The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-01-24
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-Onas, Lannlser ana Ray ChildS came
home from EmlCnton Saturday, whore
the former was employed in the Norton
mill, wrecked by the boiler explosion
last week. He reports the force of the
explosion as something terrific, the main
part of the boiler, which was arched up
with brick, being blown distance of
430 feet.
Tho political pot has begun to simmer
in this section and is expected to warm
up as tho campaign progresses. In the
proper place at the head of the editorial
page of today's REPUBLICAN the follow
ing announ cements will be noted: Con-
gress, Hon. o. G. Allen and Capt. Ii. III.
Cummings, of Warren county; Assembly,
Hon. j. II. Robertson, of Tionesta.
Mrs. Henry Bush, OF German Hill,
returned Monday from the Mercer hospi-
tai, where a second operation was per-
formed upon her baby boy, aged about
Is months, for a deformity of the ankles.
The little fellow bore the operation well
and IL is believed his limbs will assume a
normal condition and he will be able to
walk naturally upon them as he grows
along.
The congregation of the Presbyterian
church of Endeavor has extended call
to Rev. John +. Scherer to be their min
lister. He is at present stationed at Nick
leville, in the Clarion Presbytery where
he has two other charges. The Endeavor
congregation has been without a regular
pastor for about year, Rev. Mr.. Scherer
having supplied them on two or three
occasions. He will give the congregation
an answer about the first of February.
Fred X. Wallace, of New Castle, has
filed suit in trespass against the Penn
sylvania Railroad company to recover
$4,000 for personal injuries sustained in
the wreck at Wilmington Junction on
September 7th. The suit is returnable at
the March term of court. Mr.. Wallace
was among those most seriously injured
in the wreck and is now in the Oil City
hospital where he will have to undergo
amputation of one OF his legs before he
can hope for recovery.
Another sure harbinger of springs
approach is found in the fine catches Of
suckers by the young wide.awakes, ever
on the alert for the best that's TO be had.
Several fine strings Of the homely but
toothsome sucker we're caught at the
mouth of the creek Monday after the
school hour, and If this sort of weather is
to continue there'll be more of them
thrown on the market. AS a delicious
morsel at this time of year the sucker has
them all "skinned mile"
No holidays occur on Sunday this
year. New Years day was ON Monday.
Washington's birthday will be on Thurs
day, Memorial day on Wednesday, Inde-
pendence day on Wednesday and Labor
day on Monday. Other special days are
Valentines day on Wednesday, Hallow-
cen on Wednesday, Thanksgiving No
vember 29th and Christmas on Tuesday.
There will be only one eclipse, that of the
moon, visible in this locality during the
year. This will be at midnight on Feb
ruary sth. The eclipse will be total.
Representative Robertson came home
from Harrisburg to remain over the Sab
bath, the legislature having adjourned
until Monday evening. Mr.. Robertson
has been placed on the committee on
Senatorial apportionment, and while a
bill has been introduced, he thinks there
will be hard fight to defeat it, so many
of the districts as now formed being ad-
versely affected. The bill makes dis
trict of the counties of Warren, Forest,
Veuango and Clarion, which would give
pretty general satisfaction in these coun-
ties could it be passed,
Sunday, Jan. 81, 1906, will go down
in history as the warmest, balmiest and
altogether the most beautiful this latitude
has experienced in years, perhaps ever
One thermometer registered $50 in the
sun, and those which occupied less ex-
posed places registered all the way from
100 TO 500 fahrenheit. A year ago about
now things were different, with the mer-
curry at almost the congealng point and
showing a temperature 2O0 below zero. oil
depression of about l20 degrees. "Noth'
ing so rare as day in June" unless it be
one in January in this region of the
tropics?
All of Kane and considerable por'
| ton of Warren county was stirred from
"centre to circumference" by the per-
formance of Charles Tracey, lad from
Kane. who, at the Woods rink at Shelf
field, defeated Eddie Hagenbaucher,
professional roller skater of Cleveland
| o. Tracey has been visiting the Shei
field rink only occasionally. but devel
oped considerable speed and accepted th'
challenge of the Cleveland man to skat'
a match OF three two-mile heats, whicl
was pulled off Saturday night, Hagen
baucher is champion of Ohio and expect
ed an easy victory, but was badly disap
pointed. Tracey won the first heat, th'
Cleveland champion the second anC
Tracey the third, leading by 100 feet.
The Mayburg correspondent of th'
FOREST REPUBLICAN, writes that thai
town has recently been thrown into
condition of great excitement by the ap
pearance of a bold and ferocious animal
of an unknown species, which has taker
up its abode near that place. This ami
NAL, which is described by the CORES
pondent as resembling dog, but more
lengthy of limb, has habit of suddenly
appearing in some section of the town