The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-20

The man Ruth, now in Jail for
beating and robbing Jacob Adamo,
near Oil City, was identified by ex.
Sheriff Shearer last week as William
Reed, whom he took to the Western
Penitentiary in the fall Of 1884. On
the 9th of August, 1884, Reed entered
the house of Jonas Potts, in French.
creek township, while the family was
at work in the harvest field, and stole
some money and jewelry. Potts fol-
lowed Reed to Franklin, and passed
by him at the foot Of the town hill.
Procuring a warrant from Alderman
DALEY, he placed it in the hands Of
Constable Hogan, who arrested Reed,
On Reeds person the articles stolen
from the Potts residence we're found
aud identified. Reed was tried at
August Sessions, 1884, convicted and
sentenced by Judge Taylor TO one
years Imprisonment in the Peniten.
tiary.- Venango Spectator.
Rafting commenced in pretty
good earnest on Monday, aud consid.
erable lumber has already been land
ed at the mouth Of the creek. There
is little or none as yet down from
above Coon Creek. Jas. Stroup has
about 100000 to run for Collins,
Darrah & Co., three "Alleghenies" Of
which he was expecting to start for
Pittsburgh this morning. james
Haggerty, who is running the lumber
Of the Messrs. Lacy, will have $780,.
900 feet, all told, considerable Of
which is already down to the mouth,
and the balance is rafting as fast as
possible. Lyman Cook is running the
Collins q Watson lumber, and expects
to have in the Deighborhood Of 2,000,.
900. He has also got goodly lot of
it down to the mouth. If the water is
favorable for the next week to come
all Of these contractors will have their
jobs pretty well whipped; they are all
hustlers. The largest raft ever run
out of Tionesta creek, with possibly
one exception, was run by Lon. Stroup
yesterday. 1t contained $4,000 feet
of lumber, and was loaded with over
10000 lath. The total run of lumber
on the creek this spring will probably
be the lightest that has been for many
years.
The bill now before q committee
10 the State Legislature, to prevent
the hunting of wild turkeys with dogs,
will, If enacted, meet an exigency that
long needed to be met. The Franklin
Sportsmen's Club should keep an eye
on this bill and conduct themselves
accordingly. 1t is high time that 3
permanent end should be put to this
thing Of bounding wild turkeys over
our breezy bills and through our
happy valleys.-Frankhn Neaos. We
heartily agree with the sporting editor
of the Ne,cs in his "kick" against this
unsportsman like method of taking
this noble game, which, only for the
incessant bounding that is now carried
on in the densely. populated districts
of our State, would be as plenty as
punkies in the pineries of q warm
summer evening, no doubt. After this
bill becomes law, we move that the
act placing bounty on wolfscalps be
repealed, and thus allow this species
of game to once more flourish in our
midst. True, there hasn't been wolf
in this State for twenty five years, but
that's no difference. How long would
it take till the woods would be full of
'em if they weren't bounded to death !
It's all wrong; the game laws are ter
ribly out of joint, and should be rem.
edied at once.