The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-30
LOCAL AND MISCELLA NE0US.

Hopkins sells the clothing and shoes.
-Amsler sells the fruits and vegetables
Ladies underskirts Sl50 to $3.50 at
Miles & Armstrong;, 1t
The borough schools will close a
week from Monday for three weeks
vacation.
"A good house and lot on Elm street
for sale cheap. For particulars inquire
of P. NJ. Clark. If
In the past few days we have had
snow, freezing weather, everything about
right-but no sleighing.
The Central House dining room is be-
ing rojuvenated and greatly frightened
up by a thorough treatment of handsome
new wall paper.
The annual teachers institute for
this county will begin at the court house
Monday, December 18th, and continue
till Friday of that week.
The potato crop on the Clearfield
county Poor Farm was a failure this
year. There are at present 1l2 inmates
in the Poor House in that county.
1t is said that Marienyille girl was
such an excruciatingly neat housekeeper
that she sprinkled an eight day clock
with insect powder to get rid of the ticks
"A woman who is onto herself says
that she can strike man the hardest by
hitting his pocket book and please him
best by good cooking, and she is pretty
near correct.
WANTED Active agents to sell tea,
coffee, spices and baking powder to fam
lilies. Liberal commissions allowed. APP
ply to Grand Union Tea Co., 33 w. Long
Ave, Dubois, Pa. st
The combination of envelope manu-
facturers has raised the price of envel-
opes 25 per cent, but the REPUBLICAN
has large stock on hand and will print
them at the usual price. Now is the time
to stock up.
When trying to think what to get for
dinner Just go to Amsler for choice veg
etables, fruits, etc. His stock is always
fresh and complete and the best to be had.
He also handles choice line of groceries
at prices that are as low as the lowest. 1t
Since the snow came number of our
local sports have turned their attention
to the pursuit of the few noblo denizens
of the forest still left among the redbrush
on the surrounding hills, but the deer
are still running, or were at last accounts.
Congressman Arnold "shook the
plum tree" last week, and DR.. j. III.
Wells, late Republican candidate for
County Coroner in Elk county, has been
appointed postmaster at Wilcox, vice A.
w. Kryder, Democrat Re
publican.
The season for killing deer closes to-
day. Up to the hour of going to press no
venison has been distributed among the
poor of this vicinity. These figures are
official and can be relied on, for if it were
otherwise the printer would necessarily
be first on the list.
The holidays are approaching and ii
is time to commence to think about pres
ents, and when you are doing that re-
member that Amsler is always head
quarters for tropical fruits, nuts, confec-
tionery, etc., and he sells at wholesale OF
retail. Prices lowest. 1t
Work on the repairs to the river
bridge is again under way in charge oi
Mr.. Kreichbaum, who is making very
substantial Job of it. The eastern, OF
short span will be replaced by new work
entirely, and it is expected to have il
completed within a short
The latest swindle going the rounds
is fellow with a supply of Lima beans
saturated with oil of cinnamon, which
he sells at ten cents apiece, with the story
that his brother brought quantity from
Manila and that they are a sure protec
tion against moths. When he strikes
this section the good housewife shoulc
give him the slam bang.
Looks like we we're having an old
| W lhIOlB DuAih5 SS'Si"A N"'J
of the past week we've had very snappy
weather, with fair sprinkling of snow
enough in fact to afford good deer hunt
ing. The back channel was frozen over
the ice on Monday being sufficiently
strong to bear up good sized skater,
thing that hasn't happened this early il
the season tor a number of years past.
1t seems all the district return judge
Congressional, Senatorial and Judicia
must meet again at the respectiv,
places to compute the vote cast for th'
several candidates. When they met be
fore the soldier vote had not arrived from
Uncle Sans newly acquired possession
and it was found necessary to adjourn t
a later date. The third Friday after elec
tion is the latest date upon which the vot
can be received, and that will be Dec. ID
but even then the Manila official vote viii
not have arrived. When the law wa
passed giving soldiers the right 10 cas-
their ballots in the field, a contingenc,
such as now appears was not thought OF
We didn't think we'd ever have to sent
our boys out to spank a nation on tn
opposite side of the globe.
-Klondike rubbers at Miles & Arm
strong's. 1t