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VOLUME I.
OAKLAND BUSINESS GUIDE.
GROCERIES ; etc.
T'kAVIS it TOWNSHEND,
(4ENKRA.L MERCHANDISE,
Agents Agricultural Machines,
Opposite Dailey's Park.
JJ E. OFFUTT,
■* jr • HESmUL merchandise,
Agricultural Machine*, Miisiml Instruments.
Uuus, Pistols, etc.
W. LEGGE,
general merchandise,
Cor. .Second A Oak sts.
|) H. LOAlt,
ORIGINAL NEW YORK STORE,
General Merchandise, Watches, Clocks, .few-
dry, etc.
JOHN O. MfCKAKt*,
9 GKNtfkAL merchandise.
Second door South (.'oddington’s Hotel.
J W. STALNAKER,
Grocery and Provision Store,
Corner Third and Oak Street.
4 L. OSBOURN,
• L *-* ADAMS EXPRESS OFFICE,
General Merchandise.
BUSH it SON.
* 4 ' GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Co**. Third <Sc Oak sts.
]\T B. WAY MAN,
A ’ • General Merchandise,
Cor. Aider & Main Sts.
TO ROOKS’
GREAT NEW YORK STORE,
Merchandise,
for Fertilisers,
New Pudding, near Depot
r< c. MlCfitA Eh,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Notions, Cl >'ks. Confectionery, etc., j
Next to Cd ding ton's Hotel.
J3ICHARDHON JUios.,
*"**' G KOCHKrES, CONFKCTIONERIES,
Canned Goods, Fruit, etc.
HOTELS.
JJROWNING HOUSE,
* R. T. Browning, Proprietor.
Main Street, i
CmTDDINGTON’S hotel,
W. M. Coddingtox, i’rop’tor,
Main St.. Opposite Jamlnou 1 . Hilliard Saloon
11OA 11It 1X (J 110 VS ES.
ItfRS. DAVID RHINEHART,
Water Street.
RS. RALPH THAYER,
Oak and Third Streets.
TO A VIS HOUSE,
-** Mrs. M. E. Davis, Proprietress, j
Cor. Oak A Second Hlivots.
\ EYV GLADE HOUSE,
’ Mrs. H. J. West, Proprietress.
Cor. Third & Aider Sts j
d 1 EORGE BOSLEY’S,
Oak Street.
CAII IN El'M AKERS AX It VX
DERtA KERS.
4 C. BROOKE,
_• Res. adjoining Gazette office.
I OHN .su A r/.ER,
" Shop on Fourth Street,
I’U VSICIA NS.
TOR. K, H. BARTLETT,
■ a ~ r < MBcc Main st., op. Dailey’s Park.
IJR. J. LEE McCOMAS,
Office on Main Street.
MILLS*
{A R IST AX D SHINGLE MILLS,
Peter Martin, Proprietor.
Water Street
/OAKLAND WOOLEN MILLS,
v Sam’l L.wvton, Proprietor.
[AMES ARNOLD,
° Residence on Fourth Street
LOOT AXU SHOE MAKER.
WM. M. WAGNER,
* * Shop Cor. Second A Oak Sts.
4 ’ EO. F. LOUGHRIDGE,
Leave orders at Express office.
( ’ LUCAS,
* Boot and Shoe Maker,
Shop Cor. Water and Second Sts
LIVER V ST A RLE.
TO T. BROWNING,
At Browning House.
TAILOR.
J F. MOORE,
• Water street, near Martin’s Mill.
IlppiilrinK done neatly and promptly.
~~sro ves and Tiyware.
(’ A. SHI RKIt,
Oak street, near Second,
A general line of Stoves and Tinware.
SURVEYORS.
\ LEX. C. MAS<)N,
Office over Jamison’s Saloon.
T4f K. lIAMILL,
County Surveyor,
Office In Offutt/H Building.
J~OHN HARNED.
Address, Post Office.
b7 brant,
• Office in Oflffitt's Building.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
GEO. C. STUROIBB,
Drugs, Medicines,
PerfUinery, Toilet articles,Hintlonery,
Tobacco and Cigars* Alder Hi.
