The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-03
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.


extended visit to friends in Baltimore.
Operator Charles Burke has re
turned from a visit to friends and rel
atives at Garrett, Ind.
In st. Matthew's P. f. church at
II O'Clock a. III. Sunday Rev Wood,
of Baltimore, will preach.
Mr.. Alexander Laird and daughter,
of Parkersburg, are in Oakland, being
guests of Mr. and Mrs. r. l. Anderson.
Among the bands that will be in
Oakland on July 4th will be Vincent's
Band, of Grafton. and the South
Cumberland Band.
Mr.. w. H. Jacobs, of District No.
IL, was in Oakland Monday on bust
ness before the Board of County Com
missioners.
AT st. Marks Ev. Lutheran church
Sunday morning and evening services
will be conducted by the pastor, Rev
George l Uhler
Governor A. b. Fleming has given
the contract to Messrs. d. E. Bolden
4 Co. for large barn at his summer
place near Oakland.
The festival given by the young
ladies last week for the benefit of the
Oakland Concert Band was a success
in everv reSpact
The First National Bank, Friends
vile, with paid up capital of $25, goo,
pays three per cent. interest on time
deposits. Is st
Contractor d. E. Bolden is pushing
work on the band stand in front of
his store on Second street and when
completed the Oakland Concert Band
will give weekly concert there.
Oakland, for the size of the town,
has more paving down and in con-
temptation than any other town of
like proportions in the country, all of
which is appreciated by visitors and
citizens.
Surveyor Alex. G. Mason accom-
panied by eX-Sheriff Jamison, Getty
Browning and Attorney E. H. Sincell
are oyer at Barnum this week making
survey of the lands recently con-
veyed by the Watson-Loy Coal Com
pany to Weston Dodson & Co.
Miss Stella Hutson. who is a stu
dent of the West Virginia State Nor
NAL at Fairmont, arrived in Oakland
on No. 46 Tuesday evening to spend
the summer vacation with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Hutson, of
near Gortner
For Sale.-The William Jankey
property at Deer Park One acre
corner lot, good Broom house, cellar,
good water, fruit trees, stable and
other outbuildings. Price $3.50, part
cash, part on time, or all cash, at buy
er's choice. Walsh Land Company,
Cumberland, Md. If
Mr.. Chas. S. Anderson, who took a
business course in Baltimore during
the past winter and spring, has re-
turned to Oakland and will remain
here until fall when he will go to
Baltimore and take up a lucrative
position with business house in that
city.
Sunday was extremely stormy, a
high wind prevailing the entire day
which was accompanied by a cold rain
which seemingly came down from all
points of the compass at once. Dur
ing the day many fine shade trees
in different parts of town were blown
down which prove serious injury to
the appearance of the properties of
which they were part.
Rev. James E. Connell, of st. Peters
Catholic church, was at Cumberland
Sunday attending the funeral of his
brother, John A. Connell, formerly
superintendent of streets of that city,
who died on Friday morning after an
abdominal operation had been per-
formed upon him by the physicians
of Cumberland. He became i'll Thurs
day evening. He was secretary of
Algonquin Conclave of Heptasophs,
and was prominent in Catholic socie-
ties
Tuesday bids were opened by the
directors of the First National Bank
for the erection of the proposed new
building, corner Alder and Second
streets, but none of the bids being
satisfactory the contract was not
awarded. The probabilities are, how
ever, that the excavation for the
building will be begun within a few
days and that it will be erected by
sub-contractors. The bids for the
building complete ranged from $35, OCJ
to $4,000.
The AdSmitb says: "a newspaper
advertisement is something almost
immortal. After reading its uses are
many. Sometimes it affords a wall
covering for the kitchen, sometimes a
padding under carpet, sometimes a
curtain and sometimes a wrapping
Daper and often the newsDaper is