The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-05-15

how much they are 10 arrears or in
advance, and it will not be necessary
for them to ask how much they owe.
The annual report of the trus.
tees of the state hospital at Warren
shows that the whole number of 10
sane patients under treatment in that
institution on Nov. 80, 1894, was S91,
there being 482 males and 400 fe.
males. During tbe year 1,137 pa.
tients were under treatment, 81 died,
46 we're discharged restored, 55 i'm
proved.
Don't forget the school entertain.
ment. After being twice postponed
on account of the illness of Supt.
Kerr, the date has been finally fixed
for this "Wednesday evening. 1t is
not necessary at this writing to go
into details, as the entertainment has
previously been sufficiently adver.
tised. Come out and help the school
library fund.
-Brockwayville borough has
suit for $4,000 damages on hands,
the result of an accident to a lady
who tripped on loose plank in the
side walk and fell, sustaining injuries
from which she died in q short time.
There are several loose boards in the
pavement on our streets and little
attention may save the borough or
property owner heavy expense later
on.
The elocutionsry entertainment
at the court house Saturday evening
by Prof Alton Lindsey, under the
auspices of the Epworth League, was
very good. Mr.. Lindsey IS unmis.
takably an artist 10 his line and had
it not been for the inclemency of the
weather be would have been greeted
by large house. This is his second
attempt in Tionesta and he has had
poor success iu securing house, but
it was not because Of his lack of tai.
eUt.
-"Give me o pound of nails, :"
said "Rube" walking into one of
our prominent drug stores to-day,
and it took the clerk several minutes
to explain the difference between a
drug and hardware store. Finally,
however, he became convinced and
wandered out in search Of the wished.
for nailS.- Warren Ledger 1t is very
evident that Warren is not al ell up.
to-date, why, you can get anything
from a loaf of bread to a side hill
plow in our drugstores.
The sawmill belonging to r. G.
Brown at Iron City, this county, was
totally destroyed by fire last Monday
Dight, May 6. The night-watch was
busy in the boiler room of the mill,
placing new CRATES in the boilers and
did not discover the fire, which origi-
mated in another part of the mill, un-
til it had gained such headway that
nothing could be done to save the
mill, which with all its contents was
completely destroyed. The loss is
estimated At $4,000. We are without
further particulars:
"A very disastrous frost occurred
in this section Sunday night About
10 o'clock there was a slight fall Of
snow which lasted for about two
minutes, after which it rapidly turned
colder aud several people report ice
that froze one. fourth inch in thick.
ness. While the damage to growing
crops along the river was quite Sc.
we're it was not 80 disastrous as in the
higher sections of The county, where
the damage to both fruit and cereals
was very great, and serious results
are feared, for in some places the
crops we're frozen clear to the ground.
The recent rains and warm weather
had caused everything to grow very
rapidly, aU crops we're further ad.
vanced than usual, bot it is hoped
that all may turn out we'll yet.
-"Some curiosity has been ex.
pressed by local cranks to know how
Our Own we're defeated Thursday.
The secret may as we'll be made pub
lie, They were beaten By Indian
wltchcraft. In the audience was an
Indian barber from Tionesta, who
was filled with admiration for the
Carnegie Club and booze. He it
was who downed the Ritters. Near
the end of the game, when Oil City
was in the lead, he practieed the
black art and cast a spell over the
proceedings. Seating himself on the
ground, he deliberately removed one
of his shoes, took off his stockings
and extracted therefrom lot OF
leaves from some unknown plant of
wonderfully magical power, and scat.
tered them on the ground with signif-
icant but unintelligible incantations.
Hereafter he should be ruled off the
grounds" The foregoing is an ex.
tract from the Oil City Bhzzard's re.
port of last Thursdays game between
Oil City and Carnegie. in which Oil
City got it in the neck" 8 to 7.
But Russell says that was only a
small sample of what he can do in the
line of "Indian witchcrsft," and il
Oil City don't come to the front and
do the proper caper with Solomon
O'Bail and the rest of the "Injuns, -
he will "hoodoO" every game Oil City
plays this summer.
Carr-Blum.
The residence of Wm. F. Blum on