The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-18
LOCAL AND MISCELLA NEOUs.
Oil market $.71.


-Yon can get it at Hopkins store. If.
The deepest well in the world is the
one being drilled by the Forest Oil Com
pany near West Elizabeth. 1t is now
$3.50 feet in depth.
my wife cleans house eight times a
year." said the applicant for divorce.
decree granted" said the judge in
voice that shivered.
g. We are requested to state that there
will be preaching in the NJ. e. Church at
Balltown on the afternoon. of Sunday,
Aug. %, at 3 o'clock.
Shoes at decided reduction in price
till Sept 1st. All plainly marked so you
can see just what the reduction amounts
to. Lawrence & Smearbaugh. 1t
The ladies of the w. c. T. U. will
hold "mother's meeting" in the M. e.
Church chapel next Thursday afternoon,
to which all mothers are cordially in
vited.
Why not deal where you find every
thing just as the advertisement sets
forth, and no "fake' prices. Honest val
ne for every dollar, at Miles & Arm
strong's. 1t
The annual conference of the F. NJ.
Church, meets at Ridgway, Pa, about
the lst of Sept; that of the U. b. Church
at Geneva, Pa, about the same time, and
the NJ. e. Conference meets in Oil City
on the Sth.
Two thousand FIVE hundred unnatur-
allied citizens employed in the city of
Johnstown pay S65 day into the county
treasury, under the alien tax law How
much is paid into the treasury of Forest
county under this law?
Upward of a hundred tickets for the
Chautauqua excursion were sold by
Agent Saul of the Tionesta station last
Thursday. The day was pleasant and
the large crowd seemed to enjoy the out
ing to the fullest extent.
The one session idea OF keeping
school is to be tried in Erie, from open
ing OF school term till Christmas. A
continuous session is to be held from 8
a. M, to p. M, with a short intermis-
sion in the middle of the forenoon.
Two wagon loads of clothing and
shoes at Hopkins this week. We don't
have time to mark them away up, then
cut the price. We will mark them down
where they belong the first time. We
won't dare anybody to snatch us''-no
use. They can't do it. 1t.
The lawn fete given by the Y. P. S.
@. E. at the home of Mrs. Kate B. Craig
last Friday evening was a very enjoyable
affair and was largely attended, over
eighty persons being seSved with lunch
| by the young ladies Of the society, and
all report very enjoyable evening.
j. G. Bowman and family are mourn
ing the death of their driving horse
The horse was accidentally snagged in
the side at the Pleasantville camp meet.
ing a week ago Sunday, and although
| everything possible was done for the
poor animal he died last Thursday.
Although the blackberry crop is sale
to be immense this year, up to this time
very few have been offered for sale in the
Tionesta markets. A good quality o
fresh berries would find quite ready
sale here, judging from the numerous
| ubdIu iOI lntill bil All SlhtSs
"A young widow recently put up I
costly monument to her late husband
and inscribed upon it my grief is Sc
great that l cannot bear it," A year ol
so later, however, she married again anC
feeling a little awkwardness about tn,
inscription, she solved the problem 10y
adding one word to it, 'alone."
The Oil City Derrick completed it,
twelfth year under its present manage
ment last week. Under the wise direc
tion of Mr.. p. G. Boyle the Derrick hai
taken first rank among the heavyweight
newspapers of the State, and in its espec
ial features, the oil industry of the world
it has no peer, not even a respectable i'm
! itator.
Our goods are down on first floor
but we cut price down. Miles Il Arm
strong 1t