The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-08-22
SOME GOSSIP ABOUT
OAKLAND'S NEIGHBORs
Tried In Chic To Weigh the Soul Of
A Dying Elephant.
BURNING OF CUMBERLAND PLANT
State Superintendent niIler's rlother
Warfare Waged Against
the Railroad Bum-Star SpangIed
Banner Scene to be Reproduced.

Prof. James E. Winter, principal OF
the Hill street public school, Frostburg,
and Miss Sadie Mcmahon, of Ocean,
were married Thursday, in St. Joseph
Catholic church, Midlad.
R. P. hurry, of New York, travel
ing representative of the Pittsburg
Plate Glass Glass Co., while attempt
ing to board a moving passenger train
Tuesday at Hancock, had his foot mash
ed.
Councilman Hood Phillips has been
made general manager of the traction
lines Of Grafton
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany is establishing an emergency
hospital at Clarksburg.
The Pennsylvania Railroad system,
that leader Of ideas in railroading, is
waging a vicious warfare upon the
tramp nuisance, driving the hobo prac-
tically off its holdings.
Mr.. Harvey H. Bird for twelve years
train dispatcher of the B. &. 0. at
Cumberland, has resigned to enter the
Offices of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany, at Harrisburg. He holds the en-
viable record of never having been the
cause Of an accident upon the railroad.
Announcement was made recently at
keyser of the marriage Of Mr.. George
r. Davis and Miss Nellie Lowry, the
ceremony having been performed at
Cumberland May IS, 1907.
MIR. David Davis, one of the Oldest
and best known citizens of Keyser,
died August 18th.
The big elephant Gladstone, with a
circus, died at Bellefontaine, Ohio,
Tuesday night after grieving for year
over the death of its mate at Green's
burg, Ind. The elephant had been kept
alive since then by hypodermically in
iecting food, which it refused to take
otherwise, 50 when it became apparent
the big animal was about todie surgeons
decided upon practical test to deter
mine whether the elephant had soul
a scale was improvised, but when the
breath passed from the big beast the
scales did not move and the decision
was reached that elephants have no soul.
DR. Waddell wired the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington to ask if il
wants the carcass. The elephant was
once the fayorite of William Z. Glad
stone in the herd at the London Zoo. A
camel with the same circus sank its
huge teeth into the jaw Of horse last
! night and crowbar had to be used tc
pry the enraged camel loose.
The mother of State Superintendent
of Schools Of West Virginia, MIR.
Thomas c. Miller, died at her home in
Fairmont Monday morning, and was
buried Tuesday afternoon in the Wood,
lawn cemetery, near Fairmont.
Robinson's big circus will exhibit at
Fairmont August 9th.
Governor Dawson, of w. Va, is on a
ten-days' outing trip in Colorado.
/ A wheel on the engine of No. 3 left
the track east of Grafton Monday morn.
ing. AS the train was running slowly
there was no damage.
Ex-senator David E. Dick made W
his mind Saturday evening just in time
/ to get his name on the list of those who
want their names to appear on the bal
lots that go before the voters at the pr.
maries. The Senator wants to 90 tC
the House of Delegates.
Baltimore City is planning to have {
reproduction of the storming of ole
Fort McHenry during the home coming
week soon to be held in MARYLAND
metropolis. There will be re-enacteC
the same scenes as were present wher
the Star Spangled Banner" was writ
ten.
In June last the large cast safe in thu
Third National Bank, of Cumberland
became locked and all the ingenuity O.
the bank officials and local locksmith
failed to unlock it. The safe was mad,
by the Mosler Safe Co., of Hamilton
Ohio, and after every effort on the par
of the local people failed to open the
safe, the bank officials sent to the SAT,
company for one of their experts t,
come here and open the safe. The com
pany sent one of their best men Their,
but after making an examination, h,
stated that the quickest and best way t,
open the safe would be to return it t,
the home office, and have it unlocke,
there. On the 9th of June last tn
safe was shipped to Hamilton, Ohio, b,
fast freight and after being gone sevel
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