The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-09-18
NeighbOrilOOd Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Seep have en-
dowed st. GATHERINGS cemetery In Ii
tusvil'e with gift of S25 900, which sum
is 10 be invested and the proceeds devoted
to the proper maintenance of the ceme-
terry, the ground fer which was originally
donated by these people.
H. II. Horton and A. L. Geer of Shelf.
field, Dolph Roberts of Barnes, and F. NJ.
Geer of Cleyeland, left Warren Monday
for boat trip 10 New Orleans, expecting
to make the run in about three months.
They will tow their house-Oost through
the long eddies with naptha launch
which they are taking with them.
The Catholic priests of the Erie Diocese
will go on their annual retreat Monday,
Sept. %. Rt. Rev. John T.. Fizmaurice,
Bishop of the Erie Diocese, set the date.
The retreat will he held at Cambridge
Springs. This will be week of prayer
and silence for the clergymen. Two
thirds of tie entire number of priests in
the Erie Diocese will take part it.
State Health Commissioner Dixon has
condemned the water supply of Ridgway
and has required the abandonment Of all
existing supplies. New sources are to he
obtained and the water filtered. This is
the direct result of the investigations
made by the engineers, and among the
sources condemned we're numerous
springs used as private water supplies
about the town and including the "coun-
ty spring."
This from the Derrick indicates that
there is something doing in Oil City:
Scandal, "rolled as a sweet morsel under
the tongue" seems to be very prevalent
in Oil City at the present time. Gossip
is working overtime in besmirching re-
putations and in many cases the stories
told have absolutely no foundation in
fact. The recent sensational develop
ments here and hereabouts have given
Oil City an unenviable reputation abroad.
Confidence in dream probably sverted
a big wreck on the Northern Central
railroad. Previous to reporting for duty
at the round house Friday night Engineer
James Burd, who hsuls the Buffalo flyer
leaving Harrisburg at lilo p. m. dreamed
that his train had run into landslide at
point between Dauphin and Halifax,
fifteen miles from here. He told his
dream to several roundhouse attaches.
but they laughed at him. Engineer
Bnrd, TO ease his mind. determined to
run slowly after passing Dsuphin. So
speeding his train up to the limit till
Dauphin was passed Burd slowed up.
And it was we'll he did, for at a point
some distance north of Dauphiu, identi-
cal with the place he had seen in his
dream, the engine ploughed into land
slide. Going slowly, the engineer was
able to bring his train to stop with little
or no damage.
Henry Lehns, who nfes sed to robbery
and three assaults on 14-year-old Alma
Whitehead, at Turnersviile, Pa about a
month ago, was sentenced on Thursday,
at Meadville, by Judge Frank l.. Thomas
to serve So years in solitary confinement
in the western penitentiary. This is the
maximum penalty for the crime, being
10 years for each assault and 10 years for
highway robbery. He made no COM
ment upon the sentence and was remand
ed to jail to await being taken to his last
long home. lie Is now 2S years old. He
will be around the eighties when this
sentence expires and the chances OF his
living il ont are about one in a million.
In the court room, while sentence was
being pronounced, was detective fiom
Ridgely, w. Va, where Lehna was want
ed for similar assault upon Nellie f. OFT,
aged 10 years. This detective inquired
minutely of the time when Lehna will
reach Piltsburg, Tho idea was at once
disseminated about the court house that
an effort might he made 10 spirit the
prisoner away into West Virginia, where
the oflense ia punishable by death.
HOU,S ThiSl