The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-09-17
Some Of our sports are talking o.

throughout the country.
Remember Holeman & Hopkins
wilfbe here next week with hand.
some line Of goods.
Some ofour citizens are laying in
a stock Of butter nuts. They are very
plenty along the river.
Mr.. G. A. Derickson, of Mead
Vile, father of our townsman, j. H.,
spent last Sunday in town.
The leaves of our forests are
beginning to turn up their toes, and
soon our hills will present beautiful
appearance.
Cutting bee trees is now in order,
and the small boy who teases the cold
man" to let him ego along" sustains a
good deal of bellyache.
The G. o. DIS of this place will
cross willows with the Plumer base
ballists at the Bean Farm next Satur-
day afternoon, according to arrange
ments recently perfected.
--Chestnuts are ripening aud the
burs will soon be bursting. We shall
endeavor to keep our readers posted
in regard to accidents resulting from
Sunday excursions after these nuts.
Miss May Kelly departed for
Cincinnati OH Monday last, where she
will attend school. She expects to be
absent about year. Her many
friends will wish her a pleasant and
profitable time.
The wife of Mr.. David Mooney,
who lives in Kingsley township near
Russell Mill, died Of dropsy on Mon.
day last. She was highly respected
lady, and leaves many friends to
mourn her loss.
The Grove boys have returnad to
the Bradford district, where they have
their rig up and are ready to COM
mence drilling their fourth well. They
have had good success in the northern
field, and we're glad Of it.
MIR. A. II. Siggins returned to
Allegheny College, Meadville, on
Monday, after two months of pleasant
recreation among his numerous friends
and relatives in this section. His
brother, j. B., leaves for the same
place to-day:
Gen. Grant sailed from Yokoho,
ma, on the third of September, and
will land in San Francisco about the
Dist. He will be enthusiastically
received; 5ut however enthusiastic
may be his reception in this country
it cannot be more so than he has met
with all over the Eastern Continent
-Spearing in the river has again
reached high tide, and a good many
suckers and some very nice hard fish
especially salmon, are brought in
dad" IIulings and Zip Guiton got 6
string of % as fine salmon as we have
seen for several years, one day las
week.
--Messrs. Derickson q Co., having
bought the white oak timber on {
large tract Of land on Ross Run, are
about ready to commence the manu-
facture of staves. They have pu
their machinery in the old saw mil
building formerly used by the Reel
Brothers in the man Ifacture of lum
Der.
Last Thursday afternoon as Mr.
P. M. Clark was returning from tn,
ball ground on the island, he arrived
at the RATS at the mouth of the creel
just in time to rescue little Harrolc
Sharp from drowning. He had beel
playing about the water and acci
dentally fallen in.
"A discussion of the fnancia
affairs of the nation between Hon. N
P. Wheeler, Republican, and Mr.. Sam
uel Mervin Greenbacker, came off a
East Hickory last Friday evening
We did not learn which came off vic
toIious, but understand from variou
sources that another such a discussion
would just about ruin the G. B. caus
in the Banner township.