The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-29
BLOOMINGTON.


acute attack of heart disease. She
and her husband were entertaining
company, when she complained of
| feeling faint and walked out on the
front porch followed by Mr.. Hunter.
Her condition became alarming. She
was assisted in the house, placed on
a couch and died in a few minutes.
Her remains were buried in Mt. Zion
graveyard.
A gang of men are working on a
side track to the stone quarry lately
opened by Mr.. John G. Brydon on
the lower end of the Brydon estate
and as soon as the route is graded
connection will be made with the b.
L. o. near the brick store. The pop
ularity and commercial value of this
stone for building and furnace lining
purposes are now well established
and Mr.. Brydon is making extensive
improvements to meet the demands
of the trade.
Mr.. Thomas Garvey, well known in
this district and throughout the
county, has been quite ill for the past
three or four days. His condition
was so serious on Monday that his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Calkins, of Elkins, were
summoned to his bedside. At this
writing his condition is somewhat i'm
proved and hopes are entertained by
his relatives of his ultimate recovery
The Bloomington baseball team
played their first match game on last
Saturday afternoon with the Iona
coming nine. The game was played
at Piedmont and attracted an I'M
usually large crowd. The game was
hot and gingery from the very be-
ginning and many clever plays were
made on both sides. Bloomington
led at the bat and in the fielding up
to the seventh inning, when they
were compelled to change their
pitcher and this seemed to have
changed their luck as the Lonacon-
ing team gradually forged ahead I'M
til the end when the score stood 10 to
Il against our boys.
1t is reported that the hail storm
which passed over this portion Of
Garrett county last Sunday killed the
locusts by the thousands. The roads,
fields and lanes are strewn full of the
dead bugs and no one regrets the hail
storm if it will only rid us of the pests
Mrs. Truman Warwick, who has
been visiting relatives and friends at
Buffalo, n. Y, returned home on last
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Pritts, widow of the late John
Pritts, who has been living at En-
pire, moved to town on last Saturday.
Mrs. Freely Tibbetts, of Kingwood,
W. Va, who for the past week or ten
days has been nursing her sick sister,
Mrs. John Rowland, returned home
last Monday. Mrs. Rowland is stead
lily improving and is now able to set
up in her room.
Mrs. W. G. johnson, of Piedmont,
her guest Miss Alice Kirk, of Paw
Paw, and Miss Edith Brady, of Cedar
Cliff, were entertained on Saturday
by Misses Lotto and Alma Kemp.
Mr.. John Hartman, of Barnum, was
in town on business several times last
week. ( John is not particularly struck
on the propriety of building a new
bridge across the Potomac river at
Barnum. He seems to think it rather
an expensive undertaking for the
amount of convenience and benefit
the tax payers will have. At one
time he spoke of taking out an in
junction to prevent the county COM
missioners from going further in the
matter, but we understand later this
Idea has been abandoned.
Mrs. Edward Warwick returned
home on Saturday after two weeks
visit to friends and relatives near
Tunnelton. She was accompanied by
her father, Mr.. Wright, who will
spend few days in this vicinity be-
fore returning.
1t is reported that on account of
the relatives of the young man who
was killed on the Bloomington bridge
last fall entering suit against the rail
road company for damages that a
Waterman will be placed on the B. &
o. bridge in the near future and no
one will be allowed to trespass on the
property. This, of course, will close
up our most convenient route to the
Junction, Piedmont and other near
by points on the West Virginia side
unless we wade or swim the river or
go three or four miles around the
Westernport road. In the event of
such action on the part of the railroad
it is quite likely some enterprising
fellow will establish ferry across the
Potomac at Sluss' hole.
The strike of the miners in the
Pennsylvania. and Huntington coal
region is not causing any particular
alarm in this vicinity. The miners
are busy at work doing all they can
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