The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-05-04

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few days having gone there from the
South where they had been during
the winter
Mr.. Frank f. Goss, the boss woods
man for the Yough Manor Lumber
Company, is having his house in Oak
land repainted which adds materially
to the appearance of the property.
Mr.. E. j. Fringer is doing the work.
In keyser yesterday Hon. Thomas
b. Days was nominated by acclama-
ton by the Democrats to oppose Mr..
James S. Lakin for Congress. The
convention was largely attended and
was harmonious throughout
Miss Corinna Manages left Oakland
for Hummelstown, Pa. Tuesday
morning where she went to visit her
brother who will shortly remove from
that place to Harrisburg Pa, where
he has been called as pastor of one of
the leading Lutheran congregations
of that city.
Grafton will be free of saloons after
this week. The people of that town
recently voted against license and
the saloons must go. 1t is stated that
the speakeasv business will not be al
lowed to flourish and the town will
be one of the driest places in the state.
As Charles Broadway Rouss used
to say: 1T isn't the man who makes
the most fuss in bizness. but it is the
man who adyertises in his home pa
per who in the end gets the trade and
who Pieces his patrons. Sho me a man
who adyertzes and i'll sho you the
man who is successful
Mr.. j. L. Echart, of Mountain Lake
Park. has been at work on the streets
of Oakland for several days past with
a road machine and six horses, clean
ing out the cutters and rounding the
roadways up in systematic manner.
The work done by Mr. Echart is sat
isfactOry in every respect.
Rev. J. B. Shoup, of Bittinger, was
the guest on Monday of Rev and Mrs.
+. Manages. On the dav previous Mr..
Shoup had conducted religious SER
vices at a point located north of Swan
ton when several young men became
engaged in a wrangle, resulting in u
number of blows being struck. The
Ioi1 ~,
States officers here and arrests are
likely to follow.
The Rayenscroft Lumber and Man
ufacturing Company, which was re-
Gently organized by some local peo-
pie. will open Offices in the new Raw
enscroft building on or abont the
10th inst. The services of Mr.. Jack"
Moore, now in the employ of W. A.
Liller at keyser, have been secured
and he VIII take active charge of the
clerical work of the new company
upon the above date.
Capt. Robert H. Gordon, of Cum
berland, who has been quite i'll for
the past two weeks suffering with an
attack of the grip in an aggravated
form, came up to Oakland Monday
evening and will remain here for
period extending well into the present
month for the purpose of recuperat-
ing his health. He was accompanied
to Oakland by Mrs. Gordon, who will
remain here until this afternoon,
when she expects to return home.
Mr.. Charles Li!ler, the tonsorialist.
is the owner of a bearing lemon tree
upon which at present these are some
fifty or more lemons in various stages
of development, ranging from the
buds to fruit nearing ripeness. One
of the large lemons was accidentally
knocked from the tree on Tuesday by
a passer-by. This specimen measures
| thirteen inches in circumference and
weighs II! onnces. It.iis perfectly
| formed and almost ripe. The numer-
Gus blooms on the tree exhaIe de-
lightful fragrance which may be de-
tected in all part of his establish
ment.
Messrs Ecklcs & Devries, lessees o
/ the Oakland Hotel, have a large force
of hands at work cleaning up the
/ hotel and grounds. The work will be
| prosecuted right along until the house
/ is open for guests, which will be June
18th. Mr.. Devries, with his wife. are
now here and will superintend the
improvements being made. A por-
| tion of the electric light equipment
belonging to the property has been
shipped to Baltimore for repairs and
as soon as it is returned the electric
lighting apparatus will be tested
thoroughly so that all other altera-
ticns necessary along this line may be
made before the season begins.
At the offices of the trainmasters
on all of the divisions of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroads, the forces are
busy making up the division time
ca nd fpr9 tba aud