The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-06-29


respectfully solicits a portion Of the
public patronage.
j. H. Hardison will shortly depart
for the State of Indiana, where he has
contracted to drill number of wells,
and may move his family there. James
Garfield will go with him to. work on
the wells. Tionesta would be sorry to
lose these genial people as citizens.
--Tidioute will have IA good cele.
bration of the Fourth, having com.
pleted arrangements for an old fash
ioned blowout. The ball game be.
tween our club aud the Tidioute team,
on the latter's grounds ought to be an
interesting one, and doubtless will be.
-Ouly a few more days till the
Fourth. The boys are laying up their
small change, while the older ones are
figuring the cost Of trip out, and
taking a census of their pile of
"sheks" to see how long and far they'll
60 no doubt. May all have a good
time, and little left when the day is
past.
"A report that bicycle would be
given for 5000 old postage stamps has
been started. Envelopes that have
been laid away for many years are
dragged from their resting place and
the stamps torn off. Who made the
offer or whether it is bonafide or not
seems to be unknown, and the whole
fake is more than likely q delusion
and a snare.
"A heavy bailstorm passed over
the region of country south or east of
Tionesta creek commencing near Ne.
braska and extending several miles up
the creek, on Monday afternoon. 1t
is said hail as large as hens eggs fell,
accompanied by wind. At Warren
many hundred windows were demol.
ished and other property destroyed.
Aside from pretty heavy shower and
some wind this section escaped, the
main storm seeming to divide and pass
on both sides of US.
Charles M. Whiteman has pur.
chased the Kirchariz cigar factory and
will crowd the business during the
coming season for all there is in it.
He has rented of Mr. Agnew the room
next the Lawrence House, which is
finely adapted for the business, and
will soon have a good force of first
class workmen engaged in turning out
the high brand of cigars for which this
factory has become noted. Mr..
Whiteman is a rusher, and will un.
doubtedly make success of the cigar
business in this section.
The veteran soldier will be struck
by sense of the feetness of the years
as he recalls the fact that it is 30 years
ago 10 day since the famous Seven
Days Battles began on the Virginia
Peninsula, says the Franklin Me,cs, of
last Saturday. They came in this order:
Oak Grove on June %, Mechanics
vile on the 26th, Gaines Mill Cd the
9th, GoldiDg's Farm on the 28th,
Savage Station on the 29th, Charles
City Cross Roads on the 30th aud
Malvern Hill on July 1. Those were
probably the most trying days the
volunteers ever saw. Western Penn.
sylvania suffered full share of losses.
Among those who fell were the famous
Col. Sam. Block, of Pittsburg, aud
Col. John w. McLane of the SD P. V.
1t is exceedingly difficult to divert
attention from the great calamity
which recently befell this place. Try
as they will to turn the conversation
on other topics, in nine cases out of
ten, when two or three of our citizens
meet and talk with each other for a
few minutes, the disaster comes up as
the leading subject. The impression
made on the minds of those who wit.
messed that awful instantaneous wave
of fire cannot be effaced. 1t never
will be. There are many 10 Oil City
who have not enjoyed an undisturbed
nights rest since the awful occurrence.
A close observer will notice in many
of them with whom be talks a clearly
dehned desire to drop the subject.
They would fain drive the, horrible
nightmare from their minds. Still,
there is something fascinating about
the subject, aud as the stories of hair.
breadth escapes are told the wonder
grows that so comparatively few lost
their lives. In some quarters there
has been something of an inclination