The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-04-11

timely discovery of the blaze which en-
sued the dwelling would have probably
burned. The application of bucket of
water by one of the members of Mr..
Ault's family quickly eXtinguished the
fire with but slight damage.
Dr. John G. Robinson is making pre-
parations to remove with his family
from Oakland to Accident where he will
practice dentistry in the future. He
has secured a splendid location in that
town and will be prepared to give his at
tention to patients at his new location
on May LIST. The removal of this tai
ented family from Oakland will be
greatly regretted by all.
Mr. Ross burst, principal of the Acct
dent school during the past winter, was
in Oakland last Friday, going from here
to his home IN New Germany where he
will remain until he opens the Normal
at Accident, to which he has been ap
pointed principal Mr.. burst has all
the qualifications necessary to make the
Accident Normal great success and he
will in all probability do so.
Messrs. J. E. Harmed, E. H. Sincell
and J. B. Cheuvront, who went to
point near Marietta, Ohio, last Thurs
day afternoon, where they are interest
ed in some oil Developments, have re-
turned to their homes in Oakland. Be
fore returning Mr. Harmed visited Prof.
Turner at Charleston, W. Va, former
pricinpal of the Oakland school, but now
superintendent of the Charleston public
schools.
Work on the yearly booklet issued by
the Mountain Lake Park Association,
was begun in this office Monday. Twen-
ty thousand copies of the booklet, which
will contain forty pages, will be printed.
1t will be profusely Illustrated with new
and high class half tones of scenes in
and about the Park. India tint paper,
of the best quality, with green ink is
the color scheme. 1t is expected that
distribution of the booklet will begin
some time next week.
A large crowd of voters, few ladies
and quite number of boys who aim to
be voters some day, gathered at the
station here last Friday to see Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who was a passenger
bound eastward on train No. 2 that
| p,nrpinr Tho +raip ,,ac ,uppinor q hout
two hours late, but Notwithstanding this
fact the trainmen gave out the word
that the Colonel was still in bed, having
had a strenuous day on Thursday in his
Kentucky campaign and was resting.
Had the Colonel appeared it is hardly
probably that ne would have addressed
the crowd as the train tarried very
short time.
The Glade Run Coal and Coke Co. has
employed Tom Fleming, their former
superintendent, to take charge of their
mines at Schell and he now has
men at work cleaning out the old mine
and making repairs about the dunn
preparatory to putting out coal. Mr..
Fleming informs Us that they viii likely
have him make another opening sOor
and they will likely extend their plane
up the hill to the four foot seam where
they already have an opening, and work
it also The Upper Potomac Coal Co.
two miles below, are making arrange
ments to put from fifty to one hundred
men to work in their mines.
The municipal well located in the Oak
land Hotel grounds. which failed some
time ago to produce its usual quantity OF
water, has been brought into service
again, the cause of the trouble having
been located and remedied after an in.
vestigation by the city authorities, who
found that a large rock had become
loosened and had fallen into the well be
: low the casing effectually plugging it
| The rockiwas forced down to the bottom
| of the well. distance of more than {
: hundred and fifty feet and in very
| short time the well was again full anC
It4N pumping GplJeNI tAtIAo " do oItlI leu
7 No further trouble is now antlcipated.
Dr. Henry Morris, one of the fore
most medical practitioners in PhiladeI
phia, spends his summer vacation each
year at Brooksde, near Oakland. He
usually opens his cottage in June, anC
remains the entire Summer Latterly,
| since he assumed the duties of Professor
of Anatomy in a Philadelphia Medica
College, he has found it essential tc
return tojhis Philadelphia home in Sep
TENDER, on account of the lecture course
beginning in that month. DR.. Morris
is now at Brookside, having come up to
Oakland on Good Friday to spend the
Easter holidays in Garrett County He
knows of no section of the country that
is equal to this region in point of health
fulness. His delight in the summer is
pedestrianism. often walking from
Brookside to Oakland, and other points
in Garrett county.
Public Sale of Personal Property.