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

time delegates to the Republican Ma.
tional and State Conventions will be
elected. OF course this has nothing
to do with the Spring elections, but
separate boards will be organized at
some convenient point near by where
Republicans can deposit their ballots
for their choice. This course is pur.
sued in order to obviate the necessity
Of holding a special election at anoth.
er time when it would be difficult to
get out the voters. We hope Repub.
licans will bear the fact in mind and
show up good vote.
The Tidioute Ne,cs is in the fol-
lowing high glee over the prospects Of
early gas in that place, and we'll it
may be: The Citizens Gas Co. are
rushing things. A circular enclosed
with schedule Of rates. issued Tuesday
evening, announces the expected gas
for the Goth inst. Plumbers are al.
ready at work in g number of houses
putting in the fittings. A gang of
men went to work putting together the
bigh pressure line Monday noon, the
four inch pipe having arrived, and
early next week we may expect to see
the end Of that line across the river.
Supt. Phelps is jamming things for
money, you bet. When the gas gets
here how would it do to make merry
and have jolly time over our good
fortunef 1t is thing we long have
sought, and mourned because we found
ii not. What cay the people2
On Saturday afternoon last the
gas well from which Tidioute expects
to get its gas, in Hickory township,
this county, raised quite rumpus, &C.
cofding to report published in Mon
days Derrick. The men, it seems,
were engaged in pulling the tubing -
the we'll being tubed with two inch
pipe. The packer, which was found
to be frezen, was thawed out with hot
water, and when it did let loose it
came up with great force, sending
LOO feet of tubing up into the air,
shattering the derrick to splinters and
sending some Of the pipe hundreds Of
feet in the air. The object of pulling
the tubing was to replace it with 3 inch
tubing. The men at the we'll made q
very narrow escape, as it happened no
one was injured. The pipe line is
nearing completion, and before long
the citizens of Tidioute will be enjoy
ing the luxury Of vspor fuel.
"A correspondent from Ripggold
township, Jefferson county, writing to
The Brookvlle Democrat, gives the
following account of the death of
George Buck, we'll known to many of
our readers: One day last week two
citizens of Clarion county came to
their uncle's home in this township to
pay them a visit, and while there one
of them became sick. DIR. Mcdowell
was called 10 aud found the man in
such state of fever that be could not
handle him, so he got the constable to
go with him. When they got back to
the house he had smashed a good deal
of the furniture, driven the family
around wherever he pleased, and then
went outside the house and deliberate.
ly laid down in the snow, where the
doctor and constable found him. They
got him into the house, but could do
nothing with him until they put the
bracelets on his wrists and ropes on
bis legs. Since writing the above the
sick man died. He was son of the
notorious Boss Buck and one Of the
gang of counterfeiters sent to the pen.
itentiary few years ago. He died u
terrible death at the house of Eli
Buck, Sunday forenoon, January Goth,
and his remains we're taken to Tylers
burg, Clarion county the next day.
His parents home is in that vicinity.
ALBERT Kinney, we'll known to
our readers in this section, died at the
residence of George Carr, in this
place, on Sunday morning last, oi
pneumonia, after an illness of about
two weeks. Another of the old sol,
diers has thus answered to "roll CALI
for the last time. Mr.. Kinney was
born in Venaugo Co. He enlisted at the
breaking out of the rebellion 10 Co. F
5Sth Regiment, P. ", Capt. Luoiu'
Rogers, now of the Mexican Miner, and
remained until the close of the war
being four years in the service. He re-
ceived a wound 10 the head, which some
what affected his mind, and by reason
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