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oBlTuARY.

DIED, in Gerry, N. Y, Feb, 9th
1879, Mrs. Martha Sinclair Weaver,
in the 10Th year Of her age.
Mrs. Weaver was the eldest daugh-
ter of James Buckleu, one of the first
settlers in Gerry. She was born in
Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont,
June 22nd 1900. In 1917 the family
moved to Gerry, driving an OK team
the entire distance. She had been
twice married; her first husband,
Samuel Sinclair, died in Oct. 1S48.
In May, 1850, she married Mr.. John
Weaver, of Arkwright, N. Y, who
oied in 1866. Since that time she had
lived with her children in Gerry. She
united with the M. e. Church at Tio'
nesta, Pa, in 1869. She leaves six
children three sons and three daugh'
ters, and large circle ofrelatives and
friends to mourn her loss. The de
ceased was the mother Of Mrs. T. B
Cobb.
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r,ArHY. ]. B.sAoNEw.
LATETY 81 AGNIEW,
NEYS At Ia W,
TIONESTA, PA.
arrrNrInN soLpIEns!

/ have been admitted to practice As an
'4 ltorney in the Ponsion Oiiice at Wash
.nQton, ID. G. All officers, soldiers, or
Sailors who were injured IN the late war,
cam Obtain pensions TO which they may be
'ofttitled, bv calling on or addressing me at
Iionesta, Pa. Also. claims for arrearaGes
81 pay and bounty viii receive prompt at
'teDtion-
Having been over four years soldier in
fsae late war, and having for number OF
years engaged in the prosecution OF SOL
3iarsp claims, my OK xperience will assure
tho collection of claimsin the shortest pos
sibio time. ). Il. AGN EN'
4ltf.
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For Tho REPUBLICAN.1
Something About Fishing in This
Section,


Section,
There has been much argument
about the effects of the development
of oil, as proving destructive TO fish,
in the oil regions. Certain it is that
Oil Creek and PthoIe have almost
ceased to contain fish Of any note,
there being nothing but some kinds
of clubs of the sucker species in those
creeks. Bass, sunfsh, salmon and fish
of that class having become almost a
story of the past in those streams. A
great change has also occurred in
Tionesta Greek as regards fish. The
waters of that creek being fed by
mountain springs were formerly uncom-
monty clear, and pike we're very
numerous but of late years there
are but very few of them. Nine saw
mills have contributed some to cor
rupt the waters, and render them unin-
viting to pike, pickerel and salmon; /;
but the worst thing is the tanneries,
the refuse of which, consisting of acids
and extracts from the barks used in
tanning, have fearfully contaminated
that stream. In July and August in
particular, when the waters are low
it looks like a river of poor quality of
ink, and the fish of former days have
rapidly disappeared. A bill, under
stand, is pending to stop the pollution
Of streams, which appears TO be pretty
general over the whole country.
Dams, also, prevent their migration.
In the river there is not so much
change; yet an observer will notice
that the kind of fish differ each year.
About four years ago there was great
influx Of spoon-fsh, Of which large
quantities were secured. Later scarcely
any of this species was to be found
The sucker has been called the "Alle.
gheny Shad.' They always appear
when the ice breaks up, and seem par
ticularly plenty at the time offs "suckel
food" which is a flood unfit for raft
ing but is understood to be gooC
enough to bring up these kind o
"shad." Fishing for "red. house" anC
run sucker is more like business thar
any thing you can imagine, as theI
are no game fish, but are caught b.
setting rods with lines, with three ant
four hooks, and with heavy plum
bub's,-the fisher going in for quantit.
rather than quality. They come u
in shoals or schools, and it is hard t.
make failure if you bait enough, o
"salt" hole with old cheeae an
meal two or three days before yo
want to fish. Bass are with us mos
always, but the quantities differ i
different years very noticeably. W
have really three or four species c
. them.
: 1t is wonderful what quantities {
fish three or four persons often tax
out at one fishing. 1t seems as ifthre
or four can always do more executio
than the same number can seperatel.
, What is the philosophy of this
as it is against the law to fish wit
a seine, and the law says you can nj
fish with hook and line, it is trul
, marvellous. II.
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Respectfully,

The leading illustrated article of
the April number of "Ballou's Maya
zine" is on old St. Pauls of London,
and then follows half a dozen other
articles, all accompanied by engrav-
ings. There are the usual number of
stories, adventures, poetry, and domes-
tic matters, the whole forming the
best collection Of reading material to
be found in any magazine in this
country. Published by ThOmes d
Talbot, % Hawley Street, Boston, at
$1.50 a year postpaid.
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Dutch Hill Notes.

