The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-06-28
NEWSY NOTES.

Governor Pattison has about disposed
of the bills left him by the Legislature.
Hon. VIM. Mutchler, Democratic Con-
gresham from the sth district, died at
his home in Easton, Pa. on the 23d, of
heart disease.
1t is said ex-Superintendent D. ]. Wal
Ter will probably be the next principal of
the Indiana State Normal School, Prof.
G. w. Dean having resigned.
The residence of Joseph Brewster,
near Tylersburg, was entirely consumed
last Wednesday. None of the houshold
effects were saved. Loss, $1,000; no in
surance. The fire was caused by a de-
fective fiue.
The American deadhead is making the
real national exhibit at the Fair and he is
sufficiently numerous to lead the Fair
management to suppress the figures of
free admissions, which outdo any pre-
vious exhibit.
The New Peterson for July has a rare
list of contributions, many of which are
most admirably illustrated. No other
magazine is so fair as this one, and our
readers should send for a sample copy.
Address the Peterson Magazine Co.,
Philadelphia Pa.
Fasten a nail to string; suspend it
from your thumb and finger, and the nail
will oscillate like pendulum. Let some
one place his open hand under the nail
and it will change to a rotary. Let a
third person place his hand on your
shoulder, the nail will become station
ary.
The souvenir Columbian quarter dol
lars have been produced at the Philadel-
phia mint and will soon be in the hands
of the woman's department of the CO.
lumbar Exposition. AS only 49, 900
have baen coined doubtless they will
command high premium and find ready
takers.
Gov. Altgeldt of Illinois issued par
dons Monday to Samnel Fielden, oscar
Neebe and Michael Schwaab, the anar-
chists now serving terms of imprison-
ment at Joliet penitentiary for alledged
completely in the Haymarket riot in
Chicago on the night of May 4, 1886. The
pardon message contains 1900 words.
The governor takes the ground that these
men did not have fair trial and that the
court was prejudiced.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector J.
II. Sandstorm of this district, in COM
pany with II. II. Slusser, revenue
| agent from Washington, d. c., raided an
illict whiskey still, at Emporium last
week, which had been running, as they
ascertained nearly year. The entire
still and appurtenances were seized and
shipped to Pittsburg by the Rev.
enue officers. The still was located with
in the limits of the borough of Empo-
rum.
A terrible glycerine explosion occurred
at an early hour last Friday morning
near Guffey Station, Mexican county.
Andy Muldoon, an oil well shooter, was
on his way to Guffey to shoot a well. He
had two hundred quarts of glycerine in
his wagon, and while coming down a
hill into Guffey Station a wheel struck a
large stone and the wagon was overturn-
| ed. Nothing was found of MuldOon or
| the horses but few small pieces of flesh
| scattered through the woods.
The most destrutive and death-dealing
| cyclone that ever visited Eastern Kansas
passed through Williamstown and the
| surrounding country in Jefferson county
last Wednesday night. 1t travelled south
east and took in a scope of country half a
mile wide and about six miles long. Not
a house, barn or tree was left standing in
| its path. 1t was accompanied by a ter
| rible rain storm and midnight darkness
Eleven dead bodies have so far been dis
| covered and il is known that at least five
more were killed. The dead l.. f.
| Evans, Emery Evans, Mrs. John Hutch
inson, Samuel Kincaide, Sadie Kincaide,
| Walter Kincaide, Eva Kincaide, William
/ Kincaide, Samuel Stewart. Their bodies
are all horribly mangled. Mrs. Hutch
| inson's arms and limbs were found in
tree a mile from the house. Eva Kin
/ caide's head was severed from her body.
Three persons are known TO be fatally
| injured and many others are seriously
hurt. 1t is probable that at least twenty
persons have been killed and thirty
| houses blown down.
A terrible calamity on the Mediterran-
can sea befell the British battleship Vic
toria, flagship of the Mediterranean
| squadron, on the 23d inst, and hundreds
of lives have been lost. The Victory,
which flew the flag of Vice Admiral Sir
| George Tryon, X. c. b., was run into of
| Tripoli by the British battleship Camper
| down, also belonging 10 the Mediterrane-
| an squadron, and under the command of
| Captain Charles JOhnstone. The Victoria
| had an enormous hole made in her side,
| through which the water poured in tor
rents. The immense hull of the Victoria
at once began TO settle, and before those
on board of her could east loose their
small boats she went 10 the bottom carry
ing down with her nearly all on board.
/ Some of the officers and crew
managed to get out of the suction caused
by the sinking vessel and were rescued
Among those lost is Vice Admiral TTyon.
The first report of the disaster stated that
about two hundred men had been drown
ed, but later dispatches show that the
loss of life was far greater, not less than
400 of the officers and crew of the NictO-
ria have gone down with their ship.