The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-20

interest to justices of the peace was hand
cd down by the supreme court several
days ago. II decides that justices can
only issue warrants and receive informa-
ton in those districts for which they were
elected. In other W jrds it is illegal for
squires ell cted in the township to main
tain Offices in the town. Competent au-
thorities say hat the commissioners can
refuse to pay the Justices lees on cases
received when the magistrate was out of
his bailiwick.
Friday aud Saturday evenings of
last week Profs. b. l.. Rock wood, Of In
d|ianapolis, speaker, and Will d. Blair,
Of Philadelphia, singer, held large audi
ences in the NJ. Il. church, the meetings
being under the auspices OF the National
division Sons of Temperance. After the
meetings an invitation was given to all
who wished to enroll as members of the
order, and nearly one hundred signatures
to the pledge were secured. A division
of the order will be chartered and organ
lied in this place in a short time.
BY the blowing of a lace curtain
against a gas jet in the house of Peter
Toy, at Foxburg, Pa, a fire was started
that consumed the building, and burned
to death his six-year-old daughter, Mar
garet, oil Sunday morning last. The
child was asleep on a couch, and her pre-
| 49, .. - naNn hoo
late to save her. When the body was re-
covered it was found that both arms and
legs were burned off. One other build
ing vas destroyed, and several others
severely damaged by fire and water,
"A meat war is on in Youngstown,
Ohio. A local dealer there aivertises the
following prices for first class meat /:
"Chuck roast, 7c; chuck steak, Sc; ten
derloin steak. Toe; sirloin steak, Zoe;
lard, Sc; other prices in proportion. Only
10 pounds will be sold to a customer at
these prices, but free delivery is given"
The trouble is that this "war" is too for
removed from 'our midst like the
Russo-Japanese embroglio, and we in
this latitude get no fun out of il. When
it comes to meat wars and general prov
ender wars, we like to be in the thick of
the battle.
The first contract for a road to be con-
structed under the Sproul road law is
ready to be awarded and Crawford N
ty has the honor. 1t will be for a road to
be constructed between the Titusville city
limits AMI those of Hydetown borough,
a the Courier. The road is nearly two
miles in length and the bid which has
been accepted will approximate Sll 600
for work and material. The name of the
successful bidder has not been made pub
lie, but as soon as some slight changes
are made in the specifications the con-
contract will be concluded. The work
will be begun early next season aud com
pleted before fall if present plans are car
ried out. Tltusville people contributed
s., 900 toward the good roads" fund but
this will not all be used in the construc-
ton OF the ~thoroughfare mentioned.
Again the oldest inhabitant is scratch
ing his muddled Uranium TO find in his
memory a winter to match the one we
are Just now struggling through. It's
likely he'll be obliged to throw up the
job, for it is a hard one. With already
about s'teen weeks of a steady :un of
sleighing aud the winter Just begun, with
two-and-a-halft to four feet of snow al
most anywhere you've a mind to go, and
all the weather sharps predicting still
more to follow, we opine that the winter
of 1904 will take the record and hold it
for the century. Many are shak ing their
heads and predicting dire calamities "if
this should go of with a sudden rain"
but there's no use crossing the bridge till
you get to it, and so it's best TO keep cool
while you can, since frettin' won't help
it. Old Probability may fool 'em all yet.
Noting the story about Henry Mil
ler's l7.year-old hen, published in these
columns last week, our friend II. Shots,
of Tylersburg, sends in an account that
"sees" the former and goes 1t five better.
Mr.. Shots has a brown Leghorn hen that
was % years old last spring, and is doing
good work yet, putting her share of the
high-priced hen-fruit in the nest as regu-
larly as the season comes around. The old
gal was IA years old before she evinced
any desire to hatch a brood of chicks, and
is now laying as well as the rest of his
stock. Last year she Matched out a nice
brood of chicks and took as good care of
them as she did when still in her teens,
Mr.. Shots vouches for the truth of this
remarkable story, and to those who know
him, his word is all the proofthat is need
ed. We think he has the record, and
doubt whether anyone can take it away
from him.
Eirn paIaIitv Narrowly AVnrtpd.