The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-06-22
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
oil market closed Yesterday 53t.

The days are now growing shorter.
Yesterday was the longest of the year.
The State Convention of the
Peoples party is 10 session ut Franklin
this week.
Mrs. j. p. Grove is visiting her
old home at Bridgewater, Beaver
county, Pa.
Ben and Ted Kelly are home
from Kiskiminetas school for the sum.
mer vacation.
Hons. George Maloney and Rep.
resentative Henry F. James, we're up
from Franklin a few hours on Friday
last.
Mrs James T. Young Of Ebens.
burg, Pa, accompanied by her chill
dren, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. L
Fulton.
-McCuen & Simon, the fashionable
tailors. hatters and gents furnishers,
Oil City, have a new ad. in this issue.
Read il.
Misses Inez Brownell and Lizzie
Randall came home from Oberlin
College, Ohio, last evening for the
summer vacation.
Editor Smith, of the Marienville
Express. was a visitor 10 town yester.
day and gave the REPUBLICAN a fra.
ternal call during his stay.
--MarienvilIe is the only town in
the county that is preparing to cele
brato the Fourth in a general way
this year, so far ss heard from.
Saturday "hslf holidays" are now
in vogue and very much enjoyed by
those who haven't any thing to do in
particular, Saturdays or any other
days.
The Oil City papers publish the
following statement Of the relief fund /:
Received at Oil City, S4S,S5734; at
Titusville, s59,771 IA; grand total,
s1OS,62S 4S.
Mr.. John NJ Zueudel has pur.
chased a part of the farm of his
brother, J. ii Zuendel, at Starr, and
has commenced the erection Of new
house thereon.
T. j. Bowman has started his
mill on the headwaters, or south
branch of Little Hickory. He has a
considerable body Of pine, oak and
hemlock there.
Mrs. j. H. Zones will please
accept our best thanks for a nice
quantity of most luscious strawberries
Of her own raising, which far excel
the imported article.
Our county is we'll represented
with students at the, Clarion Normal
School, aud all accounts are very "a.
vorabls regarding the efficiency Of
that growing institution.
The Reno base ball boys went up
to Meadville on the 11th and brought
home victory with. them, the score
standing Z to 6 in their favor. The
Reno's played the Clarion Normal
team Monday and were beaten 8 to 4.
The many friends in Tionesta and
vicinity of Miss Rilla Ball will extend
best wishes to her on the event of her
marriage to Mr.. w. Z. Trautum, a
very worthy young man of Cory, Pa,
notice of which appears in its proper
place in this issue.
DOUBTLESS the heaviest rainfall in
the same length of time that our town
has ever witnessed swOoped down upon
us yesterday evening. Elm St. was q
veritable river for several hundred
yards, and many gardens we're badly
washed. Otherwise little damage was
done.
Forest j. Bovard, who graduates
with the senior class at Grove City
college this week, has our thanks for
an invitation to attend the commence.
ment exercises. Forest has made
rapid progress since his admission to
that institution. Mrs. Bovard de.
parted for Grove City Monday, to be
present at her sons graduation.
The election which took place in
Barnett township on Tuesday of last
week was one Of the most holly con.
tested of any in the history Of the
township, and called out a good sized
vote. The question at issue was a
proposition TO change the place of
holding the general elections from the
Jacob Maze carpenter shop to the
village Of ClaringtOn. The change
was not made. the majority being
decidedly against it.