The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-09-20
PERSONAL.


Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. John McGow-
an, of Tionesta, Sept. 18th, daughter.
Mrs. J. A. Hart and Miss Genavieye
Doutt we're up from Oil City over Sunday.
Il. L. Graham, Esq, of Oil City, was
transacting business here yesterday
morning.
Miss Julia Jones, OF Oil City, has
been the guest of Mrs, A. G. Urey the
past week.
Misses Lizzie and May Bellows, of
Reno, were guests of Mrs. James Haslet
over the Sabbath.
Mrs. A. E. Bradt leaves this morning
for Muncie, Ind, TO be with her husband
for couple of months.
Allan Gordon, of Elkhart, Ind, is
here to spend his vacation ofa few weeks
with Tionesta friends, his favorite resort,
Mrs. e. W. Fitzgerald, of Buffalo, N.
Y, was guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vim. Lawrence, during the past
week.
Miss Mertie Eshbaugh returned last
Thursday from nine weeks stay at the
Oil City hospital, very much improved in
health.
Capt. ]. M. Clapp, who has been
spending the summer at Lakewood, N.
Y, was business visitor in Tionesta
last Wednesday.
Miss Olive Lanson will leave for
Jamestown, N. Y, Thursday, to take
course in instrum entail music in Prof
HilPs Piano School.
Miss Christine Agnew left last Thurs
day for Washington, d. c., where on
Monday she began her work as teacher
in the public schools.
Hon. N. P. Wheeler and G. w. War
den were down from Endeavor last
Thursday night to attend the installation
service in the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. J. P. Keverline and two child
ren, of Crown, and Mrs. Archie Shields,
of Clough's, were visitors at the home
of their uncle, L. Agnew, few days of
last week.
Harry S. Carson, Edward Gerwick,
Harold Pierce and James Murphy, of
Oil City, are enjoying two weeks out
ing in camp on the east side of the river
at Hunter Station.
Miss Blanche Hunter has charge of
the German Hill school and Miss Ger
trude Hill the school at Oldtown, the
schools of Tionesta township beginning
Monday morning.
Report from the bedside of S. S. Can
field is to the effect that he is holding his
own we'll, and his chances for recovery
seem to be improving daily. This will
be good news for his many friends.
Mrs. A. B. Kelly, Mrs. Suie M.
Sharpe, Mrs. j. e. Wenk, Mrs. j. L.
Carson, and Miss Sadie Morrow, lett for
Msrienville Monday morning to attend
the county convention of the W. G. T. U.
Merton Klinestiver, of Church Hill,
who underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis at the Oil City hospital last
Wednesday morning, rallied nicely from
the shock and was improving rapidly at
last account.
Mrs. ]. w. Morrow and family are
moving to Tidioute this week for tenn
porary residence for the winter. They
will occupy the home of Mrs. II. M.
Parshall, who, with her family, will
spend the winter on the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Ralph L. Haines returned to
her home at Marion, Indiana, last Thurs
day, after three weeks visit pleasantly
spent with her mother, Mrs. M. L. Thom-
son, and other relatives. Her mother ac-
companied her to Oil City for a short
visit with friends.
Mrs. VIM. Lawrence went to Grun-
derville this morning. 1t is Mrs. Law
rence's intention 10 give up housekeep-
ing for the coming winter and spend the
time with her husband at Grunderville,
and with their children at Buffalo, N. Y,
New Alexandria and Cham bersburg, Pa.
James II. King, one ofthe best known
river pilots on the Allegheny river, died
at his home in Warren on the 9th inst.
The deceased was aged 63 years, and
leaves wife and two children. He is
we'll remembered by many friends in this
vicinity, haying at one time been engaged
in oil operations in this neigborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs, s. j. Campbell went to
Oil City last Saturday, where they ex-
pect to make their home in the future
with their daughter, Mrs. II. G. Nc
Knight. Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell have
been residents of Tionesta for many
years. and their many friends, while
loath to lose them, will wish them hap
piness in their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Priestly left
Warren last week for Bartlesville, Ind.
Ter, where they will make their future
home. Mr.. Priestly has been most use
full citizen in Warren county and it is
with much regret that his many friends
see him leave for the west. He is inter-
ested extensively in the oil and gas busi-
ness and has some extensive real estate
interests as we'll in the Territory.
Merton Mealy returned Saturday
from Rochester, Minn., where he had
been to consult the Mayo brothers, the
celebrated surgeons. The broken bone
in his right arm, which was badly in
jured in an accident in the Reid gas en-
gne works at Oil City early in the spring,
refused to knit, but the Rochester sur
geons advised against an operation and