DUTCH HILL, Mar. IS, 1879.
ED. REPUBLICAN:--
Perhaps a few
words from this place would not be
out of the way.
There is some talk of starting Lit
erary Society here soon; we hope it
will not be all talk. =
Mr.. Adam Zuendel got one Of his
legs badly hurt while working at his
clearing yesterday.
We never hear anything of the
Green hackers on our hill except when
we by chance pick up one of the crazy
greenback papers all the rest of the
party seem to be dead, and we think
these lunatic sheets will give up the
ghost in 1880.
Respectfully, JACK.
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Last saturday night within a few

Last Saturday night within few
moments Of the time for closing up for
the night, terrible accident occurred
at T.. j.. James stave mill Mr. VIM.
Morris, who was running the shingle
mill, attempted to clear the box under
the saw Of sawdust. The saw caught
his shirt sleeve, drawing his left hand
against the saw and cutting the hand
completely in two, diagoually, from
about the middle of the little finger to
the wrist joint. Drs. Shugert and
Kemble we're called, ard took the
hand completely of. unjointing it at
the wrist. Mr.. Morris suffers terribly
on account of the inflammation in his
arm, bus the doctors think that with
usual good luck, they can bring him
through all right Tidioute Ncags.
Chambers CycIopedia of English
Literature, in the new Acme Edition,
is meeting with such extraordinary
sale that the publishers, to make it
still more popular, have further re-
duced the prices. Purchasers order
ing before April 30th will get the
eight volui1es complete, in paper, for
$1.75; cloth, $3.50; half morocco
gilt top, for $4.00; or bound in four
volumes, half morocco, gilt top, for
$500. Sample volumes sent postpaid
for 30 cents, 45 cents, 50 cents, and
90 cents. This is not only one of the
choicest works in the language, but
really wonderful in its low price.
Specimen pages and terms to clubs
will be sent free on request by the
publishers, the American Book Ex-
change, 80 Boekman St, n. Y.
-Peterson's Ladies National Mag
azine for April is at hand, and it is
needless TO say it is first-class, for
everybody knows that Petersen always
is. The steel engraving entitled
"Puss in Boots" and the story, are
very pretty indeed. The fashion plates
are superb. Besides the large pattern
sheet, the excellent reading matter
ETC., there is design in crewel en-
broidery for tidy which is one of the
8 handsomest we have ever seen. Address
Chas. j. Peterson, 9O6 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia. Terms 81 90 yeer, in
advance
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School Reports.

Report Of German Hill School for
month ending March 18th 1879: No.
enrolled 81; Average attendance du-
ring month "a. The following pupils
were neither tardy nor absent during
month: George Weller, Fred. Zuen-
del, Ernest Zuendel, John Zuendel
Ernest Behrens, Winnie Zuendel
Mary Burhen, Carrie Ahlers. Mum
ber Of visits during month, 30.
Il. Z. GILLESPIE, Teacher.
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bnEsr COUNTY oFFIcERs.

tn,bcy OF CONGRESS HAIRY WHITE.
sscmbiD iDs--N. =. WHEELER.
tssicat Jtdge--L. ID. WErMoRE.
s9eiate .Jsd0es--Jos. g. RADE, Ed
M fktRR.
Afer4--WM. LAWRENCE.
onotd4v, Register &C Recorder, &c.
HI1AwKEY.
20. A. RANDALL. ,..
7sionerS-ELI BERLfH, ISAAC
M. LnDEBUR.
supcrfntcndcnt-H s. BROCK
tto4neV--S. d. IRWIN.
iissioncrs--C. II. Church.
H XoUNoK.
a1reyor-T. d. COLLINS.
". u, CoBuRN.
rdff0rs- NICHOLAS THoMP-
toPELAND, f. 9. Lacy.
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HOUSE,
) Y. 9. JACKSON. rRornIEron,

Situate at the mouth of Tionesta Creek,
Tionesta, Pa. Having thoroughly reno
waited and refltted this Hotel Mr.. Jackson
guarantees TO give perfect salts Iactior. his
table will always contain the very best the
market affords, and he has put the price
down 10 % cents per meal. Excellent
stabling attached, which is attended by a
first-class hostler. mari ~.
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Lawrence House,

+ 1NIONESTA, PENN'A, VIM. LAW
RENEE, PROPRIETOR. This house
is centrally located. Everything new and
we'll furnished Superior accommoda-
lions and strict attention given to guests;
Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds served
In their season. Sample room for Com
al ercial Agents.
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NOTICE.

