The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-08-07

Nioucn anu ldulliy OF west HICKORY ana
ID. E. Reyner and family of Leeper, Pa,
LEFT for Jamestown Wednesday, afternoon
to attend the Crouch family reunion to.
day Thursday. Possibly the party may
visit Buffalo before returning -Tidioute
News.
-Clarice Marie, 5-months-old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson, living at the
mouth ofMlnister creek, Howe township,
died on Tuesday evening, 30th uit. Fu-
neral services were held at the home
Thursday morning last, Rev. VIM. Rich
ards officiating. The burial took place at
Warren, Pa.
The Evans family held picnic and
reunion Wednesday of last week on the
lawn of II. II. Evans at Tidioute. A
large number of the relatives and family
connection was present, among the
number being Mr.. aud Mrs. G. w. War
den of Endeavor, aud Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M. G.. Smith of New York.
The revised course of study at the
Clarion State Normal School is great
Improvement over the old elementary
course, which Is discontinued after this
year. The revised course fits graduates
for teaching any grade in high school,.
Now that tuition is free to those prepar-
ing tor teaching no teacher need remain a
provisional" teacher.
j. II. Cubbison will begin the build
ing ofa rig to-day, and Messrs. Slower
and Weller Of Emlenton will do the drill
ing on a well that has been located on the
Andrew Weller farm out beyond Starr
Postoffice. The operators are Barnsdall
Co., of Pittsburg, who have leased u
large pie"e Of territory in that vicinity
and propose giving 1t thorough test.
The new road leading from short
distance above Nebraska to the foot of
jug Handle hill, and which was opened
to the public only last season, is one of
the finest in the county, and the beauty
of the scenery along the winding Tionesta
creek will compare quite iavorably with
Philadelphia's famous Wissahickon drive
way. Try it some pleasant afternoon.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court
has Just handed down a decision declar-
ing the bicycle tax illegal, the opinion
sustaining those already given, with but
few exceptions, by all the lower courts
before whom test cases were brought.
The case appealed to the Supreme Court
from Erie county, Judge Walling having
decided the law unconstitutional, and in
this he is sustained.
Some one has fguered out that, not
counting overflow, waste and the acci-
dents by fire and flood, the total num-
Der of barrels of crude petroleum pro-
duced in the United States from 1859 to
January 1, 1901, is the appalling number
of 1000, ,5S4, ,459 barrels. Counting 5.53
cubic feet for barrel, this would fill a
pipe line foot in diameter that would
make 424 turns around the earth at the
equator.
Farmer c. f. Cropp of Cropp hill
brought in sample of Siberian rye
raised on his farm, and which had been
through the new steam thresher which he
has recently possessed himself of. The
work Of cleaning was well done, and
ought to be good card for Mr.. Cropp
ing, which will be in a short time. One
acre sown to this rye yielded "a bushels,
and Christopher would like to know who
can beat it.
-on the 18th of January last Dalton
Peckham, of Albion, Erie county, came
home intoxicated and at once began to
beat the members of his family, finally
driving them from the house. Next
morning he was found dead with four
bullet holes in his body. A reward of
81 500 was offered for the arrest and con-
vctlon of the murderer. A few days ago
Floyd Peckham, aged 10, son of Dalton,
was placed under arrest, charged with
the murder 1t is alleged that he had re-
manned ut the house after the other men,
bers of the family left the premises.
The f. NJ. camp meeting which has
been in progress in the grove on the hill
near the city reservoir since last We'd
nesday, will close tomorrow. The at
tendance has been exceptionally large
throughout, aud on last Sabbath the
crowd was variously estimated at from
1000 to 5000, more than one thousand
rigs being on the ground alone, beside
every livery stable in town was crowded
to its greatest capacity. The meetings
have been full ofinterest to those partici-
pating in them, and some very excellent
sermons have been listened to by the
large audiences present.
Inst Girnrah nr Sfnlpn.