The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-01

THE REPUBLICAN of August 4, 1871
thirty-five years ago. and will be read,
with interest in 1912:
A SMALL PAPER.
We are compelled this week, owing to
the railroad strike and the consequent
non-arrival of our regular weekly ship
ment of paper, to issue paper half the
usual size.
POLITICS.
At meeting OF the Republican State
Committee held held in Baltimore, the
designations of Messrs. A. A. Perry
and Charles Brown, as members of the
State Central Committee for Garrett
county, were presented and accepted.
Mr.. John Daily, of Oakland, was a
candidate for door-keeper of the House
of Representatives.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Bricklaying on the court house was
resumed the middle of the week.
About 5000 pounds of flour were
brought to Oakland from Petersburg
and sold to our merchants at II cents
per pound.
Since the railroad strike began 10000
pounds of cornmeal have been brought
to Oakland and from cuntry mills and
sold at 81. Is per hundred.
LITERARY.
The Garrett County Literary Society
met in the public school building on
Saturday evening when Miss Ella Ped
dicord read the Society paper. Miss
Maggie Peddicord read an essay entitled
Gossip" Owing to the state of the
public mind regarding the railroad
strike, the debate on the subject: Are
the men engaged in the strike on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. justif-
able" was postponed.
OFFICERS OF OAKLAND.
John NJ. Read, Mayor; Peter Martin,
A. L. Osborn, J. ". Smith, D. Little,
Town Commissioners; M. V. Grim,
clerk; P A. Chisholm, bailiff; Raj phi
Thayer, Postmaster
THE GARRETT COUNTY POSSE.
On Saturday last Sheriff Durham was
notified by proclamation of the Governor
to summon enough men to preserve the
peace IN the limits of Garrett. Acting
under these instructions the sheriff Sat-
urday evening and Sunday morning
summoned about twenty-five men, and
ordered them to be in readiness to pro-
coed to any part of the country in case
of disturbance of the peace. The
Sheriff, Sunday accompanied by twelve
deputies made a tour of observation
along the line of the B. & 0. r. r. be-
tween Oakland and Bloomington; and
finding all quiet. returned to Oakland on
the West bound mail the same evening.
On Monday evening he took about a
dozen men and placed them at the rail-
road bridge across the Yough, one mile
west of Oakland, where they remained
until the first east bound freight train
passed over, about 9 O'Clock, when they
returned to Oakland, and have not been
called on for service since.
The dispatch sent from Deer Park to
the Baltimore Sun dated Sunday even
ing, stating that the Sheriff of Garrett
county had two hundred and fifty men,
fully armed, on the line of the road in
this county, was the invention of SEN
sationalist or lunatic.
THE ADVERTISERS.
Those carrying advertisements in the
paper on the above date and who still
survive are:
J. c. Durham, then Sheriff; Thomas
Martin, liveryman; Benz. A. Richmond
and G. S. Hamill, attorneys; Davis &
Townshend, D. E. Offutt, G. W. Legge,
J. o. Michael, merchant; The Brown
ing House. R. T. Browning. proprietor;
DR.. }. Lee McCOmas, DR.. E. II. Bart
lett; G. F. Loughridge, boots and shoes;
G. A. Shirer, timer; Alex. C. Mason,
M. r. Hamill, surveyors; A. G. Stur-
giss; James A. Enlow, E. j. Fringer,
painters.
A road examiners notice was publish
ed locating the new county road through
the Bradley farm. Messrs. P. Hamill,
Henry Russell and William White were
the examiners.