The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-11-09
NEWSY NOTES.

BURGERS are working Smethport, Kane
and other nearby places, says the Miner.
Look out for them.
The Erie Dispatch says it is estimated
that not less than 100000 pounds of fish
will have been handled by local dealers
before navigation closes.
The trial of Coils. Hawkins and Streator
and Surgeon Given for Furnishing Private
lmas at Homestead, was concluded at
Pittsburg last week. The jury returned
a verdict of not guilty.
Sixty years ago the lot on which the Chi
cago Opera House nov stands was sold
for SOL, wild cat money. To-day this lot is
worth about IS, 900 a front foot, or about
81, 600, 900 for the entire lot, not inducing
the building, which is worth several times
that sum.
the Titusville Relief Association made
their report in last Sundays World, show
ing how they expended $lO4, 1926 in
burlals, groceries, clothing, houses, furni-
ture, labor and other matters of relief and
necessity, now having a balance of 81, ISL
SO on hand.
a pigeon ranch, where will be kept over
600 pigeons, is being built in Hornells-
Vile. The birds, when they are nearly
full grown, will be killed and shipped to
New York and sold in the restaurants of
that city as quail. Carrier pigeons will
also be raised.
Lieut.-Col. w. s. Horton of the Six
teenth regiment, National Guard of Penn
syl, ania. died at Ridgway on Tuesday,
from malarial fever, contracted while at
Homestead with his regiment. Col. Hor-
ton was Parliamentary of Elk county and
a prominent democrat.
Bob Hunting's circus and menagerie was
sold by the Sheriff of Lawrence county
last week. The manage of the side show,
whom he owed $4,000, bid it in. Side
shows are always better patrionized, and
Bob should trade places with his lucky
creditor awhile and he'd soon have his
show back.
There are three important times in u
mans life-when he is born, when he
marries, and when he dies. And even
then his own importance is o~vershadowed
by the curiosity to know if he is a boy or
a girl, what the bride wore, and what he
left in his will. Vain man don't cut much
figure in this world.
The town of Beaver Falls, this State, is
suffering at the hands of fire bugs, and a
number of i~ncendiary fires nave been
started, resulting in heavy losses TO the
city. The authorities are making strenu-
Gus efforts to ferret out the gang which is
suspected. A big strike is going ON in
that place at present,
The Greenville progress states that the
Delaware School Board, Mercer county,
has decided that the teachers who teach in
that township the coming winter must not
be out later than half past nine o'clock
any night previous to a days teaching.
Those not wishing that restriction placed
upon them can withdraw.
We nave a report of a potato crop this
fall that takes the biscuit. Dennis Conner,
of Clarion township, planted exactly five
bushels of potatoes last spring and last
Monday he finished digging and measur-
ing the yield therefrom when he found he
had $40 bushels. If the season had been a
favorable one undoubtedly his yield would
have been much larger.-Clarion Demo-
crat.
Displayed in the big show window of
Brennan & Davis store is an artistic china
painting, the handiwork of the late Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison. A few years ago
Mrs. r. b. Stone, of this city, sent her
brother, Mr.. George Baldwin, Of Wash
ington two pretty little Bradford kittens.
At that time President Harrison was in
the United States Senate, and was living
in the same house with Mr.. Baldwin.
Mrs, Harrison was very fond of the kit
tens, and painted their likeness on a china
vase, hat was afterward made a present to
Mrs. Stone, who prizes it very highly.
The painting represents the kittens play
ing and is a very handsome piece of work,
There never was an event so solemn or
an occasion so doleful that it did not have
a funny side TO it. After due regard has
been paid to the prophecies, look always