The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-03-11

electing j. B. Muse President, A. c.
Brown Clerk and Attorney, and j. c.
Scowden Treasurer. The President made
the following committee appointments:
Streets, Landers and Dale; Sidewalks,
CASTOR and Dunn; Finance, Landers and
Dunn; Boro property and supplies, Kill
mer and Weaver; Ordinance, Dale and
Weaver.
Fire destroyed the elegant store of
w. b. James, enc of Oil City's finest dry
goods emporiums, last Wednesday eve-
ming. The establishment was located on
Center street, and while the fire, smoke
and water ruined Mr.. James stock of
goods, the building is not greatly dam
aged. The loss on goods will be close to
$50, 900, with an insurance of S2S, 900. MIR.
James will no doubt resume business
shortly.
Passenger train 81, coming up the
river yesterday morning, ran into a
freight just as they were coming out OF
Siyery and the passengers were all more
or less shaken up, but fortunately no one
was seriously hurt. The cause of the
wreck seems to have been carelessness
on the part of the freight crew, as there
was no flag out. The train did not reach
this point until 1880, where it passed the
down train.
= The Pittsburg Dispatch gives free
Mother Goose Paint Book to children who
secure five persons to take the Sunday
Dispatch ten weeks. You don't have to
collect any money from the subscribers.
The book is a great educational novelty
and sells at $3.50 each. Every child
should have one, and anyone can get five
persons to take Pittsburg's great Sunday
newspaper for ten weeks. Write to the
Dispatch for blanks.
The Roosevelt Republican Club head
quarters, in rooms over the Forest Conn-
tv National bank, have been in the hands
of the paper hanger and decorator lately,
and the transformation is revelation of
beauty and rieatness. The rooms have
been furnished completely, handsome
rug added and the club has one of the
prettiest, contest homes that could be i'm
agined. Visitors are always welcome and
it is desiied that they will make them
selves at home when in town and have
an hour or two to spare.
1T is said that the north bound train
on the narrow gauge road carried well
defined and clearly identified case OF
smallpox, last Wednesday from Foxburg
to Shippenville. The conductor put the
man, whose name is said TO be Weigand,
in the smoking car and then would not
let anyone else in, and the car, man and
all, were dropped there. The statement
is made that the man went to New Castle
from Shippenville, and was Immediately
sent back by the authorities to his home
at or near Sbippenville. Demo-
crat.
In the new fve-cent postage stamp
will be made the first attempt to repre-
sent allegorically upon postage stamps in
this country incidents of historical
character. Efforts have been made in de-
signing the new stamp to symbolic the
cementing of the ties between the North
aud the South, and the cessation of feel
ings OF bitterness between the combatants
of two-score years ago. The stamp, which
will be known unofiicially as the
"Union" stamp, will show an engraved
head of Lincoln centered on an oval,
while on either side will be the figures of
woman, one representing the South and
the other the North. Each supports a
palm and is draped in the American flag
A Summerset dispatch reads as fol-
lows: The approach of the maple sugar
season rensws the discussion regarding
the question of Sunday work. The short
ness OF the operating demands activity,
and many of the owners of The sugar
camps are reluctant about permitting the
sap to waste on Sundays. There remain
many who cling to the doctrine ofa min
lister who held charge in the south erd of
the county. tie also owned large sugar
camp. He declared it sin to let the
precious fluid run to waste, and he not
only cared for his own on the Sabbath
day but urged his flock to do the same.
On one occasion he preached sermon on
the question. He then dismissed his
congregation, announcing that"there will
be services in this house next Sunday
morning, at 10 o'clock, providing the sap
is not running"
If the present rumors be realised, and
we are assured they will, the ALE.
gheny river will soon be spanned by one of
the highest railroad bridges in the coun-
try. 1t is said that the Pennsylvania COM
pany, for its cutoff from Redbank, this
road, will commence to elevate its tracks
at Lawsohnam, some four miles up the
CT eek, and will cross the river al Red
bank at an elevation of 175 to 200 feet
above low water mark. This will thu ow
the road so high up on the western side
that there will be no difficulty about
reachiug the top of the hill about one
mile below where the rolling mill used
to stand at Brady's Bend. Once on the
top the road will then leave the valley
and go in almost an air line to Enon.
This will make all the land of the old iron
company's property desirable building
property, and will doubtless result in es-
tablshing works and town up there
Kittanning Times.
EdinbOrO Normal School.
The health officer of Edinboro makes
the following statement as to the condi-
tions at Edinboro: