The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-28
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention, Etc.

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Mr.. NJ. N. Wilson, of Wilson, was
in Oakland Saturday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller Crane, of Park
ersburg, w. Va, are in Oakland on a
visit to relatives.
Mr.. Sampson Bittinger, of Crellin,
was a subscribing caller at this office
Tuesday.
: AR. Geo. ]. Kolb and Fred. Kamp,
Esq, of Friendsville, were business
visitors to Oakland on Saturday.
EASTERN COLLEGE, Front Royal,
Va, is Offering more advantages at
reasonable rates than any other good
school. Write for free Catalogue. 5
Earl Townshend, who has been
taking summer course in a school
in Indiana, is home for few weeks
vacation.
Jerry Browning went out to Clarks-
burg and Weston, W. Va, Monday.
AT the latter place he attended the
county fair.
Miss A. j. Smith, who has been i'll
for some time, is much improved and
will resume charge of the telephone
office in a week or two.
Monday being Labor Day and a
legal holiday the banks will be closed
and Sunday hours will be observed
at the postoffice.
Messrs. Daniel Bender and Jacob S.
Miller, of near Grantsville, were in
Oakland Monday of this week on their
way to the South Branch where they
propose fishing for week or two.
Col. John w. Avirett, editor of the
Cumberland Times, was the guest
Sunday and Monday of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Wilson Humbird at their residence
on Second street in Oakland.
Mr.. Jonas Weitzell, of District No.
II, was in Oakland Tuesday. He re-
ports the oat yield in his section as
quite heavy and other crops, with the
exception Of hay, as being almost
equally as good.
Mr.. Obey Flowers arrived in Oak
land Saturday night from the South,
where he has been for the past year
or more, and is the guest of his
mother, Mrs. E. E. Flowers, on Second
street.
The work of laying the foundation
for the new bank building in Oakland
was begun Monday morning by Con
tractor Joseph Cogley and a big force
of men. The wall is two feet thick
and in places will be ten feet high.
The races and tournament sched-
uled to take place on the Oakland
Speedway Associations track Tues
, day of this week were postponed up-
! til tomorrow friday at which time
the races and tournament as adver-
tised will take place.
Not content with improving the
church by repainting it inside and
outside, DR.. Scott, the pastor of ST..
Pauls M. E. church, has raised suffi-
Gent funds within the past two
weeks to weatherboard and paint the
parsonage, thus putting the entire
church property in good condition.
The Orphans Court was in session
Tuesday with Judges Wilson, Bart
lett and Merrill on the bench. Rou-
tine business was transacted and the
will of the late Daniel Smouse, of
Grantsville, admitted to probate.
The decedent's son and Mr.. Jacob S.
Miller, of Grantsville, are the execu-
tors of the will.
Democratic primaries will be held
throughout the county on Saturday
of this week. Indications point to a
spirited contest on account of the fac
tional differences existing in the par
ty. In Oakland especially fight will
be put up to gain control of the dele
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the anti-organiZation forces.
The electric light plant in Oakland
has been knocked out ever since Sat
urday ON account of breakdown of
one of the engines which had to be
shipped to Piedmont for repairs. The
street lights have been in service all
the time, the incandescent circuit
having been alone affected. Mer-
chants and those of the town who de-
pend on the plant for light have been
Seriously handicapped and just at the
busiest part of the season.
A crowd of toughs from over the
State line whose place of abode is
Niverton, in Somerset county, Pa,
visited Grantsville recently and ON
their way home robbed Emanuel
Hershberger, one of Garrett county
best citizens, of two dozen fine fowls
A few nights later the same gang
again visited Grantsville and robbed
Simon S. Miller's barn, stealing a
number of turkeys. The parties are
known and arrests will probably fol-
low.