The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-11-09


safely, and gives an interesting &C.
count Of his long journey. May peace
and prosperity attend him in bis new
home.
The Y. p. J.. S. met at the resi-.
dence Of Mr.. T. b. Cobb on Saturday
evening last. The attendance was
small but the performance of the eve.
ming did credit to the members. The
next meeting will be at the residence
Of President Clark next Saturday eve-
ming.
John Brecht, of Hickoryt wp., has
killed 101 rattlesnakes within five
years, but he now declares that unless
the Greenback party gives him a
bounty on them he will not kill an
other one. John ought certainly to
have bounty as well as the medal
for being the boss snake.slayer.
The Warren Ledger has changed
its makeup from folio to a quarto,
is set in new type aud presents most
beautiful appearance, The Ledger is
and always has been q number one
paper, and although opposed to.it po.
litically, we are glad to note this evi.
dence of its financial success.
Edwin NJ Riddle Esq, was
among his many Tionesta friends this
week. Ed. has travelled over a good
deal of western territory since his last
visit to Tionesta, and is now located
in St. Joseph, Mo, where he is exten-
sively engaged in the telephone busi-
ness, and we are heartily pleased to
state that he is succeeding most ad-
mirably. 1t is whispered about that
Ed. will not return to the west single
handed, but will take with him as a
life partner, one Of Corry's fairest aud
most accomplished daughters. That
success and happiness may attend you
is the wish of your numerous friends
here, Ed.
"A nervous losking man went
into a store the other day aud sat
down for an hour or so, when a clerk
asked if there was anything she could
do for him. He said no, he didn't
want anything. She went away and
he sat there hal an hour longer, when
the proprietor went to him and asked
if he wanted to be shown anything.
mo" said the nervous man, 81 Just
want to sit around. My physician
has recommended perfect quiet for me,
and says above all things l must
avoid being in crowds. Noticing that
you did not advertise in the newspa-
pers, thought that this would be as
quiet a place as could fiud, so just
dropped in for few hours oflsolation."
The merchant picked up a bolt Of
paper cambric to brain him, but the
man went out. He said all he wanted
was quiet life.-E1.
Kingsley township furnishes an.
other case Of mysterious disappear
auce. Last Sunday evening a week
ago Tobias Reese, who has been in the
employ of the Salmon Creek Lumber
Co. for some weeks, crossed the Tio.
nesta creek, in company with another
emploYe, to get some apples. The
breast of a dam has been used for
crossing Ou all summer, it having
been nearly dry owing to the low
water; on the evening in question a
slash broke on one of the dams above
which allowed the water TO raise suf-
ficiently to cover the foot passage with
twelve to sixteen inches of water. The
two men started back when they were
overtsken by man with a rig and
Reese's companion got in the buggy
and rode across, he (Reese) saying he
would walk. This is the last that has
been seen or heard of him, and it is
supposed that he, having undertaken
to cross on the dam and not knowing
that the water bad risen, was washed
off and drowned. The creek has since
been dragged for a considerable dis.
tance, and a thorough search made,
but all in vain. The missing man was
unmarried and his parents live at
Summit City, VenangO Co. He had
mt drawn all of hls Wages from the