The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-06-20

-Ihe Fourth OF July will net be
celebrated in Tionesta. On the
German Eminence, the annual jubilee
takes place at the house of Mr.. Towser.
All our celebrators go there on the
fourth, and are always amply repaid.
Franklin celebrates in huge shape,
with military companies of infantry
and cavalry, brass bands, fire COM
panies, and big speech from Col.
Forney of Phila. Titusville also cele-
brates with flourish of trumpets, fire.
works, professions &c. Meadville
talks Of celebrating, but we are not
sure whether they mean business or
not. Conneautville celebrates with
professions, speeches, fantasies, toasts
and responses, frewo rks, and dance in
the evening Calls for celebrations
are general, and the people seem more
disposed to remember the 96th ami
versary of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence, that they have been for some
years. Perhaps the celebrations will
have the same effects that the battles
used to, and will bring us large flood.
We hope SO.
We are under obligations to
Thos. M. King, Assistant Supt. of the
A. V. r. r., for fayors during the past
week.
According to notice given, we are
to have new jeweller in town soon.
His name is Morris, at Brady's Bend
his fathers son was want to fix up
watches, clocks, jewelry &c. He
comes to Tionesta for larger and
more cash business.
"A couple of men from Waterford,
Erie Co., have been in town during the
past week, putting up cave spouting
for a good many houses, and places Of
business here. We are happy to state
that our Office stairs are now protected
by lot of caves which shed the water
off us nicely,
M. Henry came near getting his
knowledge-box smashed one day last
week. He was riding through the
woods, when the top of tree blew of,
and came down right beside him. 1t
knocked his hat off and tore a large
hole through it. We're glad the hole
wasn't through his head.
An accident happened at Gotham,
a station between Irvineton and
Tidioute, on Saturday last, by which
two men lost their lives. They were
working in a gravel bed, when the
bank caved in on them, killing one
instantly, and injuring the other so he
has since died. They were natives of
Swedan.
ID. w. Clark, has moved into the
house formerly owned and occupied
by W. W. Dimond, who goes to May
vile soon, to catch pike in Chautau-
qua Lake. Mrs. Mckay has purchased
Clark's house, and with j. B. Agnew's
family occupies it at present. Mr..
Agnew proposes building house in
town next Summer.
All candidates for nomination for
County offices should announce their
names in next weeks paper, without
fail, in order to be legally presented
to the people according to the Craw-
ford County System. We speak Of
this because we don't intend to get out
any paper on the 10th of July, as that
is our regular vacation. With next
weeks paper, only three will be issued
before the Republican Primary elec-
tions.
The dreary drouth which has
dried up our grass and oats, was dissi-
pated on Saturday evening last by a
decided drizzle, which dripped droz-
zled and dropped during the deathly
darkness of the night. Vegetation
was invigorted, but the foods came
not, neither a rise. Lumbermen pre-
diet rise on the 4th prox. If they
get it, Independence Day will be cale-
brated to great extent 90 the Tones
ia Creek and Allegheny River.
On Friday evening last, about II
o'clock, a man was picked up on the
p. & i. r. II. at Irvineton, who had
been run over and killed by train
which had been standing there for
some time before it started off, The
body was recognized by men on the o.
G. & A. r. r., and was found to be
that of John Wood, an Irishman, who
had been employed on the Gravel
Train. He was known to have been
intoxicated at the time. tits supposed
that he was trying to crawl under the