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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-07
Rrenk in n Reservoir.

NEWARK, Oct. 6.-The tank on the south
side of the new reservoir gave away yesterday
afternoon. The water wheel, which had been
placed in position only very few days ago, was
carried off toward Mllrook. The reservoir
bank at the point where the break occurred was
more than thirty feet thick. The wall SCOOP
ings and fence have sunk at least three feet
The damage is estimated at $45,0 900. 1t is not
apprehended that any more inconvenience or
arrangement of water supply will ensue.
Libernal Donation.
The Union Theological Seminary has receiv-
ed from Mr.. James Brown, banker, 900 to
complete the endowment of its fellowship
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-07
Auction Sale

HuCthOH SstIts
n L "a. NJ, on the 18th instant .hall of,sr for
terport, Maine, man, VIM
ONE SCOw,
the 9d property OF the u S. Engineer Department.
U. ). Engineer Office GEO Tttou
Portland, Me-, Lieut. Col. Of Engineers,
0oe october 6, 1873. } Bvt. Brig. GEN U. S. A.
oco dot
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PATERSON N. j., Oct 6-Last night the
body of an unknown man was found lying on
the Erie Railway track at Hawthorne station a
mile west of this city His head was complete
ly severed from his body, and lying beside the
track. James Malone was arrested on suspic-
ion of having murdered the man, and brought
to this city, where he is held. He denies all
knowledge of the man found.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-07

The yacht Eothen with its owner, Mr.. Ash
bury, on board has arrived at Santander, Spain.
Mr.. Ashbury reports that when at Bilboa the
Carists fired on his vessel, which narrowly es-
ca Jed destruction
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-07

CUMBERLAND Town FAIR. the Cumberland
Town Fair will be holden on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, should the weather
prove fair If it be rainy Wednesday the Fair
will be postponed to the next pleasant day. 1t
is perhaps snperfuous to say that fair in
Cumberland is we'll worth attending, not only
because of its fine display, but on account also
of the warm welcome extended by its citizens
to visitors. The town prides itself on these
affairs, which are not exceled by any of sim
liar character in the State. Those of our citi-
zens who do not choose to ride out in carriages
are reminded that the Maine Central Station is
but short distance from the fair grounds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-07
The Ocean Yacht Race.

The ocean yact race to day between the sloop
yacht Meta of the Brooklyn Club, and the Wis
mination. Before the yachts had proceeded far
the weather became very rough and the gale
increased in violence For this reason the
judges refused to accompany the yachts to the
staGe-boat and returned to the wharf as also
did the Vision. The Meta sailed over the
course and claimed the race. The judges will
meet tomorrow to decide, and viii probably
appoint a referee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-07
DAu4YD0MEsTIC RECEIPT.


- By water conveyance 1000 bush cornmeal toGeo W
True q Co,
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200 Men Discharged.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6.-Tbe Baldwin Loco
motive Works have discharged 200 men out Of
2,7OO employees on account partly by cancelling
OF orders by parties whose. petitions did not
warran their fulfillment
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-05
ANEoDorn OF A GREAT FIDDLER.

Pdganini upon one occasion was
from London TO Paris,
when his lannon's Guarnerius met with
an accident, the case in which it was
carried having fallen down with SO
violent conclusion as To unglue one
nf the inner blocks of the instrument
On reaching Paris he took it tn the
best and most celebrated maker he
could find, to whom he related, in the
greatest distress, what had happened,
and that his violin in consequence
had lost its tone. The gentleman APP
piled to, informed the disconsolate
performer that in order to ascertain
the precise amount of mischief, it
would be necessary to open the instru.
ment; but to this Paganini would
not consent, unless the operation was
performed at his own house and
under his own eyes; and the torture
he underwent was indcscribable. He
seemed, indeed to be suffering the very
pangs of martyrdom, and absolutely
writhed in his chair at each crack
caused by the breaking away of the
glue at the action Of the knife. The
success achieved by the operator in
removing the body of the violin in
duced him, however, to intrust him
with it for the space Of three whole
days, at the end of which his vieiin
was returned to him perfectly restored.
A few days afterward, meeting the
musical doctor who had by his skill
effected so complete a cure for the in
ternal injury, the grateful violinist
took him by the arm, and saying,
Thank you, my dear friend, it is as
good as BEFORE he drew from his
waistcoat pocket little red morocco
box, which he presented to him with
the observation 81 have had two Plus
made ; the one for the doctor of my
body, the other for the doctor of my
violin" When the recipient Of the lat
ter gift opened the little box it was
found to contain Il pin set with twenty
three diamonds, in the form Of the
letter p.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-05
TIMBER.

