The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-05-09


Last night, one Jack Mccormick, a
notorious rufiian aud scoundrel, who
has hung around this place for several
months past with no visible means of
support whatever, concluded to upset
the usual order and quiet that prevails
by getting drunk, in which he succee l.
&c, but eventually found himself in
the lookup. After getting his miser-
able carcass well filed with rot gut
whisky, he proceeded to the mouth of
Benninghoff Run and commenced the
evenings performance by breaking in
the door of Mr.. Jas. Lyndon's house
seizing a valuable dog by the hind
legs smashing it down on the counter
breaking the poor beasts legs. When
demonstrated with william threatened
to set fire and burn all the buildings
down in the neighborhood. A short
time afterwards this brute in human
form met Rev. Father Dunn and as.
sailed him with the most vile and lew
lived language, threatening his life
and intimidating him to such an ex-
tent that the Rev. Father was forced
to flee for fear the villain would do
him bodily harm. After committing
sundry other depredatious he was ar
rested by officer McHugh and placed
in the lookup, concluding the evenings
performance by making night hideons
with his drunken howlings.
This morning he was brought before
Justice Reynolds, and after an exam
ination was bound over in the sum of
500 to appear at the August term Of
Court at Franklin, to answer charge
of malicious mischief He failed to
procure bail and wns taken TO Frank
lin on the 1:20 train by office McHugh,
where it is to b. hoped the william will
"rot in the Bastile" for the rest of his
natural term of existence.
SINGULAR CAsE.-On Monday last,
Mr., c. b. Stewart, carpenter and
joiner in the empty of j. c. Scott of
this place, while at work suddenly lost
the use Of his speech. No cause can
be assigned for his misfortune. He
is in good health and remains so ex-
cept that it is immposible for him to
speak. The case is a singular one.
The amount of building going on at
the upper end of this place, in the
burnt district is surprising in the ex-
treme. Nearly the whole of one side
of Washington street which few
weeks since was covered with blacken-
ed and half burned debris, is now re-
built with an excellent class of build
ings occupied by nearly all branches
of trade, and the occupants appear to
be doing hourishing business. Such
energy in the face of run by the fire
fiend is commendable in the highest
degree. Petroleum Centre is not dead
yet.
| VAMosED.-A case of "evapora-
tion," or leaving town between two
days, occurred night before last in this
place. John L. Mcclellan, who has
been employed as telegraph operator
in the Office of the Pacific & Atlantic
Telegraph Co., after collecting the
months bills due the Company,
amounting to between S400 and $500,
left GA one Of the evening trains. The
young man left sundry small bills for
liquor, cigars, board, &C., unpaid, be-
sides borrowing what money he could
from different individuals. We are
not advised as to whether the Compa.
ny intend using endeavOrs to secure
the arrest Of Mcclellan or not.
FIRE.-About twelve o'clock to-day
the large engine house over the boiler
in use for pumping the five wells OF
the upper end of the Columbia farm
caught FIRE and was burned down. Tn,
fire originated from an overplus of gas
from one of the wells running into tn,
fire-box and causing an explosion. Th'
boiler and machinery was badly in
jured. The loss, it is estimated, vii
, not fall short of 81 900.
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