Wheras, George Ittel, of Barnett
Township Forest County, Pa, having
in his possession seven cows one bull,
one year old; three steers, one year
old; three heifers, one year old; one
heifer, two years old, and twelve sheep,
which belong to me, l hereby forbid
any one from interfering with the
same.
A. Cook.
Cookshnrr. Pa. March 4. 1879.
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LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Dlb VI buS ltobJ hSi iHh C"NANN H-N' 1
morning and evening.
M. T. Sunday School at 10 o'clock |
a. m, and Presbyterian Sunday School
at 9 o'clock p. m.
Many souls are being converted
at the NJ. i. Church revival.
The lion has been showing his
teeth little during the past week.
Tho present outlook is said to be
very good for fine crop of wheat and
rye.
Are you taking your tea regular
ly these days? We mean sassafras, of
course.
Hon. N. P. Wheeler was home
OH flying visit the latter part of last
week.
We expect in the near future to
publish some interesting facts in re-
gard to Selden Whitman's paint mine.
"A load Of frst-class coal will be
received OF subscription at this office.
Bring it in forthwith, Nor we'fe about
out.
One raft from above passed this
place on Monday. We believe it was
Wheeler & Dusenbury's lumber, from
Hickory.
Park Grove and Floyd Proper,
students at Randolph, N. Y, are
spending short vacation at home.
Both look first-rate.
1t has been decided to have the
Calico Hop one week from Friday
evening, 2Sth inst. All are requested
to don their calicG~
Miss Kate Cobb, who is attend
ing school at jamestown N. Y, spent
few days Of her vacation among hel
friends in, Tionesta last week.
The piece of raft we mentioned
last week as having gotten away from
Mrssrs. Root g. Watson, was caugh
and landed by Geo. Hunter a shor
distance below Oil City.
-Kittanning papers are alread!
publishing announcements Of candi
dates for county Offices. It's a lonl
time to keep a man in suspense, from
now until November.
"A very seasonable article on fish
ing in this section will be found il
to.days paper, which will be read wit
interest by the sucker loving porto
of our community.
Mr.. Rudolph Behre6s started 70
Kansas City Oh Monday last. Mr.. B
is young man of considerable energ
and "git-up," and will no doubt max
= his mark in the West some day.
; Attention is directed to the ne
: "ad." of Ludwig Mayer, wholesale an
retail dealer in Tobacco, Cigars, Lie
uors etc., Oil City, Pa. Mr.. Mayt
:, always keeps a frst-class stock 0
y hand.
s Bob Ingersoll is going to lectul
e in Greenville next week on "Hell
n n If they don't use him we'll over ther
he will probably lecture sape day
hell on "Greenville. - Venango Spe
= tator.
y Mr.. Wilson tapped a sugar-tr,
L on Tubbs Run the other day, and su
d ceeded in getting enough sap to max
l. several gallons of nice syrup. "
= didn't suppose there were any trees
the kind so near town.
W -Gillmor City, near Bradford, W
le le the scene of very destructive fire la
d. week, almost the entire town havir
been burned. The loss was abo
$4,000. A man named Hugh La
fertY was burned to death. q
P. The first "toot" Of the stave m
Il whistle was heard on Friday morniu
- and the saw has been kept buzzi
~ ever since. Mr.. Adams will ha
enough bolts to keep him pushi
until about the fourth of July.
. The Independent Press, the form
prohibition organ of Venango Count
has been bought by stock compau
49, and will hereafter be run as an inc
pendent Republican paper, with N
j. j. McLanren, the former sprighI
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gspuAIifan.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

tts--W. R. DUNN.
i,aeii "A B. Kelly, q. w. Bovard,
copper, w. n. Rock, VIM. richards,
fNmnn.
ss of thc Pcdce-C. A.. Randall, j.
NuNul
III Swaggart
|ncctors- II. II. May, II. O. Da-
Clark, w. II. Dunn, A. b. Kel-
n L.rnnnan.
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CAUTION.

