The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-08-02


centered. The Colonel has been identi-
fed with every project that has had the
good of Marienville and jerks township
for its aim during his residence there,
and the pc pie part with him with sin
cere regret
-Marienville's school board is almost
hopelessly deadlocked on the selection of
an assistant principal for the schools of
that place, standing three and three.
Better compromise on good man than
take the risk of demoralizing the efficient
work of the school by embittered conten-
ton, gentlemen. The board has eleclde
George w. Mitchell, of Lewes, Delaware,
as principal.
The Titusville Herald is authority for
the statement that reports from a num-
Der of districts adjacent to the city place
the yield of apples this year at about one
third of a full crop. The heavy frosts of
June are largely responsible for this con-
dition, as the trees blossomed well and
early in the season promised an abund-
ance of fruit. From the growers stand
point the small yield is better than very
large one, as the latter always gluts the
market. Small fruits such as berries,
chrries, etc., are an average crop. There
will be no peaches in this locality. About
an average yield of plums and pears is
promised.
The annual camp meeting of the Free
Methodist church, Oil City Conference,
begins tomorrow, Thursday, evening,
on the grounds of the association at
Pleasantville, and will continue over the
18th inst. The attendance is expected to
be exceptionally large this year. The
grounds of this association are among the
pleasantest that could be found in this
section of country, being easy of access
by carriage, or by trolley from Titusville,
and with an abundance of good water,
well shaded and with an auditorium capa-
BILE of comfortably seating 1000 people,
furnishes an ideal spot for gathering of
this kind. A large corps of ministers
will be in attendance. No gate fee will
be charged.
The state dairy and food commission
er has been purchasing and testing sam
pies of western meats offered for sale in
several counties of this state, and an
nounces the disclosure of formaldehyde,
boracic acid, sulphites and poisonous coal
tar dyes in the compositions used as pre-
servatives. The formaldehyde solution,
in which some of the meat has been
dipped, was declared to be similar to the
| fluid used in embalming human corpses;
the sulphites are stomach irritants, and
all the preservstives detected by the anal
ysis constitute violations of the laws Of
the state. The commissioner announces
his determination to institute prosecu-
tions against all culprits discovered in
the traffic and to push them to the limit
Many friends among our young peo-
pie will be panied to learn of the death of
Walter j. Morgan, which occurred at the
Williamsport hospital, on the 18th inst,
after short illness. We have not
| learned the nature of his illness, but un-
derstand he had gone from his home at
Verona, near Pittsburg, to Williamsport
on his vacation, where he was taken ill.
Walter spent year or more in Tionesta
with his father when the mantel works
we're in operation, having learned the art
of carving. During his stay here he
made many friends among old and young
by his quiet, unassuming, gentlemanly
manners, and his correct Christian char
acter gained for him the confidence and
high esteem of all with whom he came in
contact. He is survived by his parents
and one brother. He was aged about 2l
years,-a model young man, whose ex-
cellent training and earnest Christian
faith had made him ready for the change.
Francesca Cefali, an Italian, was
hanged in the Brookville Jail, Tuesday of
last week, for the murder of a fellow
countryman, near Sykesville, Jefferson
county, in September last. The two men
had been last seen together on the night
before the murder, and the murdered
man had been found some distance from
their boarding house with five bullet
holes in his body. One of his pant-legs
had been cut near the knee, where he
carried his money, and his wallet, with
$50 in money in it, taken. This was af-
terward found in the possession of Cefali
and clearly identified. While the man
protested his innocence up to the very
moment when the trap on the scatfold was
sprung, the evidence of his guilt was so
convincing that no ground was left for
the jury to render any other than ver-
dict of murder in the first degree. When
captured the culprit was negotiating with
fellow ow-countrymsn to purchase a ticket
to Italy for him.
The most terrifying storm known to
that section visited Titusville and yicin-
ity last Saturday afternoon, leaving ruin
and waste in its wake. The incessant
lightning flashes and thunderbolts are
said to have caused the terror-stricken
populace to think that the crack of doom
had come. The rain fall was something
appalling, and many of the main streets
were flooded to the depth of four and five
feet. Cellars and easements wer inun-
dated with the flood, causing heavy dam
age to many of the business places of the
city. 1t is thought the property loss will
reach 100000 to $4,000. AT Gladerun,
Just outside the borough limits of War
rem, much destruction of property also
resulted from storm which passed over
that community later at night, buildings
located along the stream having been