The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-09
NEWSY NOTES.

Dealers in potatoes should bear in mind
that by late law sixty instead of fifty-six
pounds is the standard weight for bushel.
Miss Francis willard, in speaking at
Chautauqua on "woman's Waist, as De-
fined by the Corset" said: "I call IL the
death line. This line has filled more
graves than whisky"
A dispatch from Baltimore says enough
peaches have arrived i'm that city in the
past five weeks to supply about four
peaches to every inhabitant of the United
States. About 100000 packages were
received, averaging 200 to the box.
The grape crop in Erie county in the
vicinity of Wesleyville and North East
and in Chautauqua county this year prom
ises to be far heavier than any previous
year. Last year 800 carloads of grapes
were shipped and this year it is expected
the shipments will reach $500 carloads.
The Scranton Truth says: "Probably
one of the most singular deaths on record
occurred yesterday or Sunday morning at
Tivoli. William Danley, who carried the
mail from the railroad station near Tivoli
to the postoffice, received a sting from a
bee on one of his fingers, and in fifteen
minutes thereafter was dead man."
Palmer Cox has signed a contract with
The Ladies' Home journal whereby his
amusing little brownies" which he has
made 50 marvelously successful in 50.
Nicholas and in his books, will hereafter
belong exclusively to the Journal Mr..
| Cox's contract begins with the October
number, for which he has drawn the first
of an entirely new series of adventures OF
his FUNNIEST little men in the world"
What the Blizzard says in the following
item applies to more places than Oil City
some times: Oil City is just at present
passing through one of the periodical
scandal cycles which, like the itch and
other plaques, occasionally inflict al
places. There is, so far as we have heard
10 particularly narrowing case, but sever.
al little ones for cent are being carefully
nursed by the wagging tongues of the
gossips. In nine cases out of ten sucl
things have little or no foundation in fact
They are much oftener the outgrowth o
dislike, envy, jealousy or something o
that ilk. If people in general would re
peat no stories not known to be true sucl
inflictions would be of less frequent oc
currence and shorter duration.
keep it out of the paper" is the cry
which the local newspaper publisher dali,
hears. To oblige often costs considerable
though the party who make the reques
thinks the granting scarcely worth saying
"thank you" for. A newspaper is pc
culiar article in the public's eye. Tn
news gatherer is stormed at because h
gets hold of one item, and is abused be
cause he does not get another. Youni
men and often young women, as we'll a
older, perform acts which become legiti
mate items for publication and then rusl
to the newspaper Offices to beg tho editor
not to notice their escapades. The mex
day they condemn the same paper for no
having published another party doing tn
same thing they were guilty Of forgetting
apparently, their late visit to the printing
office. The subscriber expects to read tn
news, and there is always wonder when
for charitys sake, an item on the stree
and in everybody's mouth is not found il
the next issue of the paper.-Er.