THE REPUBijfrAN.
i MILLINERY AND FANCY
GOODS.
VI rsTmTe. DAVisT
I Cor. Oak & Second Sts.
i ]4J L. SCOTT’S Baltimore Store,
j ATi. Millinery, Gents’ Furnishing
And Fancy Goods, and Shoos.
Main Street, Opposite Dr. McComas' office.
BLACKSMITHS .
j ( ’HAS. SINCELL,
| Liberty Street.
i J F. BROWNING,
| " • Shop near Browning House.
■ ■ ■' ~
| CON TRA CTORS <( It UILDERS
\ JOHN M. JABBUE,
|** Carpenter, Contractor Ac Builder,
Residence on Liberty St. nearly oppo. Depot.
i TO A. CHISHOLM,
j * * Carpenter, Contractor,
And Guilder.
; Residence over Jamison's Saloon.
QEO. A. SPED DEN,
; Residence opp. School house.
j JOSEPH M.CRIM,
I “ Residence on Alder Street.
I 4 C. BROOKE,
“ Res. adjoining Gazette office.
MASONS.
I > PRITCI IA KD,
Residence on Second St.
J LOYD CHAMBERS,
Residence,Coddington’s Hotel.
JOHN PORTER,
** Residence cor. Water & Third sts.
PAINTING A PAVER HANG
IXG.
u \'. b. Ward,
HOUSE and SIGN PAINTER
Residence on Oak street.
JAMES ENLOXV,
•* House and Sign Painter,
Residence* adjoining’Gazette Office.
a; J. F RINGER,
House and Sign Painter.
And Paper Hanger.
Leave orders at Rush’s Store.
SAUDI. FRY AND HARNESS.
DELL A BUSH,
In Basement of Bush’s Store.
JEWELER.
nn B. FORDYCE,
’ In Win. Sinouse’s Building.
Sowing .Machines, Watches and Clocks
Cleaned and Repaired.
* PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
( lILMOK s. HA M ILL,
A TTI m N l; Y A T LA W
AND SOLICITOR IN CHAXCKIiY.
OFfICI-: IN OiH TT’S Bu I LDINU,
(L-'twer Flooi.)
Particular attention given to Conveyancing.
nvesUgarion of land titles and collection of
(uinis. Loans negotiated. Jel4-ly
I AS. M. SCHLFY.
I ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(Tmiikui.and, Mi).
Will practice in the Courts of Wu*hi,ngton,
Allegany and Garrett counties. Agent for
sale 0f9,000 acres of land in Garrett county,
within one and a half to three miles ot ouk
■ and. |el-My
p HAM ILL.
REAL • ESTATE AGENT.
Oakland,
Garrett.county, Md
Office at residence on Main Street. |eH-ly
JOHN M. READ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Oakland,
NOTARY PUBLIC. Maryland.
|el4-ly
JW. VEITCH,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Oakland, Gakkktt County, ili>.
Will practice in the Courts of Garrett County
and the adjoining Counties of West Virginia,
and in the Court oi Appeals of Maryland.
Jail. 30-tf.
THOSi J. PEDDIOORD,
ATT!)RN E Y AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Oakland, Ga nit ktt county, Md.
Will practice in the Courts of Garrett County
and the adjoining Counties of West Virginia,
and In the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Jan. 30-tf,
NOTICE.
NO BULLDOZING IN OAKLAND.
OWING TO HARD TIMES and SCARCITY
of MONEY, I have curtailed my expenses
and will give the advantages toniy custom
ers. On and after this date my prices will be
reduced to the following low rates :
New Shoes, all round SI.OO
Being a practical mechanic, as my work
will attest, I am able to guarantee all work.
BLACKSMITHING IN GENERAL DONE
IN A WORKMANLIKE MANNER.
C. 11. SINCELL,
Oakland, Md., March 17th, 1K77.
“ DR. W. I FUNDENBERG. “
Late Resident Surgeon, New York
Eye and Ear Infirmary,
HAS LOCATED PERMANENTLY in th i
City of ('umberlutid, Mil., for Iho EX- I
CLUSIvK treatment of all discuses of the
Eye and Ear, Including those of the Nosound
Throat.
