The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-12-12

Study the advertising columns OF the
REPUBLICAN before starting on your
Christmas shopping tour. The merchants
who invite you to their feasts through
this paper are live business men and will
cater to your tastes in quality, style or
price.
The contract for the State bridge over
the Clarion river at Clarion, was on Tues
day awarded by the State to the Phoenix
Bridge company, Ph@nixville, at its bid
of $4,000. The superintendent of the
construction will be Herman Laub of
Pittsburg.
Attention is directed to the new ad.
of Joe Levi, Oil City's principal shoe
dealer. Mr.. Levi has been in business
in that city for a great many years, and
by square, honest dealing has built up
trade second to none in northwestern
Pennsylvania.
The Titusville School Board has de-
cided not to rec0nvene the public schools
until January 8, 1901. The prevalence of
diphtheria among the school children
caused the closing down of the schools
some weeks ago, and it was the intention
to reopen them Monday.
One of the daintiest pictures possible
to imagine will be given free to every
reader of the great Philadelphia Sunday
Press next Sunday, Dec. l6. 1t is enti-
tied "The Young Mother" and is the
masterpiece of Miss Maude Stumm. 1t
will be well to order next Sundays Press
to day.
An exchange gives this bit of warn
\ ing: The old soldiers are warned to be-
ware of "a swindler who is offering to sell
( them book and also certificate, which
makes it easy for their wives to get a
pension after they are dead. He wants
one dollar down and two more on deliv-
! cry ofgoods.
The new electric railway connecting
with the Erie at Cambridge Springs, and
the Phlla, & Erie, Bessemer, Lake Shore
and Nickel Plate makes the Edinboro
State Normal School easy of access. Ex-
penses are low. Winter term opens jan
uary 1, 1901.
1t JOHN +. BIGLER, Prin.
-Reck, Cooper & Co., on their Tubbs
run lease are finishing their twenty sew
enth well, all producers. They dropped
a string of tubing in the hole day or
two ago, which has given them some
trouble. Wasson is drilling on the Sec
ond well for Mr.. Kelly on the Oldtown
property. The first one was duster.
When selecting your candy, nuts,
and trimmings for the Christmas tree 90
to Amsler. His variety is unsurpassed
and he can furnish you by the penny
worth, pound or bushol. Candies rang
ing in price all the way from 10 to rs
cents per pound, none of which is inferior
in quality, but all strictly pure and whole
some. 2t
! "A good-natured Texan editor says
"It is not our purpose or desire to offend
any one. Should any reader of this pa
per feel aggrieved at anything which ap-
pears in our columns, if he will bring his
copy of the paper TO our office and point
out the offending paragraph, we will
cheerfully take our scissors and cut il
out for him."
George Fl. Kilmer is one of the RE.
PUBLIcAN's new advertisers, his ad. APP
pearing on this page. Mr.. Killmer has
displayed as fine a stock of holiday goods
as can be found anywhere-in or out OF
the large cities-and he has been careful
to mark the prices down low. He in.
vites you in to look over his stock anC
believes that he can please any taste.
-Kory Heath returned Friday from {
ten days trip to his native state, Ohio
where he had been for the purpose o
buying a number of carloads of hay
The yield in that state last summer wa,
unsurpassed, and the farmers are finding
ready sale for their crop at Sl2 per ton
delivered on board of cars. Buyers an
numerous, coming from all sections o
the country.
Last Thursday, at the Prothonotary'
office, S. J.Setley, j. p, united in mat
rimony two people well known to tn
citizens Of Tionesta and vicinity Mr.
James Burket of Tidioute and Mrs. Eliz
abeth Want of this place. The happ.
couple will take up their abode at tn
groom's home in Tidioute, and the bes
wishes of all their friends in this section
go with them.
1t will be "all aboard" for Stoneham
Clarendon, Tiona, Saybrook, and Shel
field next summer by the trolley rail
road, if the Warren Electric R'y Co. cal
secure right OF way through Clarendon
bo-o. The Commissioners of Mead auC
Sheffield townships are willing, we un
, derstand, and the Town Council of Clar
endon passed an ordinance on first read
, ing Tuesday evening granting right {
, way. Work Of construction will begi
early next spring if there is no obstruC
! tion.-MaH.