The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-03-28

editorial page of this paper it Will be seen
that Messrs. Black and fowler, Assembly
candidates, have placed their withdrawal
in the hands of Chairman Walker.
F. Walters ce Co., cur up-to-date mil
liners, are making preparation for their
Easter opening, and as they always make
an improvement on the previous, the
ladies can look for something simply
tout of sight" this time. 1t
Rafting of square timber and saw
logs has begun in this section for the sea-
son. Very little, if any, sawed lumber
is being RATED. This is not as ii used to
be, when, at this season of the year, the
mouth of Tiohesta creek was filled with
Lumber for miles distance. -
The body of S. G.. Robbins, whose
pathetic death by drowning-having
been knocked off the railroad bridge at
Oil City about two months ago-was
found at Philipston, some sixty miles
down the river, on Friday last, and was
brought back to Oil City for bnrial.
The famous trotting mare, Maud s.,
whose record of 2:0S3 to high wheeled
sulky was never lowered, died on last
Saturday at the farm of her owner in
Chester county, Pa. She was foale1 in
1874 and was retired from the race track
by her owner, the late Robert Bonner, in
1886.
1.-THE Little Blue Book" a complete
pocket guide to Pennsylvania. The
March number issued on tho 18th, re-
vised and enlarged. Every business or
travelling man should have it. Send one
dollar for one year, or ten cents for single
copy. Revised and issued once month.
Address Little Blue Book, Milton, Pa.
The author of "Bandanna Ballads
in the April Ladies Home Journal, is
one of the newer singers of negro folk
lore. She is Miss Howard Weeder, and
her ballads have elected the highest
praise of Joel Chandler Harris. She il
lustrates her own writings with pictures
that are as felicitous, faithful and con-
vincing as her verse.
Considerable of the REPUBLICAN, S
space is devoted to-day to an article deal
ing with number of Tionesta's active
business men and firms. Tie write-ups
are by C. Parke Greene, who is located
in Oil City, where he will be engaged in
adj writing. Doubtless his estimate OF
the town and its business people will be
scanned with interest by our readers.
A flock of about fifteen wild geese
were driven down by the storm of Mon.
day and lit in the wheat stubble up at the
county farm, where they fed the greater
part of the day. In the afternoon Harry
Dano who has been employed as car
penter at the new bank building, wen
up and managed to bag a ten-pounder
He will have the high honker 'set up
by taxidermist.
Hiram Blow, we'll and favorably
known to many in this section, where hi
once was largely engaged in the manu-
facture of slaves, died at his home in I'll
tusville on Sunday last. Mr.. Blow ha:
spent the most of his time during the las
eight years looking alter extensive lum
ber and stave mills with headquarters a
Central City, KY, which business is anC
will remain in charge of his son, V. j
Blow.
Tho Farm Journal is the boiled
down, hit-the-nail-on-th -the-head paper, Gu
to fit the farmer and villager who know
what's what. The Farm Journal io
nearly five years remainder of 1900 ant
all of 1901, 1902, 1908 and 1901 and th
REPUBLICAN one year, will both be sen
10 every new subscriber to our paper, ant
to every old subscriber who pays up ar
rearages and one year in advance. Wall
right up to the captains office.
The actual work of razing the famou
Kinzua bridge will begin next week
The bridge is nearly half mile long an
30l feet high and will be taken down i
sections. When the bridge was built
was considered one of the engineerin
feats of the century, and was stron
| euOuSu w CdII y luO IOlllIB obOCh bh0h Il
use, but the use of later-day locomotive
and cars of extraordinary weight render
the bridge unsafe. The new bridge wi
be similar to the old one and will b
built of steel.
The coach dog, Rex" owned by III
= proprietors of the Central House, took a
ugly streak Saturday evening and bit Ii
little daughter of Danish woman VII
is an employee of the house. The brut
bit the little one on the cheek and mac
a very severe wound, lascerating IL
l flesh badly. and probably marring IL
childs face permanently. This dog hi
been known to be of a vicious nature f'
D long time and has been muzzled, bl
= the muzzle has never been much of q
t impediment to his biting propensitie
e We can readily understand how easily
}. person can become attached to goo
dog, but we can't understand how an
a one can maintain or even talerate bru
of such a yicious nature as this one.