The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-06-13
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.


Oil market closed yesterday 77s.
Opening this morning at 775c.
The Fourth three weeks from to.
day.
To Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Clark
q daughter was born on the 9th inst.
Everybody in .Tionesta should
help boom the celebration of the
Fourth.
Mr.. Wm. Young of Harmony
township, was a pleasant caller at this
Office Monday.
Mr.. A. p. Anderson, one Of our
esteemed Brookston subscribers, gave
the REPUBLICAN a pleasant call Mon.
day.
Treasurer Fitzgerald's tax sale
was the means of drawing a goodly
number of outsiders to town on Mon.
day and Tuesday of this week.
Mrs. w. E. Latby of Newton,
Kansas, arrived in Tionesta on Satur.
day, and will spend the summer at
the home of her mother, Mrs. May.
-Supt. Kerr advertises the teachers
annual examinations this week. Those
interested should preserve the dates,
as the notice will appear but once
more.
Mr.. A. NJ. Brooks of Meadville,
was in town Monday and made a
number of scquaintances. He is an
applicant for the Principalship Of the
borough schools,
Moses B. Hunter, whom all our
older Inhabitants know and are always
glad to meet, gave The town a short
visit las; week. "Mose" changes very
little from his old time geniality.
Chairman Irwin this week issues
his call for the Republican primaries
which take place one week from next
Saturday, 23d inst, and it is hoped all
Republicans will lay their plans to
turn out in the afternoon nf that day
and help swell the vote.
Fred Morgan and Harry Heating
of Oil City, and Billy Morgan Of this
place took the overland route for
Balltown yesterday morning, where
they will build jobnbost, float down
the creek, catch what few trout yet
remain in the streams tween here and
there, and have mosquito snake and.
punkey time of it generally.
-Messrs. j. H. Bonnell & Co., lin.
tied, printing ink makers, Tribune
building, N. Y, have placed US under
obligations to them for a strikingly
lifelike and handsomely executed por.
trait of Mr.. George w. Childs, the
philsnthropic publisher of the Phila,
Ledger. The portrait is executed by
the famous art publishing hOuse Of
Root & Tinker.
Mr.. A. B. Kelly, delegate from
this district will leave for Chicago on
Friday of this week, to be on hand
for the opening of the Republican
National Convention next Tuesday.
He will be accompanied by Mr.. G.
w. Robinson, who will take in this
great event, and then proceed to Bar.
bour county, Kansas, where he will
visit his brother, Samuel, for a few
days.
The Blizzard of Saturday treated
its readers to twin pictures of the
Democratic nominees, Cleveland and
Thurman. The portraits are doubt.
less as good as the subjects deserve,
but to represent the Old Roman as a
one-eyed man will hardly be appre.
ciated by the pnterrifed. However,
this may explain why the Old Roman
could not see his way clearly to refuse
to play second fiddle to the Democrat.
ic can.can.
The Fourth is going to be cele.
brated 10 grand old style in Tionesta
this year, and don't you let it slip
your memorandum" Those who
want good time should make their
calculations to come to this place on
that day, while those who had about
half made up their minds to go away
should revise their plans and stay at
home. There will be fun plenty, and
to spare, right here in Tionesta, and
every citizen is expected to lend his
aid aud presence 10 its success,