The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-04-23

young lovers we will state that trail
ing arbutus is in full bloom.
Engineers are at work surveying
the route of the new railroad from Ship.
penville to Bradford. The road will
be rapidly pushed forward to compile
tion this summer.
Judge Boggs died at Kittanning
last Friday night, very suddenly. lie
was President Judge of Armstrong
county, was about sixty years of age,
and well and favora3ly known in that
section.
Talk about quick trips and fast
running, Messrs. Hulings and Roupe
started raft here OIL Friday afternoon
at o'clock, and landed in Pittsburg
on Saturday evening following in time
for supper.
Gen. John A. Dix, Ex-Governor
of New York, and a great Statesman
and military man, died at his home in
New York, on Monday evening. In
Gen. Dix's death the country loses
truly great and noble man. He was
in his eighty-frst year.
"A couple of velocipedes mounted
by boys, and passing fractious horse
in front of the Central House, yester-
day, came near furnishing US with
first class local item. The blamed
strap with which the animal was
hitched was TOO strong.
Will. Wanzor wears the sucker
belt. Last Saturday night he built a
fire on Hunters island, opposite the
Rural House, and set up for an all
night siege. He brought in a string
of thirty, from which we would infer
that his plan was a suck k-cess.
MIR. Kepler will soon commence
the erection Of new house on the site
of the one recently burned. 1t will
be built of brick, and Mr.. A. r. Paup,
who built Mrs. Thomas mansion, has
the contract for putting it up, which
is sufficient guarantee that it will soon
be completed.
Mr.. VIM. Richards, jobber. for
Messrs. May & Kelly, has had very
successful time driving their logs and
landing them safely at the mouth Of
the creek. The boom is now packed
full from the mill to the creek bridge /;
in all, Mr.. r. informs US, over seven
thousand pieces. The mill which will
start up this week, will be kept run
ming till late in the fall.
The new ten-dollar interest bear
ing notes are now in the market, and
are being taken at the rate of from
one to four hundled thousand dollars
per day. They are the best invest.
ment yet offered for poor men. They
will pass current at their face, and are
handy foro any one to have. They
can be had at any Of the National
Banks.
The Allegheny Riot bill is q dead
duck. 1t was voted down in the House
on Wednesday last, the vote standing
9S to 101. The friends of the bill are
now on their ear, and will press bill
imposing a tax on oil with all their
might and main. Which action on
their part is we'll calculated to draw
the sympathy of the people of the
northwestern portion of the State-in
a horn.
Sparks from locomotive set tho
woods on fire opposite town, yester-
day, and the leaves being dry, con:
siderable space was burned over
Lynohing is too good for the miscre.
ant who would wilfully set fire to the
forests, and we think if a few Of these
malicious characters were caught and
made an example of, there would be
less Of this mischief perpetrated. These
fires not only ruin vast amount of
TIMBER but destroy our small game,
such as pheasants, quails, and rabbits.
"A deaf and dumb tramp was in
town last week, aud called upon US
for enough to take him to Tidioute.
We gave him the last quarter we had,
for which he expressed his gratitude