The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-04-28

The Pennsylvania State fair will be
held at Altoona this year, Sept ell.
-Celeron-on- Chautauqua will open for
the season of '97 on Saturday, May 20.
Mems shoes in all the new toes and
shades of leather at Miles & Armstrong;.
Warren is to have a meeting of the
National Bicycle Racing association on
June 13.
The Bucktail regiment will hold its
annual reunion at Smethport on August
10 and 20.
"A million people witnessed the ded-
ication of Grants tomb at New York
yesterday.
The annnul outing of the State Ed
itorial association will be held in Brad
ford June 1925.
Base ball finds a large space in the
daily press, vying even with the Turk
ish-Greek warfare.
Almost every man starts to work on
a Monday with a small sized New Year
resolution in his heart.
If sympathy could win battles the
Greeks would now be in Constantinople
directing the carving of Turkey.
Congressman Arnold distributed
| about ton of seeds to his constituents in
this district during the past month.
Fresh vegetables in season always in
stock at Amslers. Headquarters for
choice confectionery, cigars and tobacco.
The Peoples Party County Conven-
ton will be held on Saturday, May IS,
in Election Hall, Marienville, Pa. at 2
o'clock, p. m
This country is surely getting tout Of
joint'-no one can be found who will ac-
cept the postmastership at South Cory
don, Warren county.
| None of those large strings of trout
annually heard of as coming from the
Forest county streams have shown up
around here yet this season.
Arrangements have been made for
holding the annual reunion of the Sig
gins family at Youngsville, Warren
county, on Wednesday, June 16.
-"Bells. yells and knells," are the eu-
phonious, and not altogether Insignificant
headings that a soulless editor adopts for
his marriage, birth and death notices.
The annual report of the Secretary oi
Internal Affairs shows that 90, ,279, ,656 tons
of bituminous coal were produced in this
State last year, decrease of 1889, ,456
tons over the year before.
"A reader of the Phla. Record wrote
that paper asking which is the best color
for bride, "Of course" was the answer
"tastes differ, but if we were looking for
a bride we should peter white one'
The street corner is bad sch ool in
which to bring up the youth of the city.
A great deal of crime that is committed
by boys is hatched in the conventions
held ON the street corners at night..-Er.
"A Williamsport physician is having
three pairs of slippers made from human
skin. The leather is from the leg of al
unidentified tramp who was killed a
Williamsport, and was prepared by {
tanner of that city.
Miss Jennie o. Miller of Bradford
has brought suit against that city for $50,
900 damages for injuries sustained las
winter by falling on an icy sidewalk anC
breaking her hip. The suit is now oil
trial at Smethport.
II. C. Zeller & Co. of Marienville ar
about to open cash gooery, flour an,
= feed store in the Kane Kemp block
Their stock is being placed in position
and they will be ready to open in shor
time.-Kane Republican.
"A soldiers monument has been con
tracted for to stand in the court hous
t yard in Mercer, Pa, to cost 81, 900. Whs
b. vast improvement a soldiers monu
t ment would make in the looks of tn
4 court house yard at Tionesta9
The District convention of the We
G mans Home Missionary Society will b
n held in the NJ. Il. Church at this plac
Wednesday and Thursday, May II an
? IS, 1897. A large number of delegate
( are expected to be in attendance.
!, The Hotel Agnew is undergoin
quite number of improvement th
: spring, among them being the putting i
: of a system of electric bells which cor
y meet all rooms with the office. A hanC
some new business directory has ais
S been placed in the office.
Il The Cigarette League held the
: first public meeting in the Presbyteria
church last evening. The meeting w'
o wholly conducted by the members
IS the league and the young folks did r,
It markably well and it is to be hoped Il
interest will be kept up.
n The first really heavy thunder storl
k of this spring occurred last Sunday whe
IS it rained from about II o'clock until 81,
with the result that the cereals hay
IS freshened up wonderfully and the tre
N are quite heavily budded and some
l. the earlier fruit trees are in blossom.
is About the quickest settlement of fl
insurance we ever heard of was the pa
lr ment by Agent G. NJ. Arner, of the Orie
le company, of the damages to the res
IN dence of r. b. Crawford, which fire O
- CURED n couple of weeks ago. III
e' money was paid in less than a week aft
the fire.
a The autograph handkerchief is !
er ported to be coming into vogue amol
in girls. The iaddist circulates a lint
handkerchief among her male acquair
" ances, who are requested TO write the
autographs on it in lead pencil. ri
NJ pencil marks are then worked over
~, bright-colored silk,
80 Spring cleaning up has commenc
~ in earnest and the rains of the past f'
ty days have made some of tho lawns
town very pretty. Quite number
our citizans have hnilt nav walks aho