The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-06-04

al did IN the House last winter. It
is the opposition Of these people, mon
opolists and ring politicians, that will
commend the amended Constitution
as much as anything else, to the vo.
ters Of the StaseS 1 It tells the whole
storY.--Derrick,
t-lWerarea credibly informed, says
IithsiElk De1noe'Htlof the goth thaty d
corps of, f,engineersseti out en- Monday
last, for the phrpcsg Of locating a
! railroad ftofni the mouth of Falls
Greek on the Bennet's Branch road,tS
Ritlgxay, via Rattlesuake; Little To-
by andsthe Clarion. We understand
| that this is not n preliminary ors eN-
perimental surrey, bntsa positive To-
lscation; and will beacloseiy followed
by the construction of the road all
this. will be done under the auspices
of the Allegheny Valley railroad COM
bany, who means business. We 1s-
sure our readers that this is mot idle
talk but pleasing reality. Our I'M
formantEis gentleman who know 5
whereof he speaks, aud he'gave us the
positive assurance that the road will
be built without tielay.I The mouth
of Falls Greek is FIVE miles east Of
Reynoldsvills, and is udistaht from
! Ridgways tweiIty-eight miles by the
route proposed The greatadvantages
of this route passing asitdees rough
the immense -eoalsfelds of Elk and
Jefferson counties, and establishing 8
direct communication with Petersburg
and the southwest, are at once appar!
ent. Add to this the increased facil-
ties foi transportation and travel to
and from 'Brockwayville, 'Brookyille,
( Reynoldsville and all other points
along the route, and the benefits de-
rived become almost incaIculable.
Sheriff johnson arrested Burk,
one fthe men who broke out of jail
last week. He found him at Peters
burg and brought him back last Sat
urday. he Informed the sheriff that
he and Elder we're three days in cut
ting through the wall to get out of
their cell. They worked Industrious
| ly with.a knife and kept their bel
pushed against the hole. They escap-
ed at night BY crawling through the
hols and opening the door out into the
Jail yard With q short piece, of iron
they had securedin some way. Burk
climed up the wall and helped Elder
up with a blanket, and by the same
means let themselves down on the out
side, Tie sheriff bad taken their
hats, coats boots, and they travelled
without these necessary articles down
Through Monroe, Piney. and Licking
townships, until they stopped at a
house and had their wants supplied
Burk is awaiting trial on a charge oI
assault and battery, and Elder was
serving out sentence for distributing
bng juice contrary to local option .
Clarion Democrat, '.'' ,.' ..f' Z.
The Brookyille Republican, of the
21st says; AS will, be observed from
proceedings of the Republican meet
ing held on Thursday evening last
our delegates to the State convention
are instructed to labor and vote fol
the nomination of Hon, /, G. Gordon
for Supreme Judge. This is as il
should be, Mr.. Gordon has friends all
over the Commonwealth, who, recog
nizing his abilities and claims upon
the Republican party, are demanding
his Nomination, and it is we'll for hi:
own district to take the lead in ex.
pressing determination to stand by
him until the desired end is attained
or until it is proved that some Other
aspirant has more power in the, party
than he has. We are pleased to know
that his chances Of domination are ex
ceedingly fair, and second tc no othel
aspirant mentioned, ~ br, ,..-s,ai
/ ! PorATo. BuGs,rOne ofithe mos
convenient ways of taking these bugs il
to usc a curved irowel such as is r. usu
ally employed ip the culture of flow
ers. ;s int--ysf.es Pc sa.7is l,
This beetle, like -thencurcplie, ol
being touched, drops and feigns death
| With the itrowel they are easily, col
lectsd in email vessel and can be de
stroyed with FIRE or hot. water Posi-
bly, if mashed as is usually done OF
the hard ground or beard, the egg
might still hitch i'll the sun, A farm
er last year advised where the crop i
too large for hand picking the beet
les, to pHt, ashes og Inns, on all th
rows but one or two, the beetles vii
concentrate on the latter. when tn,
Paris green remedy can be afpliec
with less trOuble.rA. Hin AeadpRL
RePqbtican. .l.1 d svsi 90 eld niuois
j. --0n Tuesday euanilo, Last the has.