The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-05-05


hundred live pigeons.
The FIRST payment on the F. M.
Church, $4,000, is now due, and all
who have subscribed should be ready
and willing to cash up promptly, and
thereby save any unnecessary delay or
Inconvenience.
--Chas. Gardner will be at the Gen.
trail House, Tionesta, during Court
Week, to show you Clothing, Dry
Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions,
&C., from Holeman & Hopkins Nam
moth Store, Pleasantville, Pa. 2t.
Free Methodist Quarterly meet
ing will be held in this place next
Sunday. Preaching on Saturday eve.
ming. Rev. Hawkins. Presiding Ell
der, will conduct the services. All
are cordially invited to attend.
-"D. H." we see by letter in the
Democrat, wants Grant assassinatsd if
elected to a third term. He says
Caesar had his Brutus, Lincoln had
his Booth, and Grant"-well, he might
have added, "Grant will have his
Harrington"
"A preacher named A. A. Church
delivered a sermon in the NJ. E.
Church one night last week to fair
congregation. He is a travelling
preacher, going from place to place,
doubtless endeavoring to do good in
his way.
Decoration Day comes on the
29th of this month. If the day is to
be observed in this place-and, for the
credit of the town, we hope it will not
be allowed to pass without a fitting
Unconstitutional is time some prep
aration was making.
Mr.. JAS. w. Ward, of jerks
township, passed through town Satur-
day On mis- way home from Dunkirk,
where he has been employed in
large machine shop since last fall.
He is looking we'll, and expects to
give bis attention to farming this sum-
mer.
MIR. D. A. Henderson and Miss
Emma L. Newcom, both Of Brookville,
Pa, were married April 9th. Mr. H.
spent something over year in this
place about seven years ago, and made
hosts of friend. These will all wish
him and his fair bride most prosper
Gus and happy journey through life.
The Greenback primaries in this
county come off next Saturday. They
have two candidates for Assembly, four
4 for Associate Judge, and one for Treas
urer. A pretty good showing of can
didates for only three Offices; but then
it's all for their country's good, and
there is no office.seeking connected
with the matter ut all.
The best way to make money is
to save it by buying your Clothing,
Dry Goods, Groceries, Feed and Pro-
visions of Holeman and Hopkins, who
have the largest, best and cheapest
stock of goods in this part of the
State. See goods and samples at Cen
tral House, during Court Week. 2t.
The Greenbackers of VenaDgo
didn't coalesce with the democracy
worth cent at their recent conven-
ton, much to the disappointment and
disgust of the democracy aforesaid.
Those dodges are becoming somewhat
thin to say the least, and if the demo-
Gratis don't soon abandon their efforts
to gather the greenbackers under their
wings they will be dubbed the sucker
party"
Frank Hunter killed bird near
the swamp back of the Universalist
Church, yesterday, which after consid-
erable speculation was decided to be
brown heron. 1t seems to be all
neck, with the legs fastened on pretty
we'll back it is about the color Of a
pheasant; measured about two feet
and half from tip of bill to the toes,
and weighed not over a pound and a
half From the appearance we
wouldn't take it to be mu ch of deli
caey as a game bird.