The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-18
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Oil market closed yesterday 56l.

Harry r. Wilson, Esq, of Clar.
ion, was business visitor to town last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Whittekin Of
Conneaut, Ohio, are guests of Tionesta
friends this week.
DIR. Mason reports a new daughter
at the home of o. B. Mcintyre, Stew.
arts Run, last Saturday.
Candidates fowler, Haight, Doutt
and Jameson we're busy this week,
seeing their friends, as it we're.
--Chas. Folwell has moved his
family to TiOnesta, where he is in the
meat business. - PleasantuiNe Record.
The Democratic county commit.
tee met last evening and fixed June
25th as the day for holding their pri.
maries in the county.
JEFF. Spencer trapped a 125.lb.
bear on the headwaters of Bob's
Creek, one day last week. The pelt
was in fine condition.
MIR. and Mrs. G. w. Osgood were
down from Wing Hill this week.
George says business in his section is
quite active this season.
r. G. Brownell is home on a
visit from Erie, where he has been
engaged with the Mauer Confectionery
Co. for the past year or two.
Charles Thomson is in Suubury
this week, as the Representative of
Tionesta Lodge, I. o. o. F. at the
meeting of the State grand lodge.
Henry Kiser raised the large barn
on his farm, German Hill, on Friday
last. Upward of seventy five helpers
were on hand, and the frame vent up
"like if it was creased"
Daring the thunder storm be.
tween 3 and 4 o'clock Monday morn
ing power house and pumping appa
ratus at Walnut Bend was struck by
Lightning and burned down. 1t he
longed to Schwartz & Caldwell. Loss
about $4,000.
The first match game Of base ball
for Tionesta is booked for Decoration
Day, Reno's crack club having sigui.
fed its Intention to come up and give
our boys a whirl. The game will be
called promptly after arrival Of the
ALI p. NJ. train.
"A course in kindergarteniug is
provided in the practice department
of the Clarion Normal School. Many
of the seniors are improving the op.
portunity to obtain practically free
what is usually an expensive part of a
teachers education.
"A fire in Pleasantvile on Thurs.
day morning burned two story
dwelling and barn belonging to G..
X. Thatcher, and a barn owned by
Mr.. Field. Incendiarsm is suspected.
Loss about 81 800. Field was insured
in Franklin agency.
Charles Bonner of Chicago, who
was called to his old home in Stone.
boro, last week, on the sad mission of
attending his mother's funeral, came
over for few hours stay only with
Tiopesta friends, being hurried back
home by the pressure of business at
this season of the yer.
-Selden Whitman proposes to try
the experiment of raising sorghum on
his place, Tionesta township, having
received batch of the soed from his
son, William, of Kansas, a few days
ago. Who knows but Selden will be
drawing a sugar pension from UDcle
Sam in the course of a year or two2
"A twelve. year.Old son of Jerry
Hepler, who lives near Newmansville,
fell from a hay NOW, last Sabbath,
while climbing down a ladder, sus.
tanning a severe fracture Of the left
arm. DIR, Mason was summoned, and
found the bone above the elbow
broken in two places. After be had
reduced the fractures the boy rested
fairly well, aud will get along nicely.
-Seowden Il Clark are building a
large annex to their already large
carriage factory. The building will
be 24x6O feet, two stories, aud will
occupy the vacant ground south of the
main structure, and is intended for the
most part as place wherein to store
and show their new work, in which
particular they have been at rather
disadvantage heretofore. We are
glad to know that the firm is obliged
to make room" for their increasing
trade.