The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-07-24
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

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Oakland on a visit to relatives.
Mr. NJ. NJ. Schrock, OF the Park,
was in town Monday night and made
this office a pleasant visit.
The man carrying bushel of whisk-
ers in July reminds one of a polar
bear in purgatory.
LoST.-Liver and white pointer
bitch; has on left side heart-shaDed
liver spot about the size of a silver
dollar. DIR. E. K. Goldsborough. 20
Rev. Geo. l. Uhler, pastor, will
preach in the Deer Park Lutheran
church on Sunday morning and even
ing at the usual hours.
Mr.. John t. Mitchell is over in
Somerset county, Pa, on a visit to
the scenes of his boyhood. He is &C
companied by one of his little daugh-
tiers.
On Monday afternoon the second
baseball team of Rowlesburg played
the second nine of Oakland which re-
suited in victory for Oakland by
score of to 2.
EsTRAYED.-I have taken up as an
estray black yearling SOW. Owner
can recover same by proving proper
ty, paying damages and the cost of
this notice. B. F. Crane, Mt. Lake
Park. BIT
DR.. G. G. Keller, of Grantsville,
Md, spent Sunday in the city, the
guest of his sister, Mrs. O. &. Getty.
He had been at Cumberland attend
ing the street fair and was on his way
home.-Meyersdale Republican.
Grafton is soon to have new b. &
o. depot. The plans for this struc-
ture have been drawn up, approved
and attested. The company contem-
plate erecting large and commodi-
GUS structure. The building will oc-
cupy the same location as the present
one.
Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement of the Keyser Preparatory
School which may be found in an
other column of this paper. The
president of the school is a young
Garrett countian, Mr.. L. l.. Friend, a
son of Rev. Henry E. Friend, of near
Sang Run. He is energetic, brainy
and a polished scholar.
The new Methodist Episcopal church
out on the Armistead road near Deer
Park is being rapidly completed and
the congregation hope to have it
ready for the dedicatory services late
in August or early in September.
The building is now ready for the
plasterers and will be a neat little
chapel.
Mr.. Scott Il. Jones, representing
the official board of the Presbyterian
church in Oakland, on Friday pur-
chased at public auction the William
H. Hagans residence property on
Third street which will become the
pastoral residence of the minister
serving the congregation at present
and hereafter. The price paid for
the property was $1475 cash.
Mr.. Bert c. Ryland, of Pittsburg,
accompanied by his wife, are in Oak
land for few days on a pleasure
trip. Mr.. Ryland is son of Sylvester
Ryland, Esq, of Grantsville, and is
engaged in the retail drug trade at
Pittsburg where he is prospecting. He
is now having built in the residence
section of that city handsome home
which he and his estimable wife will
occupy upon its completion.
There is great activity in coal lands
in all sections of Garrett county, es-
pecially in that part bordering on the
Potomac River Test borings are be-
ing made on the Mccullough lands
and on the mountain near William
Aronhalt's. The latter is under the
direction of Pennsylvania capitalists.
At Henry third shaft is being sunk
and coal is being taken from the two
shafts that have already been COM
pleted
Attention is directed to the state
ment of the condition of the First
National Bank of Friendsville which
will be found elsewhere in these col
umns to-day The bank was opened
for business but few weeks ago and
the exposition of it's resources as
shown by the statement above refer
red to is very gratifying to the pa
irons as well as the officials of the in
stitution. The amount of deposits at
the time the statement was called for
July 16) amounted to nearly S31, 900
while the loans exceeded that amount
by nearly 5000 showing demand for
money.
The Garrett County Telephone
Company has been experiencing con-
siderable trouble during the past few
weeks caused by some unknown per-
son or persons tampering with the
wires of the company. A few days
ago the Deer Park and German lines