The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-10-16

tiary, has resigned his position on ac
count of falling health, and pr. McC.
johnson has been appointed in his stead.
Warden Wright has been a faithful aud
efficient official.
e. d. Wasson and party of gentle
men friends who were driving on Cropp
Hill last Friday report the largest bunch
of ratlers killed at one time this season.
There were the mother and seventeen
young ones. the latter ones being about a
foot each in length.
One day last week gentleman lost
pair of gold bowed spectacles, presuma-
bly, ON the ro d between Tionesta and
Little HickoI- creek. They were in a
case. The owner will appreciate the ia
vor very much and suitably reward the
finder if he will leave same at this office.
The marriage of Miss Florence X.
Clark to MIR. William o. Fuellhart, two
prominent and popular young society
people of Tidioute. was solemnized at the
residence of the brides sister, Mrs. l.. c.
| Portertield, on the Sth inst. After two
weeks of sightseeing at the PanAm. and
the eastern cities, the young couple will
! be at home to their friends at Endeavor,
| Pa.
The Merienville Express of last
week gives an account of two prominent
citizens OF that place haying received an
onymous letters threatening their lives
unless they left stated sums of money at
/ places designated by the writers. This
is serious business and if the perpetrators
are apprehended it is more than probable
the pen. will receive them for a term of
years.
The season for all game except rabbits
aud deer opened yesterday, and about ev-
cry fellow who could borrow a gun and
provide himself with a few loaded shells
was out for the "stuf" but the amount
brought in was comparatively nix Birds
are not what they were year ago. The
cold and wet weather during the hatch
ing season seems TO have done the work
for the little chicks, only small percent
age of which were able TO weather the
storms.
SO many buns and vagrants have
como to habitually spending the winter
in county jails that it is high time the
counties should find some other way of
dealing with them. A season in a county
Jail in cold weather is picnic for tramp
or bum. We trust something may come
out of the correspondence that has been
going on between the commissioners of
Venango, Mercer, Crawford, Warren and
Forest counties in relation to co-operat-
ing in tie building ofa workhouse.-Ve-
mango Spectator.
On December the Postoflice Depart
ment will place on sale the new issue of
postal cards, and they will be known as
the Mckinley cards. The design, As ex-
planned by Acting Postmaster General
Madden, includes the year of berth and
year of death Immediately TO the left
and right respectively of the pane
mckinley" which will be directly un-
der the head. Above the head will. be
the words "series of 1901" and above
that zone cent" The inscription
"United States of America" now APP
pearing on the postal cards will be aban-
doned and placed at point lower down
so as to leave the space at the upper part
of the card about one-third of the width
of the card, clear for postal marks.
AT the convention of District No. 4
Woman's Relief Corps, representing
Cameron, Elk, Forest Jefferson, Mexican
Potter and Warren counties, held in It'd
ioute, last week the following officers fol
) the ensuing year were elected: Distric
L President, Mrs. Helen S. G. Morrison
Corps 90. Smethport, Senior Vice Presi
( dent, Mrs, Mary Primer, Corps l3, Brad
t ford, Junior Vice President Mrs. Saral
l Agnew, Corps 1877, Tionesta, Distric
r Treasurer, Mrs. Nina l.. Hanchet, Corps
s. Tidioute, Secretary, Mrs. A. Deyine
+, Corps So, Johnsonburg. 1t was decided
+ to hold the next annual convention a
= Bradford. The convention unanimously
|. endorsed Mrs. Jennie f. Agnew as De
paltn mt Treasurer for next year at Get
tysburg.
The Derrick ofyesterday says: Chic
: of Police Reid received word yesterda
. to look out for man driving a bay hors
II attached to black buggy, the horse an
vehicle having been stolen from nea
n Youngsville, Warren county, and ths
1t the thief had sbeen lseen coming in thi
r direction last Sunday night. The hors
g. is bright bay in color, very rangy in az
h tion, is 16 hands high and weighs l,20
pounds. There is a small white spot o
the center of his forehead. The buggy
:. painted black, has side bars and two {
= the bows are cracked or broken. Til
robe was of grey wolf and was unlineC
=, any one in this vicinity having any II
formation concerning this rig will pleas
70 communicate with Sheriff j. w. Jami,
re son at Tionesta or Chief OF Police L.
! Dunham at Youngsvile.