The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

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ness and pleasure trip to Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
Mr.. Charles E. Rowan, Of Pitts
burg, is in Oakland on visit to the
family of Mrs. K. R. Rasche, his sister.
Misses Mamie and Edith Weber are
at Mt. Savage, Md, where they at
tended the wedding to-day of their
cousin, Miss Minnie Pollock.
Mrs. d. Y. Morris, of Kingwood,
who visited the editor and family for
week or ten days, returned home
Monday.
John Sweeney will leave Oakland
Saturday for st. Louis, Mo-, where
he will be employed by his brother
Charley, who is engaged in the liquor
business in that city.
The Masonic fraternity has receiv-
ed its new lodge furniture which com
pares very favorably with that of any
other lodge in the State. Tonight
the first communication of the lodge
will be held since the installation of
the new ''fixins."
Frank Rosenberger, aged 30, a for
mer resident of Gormania, where his
parents reside, and of Frostburg,
where he married Miss Annie Hawke,
fell 80 feet to the ground while re-
pairing an electric crane in Pittsburg,
and was. Instantly killed. He was an
expert electrician.
Rev. S. w. Davis, of Pittsburg, de-
livered two very able sermons at the
NJ. E. church last Sunday, morning
and evening Mr.. Davis has charge
of the Coke Mission work, and his du-
ties takes him around among the
coke workers in the region about Pitts
burg and Connellsville.-Co
News-Standard.
1t is reported in Hagerstown that,
owing to the judgship situation being
in such an unsatisfactory condition,
there was strong probability of no
appointment being made by Govern
or Smith. Instead, it is asserted, the
vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Stake will be allowed to remain I'M
filled until next falls election.
The will of Judge Edward Stake
was admitted to probate in the Or
phans' Court at Hagerstown Tues
day. Col. Buchanan Schley aud Dan
iel A. Thomas, two of the witnesses,
swore to their signatures and the sig
nature of Judge Stake. Miss Mary
E. Stake, sister of the deceased, to
whom was left the entire estate, gave
bond in $4,000 as surety for the pay
ment of the debts. Letters were is
sued to Miss Stake as executrix.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew Helbig, residing on Oak street
had a narrow escape from death Fri
day. The child secured possession of
a bottle containing a patent prepare
ton and drank quantity of it while
her mother was in another part of the
house. Noticing the child's drowsy
condition an investigation as to it's
cause revealed the facts above stated.
Dr. McComas was called and admin
istered an emetic and in about an
hour the danger was past.
DR.. H. w. McComasFwent to Balti-
more Sunday night and on Monday
witnessed an operation for congenital
hip dislocation performed by DR..
Lorentz, the Austrian surgeon who
came to this country several weeks
ago for the purpose of operating up
on daughter of Philip Armour, Jr.,
at Chicago, for which he received
fee of 100000. Since the operation
in Chicago DIR. Lorentz has been
travelling over this country perform
ing free of charge like operations but
only upon children of poor parents.
A man who chewed twenty cents
worth of tobaccoa week concluded to
try tobacco cure. In two weeks he
ate $3.50 worth of the cure and for
the next two weeks he used ten cents
worth of Yucatan, FIVE cents worth of
candy, five cents worth of cough
drops per day. During these two
weeks he consumed two large rubber
erasers, ate the rubber tips from four
teen lead pencils, chewed up dozen
penholders and browsed off his mus
tache as high as he could reach. He
is now chewing tobacco in the inter
est of economy.