The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-12-20

w. q. Wyman is in Pittsburg on
business this week.
David Barnett was up from Oil City
Wednesday on business.
Mrs A. B. Kelly visited relatives in
Titusville and Franklin last week.
-"Ott" Huey was down from Tidioute
to spend Sunday with Tionesta friends.
Mrs. c. Amann and son Paul spent
Sunday with Mrs. 1. E. Dean of Oil City.
Robert McMullen Of Pleasantvile is
employed as bartender at the Central
House.
Clifford Craig is down from Chip
munk for few days visit with his
mother.
"A young son came TO the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Stacy Rustler, of Endeavor,
last week.
S. II. Hoskins OF Mercer was guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Shoemaker a part
of last week.
j. r. Barr, mixologist at Hotel Ag-
new, visited his family in Marienville
over Sunday.
John X. Osgood is home from Pitts
burg, where he was on business for the
past six weeks.
-Thos. CryaD, manager of Walker &
Dale's livery, attended court as a witness
in Franklin last week.
-Attornies George F. Whitmer and F.
J. Maffet were over from Clarion last
Friday on legal business.
Miss Bird Furman returned to her
home in Bradford Monday, after an ex-
tended visit with her sister, Mrs. A. w.
Richards.
Manager Yetter, of the Marienville
Hardware & Machine Co., has our thanks
for neat little 1900 calendar published
by his firm.
Miss Louella Saul, who has been
spending her vacation at the home of her
brother, w. H., returned to her duties at
North Warren hospital Monday.
Misses Helen Bowman of Fast Hick-
ory and Marie Smearbaugh of this place,
students at Oberlln, Ohio, college, are ex-
pected home tomorrow for the holiday
vacation.
William Hair, of Chipmunk, who
has been attending school here this win
ter and living with his sister, Mrs. Jas.
Garfield, has gone home for the holiday
vacation.
Mrs. B. E. Berlin and daughter
Florence, of North Dakota, arrived Fri
day and will be guests at the home of
her mother, Mrs. A. A. Pease, for sever
al weeks.
j. e Foreman of Spartansburg, Pa,
visited his uncles J. H. and Il. M. Fore
man, the last of the week. Mr.. Foreman
has been appointed Deputy Sheriff of
Crawford county, and will move his fam
lily to Meadvile soon.
j. C. Scowden is visiting the scenes
of his boyhood in Meadville and vicinity
this week. He will be present this even
ing at the marriage of his sister, Miss
Florence,to to Mr.. Arthur VanHorne, which
takes place at the residence of the brides
parents. Miss Leona Scowden accom-
panies her papa.
Miss Mertie Il. Eshbaugh, who for
the past three years has been represent
ing the Brown Mig. Co., of Colorado
Springs, Colo, as General Travelling
Agent in the Pacific Coast and adjoining
States, and a CDicago Pub. Co. in the
same capacity in other States for year,
is home on a visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Ma. John VanCamp, having arrived
here from Butte, Montana, Thursday
last.
The many frienes of Mrs. n. L.
Holmes, OF East Hickory, will be pleased
to learn that she is now in fair way to
recovery from her long and serious i'll
ness. On Thursday last sne underwent
a critical operation from which she raj
lied nicely and which her physicians be-
ieve will prove entirely successful.
Piof Russell of Cincinnati was the cfief
surgeon, and was assisted by Drs. Lu-
pher of Pleasantville and Dunn of Tio-
nesta.
West Hickory will shortly have a
new postmaster in the person of Mr.. ;. Il.
Vail, whose appointment was announced
by the P. o. Department at Washington
last week. Al one time it looked as
though our West Hickory friends might
get themselves worked up 10 postoffice
war, but the withdrawal from the contest
of Mr.. Jas. G. Carson, who was prom-
nent candidate, at once simplifed mat
ters, and made the choice of Mr.. Vail
unanimous. He will make popular Of
fetal.
Rev. C. b. Barrett, Free Methodist
evangelist, who frequently made his
home with different families in this
place, and was well and popularity known
throughout the eastern and northwestern
conferences of t. church to which he be-
longed, died after a lingering illness
from Brights disease at the Gerry Or
phanage and Home, Gerry, n. Y, Sun
day, Dec. II, 1899, aged II years. His
remains were brought to Tionesta and
inferred in Riverside cemetery this morn
ing, the funeral servicea being held in
in the f. NJ. church last evening.