The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-15
NEWSY NOTES.

A peach tree in full bloom at Evergreen,
Allegheny county, is a curiosity.
Silcott was made cashier upon the rec
ommendation of Senator Payne. Now let
the charge that the Senator has done moth
ing in his six years incumbency be with
drawn.
1t is said that James b. Mates has been
selected supervisor of the tenth census
district, which includes Forest county.
Mr.. Mates is of the law firm of McPher-
rim & Mates, of Butler. The appointments
have not as yet been made.
F. p. Gotham, of Warren, Pa, is per-
fecting an invention for photographing the
interior of oil or gas wells at any depth.
By the aid of the invention it is expected
that perfect views can be obtained of the
bottom of the wells, showing exactly the
effect of the torpedo on the oil or gas
bearing horizon.
A cyclone struck st. Louis late Sunday
afternoon. Houses were demolished,
buildings unroofed and church steeples
blown down. Four persons were killed
and a number injured. There are reports
of disasters in other localities. Passen-
ger cars are said to have been blown from
the track. The loss to property was very
heavy,
Census enumerators always encounter a
few individuals who decline to give the
information asked for. The law provides
that the head of family who refuses all
proper information may be sued and fined
$780, In the absence of the head of the
family or any adult members of it, "any
agent of the family shall supply the re-
quired information"
Anti-pyrine is a standard prescription
in cases of influenza. Since the appear
ance of the grip in Chicago the demand
for this remedy has been so great that the
stock on hand is about exhausted. This
is all the more unfortunate because there
is little hope that druggists will be able to
replenish their stock, because the supply
in New YORK and other Eastern cities, not
TO mention Europe, is at an equally low
ebb.
Hiram Biddle, of Lawrence Co., sent
away and got ore quart of buckwheat
seed of the japanese variety, from this he
raised a little over three bushels, but after
cleaning il, had but three bushels fit for
/ seed, this he sowed on July 6. The crop
was cut and the threshing done, and the
| yield, despite the fact that 1t was an off
| buckwheat year, was 80 bushels. The
seed is much larger than the ordinary and
the flour much whiter.-Butler Herald.
n,o ,.o..,I ,,.,s a.aI
ment position in Washington recently who
never should have been appointed, His
name is Thomas A. Jones and he helped
John Wilkes Booth to escape after the
murder of Lincoln. Jones was a product
of the Cleveland administration, given
Office by Senator German, of Maryland,
along with the notorious Eugene Higgins.
That's the kind of a rascal to fire out. His
appointment was disgrace to the Cleve-
| land administration.
a party of capitalists, headed by Hon.
Samuel Griffith, of Mercer, have leased 30
acres of land at the head of Sandy Lake,
Stoneboro, on which they will erect so
cottages and open a summer resort. 1t is
| the intention to conduct the resort some
| what alter the Chautauqua plan, A num-
ber of citizens of Oil City, Franklin, Mer-
Ger and Pittsburg have, it is said, decided
| 10 erect cottages. Regular drives and
roadways will be built and one drive will
| be built so as to make a complete circle OF
| the lake. The lake offers fine facilities fol
boating, and the company will stock il
with boats and small steamer. BY q