The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-11-11
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uated about one aud one-half miles
Off the Tylersburg road toward Has
kell's mills. A protracted meeting has
been going on there for some timc,and
has been largely attended. On Sun
day night one "Ky" Shots, who is
member Of the church, we believe,
thought the crowd getting too, large,
and was trying TO clear out the aisle,
and showed one Jas. Nealy out of his
way. This angered Nealy, who in
vited Shots out 10 fight him. Shots
went out and whipped Neuly pretty
badly, and boasted that he could whip
anything about there. On Monday
night a brother of Nesly's came
to church, and meeting Shots,
said, "you whipped my brother, and
you will have to fight me-" Shots.
told him he did not want to Gght there,
but would meet him the next day at
log.rolling, and they would have it
out. Nealy agreed to this and they
advanced to shake hands, when some
one struck Shots, and general low
commenced. Almost the entire crowd
took sides and the eight was general,
and, as may Be imagined, fearful.
VIM. Nealy was cut terrible cash
on the lead with knife. Ore Schwab
was hit on the nose with handy.billy.
A man named Gilfllan was hit on the
head with aAstone, receiving bad
wound. Clongh Smith got hit in the
mouth with n board. Shots was hit
with club and Knocked back into
the aisle f-the church. When our
informant left, they were fighting in
the church. During the fight some
one lighted torches Of pitch pine, for
the convenience of the combatants, we
suppose. The courts will probably
settle the matter.
Some one who had not properly
balanced head, or who did not know
the penalty attached to the offence, set
the woods on fire up about Tubbs Run,
or Saturday last. The leaves were all
fallen, aud were as dry as finder, and
when fred went off like powder. On
Sunday the fire increased rapidly, and
crept down the hill, burning up quite
an amount of Col. Thomas fence, and
endangering the property of Hood,
CLARK and Irwin. SAe hard work
was done on Sunday. keeping the fire
in check, and on Sunday night rain
came up and put it out. This is a
crime which is perpetrated in this
section mostly in the spring, but the
fine weather we have had for some
time, had made the woods ripe for
4 fire, and some miscreant set it off
1 If some one could be punished accord
ing to law, for this offence, perhaps we
would have less Of it to record. These
fires in the woods do not admit prob
ability of spontaneous combustion, SO
that some one must be guilty. The
loss, in this instance falls mostly upon
Col. Thomas, but in seasons past sew.
raj of our farmers and lumbermen
have lost property to the extent of
hundreds of dollars, by the same
means. The man who brings one OF
these fire-bugs to justice will deserve
the thanks of the entire population OF
the county.
"A shooting scrape occurred at
Lacy's mills, on Sunday last, in which
fortunately, no one wes hurt. There
had been bad blood, for some time, be-.
tween two men named Cornelius and
Eugalls, and ON the night stated, En-
gals, enraged by some scandalous sto-
ry set ahoat by Cornelius, approached
him, pistol in hand, and demanded
satisfaction. Cornelius declined fight
ing, and Engalls fred the pistol, but
as to which direction the pistol was
pointed, when it went off. statements
differ; some saying it was pointed to-
ward Cornelius, aud others, that it was
fred in an opposite direction. A war.
rant was issued for Engalls, but he has
thus far escaped arrest.
Being in Tidioute, on Saturday
last, We called at the Office of the
Warren County Ne,gs. paper which