The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-10-07

eTSi huu welcome DumOer IL Is. III
is just the kind of literature that will
keep the boys at home and out Of
mischief during the long winter eve.
nings, and should he in every house.
hold where there are young folks.
James Elversou, Publisher, Philadel.
phia, Pa.
"A new Catholic Church is to be
built in this place forthwith. 1t will
be located on the lot belonging to the
Church on Vine ST., above the old
school house lot, and near Jared Hu.
ling's house. Stone for the foundation
have already been hauled on the
ground, and the fine edifce at one
time used by that church at Pithole is
being taken down aud brought here to
be rebuilt, the first load arriving yes.
tsrday.
H. VI. Irwin Esq, of the Frank.
lin Evening Ne,cs, and one of the most
pleasing writers in the State, came up
Saturday and remained over Sabbath
at the residence of his brother, s. D.,
being accompanied by his two eldest
sons, Dick and Hiram. He had the
audacity to walk in on us Monday
morning just as we were in the act Of
working the "no change racket on
one Of our farmer friends who had
left US roll of choice butter.
Many Of the old judgments and
mortgages, thinks the Franklin Ne,us,
will be wiped off the books as soon as
the act of the last Legislature impos.
ing tax upon them becomes opera.
tive. Judgments cost nothing except
to reissue them, and many of them
are kept on the books year after year
in the hope that the person against
whom they are entered will some day
be worth something. As soon as the
tax begins to run on these veteran
judgments and doubtful mortgages,
they will begin to drop off the books.
The law went into effect on the 1st
inst.
Twenty FIVE per cent. Of the new
postal card is wood pulp and seventy.
five per cent. fine rags. 1t takes
about twelve hours to convert the raw
material into the cards, and between
100000 to 100000 of them are
turned out daily, giving employment
to 190 women aud girls. They come
from the press in sheets of forty cards
each. / costs 500 a month for the
little paper bards that are placed
about the punches of % each. The
new card has Il water mark that will
aid in the detection of counter feits.
Even with a million turned out daily
the demand is greater than the supply.
. Eg.
Thomas p. Flynn and Miss Lizzie
Berlin, both of Tionesta, were mar.
ried By Father Carroll yesterday
at st. Joseph's Catholic
church. E. j. Meagher and Miss
Myrtle Nellis acted as gEoomsman and
bridesmaid respectively. The bride
was atlired in white. The bridesmaid
wore wine colored silk, and the
groom was dressed 10 the conven tional
black. After the ceremony the we'd
ding party were driven to the Collins
house, where they received the con
gratulations of friends and partook of
a wedding breakfast. They returned
to Tionesta in the afternoon. oil
City Blizzard, Oct. l.
An attempt was made, on Tues.
day night of last week, to break into
the depot at this place. The tool
house near the depot was broken open
and some tools aud the hand.car tax.
en- out, A light of glass in the freight
room was broken, but the window
having had boards nailed over from
The inside was not further disturbed.
barn had been entered and
the brides taken down, evidently with
the intention Of stealing one or both
horses, but it is thought the burglars
were frightened away, ami their de-
signs frustrated. On the same night