Some statistician gives US as u result
of his investigations that, about 1000
acres are cleared of timber each week
day in this country. OF the annual
crop S5,000,000 worth goes to fuel,
and s150,000,000 worth to fencing.
The Locomotives in this country con-
sumo no less than 100000 cords of
wood a year, or 5000 acres annually.
We also see it stated, that a. careful
es tie has been made Of the timber
la n Pennsylvania and the aver
ago cid of lumber per acre, and the
alarming conclusion is arrived at that
three years stocking of mills at the
present rale Give hundred millions of
feet yearly), will exhaust all the pine
timber now standing. These state
ments being made after very careful
estimates and by experienced lumber.
men in the State, gives them such an
emphatic iudorsment that their truth
can scarcely be doubted; and taken
in connection with the recent heavy
sales Of timber lands in this and ad-
joining counties, should admonish
those who still have good bodies OF
pine timber to be careful as to how
they slash and cut it down. We have
frequently, during the past year or
two, tried to impress upon the land
holders the necessity of preserving
their standing timber, that its increase
in value OH the stump would yield a
greater profit TO the owners IN the
course Of Il few years, then could be
realized in any either investment they
could make; and each day is develop
ing the fact that our predictions were
correct. And now once more we ad-
monish those who still have good
standing timber to preserve it. Take
care Of it, and don't cut any Of it un-
necessarily, for the day is not very re-
mote when it will be worth double its
present price.-Ec.
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Rates of Advertising.
DRIVING HENS.

When woman has hen to dr.rgrr
into the coop she takes hold of her
hoops with both hands, and shakes
them quietly towards the delinquent
says, "Shew there" The hen takes
one look at the object to convince heri
self that it's a woman, and then wa ks
majestically into coop in perfect dis
gust of the sex. The man don't d.
that way. He goes out of doors sn@ D
says, at is singular nobody in tbs
house can drive a hen but mysel,"
ard picking up a stick of wood hrria
it at the offending biped, aud Observes
"Get in there, you thief" The her
Immediately lvses her reason, arf
dashes to the opposite end of the yard
The man straightway dashes after her.
She comes back again with her heeG
down, her wings out, and followed by
an assortment of stove wood, fruit
cans, and coal cinkers, with much
putting and mad man after her. Thea
she skins up on the stoNp, and under
the barn, and over fence or two, and
around the house, and back again To
the coop, all the while talking as only
an eAclteu hch cuii tulhi anu al 'Ho'-
while followed by things convenient
for handling, and by a man whose
coat is on the saw-buck and whose hat
is on the ground, and whose perspira
ton and profanity appear to have no
limit. BY this time the other hens
have come out to take hand in the.
debate and help dodge the missiles,
and then the man says that every hen
on the place shall be sold in the morn.
ing, and puts on hiO things and goes
down street, and the woman dons hcFl
hoops, and has every one Of these hens
housed and contented in two minutes,
and the only sound heard on the prem
ses is the hammering by the Oldest
boy, as he mends the broken picketa.s
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-05

