The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-01-04

d. Hoye and Mr.. w. B. Warwick. rep
resentative professional, official and
layman citizens of Deer Park, invaded
this office for few minutes social con-
verse on last Thursday. The three gen
tlemen had been in Oakland that day
attending the convention called and
held in the interest of the MARYLAND
Anti-Saloon League, Rev. Faust being
the secretary of the convention, a posi-
ton which he very acceptably and ably
filled
Rev. DR.. R. B. Ward, of Oakland. and
DR.. Jennings M. King, of Kingwood,
members of the publishing committee
for the West Virginia Conference of the
Pittsburg Christian Advocate, the Off
cial organ of the Methodist Episcopal
church, are making an effort to increase
the circulation of that paper to ten thou
sand copies within the limits of the con-
ference. The paper has at present a
subscription list of 6,619 in the confer
ence and a total circulation of nearly
35, 600.
YOmmer Bros, (Louis and DanieD of
Garrett county, Md, recently erected a
log slide about mile long, near their
sawmill, which is located at the foot of
Meadow Mountain, about one mile from
Jennings, and they can now send logs
down the mountain about as quick as if
they Were shot out of huge gun. They
own 236 acres of very fine timber, and
their mill has a cutting capacity of
about II, 600 feet per day. They sell all
their lumber to Jennings Bros. Sails
bury Star
In the items of Thirty Years Ago"
appearing in the Frostburg Mining
Journal, the following appeared last
week; Capt. R. R. Sanner command
ed a company of several hundred armed
men to give the New Year a proper re-
ception. Mayor GOrsuch was hOnored
by the first volley. Then all the church
bells in town rang, the armed men
meanwhile marching and firing on I'm
ion, Broadway and other streets. MANY
residences were illuminated, that of
N. S. Frost the most brilliant. 1t was
the best general kick-up ever witnessed
in Frostburg"
An official of the West Virginia Cen
trail and Pittsburg railway stated yes
terday that the year just closed has
been by far the most profitable of any
year since the railroad was constructed,
and that with the new rolling stock and
equipment just added and now being adj
ded the railroad will be in a position to
handle much larger and more profta-
BILE business. The new rolling stock is
modern and of much greater capacity.
Several days ago over $4,000 feet of
lumber was loaded on one of the new
long gondolas and shipped east, by far
the largest amount of lumber ever ship
ped out CT this region on one car.
Mr., Henry Fresh, of Cumberland, son
OF the late Jacob Fresh, of New Ger
many, Garrett county, was in Oakland
on business last Friday afternoon and
made this office brief visit. Mr.. Fresh,
who is the patentee of an emergency
car brake which has been successfully
operated in many of the large cities on
trolley and electric cars, has completed
the organization of joint stock COM
pany which will take over his patents
and establish factory at Lancaster,
Pa. Mr.. Fresh retains an interest in
the concern and will become general
manager of the factory. Besides being
patented in this country, the brake is
also patented in England and Canada.
An offer of $4,000 for the English
patent has been made Mr.. Fresh.