The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-18

feature in the way of Department
Goods" at 8, 10, 25 and Soc, while
they will keep up all their general
store as usual will give great deal oi
attention to make these Departments
real Bargain Counters.
Rev. M. V. DeVaux's appoint.
ments are as follows: Zion Evangeli.
cal church on German Hill, Saturday
evening, Jan. 81, at 1850 p. m. On
Sabbath, Jan. %, Mt. Tabor at 8 p.
M, and in the evening at West Hick.
ory at z p. m. Rev. +. p. Saylor will
hold a quarterly meeting at West
Hickory on Feb. 18th and 18th.
The coastipg on the Dutch Hill
road is the best it's been for years.
The boss run was made by Alex. Dale
on Monday, running as far as Robin.
sons, distance of about 800 yards,
with one-third Of the way up quite a
grade. This knocks out all the tobog.
gan slides in the country, and smashes
the record by over 200 yards.
N. Y, P. q 0. Ticket Agent +
II. Wallace, who issued an accidental
Insurance ticket for $4,000 TO G. J.
Fraser on the day Of his death, has
received notice from the Travellers
Insurance company that Mr.. Fraser's
claim has been approved and the same
will be paid as soon as an administra.
tor has been appointed to receive it
Blizzard.
"A camp of Sons of Veterans will
be mustered at Odd Fellows hall, this
place, on Thursday evening, January
l9, All who have not yet signed the
application for charter, and intend to
enlist, are particularly requested to be
on hand, having with them their faith
er's army record. 1t is hoped there
may be good attendance of those
who expect to join.
Hon. j. B. Agnew has purchased
the well-located law. Office of NJ. w.
Tate, and is moving into the same.
He is having it newly carpeted, paper.
ed, and beautifed generally, and ex.
poets in short time to have it furnish.
ed throughout with the latest designs
of office furniture. After expendiog
several thousand dollars in complete
law library, Office, furniture, &c, the
firm, Agnew q Clark, Attorneys, will
occupy it as their Office, and will Ger.
tainly be very handsomely domiciled
Mr.. A. will hereafter give his entire
attention to his law practice.
The fool killer sometimes doesn't
get around soon enough. On Christ
mas day IN Brooklyn, at dinner Civ.
en- by young man to some friends,
one of the diners got up to light his
cigar, and when he sat down a fool
had removed the chair and the young
man dropped to the floor with such a
force as to paralyze his spinal column
aud result in his death last Saturday.
This is the baldest kind of joke-no,
it is not joke, it is pure brutality,
and the fellow who perpetrates it ought
to be kicked out of society, or com.
mitted to a school for feeble minded
children.
The oil strike on the Normal
School grounds at Clarion has created
quite furore in and about that staid
old town, and oil men great and small
are flocking in by the hundreds, while
all the printing Offices are offering the
--latest and most approved blank oil
leases" for sale. Territory adjoining
the we'll is commanding one hundred |
dollars per acre bonus, while the
School managers have been offered
$4,000 for the we'll, which at last &C.
counts was doing about 80 barrels per
day. 1t is a veritable boom for Clar-
ion, and We hope its citizens will profit
largely by it.
-Tionesta is to be supplied with a
weather signal service. to be furnished
by the State in accordance with an act
passed by the legislature last winter,
establishing signal stations throughout
the State. Mr.. r. L. Haslet has vol.
unteered to make daily observations
and bulletin the same at the post office
and in connection Herewith full set
of flags for indicating the weather
changes will be arranged and display.
ed at some conspicuous place in town.
A complete set of instruments for
properly conducting The work has
been ordered, and Representative
Randall, through whose efforts the
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