The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-09-26


giving some attention to bass fishing OF
late, and has caught few. He's begin
ming on the smaller sized ones unir he
gets his muscle properly developed
when he proposes TO land few like
Commissioners Clerk Hindman showed
him the other evening.
Mrs. A. c. Urey has Just returned
from Cleveland, Ohio, where she has
made study of the latest modes in
trimmed hats. She has her fall and win
ter goods now on exhibition. Call and
examine goods before making your
purchases OF fall or winter hat. The
display of hats has never been sp passed
in this county. 1t
Miss Claudia Graham, one of the
graduates last spring OF the bort ugh high
school, who has been cerking in Freed
mans dry goods store has resigned that
position and been elected teacher of the
Jameson school, beginning her work
Monday. Miss May Smith has accepted
the position of clerk at Freedman's store.
-Ex-Judge 5. Newton Pettls died in
the Spencer hospital, Meadville, on the
18th inst, after an illness of several
weeks. Judge Pettis wss elected 10
Congress from his distaict back in the
seventies, was a well known jurist and a
leading momber of the Crawford bar as
inn 10 oil HuD IN
in politics during and for some years "a
ter the war.
"A PunXsutawney man who has been
afflicted with hay fever for many years
and who has made a study of the maladv
is convinced that instead of its being
caused by goldenrod or the pollen from
corn tassels, the poison which produces
the irrlrtipg foyer is found in the fuzz Of
peaches. The chances that his announce
ment will in any marked degree effect
the popularity of ibis luscious ,rult are,
however, very slight
The Apollo NeicS- Record is respon-
sible for this tale, which is stranger than
fiction and perhaps no more truthful:
The dead bodies of three Italians, track
hands, were found in tho woods above
Newport Wednesday night. They had
been drinking from keg of beer. When
the head of the keg was knocked in the
dead body of a large copperhead snake
was found The snake had poisoned the
beer. The faces of the dead men indicat-
ed that they had died in great agony.
Hon. A. b. Richmond, of Meadville,
who has the distinction of being one OF
the greatest criminal lawyers in the coun-
try, sustained paralytic stroke Thus
day afternoon of last week, while seated
in his Office talking with client. Mr..
Richmond is in The seventy-sixth year of
his age and has failed considerably phys
ically during the past few months. Laler
reports STATE that Mr.. Richmond's
trouble was more in the nature of vertigo
and that he has recovered from the at
tack.
1t is noticeable fact that many good
items are lost 10 newspapers every week
by the modesty of the people who hesi-
tato to Tell the reporter any matte con-
cefning themselves. The riget thing TO
do is 10 stop newspaper man on the
street or any place you meet him when
you have been on visit, have relatives
visiting you, that your wife entertained
company or anything that is in any way
a matter Of news. you have any thing
mean OF course keep it to yourself, Tor
there are always others to tell that.-KoRe
Republican.
An exchange says that the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company is about 70
tackle job to a certain extent that the
general government nor any sovereign
S tie has yet undertaken and that is the
suppression of tho tramp nuisance along
its lines. The road will police its
lines with thousand men to take care of
the hobo element that is becoming more
and more aggressive. Heretofore the
trainmen have had to look a. .er those
very undesirable citizens and every
State in the Union should bring up with,
a short turn, and the company only asks
that their men be invested with authoi ity
all along the line to make arrests.
james Black brought to this office on
Friday a land turtle that was moro than
60 years old. 1t was found in the pine
woods on his farm, and from the dates
cut on it has not been out OF that vicinity
during all these years. The first date it
bears is 1881 and the initials are those Of
A. J. Sullinger; the next daie is 1876
and no initials are those of g. w. Ste
vens, VINO now resides on the old O'Neil
farm in Richland township. The last
date is May IL, 1873, and The initials are
those OF John Black, father of James
Black, on whose farm the turtle was
found, and who died some four years
ago. Mr.. Black again look the turtle
home with him and in.ends keeping 10
on his farm.-Emlenton Herald.
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