The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-08-15


turned to his home in Allegheny Satur-
day. He put up 500 in cash and other
collateral sufficient to make $500, the
amount at which his bond was fixed.
According to the Titusviue Courier
the authorities on Saturday received
from Jonesboro, Mo-, phstog; apis of the
man arrested there as FRANK Woodard.
1t is not ne. The front view photograph
bears no more resemblance to Woodland
than it does TO horse. A profile view
shows a slight resemblance about the
forehead.
Thursday of last week during a
thunder storm lightning performed a
very strange freak, striking in the Allie
gheny river at Kensington about 200 feet
below the new bridge, and throwing tho
water some 200 feet in the air. This rare
occurance was seen by number of peo-
pie, who declare it was one of the most
wonderful sights they ever witnessed.
Closely following the shirt-waist man
comes the chemise man, product of At
lania. Despite his efleminite title the
chemise man is described as sensible
sort of fellow anG really cooler and
moro comfortable than the shirt-waist
man. His chemise is of soft material with
very narrow cuffs and soft, low collar.
How sweet !-Btzzard.
Uncle Sam Ridgway of the Hydetown
sanitarium is said to be critically i'll with
diabetes. Mr.. Ridgway has been life
long resident of that vicinity. He is not
only well known in this section but
throughout the entire country. His
many friends in this county will regret
to learn of his serious condition and hope
for him restoration to comparative good
health.
The school vacation days are grow.
| ing fewer and fewer and will soon be at
an end for the season. The borough
school building has been very greatly
| improved in its inner adornments, and
has been SO arranged as to accommodate
the entire six rooms very com m'ortably,
so that there will not be that horror in
the mind of the pupils at the thought OF
again taking up their studies for the year.
Mt. Zion Lutheran Sunday School
will hold its fourth annual picnic in the
grove opposite the church, German Hill
Tuesday, Aug. q, 1900. These annual
gatherings have always afforded great
pleasure to those in attendance, and the
| invitation on this occasion is a general
and cordial one. Go and take well filled
baskets of good things to eat, and enjoy
day of genuine pleasure.
-"In time Of peace perpare for war
The United States has more warship ton-
age under construction than ever before
in the history of the country in time o
peace. The new vessels building or au.
thorized include seventy of all classes,
twelve of which are battleships, six ar.
mored cruisers, nine protected torpedo
boat destroyers, fifteen torpedo boats
seven submarine gunboats and one lake
gunboat.
-Chas. s. Leech starts in few days
for Porto Rico, where he will superin
tend the planting OF an orange grove on
plantation he has purchased on thai
island. lie expects to be absent severa
months at this time. While here Mr.
Leech informed us that he had purchased
an interest in tract of hardwood tim.
Der in Tennessee, and expects to move
his family to that state next spring.
IEarienUil,e Express.
Miss Eunice Spence, of Titusvile
aud c. Y. Donnell, of Hadley, were
united in marriage, August, s. at How
ards station, Rev. Metzler, of the M. e
Church at that place, officiating. Mr.
and Mrs. Uonnell have many friends il
Titusville, Oil City and surrounding
towns. The young couple spent theil
honeymoon with relatives in Warren
and Forest Counties and passed through
the city to-day on the way to Hadley
their future Btizzdrd.
He who has love for the beautiful
in nature will be impressed with the SEN
timent expressed in the following lines
from the pen of an anonymous poet, aflel
returning from a drive through the coun
try about this season of the year: 60
would flee from the city's rule and law
from her form and fashion cut loose, anC
go where the strawberry grows on th
straw and the gooseberry grows on tn
goose. / fain would hear the dog-wooC
bark, pump drink from the pumpkin
tree, gather rags from the rag-weed vine
and live on in my endless glee."
Torch light professions will soon b
in season. They will attract delegation
from the outlying districts, attired in cd,
costumes and amateur and other kinds @
brass bands will play spasmodic march
es. Public spirited partisans will illu
inmate their proches and red fire vii
sputter in dazzling vermillion before tn
; eyes of the surging multitude. Newspa
pers favorable to the politics of the dem
onstration will print fulsom reports {
the uprising of the masses. Papers or
posed to the party responsible for the dis
turbance will write it up in a humorou
= manner and deride the principal speaker
. This is a presidential campaign year.
Miss Carrie Lindsey, of Scotch Hill
who was visiting her sister, Mrs. Mile
: O'Donnell at Fox Creek, this county
Q was taken i'll laat Friday, but no medic;