The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

a. m, aud Presbyterian Sunday School
at o'clock p. m.
The boys who skate are growing
terribly uneasy, because Of the delay
Of freezing weather.
After the first of January no note
less than five dollars can be paid out
by any national bank.
The National of last week spouts
forth something over a column of froth
against us, and says nothing.
M. w. Tate, Esq, has gene on
trip to Colorado, to view the land.
We are not informed how long he
intends to bo absent, but presumT he
will be back before court week.
-Wm. McGrOry, of Ste Is Run,
will dispose of lot Of personal prop
eIty, consisting of horses, COWS, hay,
straw, farm produce, and household
goods, on Saturday next, at public
sale.
-Jno. Jameson is at home on a
little visit. Himself, j T. Dale and
another party have been putting down
a we'll near Bradford. We have not
heard whether the we'll is success or
q failure.
The young men Of our place are
making preparations for social dance,
to be held in Bovard's Hall on Friday
evening Of this week. Good music
will be in attendance. The bill will
be light, and a good time may be
expected.
the oil market was terribly ex-
cited on Saturday last, and advanced
to 1.133, and on Monday declined to
93l. There is a good deal of squirm-
ing among spectators when these
rapid changes occur.
We are having terrible amount
of bad, wet, sloppy weather, and ru-
merous bad colds are the result. The
river is up and the roads are bad.
Diphtheria is raging in sections near
here, and our people have great fear
of its advent here.
The Forest County Teachers In.
stitute will meet in Tionesta on Mon
day the 10Th inst. Prof. Brockway
is exerting himself to procure talent
to make the session an interesting one,
and we have no doubt but he will
succeed. We will publish the pro.
gramme in full next week.
The Mobile Register says: "TO'
day the Democratic party controls the
national legislature and the South
rules the Democracy-therefore the
South is again the ruler of at least one
branch of the national government
Quite correct.
Mr.. Shupe's N. Y. Advocate, the
National psrty's national organ, too
is dead. This is sad, very sad. The
thousands of persons who paid years.
subscription TO the Advocate will have
to read fiat paper the rest of the year
-Er.
p. Gray Meek makes no bones
about it. He says Curtin was defeated
because a good many Democrats have
become tired of electing renegade Re
publicans to office to the exclusion o
staunch, hard working, consistent ad
herents of Democracy. That's honest
any way, and good authority, as well
In two weeks Jas. Swailes and hi
son John have trapped five wildcat
and four 'coons. Jas. has killed tw
deer in the same time. The saddle
sell for 123 cents pound. S. H. Has
let killed deer last week on Littl
Tionesta, and Geo. Haslet and anothe
hunter killed one on Tubbs' Run.
-Selden Whitman thinks he hs
discovered a paint mine on his farm
which will discount several heavy oi
wells. A sample of the paint wa
brushed on a part of Prof. Brockway
coal house. Selden says that it ca
be used with or without ell, and h
firmly believes that he has a bonanz'
We hope be has.
Governor Bishop, of Ohio, wi