The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-08-01
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Oil market closed yesterday sol

Opening this morning at S0Ic.
Complaint is already made that
potatoes are rotting.
When you want Shoes built to
wear 90 to DEPARTMENT STORE.
Mrs. r. B. Crawford is visiting
friends in Ridgway, Pa, this week.
Miss Alice Barnes, of Ripley, N.
Y, is the guest of DR.. siggins' family.
-Roastin' ears are coming on, and
in few days there'll be any amount
of collie laying around loose.
Capt. j. j. Haight and son, of
Cooper Tract, this county, we're among
Tionesta's visitors this week.
Mrs. ]. L. Craig gave a select
number of the young people of the
town a very pleasant party last eve.
ming.
Mrs. Joseph Scowden and daugh.
ter, of Mesdville, were visiting with
j. G. Scowden's family during the past
week.
To day the County Commissioners
meet to open bids and let contracts for
the new improvements about the Court
House grounds.
The date Of the soldiers reunion
at Bradford was enormously stated
last week as August 25th. 1t should
have been August ODD.
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Grove wish to
sincerely thank the friends who lent
such tender aid and sympathy in their
late bereavement, the death Of their
little babe.
Judge Proper, who flushed his
hay harvest yesterday, has three large
barns we'll filed, and calculates that
he has $50 tons. What's the matter
with that kind of farming.
The plasterers are putting the
finishing touches on Mrs. DIR. Hunters
new residence. The carpenters ex.
pect to complete their contract by
the first of September or sooner.
Don't forget the excursion TO
Niagara to morrow. Train leaves this
station at $50. and those who intend
going should be promptly on hand.
Quite a goodly number talk of going.
Mr.. Jas. G. Carson went to Ne.
braska 10 commence work on the new
NJ. E. Church editice building there,
and for which he has the contract. 1t
will be a fine structure when com.
pleted.
Mr.. Chas Bonner of Chicago, ar.
rived in Tionesta last Saturday, and
has been shaking hands with friends
pretty much ever since. He expects
to return with his family on Friday of
this week.
Every available rig in town, and
some which could hardly be called by
that name, was pressed into service by
visitors to the Whig Hill camp meet.
lug last Sabbath. The meetings have
been generally we'll attended, and a
success in every respect.
The band boys have shipped their
brass instruments away and will ex.
change them for silver horns, and u
vastly superior quality. They expect
their new ones on this week, and then
we may look out for some lively music
during the impending campaign,
Claude, the three.year.old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Steen, died this
morning at one o'clock, of cholera
iufantum. The stricken parents have
the sympathy of all their neighbors in
their affiictiOn. We did not learn
what the arrangements for the funeral
are.
The State Weather Crop Bulletin
for the past week says, the temperature
has been slightly below the average,
with large percentage of sunshine.
The weather conditions were excellent
for growth and general farm work.
Oat harvest continued during the
week, and will be fully up to the av.
erage. The wheat, rye aud hay yield
was large, and is about all secured.
Corn and potatoes are growing rapidly
and promise abundant crops. Some
sections need rain, particularly on
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