The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-05-24
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Oil market closed yesterday 5S4
How about the Fourth2 Shall
we celebrate?
The bark peeling season is now
fully on. The season generally lasts
from six to eight weeks, and makes
things lively sin the hemlocks' while
it lasts.
Z. 7. Shriver has gone to Butler
cnunty to do some drilling for his old
employer, Mr.. Duck. lie will be
located few miles from Petrolia, and
expects to be absent month or six
weeks.
The building of a new bridge
across the Allegheny river at Oil Ci.
ty, will obstruct navigation at that
point for few weeks after May 2S,
as will be observed by a notice to
that effect published in this issue of
oI the hBPUBLlCAN.
james Eakin, former highly
respected citizen of Sewarts Run,
died at his home in Pleasantville on
the 4th inst, aged II years, of paral.
ysis. Mr.. Eakin had moved to Pleas
antville with his son, Hill Eakin,
about month previous to his death.
On Memorial Day the ladies Of
the Woman's Relief Corps of this
place will serve free lunch to the
soldiers and their wives in their Hall,
over Siggins and Nason's Drug store,
from 1890 to 1870 Tickets can be
had of Capt. D. S. Knox, Marshal of
the day.
Rev. and Mrs. G. G. Rumberger,
of East Brady, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. F. Watson, of Golinza, this
week. We suspect the Doctor will
know whether or not the trout of that
section wear the same pretty little
red specks they did last year, before
he returns.
According to the law just signed
by Governor Pattison, requiring elec.
tons to be held in the election dis.
trict in which the voter resides, Tio-
nesta township will be obliged to
erect or provide suitable building
within its own limits in which to hold
general elections in the future.
John Moss, resident of Irvine.
ton. and aged about 67 years, drop
ped dead at his stopping place at
Porkey, this county, on Sunday
morning last, from heart disease. He
had been employed on the numbering
JOB Of Hiram Woods, on the head
waters Of Bobs Creek, for the past
few weeks. The remains of the de-
ceased were taken to Irvineton, where
the funeral and interment took plac,
yesterday.
One of the land marks of th'
, town was torn down Monday. 1
was VIM. Blum's corner blacksmith
shop, which has been purchased BY
Daniel Walters and Forest Proper
|; The building was erected by w. w
Dimond more than % years ago, ant
I Mr.. Blum, as a journeyman work
man blew up the first fire in the forge
and few days ago blew up the last
The new proprietOrs will put a neV
building on the corner.
Forest fires in Michigan hav
been unprecedented during the pas
week, and millions of dollars wort
/. of timber and lumber have bee
destroyed. The destruction of lif
- has also been very great, while town
and cities has suffered immensely b
the raging flames. The creates
havoc has been created in the lum
bering camps in and near the town
> of Lake City, Saginaw, Cadillac
Mich, and Amigo, Wis.
, "A West Hickory correspOnder
ie writes: A very interesting prograI
7 entitled "Columbia's Defence"
p being arranged for Jubilee Day, Ma
L 20, by our Sunday school worker
One of our young ladies, Miss Laur
. Smith, is to represent Columbia, an
on either side of her stand her 81
I defences, viz; Just Laws, Worth
I; Rulers, Good Citizens, Christai
ID Schools, Sacred Sabbath and Pul
Religion. These are represented b
10 three boys and three girls bearir
shields, on which their motto is ell
graved.