The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-23

upon which this somber affiiction will
fall has not yet been named. .saa
Widowers will be in the ascendancy
in Washington this season, as the
President is a widower, the new British
minister is also, and 80 is Mr.. Allen, the
Hawaiian minister, now the dean of the
diplomatic CORPS. There are also sew
eral widowers in each house OF Oon-
gress. Among the senatorial wldoWers
are Anthony, David Davis, and Jones, OF
Florida. Senator Ferry is a bachelor
A Chicago correspondent, looking |
over mercantile directory for 1872,
finds on the black list the entry: "H-
Guiteau, Charles J., lawyer" Turning
to the definition of the letter "Z" he
finds: "Z-Income uncertain and often
precarious. Defer indefinite the pay
ment of debts. Lawsuits to collect
same would be useless. No credit or
favors should be given"
The English postoffiee authorities are
trying the experiment. OF supplying
postmen in country districts with
bicycles and tricycles. This has been
done particularly in Ireland, where the
distances to be traversed by foot-mes-
sengers are longer than in Great Britain.
The authorities are watching the ex-
periment with q considerable degree of
interest, owing to the fact that not
few casualties have occurred in the use
of their new means of locomotion.
Bob Oblenis. q character of note in
st. Louis, is dead. His father was a
blue Presbyterian minister, his wife
was from a wealthy and respected family,
and his own conduct was above reproach
until he was about forty. Then he
killed an enemy in street encounter,
and was sent to the penitentiary for
twenty years. His wife bought resi-
dence directly across the way from the
gubernatorial house in Jefferson City,
and labored with governor after gov
ernor to obtain a pardon, until the
seventh granted one. But Oblenis did
not return to respectability. He became
a gambler, and leader of gamblers, ex-
erting a considerable political influence
in st. Louis, and amassing fortune
He died at seventy, soon after becom-
uting a seemingly devo Christian.
A new method of preserving grain
recently discovered in France, it is said
:, has proven satisfactory. The cost o
y preservation is less than storage in
!; granary, and the wheat is safe from fire
= fermentation, insects and cryptogaml'
negotiations. The United States Miller
> in describing this method, says that
e sheet-iron cistern, which occupies Ettl
y space and holds nearly 800 bushels ant
% =, is worked by an air pump with pres
= sure gauge to indicate the degree @
,, vacuum, comprise the whole hermetl
apparatus of preservation. One lmpol
= tant effect which results from the nu
~ merous and continuous experiment
- y made is, according to the Journal /
: question, that the vacuum not only Kill
10 the parasitic insects and prevents vegt
ef tation, but dries the grain at the sam
nC time. After a detention of seve
" months, wheat and -four inclosed IN tn
Y apparatus, during experiments at Vim
,A cennes, it is reported, were withdraw
.; in perfect state of preservation.
nS Cyclone stories are becoming
strange and improbable as those told
the gliding snake or the meek-eyed tis
an The bulk OF these stories comes fro
Kansas. The latest one is located
the vicinity of Abilene, where moth
left her infant strapped in chair in Il
summer kitchen. A wind storm car
We mn suddenly. From dead calm ga
ice arose in twenty seconds. At the I'll
warning the mother hurried to lo'
ne' after her child, expecting to find
quietly drinking the contents OF
son thumb. To her amazement and
treme horror, she saw baby and bask
7ou nots. pans and buckets flying prom
IL; cuousiy along with the tornado. 1
leu wind subsided almost as quickly as
my had risen, and the mother had the s
the 1sfaction of seeing the basket drop riG
I'M side no in a pile of hay about 130 +
edy beyond the yard fence. She was mt
ter more gratified to see that the baby /
J. sustained no serious injury. Its ap
Ha pe- tite was good Immediately after
81 rescue.
iels Rarpe's Weekly says that ''the st
maj of General Arthur's nomination for
no1 Vice Presidency is exceedingly inter'
1W1 ing. After the stormy session that
anu to the dropping of General Grant {
you Mr.. Blaine, and the nomination
he" General Garfield, itadjourned it till ey
ing to consider the question OF v
'yes President. 1t was conceded that
-. nomination should be given to !
'lie, York, and that the candidate must CT
from the Grant element. Three nal
no" were mentioned-Ley p. Morton, 81
my art Il. Woodford aud General Artl
lseI- When the New York delegation /
AZ aIc1 the two former withdrew, and the
~ a ter was selected by decided vote.
nus General Arthur objected, as it
MS already been agreed upon by Sen
,,. Oonkling and his friends that he she
NlIes / L. nhnnorn 10 si1ccaed Mr. karnan In