The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-07-18

DH~ " NNA bOAOubh aoehovt91 was ~
town a day or two last week. He In.
formed us it was bis intention to start
for Washington Territory in a few
days, where he expects to strike it
rich.
Next Monday evening the bor-
ough board of school directors will
make the selection Of teachers for the
ensuing term. We learn there are
plenty of Applicants, and generally of
a good character, to select from, and
we hope the directors may be fortunate
in getting st.class teachers.
e. P. Williams, teacher of Tubbs
Run School, makes the following re.
port for the month ending July 8:
No. enrolled, males 13, females 10;
average attendance, males 9, females
8; per cent, Of attendance, males "a,
females IT.; visitors 10. including Co.
Supt. Hillard The following pupils
are best in attendance and progress:
Eva and Emma Kiser, Aunie and En-.
ma Vockroth, Minna and Ada Cronp,
William Weingard, Susie Blum and
FloI ence Klser.
The results of the last tornado in
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Illinois are thus summed up by the
New York Sun: "Trains blown from
the track, circus tent torn to shreds
and the animals let loose, churches
and mills tumbling to fragments
lambs and calves killed by the hail ;
corn crops cut into fragments villa
ges laid in ruins; limbs broken lives
lost-was the equal of this years sue
cession of hurricanes at the West ever
set forth ?" Yes, 60 West, young man,
and blow up with the conntry."
"A new plan for the safety of reg.
istered letters has been submitted to
Postmaster General Gresham for adop.
tien. 1t is a metallic substitute for the
gummed flap, and is a rivet made of a
compound of hard metals which is
fattened by compression after the en-
velope is filled and cannot be removed
except by the mutilation of the en-.
velope. 1t is said to be simple and
effective. This new device enables
the theft to be detected by the first
hands the package reaches after being
broken open and fixes the guilt at
once.
Brother Carlisle of the Clarion
JackSonian, who never misses the mark
to any great extent, mutters thusly:
"The difference Of these fine
days Co. d. will take a free junketing
trip, at the expense of the State, to
Conneaut Lake, and then 1t will be
found that the organization numbers
about seventy men. The casual OBJ
server would never have dreamed of
this while looking at the beggarly ar
ray of dozen muskets 10 the Fourth
Of July parade. But then nothing
was at stake but the credit of the
town on Independence Day and it
wasn't Of the slightest consequence as
the immortal Toots would say"
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