Office, No 20 South Centre Street.
npi2lyl |
DU. J. DAILY,
SESIIIT DENTIST
WESTERN PORT,
7 I
MARYLAND*
Frotn oftotoo. full set
of teeth inserted in t he
most beautiful and .v*7 ..
Miihstmithil manner. ,; _. v '
Particular attention ' ' '',.
paid to cleaning and / .•* •
tiling the natural teeth Juft v,
All work warranted f ft Tfn's
to give satisfaction, or
monoy refunded. Je2i-ly
OAKLAND, MI)., SATt§fAY, 'jUND <
The United States and the War, : *
The London Timas recently pub
lished a letter from its Philadelphia
correspondent, in which tlie opinion
was expressed that this country is
likely to derive great advantage from
the Eastern war. The writer, it may
he, in a vein of facetiousness, corn
tended that Russia and Turkey
would confer an incalculable favor
upon the United States by beginning'
the fighting at once, because, to use
his words, “the greater the waste,
and the wider the field, the more
there will be for the Americans to
do.” The limes, however, did not
accept the views of its correspondent
and the communication referred t
! was criticised editorially in a suhse-
I quent issue of that paper. The wri
j ter animadverts upon the cynicisms
of its Philadelphia correspondent,
whose opinions, it assumes, repre
sent those of the American nation,
and lie confidently predicts the “dis
appointment of hopes based upon
the necessities of war in Europe.”
There is ground for the opinion that
something akin to trade jealousy
lurks under this assumption of lofty
morality on the part of the “Thun
derer.” At all events, it betokens a
narrow minded spirit. A war has
several aspects, and should be dis
cussed with proper temper, judgment
and appreciation from each point of
view. There is the humanitarian
side, as affects tin combatants and
all on the theatre of operations.
There are the political and the inter
national aspects. There are proba
bilities involving geographical con
siderations, and changes of hounna
ries ; and there are also financial and
Commercial sides to the subject. It
is only natural for any foreign nation
outside of the contest to speculate on
the commercial results likely to oc
cur to itself. In the present war
England is deeply affected politically
and the United States are likely to
be affected commercially ; and it is
hut reasonable that our thoughts
slio Id turn to that consideration
more than to any other. The fact is,
tiiat American manufactures are
more directly coucrned in the Ea
tern war than those of Great Brit
ain, and lienee, perhaps, arises, in a
measure, the animus of the Times's
deprecation of our anticipations of
advantage therefrom. The Russian
and Turkish Governments have been
heavy purchasers, for some time past,
of Peabody ritles, Colt’s revolvers
and metallic cartridges, in the Uni
ted States. The war will naturally
increase these purchases, and all
economists are aware that activity
in one branch of industry produces
similar activity in others. But it
does not follow that, because these
and similar orders find their way to
Providence and New Haven, instead
of to Birmingham, the Americans
therefore indulge in cynical rejoic
ing over “the incalculable miseries
inflicted by war on a hundred mil
lions of the human race.” The
United States will derive no benefit
that might not, under the same cir
cumstances, have fallen to the lot of
any neutral nation possessing equal
mechanical intelligence. Moreover,
a higher consideration is involved.
War interrupts the ordinary chan
nels of commerce. The energy of;
those not involved, and the skill
they display in seizing upon their
opportunities, do much to curtail
suffering by cutting out new chan
nels and giving the necessary direc
tion to commerce under its new con- j
ditions. Those thus actively en- 1
gaged do good service to humanity
in assuaging the evil consequences of
war; and to rail against the motive,
and wish the hope may end in dis
appointment, shows, as we have
said, narrow mindedness and want
of liberality.
