The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-06-15


not fatally, injured Mr.. and Mrs. Henry,
who had retired for the night. A babe in
bed with tho parents was not injured.
Mrs. Henry's face and hair were severely
burned. and Mr.. Henry was badly
burned on one side of his body. Both
are doing well and it is thought will re-
cover.
Treasurer Keller disposed of fifty
one tracts at his land sale Monday, and
then adjourned the sale until the 2Sth of
this month. The sale was well attend
ed and at times the bidding was quite
spirited.
The Democrats of this county held
their primaries last Saturday. There
was but one contest, the Associate Judge
ship, and the vote was very light. The
result was as follows: Congress, j. b.
Watson, of Marenville; Assembly, NJ.
Il. Graybill, Marienville; Associate Judge,
j. II. Bowman, Harmony township /;
Treasurer, A. Showers, Howe Twp.
Judge Harry Wilson, ofClarion, gave
one George Irwin, a salty dose when
brought before the court recently for fur
nishing liquor to persons of Incorporate
habits. Irwin was sentenced to pay a
fine of $500, the cost of the prosecution
and to undergo an Imprisonment in the
county Jail of 60 days. Every community
where liquor is sold has its quota of per-
sons who are willing to buy whiskey for
those who are denied these rights because
of Incorporate habits, or under the re-
qured eye. and few lessons OF the above
nature would suffice to rid the place of
such people and protect the hotel keepers
Adam Sibble one of German Hilrs
industrious formers, is minus upward of
forty pretty little chicks, which had been
brought out by the incubator process by
the watchrul care of Mrs. Sibble. One
afternoon recently while the family was
all absent from the house, AZ of the little
peppers turned up missing, and not a
feather was left to tell the story, although
the time that elapsed was only two and a
half hours. Mr.. Sibble is charitable
enough to believe that some sort of an
animal took the chicks, but would have
much satisfaction in knowing just what
sort it was, and whether a two or four
legged animal.
last weeks Clarion Republican says:
A big timber deal was consummated
about June lst by Ii. V. Curll, president
of the CURL & Evans Lumber Company,
of Pittsburg and E. E. Amsler, of Venan-
go county. The timber purchased by
Mr.. Amser is a small pant of the hold
ings of the Crull q Evans Lumber Co.
in West Virginia. Mr.. Amsler paid
about 800, 100000 for the tract, and will put
in modern band saw mill. de is a
brother of c. w. Amsler, of the Citizens
Trust Company of this place. The Crull
* Evans Co. will manufacture about 90
600, 900 feet of oak and poplar this year at
their fine plant at Holcomb, W. Va.
The delegates fro II this place to the
convention of the County S. S. Associa-
tion at Marenville, last week, Misses
Kate Arner, Bertha Vought, Sarah Nor
row, Pearl Mealy, Bertha Mckee, John
Clark and Augustus Childs, report very
successful meeting and royal entertain
ment by the people of Marienville. The
officers elected for the ensuing year are:
President, Rev. NJ. b. Reilly, Marlenvile;
vice president, Mrs. C. c. Yingling, Mar
ienvile; recording secretary, Mss JUS
tina Siggins, West Hickory; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Bertha Mckee, Tio-
nesta; treasurer, w. f. Saghenhaupt,
Clarington, The next convention will be
held at Clarington.
In recent case before the Franklin
county court Judge Stewart made COM
prehensive statement as to the duty of
township commissioners in the matter of
keeping the public roads in order, which
applies to portions of Forest county with
considerable force. at is the duty of
Commissioners" declared the Judge, "to
keep the roads in good condition without
fear of consequences, political or other
wise. They are not to be deferred from
that duty because the performance of it
might necessitate an increase of taxes.
The olfice of road commissioner has suf
ficient power to put his township under
obligations to HIM TOR the good service he
may perform by building roads that shall
be what the law intends them to be-"
This is wholesome admonitiOn and con-
forms entirely to the purpo of the law.
The action of Judge Q. A. Mayer,
presiding over the Elk county courts, in
setting free Francisco Topalo, and yrtu-
ally declaring him innocent OF crime,
may cause some discussion as to the pro-
priety of declaring the man innocent but
it has saved the county the cost of a muir
der trial, and probably simply antici
pated the verdict of a jury. Topalo is the
man who wreaked swift vengence on
Samico Kellegramo, at Cardiff recently,
by shooting him dead for the deliberate
murder of his wife. Court happened to
be in session when he was brought to the
county Jail for trial, and Topalo was
brought before Judge Mayer on the 25th
on a writ of habeas corpus, and the Judge
ordered him discharged. 1t is said that
Judge Mayer declared he would not have
a man tried for such an act in his court
virtually declaring that Topalo did just
right in staying the man who bad delib
erately murdered his wife without par
ticle of excuse for his awful act.-Ridg-
way Advocate.
One of the few landmarks recalling
the earlier oil excitement when Petrol
ni1rn Cnntnr was a furnishing ciIv of