The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-03-05

home with his son Dan near by, and to-
gether they farm the homestead land and
Dams adjoining. Mary Everhart, the
daughter of the younger murdered wo-
man and John Everhart, makes her home
elsewhere and seldom visits the place.
The Franklin News is responsible for
the following item of news 1.-THE Judge of
the Columbia county court, this State, has
decided that constablos elected in Febru-
ary, 1890, hold their offices for three years,
and has accordingly directed the Clerk of
Quarter Sessions to notify constables that
their successors, elected on February 18th,
would not be recognized or commissioned.
This same question is likely to he brought
before Judge Taylor in this county for de-
cision.
The ticket Office of the Allegheny Valley
Railroad company, at the depot in this
place, was broken into Sunday morning
last, and the safe blown open in the inn
proved style of the "cracker's" art. The
thieves, however, were rather unfortunate
in their selection as the safe contained but
very little money, all that the plundercrs
secured being some fifteen dollars contain
ed in pocket book that had been picked
up at the depot several days prcvious.-
Brookville Rep.
Erie city continues to be in luck in
striking first-class little gas wells in the
vicinity, and there are now quite series
| of them, which are supplying large num-
Der of families and several manufacturing
concerns. The latest is in the limits of
the city. The Dispatch says: "a power
full vein of gas was struck at the Koehlor
we'll at Twenty-fourth and Rowland, at
depth of 800 feet. Drilling is suspended
until the pressure is reduced. The roar
can be heard five squares
The jamestown Journal says: "a train
load of silk passed through this city Thurs
day, en- route from San Francisco to New
York. The train consisted of ten ears and
was drawn by two engines. The silk was
still in bond and each ear bore the seal of
the United States Custom House at San
Francisco, with a notice on each Ger that
any tampering whatever with the locks
would subject the offender to liability of q
fine Of 81 900 or five years Imprisonment.
This is probably the most valuable cargo
that ever passed through this city. AS to
what it was worth no estimate can be
given.
Why, o, wherefore, will men persist in
the degrading, disgusting and beastly habit
of getting drunk? Or, if they must get
drunk, why don't they sneak off some
place and hide from the sight of men?
cIo o1f
Gecency? Do they not know that the
sight of a drunken man has a demoraliz-
ing effect upon the whole community, that
the besotted individual violates the laws
of his own being and scandaizes the race
to which he belongs? We would like to
see drunkenness so odious in the sight of
mon that man would rather be caught
stealing sheep than reeling along the
| street with his hide full of booze.-Punx.
SPIRIT. Can it be possible that the Spirit
man has been stalking notes. on our
streets during few days of the past week?
One Of the oldest citizens of Warren
county, says: "Having kept diary since
| 1853, and record of the extreme hot and
cold weather in this part of the county, l
assert that this is the most singular winter
we ever had since 1851, and the oldest
residents say that they have never eX-
perienced such a winter before. The hot
test days since 1850 were in July, 1851, and
in the months of May and July, 1865,
when the murcury registered 10l in the
shade. The highest temperature since
1861 was 90 in the shade, which has been
registered on several occasions, but not
since 1880. The coldest winter since 1850
was the one of lS7l2, when we had 81
days OF below zero weather. The heaviest
snow storm was the blizzard of March IL,
1888, when the snow fell for 50 hours to a
depth ofabout three feet, There has never
been a December or January since 1851
but that one or more days the mercury fell
below zero until the present winter.