The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Incidents and Events at Home and Nearby
Personal Mention. Etc.

CIS UHdl NCuuOHs ETC.
John Murphy, Esq, of Floyd, was
in to see THE REPUBLICAN yesterday.
Oak lumber wanted by the Oakland
Manufacturing Company. asa
Miss Lillian Arnet, of Warrington,
was here Sunday as the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Stanton.
For SALE. Price $5O.-A butchers
refrigerator, 7x5x3 feet; in perfect or
der. John W. Williams, Deer Park.
Rev. j. E. johnson, of Deer Park,
was a visitor to Oakland Tuesday
and paid this Office pleasant call.
The Oakland Manufacturing Com
pany is now ready to receive orders
either at the factory or at d. E. Boil
den Co.'s. As At
Mr.. w. Andrew Gender left Oak
land Tuesday evening for Baltimore,
where he will be employed during the
winter months.
Attorney G. s. Hamlll and King
Delawder, Esq, went to Cumberland
yesterday to attend Court now in SEES
sion there.
Senator Ravenscroft came up to
Oakland Tuesday morning to attend
a meeting of the stock holders of the
First National Bank. He had been
quite i'll for several days prior to his
visit here with an attack of jaundice.
Henry Lauer, the baker, is prepar-
ing to erect an addition running back
sixty feet and two stories high to his
bakery and dwelling house on Second
street. The work will be commenced
as early in the spring as weather con-
ditions will permit.
Attorney E. H. Sincell went to An
napolis this morning where he will
argue before the Court of Appeals
the case of Schlossnagle VS.. Kolb,
which has been through the Circuit
Court of this county twice and has
been pending several years.
e Mr.. John H. Cuppett, accompanied
by his son, both of Friendsville, were
in Oakland and at the Park yester-
day. In the latter place Mr.. Cuppett
is having commodious cottage erect
ed and is equipping it with all the
latest improvements.
Mr.. John W. Davis, the youngest
son of Rev. and Mrs. j. M. Davis, has
been admitted into partnership with
his father and brother in the hard
ware business in Oakland. The style
name Of the firm is now j. N. Davis
u sons. The business carried on by
the firm is steadily growing and as
Stunning stately proportions.
There is much complaint of people
eongregating in the post office espec-
tally on Sunday and obstructing the
door and lobby. Sometimes it is diff
ficult for people who get important
mail to reach their boxes. Many of
the obstructionists do not receive
letter week and they should have
consideration enough to keep out of
the way of those who do.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
it is said, will shortly abolish the ser
vice OF news boys on its trains. The
move is good one. Most of the news
agents and train boys are a nuisance.
The older they are, too, the more per-
sistent, and frequently their efforts
to make sales become a positive an
noyance to passengers.
L. d. Fowler, who has served faith
fully and well as deputy sheriff for
the past two years, moved his family
to Gormania on Thursday of last
week, where Mr.. Fowler has a good
position with the tannery people of
that place. His business is to look
after the bark. He will do all the
buying and superintend getting it to
the tannery, and everything connect
ed with it. We regret that he and
his family leayes Parsons. They are
good citizens whom we would have
liked to have remain with us.-Par-
sons Advocate.
There are many men who make
the mistake of thinking large ad-
vertisement is the best thing for their
store. A good small advertisement
on good page is far better than a
big advertisement which crowds
everything else off that page and says
little of lasting interest. The man
who wants to get position could bet
ter afford to buy a whole page and
only use part of that page for his
advertisement and then get the news
paper man to put his best local items
on the balance of the page which he
did not use for his own display mat