The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-11-12


student, to cast his ballot, returned
to the above town Wednesday morn
ing last.
Mr.. Charles E. Hilleary, of German,
is in Oakland this morning, haYing
been called here last night by the
death of his cousin. Mrs. John \.
Martin.
Misses Emma and Alice DeBerry
left Oakland this morning for the
South. They will spend the winter
at St. Petersburg, Florida, in the
hope of benefting their health
Col. and Mrs. John D. Rigg, of
Terra Alta, w. Va, arrived in Oak
land Tuesday and will remain a week
as the guests of DIR. and Mrs. r. b.
Ward at their home on High street.
Messrs Handley & Co., stock bree /
ers of Montana, will offer at public
auction in Oakland on next Thurs
day a car load of Arabian horses.
| The animal are all finely bred, well
matched and make the toughest and
best of horses.
Editor Litzinger of the Grafton
LfGder and Oakland Democrat, came
up Saturday from Oakland, where he
has been quite busy for some time
previous and up to election time Mr..
Litzinger will now be in Grafton
more quentlv.-Grafton Leader,
The regular block system of run
ming trains was put into full effect on
the third division of the B. & O. on
Noy. /, and the system is now in sue
ressful operation all along the line of
the B. & Q. from Grafton to Philapel-
phia, thus adding to the safety of
railroad traffic generally between
those widely separated points.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Orr and Mrs
Perry Stemple, who have been resi-
dents of Oakland since early in the
spring, left this morning for sojourn
of few weeks with relatives and
friends at and near Kingwood. Mr.
and Mrs. Orr will return here shortly
after Christmas where they will per-
manently reside.
Medical men say that the state is
in danger of an outbreak of smallpox
this winter. The disease has been
widely scattered through the thick
Medicines of some people who refuse
to believe that it is small pox and the
doctors seem unable to beat it into
their heads. The greatest possible
precautions should be taken to guard
against the expected outbreak.
Mr.. William A. Sturgiss has return
ed from a weeks visit to relatives and
friends at Morgantown, w. Va.
Monday morning his father, Col. A.
G. Sturgiss, left Oakland for the
above town where he will remain
with his family during the winter.
Oakland very much regrets to lose
Col. Sturgiss and his estimable family
even for a short period. Her citizens
trust that in the spring they will re-
turn here benefited greatly by their
visit
Captain d. A, Litzinger, OF Grafton,
wasone of the distinguished x-soldiers
seen in the parade last Sunday. He
is veteran of two wars, the Mexican
and the civil war. He organized and
served as Captain of the second COM
pany formed in this county. The
date Of the unwilling Of the monu-
ment was the anniversary of Captain
Litzinger's 81st year, and this fact
made the occasion doubly interesting
to this old acknowledgement Lead
err.
Hon. Arnold G. Scherr, of Keyser,
w. Va, the present state auditor of
West Virginia, has announced his
candidacy for re election. Mr.. Scherr
possesses widespread acquaintance
ship in Garrett county, and while his
host of friends in this vicinity do not
enjoy the right eff suffrage in West
Virginia they nevertheless stand
ready to advance the less material,
though not less earnest support which
influence and well wishes exert, in
the hope that the ambition of this
capable, honest and splendid public
official may be realized. A disposition
generous and frank, an intellectually
graduated in the school OF experience
and further polished by deep study,
a manner genuine and earnest, are
attributes of Arnold G. Scherr's char
acter, to which may be added the
further glory OF stalwart Republican
ism.