The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-06-13


Titusville, committed an aggravated as
sault ON his niece, Miss Ida Menard.
She wanted to 60 to Canada to visit
her mother the Priest did not want
her to go; she attempted to slip away
and leave the priest in the lurch. He
missed her and searched and found
her in neighbor's house under a bed.
He dragged her out by the hair, knock
ed her down with his cane, and broke
the cane, a heavy one, beating her.
He was arrested, but the neice refused
to prosecute, and the Rev. Father was
discharged. An investigation Of his
conduct was had, which cleared him
of all blame in the matter. The Her.
aid accused the investigating commit
tee Of being personal friends of the
Preist, and asked that fair investiga-
ton be had. This was granted, and
FIVE members we're chosen by the Priest
and FIVE by the Herald men. The in
vestigation was to have taken place on
Friday last, and the Herald promised
to give full report of the findings Of
the committee, but we have looked in
vain in Saturdays paper for any men,
tion of the affair. We had been watch
ing the cause with interst, and cannot
account for the Heralds silence in
matter.
-Bowman's store, at Hickory, was
broken into, OH Friday night a week
ago, and fifty dollars in money, and
lot of goods, consisting of neckties,
laces, summer shawls, shirts, clothing,
boots &C., were taken. The thieves
went in at a cellar window, removing
the grating, went up the stairs, cut a
hole through tho door into the
store, turned the key, and proceeded
to go through the store. Some tracks
were seen about the store next morn
ing, but no other clue, as to who the
perpetrators were, appeared. Noarrests
have been made.
We this week give place to a cor
respodence from Clarington, which
reached us just too late for last weeks
issue. The mail arrangements between
the old and the new part of this coun-
ty are very imperfect, a week being
required in almost all cases to get mail
matter through either way. Could
there be some improvement made in
the route it would be productive of
business between the two portions Of
the county, which is not now transact
ed by reason of the difficulties exper-
fenced in communicating.
On Tuesday evening last we were
visited by rather refreshing shower,
which, however, did very little good,
as there was not enough of it. We
fear drouth. We are informed that
grass and oats are a failure in this
county now, on account of the dry
weather, and other crops will follow il
f we do not soon get rain in good guam
titles.
p. S.-We wrote the above on
Saturday. A fine shower came on
Sunday afternoon.
While going to Titusville on
Wednesday last, w. w. Dimond, who
, had his horse hitched with Mabie's
, pony, to light buck board, got spill,
ed out, and run over, but not hurt
IL. w. Roberts who was trying tc
catch the pony, got slight rap on the
f left leg, which made him walk bias
I wise for a day or two. He is now
using his gait regularly.
s On Tuesday and Wednesday O
D of last week, three men started from
D Minister, and cleared the stones out o
the road to this place. At Newtown
q Wheeler & Dusenbury cleared the hill
and the new road at Ross Run wa
tolerably clear, but the rest of thu
4 way there was some pretty lively grub
= bing necessary.
81 One day last week Mrs. Kno1
baked up large crock full of cookies
and set them in the PANTRY for future
use. The some night some one raised
the window of the pantry, and stol
all the cookies, leaving the crock. Th
light-fngered individual was evidentl,
= hungry, and Mrs. Knox thinks h
must have had big mouth for cookies
/ Notice.