The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-04-07

Zach. Shriver and George Hood, com
pleted a good we'll for Holeman Il
Hopkins at Grand Valley last week.
The Messrs. Grove have a good lease
in that territory which they will com
meDce to operate shortly.
MIR. Geo. f. Watson was in town
Monday. He expects to occupy bis
new purchase, the A. b. Kelly place,
within ten days or two weeks. Mr.,
Kelly will shortly move into the Wi.
mans house, which he will occupy. un.
til his new house is built.
AS Memorial Day comes this year
on Sunday, the Department of Penn.
sylvania have issued a general order,
stating that in compliance with an act
of Assembly passed in May, 1874, and
the rules and regulations of the G. A.
R., the day would be celebrated on
Saturday, May 20.
This is a year of Fridays. 1t
came in on Friday, will go out on
Friday, aud will have SO Fridays.
There are four months in the year
that have FIVE Fridays each; changes
of the moon occur five times on Fri.
day, and the longest and shortest day
Of the year each falls on a Friday.
-Er.
The Rev. r. Pearse Of Edinboro,
will address the Royal Templers of
Temperance in open Council at the
Court House, in Tionepts, on Monday
evening, April II, 1886, at 7:30
o'clock. Having formerly resided in
Pleassntville and formed an exten.
sive acquaintance in this place, it will
no doubt be interesting as well as in.
structive for the people to come out to
hear him. All are cordially invited
to attend. The lecture will be free.
The pigeons have been flying in
the vicinity Of Marienville lately and
the many pigeon hunters there are
very desirous that they locate in the
vicinity. There is plenty of such as
the birds feed on in the woods there,
and it is likely they have chosen 10.
cation somewhere in the vicinity, but
just where was puzziDg the hunter
there last week. When the pigeons
first appeared there was considerable
snow iu the woods probably too much
for the birds to find good living with
anything like comfort.
An extension of the Balltown oil
field is confidently expected in the
near future. James Welsh, who has
been operating on the Schooley lands
quite extensively during the past win.
ter, has, it is said, a number of wells
about ready to come in which are ex-
pected 10 open up things in lively
shape. The belt is gradually work
ing down the creek, anl during the
coming summer operations in that vi.
cinity will doubtless be very brisk,
aud the production from Forest cOun.
ty is likely to be materially increased.
An exchange says that the public
school law now in force in this State
provides that the use Of profane or OBJ
scene language by any pupil shall con-
stilute good cause for expulsion from
school, also that any pupil who shall
cut, deface or otherwise injure school
houses, fences or outbuildings thereof
is liable to suspension and punishment
and the parents of such pupils shall
be liable for damage for the amount of
the injury, on complaint of the teacher,
the amount to be determined by the
directors and collected through the
courts.
The mouth of the creek is now
about clear of lumber, the water hav.
ing settled down to about the correct
stage to let all out who wanted to go.
On Sunday there ives as much, and
we believe more, lumber and timber
at the mouth as was ever there at one
time, the creek being full TO Forge
Island, so that one could walk the en-.
tire distance and cross anywhere with
out the use of a boat. The jobbers all
bad splendid lurk 10 running on the