The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-04

W. ~ cnurcn lOr 'Cnurch EXtenSlOn'
and "Freedman's Aid"
The County w. G. r. u. will hold its
annual convention in this place on
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept 1st and
I'd. The meetings will be held in the
Presbyterian church, Five sessions will
be held, being one more than heretofore.
Free Methodist oampmeeting begins
at Pleasantville to-day, and a large num-
Der will be in attendance from this place,
some eight or ten tents having been en-
gagged by Tionesta people.
Following is the list of letters re-
naming uncalled for in Tlonesta, Pa,
post office, Aug. 10, 1897: Mrs. Powell,
Miss Mary Reyner, S. S. fowler r. II.
Fuller, John Henderson, Orion Holwer,
Chas. Horner. r. i. HAsLET, p. NJ.
L. j. Catlin of Balltown received a
message Monday to the effect that his
brother, Leslie, was very low with ty-
phoid fever at Sisterville, w. Va, where
he has been engaged in drilling for the
past two years. Mr.. G. passed through
town Monday on his way to his brothers.
bedside.
That part of the Der1icbs oil report
for July covering the Pennsylvania, the
southwest and Southeastern Ohio fields
shows an increase of "a completed wells,
an increase of 72l barrels of new produc-
ton and an increase of 20 dry holes over
the June report The report also shows
net decrease of 48 in new wells drill
ing and rigs building.
Comrades S. D. Irwin and D. w.
Clark have been appointed committee
of Stow Post to solicit subscriptions to
fund to be used in paying the freight on
the cannons donated by the Government.
Enough balls have also been promised to
make two pyramids, and the freight
charges will be considerable. So when
they wait on you don't get panic stricken.
Lloyd Bloomfield, son of Mrs. E.
Bloomfield of Trunkeyville, died last
Saturday, July "a, of pneumonia, after
an illness of about four weeks. lie was
20 years of age. The funeral was held
Monday afternoon in the M. E. church at
Fagundus, the services being conducted
by Rev. ]. f. Hillard of East Hickory,
and the remains were laid to rest in the
Fagundus cemetery -IEdioute NetOS.
The Oil City Blizzard says that Mr.
Maher, ex-Sheriff L. L. Ray and DIR.
Foster, of Franklin, and Ed. Mattern,
Percy Beers and DR.. McCutcheon, of Oil
City, will go to the Klondyke gold fields.
Mr.. Maher is TO be the advance agent of
the party at Seattle and make all ar
rangements for the trip, securing years
supply of provisions and other necessi-
ties, and the party expect to leave Seattle
on the 18th of August.
Last Thursdays eclipse of the sun
arrived on schedule time, but the show
was somewhat handicapped by cloudy
weather. Those who were alert and pro-
vided with smoked glass got several
| good glimpses "when the clouds rolled
! by" but when the eclipse was supposed
TO have been at its fullest the view was
completely obstructed by heavy clouds.
All things considered, however, the at
traction was good one, it being abso-
lutely free of cost.
Elk county is becoming famous with
thee separate and distinct murder trials
on her hands. One of the accused has
been convicted and is awaiting sentence
and two Others will be placed on trial al
next quarter sessions court. The latest
murder to take place in that county was
last Sunday week, when in a drunken
brawl one Italian shot and killed fellow
countryman, and probably fatally
wounded another. The perpetrator'
name is Patsy Barnia.
School will begin in the borough on
Monday, August 80, instead of first Mon.
day of September as heretofore. Parents
and guardians should bear in mind the
compulsory school law and see that pu-
pills start on the first day of the term. Il
is also well TO remember that by an
amendment to that law children up to II
years of age are compelled to attend, the
age limit having been extended from Il
years. Unless children are regularly
employed in some capacity they cannot
be excused from attendance at school.
What would your grocer say if you
would buy a dollars worth of groceries
on time, and at the end of the year come
around and get the same amount the
same way, and so on until the bill was
several dollars? No dealer would stand
that kind OF business very long, and yet
is not that the way great many people
serve the printer? Newspaper men dom
as rule have any money to lend, espec
tally when they get no interest and run
big risks of losing the principal in many
cases. Yet some people insist on paying
the printer last, if at all.-Er.
Arrangements have been made for
special train from this section to the Ma
tional Encampment of the G. A. r. a
Buffalo. The train will leave Hickory
between 6 and o'clock on the morning
of the 23d of August, (the exact schedul,
has not yet been arranged) and rul
straight through, arriving in Buffal,
about noon. The fare for the round tril
has been fixed at S2.75, tickets good a
least till the encampment is over, ant
perhaps longer. 1t is estimated that a
least one hundred will take the train a
this station. No excursion tickets will
be sold after tine 2Sd.
The bill TO authorize and empowe
the school directors and controllers of tn
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