The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-04-18
DIED.

DIED.
BENEDICT.-AtE Enter prise, Pa, on the
morning Of April IA, 1877, Mrs Jennie
Irwin Benedict. wife OF Mr.. Willis b. Ben
edict, aged 90 years.
Mrs. Benedict was we'll and favora.
bly, known by all the older inhabi-
tants of our place, having for a num-
Der Of years resided here with her
grandmother, Mrs. Hezekiah May.
She was lady who commanded the
respect and esteem of all, and her
friends and acquaintance here will
receive the news of her death with true
sorrow. The deceased was a daugh-
ter of Hon. II. Irwin, of Franklin, and
sister of Samuel d. Irwin, Esq, of
this place. The funeral took place on
Sunday last, and was largely attend.
ed by friends and relatives, all of
whom joined in paying this last trib-
ute Of respect. The stricken husband
and family have the sympathy of all.
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Now is the time to get up a base
ball club. We don't remember a
time for years when there has been as
many able bodied men who apparent.
ly have nothing else on their minds.
Whist triumph it would be for Tio.
nesta if we should organize a club
that could get away with the Bostons,
the Mutuals, the Athletics, and all
those high.up baseball clubs 1t is
worth trial, boys. Go in.
We are in receipt of an invitation
to the opening ceremonies of the In.
ternational Exhibition of 1877, to take
place in the Main Building, Centenni.
al Grounds, Philadelphia on tie 10th
of May next. On account of the ear
ly opening of the trouting and garden
making season we aie afraid we shall
be obliged to decline the invitation.
We are short of "Murphics" of
all kinds now. Whether the fact that
"Murphy's Gang" failed to put in an
appearance, has anything to do with
the scarcity and high price of pota.
toes, we are unable to tell, but it is
mournful fact that a potato famine is
upon US.
-"Signor Bosco," the sleight-of.
hand performer, who recently gave q
series of entertainments here, is report
ed dead. 1t is said that he dropped
dead, of heart disease while perform
ing Where he was at the time, or
how the news got here We are unable
to learn.
The lumbermen are praying for
more water. On the creek a pond
food was made last week, but wasn't
strong enough to bring the lum.
ber out, and as consequence pieces
are stuck along the creek all the way
from here to Sheffield.
1t is good time now to build
your sidewalks, before the town coun.
Gil obliges you to do it. There are
quantities of lumber at the mouth of
the creek, kegs upon kegs of nails in
our stores, and any amount of unem-
ployed muscle about town.
The mud is fast yielding to the
continued dry weather, and undoubt-
edly good deal of hauling will be
done within the next few weeks. No
body who now lives, as near as we can
learn, ever saw so much dry weather
at once in April.
The potato bug still fingers, but
We don't see any other way but the
bug will have to go west this season.
There will be lao rest for the little
striped pest this year, for everybody
will watch their murplies closely, and
Paris Green will be piled OH thick.
The mumps have made their ap.
pearance in town, and it is probable
that the juvenile portion of our com
munity will have to so through a
seige of swelled and sore necks and
week or more of forced Imprisonment