The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-09-15

derful speed and is now neck and neck
in the race with anything in the news.
paper line hereabouts, and it gives us
pleasure to note its prosperity.
Considerable value has been ad.
ded to the property of Mrs. DR.. Hun.
ter, Cd Front st., by the addition Of a
very substantial wharf, built up with
heavy boulders. Mr.. Dingman is con.
tinuiDg the work in front of his prop.
erty. Other property owners along
the river in that neighborhood will
have to follow suit or soon move back
a peg.
Geo. Milliron, of whom we spoke
recently as being placed in Jail be.
cause he had become insane, was re.
moved to Warren hospital on Monday
last on an order of court. 1t is ear.
nestly hoped he may fully and speeji.
ly recover from his trouble. Brook.
Vitte Democrat. Mr.. Milliron has
many acquaintance in this county
who will hope for his speedy recovery.
Court convenes next week and
promises to be an unusually busy one.
Seventy-four jurors have been impan.
neled, on account Of some very impor.
tant cases that will come up, in conse.
quence of which a large number of
witnesses and others will be attracted
to the town. We are always at home
to patrons on such occasions, and will
be pleased to have call from all who
may be in town then.
Gas was turned into the stoves of
q number of our citizens yesterday,
ours among the rest, and we took our
first dinner cooked over a gas FIRE at
home. We can pronounce it a sue.
cess with big S. No fussing with
soggy wood, either to long or to short.
No continual watching to "see if the
fires about out" No fault.fnding;
and last but not least, no excuse for
not having meals ready "on account
of bad wood" In short the gas "gets
there Eli" Try it and see.
Everybody should attend the Re-
publican Mass Meeting at the Court
House next Wednesday evening, Sept.
22. Col. Hastings, the gentleman
who made the speech nominating Gen.
eral Beaver at the late State Conven.
ton, is considered one of the finest
speakers in the State. Lieut.. Gov.
Stone, of Warren, is general favor
ite with our people, and Miles w.
Tate Esq, of our own town never fails
to royalty entertain an audience.
Hon. Jas. 7. Mafett, our candidate
for Congress will be present, and
everybody will have an opportunity
to meet him. Come out everybody.
Notwithstanding the ordinance
against such things, scarcely week
passes but that from one to two wag.
ons loaded with nitro.glycerine are
driven through our borough. This is
a very dangerous proceeding and
should certainly not be tolerated any
longer. If one of these wagons should
meet with an accident, or the stuff
should take notion to explode as it
often does without any apparent cause,
the bulk of Tionesta would wake up
in the other world. In most any of
our neighboring boroughs the offend.
ers would be arrested in less time than
it takes to tell it. Let it be at once
stopped.
As freight train SO on the river
of the b., N. Y. & P. r. r.
was going south about II o'clock on
Friday night and when between War.
rem and IrvinetOn the engineer saw on
the track ahead Of him the body of
man. He stopped the engine, got out
of the cab and walked to the spot
where the body lay. He there discov.
cred the dead body of a man which
had been horribly mangled, evidently
by car wheels. The rem aims we're
then put aboard the train and taken
to IrvinetOn, where they await identi.
fcatiOn. Several parties in Irvineton
say they saw this man jump aboard
freight 68 going north earlier in the