The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1907-11-06

cows out of a dairy of 81 were condemned
to death on account of being infected
with tuberculosis.
State Police while searching "A barn
near Purxsutswney Friday unearthed a
lot of loot which had been stolen from
stores in Dubois and Johnsonburg.
Four counties in Western New York
will receive 10000 this fall for their
apple crop. Tney feel nightly comfort
ed with apples as mortgage litter.
Right Rev. Mousignore Joseph NJ.
Dunn, pastor ofSt. Titus, r. c. church at
Titusville. died Sunday afternoon, after
an illness lasting about year. He was
aged SO years.
The epidemic of diphtheris at Russell,
near Warren, is improving, no new
cases having developed for several days.
Those who are i'll are improving rapidly
and the critical stage is now considered
past.
The prevailing high prices of feed and
grain is causing farmers all over the
State to sell off their extra cattle and
horses at exceedingly low prices. There
have been dozen or more sales in the
nearby rural districts in the past fort
night and several more are advertised to
take place.
Angered by boys throwing corn against
| 81 H.. -. To- all
celebration at Oak Ridge, Clarion county,
Thursday night, David Bish discharged a
shot gun at a crowd. The charge tore
away half of r7-yesr-old Newton Red
dinger's head, killing him instantly.
Bish is under arrest at New Bethlehem.
Two attempts were made last Wednes-
day night 10 wreck the Buffalo Express,
leaving Pittsburg at IL o'clock, near the
| by tower, sixteen miles above Kit'an-
ming, at point where the tracks of the
Buffalo & Allegheny Valley division of
the Pennsylvania run close to the Alle-
gheny river. Two piles of ties were
placed on the tracks Their discovery by
Warden M. f. Alberts, OF Kittanning,
who had been after violators of the game
laws, saved a terrible disaster. Alberts
tagged the train with bullseye lantern.
In the name of T. Roosevelt, we must
call attention to some nature taking that
is being perpetrated in our local papers.
Here's letter in one of our local papers
that tells Of the shooting of a 37-pound
porcupine, in an apple tree, over in Clar-
ion county, "a heavy shower of quilts"
following the shooting The animal him.
self is previously described as "quill-
shooter" Porcupines do not and cannot
throw quills, be the popular notion what
it may. Their quills are barbed, after
the manner OF fish hooks, and stick in
anything that takes hold of fthem. That's
the straight fact in regard to the "fretful
porcupine. ."-H. NJ. 1. in Oil City Der
| rick.
The Oil City Deri ick's oil report for
October says: 1.-THE Eastern oil fields,
which embrace the developments in New
York, Pennsylvania. West Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky,
completed l,2l6 wells in October, incu-
sive of 27S that were vslueess for l-pro-
ducing purposes, and the new production
was estimated at II, 46O barrels. While IS
more dry holes were completed in Octo-
ber than in September there was de-
crease of nine in the number ofnew wells
and decline of 9, 1853 barrels in the new
production. During September, 1,225
wells were completed; the new production
amounted to l5,Sl9 barrels and there were
26O dry holes and gas wells. At the close
OF October the Eastern oil fields contained
4OS rigs and l,lO2 drilling wells which
was gain over the September figures of
10 rigs and AZ drilling wells"