The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

-Duus are bursting.
The fragrant arbutus is in full
bloom now.
There are no ripe Strawberries in
this market yet.
Onion sets are rapidly going down
into the ground.
The borough schools close for the
season next Tuesday.
Mill Village, Erie county, Herald:
civilian Holmes, Forest Co., is
visiting relatives and friends in this
place.
The Lawrence House front is
being reprinted, the coat put On last
summer having been ruined by the
fire of December last.
Kingsley township will erect two
new school houses the coming summer.
See notice from the school board in
this issue asking for sealed proposals.
The birth of a fine girl baby to
Mr.. aud Mrs. Jas. Ross, of Hickory,
last Friday, makes Squire Hoovler, of
Tionesta township, grandpap ono
more.
Did you plant a tree or shrub on
last ArbOr Day? If you forgot it,
you have one more opportunity to re.
deem yourself. May 1 will be the
second Arbor Day.
-Marieuville has bargained for q
$4,000 school building in place Of the
one burned there last winter. Smith
Bros, of the Express, have the on.
tract for its erection.
There will be a special examina.
lion for teachers, held in Tionesta,
Saturday, May 2, at which only teach.
ers bringing a request from directors
will be allowed to enter the class.
Mrs. Bovard has just returned
from the city with a large stock of de.
lightful things in the millinery line,
aud will be pleased to sec her lady
friends and show them the latest Of the
season.
The trout season was opened in
iue shape last week, but who caught
the big string is still a somewhat
mootcd question, and perhaps will
remain so till all the liars die-or
quit going afshing.
The Harrison we'll, on the Hunter
estate, near the depot, is n. G. The
drill was stopped at about $50 feet,
and Mr.. Hardison has some notion
of pulling up the hole aud cutting it
up into powder horns.
Hopkins q Co. come to the front
this week with a new ad. in which
they give some pointers on where to
buy, that may be we'll enough to in.
vestigate. These people are always
prepared TO back up just what they
say.
The whippoorwill's voice was first
heard in this section last Saturday
evening. and vas a most welcome
sound. He's somewhat ahead of
schedule time but he perhaps knows
best when to risk this climate, aud
more'n likely we're to have summer
weather right along now.
The latest Senatorial apporiion.
ment bill puts Forest in the 3Sth dis.
trict, with Clarion and Elk. Con.
occasionally we are placed in a district
with Erie, Warren and Venango
counties. These are bills introduced
by Republicans and may pass, but it
is thought the Governor will veto
them.
The concert of the New Orleans
University Singers at the school house
last Wednesday evening was the best
entertainment of the kind aver given
in Tionesta, but was only fairly at.
tended. Many a 10.cent snide has
carried away far more of Tionesta's
shekels. This is not ereditable to our
town but it's true just as hard.
The Nail is glad to note the good
fortune of our citizen, Geo. H. Hig,
gins, Esq. It's impossible to keep a
good man down. In company with
Mayor Clark, of Erie, and Alfred
Short, of North East, he owns 5000
acres of gas territory in Butler Co.,
Slippery Rock Tp., on which a big
gasser was struck last week of at least
800 pounds pressure. A stock com
pany will be formed at once, of $780,.
600, other wells put down and the gas
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