The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1905-09-06
Mrs. Carrie w. sissop. who has made

VauSo VI tciu upeIhuCt, Will ltCIuTo III Ino
M. e. church on the evenings of Sept.
9th and 10th. She will be assisted by
Prof. and Mrs. b. Lewis McKeen, mu-
sicians OF considerable renown. Prof.
McKeen has been blind from infancy.
The public, generally, is cordially in
vited to these entertainments.
The farm barn on the Il. A. Keller
farm at Pigeon, Howe township. was de-
stroyed by fire on the night of Aug. 9th.
The building contained considerable hay
and grain, and farm machinery, much of
1t the property of Mr.. Hughes, who did
the farming. and who had an insurance
Of $500 on his property. Mr.. Keller had
no insurance on his share of the property.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
"A real daughter of the Revolution has
Just died in Westmoreland county, Pa.
Mrs. Sarah Atchison Ross was ninety
eight years old and was the daughter of
Thomas Atchison, who fought under
Washington at the battle of Trenton, and
the widow of Thomas Ross, veteran of
the Mexican war. She was one OF three
women to whom were presented gold
spoons by the national society because of
being daughters of men who fought in
the struggle of '76.
"A woman using a gasoline stove,
upon which was a kettle of hot lard, saw
the whole enveloped in flames from an
explosion. Water might not have helped
matters any and she quickly seized pan
of -four and scattered it upon the flames,
extinguisning it promptly and without
damage. The remembering to use some
such means would save many serious
loss from burning oil. Flour or meal or
somo similar substance is usually at hand
for such emergencies.
The thriving town of Endeavor will
soon he lighted with electricity, a new
plant being in course of construction, and
will be ready to turn on the light" in a
short time. Messrs. G. B. Evans and
Paul Shoemaker are at the head of the
company and the stock is all held by
citizens of the town. The enterprise of
the young business men is worthy of en-
couragement and no doubt the plant will
be libel ally patronized aud prove tinan-
cial success IRON the start
The general store of Collins & Kreit-
Ter at Nebraska had narrow escape from
what might have been serious fire on
Tuesday night IF last week. A large can
of turpentine, standing on the porch near
the back door, caught fire in an unknown
manner. 1t was discovered by Judge
Kreitler about 1880 o'clock, who threw
the burning can from the porch before
much damage was done. 1t was fortu-
nate discovery, for had the fire gone on for
a few minutes it would have been beyond
control.
The work of double tracking the AL
legheny Valley division of the p. r. X.
tanning is being pushed forward with
the intention of having it completed by
November |. This will give the COM
pany go miles of double track from Pitts
burg north. 1t is the intention to con-
tinue this work next year and ultimately
construct a double track between Oil
City and Pittsbnrg, and on up the river.
The improvement is due to the largely
increased freight and passenger traffic
between these two points.
The threatening weather kept down
the attendance at the Masonic picnic at
Nebraska last Wednesday, yet notwith-
standing there was goodly turnout from
here and other points in the county. A
rain storm coming up compelled an ad-
journment from the island to the Me-
brsska Maccabee hall, where the lunch
was served. The occasion was very
enjoyable one for all who attended. AS
the party was going to the hall bad run
away was narrowly averted. The tongue
broke in rig owned by Liveryman
Agey of Tylersburg, and the team ran
were stopped. No one was injured but
the DOCTORS buggy was somewhat dam
aged.
IT. d. Collins, the well known lum-
herman, was here last week to interview
and interest the citizens of Tionesta and
vicinity in establishing a new cemetery
on the west side of the river opposite the
borough. His plan is to convert about
thirty acres, taking in the hill field across
the river, into a burying ground, besuti-
flying and enclosing the same, and he and
his partners at Nebraska purpose donating
the land. Mr.. Collins, whose ideas are u.s.
ually correct OH such matters, gives it as
his opinion that this large plot of ground,
lying as it does on grade facing the river
and town, would make an ideal "city of
the dead" whose beauty would be unsur-
passsble. 1t is his hope to interest and en-
list the support of all persons within a
radius of several miles of Tionesta, who
would be benefited in having we'll
kept and beautiful burial place for their
loved ones. One Of the first and lasting
adjuncts to be placed in the new cemetery
would be splendid mausoleum costing
several thousand dollars, which has al
ready been provided for by Mr.. Collins.
Very many to whom he has presented the
project think well of it and have given
it substantial support.
MANY of our townspeople will re-
member a rather amusing episode that
took place in Tionesta about three months
ago, in which Pennington township,
Clarion county, constable and belliger-
ent citizen of McDonald's corners were
the PRINCIPAL actors. The constable had