The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-03-23


has enjoyed a very nice trade heretofore
for which he desires to thank all his old
patrons, with promise that in his new
qt arters the same courteous treatment
and prompt attention will be extended 10
all customers in the future. Call and see
him.
The denomination on Saturday last
of E. w. Parshall of Warren, for Assem-.
bly,, practically without opposition, and
that of Thos. McGough and P. NJ. Speer,
in Venango, by unanimous vote, is a
compliment to these gentlemen which
they richly deserve. II the membership
of all legislatures were made up of such
material the peoples interests would in
no wise suffer, Their reelection is a
foregone conclusion.
Who are the gallant maidsP The Oil
City Blizzard says: The military girl is
abroad in the land. She has caught the
war fever; and, like the jolly little Jingo
that she is, she wants to go pluck the
boards ofthe dons. Four Forest County
girls have written Governor Hastings,
offering their services as nurses. The
new women who want to go to war or
to Alaska, should be allowed to do so.
They never will be missed
Emanuel Mealy living with his family
ofseven children, in the Mealy settle
ment, Tionesta township, was found dead
in bed last Sunday morning, when one
of the children went up to awaken him
for breakfast. He was son of the late
Henry Mealy and was aged about 40
years. His wife died while they lived in
West Virginia, from whence he returned
about year ago. Heart disease is sup
posed to have been the cause of his death.
The mayor of Meadvlle has called
an election, to be held April Z, to vote on
the question of bonding the city for $685.,
900 to purchase the plant of the Meadville
Water Company. What this borough
ought to do is to purchase the plant oe
the Tionesta Water Company, and that
right away. Every municipality should
own and control its own water plant.
Experience has taught that borough or
city can make no more profitable invest
ment.
Numerous changes in residences are
booked for the first of April in our bor-
ough. Jerry Birtcil will move into tho
DR.. Hunter homestead on River street,
and Ed. Graham will occupy tho resi-
dence vacated by Birtcil w. G. Wy
man will move into the house now occu-
pied by X. G. Heath, who expects to be
domicilad IN his new house by that time.
Other fittings will take place, but we're
not sufficiently supplied with data, to To-
cate all properly.
The Supreme Courts decision, af-
firming the decree of the Dauphin county
court in denying the motion for prelim-
mary injunction, which restrained the
Capitol Building Commission from pro-
ceeding with the work as contemplated
ends with the following sentence; "and
the appeal is dismissed at the appellants
cost" Wonder what the next step will
be to delay work of the Commission in
its effort to give the State a new capitol
In accordance with the provisions of the
law?
There has been considerable newspa-
per discussion as to when the Goth CEN
tury will begin. The New York Sun set
ties the question with the following apt
illustration; "The Goth century will be-
gin at midnight. Dec. 81, 1900, Jan. l,
1901. Ifyou had 1000 silver dollars to
place in piles Containing 100 each, your
first pile would end with number 100;
your second pile would begin with l0l
and end with 200, and your Goth pile
would begin with 1901 and end with
1000. 1t is the same way with the CEN
turies."
The continued warm weather has
brought out the buds on the fruit, maple
and other soft wood trees to the bursting
point, in fact, in many instances the buds
have opened and are exposed to the ele'
ments. All sorts of prophecies of dire
obstruction to fruit are heard, but what
the future will bring forth no mortal
knows, and it may be just as well to re-
frain from borrowing trouble over the
matter, and wait and see. 1t may be an
early spring. You can't tell. And you
can't change the program, no matter
what the results.
Large runs of timber and lumber
have been made on the creek within
the past week. the water being al
an admirably fine stage for that purpose
About all the timber of the Watson
Lands Lumber Co. at Mayburg and Min
lister creek has been gotten out, and a
fine lot it is, too. A considerable quanti-
ty of manufactured lumber from May
burg has also been brought out. Other
firms have been enabled to get out mucl
stock in the shape of logs, which will bC
worked up here. The river is too high
at present for running to the lower mar
kets.
-Capes, Capes, Capes. Cheap! A
Miles Il Armstrong;. 1t
Hon. w. o. Smith, four times th'
faithful representative of the people o
Jefferson county in the State legislature
is talked of By his large circle of friends
who never tire of a good man, for a fiftl
term, but we have doubted somewha
that it was Of his seeking until we oh
served this bluff for the farmer vote il
the last issue of his Spirit: "rhis beau
tiful spring-like weather is calculated Il
= make man feel like grasping a spad
and going eagerly to work in his gar
! den." Bro. Smith richly deserves another
, and as many terms in the legislature a