The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-18
NEWSY NOTES.

The Celeron theatre opens on the 30th
of the present month for the season.
Some suspenders are better than 9TH
ers. So are those atMiles & Armstrong;.
Daisy, Long, girl tramp, hailing from
Phillipsburg. o., has Leen arrested at
New Castle.
Buy your spring suit of Hopkins and
get fit. 1t don't cost any mora than one
that don't fit. 1t
An exchange makes note of the fact
that neither Coxeys nor the Salvation
Army has been called cut yet.
The Government has placed an order
with the Bethlehem Iron Company for
twenty five 5-inch rapid-firs guns for the
army.
Mrs. r. S. Craig, of New Castle, died
from lockjaw. which set in after having
several teeth pulled. Cocaine was used
to deaden the pain by the dentist.
The United States flag cannot be used
in business advertisements. Samuel
Marsh, clothier of Altoona, has been
arrested charged with this offense.
A new counterfeit two dsllar Treasury
note, series of 1891, that is in circulation,
may be detected by the misspelling of
the word "bearer" and "bureau."
The London Spectator describes the at
titude of the Spanish people of one of
angry expectancy, with strong wish
for Dictator, who is apparently forth
coming.
An exchange remarks that any man
who will swear off the use of tobacco and
now that the government is planning to
get large war revenue from these arti-
cles is no patriot.
A s75O,0OO plant for the manufacture
of paper and sulphide is to be erected at
Erie. Work on the plant is to be started
at once. 1t will run twenty-four hours
day, employing 300 men.
Joseph Bennett, a drunken you g man,
rode amuck on bicycle in Indiana. He
shot and killed Chief of Police Cunning
ham, and wounded young woman. La
ter he attempted suicide and was lodged
in Jail.
Fancy vest at Miles & Armstrong;.
The numerical strength of the voluR-
teers accepted by the United States under
the recent call is 6O,S42. This does not
include the 1,S47 officers mustered in.
OF the volunteers Pennsylvania has fur
nished l0,6s0,
--latest ties at Miles Il Armstrong;. 1t
Under an act passed by the last Con-
gress person dsfacing gold or silver
coin of the United States is liable to fine
OF 81, 900 and five years in prison. This
stops the bangle fad along with other
forms of defacement.
Best bicycle hose in town at Miles q
Armstrong;. 1t
The following from an exchange shows
up an old subject in new light: When
ever You borrow paper and see an item
that don't suit your fancy, don't get mad
at the editor and want to lick him, but go
to the man you borrowed it from. 1t is
his property and he needs licking for
being jay enough to loan it to an igno-
ramus who won't subscribe, yet wishes
to dictate how it shall be edited.
The best goods, low prices, quick
sales, small profits, combined with care
full attention is what makes business
good at Hopkins store. 1t
To be proper subject for enlistment
| for war a man must be between twenty
one and thirty years of age, proper char
acter and good health; he must not be
sIess than five feet four inches tall and
his weight, according to height, must be
between l2S and $50. A man more than
| five feet ten inches tall and weighing
more than l65 pounds cannot become a
cavalryman, but must join the infantry
or artillery. This applys to the U. S.
regular army.