The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-02-09


sterling character residing at King
wood, W. Va, arrived here vester-
day and this morning will enter the
employ of the First National Bank as
bookkeeper.
The Board of Directors of the
Bruceton Bank, located at Bruceton.
w. Va, has issued circulars to CON
tractors and builders showing the
specifications for the proposed new
building 70 be erected for the bank
at that place.
Mr. r. l.. Friese, of Sang Run. was
in Oakland Tuesday to secure some
repairs for his saw mill boiler which
was rendered useless owing to the
freeze Friday night and which neces-
STATED the shutting down of his plant
until the parts thus damaged could
be procured.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
is experiencing considerable trouble
tins winter in getting heavy freight
trains through Fifty eight cut at
Hutton, where almost every day
from one to a dozen trains are stalled
and consequently delay traffic from
one to three hours.
Rufus NJ. Enlow and Mary l.. En-
low, of HOyes, have been appointed
by the Orphans Court for this coun-
ty, administrators of the personal es-
tate of the late Jeremiah H. EnIow.
and in This issue of THE REPUBLICAN
give notice to creditors in accordance
with the law.
Terra Alta is the latest point in
the state from which the discovery of
gold has been reported. Has the
hingw God liar, who was recently
making a strenuous, crude and spec
tacular effort to get in the Cumber-
land and Parkersburg class extended
the field of his operations to the sec
ond city of Preston?
The ladies who took part in the
Spinisters' Convention at the opera
house Tuesday night report the affair
as being successful both financially
and socially. The house was crowd
ed to the doors, the receipts being in
the neighborhood of 800 which will
go into the fund for the rebuilding of
st. Marks Ev. Lutheran church.
Mr.. H. L. Daugherty left Oakland
on Sunday night for Chicago, ILL.,, in
which city he has been offered a yer,
lucrative position with a shoe house
as a travelling salesman. IL he de-
cides to accept the position he will
continue in business here, having
built up good trade.
The number of persons i'll in the
community at the present time is
unusually large. In most cases, they
are suffering from diseases which be-
gan with bad colds and developed in
to ailments of more serious char
acter. The weather conditions have
been responsible for this in a large
degree and everybody should exer-
else unusual precautions to keep from
contracting colds
Misses Mamie, Allie and Lizzie Hart
retured to Oakland from Baltimore
on Friday night last, in which city
Miss Mamie Hart underwent a severe
surgical operation several weeks ago.
having just recovered sufficiently to
enable her return. Her sisters went
to Baltimore two weeks ago to ac-
company her home. Miss Harris
many friends will be gratified to learn
of her restoration to health.
| Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement of Messrs. j. M. Davis &
Sons, which appears in this paper to-
day. This firm, the longest estab-
lished dealers in hardware in the
county, keep everything in their line
and as demands are made upon them
for new lines they are added. The
advertisement referred to places be-
fore the public the advantages of the
electric welded wire fencing, an eco
nomical fence for all purposes, especi-
ally the farmers,
MIR. Frank d. Brooke, who began
his Photographic career in Oakland
is now located at Clarksburg, w. Va,
where he is making a great success of
his business, has recently installed an
electric lighting plant which enables
him to make pictures at night with
the same effectiveness as thsse made
during the day. Mr.. Brooke stands
at the head of his profession in the
CITY where he is located and bids
fair to knock out all his competitors
by his progressiveness.