The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-07-01
FORTY-TNO YEARS AGO
IN GARRETT COUNTY
Interesting Extracts From the Old
Garrett County Herald OF 1873.

Inc hepuDucan Is IN receipt OF a copy
of the old Garrett County Herald,
furnished by Col A. G. Sturgiss, which
was published IN Oakland by the firm
of Tasker, Hagans & Co. The paper
bears date of November 9Th, 1873, and
is a seven-column four page publication.
From its columns the following extracts
are taken:
The election passed off quietly in
Oakland, not single fight or broil oc-
curing and unusual good order prevail
ed. The entire vote polled in Oakland
was 2S3. Throughout the county the
election resulted as Follows: For State
Senator, W. R. Getty; House Of Dele
gates, DR.. f. H. Glotfelty, Republican,
and R. j. West, Democratic; Clerk of
the Circuit Court, w. H. Tower, Re-
publican; Register of Wills, ". L.
Rawlings, Democratic; Sheriff Edmund
JamIson. Democratic; County Com
missioners, Elisha Umble, Democratic,
George w. Blocher and Henry f.
Friend, Republican; Orphans Court
Judges. D. Harrison Friend. Joseph
Dewitt and VIM. Harvey, Republican;
States Attorney j. W. Wolfe; County
Surveyor, A. c. Mason, Democratic"
Of the above there are yet living COM
paratively few, among them being Mr..
George W. Blocher, Rev. D. Harrison
Friend and Mr. A. c. Mason, all now
well up in years, Mr.. Mason beng the
youngest Of the three. Messrs. Blocher
and Friend have both passed into the
nineties.
At that date Mr.. John Daily was
burgess Of Oakland. The town council
consisted of Rev. John NJ. Davis, Rowan
White, Enos D. Kepner and r. B.
/ Jamison. The town clerk was Mr.. W.
II. Tower and the baiiiff was Mr.. John
B. Brant. All are now dead with the
| exception of Mr.. Davis, who notwith-
standing his more than eighty years of
active life is yet hale and hearty and
keenlY enjoys experimenting his farm
near town as well as devoting much Of
his time to the genera! hardware busI-
ness Of the firm of j. NJ. Davis & Sons,
Of which he is the senior member.
Rev. j. P. Thatcher was pastor of
the Methodist church; Rev. j. o.
Sullivan was pastor Of the Catholic
church, and Rev. John Scott was pastor
of the Presbyterian church. The
Lutheran and Episcopal churches
were without pastors.
The attorneys at law advertising in
the paper were Col. John w. Werlich,
Thomas J. Peddicord and John M.
Read. DR.. B. T. Keller was located at
Grantsville and DR.. E. H. Glotfelty at
Accident, where they were engaged in
active practice as physicians and as
such advertised in the paper.
Messrs. Hagans & Sturgiss, general
merchants. were the only local store
keepers using the columns of the Herald
as an advertising medium John E.
Gnagey, of Accident. also advertised
his store.
Patron, " of Swanton, contributed
an article to the paper protesting
against the location of the court house
and Jail at Oakland but at Swanton In
his article Patron" said:
Now if the edict should be irrevoc-
ably fixed against Oakland and the
sovereignty Of the masses deem it
wise to locate the public buildings
elsewhere on the B. & 0. Railroad, I'M
less we see through glass darkly, in
deed. SwantOn is pre- emlnently situat-
to the purpose. 1t is undoubtedly the
most central, and we candidly believe
the most judicious point to be obtained
anywhere upon the railroad. Peculiar
advantages attract the public interest to
Swanton. In the first place it is the
very matrix of one of the most thorough
lumber aSEions of the west. with an ex-
cellent Nv and planning mill in full
operation near its depot; second all
lands necessary for the erection of the
public buildings will be gratutitously
ceded for that benefit, the third, it has
good railroad station with county
roads leading to it from all sections of
the county.
The wedding Of the late Charles
Brown, of Grantsvile, and 1.-THE hand
some and accomplished Miss Lille
Stutzman. formerly of Cumberland, "
was announced,
The building of the store property
now occupied by Mr.. Thomas Little
was treated as follows:
Extensive Improvement Mr. Louis
Bush, our enterprising townsman. is
erecting large building on the corner
of Oak and Bridge streets, which will
front fifty feet on each street. The
first story is designed for a store room
and ware house, with dwelling rooms
above. The basement is of stone and