The London Times publishes an ex-
traerdinary story Of an escape of six
Communists from the fortress of Port
Louis, between Brest and La Rochelle.
the writer SAYS that lie and five com
panions discovered way from their
dormitory to u cellar under it, and
determined to make road from the
cellar to the sea. They sunk a shaft
in the earth thirteen feet deep and ex-
cavated a tunnel forty-six feet, till
they reached the wall Of the rampant.
All this had been done with nails torn
out Of the woodwork, but when the
rampant walls was reached the nails
were useless. 1t is constructed of
enormous blocks of granite, joined by
Roman cement, and is sixteen feet
thick. The prisoners, however, tore
bar cut Of a window, and by iude-
scribable labor oxcavated hole
through which they could creep out
on the rocks, whence they escaped to
England The Times heads the story,
"An Historical Parallel to Monte
Christie"
John Wilson is a brakeman on a
Minnesota railway. The other day he
heard Of train showed in seven miles
distant, and not being on duty, pro-
cured large quantity of crackers
and cheese, enveloped himself in Il
cloak with a hood, and with the wind
blowing gale and the thermometer
twsnty-seven degrees below zero, start,
ed on foot to r3liave the hungry passen-
gers. Although he felt his face and
ears freezing, he trudged on until he
reached the train, almost exhausted
and unable to speak distinctly. The
grateful passengers thawed him out as
we'll as they were able and one of them,
John Lawlor, Esq, of Prairie du
Chen, who had some ladies under his
care, took from his own neck q mas
sivs gold chain, and putting it around
Wilson's neck, remarked" ,"It's pretty
good man that has worn that chain,
but I've found better, and he shall
have it."
We have here a dog story which
beats anything of the kind recently
at least related. In Clinton. Mass, a
dog was in the habit of helping him
self from a pail of "odds and ends"
belonging to neighbor. One day
he upset the pail aud it fell to pieces,
upon which the sagacious creature
went home and brought back a SOUND
pail which he substituted for the
bI oxen one transferring the contents
from the old to the new, after which
he hid the slaves of the broken vessel.
We have heard of "sly dogs" before
but was there ever a dog so sly as
this?
Dollars have been coined by vari-
GUS nations, and they differ in value.
After the adoption of the Federal
currency it was customary, when alb
breviation was desired, to express
American mOney-say one hundred
dollars, for instance-"Dolls. u. S.
100," In the course Of time the U was
written ever the S in a narrower shape
afterward the bottom of the u was
cut off, and two straight strokes re-
mained to form the present dollar
mark, s.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-05

They tell good story in Lawrence,y
gentleman, and wife, who bear the,
higl est reputation for severe propriely.
Last Saturday night the gentlemat
told his wife he was going out on
business and might not be back tilli
late. "You are not going 10 the,
Black Crook, are you p. she asked. d.
"Black Crook ! what do you take.
me for?' he Indignantly exclaimed.
"Oh, we'll" said she, 81 vas only jok'4
ing. I'm going out to do some shop
ping. Don't be alarmed il | am not
in when you return" The next that
worthy couple saw of each other wRs
at the aforesaid "Blaek Crook, whqrvi
some destiny seated them side by side.
to their ast tlnishment. -l
1t is related that New Hampshire
minister recently portrayed the history
of Jonah after the following style; il
seem to see Jonah passing along the
road to Nineveh / seem to SEQ him
entering the ticket office, bay his
ticket and pay for it; seem 10 see
him walk upon the vessel seem to
see them lift their anchor and the
stately ship move gradually out upon
the broad Atlantic" tI ..
The first conductor on the Pennsyl,
vania Railroad was Colonel Morton
Garrett, who now resides at East
Brandywine, Chester county. Prior
to the opening Of the road, in 1849, no
was conductor OH the Columbia Rail.
road for eight years. When he enter
ed the service of the Pennsylvania
Central, the rolling stock consisted of
one locomotive, the "Miiiiin,' three
passenger and one baggage car. 10
Before election young lady agreed
to kiss the editor of the Volga Valley
(Iowa) Times once q mouth for four
years if Grant should be elected She
is keeping her word manfully, but is
growing thin, her appetite is poor and
unless the winner of the bet deodor.
ICES his face and quits chewing tobac
co, he will have to announce fuueral
ere long. -.F
From the 1st Of January up to Fri-
day last, there occurred in the United
States ninety-one fires, with total
loss of S3,12S:500. There were two
in which the loss exceeded $4,000
five between 100000 and 100000;
twelve between $4,000 and 100000,
and fifteen in which no estimate Of loss
was given. BY them thirty-lour per.
SONS lost their lives.
An agriculture paper says straw
berry beds may be protected from
birds, by running wire along the
walk to which eat is chained, Her
movements up and down the leuslh
of the wire will keep the birds away,
Where there is no chain, the wire eau
be run through the cat, ana heated %
temperature that will fill the cQt
with longing to keep moving, ,rs.
One good turn deserves apQlher
Lydia Thompson few days ago gave
the NeWsboys' Society, in Cineinnatb
the proceeds of a successfa matinee
The other evening small boy jumped
upon the stage, aud after emitting a
speech, presented the fair Lydin with
a silver wreath, as an expressionA oi
the gratitude Of the news sbOys Of i'm
cinnat. ,a
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-05
CREST HOUSE,

n BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
-. Court House, Tionesta, Pa. Just
opened. Everything new and clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kept constantly
on hand. a portion of tho public patron
nge is respectfully solicited. 4-l7-ly
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COMBATIvE sOUTHRONs.

