The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-02

: Alta, was IN oakland Tuesday.
George d. White, ESQ, is down at
Accident on business.
Mr. David o. Roth. of near Dobbin,
was in Oakland Tuesday and called
on us.
Senator Ravenscroft and Assembly
man Ashby returned to Oakland this
morning from Annapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius c. Renninger
spent few days last week with the
formers parents in Cumberland
DR.. John f. Legge has returned
from visit to Parkersburg, w. Va,
where he spent the holidays.
In Cumberland recently marriage
license was granted to George Adam
Reese, of Accident, and Sayilla Bow
ser, of Grantsville.
Attorney John T. Mitchell, who
has been quite i'll for week or two,
is, we are pleased to state, somewhat
improved this morning.
The school vacation ended yester-
day and this morning the schools
opened for the second term of %
months.
A battery of boilers in the Black
water Lumber Company's large saw
mills at Davis blew up on Tuesday
morning at 6 o'clock, wrecking the
mill and throwing several hundred
men out of employment.
Misses Rebecca Thayer, Clara Davis
and Susie Littman, chaperoned by
Miss Peddicord, entertained large
number of their friends in MAYORS
Hall on the evening of December 26.
A most enjoyable evening was spent
by the young folks.
Walton Wood. son of Col. and
Mrs. John f. Wood. who spent
the week with his parents near Oak
land, returned to Baltimore this
morning, accompanied by Miss Eliza
beth White, also of Baltimore, who
was a guest of the Misses Wood.
An engine drawing the eastbound
accommodation yesterday afternoon
broke an eccentric strap as it was
moving out of the station here, which
in turn broke the blow-off valve, al
lowing the water to leave the boiler.
Another engine was procured after a
delay of more than an hour.
Mr.. Rowan White, Oakland's oldest
citizen, fell on the icy pavement yes
terdaV and sustained very serious in
iuries, among them being a number
of severe cuts and bruises about his
face. Luckily no bones were broken.
Mr.. White is over 80 years of age and
is highly respected.
Will H. Ravenscraft, son of DR.. and
Mrs. w. H. Ravenscraft, of Oakland,
arrived here yesterday morning, COM
ing from Denver, Col, where he had
been for some time with his wife, who
is in that city for her health. Mr.
and Mrs. Rayenscraft were in San
Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal, for
several weeks.
The Farmers Institute to be held
in Oakland on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of next week should bring many
OF our farmers and agriculturists to-
gether. Subjects of vital Importance
will be discussed. The meetings will
be held in the court house, with the ex-
ception of Tuesday night, for which
the opera house has been secured.
when an illustrated lecture will be
given.
With the advent of rural mail de-
livery many postoffices have been
abolished and with its growth the
small postoffice is doomed. In a few
years the old fashioned country post
office will only be tradition while
everyone who lives out from town
will receive his mail by carrier. The
plan in one shape or another will be
sufficient to the end desired and that
is to serve every citizen of the rural
districts with mail.
A party composed of Messrs. Scott
Il. Jones, F. A. Thayer, NJ. R. Hamill,
Will Browning, John Davis, Luther
j. Brown, DR.. NJ. G. Hinebaugh, c, E.
Ofutt, E. A. Browning, Bun" Meth
kin and Will Newman, the two latter
having the hounds in charge, went
on fox hunt yesterday. The hunt
ers were mounted and covered con-
siderable territory, returning to town
without raising fox, however.
Messrs. Nethkin and Newman re-
NAMED longer in the woods and sue
ceeded in capturing a fine specimen.
The land owners of the Casselman
Valley who invested their money in
sinking test hole for minerals near
Grantsville are greatly disappointed
over the results of their labors. But
four small veins of coal were passed
through by the drill and at the depth
of four hundred feet work was dis