The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-02-10
Barnett Township.

This time We send in our specimen of
handwriting" from the original part of
Forest County. This used to be pine
lumber region, but at present it is so hem
locky (guess your paper will stand the
strain of a new word) that letter written
here has decided tendency to resolve
itself into bunch of literary splintJrs, as
1t were.
There is considerable activity in the
lumber business along this part of the
Clarion. At the various timber landings
along the Clarion, in Barnett, there will
be put i'm this winter, If snow permits,
about 100000 feet of square timber, dis
tributed nearly as follows; at Cooksburg,
200, 1000, pine; at Maple Creek, SOC, 900, all
hemlock except 10 or 20 thousand; at
Clarington and in the near vicinity, 15O,-
900, pine, oak and hemlock; at all other
places, SO, 600, pine, oak and hemlock. The
greater part of it is already hauled. There
will he some sawed lumber also, but not
great deal.
cooRsBURG.
A. Cooks sons have built a first class
planning mill just below the Saw-mill, on
Thoms Run. Burt Cook, Esq, has
built very nice house which he will oc-
cupy the coming summer. 1t IL supplied
with water in every room. The water is
brought from the Indian Spring, as it is
called, in pipes.-The school is under
the management of Mrs. Phil. Cook, who
is very popular with pupils and patrons.
The p. o. S. of AS have built hall.
Rev. Brown held a meeting here re-
Gently, has organized class, and the town
has preaching every two weeks.-Frank
Fitzgerald lost horse on the Coleman
Hill not long ago. His teamster was haul
ing logs down the hill on double sleds.
The hill is steep and the road narrow. At
the top of the hill he put on rongh-lock,
but it came off soon after as the sled went
down over a short steep pitch in the road.
The neck-yoke broke and the sled run up
OIL the horses, throwing one down and in
flicting such injuries that it was necessary
to kill the animal. al.-Mr. Pierce is stock
ing the mill at the mouth of Coleman Run.
He will put in 1000, O)0 probably. A great
deal of the stock will be sawed into boat
stuff to be worked up on the scaffold there.
Mr.. Whitmore holds sway at the Fitz-
gerald school as 'master," there.
REDcLYFFE.
The Maple Creek Lumber Company is
running its mill right along. The product
is being hauled to tho mouth of Maple
Creek, where some of it will be built into
boats, some RATED and run, some loaded
into boats and run. The company will
huild a big lot of boats the coming season
on the scaffold at Maple Creek. The COM
pany is putting in some logs at the mouth
of Maple Creek and will likely either put
in small mill of their own or have some
body else do so TO cut out their stock there.
Wash Hall has been very sick with
bilious fever but is now recovering.-
The company has built and now occupies
a fine new store building.-Rev. Brown
has closed a successful revival at Green
wood. This place has a good Sunday
School, and church services by the NJ. L. IS
and the U. P.'s.-Mr. Lewis teaches the
school at Greenwood, and Miss Work the
one at Redclyffe.- Dotson, near
Blacks Corners, who was born in 1902,
died three weeks ago. A 13-year-old son
of David Heffron, who lives on the Ty-
!ersburg road, near Cooksburg, died two
weeks ago. Mrs. Geo. Snyder, who lived
here, died two weeks ago.
CLARINGToN.
The town here keeps on about the same
as it used to do. Morris Coon is legally
installed now as postmaster at this place.
There is daily mail from Brookville, from
Beech Bottom, and from Vowinckel.-
William Royer lost good horse a few
days since; it dropped dead on the road,
hitched with its mate to a load of timber.
Heart disease was likely the cause.-A
week ago now (Feb. 9TH our sleighing
left us; at least along the creek and on
most of the hills round us. The creek
closed up with ice for the second time this
winter on January 26th..-The schools
here are progressing nicely under the care
of A. b. Mathers. who presdes in the up
per room, and of Miss Winnie White, who
has charge of the primary Department.
Shippen Brothers will put in 1000, 900 ol
stock at their mill this winter. They will
get through on their lot this coming sum-
mer. The lumber is hauled to Button.
wood Eddy over a tram road operated by
} a direct application OF horsepower. Al
Buttonwood they will have 100000 Of
sawed lumber to run on the Spring rise
All their lumber is foated to Louisville
where they own and operate two lumber
yards doing both wholesale and a retail
business. Recently from their yards there
they filled one bill amounting to SIS, ,OO0
} They will build 2G hat-boats at Milestone
this summer coming. Speaking of boat
building there will be quite lot of them
built at the scaffolds in Barnett during the
: summer should the price permit it.
VIM. Maze and wife have issued invita-.
tions for the celebration of their silver
wedding. Here's wishing they may live
to celebrate their golden wedding.-It
was with surprise and sadness that the
naighbors and friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pearsall here heard of the death of their
little son Wayne. They all remember and
l.