The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-01-08
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

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Rev. Elliot will preach in the Pres
byterian Church next Sunday, morn
ing and evening.
M. e. Sunday School at 10 o'clock
a. No., and Presbyterian Sunday School
ct O'clock p. m.
-sleighing slill continues good and
brisk.
Business starts off brisk1y for our
new Sheriff; eight or ten boarders this
morning.
Miss Kate Bluegock departed for
Edinborc last week, where she will at
tend school.
Mr.. Alex. Bonner and lady, of
Stoneboro, paid friends in this place
a visit this week.
Judge Sherman Of Ohio, brother
to General and Secretary Sherman,
died on New Years day.
The list of county officers at the
lssa4sour local page will be found
corrected this week.
-Diphtheria andssarlst fever are
raging in and about Fagnndas. Sew.
eral deaths have occurred.
The Derrick is serving up good
article of Breakfast Bacon" TO its
readers these frosty mornings.
Our boro schools re.Opened on
Monday morning, after vacation of
three weeks. The attendance is good.
The State Legislature met yester-
day, but up 20 the time of going to
press We could not give any particu-
lars ofthe organization.
There's loud talk, among the
young folks, of sleighing party TO
take place soon. a better time for
such an affair could not be made to
order.
The Auditors are in session this
week settling up the several accounts
of the county officials. Their report
will not appear in print until the first
of February.
Caleb Cushing, Judge Sherman,
Robert w. Mackey three great men,,
all dropped off within two days time |!
That sort O. frightens us. Guess we'll
have to commence dieting.
| The first number Of the Kane
Weekly Blade, n new and very neat,
newsy paper, published at Kane, Nc
Kean county, has reached US. We
wish the new undertaking complete
success.
The Venengo Spectator entered
upon its thirty-f year, and the Citi-
zen. on its twenty fifth with their last
weeks issues. Time deals gently
with these papers, and they grow bat
ter every year. May they return
many, many times.
In neighboring towns they are
busy laying in their stock of ice. Ii
might be as we'll for those ofour citizens
who contemplate putting up this al
most indispensable article, to begin
the harvest before it 10 too late, as we
have known them to do heretofore.
Mrs. T. B. Cobb departed fol
Texicsns, Arkansas, in company with
her father.in-law, Mr.. John Cobb, one
day last week, where she will meet bel
husband who went there some time
ago. We believe it is the intention
of these families to locste in that re
gion of country.
If some of those hair-brained edi.
tors ana Others, who have been spout
ing so about not having coin enough
to meet the demands attendant upon
Resumption, will read the following
from d New York dispatch, it may do
them good: The entire demands on
the Treasury for gold in exchange for
legal tender notes has amounted to
less than FIVE thousand dollars"
~ Washington dispatch of the
10th, inst, says; Letters and petitions
tirom distinguished gentleman in all
parts Of Pennsylvania are still being
received urging the nomination of
Governor Hartranft to the Berlin
mission. In conversation in official
quarters, however, the name of Penn