The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-15
LIABILITIES.

Messrs. Stephen Fazenbaker and
S. a. Duckworth, both of District No.
4, were business visitors to Oakland
Tuesday morning.
EX-Sheriff w. Perry Lee, of District
No. 8, was visitor to Oakland last
Saturday where he was warmly well
coined by his many friends
Mr.. Elijah Livengood, the maple
sugar king of Garrett county, Md,
and Somerset county, Pa, was an
early morning visitor to this office
Monday.
Orphans Court Judge George b.
Mcmillan, of near Homecoming, who
was here Tuesday attending the SEES
sion of his Court, was a social visitor
! to this Office Tuesday afternoon.
! Mr.. Thomas Spahr, former resi-
dent of Garrett county but for two
/ or three years. living over in Preston
county, w. Va, was in Oakland Sat
urday and made this Office a visit
The condition of Claude Brown. son
of eX,Sheriff Austin Brown, who has
/ been quite i'll at his home in Oakland
with an attack of typhoid fever, is
somewhat improved this morning and
in consequence his parents and friends
feel very much encouraged.
Governor-elect Dawson, of West
Virginia, passed through Oakland
Tuesday on his way from Kingwood
to Charleston, West Va, his place of
abode. The Governor looks well af-
ter his strenuous campaign and we
bespeak for him successful admin
istration.of affairs in his State.
Plucky Pat Finzel,s mot to be out
done by a streak of bad luck by
which the tools in the oil well near
his home was lost early in the fall, has
begun the boring of another hole in
the territory nearby. His many warm
friends throughout the county wish
him the success his perseverance and
vim merits.
The members AOf the Knights of
| Pythias lodge of Oakland. have com
pleted their plans for the minstrel
show to be given in Oakland during
the Holidays and rehearsals are held
every night. Among those who will
take part in the show are DR.. Henry
McComas, Messrs. d. Z. Bolden, Hen
ry Lauer, r. G. Townshend, Truman
West and number of others.
A special from Baltimore is to the
effect that j M. Shriver has been ap-
pointed press agent for the b &. O.and
has been placed in charge of the bu-
reau which has been created. He was
formerly vice president and general
passenger agent for the road and is
very favorably known to the news
paper fraternity over his territory
He will be able to do much valuable
work for his road.
A report to the effect4hat Mr.. John
f. Gnagey, of Accident, had purchas-
ed property i'll Meyersdale, Pa, with
the intention of moving to that town
and locating, was published in the
last issue of the Commercial at Mey-
ersdale. Mr.. Gnagey desires us to cor
rect the report as it is erroneous. He
has no present intention of removing
from Garrett county we are glad to
add.
Rural reuters and star reuters
throughout this section of the coun-
try as well as all others who,have been
compelled by force of circum stances
to be out in the weather this week ,
have been given strong taste of
winter, the thermometer lowering
near about zero and the snow several
inches deep. Sunday morning the
mercury registered in the neighbor-
hood Of six below as late as seven
o'clock.
ExCounty Treasurer James w.
White is slowly recovering the use
of his left hand which has been quite
sore and painful as result of brusie
he sustained to the bone in the in
dex finger of that member. For more
than two months he has been com
PEELED to carry his arm in sling, but
all the while he attended to business
being employed as clerk in the store
of the late George O. Miller on Oak
street
Died