One of the first and most perma
nent* effects of tiie Eastern conflict
brought to hear on foreign nations
was the raining of the price of bread
throughout the World. The South
ern provinces of Russia and the
Danubian principalities under the
dominion of Turkey are extensive -
wheat growing countries, and com
pete with the United States in sup
plying tho English market. The j
Russian exportation of cereals in
1874 amounted to two hundred and
thirteen millions of roubles (8106,-
140,00(1) in value. But the war has
already put a stop to the Russian
and Roumanian grain trade, and, ns
a natural consequence, prices rose at
Chicago and Baltimore. For the
time being we virtually hold a mo
nopoly of the market, though there
is a strong probability that India and
Egypt, both wheat growing coun
tries, may increase their export of
•W -v” ( *•*• —r*--
thus MUtW wRb *■ tip
-4Nitass
Wiry collapse of Rffiyjun and
Roumanian trridft wq
s|4B owt benefit otfr
niiftrality, nor thotigh
tflse countries. bhMme*ifrmselvi>*
involved in the war.so tong us Great
Britain commands thbjgjfcditerra
n*an with a powerful fleePknd shuts’ 1
up Russia in the Bld&k NeVet*
Oleiess,. the increased (Jemand for
hreadstuffs in America will 'have 'a
topdency to enlarge the area of cul
tivation, which \gili employ labbr,'
absorb idle hands,- and encourage
caoitalists their tjpohey so
I mg kept,out*f circutotlon, \Vhen
capital is unTocKeo/morlcV will be-
I come distributed. The produce,
! when ready for market, will make
j the railroads busy, fill the granaries,
freight our ships, and bring back to
[ us money and money’s worth in ex
| change. It is this which lies at the
foundation of American industry
and prosperity, and that industry is
likely to receive an impetus from
the Eastern contest, though happily
the nation has had no hand what
ever in bringing about the unhappy
state of tilings from which the ad
vantage is to accrue. Permanent ad
vantage, however, is not likely to
arise from transient causes, and Eu
rope is not destined to remain per
petually at war in order that
America shall have a monopoly of
the world’s grain trade. But there
is no valid reason why we should not
avail ourselves of the opportunity
because two great European nations
can find no other method of arrang
ing their differences than tlie arbitra
ment of the sword. There will
other good results accrue to us, how
ever, besides the stimulation of our
agriculture and the revival of our
commerce. One indirect effect to be
looked for from the war will be the
increase of European immigration
to the United States Dear bread,
with a dull trade, necessitates a
transfer of population ; for the sur
plus to whom the bread will not go
must go to the bread. Another fac
tor, too, in this connection, is com
ing into operation, to which the
minds of the economists of Great
Britain have latterly been turned
vvith growing interest. This is the
great water system of the Mississippi
Valley. “This magnificent region,”
says a recent English writer on
America, “will not only open a vast
portion of arable land to the emi
grant, hut give him the cheapest of
all means of carriage. The next roll
of emigration will be along the tanks
of tiie navigable rivers of the Missis
sippi Valley; and when the feeling
to go inclines here in that direction,
the necessity for the exodus will be
upon the nation. That necessity is
coming. What is surprising is, that
it has not been felt before; but when
it does come there will be much
cause for rejoicing that so attractive
and profitable a country lies open to
the industrial classes who can no
longer earn the means at home for
the necessaries of life.” Certainly
the United States are free to reap
what benefits they can from these
opportunities which their own supe
rior foresight and natural advantages
have placed within their grasp, with
out laying themselves open to the
charge of callous cynicism or indif- j
ferenee to the sufferings of their fel- j
low citizens.— Frank Leslie's lllustra - \
ted Newspaper.
The Chisolm Murder.
Miss Chisholm, who displayed so
much heroism in the defense of her |
father when attacked by the mob in
the Kemper county, Mississippi, j
jail, has died of the wounds received
on that occasion. The utter heart
iessness and lack of human feeling
shown by these lawless Wretches
pursued the young lady to such ex
tremes that it was impossible for her
friends to urocure proper surgical at
tention, and render this murder one
of the most fiendish in the annals of
crime. She will take her place in
history as a true heroine, and the
community which approved of the
murder, and deprived the poor
wounded girl of the medical assis
tance that would nave saved her life,
will never recover from the horrid
disgrace of her cruel death and that
of her youngest Chicago
Tribune.
