The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-03-18

terest OF starting casket factory at this
place. The plan is 10 raise a stock COM
pany, and number of our citizens have
signifed willingness to take stock.
IF. X. Lanson closed an important
deal during the past week when he pur-
chased from II. w. Horner the Central
House barn and lot. The location is an
excellent one for business block. Pos
session will not be given for one year.
Treasurer Holemsn publishes his list
of land sales in this issue of the REPUB-
LIoAN, and it would be we'll to look the list
oyer carefully. If your land is not up
for sale you might want to snap up some
of the bargains he will offer next June.
The public roads are "breaking
through" and fast getting into the i'm
psssable state. For the next six weeks a
much better condition need scarcely be
looked for. Pity the poor candidate,
whose agonies will not be over till the
18th of April.
For Sale.-What is known as the
Perry Harrison farm, near Guitonville,
containing so acres, 10 of which are
cleared and in good state of cultivation.
Small house and barn, and good spring of
water on premises. For terms apply to
James Whitton, Tionesta, Pa. 1t
Along with the crows, robins and
bluebirds, comes the maple syrup, sas-
safras, horseradish, country-cured ham,
l5-cent eggs, ETC., and who shall say that
springs not here9 Only one thing more
is needful to settle the question
peep of the little swamp frog.
The Air Line Electric road ten hours
Chicago to New York-which was to pass
through Clarion county ION the map) has
gone into the hands ofa receiver. There
are $4,000 stock holders with $1,000 900
paid in, and the Clarion Republican
thinks it strange there were no stock
holders in Clarion.
i have the American Wall Paper
agency this year and can sell you better
wall paper cheaper than ever before, and
am prepared to do papering, painting,
graning and all kinds of inside finish
ing Let me hear from you and | will
call with samples on request. j. FL.
Shoemaker, Endesvor, Forest county Pa.
BY the destruction of span of the p.
h. X. bridge near Kinzua Tuesday of last
week traffic was considerably interfered
with on the river division, and trains
we're much delayed. 1t was necessary TO
transfer passengers in boats across the
river, and freight trains were run over
the Chsutauqus division most of the
week.
"A valuable team of black work horses
belonging to Daniel Cropp, of Cropp Hill
was drowned in Pithole creek last FRI
day. The driver, j. H. Brady. was ford
ing the stream, which was at flood stage,
with heavy boiler on the wagon when
the horses were thrown down, and before
they could be extricated both were
drowned.
"A male choir lead the singing at the
Presbyterian church Sunday evening, a
feature which was much appreciated and
very lavorsbly commented upon by the
large congregation present. Rev. Mr..
Bailey, who himself possesses fine talent
in that direction, has Smoked out" a
number OF good voices among the young
men of his congregation and will endeav-
or to max @ good use ofthem in the future.
H. II. Wilson of Townville, whose
Investigations of the "Indian god" rock
below Franklin wers mentioned quite at
length in this paper some weeks ago, has
abandoned hope of securing any transla-
ton OF the pictures found there. He sent
photographs to the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, which he specially represents, but
secured no satisfactory statement. He
has decided to abandon the investigation.
-Titusylle Herald,
Cyrus McCaslin, aged 81 years, died
at his home in Norfolk, Neb., on Wednes-
He was chief of police of his home town
at the time of his death. The deceased
was son of James and Hannah McCas-
lin, who were among the first settlers in
Allegheny township, Venango county,
where he was born. The former home
was near Neilltown, this county. The de-
ceased will be remembered by many old
or folks around this community.
Lee Lowman, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Lowman, we'll known and respect
ed citizens of Marienville, was killed by
being run down by the saw carriage in
the lumber mill of Kendall Brothers, at
Crellin, Md, Wednesday morning last.
The young man was aged % years, and
had been married less than year, to
Miss Mary Fike, of Kendall, Nd, who,
with the parents, seven brothers and three
sisters survives. He was an industrious,
energetic man of good moral character,
and bore the respect of his fellow men in
high degree.
An Illinois physician has revived the
idea of resuscitsting drowned people by
first immersing them in hot bath for
twenty minutes or longer and then re-
sorting to the old and ordinary methods
of restoration: He says the lungs of a
drowned person do not contain water. a
spasm of the larynx occurring which pre-
vents the entrance of water for period
of nine days. Drowning, socalled, is
merely suspended animation, and not