The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-09-27
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miner, working for the Marsteller
Coal Co., at Hampshire, was
caught under a fall of slate and
coal, on last Monday morning and
received severe injuries. His
right thigh and left ankle were
broken. several ribs fractured and
internal injuries about the chest.
He was taken to Miners Hospital
No. 3, at Fairmont on last Thurs
daY morning.
If the exodus of citizens con-
tinued as it started last week in
very few days our little town
would have been depoprlated.
Messrs. Freeland Tibbets, James
Rowe, William Hartley and Will
liam Price, with their families, are
the newest addition to the Blaine
popr' ation from Bloomington.
John Mason, a miner living on
the mob" and working in the six
foot on Montgomerv's Run, met
with very painful accident, few
minutes before quitting time on
last Monday afternoon, while car
rying a partially filled can of pow
der to the breast Of the coal to fix
a shot, spark fell from his lamp
into the can, exploding the pow
der and burning Mr.. Mason Sc
verely about the face, neck and
shoulders.
Constable Moorehead and Mr..
Geo, Warwick had bus;1oss at
OaklG Id on Thursday.
An accident to one of the main
wheels connected with the rope
haulage at Buxton caused a shut
down of three or four days this
week.
The periodical visit of the shoe
man to this vicinity occurred We. J
early on last Monday morning.
Two years ago he visited Mr.. John
Miller, the year following he called
on Mr.. William Moody, this time
he paid his respects to the shoe
department Of Mr.. G. Pattison's
store and besides carrying away
Fl pairs of high priced shoes, bore
away some underclothing and
about $500 in cabs from the post
Office drawers. The burglars
gained entrance through the ..ont
door, breaking the locks aud after
wards springing the doors. Mr..
Pattison has offered a reward of
$500 for any information that
will lead to the apprehension of
the thieves.
The Presbyterian church at
Beryl has received a new coat of
pa mt inside and out, top and bot
tom, and is now one of the hand
soonest little churches in this coun-
ty.
The revival services that have
been in progress at the NJ. E.
church at Gross, for the past four
or five weeks, still continues.
Many conversions have occur red
and many seekers crowd around
the altar at the nightly meetings.
The sad death of Robert Bar
nard, aged about IS years, oc-
cu.ted at Alb~ightsville, on last
Sunday night in a way that will
never be known. Mr.. Barnard was
employed III a saw mill in town
and boarded with family near
by. He and the family had re-
tired as usual on Sunday evening
and about midnight Mr.. Barnard
heard a commotlon in the chicken
coop and awoke one Of the men,
bers Of the family to obtain his
gun. The next morning his body
WIS fou7d.near the coop with the
entire top Of his head blown off
and the empty gun by his side.
He was a son Of Nj Augustus
Barnard, of near Swauton, where
his remains were brought on last
Monday and inferred in the family
burial ground on Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. He was a
nephew Of Messrs. Ohio and Bonse
Barnard, of this place, who attend
ed the funeral
Miss Alma Kemp and her broth
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