The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-09-23

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pulled off on the ball grounds. A few
days ago teams captained by Messrs.
Morrison and Howard Kelly played a
rather exciting game which was won by
Morrison's eleven by a score of 64-39.
Last Saturday Messrs. Tahniser aud
Garfield chose sides and played a lively
game, resulting 1911 in favor of Cam
fields eleven.
After the fifteenth of next month it
will be unlawful to discharge in any city
or borough of this commonwealth any
gun which impells with force a metal
pellet of any kind. The penalty is five
dollars fine for the first ~ofl.nse, and hf-
teen dollars fine with ten days imprison-
ment for any subsequent ~offense, This
act is intended particularly TO suppress
the mischievous and dangerous tlobert
| rifle, and it is to be hoped that 1t will ac-
complish the object designed.
The death of Mrs. Smith, widow of
the late George A. Smith, who died from
injuries received in the wreck at jamie
son station last Thursday a week, comes
as a peculiarly sad sequel to the tragic
death of a devoted husband. The stricken
wife died ofheart failure at her home on
Thursday last, just one week from the
day of the fatal wreck, leaving a 4-year-
| old son, and a babe of one week. She
was aged 20 years, and was a devoted
member of the Presbyterian church.
Well, if this isn't a good one. A
special sent out from New Castle says:
A new swiudle is being worked here by
a man who pretends to be selling canary
birds. They are of a beautiful yellow
| aud the agent demands $40 each for the
songsters, but is willing to accept one
| dollar down and call for the balance after
the bird has demonstrated its singing
ability. After the supposed canary takes
its first bath it develops to be an ordi-
nary sparrow. Many local families have
these sparrows Gagged up and are looking
for the agent.
AT New Castle Judge Wallace on
Thursday revoked the charters of the
Vendom Club, Tuxedo Club, Majestic
Social Club and the Social Union Club on
account of intoxicating liquors having
been sold in them. Peter Dump, Jack
Biddle, owen Sulliven and John Book,
club men arrested for the violation of the
law, were each directed to pay 500 TO the
Lawrence County Law Library fund and
costs, and the record was held open
against them with the understanding
that they may be sentenced on this charge
If brought before the court on any other.
The right of a borough over trees
standing within the street lines has just
been decided in Lycoming county. In
Picture Rocks an old church building
was being removed, and it became neces-
sary to cut down certain shade trees in
order to move the building through the
streets. The borough granted the CON
tractors the right to cut the trees. The
parties in front of whose property stood
the trees in question asked for an %injunc-
ton restraining the borough from cutting
The trees. A temp )rary Injunction was
granted and upon argument, this i%niunc-
ton was made permanent. This makes
it plain tina a borough cannot cut aud
slash shade trees at its own sweet will.
One of the power houses on the Reck,
Cooper Il Co. lease, on Crop Hill was
destroyed by fire last Friday about noon.
Horace Walters, who had charge of the
30 wtr, was filling the gasometer, which
had evidently been leaking, with oil,
when an explosion occurred, and in
stantly the building was filled with
flames. Horace was quite severely
burned about the neck, face and hands,
but will not be SCARED. the burns not
being deep. Charles Blum was also in
the building, but singularly escaped in
iurv. Besides the loss of the power the
mpan 'sustains consider able loss in
the temporary shutting off of the pump
ing of oil.
The autumnal equinox, scheduled foi
Monday and Tuesday OF this week, never
touched us, the weather conditions being
we'll nigh perfect on those days. 1t i:
probable, however, we will soon he in
the midst of the scar and yellow leaf sea
I son, the melancholy days, which the poe
| has described as the saddest of the year
when it's a little too hot for whiskey anC
little too cool for beer. Nevertheless thu
: glory of the autumn weather brings will
it ripened nuts, the risky squirrel anC
the whirriug pheasant, fresh fisp-jacki
n and honey, corn huskiu's and pumpkin
pies, and all SIGH, and who will say tina
these are calculated TO bring a tinge o
sadness TO the contented soul?
AS an evidence that there is SOM
i travel over the bridge at this place it ma!
4 be stated that by actual 2j2 vehicles
and 242 foot passengers, crossed the sam
;. on Saturday last. The count was lakel
between the hours of seven in the morn
ing and six at night, aud does not includ
the traffic that naturally would cross 70
the evening train, which would nrobabl
q swell the total twenty-five to fifty. Th
count was made for the railroad com
pany, and it is hoped, now that the.
have discovered that the travel is NJ
mean affair, they will instruct their trail
crews to be more considerate of tn
rights of the people, and not keep III
n crossing closed from ten TO twenty-hv
minutes at a time when pedestrians an
IT travellers would like to pass over til
d tracks.