The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-09-19
Daniel o,Dsy, vice president of the

where he had been with his family for
some time to recuperate his health. lie
was 62 years of age. The estate which
Mr.. O'Day leaves is estimated at $40, ,0OO,-
600. He is survived by his second wife
and II children.
"A correspondent of Atkins Corners,
near Emlenton: writes under date of
Sept. II: Il. e. Norton was here last
week on business. Messrs. Norton Il
Caldwell have a saw mill on the Williams
farm. Seth Norton attends the levers,
and A. M. Albaugh and w. N. Emert
cut the logs. Shine Galbraith, OF East
Hickory, is working on the Sutton mill
for Norton Il Young.
-Frosts are reported in some sections
back from the river Friday and Saturday
nights, but no material damage was done
to crops, most of which are out of the
way and will not be affected from this
on. Taken as whole the past season
has been wonderful for all kinds Of crops,
and the harvest yet to be gathered will
be one of which the most pessimistic can
find little to complain about.
AS expressive of the state of things
about the erstwhile busy numbering ham
let OF Grunderville, where the Warren
Lumber Company is winding up busi-
ness, friend thus speaks in a private
letter: "Very quiet here; sort of a mel
ancholy air about the place. Seems with
every one like leaving home There
are sixteen families here yet Railroad
nearly all torn up, boat scaffOld partly
dismantled, and already the town has a
deserted appearance"
-Tionesta's excellent baseball team
will leave this morning for Tidioute,
where game will be played today
against ICY" Hallock's nine. The For
est county boys are among the best ANA
teur teams that have appeared in Titus
every player was native product of Tio-
nesta. There are few towns of the size
which can produce 80 good team.
Bankhead and Lawrence, the battery,
are good enough to break into faster COM
pany and the same might be said of sew
eral others of the team.-Titusville
Herald, 18th.
The dead body of Philip Dean, resi-
dent of Marienville, was found hanging
from the limb of a tree in deep forest
near Morribell, W. Va, on Thursday,
Sept. 9th. Mr.. Dean was millwright
by trade, and went to West Virginia
early in the summer to work. On Au-
gust 9th he suddenly disappeared and no
trace of him could be found until the
dead body was discovered as above
stated. He had written one or two let
ters to his wife, in which he complained
of severe pains in his head, and the sup
position is that while laboring under this
pain he committed suicide.
Rev. N. l.. Rockey, Of Lucknow,
India, who is to spend few days at the
M. L. parsonage, has kindly consented to
give several addresses while in this vi
cinity. He will lecture on India and his
work there, in the NJ. E. church at Ne
braska, Saturday at p. m. Will also
preach Sunday at IL a. III. He will
preach at Tionests Sunday evening, and
lecture Monday at 1880 p. m. On Tues
day, at 1880 p. M, he will speak in the
NJ. L. church at West Hickory. All are
cordially invited. DR.. Rockey is very
interesting speaker, and those who fail
to hear him will deny themselves gen.
uine treat. Admission free.
The postoffice department is about tc
ignore rule recently established, anC
issue two new special exposition postage
stamps of denominions of one and two
cents each, account of the jamestown ex
position next year. Tentative designs
have been submitted by the jamestown
exposition company. One of these IL
based on the saving of Captain Johr
Smith by the Indian princess Pocahontas
the other represents the landing of Captain
Smith at Jamestown. The latter picture
portrays sturdy band of pioneers sd
vancng led by the dauntless Smith fol
lowed by Rev. Robert Hunt, his brav'
clergyman, carrying huge cross.
An explosion of oil and gas on th'
Kies, Crittendon & Windsor lease a
Tidioute Thursday destroyed Star drill
ing rig belonging to Contractor G. Ii
Dewalt and several men had narrow es
capes from being burned. The we'll haC
been finished and shot. The oil that cam
out with the shot was ignited from Gin
ders that had been smouldering unde
the boiler and the explosion followed
Mr.. Dewalt, who recently moved from
West Hickory to TitusYille, was pain
fully burned about the hands and wrist
and the clothing of several of the mel
was slightly burned. The rig was de
stroyed and the loss will be in the neigh
borhood of $500.
The new piece of road at the mout
of Tubbs run, leading up to Cropp hill
is finished and will be taken off the con
tractors hands shortly. When this ros
was under discussion the question of cos
figured largely in the deal, and I. L
Collins, Esq, told the road commission
t ers of Tionesta township that he woul
stand all the cost over 5000 rod, and S
they awarded him the contract. MI
, Collins put Sheriff Stroup in charge
its construction and made his word goo
by giving the township splendid pieC
: of road, but like the late lamented Edwi
3 Clapp, Mr.. Collins went into his ow
, pocket to a considerable extent in ordt