The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-15
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view of the show If one was going OF
above the clouds. The management will
have to do better tonight or the aggrega
ton will have to disband and go busted
The Forest Telephone Co., has com.
pleted the painting of it's poles in this
borough, thus making a very material
change in appearance for the better. The
company has also extended the hours o
service in the evening from o'clock ia
$3.50, in this borough which will be APP
preciated by the patrons, although an ex-
tension all along the line would be much
more desirable.
The supreme court has decided that
the shade trees in front of a mans resi-
dence belong to him although they may
be located on public property. The case
in which the decision was rendered was
one in which the property owner sued a
telephone company for cutting off the
limbs of his trees. The decision is of in
terest to all property owners, says Inc
Titusville Courier.
The Farm Journal has nearly two
million readers each issue; it has Just in
stalled a. new press that will print from
100 to 200 copies minute; it is the best
farm paper in America. 1t pleases the
men and women folks all to pieces. We
have made special arrangement by which
we are able to send the REPUBLICAN one
year and the Farm Journal years, (all
of 1900, 1901, 1902, 1908 and 1904 to all
subscribers of our paper new and old,
who pay year in advance. Please Re
prompt.
Hero is proof that every town should
own their own water works: "The Mead
vile JoarnaL says the water works now
owned by that city are earning at the rate
of S25, 900 year. The expenses and re-
pairs are running at the rate of about S2,-
800 quarter, at liberal estimate $1,000
a quarter, or Sl2, 900 year, leaving sur
plus over repairs and running expenses
of Sl3,500. The surplus is being applied
to the payment of the water works bonds,
the interest on the bonds and to extern
sions of the MAINS"
The Woman's Relief Corps of this
place will finish the packing of a barrel
for the Brookville Memorial Home, at
Hopkins store next Friday afternoon be-
tween the hours of and o'clocS, when
it is hoped all who have any contribu-
tions to make will have the same on
hand. The ladies wish it understood that
contributions will be cheerfully accepted
from anyone, whether connected with
the Corps work or not, and canned fruit
of any kind will be gladly received.
Please leave same at the store any time
before the hours mentioned.
People are often disappointed in not
reading in print personal or local men
ton of things concerning themselves or
their friends, and seem to think the edi-
tor is biased in regard to publishing such
items. 1t is very hard to establish in the
minds Of some people that such is not the
case. News of this character is just what
we are after and if it is not printed it has
not come to our knowledge. Some items
are thrown out because they are unjust to
others or an injury to the good name OF
the community, but items of a personal
nature we are anxious TO receive.
The attention of the school directors
of the townships of the county is called
to law approved April IL, 1899, by Gov.
W. A. Stone which provides that the
School directors of the townships of the
State shall act as health board in case OF
contagious diseases, and are empowered
to quarantine dwellings and restrict the
exposed scholars from attending the
schools. Iftheir duties will not permit
OF their attending personally to the mat
ter, by application to the court with rea-
sons for the request, the court may give
them permission to appoint sanitary
agent to work under their direction for a
stated time and specified salary.
The case of Pennington township
poor district against Hickory township,
Forest county, poor district, in which
the testimony was taken and argued
some timo ago, was decided this week by
Judge Clarke in favor OF Pennington
township, in lengthy opinion filed, says
the Clarion Republican. The pauper was
a child by name of Ray King, and the
question to be decided was whethor his
mother, Millie King, had gained settle
ment by hiring and service atKane, Pa.
The Court decided she did not and hence
did not lose her settlement in Hickory
township, which she had d. rived from
her father. The child Ray King was
born in Pennington township but his
settlement followed that of the mother
in East Hickory. Ray King died during
the pending of the case.
Mckinley prosperity is quite appar-
ent among the farmers out on what is
known as Smokey Hill," two miles
from Tionesta, on the Tylersburg road.
The past summer has seen the erection
of quite a number of substantial new
dwellings. J. T. Dale has put up com
Portable house or his farm which is occu-
pied by John Harger at present, John
Wiles has finished and occupies a com
modious new dwelling on his place which
lies on tie east side of the public road,
and Jesse Carson, on the opposite side OF
the road, will have very tasty new house
completed and ready to move into in the