Footc and Davis were in congress in
lS45 (while Taylor and Cass were can
didates for TIE Presidency, and occu.
pied room together at the Willard
hotel. One evening, seated by the
same fireside. Mr.. Davis read aloud
from political letter of General Tay-
lor, and made running comments for
Mr. Foote'S delectation, which the lat
ter thought were rather too friendly
for Democratic senator to give eX-
preston to in the heat of canvass.
In fact, he intimated quite strongly
that he thought Mr.. Davis at heart
was a Taylor man; that spite Of his
professed support Of the Democratic
nominee he would secretly rejuice over
General Taylor's election. Mr.. Davis
had married daughter of General
Taylor, and this little circumstance,
Mr.. Fosts suggested, was at the bot
tom Of his colleagues compliment Of
he letter, adding, in his impetuous
way, that it would doubtless be II very
nice thing, after all to be son-in-law
of the presdent-even of Whig
pTeSiueIlI.
DR.. Davis could not brook this sar-
castle intimatiun Of treachery on his
part, and retorted in severe language,
one word bringing on another until
the grave and reverend" came to
blows.
The noise of the fsticuT aroused
other Congressman, who rushed into
the room ard separated the combat
ants, admonishing them of the shame
which would attach to two distinguish
ed Senators from the same State in
dulging in disgraceful knock down.
This view of the matter naturally
brought the two to terms, and, like
the man and wife who "argued" the
the question of "rat or mouse" they
shook hands and made friends.
Really said MIR. Foote, after n
smile all around; really, | should
not have thought of such thing as
striking Mr.. Davis, if he hadn't passed
the first blow.
Are you not mistaken about thatY
urged Mr.. Davis, alphabetically.
Indeed, | am not retorted the i'm.
pctuous.
1T is my impression you struck
first pleaded Mr.. d.
'Oh, no; it was you
NO, it was you
But Eli swear it was YOU
And l would swear it wasn't,
you did strike first
i did not strike first
You did
i didn't.
you did
Il didn't
WELL said Foote at last, Using
hastily from his seat, there shant be
any dispute as to who struck first this
time, and as he spoke dealt Mr..
Davis a singing blow on the cheek,
which resulted in another rencontre,
that, but for the interference Of mu-
tual friends, might have been going on
until now, for both are game all over.
The question as to who struck first be.
ing thus settled, nothing serious grew
out of the matter, especially as either
party preferred to have the matter
hushed up speedily as possible.
-S4D
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DR.. ]. L. Acomb,

physician AND SURGEON, who has
had fifteen years experience in large
and successful practice, will attend all
Professional Calls. Office in his Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A fun assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils Cutlery, and fine Groceries, all of the
best quality, and will be sold at reasonable
rates.
II. r. BURGESS, an experienced Drug
giEt from New York, has charge of the
store. All prescriptions put up accurately.
IT.
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y. y. HARMS,
PHYSICIANS d SURGEONS.
J.wINANs Il. D, and ]. E. BLAINE, MD.

Having entered into q co-partnership, all
oalls. night or day, will receive immediate
attention. ONCE at residence of DR.. Wi
mans, Elm ST., Tionesta, Pa. 36ly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-05

