The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-12-07


Crawford Co., Ne,cs, in which Office
she is learning the art preservative.
Her many friends here will wish her
God speed in her chosen profession.
Mr. L. Fulton received telegram
from Kittanning last Wednesday con-
veying the sad intelligence of the
sudden death Of his tather-in-law, Mr..
d. A. Dougherty. He left on the
evening train for that place, accom-
panied by Mrs. Fulton and sister Miss
DOugherty, who was spending the
winter with her.
AFRO Copeland brought us in
bushel of nice russet apples from his
orchard, last week one day, and told
US they would keep till spring; but
that's mistake. They have been in
our Office less than a week and are
about ali gone already. The few nice
bunches of celery he brought us didn't
keep very long either.
"A charter has been issued at the
State Department at Harrisburg, to
the Conewago aud Clarion Railroad
Company, with a capital of$1 100000.
The new roed will run from a point on
the south bank of the Clarion river in
Jefferson county, where the Mahoning
and Susquehanna railroad intersect to
Warren, Pa. The directors are Lieu
tenant Governor Charles w. Stone,
Henry E. Brown, William H. Cope.
land, Henry j. Miller Of Warren, and
@. Powell Kerr, B. f. Reifsnider and
Theodore E. Smith of New York
Clarion DemOcrot.
There is in existence and in full
force a statute Of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania by a knowledge of
which many dollar may be saved.
1t is to the effect that any person who
shall transplant to the side of the pub
lie highway on his own premises any
fruit, shade or forest tree of suitable
size, shall be allowed by the supervi-
sor, when the roads run through or
adjoin cultivated fields, an abatement
on his road tax of one dollar for every
four trees set out. The trees must,
however, be set out the year previous
before the allowance will be granted
and they must be alive and we'll pro-
teoted. This Law was enacted May 2,
1873 and deserves the widest publicity.
Rev. T. j. Smith, the colored
temperance orator who is lecturing
under the auspices of the State Tenn
perance Union, delivered some able
discourses at the NJ. E. Church on
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday eve.
nings of this week. He is the only
colcred temperance orator in the
United States. His lectures are for
chile, original and humorous, and he
has had good and attentive audiences
every evening. He will speak again
this evening, and will be here on the
21st and 22d of this month and take
part in the Temperance Convention
then to be held, as per notice else.
where in this issue.
Major Scott, temperance orator
of considerable renown. has been en-
gagged by the Woman's Temperance
Union of TioResta, to deliver lecture
here next Saturday evening at the
Court House. The ladies extend a
most cordial invitation to the citizens
to come out and hear this celebrated
speaker, who has been secured at con.
siderable expense, and whom they feel
will please the people. An exchange
says "the Major speaks without notes
in clear and forcible language, now in
we'll modulated tones, and anon, with
rallying war c.y he wheels his columns
into line" Turn out and hear him
He will remain over Sunday and will
no doubt speak in some of the churches
during the day.
-Tionesta is getting intensely Lit
erary this winter. First, there is a
Branch of the Chautauqua Literary
Society started, which promises to be
a good thing, and to which the married
people and Young men and ladies be.