The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-02-19

ished its twelfth year in the journalist
ic race with Mondays issue. It came
ia under the wire fully abreast, If not
nose ahead of all its bright competi.
tors. We took occasion once, way
back in rs, when the Ne1oS was little
7x9, to say that the "waif might as
tonisb the world some day." and our
prediction is "getting there" 10 good
style. May it live to see a gross of
years, and then some.
-Wm. McCaslin a life long resi-.
dent of Neillsburg, died at his home
in that village Friday Feb. 7th, aged
So years. Mr.. McCasln was the son
Of James McCaslin, and was born
near the spot where lie passed from
earth. lie had been q sufferer from
dropsy, for about two years, and en-
dured untold suffering during the last
two months of his life. He leaves
wife and three children, two sons and
one daughter, and large number of
near relatives to mourn his demise.
Funeral services we're held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at bis late resi-.
dence, and his remains we're laid in
Neillsburg cemetery. - PeasdntUiHe
Record.
Mr.. j. H. Hardison owned a very
respectable top buggy Monday, but he
is minus that very useful article now,
unless lie has made the purchase Of one
very recently. He had his horse
hitched somewhere in the vicinity of
Baum station, Monday evening, when
along came a freight train and the
horse took it into his head that he
could just beat that train to Tionesta,
and so entered the race at once. He
arrived at the bridge in good time,
having saved from the wreck the thills
and two front wheels of the vehicle,
the balance being promiscously strewn
along the liue of travel 'twixed this
and that. The animal was uninjured,
and the good natured Mr.. H. takes
his loss about as easily as though he
had struck dry hole.
Will. M. McKim, for about ten
years past the efficient mail messen.
ger on the route between Oil City and
Salamanca, was last week appointed
postmaster of Oil City, upon the rec.
ommendation of Congressman Watson,
which the same has thrown about
four fifths of the citizens of that lively
town into state of ecstatic joy, and
the Derrick, which had a candidate oi
its OVID, and three or four other disap.
pointed aspirants, into veritable con-
niption fit. We hope the Derrick will
recover FROM its whack below the belt,
and if it don't it's no matter, the peo.
pie of Oil City will have one of the
best postmasters they have ever had
just the same. Meanwhile "Billy's'
many friends "all along the line" will
rejoice at this deserved recognition Of
his fitness for the place.
AS the work of taking the censu;
will soon begin, all the Supervisors
for this State having been named by
the Superintendent, few facts in re-
lation to tho duties of Enumerators
will not be uninterestng. Forest
county will likely be divided into four
or five districts, each one having an
enumerator. Under the law the work
must be commenced the first Monday
in June, and must be completed dur
ing that month. The applicant fol
enumerator must be a resident of the
district in which he applies, and hi:
business qualifications, penmanship
ability to do the work, and recommen
datons will be carefully considered by
the Supervisor, Gin this, tenth, district
the Supervisor is james B. Mates
, Butler, Pa.,) and when his appoint
ments are made they will have to bC
ratified by the Superintendent o
Census at Washington; they will ther
be sworn to faithfully perform theil
duties and will receive their commits
sion. Under the Act of Congress
preference will he given to honorably
discharged soldiers, where otherwis,
properly qualified. The compensa
tion is two cents for each living inhab
liant, two cents for each death report
ed, fifteen cents for each farm, twent,
cents for each productive industry
and for each surviving soldier, sailo
or marine or widow Of the same fV
cents. No mileage is allowed. 4
neglect In Dronerly Derform his dutie