The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-11-18

wagon near Lickingvilie last Friday.
One of the polos slipped off the load and
struck him on the leg, breaking both
bones of that member near the ankle.
The injury will doubtless lay him up a
greater portion of the winter.
Mary had a little lamb, it followed
her to church. and there 1t stood outside,
like an owl upon a perch. "Why don't
the little lamb come in ?" the watchful
people cried. Why. Mary told the silly
thing to wait for her outside. SO you see,
each gentle maiden, you may one and all
still find, some sheephead waiting near
the door, If you admire that kind.-Ex.
Sheriff. elect Charles r. Bowman, Of
Clarion county, led his party tickat at the
recent election in that county by l40
more majority than the State ticket,
and had many more votes than any
other candidate on his ticket. 1t is
getting so that the Democrats of that
county are obliged to put their most pop
ular men on the ticket in order to hold
any majority at all over the Republicans.
The rains of the forepart Of the week
have bad the effect to bring the creek and
river up to a good rafting stage, thus al
lowing our lumbermen to get all of their
stuff off for the lower market, which in
cludes many fleets of boats and barges
from Nebraska and up-river points. The
prospects are much better for a safe run
to Pittsburg than a year ago, when a
number of fleets of barges were frozen In
between here and the Smoky City.
Daniel Crop, of Crop Hill, met
with an accident which will lay him up
for some time and may cripple him per-
m%anently. He was taking ont ties up
near the county home last Friday, when
by a misstroke of his ak he cut a cash in
the great toe of his left foot extending
from the first joint back into and sever
ing the ball of the toe. His physician,
DR.. Dunn, thinks the toe will be perma-
nently %atiffened, and may have to be am
putated entirely.
Tom. Gallagher, with three other
prisoners, escaped from ihe Columbus,
Ohio, penitentiary last Saturday night.
His father is a resident of Oil City. GAL
lagher was sent up for so years from Ely
ria, Ohio, for attempting to rob three
aged brothers, one of whom freed him
self and with a shot gun killed two of
the gang and wounded Gallagher and an
other CT the robbers. He is a brother-in-
law of Thomas Mcmahon, who is doing
time in Allegheny for robbine Hugh
Miles near Fsgundus about a year ago.
Every string of tools In the vicinity
of ~Pleasantville, as well as in other parts
OF the local field, is running. The pleas
ant weather of the late summer and fall,
together with the fancy price received for
petroleum, has made operators keeuly
alive to the wisdom of making the most
possible out of their leases. A prominent
resident of Pleasantville yesterday Of
fered the prediction that if oil goes TO 80
people of that neighbornood will be drill
ing for one-half barrel wells.-Titusville
Herald. About the same in this latitude.
In the Supreme Court, at Pittsburg,
Wednesday, the appeal of Harvey NJ.
Zelletrow, from the Armstrong county
court, for a new trial was refused and an
order made to carry the finding of the
lower court into execution. Zellefrow,
who killed his vie at Brady's Bend, last
January, was found guilty of murder in
the first degree, and his attorneys took
an appeal based on Irregularities in draw
ing the jury, improper handling of the
jury and insanity. The Governor will
now fix a date for his execution.
Pursuant to its usual custom, the
Pennsylvania Railroad company will is.
sue clerical orders for the year 1904 to
ordained clergymen having regular
charge Of chWches located ON or near its
lines, CleTsymen desiring such orders
should make individual application for
same on blanks furnished by the COM
pany through its agents. Applications
should be sent to the general office of the
company, as soon as possible, in no case
earlier than December 10, so that orders
may be mailed by December 81 to all
.clergymen entitled to receive them. 1t
Mildred, the little 6.year-old daueh-
TOR Of Inhn SaxlNr u,ln liyau NJ Tho Io,,o.
end of flown, was quite severely injured
in an accident that might have resulted
fatally, last Saturday. She was at play
in the street with a little companion and
did not observe the approach of a buggy
driven by a couple OF ladies', and when
nearly opposite them the little Saylor
child ran directly in front of the vehicle.
She was knocked down and one of the
wheels ran over her head, bruising and
cutting her face and head severely, and
requiring the attention of a physician.
Her escape from instant death is some
what miraculous,
The coroner's jury in the inquest held
to inquire into the death of Mills Kings
ley, of Frank lin, brought in the follow
ing verdict last Friday: "We fad that
Mills d. Kingsley came to his death by
the rupture of a blood vessel in the head
causing a blood clot on the brain, said
rupture being caused by overexerlion
while engaged in a personal encounter
between the hours of IL and IL o'clock p.
M, Friday Noy. 6, 1908, at Centennial
club room, Lamberton block, 18th street,
Franklin, Pa, with a party whom we
believe to have been n Clarence c..
Doolittle." That let's everybody down
EASY. aver the man who lost his life and