opening up in all