The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-01-18

-COmPanleS and X, of Oil City an,
Franklin, respectively, new organiza
tions Of the n. G. p, pa-sed up the rive
on the 4'l0 train Monday afternoon eI
route to Harrisburg, where they tool
part in the inaugural parade yesterday
Many of our citizens were gathered a
the depot to see the boys.
County Auditor r. j. Flynn of New.
town Mills was pleasant caller yester.
day morning. illness in the family O
Auditor Abbott of Hickory, threw the
work of auditing the county's accounts
on Messrs. Flynn and Clark this year
but they did their work up promptly
having finished Monday. S. T. Carson
Of Stewarts Run was the clerk to the
board this year.
The soldier boys of the Fighting
Sixteenth" will be glad to learn that Con
gress passed last week bill giving two
months extra pay to troops that have
served out of the country, and one
months extra pay to those who have
served in this country. There was prac-
tically no opposition in either house to
this act of justice to the troops who have
served in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines.
The young people who recently cap
tivated large audience of this place by
the fine rendition which they gave of the
"Cuban Spy," play of more than ordi
merry merit, are arranging to give the
people of Kellettville an opportunity to
see the performance, having selected the
18th inst. as the date for the same. If the
citizens Of that vicinity wish to witness q
pleasing entertainment they will not fail
to attend the show.
Mr.. W. 6. Mccain, who for many
years has been ono of Brockwayville's s
prominent citizens and business men.
is going to move to Tennessee, where he
Will embark in numbering and mercan-
tile operations with his sons, ]. p. and
W. A. McCain.-BrookUiU Republican.
Mr.. Mccain il well and favorably known
here, having for a number of years been
number of the numbering firm of Col
Inns Kreitler, at Nebraska.
"A stern wheel fiat bottomed ferry.
boat, belonging to Mr.. Peters of War
ren, broke from its moorings at that
place Saturday night and came adrift on
the high water as far as this place where
it was caus hit and tied up by John Bush
Sunday morning, The boat is about
l6xS0 feet in size and has on board ten
horsepower boiler and an eight horse
engine, which seem to be in good condi-
ton except that the boiler has been over
turned
The Tionesta Timing and Plumbing
Co., is new firm consisting of w. O.
Huey and G. e. Gerow, who have pur-
chased the machinery and fixtures of
Chas. Amann, and will conduct a first
class business in this line. Mr.. Huey is
is practical workman who understands
the business in all its details, and every
effort will be made tohandle all the work
in their line that comes their way. The
firm should have liberal patronage.
Homer, son offs. C. Johnston, met
with painful and quite serious accident
last Thursday while dusting up the II M.
church. He was in the act of raising one
of the heavy windows oftho church when
his hand slipped and broke one of the
pains of glass. The jagged edges caught
his lett wrist and cut frightful cash in
the same. So deep was the cut that many
of the tendons of the wrist were exposed
and injured. DR.. Bovard dressed the ug-
ly wound, but is not sure that the young
man will not be permanently more or
less crippled from the effects of the in
jury.
-Messrs. Landers & Wyman are cut
ting the timber off the old Abbott place
near Stewarts Run postotfice, where they
are doing rushing business these days
and causing good deal of activity in
that section. Mr.. Wyman informed the
REPUBLICAN that last week his firm
made the largest shipment of bill stuff
since they had begun business, some
four or five years ago, and the demand
and prices were better than he had ever
known them. 1t is good deal of pleas
ure to note these evidences of prosperity
in our midst especially when going in
worthy direction.
We always like to hear the opinion
of man who speaks from experience and
knows what he's talking about. Now the
Franklin Nelcs man, for instance: mo
man ever sat into a little friendly poker
game without having first made up his
mind that at decent and reasonable
hour he would go home. But he doesn't
and as a consequence Kicks himself all
the way home, and if he is a married
man, some one else does the kicking
when he gets there. The need of the age
is machine for breaking up poker games
-one that will fire each man bodily from
the room at the hour agreed upon when
the sport begins"
Hats & shirts from best factories at
Miles & Armstrong;. 1t
"A settlement with the insurance COM
pany for the damage caused by the re-
cent fire to the closet building connected
with the Court house has been effected
by the County Commissioners, the sum
agreed upon, 1926, being ample to cover
all expense of repairs, plumbing, ETC.,
CsI.
whose judgment was relied upon by the