The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-11
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Sunday, morning ana evening"
NJ. L. Sunday School at 10 o'clock
a. M, and Presbyterian Sunday Schod
at 8 o'clock p. m.
-Jno. Hulings knocked over a
fawn, with q shot gun, on Monday.
Other deer were seen and shot at, but
not hung up.
The river is con a high" this NOR
ming, having three to four feet Of water
above a good rafting stage. 1t has
not been as high before in three or
four years.
Application is. to be made to the
board of pardons foRpthe pardon Of
Bossy and Freeman, EkO we're sent up
for burglary job ~ Tidioute last
spring. a
week. The Co. Supt. is d e best
he can to get a programme t to in
terest teachers and citizens, as 1t is de-
sirable that all teachers Of the County
should attend.
The "oldest inhabitants" who have
been prophesying hard winter, are in
bad odor at present. A few days or a
few weeks, however, may restore them
the unshaken confidence of their con-
stituents.
The Tidioute Ne1cs says that Hor-
ace Jones killed two deer at Swagger
Run, on Thursday last. Horace is q
thorough sportsman, and dead shot
with rifle, at either target or game,
beside being "a bad man" at wing
shooting.
Mr.. H. II. Keller, who has been
operating at Bradford for nearly year
past, put in an appearance here on
Monday last. He has been engaged in
putting down wells, and was looking
for a shooting iron with which to slay
a little venison for home consumption
On Monday last, Messrs. j. w
Jameson, Albert and WILDER Grove
aud Harlem Adams departed for Brad
ford, who're all are engaged in some
business. When outside places need
talent of any kind, all they have to dc
is to make draft on Tionesta.
Two weeks from to-day Christ
mas will be with us. This is rather q
poor year for Santa Claus to keep VI
his reputation for liberality, but w
hope that he will remember all tn,
young folks, and as many Of the olI
, ones as possible,
"A movement is on foot to have tn
Rev. DIR. Carnachan deliver a lectur
: in this place OH some evening of Cour
: week, for the benefit Of the Presbyter
ian Church fund. We do not kDoN
|; whether the matter has assumed tn
e shape of a dead certainty as yet, bu
!. hope so.
The Meadville Philharmonic Sc
cety. by request of large number
!, citizens of Oil City, will produce tn
: opera Of La Sompambula in that plac
i. this evening. This society is one
the best and most thorough musica
organizations in the State.
Geo. S. Hunter was in our ofiC
i on Saturday, and desired us to motto
: as something unprecedented, the fa'
that no ice has been formed in the RI
er this season, up to date. He ss.
that this ia an exception to all rul
and that he has never seen nor hear
of the river having been free from II
continuously as late as this.
ts Last week we remarked that G
had gone up to 1.13i on the Saturdf
previous, and declined to 933 on Il
- Monday following. 1t now appea
that the rapid rise and fall was the
lg suit of a combination gotten up
rt squeeze "dabblers," who were som
what in the road of regular broke
The result was that some of those n
Iy inside the ring "gOt left" in an eft
= tual manner, and several assignmer
were made.
-Peterson's Magazine for Decent
rs is to hand, and contains two supe
steel eDgravings, a beautiful color