All persons are cautioned against
CUTTING TIMBER or otherwise
trespassing upon the following lands,
viz; Warrants 1852, 1868, 1854. 3168,
$3.50, situated near Marienyille, in
jerks township, Forest Co., Pa.
THE OWNERS.
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Self Raising Pan Cake Flour at
Robinson & Bonner, Try it. st.
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4. w. Hays,

/. Al TTORNEY AT LAW, and NoEARY
"a PUBLIC, Reynolds HuEdH 90.
Block, Seneca ST., Oil City, PA. S0-ly
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Ernest Behrens, Winnie Zuendel,
Mary Burhen, Carrie Ahlers. Num-
ber Of visits during month, 30.
Il. H. GILLESPIE, Teacher.
a-
The Venango Citizen has this in
formation, which it may be we'll
enough for our readers to know "Just
now there are a lot ofscamps travelling
through the country practicing new
swindling dodge on rural residents.
Their mode of procedure is something
as follows: A person representing
himself as a United States detective
calls upon his man, telling him he has
a warrant for his arrest for some vio-
lation of the revenue laws. He pro-
duces a paper which he says is the
warrant, but which he refuses to let
his victim read. He then says he
does not want to make any trouble,
and will settle the matter on the pay
ment of a givea sum. BY this time
the victim is pretty thoroughly fright
ened, and our bogus detective gets
what loose money he may have about
him and departs"
"A charter has been obtained for
the Bradford extension of the Fox
burg road. The new road will be
called the Foxburg, Kane q Bradford
railroad. 1t was organized by the
election of the following board Of di.
rectors; James Blakslee, II. NJ, Nc
Cray, A. w. Smiley, j. V. Ritts, j. M.
Gufey, E. M. Grant and f. II. Ball.
The extension will be pushed through
from Shippenville to Kane, and, it is
thought will cross the Clarion river
near Cooksburg, passing through the
eastern portion of this county. The
parties who have the project in hand
are men of means and energy, and it
will not be long ere Forest County
will have another railroad running
through her territory.
The 46th Congress met in extra
session yesterday, and Randall, Dem
ocrat, was reelected Speaker The
vote stood, Randall 144, Garfield, Re-
publican, 125, Wright 13, Kelly 1
the latter two are greenbackers. We
were led to believe from the tremendu
Gus howl which has been kept up fol
some time past about "balance of pow
err" &C., that the greenbackers wer'
going to accomplish something, tina
they were going to organize the 46tl
Congress, and "raise Ned" generally
but then this is only another illustra
ton of their braggardsm. They al
ways take their "laugh frsht, and it,
a moighty foine thing, to-"
Mr.. Aaron Elliott, of Newtowl
Mills Pa, has lately been making
tour of some parts ofthis county can
, vassing for the Remington Sewing
Machine. Considering the stringenc
of the times he has had very goo,
success. He had one of these machine
in town the other day, and we had a
opportunity to look at it, and can pre-
nounce it a marvel of beauty and sim
pIicity. Any one in need Of a machin
can not do better than consult Nj
Elliott; he sells the Remington at les
9 than half the usual price, and guaran
tees satisfaction in every instance
The machine needs only to be seen t
be appreciated.
g Morris, the Tailor in Oil City
!. has just received his spring stock {
a wollen goods, which he will make u
cheaper than any Tailor in the O
D Regions. Come and leave your orde
s tor a suit. Opposite the Post Office
Sycamore st. so st.
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CENTRAL HOUSE,

anER & AGNEW BLOCK. L.
+ ID AdNz, Proprietor. This is q new
mouse, andhas just been fitted up for the
Recommendation of the public. A portion
of tho patronage of the public is solicited.
ee-iy
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Large and Small Clover Seed,
Timothy Seed, and Landreths Garden
Seeds at
80 & RnRINsnN & RnNNER's
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Cooksburg, Pa, March 4, 1879.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12
From the Anoka Union,

From the Anoka Union.
Last Monday morning at little
past two o'clock, the powerful and deaf.
ening tones of the whistle, belonging to
the Washburn saw mill, broke the
stiffness of the June morning, and as
a fire alarm the whistle was pronounce
ed a complete success, for nearly every
one was awakened from sound sleep,
and Of course large majority of our
citizens left their homes to ascertain
where the fire was. When it was as
certained that the splendid new steam
five run Touring mill of Owen & May
all was sin flames feeling of sadness and
universal regret permeated the entire
asscmblage, and as it was very gener-
ally accepted the fire was the work of
some miserable and dastardly incendi>
ary, expressions anything but COM
plimentary were heard on every side.
How any resident of Anoka could be
SO shortsighted as to apply the match
to a building, which promised to be so
valuable an adjunct to the business IN
terest and prosperity Of the city, is
certaluly..bcyond comprehension. The
villain who did tue deed may have
thought his devilish act was spiting
the proprietors-and it was-but it
was much greater blow at the pros
perity Of Anoka.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12
Railroad Matters. .

