The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-05-09
NEWSY NOTES.

Work on the electric railway between |
Franklin and Oil City was began last
week.
The four license applications from III
dioute that were held under advisement
by the Warren County Courts, at the reg
ular torn. were all granted last week.
Owing to the effects of the big coal
strike; the night operators at Salamanca
Thompson and Tionesta on the w. n. y.
6 p. have been laid off for the present.
The Oil City Derrick has $4,000 libel
suit on hand. Several items and editor
ials that recently appeared in the Derrick
are excepted to by the United States Pipe
Line Company, and suit was brought in
the Venango county courts last week,
against the Derrick Publishing Company
and P. C. Boyle, for the above amount.
The Worlds Fair Rebuilt for the
Pages of History. The "Book of the
Builders one of the most artistic and
magnificent publications ever issued is
now being offered by the Pittsburg Dis
patch to its readers. 1t is beyond ques-
ton the greatest offer ever made by a
newspaper. See the Dispatch for full
| information. If.
Thirty cars containing about 10000
bushels of potatoes, have been shipped
from Cochranton, Pa, within the past
month. The price paid got mp as high as
So cents per bushel last week and about
all the tubers have been gathered up.
All the potatoes in this neighborhood
were shipped some time ago, the average
price being 81 cents.
''Rattlesnake" Pete Gruber is in his
old home at Oil City to collect "A supply
of his pets in the dens near that city, for
hismuseum at Rochester, y. Y, and has
already secured number of fine speci-
mems. If the supply gives out down
there, we would be pleased to have Pete
come up and get those that have their
homes near Tionesta. lie can have them
all.
JIG. Bowman, brother of our towns
man, County treasurer, c. r. Bowman,
has purchased the Leeper dt Co., stock OF
merchandise at Tylersburg, and will con-
tinue the business at the old stand in that
town. Clarence Leeper, the former man.
ager of the store, will move to Ohio
where he will look after some oil inter-
ests he owns in that section.-Ctarioa
JdckSonian
J. NJ. Richardson, "Pap." the veteran
W. N. Y. & p. conductor and practical
joker, had an exciting experience between
Irvineton and Tidioute Tuesday. A
Irvinetou the "Uncle Hiram" comedy
company boarded the train. After tn,
pasteboards were lifted, Pap wen
through the next ear and returning neal
Thompson's station, met a green looking
countryman, with unkempt grey locks, 4
F vacant stare and generally silly looking
, expression and "get up With visions
of dangerous maniac escaped from tn,
Warren asylum, the conductor demand
ed a ticket from his new passenger, bu
, the latter informed him that "a man il
the car said he could ride" After SOM
parley the supposed crazy man was pu
{ off the train, but run To- the other end O
the car, and when the conductor cam
. through the fellow was hugging one a
q the lady members of the troupe. With
| out parleying the irate conductor pulle
. the signal cord, stopped the train an
= was firing the man bodily, when tn
members of the theatrical party and tn
r passengers raised laugh that shook IN
o car windows. The "crazy man was on
o of the comedians, who had gone to th
. baggage car after the tickets were LITE
n and changed his costume and donned th
wig for advertising purposes. The lad
$ he had embraced was the masquerader
wite.-Derrick.