The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-03-20
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Presbyterian Church, on Sunday next,
morning and evening. Sabbath School
at 3 o'clock P. NJ.
Our town shootists bagged quitea
number Of pigeons on the surrounding
hills yesterday morning.
"A week ago yesterday the Repub-
licans carried New Hampshire by
about 1000 majority. Not SO bad for
an "off year."
Rev. w. o. Allen has just closed
five weeks Of protracted effort at Bean
Farm appointment resulting in IA
conversions and accessions to the
church.
Mr.. Chadwick, the efficient Sec
ton Boss across the river, has placed
us under obligations by presenting us
with nice mess of parsnsps. They
we're excellent eating. May his gar
den never go back on him.
"A colored preacher, whose name
we did not learn, held forth in the M.
Z. Church last evening. We were not
able to be present. but are informed
that he delivered an interesting SER
mon, and was listened to with interest
by good-sized audience.
-Derickson & Co.'s stave mill in
town has enough bolts contracted for
to run on full time for year, at least.
The mill at Tylersburg is in the same
condition. All this Notwithstanding
the fact that ne n stave mills have been
started all around theIo.
MIR. Tietsworth has been sinking
a water we'll on the Holman property,
on Vine street, by contract. He went
down thirty feet and found no water
to speak of, and has received orders to
proceed ten feet more. The property
belongs to one Of the Clarion banks.
Mr.. Bradbury, who purchased the
Porter house, north of Smith Fore.
mans, some time since, Is improving
it in many ways. He plastered il
shortly after taking possession, has
built substantial stone wall in front
of the house, and has just finished
painting it.
4 We give good deal of our space
this week to the publication of the
Treasurer's Sales. A good many o.
our subscribers will be more interested
in these sales than they would be in
the freshest local news. Contrary tc
general expectations the number o
sales this year is not much larger thar
usual.
20. w. Proper informs us tina
work on the lease held by himself anc
, Fetterman, on Minister creek, above
Balltown, will commence as soon a
the roads get good enough to get ma
chinery on the ground without mucl
trouble. The rig is up and all read,
for the machinery.
An oyster supper was held oil
,, Thursday evening last at the house O
, VIM. McGrory, by the Methodist so
ciety of Stewards Run, which, not
withstanding the inclement weather
was well attended and proved II yer.
enjoyable occasion. The net receipt:
$3.50 was applied upon their pastor
salary.
The pigeon.trappers are not dOin
very big business here, We believe, Ov
}. ing tn the difficulty they experience i
: keeping spectators and hunters at
=, sufficient distance from their base {
r operations as not to scare the bird
: The gang mp about Balltown, however
il are scooping them in at great rate
o I They tosk eighty dozen in two day
Q They ship them at Sheffield for Ne
: York, where, we hear, they sell for 8
. per dozen.
Mr.. Berry, who is sinking a we
u at BalltOwn, on Logan Run, for IL
y Messrs. Grandin, of Tidioute, called I
our Office on Monday, aud infOrme
US that the we'll was down 625 fee
but that they had been troubled
great deal with water, and had bee
obliged to pull the casing and rea
do,Ua four times since thev commence