The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-07-22

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The first Of the great musical events
of the 1908 season, is the presentation of
Mendelssohn's oratorlo "Elijah" on the
evening of Friday, July "a. This will be
presented by the orchestra and organ in
conjunction with the Chautauqua Choir
and soloists for July.
The Hoff Business College. Warren,
Pa, offers you bread winning educa-
tion. Our graduates receive good posi-
tions. Enroll now for the Fall Term
which opens September 1st. Special dis.
count. Offer open until August LIST, 1908.
l. j. Hof and l.. j. Holmes, Proprietors.
Our friend f. Il. Kiffer is still the
champion bass fisherman. Last Thurs
day evening" while fishing at the govern
ment dam at East Hickory, he caught
two good sized bass at one cast of an
expert mnnow, and this is no fish
story" there being a witness to the catch.
In three evenings he caught 10 bass.
WIS s. Weaver, senior editor OF the
Brookville Republican, died suddenly
and unexpectedly in Philadelphia last
Wednesday, where he had taken his
daughter for hospital treatment. Mr..
Weaver was one of the well known news
paper men of the state, and his loss to the
fraternity leaves vacancy which will be
hard to fill. He was 5S years of age.
Dewitt Zahniser, driver of the Hop
kins delivery wagon, lost a hind wheel
from the rig Monday afternoon by being
struck by slowly moving freight car at
the bridge crossing. He was hauling
load of -four and was behind another
wagon going up onto the bridge, when
his horse refused to hold the load and
backed down onto the railroad track.
WIN. Mercelliott of Eagle Rock was
caller at the REPUBLICAN office Monday.
He recently came out of the Oil City hos
pital where he was operated upon for an
abscess of the left lung cavity, having
been treated for l27 days, but is appar-
emily well as ever. Judging from the
marks of the incision in his side the
physicians had "Billy" turned almost
wrong side out.
"A party of fifteen or twenty young
people have taken possession of the farm
house on the Hopkins farm and are hav-
ing royal outing. They are chaperoned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sheriff. Smith and ex-
pect TO stay the week out. Another party
of young folk will pitch tents again this
season on the island below Dawson station
for ten day outing, and will be chaper-
oned by Mr.. and Mrs. W. g. Wyman.
Mrs. Stephen Emick, of Harmony
township, was considerably bruised up
Sunday afternoon by being thrown from
her rig in collision with rig driven by
l.. l.. Xuver. The trouble occurred at a
watering trough on the Hunter station
road and was caused by Mrs. Emick's
horse backing into the other rig, tearing
off the hind wheels and upsetting. Her
injuries are not serious.
Clara, the infant daughter of Orlando
Longstreth, of near Golinzs, Green twp,
died on Saturday at the home of Frank
Longstreth, at Oakdale, Pa, where she
was taken after the death of the mother
about two months ago. The child was
aged months and Is days, and the re-
mains were brought home Monday and
laid to rest beside those of its mother in
the cemetery at Newmansville.
George Porter, employed on the Sal
mon Creek mill at Kellettville, narrowly
escaped serious injury from the blowing
out of the cylindar head on the Shotgun
feed" last Thursday. The missile was
hurled through the mill like cannon
ball, striking Porter aglancing blow on
the leg making a bad bruise but breaking
no bones. Had he been in direct line of
the iron missile the result would have
been very serious.
Monday night after dark a stranger
with horse and buggy collided with J.
d. Wentworth's wagon as he was COM
ing down Gunnel Hill, III Tionesta town
ship. The buggy was upset and in the
excitement the horse broke from the
buggy and ran away. The man followed
after his horse and Mr.. Wentworth did
not learn his name. In the morning the
buggy had been taken away so it is prob
able the man caught his horse.
People talk about the midnight oil as
If 1t had some virtue attached to it, writes
Doctor Hale in Woman's Home Compan-
ion for August. In truth, four times out
of FIVE the midnight oil means overwork, e,
or il means that you have neglected some
duty which should have been attended to
before the sun went down. Unless each
night RECEIVERS the ground lost in the ex-
ertion of the day before, you are COM
mitting suicide by inches; and you have
no right to commit suicide at all.
Death claims amounting to $4,000
were recently paid through the Marien-
VILE Tent of the Maccabees to the wives
of deceased members. Mrs. M. II. Har-
riger of Mayburg, whose husband met
death accidentally at that place recently,
and Mrs, Geo. A. Songer of Marienville,
were the benefciaries, the former receiv-
ing 1000 and the latter $1,000. The
claims were paid in just one week from
the receipt OF proof of death of the hus-
bands, which is commercially prompt.
That man Barnes, or Ruth, confined
in the Franklin Jail awaiting trial for the
robbery of Miss Copeland at old Pilhole