Fletcher Harper, the yougest and
last surviving member of the original
firm of Harper & Brothers, is lying
at the point of death from gastric
fever. There is no hope of his recov
ery, his health having been poor for
some time past, necessitating his re
tirement form active connection with
the firm.
j||aported Meat’. .• V
A
tory ofqjCtoprfCHn /exports in
meat Is In *tlte’return just
issued as In
n,s eight jwjfe& afe cdmprlijed.a num
ber of foots Vhit;h butcheto* jto -well
t housekeepers will
over with care. . TheJnOst nota
ble of them a Ilfs perhaosaii account
<of the_actual *weigkflt pf meat'ieipor*,
ted from the.State*' duriug the year
ls76i em'h fmmth are
given, by whiefi It -appears that qp
both JsinuHty and -FebruaryiMmost
exactly 2,000 cwt. of “beef, fresh qr
slightly salted,” were brought ever
from the States to British pMtL In
May, notwithstanding the higher
temperature, the total was G,OOO cwt.
and although in the next month it
sank to 0,000, it recovered instantly,
mounted to 7,375 in June, and from
that time forward advanced at a tre
mendous rate until it attained the
maximum for the year in Novem
ber, when above 36,000 cwt., were
imported. The value of the meat
increased at the same time from
£5,344 in January to nearly £99,000
in November, when the whole im
ports of fresh beef from other coun
tries were valued at less than £6,000.
In these statistics it is true that the
absolutely fresh meat imported by
the new process cannot be distin
guished from some of {the salted
meat. But the advance lias been, no
doubt, almost entirely in the former
description, and the revolution in
the butchers trade which must have
been effected is apparent at a glance
The increase in tinned meats, de
scribed in tiie return as “meats pre
served otherwise than by salting,” is
almost as conspicuous. They are es
timated at a little over 3,000 for Jan
uary, and at 53,577 in December, the
value having within this period ad
vanced from £9,493 to £84,427. Tiie
growth in the importations of mut
ton is not by any means so notable;
in fact, it is hardly appreciable in the
account, although during the present
year it is well known that America
lias begun to extend the system to
mutton as well as beef. Tiie key to
the whole story is to be found partly
in the new process which has led to
these astonisliing results and also in
the tables which show tiiat the aver
age price of beef during the whole
year is sd. a pound in New York and
about a farthing less in Philadelphia.
This compares with averages of
about 6jd, at Hamburg, sjd. at Co
penhagen and Sd. in Holland.— Lon
don Globe.
Harvest Prospects in the Northwest.
The Chicago Times publishes consid
erable data in regard to the crops
to be gathered during the coming
harvest in those regions tributary to
Chicago. In Southern, Central and
Eastern Illinois it is expected that
the wheat crop will be very large this
year—fully 40 per cent, beyond what
it was in 1876 and equal to the great
yield of 1874—but the cold weather
and the rains have retarded corn
planting, and a portion of the Sout
hwest of the State is almost literally
under water. As a natural conse
quence the corn crop outside of North
ern Illinois is estimated at 35 per cent
below the average. In Northern In
diana the prospect of a good harvest
are pronounced very encouraging.
In Wisconsin the farmers are in good
spirits, and expect a crop that may
restore them to the prosperity that
they enjoyed before the panic of 1873. ,
From Minnessota comes the same |
pleasant story, and the best agrieul-;
tural authority in that State estima
tes the wheat crop at 40,000,060 bush- \
els. In lowa there is a decrease in
wheat production, and the State is
abandoning that cereal for corn, j
Nebraska and Kansas are in dread of I
the grasshopper, but vigorous efforts |
are being made to head ’hem oft', and
in Kansas from 10 to 20 per cent,
more wheat than usual has been plan
ted. On the whole the crop prospect
in the Northwest may be considered
quite promising.
The board of directors of the Penn
sylvania railroad company have de
cided to make a reduction of 10 per
cent, in the salaries of all employees,
beginning at the President, add con
tinuing down waril through all the
grades of the various departments.
An exception is made in the case of
laborers and track man, who now
receive less than one dollar per day.
