The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-08-25

The boy stood on the burning deck,
And shuffled his feet about.
His ma had set the cards afire
And he wanted to put 'em out.-E'r.
oil market $.7l
Court convenes next Monday.
-You can get it at Hopkins store. IT,
Monday, Sept. 9Th, is Labor Day, the
next legal holiday.
Remnants in dress goods at very low
prices, at Hopkins 1t
Fall opening at Smiths Business
College, Warren, Pa, Aug. 3O 5t
Boys pants 25c. Waists l9c. and 29c
Miles 6 Armstrong;. 1t
Sec those Sl.25 pauts for 45c.; S2.5C
pants for 95c.; s4OO for 81. .OO,at Hopkins
- -Amsler is headquarters for fruit cans
and sells them cheaper than anyone else
Sun Bros Worlds Progressive
shows will exhibit in Tionesta, Monday
Sept. 6.
Ten petitions for divorce were pre-
sented in the Venango county courts al
Franklin on Monday,
Prices are right and shoes cannot be
made better for service than sour Own
shoe is made. Miles & Armstrong. II
"A new crossing has been put in in
front of the post Office and it is good
thing, as it was the muddiest crossing in
town.
We ask you to come and see oul
prices on the best possible shoes fol
school. Every pair guaranteed by Miles
IL Armstrong. 1t
Why are they invariably referred to as
"Quiet Home Weddings?" Nobody ex
poets them to be noisy, boisterous affairs
-Blizzard. These come later on.
"A Lycoming county farmer realized
ITO bushels of wheat out of two and
half acres of land and would like to heal
from any one who can beat that yield.
Now is the time to order your frui
for canning. When buying, romembe
that Amsler is tho leader in the fruit bus
mess and will take your order for any
amount. 1t
Leon, eight-year-old son of JOSEPH
Clark, fell down the cellar steps at hi
homo last Friday and dislocated his lef
arm at the elbow. DIR. Bowman fixeC
him up and he is able to be ont again.
Mrs. @. w. Deans art class will re
sumo their studies Thursday, Sept. 2, anC
indications are that the class will b.
much larger than last year, which is say
ing good deal, as the number of pupil
enrolled last year was surprisingly larg
for the size of the town.
Last week one day, while Miss ELL
Alexander of Blacklick township, In
diana county, was talking through tel
ephone bolt of lightning followed Tn
wire into the instrument, demoralizin
it, and instantly killing the lady.
phone is a good thing TO stay away iron
during lightning storm,
Last Sunday evening a curtain in tn
Office of Hills Livery stable caught fir
from the gas stove which was bein
burped without a stovepipe and the cur
tain was destroyed and the walls back {
the stove badly scorched. Fortunatel
there was someone in the barn and tn
fire was extinguished without seriou
damage.
| Pennsylvania veterans who fought &
Lookout Mountain and Chickamagu
have a delightful trip ahead of then
The Legislature has appropriated $1,000
to pay the expenses of all Pennsylvani
soldiers who fought under Sherman i
his march to tho sea for trip TO Chattj
nooga ON the occasion of tho dedicatio
of the Pennsylvania monument in Sci
tember.
The filing Of a petition OF the citizen
of KarAs City borough, Butler count!
to have the court annul the boroug
charter, marks the closing chapter in ii
history of one OF the famous oil towns
the Butler county oil fields. Karns Cit
borough, as it is now constituted, COZ
sists of a collection Of oil country house
a postoffiee, about three stores aud poi
ulation of less than 200. In 1876 it had
a population of 1000 and was one of IL
booming towns of the country.