The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-08-15

bring a good price here al present, at
least until the demand has been sat
isfied. Huckleberries have thus far
been unknown here this season.
We we're misinformed about the
Aipsworth we'll on Big Coon, mention.
ed last week. The we'll is not yet
down, the drillers having had some
eak.downs, 1t is likely to be ten
days before they reach the sand.
There has wholesome movement
boen going on in sidewalk mending
during the past week or two that is
agreeable to note. Jared Huling has
the borough contract for doing the
work, and is pushing it along in pro.
per style.
List of letters remaining uncall.
ed for in Tionesta postoffice, August
10, 1894: Olivo Domenio, Miss Jes.
eie Huey, Mrs. Lizzie Karr, Samuel
Myers, W. B. McCormic, James o.
Riggle, Louis Rickenbrode r. l..
HAsLET, P. M.
j. G. Confer, one of jerks town.
ships overseers of the poor, stopped
in town a short slime last Thursday,
being on his way home from North
Warren, whittier he bad taken a man
named jim Bell, whose mind had be.
come unbalanced.
The following is said to be a
sure cure for ants and will rid a
house of them in ten hours: Mix a
pinch of tartar emetic with teas.
poonful of sugar and little water,
and place in shallow dish where the
ants most frequent"
The fourth and last quarterly
meeting of this Conference year will
be held at the Nebraska M. E. church
Saturday and Sunday, August Is and
10. Services Saturday at 8 o'clock
p. M, at which time Presiding Elder
Rev. G. o. Mead will preach.
The shower of Monday morning
between 6 and Z o'clock, was the
most copious we have had in more
than six weeks, but it lasted only
about Is minutes, and soaked the
ground barely an inch beneath thu
surface. Yet it was oh, so welcome
Mr.. j. B. Erb of West Hickory
calls our attention to an error which
occurred in an item among the new
notes of our last issue, in connection
with election of Governors from Cen
tire county. Our item stated tina
William Bigler was Governor il
1S48, whereas it should have beel
1852. Mr.. Erb can give many inter
esting "reminiscences connected wit
the Gubernatorial contests as ia
back as 1880, all from memory,
The almost universal use G
lightning rods SO long is an eVidenc
of how far the masses of mankin
may be mistaken. An exchange re
} marks that since the discovery tha
the rods are in many instances a de-
> riment to dwellings in place of Pre-
lection, they are fast disappearing
! More disaster was created than ave
f ted by the use of the so-called pre-
. tectors. A few good trees in tn
yard is better protector than
house covered with rods.
&C. M. Arner through his real e.
tate agency, sold to A. E. Moore,
Butler county, a 75.acre farm, fo
merly belonging to Hon. G. v
Clark. The property is located net
Hunter Run, on the opposite side
the public road from Mr.. Clark's, an
is known as the old Snyder plac
Mr.. Moore has commenced the ere,
tion of a house and will put u
> other buildings forthwith We al
. pleased to welcome him to citizensh
9 10 our county.
Repairs now going Oh in al
about the court house will make
> decided Improvement in the comic
> and appearance of that temple
10 justice. New steel ceilings, vel
" handsome 10 design, have been place
in the Sherif's, Treasurer's aud Cor
IS missioners' offices, the jury rooms a
y being repainted and wainscotted, al
~ the court room plastering and fire
ii coed ceiling repaired, New foo
and joists are also being put into &
D. Commissioners room. All these |
,e pairs have been badly Deeded {
IS, some time, and will doubtless
1t much appreciated.