The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-10

Zinc and grinding double the wear.
Mrs. J. c. Renninger is on a visit
to relatives in Cumberland.
MAYORS is the place to buy your
fertilizer this year. 4 st
Dixon & Kelso will have a car oats,
corn, potato and garden fertilizer
April 5, all of which will be sold at
bottom prices. Act
Owing to the crowded condition of
our columns with advertisements this
week some matters of more or less
importance will have to go over until
a more convenient season.
A resolution was passed at recent
congregational meeting of the Pres
byterian church making application
to the Presbytery at Winchester to
allow the Oakland church to enter
the Parkersburg Presbytery.
Mr.. George w. Moon, who has for
year or more been employed in the
Census Office at Washington, has
completed his work there and will re-
turn this week with his family to
Garrett county.
Cheat River is going to blossom out
in pleasure resorts this season and
there are indications of great activity
in the summer hotel business. Mrs.
! NJ. c. Howe, of Morgantown, has leas-
ed the Cheat Canyon club house and
will make speciality of entertaining
country parties.
A stranger whose identity is I'M
known appeared at Father ConnelI's
residence in Oakland one day last
week and represented himself to the
| housekeeper in charge as being a
brother to the priest, and upon thus
representing himself he secured pos
session of a fine spring overcoat and
made off whit Father Cornell was
absent from town at the time.
The Board of County Commission
ers is in session this week making the
levy for county purposes only, the tax
rate for State purposes not yet having
been fixed. Indications point to a
perceptible increase in the county tax
rate. 1t will probably be 81 on the
500. This increase is occasioned by
the fact of so much damage having
been done to public roads and bridges
by the recent freshet.
In our advertising columns today
we publish the notice of a sale of reg
istered cattle and sheep which is to
take place at Hagerstown on the Both
inst. There has been steady de-
mand in this section for improved
stock and as this sale is to take place
almost at our doors it may be adyisa-
BILE for our stock breeders and dealers
to make purchases of some of the an
finals to be sold. Washington county
is proud of the stock bred and raised
within her boarders and if Garrett
will follow in her wake it will be but
a few years until our own county will
be in position to offer animals of
the same class for sale.
The work of tearing down the old
Central Hotel building which has
been a landmark in Oakland for thir-
ty years or more, was begun yester-
day by Messrs. d. E. Boldeu & Co.,
who bought the building and will use
the best of the lumber contained in it
for the erection of a dwelling adjoin-
ing the residence of ex-Sheriff Brown
on Second street. The old building
VIII give place to the erection of the
modern banking and office building
for the First National Bank, plans
for which have been adopted by the
officials OF that bank, short descrip-
ton OF which appeared in these col
umns some weeks since. A cut Illus
trating the proposed new building is
now being made and will be printed
in this paper at no distant day.
On Monday night the Ladies' Aux
Hilary of the Ancient Order of Hibern-
ians, of Oakland, met and were en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Faherty at their residence on Liberty
street. After business of impo, lance
was discussed, the members and
invited guests passed a pleasant
evening in music and other amuse-
ments. Mrs. Rose E. Heating, the
State President, of Baltimore, and
Mrs. Anna Bell, President of the AL
legany county orders, and a number
of members from Piedmont and other
neighboring towns were present.
When all had gathered round the
festive board and partaken of the del
icacies thereon the company depart
ed for their homes, all highly pleased
with the enjoyable evening they had
spent.
Zine and grinding double the wear.