The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-04-13

to the Republican National Couven.
tion, hence his tour Of the district to
confer with the other aspirants. The
conference is set for next Friday at
Du Bois, and should the honor of one
of the two delegateships fall to him, it
will be very wurthily bestowed.
Charles Russell, at bis tonsorial
parlor, keeps on hand many toilet ar.
ticles for sale which are not kept any.
where outside the larger cities, such as
pOmade for the hair, Elite bang curriers',
razors, shaving soaps, brushes, razor
strops, imported bay rum, Glassmyers'
hair tonic-a permanent cure for
daudruff, &c, mustache wax, cosmet.
iques of various kinds. Also a choice
brand of cigars, tobacco, &c. Call
aud get the best at lowest figures.
Squire w. w. Thomas, who has
spent life time at the business, has
purchased a saw mill and will manu-.
facture lumber from the tract Of
timber along the river hillside between
Tionesta aud the mouth of Little
Tionesta. He has the plant well under
way and will doubtless have the air
full of sswdust before the MnyAowers
bloom. He will have in the neighbor
hood of 100000 feet on the tract,
about equally divided between pine,
hemlock and oak.
"A law not generally known, and
one that should be of interest to
farmers in this State, was enacted and
approved by Ex-Governor Hoyt ip
1879. The law is to the effect that
any person liable to road tax, who
shall transplant to the side Of the pub
lie highway OIL his own premises, any
fruit, shade or forest trees, shall be al
lowed by the supervisor of roads, in
abatement of his road tax one dollar
for every four trees set. AS the season
of traDsplanting trees is near at hand
it might be we'll TO hunt this law up
and derive some benefit from it.
Alex. Dale, who recently pur.
chased the Ford lot." on the corner
Of Hiland and Elm SITS, from the Odd
Fellows, into whose possession it had
passed several years ago, has erected
an Office, which will be occupied by
Dingman & Dale, on the north corner
of the same. The building will likely
make very cosy office when finished,
but the way it shuts off the view from
We editors residence is u caution to
snakes, aud if q cyclone should happen
along from the northeast some fine day
and set it back few pegs we'd have
no tears to shed for Alexis bad luck
If negotiations now pending can
be consummated, aud there is good
prospect that they will be, Tionesta
will have an oil refinery before the
summer is gone. Messrs. Wolcott
Patterson and others, who are operat.
ing the territory up about Cropp's are
the ones who have the matter in con
temptation, believing that they can
save big money by running their oil
here and refining it themselves, instead
of selling it at so cents a barrel
There ssems to be no reason why they
should not be able TO save double, and
even treble, by the scheme, which
would not be designed merely as a
competitor tn any other institution
but as a means of self preservation.
We fnd the following item in the
Postvillea !, ReVie,O, of the 9th
inst, which / interest many of our
readers who are acquainted with the
family: Loretta Purdy was born in
Steuben Co, N. Y, Oct. 29lh, 1906,
and died April 4tb, 1892 She was
married to Henry Range, Jan. 9th,
1927, and was the mother of ten
children, five now deceased. Her
husband died in 1864. H. NJ. Range
is son and Mrs. l.. Sonnkalb is O
daughter Of deceased. She had been
a member of the NJ. E. church since
she was Is years of age. The funeral
was held from the residence of II. NJ
Range and her remains were deposited
in the cemetery at Grand Meadow
Rev. E. j. Lockwood officiating. HeI
death was OccasOned from old age and
she died without pain"
The attention of the Franklin
Ne,os is directed in the usual brotherly
way to the fact that unless the NurserJ
people get a move on TiOnesLa is likely
to beat them on the establishment o.
another institution which in the nature
Of things ought to go to Franklin
Oil City Blizzard. A colored citizen
Of Kinsman, o., an expert in the
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