The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-05-28

a p. m. The Sabbath Schools, and all
orders aud societies are earnestly re.
quested to assist the Post in making
the exercises a success.
Mr.. c. F. Gillespie, candidate for
the Republican nomination for Asso.
ciate Judge, publishes his withdrawal
this week, ending that business matters
pertaining to his interests in Crawford
county will take him out Of the county
for some time, making it impossible
for him to give proper attention to
the canvass.
Miss Burwell will continue her
temperance work in the county during
the first week of June at the following
places: Nebraska, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, June Sd aud 4th.
Stewards Run, Thursday afternoon and
evening, June 5. Tionesta, Friday
evening, June 6. East Hickory, Sat.
urday and Sunday, June 7th and 9Th.
One of our exchanges says that
farmers have found plowing very hard
work this spring. Three and four
horses are required to do the work or.
dinarily done by two. The reason
undoubtedly is, that the ground has
not been frozen as deeply as in other
winters, and thawing failed to disinte.
CRATE the soil to the whole depth of
the furrow. Instead Of being pulver.
lied, the soil has been packed.
The Oil City Blizzard, already
the best daily paper in this end of the
State, is now the handsomest, having
last week put on new toggery all
round. A fly never was yet known TO
light on the Blizzard, but the one that
should now attempt to gain foot. hold
on its sleek anatomy would get a tre-
mendous fall. Many decades of pros.
perity to you, gentlemen, and may
you continue to grow financially pussy
while you publish SO good paper,
Our Prohibition brethren are
early in the field this season with their
ticket, having placed the following
gentlemen in nomination: Assembly,
F. E. Allison, of Green; Associate
Judge, E. T. Louden, Green; Pro.
thonotary, Jacob Zahniser, Tionesta
borough; Sheriff, Robert Stockton,
Barnett; County Commissioner, Guy
Hilliard, Hickory; Jury Commission.
er, James Henderson, Hickory; Dele.
gate to the State Convention, Josiah
Work, Barnett.
The body of Lizzie Wagner, the
little girl who was drowned in The
Clarion River, at the railroad bridge,
near Clarion, on the 18th inst, was
found at the mouth Of the Clarion
River, Friday evening, the 23d inst,
and was buried at Shippenville. The
mother of the child was almost crazed
with grief over the failure to find the
body, so much so that it was feared
she would wholly lose her reason.
Since the body las been found and
inferred she has become more recon.
ciled to her loss.
Our correspondent at Titusville
writes that when Bob Hunting's circus
was leaving that place Tuesday night,
one of the little ponies was found to
he missing. Search was made but it
could not be found and up to last
night no'clue had been discovered as
to its whereabouts. 1t is thought,
however, that the pony was stolen, and
that it will require time to find it il
ever such discovery is made. Blizzard.
The little wsnderer came down the
Hunter Run road on Tuesday morning
Of last week, and found his way TO the
barn yard of Mr.. Fitzgerald near
Hunter Station, where the boys took
him in and cared for him till his keepers
came and got him on Saturday last.
He is a sleek little fellow and was
greatly admired by all who saw him.
Here we are again. The highest
water, natural rise, we have had for q
number of years was on Friday last
The river was considerably more than
bank full aud running over. About
everything on the low lands was over
flowed, and many washouts of roads
bridges, ETC., are reported through thi;
section. Trains on all the railroad:
we're delayed more OF less, aud al
though the actual damages are moi
large, business and traffic has been
more or less inteife fered with for the
past few days. At Pittsburg the lum
bermen were canght to some extent