The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
The third quarterly meeting will be

IteV, ~. A. flatt, the freSlulnB Elueri
will preach. Sermon followed by the
quarterly conference. Preaching SER
vices Saturday evening and Sunday
morning, followed by the communion.
Preaching on Sunday evening by the
Presiding Elder.
Rev. A. o. Stone, a former pastor of
the Tionesta M. f. church, has been
appointed to clerkship in the Treasury
department at Harrisburg by State
Treasurer elect Berry, as a reward for
his service in the Prohibition cause in
Mercer county last fall. Rev. Stone was
stationed at Volant. but has resigned his
pastorate to accept the clerkship, which
pays 81 800 a year.
The burning of Oil City's electric
power plant on Saturday night hes left
the denizens of that town in almost utter
darkness since, and has entirely, for the
time being, shut off travel by trolley.
The plant was an extensive one, the
property loss being estimated at $3.50, 900,
with only about $4,000 insurance. 1t
will likely be some time before the city
will come out of its darkness and the
people be able to ride on the street cars.
Manager w. b. Filson, of Monarch
Park. today received bob, 4-months-
old black bear, from W. J. Grandin, OF
of Tidioute, and 1t will be one of The at
fractions at the park. bob" is as tame
and playful as kitten and was pet at
the Grandin home. One day recently he
was missing and when found was Sleep
ing peacefully in one Of the children's
beds, having slipped up the back stairs OF
the house unobseryed. oil City Blizzard.
About the only topic of conversation
during the past week has been the great
calamity at San Francisco. 1t is difficult
even with the complete newspaper ac-
counts to realize the scope of the disaster
so thorough has been the awful work oI
destruction. But soon this will have
practically passed out of the minds OF
those who were not directly in the calam-
ity's wake, and other thoughts and top
les will take its place. The American
people are too busy to think long on one
subject.
Parker b. Wright was accidentally
killed while breaking log pile near his
home in the Ponderay valley near Col
Vile, Wash, on March 2s, 1906, He was
thirty years old and leaves a wife and
baby boy to mourn his death. Mr.
Wright went to Washington from Penn
sylvanis about four years ago and for
about one year was pastor of the Colville
Free Methodist church. Since that time
he has lived on homestead. His par
ents live near Leeper, Clarion county,
Clarion Democrat.
The first boats and barges of the sea-
son to pass down to the Pittsburg market
were from the Hickory and Grundervillt
yards last week. Two tleets-four each
of boats and bargos the out
put. The coal flat industry will no
flourish to the usual extent during this
season, the price of hemlock being sucl
as to make it Improbable at the price The
coal combine has set upon the flats. The
lumbermen find that it does not pay t.
put twenty-dollar material into boats
where an average Of only sll per thous
and is realized.
Franklin reports another case OF sui
eide by the rubber hose and gas process
On Saturday night Charles B. Henderson
supposed to reside at Raymilton, Venan
go county, put an end to his existence il
a manner similar to that employed by
the three other men who committed sui
eide in that city within the past month
The last victim had taken a room at thu
Grant house, and some time during tn,
night had moved his bed to the stove
disconnected a rubber hose, turned OIL
the gas and inhaled it. He was founC
cold in death Sunday afternoon. This il
the seventh suicide in Franklin sine
January.
%. w. and f. G. Proper last weel
drilled in we'll on the Collins lands a
the mouth of Fox Creek, in Green town
ship, that promises to open up new
oil field. AT 800 feet 2l feet of Clarion
sand was found and it was given forty
quart shot on Monday. The we'll show
up for good producer, the oil being o
the white variety. Samples brought her,
show it to be almost as clear as water anC
remarkably free from sediment. 1t is t,
be hoped that more of it may be found
The Proper Bros. have an unlimited
amount of territory there and will g
right ahead and give the locality thor
ough test.
There is possibility that the skele
ton of the man found in the woods a
Quaker Run, on the P. r. R., near tn
York State line, details of which have re
Gently appeared in the papers, Nigh
have been those of Emmett S. Knapp
former chief of police of Meadville. II
July 1903, Knapp arrested man Charge
with murder committed in Rochester, n
Y. Knapp took tie prisoner from Mead
Vile to the New York state line and de
livered him to the Rochester authorities
Since that time he has not been hear
from. lie is known to haye carried
gold watch, such as was found near tn
skeleton, and the father. who resides g
Randolph, has asked the coroner to hol
the articles found in order to make fur
ther investigation. Knapp was 40 year
years of age. There is suspicion the
he was murdered.
Friday afternoon, while Miss Clar
Wolf, daughter of Commissioner Andre'
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