The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-08-08

| "A luiRo cTOWu from mere alleHu6u
the camp meeting at Tidioute last Sab
bath. 1t was painfully evident from the
tangled appearance of some of those re-
turning on the evening train that they
encountered something in the spiritual
line not strictly on the camp meeting
bill of fare.
Sheriff Jameson stopped an eloping
compile hore last Wednesday morning, on
receipt of a telephone message from Mar
ienville from the girls friends. His name
is given AS Thomas Meehan and her
name is Charlotte McMacay. The girls
mother and step-father came down and
took her home in the afternoon.
Bass are taking hold of the "spinner"
in sportive style these days, but they
have no use for minnows. Charley Bo-
ward has landed number of fine speci-
mems within the past week, but when
DR.. Rumberger and Jim Davis endeav-
orod to entice them with clubs the
''gamey divils" refused to be lured.
"A survey of the State land recently
purchased by the Forestry commission
is now being made. There are nearly
100000 acres to be known as the A. G.
Hopkins reservation. The land lies in
Clinton, Centre and Cameron counties.
Five thousand acres are in Cameron
county, the rest being in Clinton and
| Centre.
The Youngsville, Warren county,
Citizen celebrated its fifth birthday last
week. 1t hes done well by its town, up
holding its interests, and bringing the
thriving little city prominently before
the public each week. Therefore the
Citizen deserves to be well W held by
the citizens of Youngsville and sur
roundings.
The fourth annual reunion of the
l69th Reg't, p. ", will be held at Oak
wood Park, Ponce de Leon Springs, Mead
vile, Pa, on Tuesday, Aug. 18th inst.
The President of this organization is lie.
Howard, Franklin, Pa, and the Secre-
tary is w. II. II. Bouslough, 6O2 North
street. Meadville, Pa, to whom commu-
nications should be addressed.
The Ridgway AcUocdte says: Miss
Mae Stewart, of West Main street, who
had two crops of such beautiful lilacs
last summer, informs us that any one
can have two crops of these lovely
flowers each season if they pick all the
leaves off the bushes tue first week in
August. We give this information for
any of our readers who desire to try the
experiment.
Here is what one of the weather
sharps predicts for the balance of August:
Cool weather over upper lake regions
from 10th to 18th tornado period from
10th to goth cool wave from 2lst to 10Th:
with great electric storms in New York,
Pennsylvania and Maryland, attended
with much loss Of life and properly, from
9th to 3lst. The temperature will be
above the average.
The only thing that young man
should go in debt for is home, and the
sooner he obligates himself to pay as
much as possible ou: of his income for
house and lot or some other substantial
form of real estate, the better. There is
scarcely an industrious youth anywhere
who, if he would make up his mind to
it, could not be Independent before he
reaches middle life.-Er.
The premium list of the Punxsu-
tawney Fair, a decidedly handsome
piece of printing from the Spirits job
rooms, is at hand. The Punxy people
never do anything in second rate man
ner, and their fairs are classed among
the best given by any county association
in the state. The approaching one, Aug.
2l-24 inclusive, will be greater than any
one of its predecessors.
The Supreme Tent, Knights of the
Maccabees paid on the Sd inst. to Alice
zahniser, $1,000 through the Record
Keeper of Forest Tent, No. 1872, of East
Hickory, being the amount of policy
held by her on her brother, Nelson
Haines, who was drowned in Lake Erie
some time ago. Haines was member of
Forest Tent 1872. The final proofs of
death were submitted to the supreme
body June 30.
L. S. Constantine, bookkeeper for
]. NJ. Bemis & Sons at Duhring, was
found dead in his room in the boarding
house of Mrs. Lindsey at that place Sun
day morning, says tho Marienville Err
press. Word was sent to Squire Wilton,
who went out and made preliminary in
vestigaticn, but concluded an inquest was
unnecessary. Mr.. Constantine had been
drinking heavily for several days, and
had taken carbolic acid, whether by mis-
take or Intentionally is not known. On
the stand in his room were two bottles,
one containing laudanum and the other
carbolic acid. He drank a considerable
quantity of the latter, causing death.
He was about 30 years of age. Under
taker Sigworth prepared the body for
burial and it was sent to his former home