The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-20
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Oil market closed yesterday 621.


suffering with the grip severely, but at
last accounts was some better.
Mrs. w. L. Courson and Miss
Sadie Grubbs, of Tidioute, are guests
at the home of S. J. Grove, north
ward.
"A number of our citizens are pre-.
pairing to harvest their next summers
supply Of ice, of which there is a good
lot of fair quality on the back
channel"
The snow is now 18 to 20 inches
deep in the woods, and the sleighing
is the best we've had in these parts in
three years; all business seems liyelier'
whether it is or not.
Struggle toughens the mind, until
by and by we do not mind the strug.
gle. You need not toughen the body
by struggle with a cough when you
have DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Hereafter an additional mail will
leave the postoffice at this place at a
o'clock p. NJ, going east and west, ar
rangements having been made to take
a pouch on the Alt train north.
The County mmissioners in re-
vising the assessments placed a valna,
ton of S12 ON cows, aud made four
grades for occupations and professions,
as follows: $50, 800, s120 and $3.50.
The family of our old friend Z.
B. Head, Of West Hickory, are all
down with the grip, even TO the bright
little twins. but their physician thinks
they will get through without serious
results.
With fow exceptions, it is the
opinion of the medicine men that grip
is not contagious, but due to atmos.
pheric conditions, and fatal only when
the victim is weakened by some other
disease or by the encroachmeut of age.
-Wm. Lawrence, whose serious i'll
ness was mentioned last week, has
shown considerable Improvement in
in the past few days, and his pbysi.
claus, who have given his case the
closest attention, believe the crisis is
past.
On Tuesday evening Of last week
w. p. Black Of Neilltown, received
news Of the severe illness of his son,
Clyde, who was at Mcdonald. And
on Friday morning another dispatch
was received telling of his death at
that place from typhoid fever.
This morning was a hummer.
Fifteen degrees below zero. and the
gas rather light. What would be the
matter with giving consumers the ben.
eft of an ounce or two more pressure
in this kind of weather? We don't
think it would break the company up.
-Chas. NJ. Colt Of Columbus, Ohio,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Jameson over last Sabbath. Mr..
Colts patent index for county records
is being generally adopted throughout
this State and Ohio, and in fac,
wherever it's merits have been prop
erly appreciated.
Mrs. White, widow of the late
Judge Wm. White, formerly one OF
Forest county's prominent citizens, is
the guest of her niece, Mrs. Geo. F.
Watson, and is meeting with a whole.
some welcome by the many old friends
of the family. Her home for a mum.
ber Of years past has been in Kansas.
On Friday night last about II
o'clock the dwelling house of Ned,
Myers, at West Hickory, took FIRE,
aud despite the efforts of the citizens
burned to the ground Some of the
household effects we're saved, but not
many. Mr.. Myers loss is estimated
at about $1,000, on which there is said
to be an insurance of 5000. The
cause of the fire is not defuitely
known, but is supposed to have been
from shavings in the upper story
coming in contact with the stove pipe.
On Jan. IA the County Auditors
met and completed the auditing of the
County account, after which, in con.
neetiOn with the County Commission.
ers, they fixed the commissions to be
paid the next County Treasurer as
follows; For the years 1898 aud 1895,
A! per cent. on all monies paid out,
aud for the year 1894, 81 per cent
In case bridge is built or any single