The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-12-06

which when dressed weighed two hum
dred pounds. It was brought to town
Monday, and many Of the boys who
have been out nearly every day since
the snow fell looked longing on the
fine Eat deer.
Last Saturday evening Mrs. A.
Emert, Of Dutch Hill, sustained Sc
we're injuries from a fall as she was
passing out of the back door of the
house, her head coming in contact
with the stone steps. There being no
others about at the time, she lay in an
unconscious state for nearly an hour,
when assistance arrived. She was
slowly recovering at last accounts.
The transit Of Venus occurs to-
day, but it seems that in order to see
it one must be provided with a tele.
scope worth anywhere from 500 to
5000. If that is the case the astrono-
mers who have made so much fuss about
this wonderful event can just 60 to
thunder with their old transit; we
don't propose to be humbugged in that
way.
Reports from the big woods are to
the effect that they are full of hunters,
and the like of it was never known
before. Nearly all of the hunters are
foreigners, mostly from Ohio, and
there is one consolation, they will soon
have to leave as the season expires in
a short time, and woe be to him who
continues to slaughter deer after that.
We hope the citizens of the different
localities will rigidly enforce the law
-Supt. Hillard is busily preparing
for the Teachers Institute, which will
convene in this place one week from
next Monday, 18th inst. He assures
US that if the coming institute does
not eclipse all former efforts the fault
will not be his. He has engaged some
of the finest talent to be had in the
country, and those who attend will
certainly have a rare treat. 1t is to
be hoped that the weather may be
propitious and that all the teachers in
the county will be present and come
prepared to participate in the exer.
cises.
The following item, clipped from
Mondays Derrick, will be interesting
to many of our readers: "Horace
Fox, of Foxburg, Forest county, was
married on Thanksgiving to Miss Ad-
die E. Partridge, of jamestown" +"
Likewise the following: "Invitations
are out for the marriage of Mrs. Ssrib.
ner of Cottage hill this city, and a
gentleman named Kepler of Tionesta.
The happy event will take place in
the Baptist church on Thursday DE.
cember a." The above means our
friend Geo. M. Kepler, who has our
congratulations.
In several localities in this county
fatal disease has been making sad in.
roads into the hog crop, some of the
farmers losing nearly all Of their stock
from it's effects. The result of this
condition of things has been a demor.
alization of the market for dressed
pork up TO this time, and the indica.
tions are that many will be slow to make
purchases during the season, through
fear of getting a diseased article. AS far
as we have been able to learn no rene
dy for the trouble has been discovered
and the disease in nearly every in
stance proves BrookvilLe Repub
Acan.
1t was rumored on Monday thai
one of the numerous hunters near
Marienville had been shot and killed
by his pnrtner while hunting bear last
Thursday or Friday. We were unable
to trace the report to a reliable source
and as we have talked with parties
who came from there on Saturday, y,whc
had heard nothing of it, we judge it tc
be false alarm. 1t will not be sur
prising, however, to hear that such an
accident has actually occurred, when
we consider the number Of hunter;