The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-08-02

at present, but the general health of
this section is good.s
Col. Devices is in town visiting
friends. He makes the most Of the
trouting season, and is doing his best
to fish our streams out before he chan
ges his base.
These are hard times, money is
scarce, and work ditto, and yet, Char
ley Hinton tells us that he finds it
difficult to get men and teams to work
on the roads, at good wages. Hence
the work drags.
The Imperial refinery, located at
Oil City has had another fire recently
in which 1000 barrels of oil were con-
sumed. This extensive refinery has
been rather unfortunate lately in re-
gard to fire. 1t belongs to the Stand
ard Oil Co.
Oil is on the fuctuate, not vary
ing very much from $2.40. We think
this is the calm which precedes the
storm, as this fuctuation in oil al
ways take place '.just as it trembles on
the rise" Excelsior" is the motto of
the producers. 4
-Chas. Hinton, Street Commissions
er, is busily engaged in putting our
roads in proper shape, and to that end
has men and teams at work, putting
gravel on the bad spots. The road
over Council Run Culvert is to be
filled up in short time.
Three sleeping coaches, and FIVE
extra passenger cars, passed down the
road yesterday morning, to Oil City,
from which point, and Franklin, they
will be filed with Centennial goers,
who will go through without change
Of cars, by the Allegheny Valley road.
-Prothonotary Clark and S. D.
Irwin, Esq, are grading in front of
the lot which divides them, and will
put down q sidewalk, jointly, and that,
too, without having to be punched up
by the boro council. Mr.. Clark has
put a good walk in frcnt of his prop
erty some time ago.
Hon. Jno. M. Thompson, of But
Ter has received the district nomina-
tion for Congress, in the district COM
posed Of Crawford, Mercer and Butler.
Two of the Mercer delegates went
over to him, the other, Mr.. Ray, voted
for Col. Dick, of Crawford. The NOM
ination was made unanimous, and
Thompson will receive the full Re-
publican vote of the district.
Two horses, belonging to Col.
Thomas, on Saturday last, by some
means got at some Paris Green, in the
barn, which the Col. was saving up
for his potato bugs. The Paris Green
was mixed with -four, and they did
not get great deal Of it, but enough
to make them very sick. Remedies
were administered, and it is probable
nat nothing serious will result.
The most remarkable trottiDg ev-
er done since the sport of trotting su.
perseded to great extent that Of run
ming, was. witnessed by an immense
crowd at the Northern Ohio Fair
Grounds, Cleveland, last Thursday.
The horses starting in the free for all
race were the bay stallion "Smuggler,"
the bay mares Goldsmith Maid" and
"Lucille Golddust," the bay gelding
"Bodine," and the chestnut gelding
Judge Fullerton" The race was
decided in five of the best contested
and fastest heats ever trotted, "Gold.
smith Maid" winning the first and sec.
ond, and "Smuggler" the remaining
three, the time being 2:154, 2:17h,
2;16l, 2:19} 2;179. No five heats
were ever before trotted under 220.
Goldsmith Maid" has lost her fame
as the fastest horse on the turf. A few
days ago "Smuggler" beat his own
time as the fastest stallion in the
world, and now he has beaten this
time and also the Queen Of the turf.
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