The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-04-06
BLOOMINGTON.

| machinery repaired and started work
with full complement of men on
last Tuesday morning The resump-
ton OF work at this place is great
relief to quite number of our people
who depend upon the plant for Il
livelihood and whose enforced idle
ness for the past thirty days has made
things awfully blue.
Mr.. Harry Kidd, OF Fairmont. left
for his home on Tuesday morning af-
ter a weeks visit to relatives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Flynn have
purchased the surface right of the
Henry Warwick farm, comprising a
little over 100 acres, about 3 miles
from town. We understand the price
paid was $500
Mrs. John Brady, of Cedar Cliff,
was a guest of relatives on Saturday
and Sunday.
Rev. A. r. Snedegar, of the NJ. f..
church, has been reappointed minis
Ter for the Bloomington Circuit.
Contractor Sigler delivered the keys
of the new Junior hall to the mem
bers of the building committee on
last Monday evening. The first reg
ular meeting of the membership in
their new quarters occurred on last
Tuesday night and was largely at
! tended.
Mr.. +. h. Brydon, of Baltimore. is
in town, being called to the bedside
of his sick brother, Mr.. w. A Brydon
whose condition is reported decidedly
critical by his physicians
Messrs. Russell Pattison and John
Raley, two of our well known and
popular base ball players, who have
signed contracts with the Cardinals.
of Cumberland, left for that city on
Monday to report for practice.
Commissioner Stump put the finish
ing touches on the new bridge on last
Saturday morning, and in less than
an hour thirteen teams had made use
of the new convenience
The grand summer opening and
open'air carousal of the booze hi
siers" under the "bamboo' tree
took place on last Monday. night.
Book beer, ham sandwiches, onions.
limburger cheese and pickles com
| prised the drinkables and eatables
and soon had the "histers'' in the
gayest kind of humor The consump-
tion of beer was enormous and the
membership sustained their we'll
earned reputation of disposing of the
same with very little effort. Grand
Chief Swiller presided at the.meeting
and gave the first order to remove
cOrks about O'Clock. Several new
members were initiated and took the
skull varnish degree, while a few of
the older members were advanced one
or two points and decorated with the
order OF the "bloats.n The bung holes
were closed and the lid dropped at II.
Rev. Price of the NJ. f. church,
Swanton, on his way home from the
late session of the Baltimore Confer
ence, was in town Wednesday visit
ing his son, Mr.. Herbert Price.
Mr.. Warren Martin and little daugh-
ter Helen, of Pennsboro, w. Va, en-
route home from Baltimore, stopped
off for few days to visit Dr. and
Mrs. Kemp.
Mr.. l.. b. Brydon, of Grafton, w.
Va, has purchased all the coal inter
ests of Mr.. Truman Warwick, one of
the heirs of the estate of the late Hen
ry Warwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. McRobie, of
Swanton, have been the guests for
the past few days of their friend Mrs.
Mary Miller.
Rev. H. H. Right, of Piedmont, w.
Va, was in town on Wednesday.
The Hampshire four-foot, operated
under lease and royalty by the Mar
stellar Coal Co., has closed down for
an indefinite period, pending the set
Element of the price demanded by the
company and the price offered by one
of their largest customers. The
miners expect the difficulty to be adj
! justed within the next two weeks. if
not sooner, and work resumed
Mr.. James Rowe has secured work
at Blaine and will move his family
that place as soon as a house can be
rented