The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-06-21

Week, al tue hOubenOlu BoouS OF Dotn
families we're consumed, the menfolks
all being out in the woods at the
time. 1t was known formerly as the
Knapp house, We believe there was
no insurance.
Governor Pattison has vetoed the
bill apprOpriating funds for the in.
provement and repair of the bank of
oil Creek from the damage occasion.
ed by the great food of June 5, 1892.
The Governor thinks the bill is un.
constitutional. 1t is hard blow to
the section of country which suffered
so terribly by that awful food.
1t is possible, even probable, says
an exchange, that land owners over
the county have forgotten the Canada
Thistle law. A prominent granger
asks us to call attention to the fact
that the thistle is a great nuisance,
and requests his brethern not to
weary in we'll doing, but rather con.
tinue in the destruction of the pest.
The axe is beginning TO swing in
these diggins. Saturdays dispatches
brought news of the following changes
in Forest county: Postmaster at Ma.
rienville, H. H. Mcclellan; at Wing
Hill, Eli Berlin; at East Hickory,
J. T. Bowman. The new medical
board of pension examiners for For.
est county is made up as follows:
Drs. j. B. Siggins, Howard Weber
and j. W. Morrow.
Home grown strawberries have
not yet appeared in market. In fact,
there are so few raised in this section
that we doubt whether many will ap.
pear. There seems to be money in
them, and why some of our enterpris.
ing gardeners don't engage in the bus.
mess is something we can't fully un'
derstand. The home grown berry
should sell for one two cents more
per quart than the imported, and
doubtless would.
One of the heaviest failures of
the day, and one which comes very
close to this section, is that of the
Oil Well Supply Co., which does bus.
iness in every nook and corner of the
entire oil country. The announce.
ment was made late Monday evening
and came like a bolt of lightning
from clear sky. John Eaton has
been appointed Receiver of the con.
cern. The opinion among operators
seems to be that the oil business will
not be seriously effected by the fail
ure.
Work on the Presbyterian
church addition is progressig nicely.
1t was found necessary to put new
sills under the entire building, the
old ones being badly decayed. The
top was lifted from the corner stone,
in which a sealed glass jar was found,
containing, no doubt, some precious
mementoes upward of 3S years old.
The seal was not broken and the
jar was replaced in the stone as il
was taken out. A copy each of the
REPUBLICAN and Vindicator was also
placed in the stone.
Among the good laws of the late
Legislature, Of which there we're u
few, is one directing the county COM
missioners of the several counties to
procure, bind and preserve copies oi
weekly newspapers published within
each county. Another good law was
one providing for the punishment ol
persons who procure the publication
in newspaper of false and malicious
statements designed to ipjure others
People who are inclined to impose on
editors with false statements about
, their neighbors would best be careful
nav what they write.-Fra',kIir
NetOs.
Charles Spaythe, tried in th'
Armstrong county courts last week
, for the murder of Councilman Shaffer
, in connection with the attempted
, Leechburg bank robbery last Febru
, airy, was found guilty of murder il
the second degree, same as Rhine
, who is now serving sentence in tht
penitentiary for the same offense
The jury was out IA hours, and rem
dered its verdict Sunday morning
, last. 1t is said that both Spaythe
and Rhine will now plead guilty t.
the indictment for burglary, fO
which they were to be tried. Thi
leaves only the cases against Wyckof