The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-07-18

-Tionesta has two good ball games
scheduled here during the coming week,
Franklin (Rocky Grove next Saturday
afternoon, and the Iroquois team of Buff
falo next Monday afternoon. Manager
Landers has to give good guarantees to
secure these teams and there should be
large attendance. Our people have very
pleasant recollections of the Iroquois
team, who were here last year. They
were fine lot of players and will be
warmly greeted.
Joseph w, Hunter, State Highway
Commissioner, advertises in this issue OF
the REPUBLICAN for bids for the con-
struction of the macadam road in Tio-
nesta township, extending from the bor-
ough limits at Tubbs run to the Hickory
township line. This looks like business,
and although it will be late tosbegin a
work of this magnitude, sufficient start
will be made to give the new road good
lead for an early start next spring. We do
not know what the States methods are in
such matters but presume the other por-
tion of the road applied for by the town
ship, extending up Tionesia creek, will
also soon be taken up.
One of the best known and successful
physicians and surgeons OF Philadelphia
said recently that the biting ofinger nails
is the chief cause of the majority of cases
of appendicitis that are operated on daily
at the various hospitals. Nothing is
more likely to cause the appendix to
become infamed and subsequently per-
forated than the hard pieces OF nails bitten
off the ends of fingers and swallowed. In
one hospital in Philadelphia last week
there we're nine persons operated upon
for appendicitis, and seven were caused
by biting of the finger nsils.-Ex: One
often sees a person biting his or her
finger nails, but who ever heard of the
nasty habit of swallowing the bits.
VIM. Mckee, whose farm is located
on the hill two miles west of Tionesta, in
the township, was severely injured in a
fall from the hay loft in his barn Friday
afternoon last. They were taking in hay
at the time, unloading with a hay fork
and as he was releasing the fork from a
bunch that had been put into the NOW he
became overbalanced and fell backward
to the barn floor. In his fall he struck
the back OF his neck against beam
which evidently threw him forward and
he struck upon his chest, bruising him
severely. DR.. Dunn attended him and
found him in serious condition, but at
present thinks he will recover, although
the process may be SLOW. The doctor
thinks there have been no internal in
juries sustained.
"A blacksnake fully eight feet long,
and some conservative snake estimators
figure it as being at least 10 feet, was
killed at Baum's station by Engineer AL.
Sittig on Thursday afternoon. The
slaughter was entirely impromptu on his
part. He was in charge of the engine
drawing the local freight when he saw
the snake on the rails in front Of him and
thought it was the limb of tree. The
rear aud front ends of the snake were
concealed in the underbrush at each side
of the right-of-way and the main portion
of the reptiles body was between the two
rails. Before it could escape the engine
ran it down and owing to the mangling
received it was impossible to secure a
correct measurement. Engineer Sittig
was not called upon to put in &c. T.
75" report to headquarters when he
brought in his engine. Derrick, l4th.