The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-08-24

227 ministers in the effective, super
numerary and superannuated relations.
Bishop John P. Newman, of Omaha,
will preside.
Peaches will be high this year,
for they are not plenty. Delaware
and New Jersey will not be able to
supply the demand. Pears are also
scarce and correspondingly high. The
only fruit that promises to be very
abundant is grapes. This years
grape crop is exceedingly large.
MIR. John Brooking Of the LaRue,
Ohio, News, was one among 90 or 60
guests who suffered from the effect Of
poison, which had mysteriously gotten
into the food at a wedding supper at
that place last week. Mr.. Brooking
and wife we're both severely affected,
but fortunately none of the cases
proved fatal, though all present we're
Frustrated for some time.
j. N. Heath of Starr, has the
agency for first class seed house, and
makes a speciality of the seed potato
business. The "Ohio Jr." is one of
his favorite varieties, and is specially
adapted for this country. 1t is the
earliest variety now on the market, is
great yielder, and grows large size.
Now is the time to place your order
for next seasons seeding, and when
John comes around give him trial.
He guarantees good results.
There's no use going away from
home to attend camp meeting this
year, as one is booked for Tionesta to
commence on the Sd and continue
over the 11th of September, as per
notice elsewhere in this issue. Broad
Axe Smith, the now famous colored
minister, will be in charge of the
meeting, which means that it will be
success 10 all particulars. Mr..
Smith will be accompanied by his
wife, besides which there will be a
number of colored ministers of prom.
inence in attendance.
The sixth annual convention of
the w. G. T. u. of Forest county will
be held in the Presbyterian Church at
Marienville, this year, on the 1st and
I'd Of September. The program is
unusually large and attractive this
year, and will doubtless afford much
pleasure and profit to all who attend
the sessions. Among the prominent
National workers in the cause who
will lend their presence is Miss Clara
Hoffman, State President of Missouri,
who will deliver Que of her brilliant
lectures on Friday evening.
The W. N. Y. & P. R. R., will
run grand double excursion 10 Mag
ara Falls and Toronto, Out, Friday
September 9th. Special train will
leave Tionesta at G. 40 a. m. Fare for
the round trip, to Niagara Falls $3.50
to Toronto 1915. Niagara tickets
good returning for five days, Toronto
ten days. Toronto passengers will
leave Niagara Falls at 4:55 p. M, for
Lewiston, where boat will be taken for
Toronto. This is grand opportunity
to take in the charms Of Niagara, and
Canada's Great Industrial Fair, which
is to be held at Toronto, Sept. 9th to
18th.
The strike OF the switchmen in
the Lehigh Valley and Erie yards at
Buffalo is causing no small amount of
annoyance in the freight business,
which is affecting nearly all branches
of business more or less seriously. A
good deal of railroad property has
been destroyed by fire. said to have
been the work Of the strikers. There
is no telling where it will end, as the
strike is spreading to other roads,
those Of the w. N. Y. & P, having
gone out within day or two. This
is purely sympathy strike, the men
being perfectly satisfied with their
wages.
-Tionesta went up to Tidioute
Monday and smashed the ball team of
that place in an old. fashioned sort of
way. The game was rather loosely
played on the part of Tionesta, thus
allowing Tidioute TO get eight runs
while they took eleven. This was
done, We apprehend, for the purpose
of cOaxing them down here next day
where, of course, they would never
have seen home plate. But it didn't
work, the Tidiouters being minus the
sand. To be sure our team were
outrageously treated by the audience,
but they expected nothing else and it
didn't rattle them any. They had the
game in their own hands all along aud