The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-03-25

skpting rink in the Dear future.
It's TO be fine one.
Squire VIM. Richards, Of May.
burg, was on our streets one day last
week, looking cheerful aud happy as
usual.
Mr.. o. G. Hood, son of Charles
Hood of Utica, Vepango county, was
the guest of relatives here during the
past week.
"A child of Wm. Watson's, which
was bereft of its mother about five
months ago, died at Geo. Watson's on
Sunday last, and was buried here yes
terday.
Our able, though Democratic,
Senator, Hon. John G. Hall, has
placed us under obligations to him for
copy of Smull's Legislative Hand
Book, for 1885.
Our genial Young friend, Ben.
w. May, arrived home from Chicago
Monday morning. He expects to re.
main q week or so before returning to
his business for the summer.
The Tionesta roller rink has
about succumbed to the inevitable
lackNoe patronage. A good, healthy
revival, such as our town has been
blessed with, is too much for such
trihes.
Judge Cook was in town yester.
day He says his test well is down
about FIVE hundred feet, and that the
venture will end in one of three things
oil, gas or hole $500 feet deep
Clarion Jacksonian.
DIR. Morrow has rented the Sam.
uel Clark house, just north of Her.
nuns store, and expects to move into
it within day or two. Any one
calling for him during the night
should bear this in mind.
We have for our readers this
week we'll written letter from Har.
risburg which will bear perusal. We
hope to present something of the kind
every week during the remainder Of
the session of the legislature.
, Thirteen is an unlucky number
1t is for this reason that when shop
keeper halves 25.cent piece he in
variably gives you II cents. The
shopkee2er is unselfsh, and as some
!. body mustrun the risk of bad luck
he freely takes it himself.-Er.
The condition of Mr.. A. j. Ian
ders, whose illness we noted a short
time ago, is growing more serious dai
ly, we are sorry to report, and hi
: physicians have little hope of his re
/. eovery. He seems to have a compli
: cation of diseases, something in the ma
|. ture of drOpsy having recently set in
The coolest night of this winte
was last Friday night, Goth, or tn
/ first day of spring, the thermomete
;; registering % degrees below zero a
$ daylight Saturday morning. In som
y other portions of the county it GO
down to 26o below. At this rate tn
Of great body of ice on the river don
n n rot out very fast.
er Capt. Samuel Mills of the Un ite
T. States Army, is now acting chief {
IL the Weather Bureau pending the triG
= of Gen. Hazen before a court MARTA
Capt. Mills is the eldest son Of MajC
S. M. Mills, former citizen of Titu
J Vile. The weather which has bee
furnished Us for the past few day
hardly accords with our recOllectic
of the genial Major, and we shoul
=. not have expected such treatmeI
from his son. TGtslsUiILe Citizen.
'. "A pocket edition of the U.
Blue Book has been issued. Sin
the change of administration the d
mand for the Blue Book has been
c great as to necessitate the issuing
the pocket edition. The book has g
ways been looked upon as one of va
r ne to the office-seeker, hence the gre
d Democratic demand of late. A col
can be had for 80 cents by addresssil
:, Clarence F. L. Braulik, House
' Reps, Washington, D. G.