The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-09-04

quite badly mashed by getting it caught
between two ties while loading car,
at Dawson station, last Saturday. No
bones were broken but Quint will prob
ably be laid off from work for a number
of days.
Several neighboring papers have it
that the Bloomer girls defeated Tionesta
in ball game played here last Thursday.
Fact is the only teams we have heard of
that have gone down before the "bloom-
ers'' were at Titusville and Warren, who
seem to be dead easy.
The new venture on the Andrew
Weller farm, German Hill, is down
something oyer 200 feet. The drillers
met with little trouble in having the
tools slip out of the socket Monday
morning, but 1t was not expected to de-
lay operations very long.
-Cieorge Foy, one OF Marienville's in
dustrious and honorable citizens died at
his home in that place on the 22d ult.,
after an illness of several months, leaving
wife and three sons. Deceased was A
years ofage, and was favorably known
to many people in this section.
Communion services will be held in
the Presbyterian church next Sabbath
morning at IL o'clock. Preparatory SER
vices will be held Saturday evening pre-
vious. The ordinance of baptism will be
administered to children that may be
presented at the Sabbath morning SER
vices.
The Osgood Family reunion takes
place Saturday next at the old homestead
near Starr post office, and promises to be
well attended. AS there will be a busi-
ness meeting in the forenoon it is re-
quested that all the immediate family
connections try to be present as early as
possible.
The annual picnic ofthe w. r. c., al
the home of II. w. Ledabur, German
| Hill, last Friday, was quite well attended
Notwithstanding the threatening weather
of the early morning, and the copious
rainfall later in the day did not in the
least dampen the ardor of those who had
gone determined to have good time.
The largest peach we've ever seer
was grown this season in Joe Scowden'
orchard. 1t weighed nine ounces anC
measure ed l01s inches around the big way
Joe didn't lay it on our table but he quar-
tered it in our presence and we can voucl
for its lusciousness and dilicious flavor
Baskets of this kind of fruit taken OF
subscription at this office.
The barns of Martin Sgworth ant
Samuel Frank, farmers living near Line
Vile. Clarion county, were both STRUCK
by lightning Friday night last. Th'
Sigworth barn was entirely destroyed by
fire, including contents, grain and crops
machinery, vehicles, etc. Five othe
barns in the same vicinity have beel
struck by lightning within the pas
month.
Saturday afternoon, during the prog
ress of the severe storm, the dwelling o
VIII Clark, on his farm on Hunter run
was struck by lightning and large hol
torn through the roof and the chimney
was badly shattered. None of the iamil.
we're injured, though Miss Pearl Elliott
niece of Mrs. Clark, was conslderabl.
shocked. The building fortunately di'
not take fire.
The Derrick's oil report for Angus
shows that in the Pennsylvania field Y
wells were completed, with a new pro
duction of S,324 barrels. There were l9
dry holes, and a total of 800 rigs an
drilling wells at the end of the montf
Compared with July this is an increas
OF " in completed wells, decrease OF
in dry holes, and net increase of 80 i
| rigs and drilling wells.
/ -Saveral of our sports have banded tC
gether and taken advantage of one of I'll
3 features of the new fish law which pei
mits seining under certain restrictions
A 250-foot sein has been procured and
5000 bond put up as guarentee that th
: act will not be violated. Nothing bt
/. suckers, cells and catfish may be taken ]
4 this way, and all game fish are to be in
mediately returned to the water froI
a whence taken. 1t will be necessary
0 always have an expert along to distii
4 gulsh between an eel and a wall-eye
b. pike, or a buffalo sucker and muske
a lunge.
-0rmsn Whitten, a young man of Ea
= Hickory, was bitten by a rattlesnal
< Tuesday. lie is teamster and was hau
: ing logs from the Citizens Gas Co.. lea
e over at Queen, when the snake strul
# him on the calf of the leg. The your
man was alone in the woods and took b
S knife and cut the bite until it had bl'
Y freely. lie then ran to the nearesthou
Q where the remedy of cutting open Ii
/ chickens and applying to the wound W
/ tried and this with the bleeding no dou
!, saved him. He was taken to his hon
IS in East Hickory and placed under t
e care of physician. At least accounts
was out of dangor.-Tidioute News.