The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-02-15

library to the public this week. All
who have books to donate are re.
quested TO hand them to Principal
Armstrong, who will see that they
have a place in the collection.
The Presbyterian congregation
of this place has in contemplation
the erection of a Sabbath school and
lecture room in connection with the
church, and a congregational meeting
is called for tomorrow evening to
consider and decide upon the matter.
All of the congregation, whether &c.
tive members of the church or not,
are cordially invited and requested
to be present.
L. j. OsgOod, of East Hickory,
was down one day last week, during
a few hours shut down, caused by a
shortage Of logs. He has charge of
the saws 10 Wheeler g. Dusenbury's
large band mill at Showdown, and
says that, notwithstanding the long
aud severe cold spell, the mill has not
been shut down a working hour this
winter, but has steadily put out from
10000 to $4,000 feet of lumber every
day. Considering the severity of the
freezing this record is hard to beat.
Constable Garfield has posted
notices to the effect that an election
will be held 10 the Borough of Tic
nesta, on Tuesday, February 81,
1893. for the purpose of electing the
following officers: One person for
Burgess two persons for Council.
men one person for High Constable /;
n person for Judge Of Elections +;
two persons for Inspectors of Elec.
tions ; two persons for School Direc.
tors; one person for Overseer of the
Poor ; one person for Constable; one
person for Collector; two persons for
Auditor.
"A few evenings ago a boy aged
about 10 yeare was caught pilfering
in M. G. Carriuger's store at Marien.
Vile. The young fellow had left the
church where meetings we're in pro.
gress but a short time before, and had
no difficulty in gaining an entrance,
having it seems, provided himself
with a key. 1t was evidently not bis
first visit, as Mr.. Carringer had been
missing cigars aud small articles for
some time previous, and laid the trap
on this particular evening, into which
the young fellow walked very On.
suspectiugly.
The first charter issued in Penn.
sylvania for a Local League for Good
Roads has been received, says a
Meadville paper, by the organizer,
H. S. Robson, by whom. with Messrs.
A. NJ. Fuller, A. CASTOR and Prof. J..
H. Montgomery, the document is
signed. Mr.. Robson will have the
charter in his hands for a few days
for signatures and all the citizens who
are interested in this movement, and
this should be everyone, are reques.
ted to add their names and influence.
The matter is being supported by
some of the most careful and reliable
men of the county, and the growth of
the movement has heen remarkable.
Unless all signs fail the ensuing years
will see some radical improvements
on the present aimless methods of
building and caring for roads.
Among Oil City's attractions
none give greater pleasure to or pos.
sess so much interest for the visitor
than a tour Of the splendid newspa-
per plant of the Derrick, which now
occupies a tlIree.story building each
story being a veritable hive of indus.
try. The type.setting machines are a
curiosity we'll worth going to see, to
say nothing of the finely equipped job
rooms and book bindery. But the
thing which takes the visitors eye
and fills him with admiration is the
new Scott Perfecting Press, which
takes the blank paper from a roll aud
converts it into an eight.page paper,
folded complete for mailing, at the
rate of o hundred and seventy per
minute, or more than ten thousand
per hour. You wonder why the
Derrick needs such a lightning press,
but when it is understood that its
Semi Weekly edition has reached the
handsome size of 10000 copies and
steadily increasing, and hat these
papers must be gotten out of the way
of the Daily, two nights in the week,