The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-08-30

hOOm y, SIKH nOor, Ouu FELLOWS
Temple, Broad Street, north of Market,
Philadelphia, Pa, September 9TH, 1899,
at o'clock p. m, in CONJUNCTION with
meeting of Gregg's Cavalry Division
Association. j. ]. Galbraith, Secretary,
Williamsport, Pa,
Will f. Killmer was the highest bid-
der at the auction sale of the Raab prop
erty, corner of Elm and Bridge streets,
Monday, and the same was knocked off
to him, his bid being Sl,45O. Without
question this is one of the most desirable
business corners in town, and there is not
much probability that Billy will lose
anything on his investment.
"A mans home paper is worth more
to him than any other, because it gives
him more facts and local news, besides
always working for the best welfare of
The home community. When you sub
scribe for your home paper and pay for it
you increase the editors ability to work
for the development of your own COM
munity. That's fact il we didn't write
il.
-Bigglo Swine Book is just as valuable
for man with one hog in little sty as
for man with hundred hogs feeding on
the sheltered side of barbed wire fence.
Its chapter on "Cholera' is alone worth
ten times what the book costs. You ought
to have it, the REPUBLICAN says 50. The
price is so cents, free by mail address
the publishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co.,
Philadelphia.
The outside walls of the new county
home are completed to the second story
and the partitions are about finished to
the same height. Work is progressing
quite satisfactorily now and it will not be
many weeks till the handsome edifice
will he enclosed. There is much inside
work, however, yet ahead, and if the
place is ready for occupancy by the first
of the year 1t will be quick enough job.
The postoffice department has adopt
ed a new form of domestic money order
which will be introduced gradually after
Sept 4. 1t is the size of an ordinary
bank draft and has two new features, one
being the use of carbon manifold paper
for reproducing the order instead of
writing it twice. as at present, and also
receipt. 1t is expected that the fee
charged for orders will be materially re-
duced about January.
1t is rather astonishing, to say the
least, to note with what perfect nonchal-
ance the local papers of surrounding
towns-Warren and Titusville for in
stance-announco to their readers that
this or that lightweight bruiser is about
to engage in prize fight, which is going
to be an interesting event, etc., as though
it was perfectly legitimate passtime, not
prohibited by law under heavy fines and
imprisonment. We've often wondered
whether the policemen won or lost much
money on these knockouts.
Everybody knows that we have been
from time immemorial buying quart"
baskets of Strawberries and other fruits,
and getting little more than pint, es-
pecially when the season is young and
the supply precarious. A new law, just
signed by the governor, prescribes a
standard size for the fruit baskets. Man
ufacturers of baskets must plainly stamp
as 'short" baskets or boxes of less than
standard capacity and any marketman
who sells understood baskets of fruit not
stamped "short" is liable to arrest and a
fine of S25.
1t now transpires that the three men
who have been suspected OF numbering
William Kiser, near Elk City, are entire
~ innocent of the charge. The three men,
II AIRY Blair, Austin Hess and man
named Gordon are able to prove their
and it is the accepted theory that the real
murderers have made good their escape.
The murder is said to have taken place
on Friday night, although his body was
not discovered until Sunday morning.
The detectives are now working on other
clues.-Emlenton NeioS.
The Clarion river at Ridgway has
been so terribly polluted by dead fish the
past few days that the local board of
health had to hire men and team to
haul them out of the river and bury them
to prevent an epidemic of sickness.-Ad-
Uocdte. Why don'tyour local board of
health get after the parties who are polut-
ing the river2 The extent of the polu-
ton of the Clarion river is getting 10 be
something bordering on the outrageous,
and the citizens all along the line should
see that tits stopped. The preservation
of the fish is quite secondary to the mat
ter of preserving the health of the people.
Don't miss the lecture at Bovards
hall Friday night. Matilda Fletcher is
one of the finest now travelling.
Hopkins sells the clothing and shoes.
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