The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-09-20
LOCAL. AND MISCELLA NEOUS.
--Oil market closed at Sl.4O.

You can get it at Hopkins store. IT,
Ladies' skirts at Miles & Armstrong;.
The beautiful dahlia blooms with un-
ceasing fresomeness.
Republicans, pay your County tax
>and be sure ofyour vote this fall.
There were several frosts last week,
but none to hurt much, that we've heard
of.
The residence of A. b. Kelly is as
suming a brighter appearance under the
work of painter Bankhead.
County fairs will soon be on their
last legs for this season. Some OF them
ought to have been long ago.
Most men arc no better than they act
ually have to be- Venapgo Spectator.
Having reference, of course, to those out
side the weekly newspaper Office.
The Erie annual conference, M. Il.
church, convenes at jamestown, N. W,
Sept.<27. The Oil City conference, F. NJ.
church, will be held at Oil City Oct. 4.
Tho Kane Republican celebrated its
sixth anniversary last week by putting
on new dress of body type which makes
it prettier, but 'twould be difficult to
make it better.
An exchange warns people to look
out for man offering packages of envel-
opes and note paper, claiming some OF
tbns Il L IL
is an arrant fraud.
The rain of yesterday was very well
come, but double or trebble the amount
would have been more so to the lumber
men, who have a large run of boats and
barges awaiting rise in the river.
-Grapes galore at Amslers, and every
9th er variety of fruit Che appetite may
desire. And vegetables, too, fresh and
just right. Nothing stale about his store.
Groceries, canned goods, tobacco and Gig
ars. Try him. IT
--Tionesta should have two drinking
fountains tor man and beast, one at eth
or end of the business portion of the
town. Who will be the benevolent gen.
tleman TO takehold of tho scheme and
immortalize himself?
Following is list of letters remaining
uncalled for in the Tonesta, Pa, post
office for the week ending Sept. 20, 1899;
Mr.. Lewis ID. Hunter, Archie Blakeslee,
II. II. Jones, Mr.. P. NJ Clark, Miss Sa-
die Bacon. ID. s. KNOX, p. NJ.
The bridge at Tidioute has fallen
into the hands of the county and is no
longer toll concern. There are very
few of these relics OF the benighted past
left along the Allegheny river, and these
few should be speedily dispensed with.
Miss Klara German, teacher of South
Hickory school, makes the following re-
, port for first month: Present every day :
Maude Anderson, jesse Albaugh, Dale
Anderson, Ray Anderson, and Avery
Farmer. Number enrolled Is, per cent.
of attendance 96.
The Oldest newspaper in the world
is the "Tsing-Pao," or "Pekin News"
which has been published without Inter-
mission for nearly 1,4OO years. Doubt
less, like good wine, it improves with
age. The editor has our best wishes for
continued success.
C. w. Robinson is adding more beau
ty each day to his store building, and
when completed it is likely he will have
one of The handsomest stores to be found
anywhere. The latest addition isl pret-
ty steel ceiling which is being put in by
the Tionesta Heating and Plumbing Co.
--Ifinterested in horses, cows or sheep,
take the Farm Journal. We will give
this paper for the balance of 1899 and all
of 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1908, nearly FIVE
years, to all subscribers, new or old, who
pay for the FOREST REPUBLICAN year
ahead. This offer is for short time only.
Bass are taking hold in pretty lively
fashion these days. Saturday John Bush
was doing business at the upper creek
dam where no landed Is black and lC
rock bass in the short space of about three
hours. They would run from one to three
pounds in weight and John bad no diff
Guilty in getting them off his hands.
THE season for shooting human be-
ings by mistake, while hunting, has
opened earlier than usual, remarks the
Franklin NewS, but the Ne,0s seems tc
forget that the season for all things is two
or three weeks earlier than usual this
year. Mustn't get crankey about little
matter Of shooting man now and then
ahead of time.
-WitAsut doubt Forest county excells
any in the State in the matter of country
roads. The highway between Tionesta
and Mahenville could almost be called 8
boulevard, so smooth, wide, dry and free
from stone is it. Except for now and
then slight grade good team of horses
can speed along the entire distance o.
twenty-five miles without single stoI
on account Of mud or roughness. And
this particular road is only a sample o
what you find in any portion of the
county. People who travel much through
the country tell us they know withir
four rods of when they cross the line into
Forest county. And so it is, we beat thu
State in good roads. Let us take pride
in keeping up this record.
Still soma haroains IN tha stand a