The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-08
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

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at 3 o'clock p. IN.
Shoot the man who predicted an
early winter.
Poor mother Earth is getting so
dry that she's splitting cotton"
Mr.. S. j. Wolcott of this place is
putting down an oil we'll near Sugar
Grove, Warren County, Pa.
Will Clark of Tidioute quietly
slid into town last evening, on insur.
ance business.
The weather remains so very dry
that the wells, springs, small streams,
and even the COWS are going dry.
The woods are again being fired,
and in several places throughout the
county have burned over considerable
territory. Shoot the incendiaries
Geo. Hunter is having new over.
shot wheel built for his grist mill. The
water is so low now that no grinding
can be done.
The thermometer on Monday
afternoon ran up to go in the shade
but few degrees less than the hottest
days of July and August.
Next Saturday will be lively on
Dustin Island. Two games of base
ball will be played there Oh that day /;
one between Tylersburg and the
G. o. DIS, and the other between
Dutch Hill and the Second Nine of
this place. If the day is favorable, a
good time may be expected.
Peach and plum trees are begin
ming to blossom once more. Mr..
Sloan has a plum tree in his yard
which is coming out in regular spring
attire, and we hear several similar
reports from different sources. At
this rate who would care to go to
Florida?
The six days walking match now
going on in New York for the O'Leary
belt, bids fair TO become almost as in
teresting as the one just completed for
the Ashley belt, in which Rowell, the
Englishman, was the winner. Tim
Spellacy, of Couneautville, Pa, is one
of the contestants, and stands a good
show of coming in first man.
We received a marriage notice
yesterday, and from the post mark on
the envelope we see it is from New
Evansville, Pa. The sender signs him.
self "Bill RunyOun, which is not my
name" Sorry for you, Bill, but, as
you say that is not your name, we'll
have to omit the notice, together with
your pcetical comments.
The New Bethlehem Vindicator,
a new paper published at New Bethle.
hem, Clarion Co., Pa, by Messrs. H.
B. d II. l.. Hastings, has just been
sent US with the request to "Please K.
Certainly; we are always glad to
exchange with such bright, newsy
and neat looking paper as you are.
May you succeed admirably.
The river is lower at present than
it has been for many years. Our
Oldest settlers say they have not seen
it so low since their recollection. The
Pittsburgh Commercial says it is the
lowest at that point it has been since
1914, and there is danger of a water
famine should it continue to fall much
longer.
Yesterday morning horse hitched
to a blackboard, belonging to Messrs.
Holeman & Hopkins, of fPleasantville,
was left standing in front of the Cen
tral House, when his curiosity to know
the distance from there to the Law
renee House, and the time it would
take him to get there, overcame him
and he went. No damage done to
either horse or buggy.
The following officers of Tionesta
Lodge, |. o. of o. F., we're elected for
the ensuing term, and will be installed
next Friday evening:
N. G., q. Is. McCray.
V. G., Jas. H. FOnes.
Sec'y, G. w. Sawyer.
Representative to the Grand Lodre.