The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-18

Miss Lillian Mitchell. Mrs. Ida Kiel,
Miss Bertha Chuck, and MIR. Scott
Mitchell, of Pittsburg, Pa, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ault, the party
having arrived here Saturday in Miss
Mitchell's automobile, and will return
to Pittsburg today.
Try the Rock Island Battery for your
automobile and telephone. Will outlast
anv two ordinary ones. A. D. NAYLOR
& Co.
Mr. Gist Blair, of Silver Spring,
Montgomery county, spent last night in
Oakland and will be here all of today in
the interest Of his candidacy for Con-
gress. He has met great many of the
leading Republicans of the county since
he arrived and has impressed them with
his earneStness and manner of conduct
ing his campaign.
Mr.. Grant Harshbarger, mine fore
man for the Marstellar Coal Co., who
narrowly escaped suffocation on Monday
morning, being caught in the air course,
while the air shaft was closed. had an
other close cali for his life on Thursday
when he was caught in narrow space
between loaded car and the engine
and rolled for quite distance. He sus-
tanned numerous painful bruises about
his body and imbs.-Bloomington Corr.
Piedmont Independent.
A full line of Gas Ranges, Heaters,
Hot Plates, Inverted and Upright
Lights. Call and see US. S.Lawtont
& Sons.
The prizes for the peach show which
will be held at the Sincell Company
store on Armstrong street, Keyser, W.
Va, on Saturday, August q, are as
follows: First prize on commercial
package, SIS in gold and blue ribbon.
Second prize on commercial package,
SIS in gold and red ribbon. First prize
on plate of five peaches of any one va
riety, $40 in gold and blue ribbon. Sec
ond prize on plate of five peaches of
any one variety, S. in gold and red RIB
bon. For best collection of peaches
from any one orchard, five peaches to
plate, 80 peach trees and % apple trees.
Second prize for collection of peaches
from shy one orchard, five peaches to
plate, rs peach trees and 25apples trees
First prize for package put up by boy
or girl from Mineral county under the
age of Is years, 25 peach trees and %
apple trees. Second prize for same, Is
apple trees.
Mr. C. c. Pattison' s store was struck
by lightning on last Wednesday even
ing. The night was calm and delight
full, no thunder accompanied, no rain
followed and no damage was sustained.
The old terror that splits the clouds and
rattles the furniture of the heavens,
when he is turned loose by the ele-
ments, in this case was harnessed,
bridled and checked by the usual me-
chanical means that make it as humble
as tallow candle, only hundred times
more brilliant. The electric line for
the transmission of illuminating power.
which has been promised the people for
months and months, is no longer a
promise but real live thing, and was
completed as far as Pattison' S store,
the first building to be wired, on Tues
day and the lights turned on in the
building the following evening The
work will continue and poles will be
erected throughout the town to give
the residents an opportunity to avail
themselves of this convenience Bloom
ington Corr. Piedmont Independent.
In order that its locomotive engineers
may maintain uniform rate of speed
and operate their trains with the great
est possible comfort to the travelling
public, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
is installing speed recorders in passenger
engines used on through trains. The
dial of these speed recorders is placed
in the engineers side of the cab in
plain view of the man who operates the
throttle, and indicates to him the speed
of the train at all times. In addition to
imparting this information, the record
er registers on paper chart the speed
at which train is operated at every
point on division, and, upon the ar
rival at terminals, the chart is replaced
and sent to the Division Superintendent
so that he has before him daily record
of the speed at which trains are operat-
ed in his territory. The work of equip
ping the engines with speed recorders
has been begun, under the supervision
of Mr. j. D. Harris, general superin-
tendent of motive power of the Balti-
more and Ohio, and will be completed
as quickly as possible.