The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1897-03-10

new neckWear for ladies and gents at
Miles & Armstrong;. 1t
w. A. Grove has the lumber on the
ground for the erection OF a new barn.
Prisoners in the Clearfield county Jail
chewed $4,000 worth of tobacco the past
year.
When figuring up the number Of
mills in this county don't forget those in
the tax levy.
The poorest man may give as much
as the richest, If he will give all he can.
-Ram'S Horn.
IF. r. Lanson has placed new plate
glass front in his feed store, which makes
great improvement in the looks of the
'iron building"
The revival meetings at Nebraska
are still going on under the successful
management of Rev. r. A. Buzza. Over
so souls have been converted thus far.
The price of wire nails has advanced.
The Democrats will probably blame It
on to Mckinley, claiming that he used
the surplus stock all up in building his
new cabinet.
"A Missouri bride promised as a part
of the wedding service that she would
never wear bloomers or ride bicycle.
The Franklin NeioS thinks she must have
been very anxious to get married.
There have been $50 conversions at
the Ridge Avenue M. E. church in Har-
risburg during the recent meetings.
Wonder how many there will be in the
Grace NJ. e. church of the same place
this winter?
Farming may not pay, but il is be-
coming easier year by year. An Iowan
has invented a machine, which he hopes
to have in operation by the next harvest
season, for cutting corn and separating
the ears and stocks at the rate of fifteen
acres a day.
Tuesday afternoon the Barnard Oil
Company, on the Barnard farm, near
Pleasantville, in the old Shamburg dis
trict, struck well that it is estimated
will be good for 20 barrels an hour. The
flow of gas was so strong that it caused
the we'll to flow far over the derrick.
"A. lady in neiGhboring town is said
to have adopted happy plan for bring
ing her daughters home at a reasonable
hour from parties and entertainments.
The last one home must get up first and
prepare breakfast. The result is always
a race home to avoid being the last one.
The wind-up of the disastrous Della
mater bank failure in Meadville is in
sight Mr.. Roddy, the auditor, will soon
make final distribution of little over
3 per cent. The bank failed in December,
1890, for 81 200, 900 and this payment will
bring the aggregate of dividends up to
about 10 per cent.
"A lady has been lecturing in Boston
in favor of a larger consumption of on
| ions, taking as a motto the saying "Eat
onions in May, and all the year after
physicians may play" 1t is a simple
remedy, and the lecturer advised its use
through all the other months, regardless
of odoriferous complications.
Papers in the northern oil country
are telling of an Olean lady who bought
new tangled coffee pot from peddler.
In the evening she showed it to her hus-
band, hardware dealer, who told her he
kept the same thing in his store for half
the price she paid. "Well," she said,
"why don't you advertise Nobody ever
knows what you have for SALE"
The Derrick'S oil report for February
shows that 44O wells were completed in
the Pennsylvania oil field, with a new
daily production of s,5Ol barrels. There
were 100 dry holes, and 756 rigs up and
wells drilling. Compared with January.
these figures show decrease of 1853 new
wells, 49S barrels new production, A dry
holes and 81 drilling wells.
Center county grand jurors, accord
ing to one of our exchanges, are not tc
be trifled with. At the last court, in
three cases returned, the grand jury di-
rected in one that the costs be put on
the justice before whom the preliminary
hearing was had, in another that the
costs be paid by the prosecutor, and in
the third that the district attorney pay
the costs.
The heavy rains of last week caused
big raise in the river and on Friday the
ice that was gorged in the back channe
caused the water to back up over the
flats and it looked for time as though
there would be trouble, but the ice final
ly moved out and no damage was done
The heavy gorge in the river below Pres
ident which it was feared would cause
damage went out all right and we ar,
through with the ice scare for anothe
year.
Burgess X, c. Heath had his frs
case last Friday. 1t YVES the case of
tramp who had spent the night in tn,
lookup, and the Burgess promptly sen
fenced the weary wanderer to one hours
hard labor on the stone pile, after whicl
he was to serve an unlimited time eating
his breakfast. The hobo liked his sen
tence 80 well that he remained anothe
day with us and Saturday morning hi
sentence was doubled-with the excep
A ton of the breakfast part.
Mrs. Nancy McClosky, who was per
haps the oldest woman in Pennsylvania
: died at her home in Crown, Clario
8 county, at $3.50 Friday morning. Sh
was born in the village of Claude, Count
a Derry, Ireland, in 1888, and was there
? fore 100 years of age. She came TO Amer
= lea in 1881, locating first at Philadelphia
o After living there a short time sh
= moved to the farm in Clarion county
where she resided until she died. Sh
q was the mother of nine children. TIL
Il remains were buried in St. Mary,s Catt