John James Ingalls,, the new Kan
sas Senator, has an article in the Kan.
sas Magasine, for February, on Deane
Mouahan's "iSons of the Border" q
fresh and racv Western book. Says
Mr.. Ingalls,: Civilization is a veneer.
The gentleman is varnished savage.
The institutions of society are stucco
upon ali ediiice Of barbarism. We all
feel that it is Illuminating and coward
ly to call upon the Law 10 avenge our
wrongs, to waive our light to slay the
the seducer, to smite the insulter, to
exact reporation from the thief. Hence
spring the secret contempt for arbitra-
ton, the ferociOus exultation Of war.
Geneva was well enough for America,
because we won the bloodless battle.
We can applaud William l., as the
pettifogger praises the squire whv
gives him his cause, because he award,
ed us the boundary we coveted but,
had the decision been averse, there is
not an American who would not have
called for Grant, the soldier, and the
solution Of his sword, l
The Boston Bulletin, in an article
on the ordinary methods of insurance,
says Let US have policies so drawn
that when a man insures his stock or
his house, pays the premium asked,
and gives the insurer every oppor-
tunity to examine the property, and
decide, in advance, upon its value, he
can, in case of its destruction, 90 ard
get the full amount Of his insurance,
and not be insulted by offers to SETTLE
based on fine print conditions, purpose
ly SO printed that they will not be
read. Companies should be protected
against fraud but when Il man makes
an honest loss, he should be honestly
paid
Yankee enterprise was strikingly
exemplifed in features of the cargo
and the passenger list of the Tybee,
which sailed from New York for
Samana Bay day or two ago. Among
the thousand and one notions was q
complete hotel, with kitchens and
other outbuildings, which can be
nut up in sections in two days. Among
the passengers were commissioners for
the selection Of Il site for a city, and
score Of Boston drummer" with
cases Of samples.
A newspaper of Iowa city gives
rather discouraging account of what
the farmers in those "diggings" are
doing, or rather not doing. Here are
the prices current; A pair Of winter
boots cost two loads Of potatoes; a
nights lodging, a load of oats; the
wife wears five acres Of wheat; the
children each ten acres of corn the
price of an overcoat is good four
year old steer ofa Sunday suit, twen-
ty fat hogs.
1t was at Evansville, Indiana, so
the Courier says, that a well-dressed
young man ente,ed the portals of a
decoctien palace, an evening or so
since, and, stepping up to the gentle
manly barkeeper," requested him to
mix him a red. hot toddy, for he was
going to see his darling's father and
meant business.
A New York man has invented an
air.gun which throws bullet through
a horse and makes no report. The
government refuses 10 patent it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-03-05


Some time since little town in
Ohio was infested by incendiares, and
all other means of detection having
failed, two or three persons clubbed
together and purchased bloodhound,
one of the kind used by the chivalry
to hunt down runaway negroes in the
pleasant days before the war In
some manner the news Of this little bit
bit of enterprise became noised
about and the fires suddenly ceased,
not an opportunity having been offered
since to put the animal on the trail of
an incendiary. The day before Christ
mas, however, a citizen discovered that
q beautiful evergreen tree in front of
his residence had been cut down and
carried off the night before, and the
long looked for chance was afforded for
testing the new purchase. TO the as
toinishment of all, the four.legged de-
tective took a straight line to the
house of one of the wealthiest deni-
zens of the town, nearly three-quar-
ters of a mile distant, and placing his
fore paws on the window, glaring
through and bayed savagely at the
owner, who was engaged in decorating
the tree for the festivities Of the NOR
row. The scene that followed may,
perhaps, be imagined, and consider
able sum Of money was readily paid
in order to hush the affair up.
A mentionable old lady died in
Newburyport, Massachusetts, this week
This was Mrs. Abigail ID. Cook. She
died on the 73d anniversary of her
wedding, and in the same room in
which she was married She was one
of the choir which sang at the welcome
of General Washington on his visit to
Newburyport, and she also sang at the
commemorative services on the occa-
sion of the Generals death. She was
the mother of nine children, and fol
sixty-fye years member of the
church. She is said TO have been a
very handsome woman in her prime
and she retained her sprightliness tc
the last.
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Scott House.

EAGCNDUS, PA, f. A. Roberts, Pro-
l. prietor. This ho'el has been recently
re-furnished and now offers superior ac-
commodations TO guests. 25-ly.
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Lawrence House,

XNJM. LAWRENCE, PROPRIETOR. This
w house has just been opened to the
public and the furniture and fittings are
all new. Guests will be well entertained
at reasonable rates. Is situated on Elm ST.,
opposite Superior Lumber Co. Store. 39-ly
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Tionesta House.

M ITTEL. Proprietor, Elm st. Tio-
W. nestn, Pa. at the mouth of tho creek,
.LIr. Title has thoroughly renovated the
Tionesta House. and re-furnished it COM
sletely. All who patronize him will be
well entertained at reasonable rates. 20 ly