The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-10-21

He left at our house, one day last
week, great bundle Of as fine, crisp
celery as we have yet seen raised in
this section. If our friend has the
faintest idea that this fine batch was
not appreciated he needs only to come
around and see if he can find any
scraps left about the premises.
Miss Winnie White, teacher Of
Clarington school, room No. 2, makes
the following report for the first
month: No. of pupils enrolled, males
20, females 13. Average, males IA,
females IL. Per cent. males SO, fe.
males 81. Those present every day
Burkett Reynolds, Wallace Davis,
Mary Maze, Jennie Isthmau, Mana
Islhman, Lulu Isthman, Flora Viii.
liams.
Sheriff Elliott drove the iron
gray horse owned by Lockard & Kel.
lam, the liverymen, to Caledonia Mon.
day. He stopped at the Benne.ts
Branch hotel over night and in the
morning when he went to get the horse
it was missing and has not been heard
from since. The halter remained in
the stall but the equine was probably
stolen as most of the oats and hay
remained.-EM Democrat.
Quite number of children are
being kept out of school just now on
account of the scarlet fever scare. 1t
is we'll to be careful, but the same boys
that stay out of school to avoid danger
of the fever, spend much of the eve.
ming after school, and after dark, too,
playing with the boys they would
come in contact with in the school
room. All the patients that have been
attacked up TO this time, are again
about we'll.
John Grubbs, who resides at the
upper end of town, lost COW Monday
from what he supposed to have been
choking to death. He concluded to
save at least the hide, which he was
taking of, when to his astonishment
he found a bullet hole in her side.
Whether the act was done by the
carelessness Of some gunner, or ma.
liciously, is not yet known, but the
theory Of accidental shooting would
seem to be the most reasonable.
The judicial nominations in the
Clarion.Jefferson district are now
settled, the Republican conferees hav.
ing selected John w. Reed, Esq, as
their candidate. 1t now behooves the
party to give Mr.. Reed hearty sup.
port in the district, which there is
every indication they will do, aud his
election may be counted among the
very probable results of the campaign.
His many friends 10 this county will
be rejoiced to hear of his elevation to
the bench.
The construction placed upon the
act of 1889, with regard to township
and borough assessors, has been such
as to settle large number of counties
in the opinion that it does away with
assistant assessors. This opinion is
shared by the Commissioners of this
county and their attorney, aud iu
consequence they have decided that
the one Assessor in each township shall
make the assessment for this, triennial
year. Due notice to this effect will
likely be given to the township as
SCISSORS in short time.
"A reader calls our attention tc
the fact that there will be no varie
gated colors on the mountain side:
this fall; at least not the beautiful
bright tints which usually appeal
at this season, aud the cause is thu:
given; Oppressed nature sleeps.
'We will have no decking on the
mountain tops this fall" Says the
artist, "if you take note, the early
frost, followed by this excessive hot
weather, will rob Nature of her softest
tints. The later frosts will not do the
beautiful work it would have done
The woods, already, luok leaden.
Before the close of the Grand
Lodge, A. o. u. W., which was held
in Pittsburg last week, a commission
was appointed to divide the State intC
districts to carry on the work of re-
cruiting old lodges and organizing new
ones, and $4,000 was set aside to de-
fray expenses. 1t was decided to hold
the next session at Erie in October
1898, The following Grand officers
were nominated: Master Workman
A. Anderson, of Allegheny; Foreman
John w. Beckel, of Philadelphia
Overseer, A. M. Hathaway, of West