The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-06-18
NEWSY NOTES.


was helping TO load logs on a tram car,
when log rolled from the top of the car
on to his head and killed him instantly.
The clean newspaper has, in the long
run, the most permanent patronage and
circulation. The paper which goes into
the homes and is read by the families is
the paper which counts its subscribers by
the year. It is, after all, the family news
paper which swings the power and pays
the advertiser. .-Erchdnge.
Nature plays queer freaks with the
flower seeds sent out by the Agricultural
department at Washington. A man who
received package of seeds labelled "giant
pansy" planted them in a flower bed, and
soon had small crop of turnips, while a
number of seeds labelled "double pinks"
produced long neck squashes.
The w. N. Y. & p. Railroad is showing
up prosperously. Its earnings for the first
week of June show an increase of over
seventy-five per cent. over last year. The
net earnings for the past seven months are
more than the fixed charges of all kinds
for the whole year. 1t is expected that the
net earnings for the year will be consider.
ably over 81 ,OOO, ,oOO.-BIizzard.
Miss Emma NJ. Gillett, of Washington,
ID. c., formerly of Erie, was recently ad-
mitted to practice before the Supreme
Court of the United States. This is the
first instance in the history of this or any
other country of woman moving the ad-
mission of another woman to the highest
court of the land. Miss Gillett, formerly
a teacher OF the public schools of Erie,
has been successful lawyer in Washing
ton, II. c., for number of years.
The Scotch-Irish convention in Pitts
burg recently was notable gathering of
this important part OF our great American
people. One cannot but be struck, on in
vestigating the matter, with the number
of distinguished people in every walk of
life who trace their lineage back to a
Scotch-Irish origin. This sturdy people
had much to do with conquering the will
derness hereabouts in the last century and
have much to do with its development
to-day.
At the recent meeting Of the State Board
of Health at Eorristown, responses to
questions in regard to Ia grippe were made
by 260 physicians. These reports covered
30,275 cases, of which 20 died directly and
2o5 indirectly from that cause. 1t is cal
culated that If this ratio holds ont all over
the State more than million people were
attacked by the malady within the COM
monwealth, and about 5000 patients died
of it. This proportion OF death to cases
throughout the United Staes would place
the number at 10000.
Foxes are reported as being unusually
plentiful in Clarion county this spring, the
open winter having been probably favora-
BILE to the increase. Among the latest cap
ture is that reported from Perry township,
where Berton Elliott was out hunting on
a piece of woods on the Judge Mccall
farm, when his dog espied fox. Mr.. Ell
lott shot the fox, and soon afterwards dis
covered in the hollow trunk of q tree,
near by, seven cubs which he killed. The
county has paid the bounty on the scalps
of the whole batch.-Ciarion Democrat.
Referring to the wholesale slaughter of
Venango county sheep by dogs, the Citizcn-
Press says: 'The claims for payment for
sheep killed is so largely in excess of the
sum derived from the taxation of dogs,
from which the losses are to be paid, that
it will be many years before present
claims can be satisfied. The farmers
should take the matter into their own
hands, organize, and shoot on sight any
dog found running at large. A decrease
of ninety per cent. in the number of dogs
now living in Venango county is very
desirable"
The Renova Record says: "a train of
lG0 freight cars arrived here from Kane
Tuesday evening. 1t is said TO be the
longest train ever transported over the
middle division. Dick Reed, one Of the
brak emen, declares he never saw the loco
motiue from the time the train left Kane
until they arrived at Renova. In the early
days of railroading twenty-five to thirty
cars were considered a big train; for the
past ten years the number increased from
eighty TO one hundred cars. Now, by the
powerful aid of hog locomotives, trains
consisting of 1870 to I6O freight cars are
successfully hauled over tho Philadelphia
Il Erie railroad"
There are good many people who are
about as fit to be parents as they are to be
angels, and there are not a few of them
who might take lessons with profit from
the dumb animals in caring for their Off
spring. These comments are suggested
by tho following from the Titusville Her
dtd: SIT is reported that on Friday last a
certain father in this city punished young
son about twelve years Of age, in shame
ful manner by tieing him with a rope
around his neck TO r stall in the barn.
When found late at night the lad was in
the manger fast asleep. The father, it
seems, had forgotten all about the incident
and was down town when the mothers
anxiety caused the search to be instituted.
The lads crime was running away
Bhzzdr6.
The Bradford Era draws pen picture of
Cory in the following racy style; ''Corry
is located on made ground three miles
from Columbus postoffice and in a swampy
corner of Erie county. The site is highly
eligible for a cemetery, and the enterpris-
ing citizens claim with just pride that the
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