The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-08


made her home with her daughter,
Mrs. s. H. Haslet, and who for up.
ward Of 80 years has been a great sGf.
ferer from rheumatism and totally
helpless, is at present lying very low,
with little hope of recovery.
An exchange is authority for the
statement that foundered horse can
be cured by wrapping his bridle.bit
thick with the bark of freshly.dug
sassafras root, and renewing in twelve
hours. This will effect q cure If ap.
piled within twelve hours after he has
been fouDdered.
The dwelling house of James
Wray, near North Pine Grove, Clarion
county, was totally destroyed by FIRE,
together with all its contents, on Fri.
day last. The family we're all absent
at the time and the cause of the fire is
unknown. Mr.. Wrsy places bis loss
at $4,000, with an insurance of $500.
-Messrs. Scowden q Clark have a
dozen new wagons nearly completed
for the spring opening. The people
hereabouts have learned that they can
get better article for as little money
here than by sending away, and as a
consequence this firms orders are
steadily increasing, and the money is
kept at home.
Beaver Valley Items: Willis Al
baugh, of Tidioute, was in the valley
visiting his relatives. His sister re.
turned with him. hauling
is rather brisk in this region at present
Rev. Rumberger has closed the
protracted meeting on Wbig Hill.-
An epidemic in the shape of sore eyes
is going the rounds of the neighbor.
hood at present.
MIR. L. A. Forbush, the once pop.
ular landlord of Presidents elegant
hotel, has leased the Saegertown House,
Crawford county, and taken charge.
Mr.. G. L. Maybee, formerly Of Lud.
low, Pa, has taken charge of the Pres
ideut Hotel, and we dare say, from
reports at haDd, that the hotel will
lose none of its popularity under Mr..
NJ superior management.
"A young man named Bills, of the
village Of Enterprise, went to Pleas.
antville Saturday to have his great
toe amputated, an ingrowing nail bav.
ing disabled him for year. Drs.
Lupher and Mason administered an.
aesthetics and performed the operation.
The boy partially revived, but sud-
denly began to breathe hard and drop
ped over dead. All efforts to revive
him proved futile.
"A close estimate puts the number
Of square feet of pine timber that will
be run out of Tionesta creek this
spring at six hundred thousand. This
lie considered one of the largest runs
we have ever had out of the creek,
and does not include bemlock square
timber, Of which there will be consid.
erable. The run of manufactured
lumber will reach about The average
figure.
"A friend ofJudge Turnkey, living
near Orangeville, informs the Sharon
Herald that 10 letter from London,
dated Jan. 7th, the Judge says be is
in very good health /; that there was
no cause at any time for the sensa.
ti0nal reports that were published in
regard to his condition that from the
first his physicians assured him of his
ultimate recovery from bis ailment
and that he and his wife expect to
return home in the spring.
Jacob Stitzinger of Tionests
township, met with painful accident
yesterday. While assisting to take
out timber on Piney Creek, near Ne
braska, with tackle blocks, he slipped
and thinks be must have caught hold
of the rope, which drew his left hand
into the block, lacerating it very bad
ly and crushing the bones Of the sec
ond and third fingers. DR.. Siggini
dressed the wound, leaving Mr.. S. il
as comfortable condition as could b.
expected under the circumstances.
SOME enterprising Chicagoans have
formed company for the purpose o
buying Libby Prison in Richmond
removing it carefully TO Chicago anC
making of it the nucleus of a grea
war museum. This is a commendabl,
undertaking, but it would not be sui