The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-07-12
NEWSY NOTES.


Warren electric street cars began run
ming on the first inst.
Tim" Hagerty, Warren's well known
sprinter died at that place Monday of
this week.
Dick Coowell, son of the late Maj. T.
r. Cowell, of Oil City, was one of the
cadets recently appointed to West Point
Petrolia, the once famous Butler coun-
ty oil town, was visited by fire on the
morning of the Fourth, and almost total
ly destroyed. There is scarcely any like
lihood of its being rebuilt.
Charlie Bowman, aged 16, was drowned
in Sandy Lake, at Stoneboro, last Satur-
day. On Sunday John Loyns and Jo-
seph Bishop members of Pittsburg ex-
cursion were drowned while boatriding.
Forty firemen, who had gone to the
cupalo of building on the Worlds Fair
grounds Monday for the purpose of ex-
tinguishing small blaze, were caught
by the fire breaking out below them and
of thousands of people who were unable
to render the least assistance.
One of our western exchanges gives
the following: "If you have frequent
headache, dizziness and fainting spells
accompanied by chills, cramps, corns,
bunions, chilblains, epilepsy and jaun-
dice, it is fact that you are not well, but
are liable to die at any minute. Pay
your subscription year in advance and
thus make yourself solid for good obit-
uary notice."
A Chicago paper has been making a
study of the different methods of pro-
nouncing the name "Plaisance," as it
occurs in the name Midway Plsisance.
1t says; "Plezzunts" is common, so is
"playzance." "Playzahnts," with the
accent on the ultimate, is a favorite.
Frequently a speaker, doubtful of his
accuracy, makes sweeping contraction
and elision of the word, with the evident
hope of escaping observation, and says:
"Midway plez'ns." If it is old English
it is "play-zance," with the accent
weightiest on the first syllable. If it is
French it is "play- -zongs" las nearly as
may be indicated in English letters),
with no accent at all, or but very little on
the final syllable.
The last Legislature passed law pro-
viding for the registration in the Office of
the Register and Recorder of all births
and deaths in the respective counties of
the Commonwealth. The township and
| borough assessors are to gather this in
formation and for each birth and death
reported to the Commissioners are to re-
ceive five cents to be paid out of county
| funds. The clerk of the Orphans Court
is to be provided with suitable books in
which such registrations is TO be record
ed, and for every such registration is to
receive five cents. Assessors who neg
lect to comply with the provisions of the
| law are to be fined $40 for every omission,
and persons who refuse information to
the Assessor are subject to a similar fine.
A dispatch from Fairview, West Vir-
ginia, under date of July 5th, says One
of the most heartrending accidents that
has happened in this vicinity for years,
occurred near Shuman, this forenoon.
/ The particulars as received here are as
| follows: Mr.. w. p. Turner, formerly of
| Tylersburg, Clarion county, Pa, but for
the past two years having been employ
ed by the South Penn Oil company as a
pumper at Shuman, some ten miles dis
tant from this place, together with his
wife and 5-months-old child, started to
| Cassville some two miles distant from
Shuman, to attend a picnic. When 60
| ing down a hill Mrs. Turner raised an
umbrella TO shield herself and baby from
the intense rays of the sun, when the
horse Mr.. Turner was driving took
| fright, and becoming unmanageable, ran
away, throwing the eutire party out of
! the buoy. Mrs. Turner was killed al
most instantly. MIR. Turner though bad
| ly hurt, craWled to her side in time TO see
her die. The baby lived some four hours
longer when it too died of its injuries.
having several ribs broken and badly
confused about the head and body. The
remains of the wife and child viii be ta-
ken to their old home for interment.
/ The hearts of the entire community
bleed in sympathy for this husband and
and his two orphaned boys, the eldest of
whom is some Ii years old, The South
| Penn officials speak of Mr.. Turner in
the highest praise as am honest, indus
trious, upwright man, while as a family
they had won the respect aud confidence
of the entire community. Mrs. Turner
was daughter of the late A. Weber, of
Tylersburg.