The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-02-27
Ash Wednesday.


j. ID. w. Reck has returned
from his business trip to Butler.
Miss Lena Grove of TitusyiIle
is the guest Of Miss Euretta Proper
The only state officer to be elec.
ted ln this state this year is Treas
urer.
Rev. Jas. I. Brennan oficiated
very acceptably in the M. E. church
Sunday morning.
Mrs. j. G. Dale entertained
quite large number Of friends at a
tea party last evening.
Two women were elected to of.
flee on the Prohibition ticket in
Grove City, at the recent election.
Now is the time to get photo.
graphs. Sires has reduced the price
to S1.50 per dozen for cabinet pho.
Mrs. j. L. Craig is in atten.
dance at the meeting of the State
corps of the w. r. g., at Williams.
port.
tugrspbs, aud be guarantees Just as
good work as you would get on a
SO 90 photo. Don't miss this oppor.
tunity. If.
Girls who are matrimonally in.
clined should improve the time next
year, as it will be the only leap year
for eight years.
DR. j. w. Morrow and ]. B.
Eden left yesterday for Williams.
port to attend the State encampment
of the g. A. r
Pat Normile, formerly resi-.
dent of Forest county, but now res.
ident of Cleveland, Ohio, is the guest
of Jas. I. Brennan.
There will be a meeting of the
Venango county bar association to.
day, and it is said that Judge Taylor
will teuder his resignation.
H. NJ. Zahniser, Jack McCray
and Il. B Crawford are announced 10
the REPUBLICAN this week as candi.
dates for the nomination for Asso
ciate Judge, and now commences the
tug of war"
The Y P. S. G. E. will give a
social and reception at the home of
Miss Mae Grove this Wednesday
evening TO the new members who
have recently joined. A good pro.
gram has been arranged.
David Mintz, the hustling dry
goods merchant of Marienville, has
brought large stock of his winter
goods to TIOnesta and is selling them
at auction this week at the Kepler
block. Don't miss the opportunity
to secure a bargain.
The Hunter run we'll has been
finished and no oil was found, al.
though it was quite a strong gaser
The Jameson. Dale IL Co. we'll neal
President is down and there is a
slight show of oil. but not enough to
pay and it has been abandoned, and
the seven Jays are out of their mis-
cry.
Rev. j. I. Brennan very ably
assisted Rev. Mr.. McAuinch at the
communion service held ir the Pres.
byterian church on the 17th inst, de.
livering the sermon both moriDg and
evening. Rev. McAninch. who has
been suffering from the effects of
cold for some days past, is quite we'll
again.
Forest county paid 1926 in scalp
bountes last year. If they had our
County Commissioners down there |
that amount would not have been
quite so large. Our County Trium.
virate would rather go to law about
paying a dollar bounty on a measlev
pelt than not-and the taxpayer he'll |
pay the litigation Warren Demo.
crdt
The Rock Glycerine com paDy's
factory at Kane, Mexican county,
was destroyed by the explosion of
900 quarts of nitro.glyceriue on
Tuesday night about 10 o'clock
The factory was located mile away,
but nearly all the glass in the win.
dows of the town of Kane were scat
tered by the conclusion and IA woman
living near the magazine was driven
insane by fright.
John P. Zane, the well.knowp
oil producer and prominent citizen of
Bradford, died Friday, aged so
years His life was an eventful and
useful one. He had visited about
every country on earth was a citizen
Of California in the early times; was
Of the port of San Fran
cisco under President Lincoln; estab.
lshed the first street railway iu San
Francisco; aud in 1863 came east
and went into the oil business on Oil
Creek. He never had days school
iOg in his life, but be had brains, ell
ergy aud ambition.
We find the following paragraph
going the ROUNDS of the press, which
is about as near the truth as you get
it: A certain preacher said no news.
paper that told the truth could make
a pecuniary success. We say, by the
way Of returning the compliment.
that the minister who will at all
times aud under all circumstances
tell the whole truth about bis mem.
bers dead or alive, will not occupy