The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-07-02
NEWSY NOTES.

The Pennsylvania Editorial Association
will make its summer excursion to WASH
ington City this year, arriving at that
place on July Is.
During the present spring and summer
it is estimated that not less than fifty
buildings have been struck by lightning
in Erie county, though not many of them
have been badly injured.
A wall for women comes out of the
West. The young men of the new States
complain that there is an alarming scarcity
of the raw material from which good
wives are made. They want to get mar
ried, but there are not girls enough to go
around. If these young men really want
good women, and are worthy of them let
them come East, where the supply is un-
limited, and find their affinities. Do they
suppose that Eastern girls are going out
there to gun for husbands?-
A swindle has been played quite exten-
sively among the farmers of different parts
of the State lately, and they have been
| fleeced to the tune of $4,000. 1t was ac-
complished by two confederates, who pre-
tended to buy from them walnut stumps.
Confederate No. l came along and agreed
to buy the stumps, and told the farmers
his partner would be along soon to take
them out and pay for them. Confederate
No. 2 comes along, takes them out, and
pays for them, but in making the alleged
payment, they tender large bill, receiv-
ing considerable change. The large bill
turns out to be counterfeit, and the swim
dler gets away with good United States
money.
The Butler Eagle says: Ono of the
largeat oil deals ever consummated in the
county was made on Monday. 1t was the
sale of all of Mr.. Thomas w. Phillips
producing interests in the Glade Run dis
trict, embracing $500 acres of leases, 40
producing wells and daily production OF
1900 barrels. Mr.. Phillips stated to a
representative of the Eagle that he had not
gone out of the producing business, but
that he still retained some fifteen thousand
acres of land under lease in the Great
Belt, Coylesville and Murrinsville fields,
on which there are thirty producing and a
number of drilling wells. 1t is under
stood that the sale was made to the Stand
ard Oil Company, but the consideration
has not been made public. The purchas-
ers went into immediate possession of the
property.
Superintendent Porter makes "guess''
at the population of the United States.
His guess, in round numbers, is 81 800, COO.
The official returns will all be made out
within the next 80 days, and the figures
will be known to a certainty. The in
stances in which a recount has been al
lowed are few, though every village in the
country which is disappointed in the out
come, wants another "go" at solving the
population problem. The returns from
the cities given below have been an
nounced in a semi-official way thus far
Brooklyn. 030,670; Baltimore, 100000
Boston. ALI ,72O; Buffalo, 250,OOO; Cincin'
natl, 300, 900; Chicago, Loss, 200; Cleveland
24S,0 600; Columbus, 1l4,OOO; Detroit, le7,'
600; Grand Rapids. $4,000; Indianapolis
$4,000; Louisville, 10000; Milwaukee
100000; Minneapolis, ls5,OOO; New York
1927 ,227; Now Orleans, 246, 900; Philadel.
phia, l,O4O, ,45O; Pittsburgh, 100000; st
Louis, 10000; st. Paul, l3s,OOO; Wash
ington, 100000.