A soldier connected with the Fed
eral garrison at Columbia, 8. C., has
gone into the silkworm business. Ho
lias now about 50,000 worms, and is
seeking his discharge to embark more
extensively in the enterprise.
NUMBER 14,
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.. ’ ,A BlacitM^ v , v ; -
A writer in the Forest and fitreapt
W May the 3d, giyes the foil (Tying
-fcaution, with calchiiijf
uiffi eating the PdtomihTßase befyre
tle Ist of July* He says; - “But tho
great'trouble wiUv.whiehfcWe have to
contend on Potomac is tins, that
the fish atj)4ake*n ih iratflenii num
ber* esiriy Hr spring; When out
’bfeeason, Alyl altogether unfit for,
pport'oc fbr, The dwellers’
pa[he PqUndac are generally civiliz
ed,"and pretend to have lsWs foi* the
ureservation offish, but they have so
much t<> do with Washington city
ttaKaH. careless about keeping the
taWHS Air through April and May,
of each year, foolish boys and more
foolish men gd forth to slaughter the
black bass whetl passing through
their spring sickness, arid thereby
commit an unpardonable outrage
against the laws of nature. In my
limited sphere I have fought against
this custom for several years, and I
now recall only two men who have
been converted to my way of think
ing. One of them took me to a favor
ite locality in the month of May, and
while 1 allowed him to do all fishing
I amused myself with the pencil. Al
ter he had secured a basket full of la- s
and we were about to return home, I
took one of the fish in my hand and
directed his attention to the worms
hidden away at the roots of the
fins. He was disgusted, and then and
there swore that he would never eat
one of those fish again. Tiiat was
not sensible on his part, but his fell
ings could not be controlled, for from
July to November there is no better
fish for the table than the black b.iss.
The other conversion alluded to was
that of a farmer on the Potomac who
had a very dear friend, with whom
he had been fishing in tiie month of
May, and who lost his life from eat
ing a black bass out of season and
when it was a poison.”
Hawk-Eyetems.
It is now thought that the warlike
movements in Utah are merely indi
cations that Brigham Young is going
to espouse the cause of the suitan.
Laudaulet Williams does not sup
port Hayes, but says “every honest
man in the country knows Tildetr
was elected.” That might be true,
and even then Mr. Williams be
darkly, utterly, hopelessly ignorant
of it.
A native of South Carolina, prob
ably emulous of the renown which
the “bigger man than old Grant”
won has written to the president for
“a subbordinate position in the kna
very department.” He ought to
have some investigating committee
elerkship in the house.
A medium in Wisconsin had a
long interview with the late Presi
dent Lincoln last night, in the course
of which Mr. Lincoln stated posi
tively that lie knew Tilden was fair
ly elected. That always was tho
way with Mr. Lincoln when he was
alive; never a bit particular about
who he talked to and always full of
his jokes.
The newspapers are telling how
here and there in the north, ex-con
federate generals have been invited
to deliver the decoration day ad
dresses. And we are waiting, very
patiently indeed, to hear that Gen
eral Logan or Gcnejjil Butler has
been invited to deliver the address
over the confederate graves some
where in Georgia or Louisiana.
Ex-Gov. Hendricks has been in
terviewed by the Cincinnati Eu
quirer. He says the policy adopted
by Hayes in regard to tho South is
identical with that foreshadowed by
Tilden. Mr. Hayes saw what the
country demanded, lie saw that the
people were uneasy, and that they
were galled by a millitary yoke, and
that they were not likely to submit
to thiayoke much longer.” Mr. Hen
dricks does not think the Democratic
party Will be divided.
A Russian commissariat officer at
Odessa was detected adulterating
flour about to be sent to the army
with lime and other substances. He
was immediately tried, and shot
within twenty- four hours after tho
discovery took place. The Russian
Government trust that this summary
execution will put a stop to thesu
practices, which caused so much
suffering to the Russian soldiers in
the Crimean war.
An English company with large
capital, is now organizing for the
purpose of shipping beef and mutton
direct form Norfolk, Va.