The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-01-04
The Old and The New.

their several Offices on Monday of this
week. At the Prothonotary's office
Mr.. Shawkey steps down and out
making room for Mr.. Arner, and in
doing so deprives Forest county of one
of the most efficient officials it has
ever had; in fact we doubt if his su-
perior in that capacity could be found
in the State, and the void he leaves in
his office will be hard to fill Yet his
successor Mr.. Arner, enters upon his
duties with an honest, hearty endeavor
to give the people first class admin.
iStration of the Office, and in his prin.
cipal Deputy, Mr.. Jas. D. Davis. he
has a very efficient assistant, who can
be relied upon to keep the records Of
the Office in superior manner, both
creditable to himself and acceptable
to the people. For both the new and
the retiring official we bespeak success
IN the future.
George w. Sawyer takes charge Of
the keys, bracelets, ball and chain,
aud other parsphernalia Of the Sher.
IFS Office, relieving Mr.. Leonard Ag.
new. For the latter gentleman we
can say,-with the belief that We re.
fleet the sentiments of four.ffths of
the county's citizens, that his admin.
istration of the Sheriff's Office has
been among the cleanest and most sat.
isfactory in the history of the county.
Uniformly courteous and gentlemanly,
he has made host of friends during
his term, and yet always did his whole
duty unfinchingly. His successor,
Mr.. Sawyer, as was shown by the vote
he received, is a popular man, aud we
predict that he will lose none of that
popularity during his term of office,
which we further predict will be con.
Quoted in business. like manner, and
with fairness to everyone. Future
success and prosperity to both of them.
In the Commissioners Office two
good officers retire to make room for
two other good men. Messrs. Chad.
wick and Byerly have labored Jealous.
ly to discharge their duties with fair.
ness and to the very best interests of
the taxpayers of the county, in which
efforts they have been successful in a
high degree. They are a pair that
could not and would not bs influenced
in the discharge of their duty by i'm.
pure motives, and showed throughout
that they had the backbone to stand
up for what they knew to be right,
and they now step down and out with
the good opinions of every fair mind.
ed citizen. Messrs. Ledebur and Par.
sons, who take their places, are like.
wise level headed, cool business men,
and possessed of The proper material
=" faithful guardians of the peo.
In this particular the
y - ably assisted by Con missioner
Shields whose course was so handsome.
ly endorsed by the people at the re.
cent election. His three years exper.
fence in the Office will tighten the
work materially for the new board.
They organized Monday by retaining
all the old appointees. They are as
follows: Clerk, Jas. T. Brennan ;
Counsel, E. l.. Davis; Janitor, s. j.
Campbell. Good luck to the retiring
as well as the new board, and may
they have smooth sailing throughout.
The new board of county Auditors,
like the old, are set of good busine
men, who will see that all the other
officers "attend TO their business up to
the HANDLE" as it we're. They have
already begun the work of overhaul.
ing last years accounts, with District
Attorney Clark as their clerk, and
will undoubtedly find things in apple.
pie order. The new beard is com.
posed of Messrs. Jones, Gillespie and
Blum.
Messrs. Davis and Walters, who
have for the past three years pulled
the names of jurymen from the wheel
with firm and fair hand, give way to
Messrs. Church and Cooper who will
hereafter perform that important Office
with the same uniform fairness, and
without fear or favor.
Extending the compliments of the
season to the Old and the New, we
wish all happy and prosperous New
Xaar