The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-08-24

! 'ho VII CltN rhlT BTOunus' lWO VI lhoihi
black and a bay, are yearlngs and are
owned by Mr.. Sutton and the third is a
two year-old owned by Mr.. Garfield. All
three of the colts are sired by King Birdo
(2:26) for which j. l.. Mex inney, OF Ii
tusvllle gave horse valued at 81 800 and
a cash bonus of 81 000.-Derrick.
The competitive examination of can
didates for the vacant West Point cadet
ship is in progress al Warren to-day.
The examining board is composed Of
Prois. w. l.. McGowan, OF Warren; G.
A. Babcock, of Oil City; s. r. Hadley, of
Sharon aud d. w. Morrison, of To
nests. The list of candidates is quite
large. Tionesta presents one of its bright
young men, and we hope he may win the
prize.
Thomas Gillooly ofKellettville gavea
very good demonstration of the efficiency
ofa patent fire extnguisher TO number
of Tionesta citizens one evening last
week. After saturating big pile of
boxes with kerosene he ignited it and al
lowed the fire toget thoroughly under way,
then, with a small three-gallon exiting
usher subdued the flames in less than a
minute, using only about half the con-
tents of the cylinder.
The seventh annual reunion of the
Forest County Veterans Association will
be held this year in Tionesa, the date
fixed for the occasion being September
Goth, next. The arrangements for this
reunion are in good hands, and it is
hoped TO make it the best that has yet
been held. Every ex-soldier in the
county or surroundings is cordially in
vted to come and be made welcome, and
have pleasant visit with his comrades-in
arms. Some good speakers will he pro-
vided.
Charles Wager, aged so years, a we'll
to-do farmer, residing on what was for
merly the Austin Potter farm just on the
borough limits of Sandy Lake, was in
stantly killed by the premature explosion
ofdynamite while engaged in blowing out
stumps on his farm on Thursday after
noon. No persons witnessed the accident
and the dead man was found by his son
half an hour after the fatality. The prac-
tice of removing stumps with dynamite is
quite common and should be attended by
the greatest care.
The people of Clarion county are in
the way of finding out just what is the
law in regard to the construction of a
poor house. Judge Wilson having over
ruled the exceptions in the case of p. A.
Melvin VS.. the Clarion county poor dis
trict, j. A. Summerville, Geo. w. Texter,
John s. Saxton, ct al, an appeal has been
taken to the supreme court To determine
just what is law. No case has ever been
carried up TO the highest state court on
the points involved in this case, and it is
important that decision should be had.
Clarion Democrat.
Provision has been made for tie
placing of a statue of one of the most dis
tinguished citizens OF each county in the
State in the new Capitol building at Har-
risburg. The counties are to name the
one who is to he thus honored, and in
some counties the scramble has already
begun. We are not in formed as to Just
how this selection is to be made, but pre-
sumo the authorities have provided for
this contingency in some way. How
would ii do to put the names of the as
pirants in bag and shake 'em well, the
one coming out first TO be 'it."
There are % cases on the docket to
come before the Criminal Court which
convenes in Franklin next Monday. Two
young men both residents of Oil City, are
10 be tried on the charge of murder, eight
for larceny, five for assault and battery,
three for lorniticatnn and bastardy, while
desertion, rape, furnishing liquor, ma
licious mischief and other otlenses have
share in the m iserable business
zard Whew that's bad mess, and it
savors strongly of the stuff that will
come before the criminal court here at
the September sessions.
After an isolation from the outside
world extending over period of nearly
eight years, when the town was without
a railroad, Clarion is again on the map,
the Pittsburg, Summerville q Clarion
railroad having been completed and the
last spike driven last Saturday. The new
road connects Clarion with the Low
Grade road at Summerville. Hon. j. T.
MafIett aud f. NJ. Arnold, two OF the
towns most prominent citizens, drove
the last two spikes that completed the
laying of the rails. The staid old town
took day off and enjoyed real jubilee
ever the important event.
john Reck, contractor, drilled in
dry well for Swab II Chapman on the
Saddle Bags tract, north of Tubbs run,
last week. There was no sign of oil and
little or no sand. S. Il. Carson, contract
or, finished fair pumper on the f. l..
Davis Lease, Harmony township, last
week, and is now drilling one for his IA
ther, X. o. Carson, not far from the Da-
Wis lease. No 4, on the Frazee, or Stow
tract, Hickory township, is being drilled
and should be finished by the first of the
week. Heydrick and others, of Frank
lin, have bought the Brown tract, west of
the Frazee, and are preparing 10 drill it.
The Democrats of this congressional
district held their conference at Franklin
last Saturday, and on the second ballot
nominated DR.. Salem Heilman, of Shar-
on, Mercer county, as the victim TO go
against Honest Joe Sibley this fall. By
rights the nomination should have gone
to Hon. }. B. Watson of our county, who