The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-19

week OF prayer in the Presbyterian
church of this place. Services will
begin at 8 o'clock each evening, and
a most cordial invitation is extended
to all. Communion services will be
held on the Sabbath following, June
Both.
-Drs, Siggins and Bowman yes.
terday morning performed the deli.
cate operation of opening a psoas
abscess on the limb of Clyde Shriver,
from which he has been suffering for
several weeks. The physicians be.
lieve he will recover without further
trouble.
Work on the new quarter. le
track at Rialto park is about com
pleted, and as the town has some new
flyers we may hope to witness trial
OF speed most any day The bicycle
boys are also whetting up for a spin
around the circle with view to rec.
ord smashing.
On Friday, June 9th, the w.
N. Y. d p. Ry., will sell excursion
tickets to Meadville and return OF
the rate Of $1.20, on account of an.
nual reunion of the Northwestern As.
sociation, G. A. Il. Special train
will leave Tionesia at S:42 a. M, re-.
turning same date.
-ExcavatiDg for the foundation
OF the new county Jail is nearly com.
pleted, and contractor Joyce has be.
gun the stone work, having had men
at work for some time in the stone
quarries The new bastie will be
ready to receive guests by the first or
middle of September, it is expected
The Fourth, two. weeks from to.
morrow, will be celebrated with con.
siderable ecLat in Tionesta. Gentle.
men having the arrangements in
hand assure us it will eclipse all
former efforts in that direction. The
program Of doings will be laid before
an expectant public as soon as com.
pleted.
We give considerable space this
week to a report of the recent meet.
ing of the Grand Lodge, l. o. 0. F.
and Daughters of Rebekah, by Mrs.
I. F. Ritchey, who represented the
Rebekahs of this place at that i'm.
portant event. The account should
be read with interest by members
and others.
The opening at Chautauqua will
be on Saturday, juno 20, and the
closing exercises Monday, Aug. 25.
Prominent days in the program are:
July A; Swedes' day, Aug. 8; Me.
mortal Sunday, Aug. IL; Grange
day, Aug. IA; Young Peoples day,
Aug. IS; Recognition day, Aug. 2l /;
Grand Army day, Aug. "a.
The Democratic primaries of this
county were held last Saturday.
There being no contest for any of the
offices to be filled the vote was light,
a number of precincts failing to make
any returns. Thomas w. Corah of
the Borough was nominated for Asso.
ciate Judge; G. F. Hunt, Marieuville
for Treasurer, and ]. j. Greeuewalt
of Barnett, delegate to the State con.
vention.
DR.. Thompson of Meadville
holds the fishing belt this season, and
will probably continue to hold it, it
"size" is to be considered. On
Thursday he landed a pike down at
the rocks in the creek which weighed
l43 pounds, the finest that has been
taken with hook and line in this Sec
tion for many years. And the doc.
tor feels a just pride in his catch.
Attention is directed to the ad.
of Capt. c. w. Clark in this issue.
The Capt. has opened feed store in
the Barnett Building aud will supply
the demand for all kinds of -four aud
feed that may be made upon him.
He keeps nothing but the best and
purest, and invites the needy public
to call and get prices, which he
thinks will recommend themselves.
The annual reunion of the
Northwestern association, G. A. r.,
which takes place at Meadville, June
9th, gives promise of being one of
the grandest ever yet held. 1t will
be largely attended by veterans and
others from this section. Governor
Mckinley will be one of the distin.
guished speakers on the occasion.
Special trains will be run of which
ample notice will be given.
"A recent letter from Sam Clark
to his parents conveys the pleasing
intelligence that he and Dick Davis
are enjoying themselves quite we'll at
Denver, though the weather in that
section has been about the most rainy
and disagreeable ever known there at
this season of the year. Dick seems
to be gaining in health and bids fair
TO recover entirely from his throat
and lung trouble. This will be vel.
come news to his large circle of
friends in Forest county.
Mrs. Shimp, wife of Isaac L.
5himp, died at her home at Conneaut,
Ohio, Sunday morning last, after an
illness of several months. The re.
mains were brought here yesterday
and Inferred in the cemetery on Ger.
man Hill. Mrs. Shimp was the
daughter of Adam Emert of German |
Hill, and was a woman highly re.
'pected by neighbors aud friends