The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-11-30


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--Oil market closed at SLIGO.
FRESH oysters every day at the White
Star Grocery. 1t
Rev. S. A. Cornelius, of Oil City, will
preach in the Presbyterian church mex
Sabbath morning and evening.
AN elecio of officers of the l.. o. T.
M. will be held at the next review, Dec
g. All members are requested to be
present.
-Edinboro Normal has an increase In
attendance OF 81 per cent. oyer last fall
Send for catalogue. John f. Blgler
Principal. 1t
keys to Succe s." will be the sub
ject of Rev. w. o. Calhoun's. sermon in
" the M. E. church next Sabbath evening
All are cordially invited.
Another thing that we forgot to give
thanks for-the mild weather OF the past
month aud the consequent curtailment oI
gas bills. Think OF a year ago.
THE finest line OF sole leather suit
cases ever shown in Tionesta, at Hop
kins' store. II in need now's your chance
for something nice at bargain. 1t
Proper Bros. are rigging up for well
on the hill back of the fields near the
mouth of Tubbs run. This is in the
borough limits, aud the result will be
watched with interest,
Following is the list of letters lying
uncalled for in the Tionesta, Pa, post
office for week ending Nov. 3Oth, 1904
l.. Hartman, Mr.. David j. Cole.
ID. s, KNOX. p. NJ.
In suit or overcoat is just where we
catch you right Ours have the style,
fit, durability and everything that goes to
make upa well.dressed man. And all
moderately priced. Hopkins. 1t
Christmas being less than four weeks
Off it is time TO plant your holiday adver-
Using in order to catch the early buyer.
The REPUBLICAN is good, fertile soil in
which To plant, yielding often an hun
dred fold and over.
christmas this year will occur on the
last Sunday in December. Under the
statutes OF Pennsylvania, Christmas is a
legal holiday, and when legal holiday
falls on Sunday. the following day, Mon
day. is observed as the legal holiday.
Although the season is well advanced
we are doing an excellen, business in the
millinery line. Our greatly reduced
prices on all winter hats is proving a
drawing card. Secure your holiday hat
while the assortment is large at the Joyce
millinery. 1t
We have a subscriber who pays for
his paper three years in advance. AS a
result he has never been sick in his life
never had corns Oh his toes or toothache,
his babies never cry at night, his wife
never scolds and he succeeds in every
thing.-Ex.
"A. w. Cook made each of his work.
men on and about his mill present of a
Thanksgiving turkey, ,-Brookyille DEM
ocrat. With the price of turkeys ranging
all the way from $500 to $500 it requires
somewhat of big hearted capitalist to
thus treat MS employees.
The report of the Commissioner OF
Education for the fiscal year ending June
3Oth 1901, made public short time ago
by tue Secretary of the Interior, shows
that ID, ,OO9, 36l pupils, or twenty per cent.
of the entire population of the country,
attended the public schools during that
year. The total cost of the public school
system is given as S25l, ,457 ,625,
"A local option bill, sweeping in its
nature, will be introduced in the next
Pennsylvania Legislature. The intent OF
the bill is to afford voters of any city,
town or borough in the State an opportu-
pty to decide by vote every two years il
they so desire, whether or not the license
to sell liquor shall be granted. Such a
measure is now in force in Ohio.
john Shira has moved into his new
house on Vine street and John Charles
ton expects TO move into his new home
on the opposite side of the same street in
the near future or as soon as he completes
a new barn which is in process of con-
struction. Jacob Smearbaugh's new
residence in the township is ready for
occupancy and he will move in this week,
Butler citizens are becoming restive
to know what has become of the unex-
pended balance of the 100000 or more
which was poured into that city at the
time of the typhoid fever epidemic yeai
ago. There has been no report from the
relief committee. Mayor Kennedy also
has an unexpended balance in his hands
which he has been using in various char
table ways during the summer.
The thirteen State Normal schools o
Pennsylvania will ask the next legisla
ture to increase their biennial appropria
ton from $40, 900 to $4,000. This was de
cided at a meeting held in Harrisburg o
the trustees and principals ofthese schools
To discuss the legislation which they ad
vocate at the next session. A Legislative
committee consisting of Drs. Lyte, o
Millersville, Waller, Indiana, and Phil
lips, of Chester, was appointed.
Winter came on sort o sudden like
Sunday night being regular hummer
considering the mildness of the past sea
son. Thermometers registered as low a
six degrees above zero Monday morning
and slush ice began running in the ALE
gheny river. The back channel an
mouth of the creek froze over, and with
matter Of two to four inches OF snow Gov
ering the ground it looked exceedingl
like winter had put in his appearance.