|. Last night Hon. N. Richardson re-
turned from the annual meeting Of The
stockholders of the Little Falls 4 Da-
kota Railroad, which was held in Sank
Centre on Tuesday, The meeting
was harmonious and enthusiastic. The
report that Sank Centre alone had tax
en- hundred shares of stock was false,
there having been only about a hund.
red shares taken altogether. Sixteen
shares were taken by persons in Nor
rison county. A Board Of Directors
were elected, consisting of fifteen mem.
bers. j. Simmons, MIC. Meyer, and
IN. Richardson are the directors who
reside in this county. The directors
elected officers as follows President,
j. G. Whittemore; vice>President,
N, Richardson ; Secretary, E. P. Bar
mum; Treasurer, R. G. Moore; Chief
Engineer, J. K. Kinney. Mr.. Kim
ney will proceed to survey the line Of
the road at once.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12
We keep a splendid lot of Violins
and German Accordions.
MAUR1N & MEDvED.

On Thursday last John Lafond, of
Belle Prairie, brother of Hon. Moses
Lafond, met with very serious acci>
dent. He was sharpening plowshare
by pounding it out cold, when a small
piece of steel flew and lodged in his
left eye. Surgical aid was procured
at once, but it was found impossible
to remove the piece of steel, and Mr..
Lafond went to St. Paul on the next
train to get the benefit of the best
skill in the State. He was there in
formed that the entire eyeball would
have to be removed, and he endured
the operation of having it taken out
on Friday afternoon. Since that time
he has been as comfortable as could
be expected under the circumstances,
and will soon return to his home.
Persons who have occasion to sharpen
plows in that manner should wear gog>
giles, and prevent the possibility of such
an unfortunate ACCIDENT s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12
Bacon only 9 cents a pound at
MAURIN & MEDYED's.

We learn that the diphtheria is pre-
vailing at and near the Elm Dale post
Office in the town of Two Rivers. The
disease was imported by a child from
the East, who has since died, and two
or three other deaths have occurred
DR.. Guernon, superintendent of public
schools, while there treating some new
cases of the disease, caused the dist
riot school to be closed, and has taken
such measures as seemed necessary tc
prevent the spread of this exceedingly
dangerous maladY.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12
From the Pioneer Press, June 10,

From the Pioneer Press, June 10.
The presidents of the Northern Pa
olfic and the St. Paul & Pacific, with
other officers Of the respective roads,
held conference at. the Merchants
Hotel yesterday afternoon upon matt
ters connected with their common line
from St. Paul to Watab: It is under>
stood that the meeting was pleasant
and harmonious, and the time having
arrived for business, this important
line will soon be furnished with doub~
lie ira cks, steel rails, side~tracks, station
houses and all the other improvements
that are required for road upon
which are moved every day more
trains than on any other road of SINH
lar length in the State.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12

The Anoka Conference of Congre>
gational and Union churches, which
embraces some thirty churches in this
section of the State, has been held at
Alexandria this week, Rev. DR.. Dana,
of St. Paul, presiding. Each church
was entitled to two delegates besides
its pastor. Owing to bad roads, hea>
Wy rains, etc., the attendance was not
full, although a number of leading
laymen and many ministers were pres
ent. The promotion of religion, tenn
perance, church and Sunday school
work, furnished topics for animated
and interesting discussion. Rev. D.
W. Rosenkrans, Of this place, was in
attendance, aud returned yesterday.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12
Greenbacks and Prohibition.

The Minnesota Greeuback State
convention was held in St. Paul on
Tuesday last. Hon. Iguatius Dom
nelly was chairman. The ticket is as
follows: For Governor, Hon. Ara
Barton for Lieutenant Governor, Hon.
VIM. Meighen for Treasurer, Hon.
Andrew Nelson; Secretary Of State,
A. P. Lane; Attorney General, VIM.
L. Kelly; Railroad Commissioner, Eb-
enezer Ayres. The Prohibitionlsts
held their State convention in Mines
apolis on the same day, and nominated
a ticket with Rev. W. W. Satterleo
for Governor. Lack of time and pres
sure of other matters prevent us from
giving more extended notice of the
proceedings of these conventions.