The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-04-08
AT Portland Minis. Elk county. Tues

by the accidental discharge OF revolver,
which he was cleaning. The bullet en-
tered the childs body just above the
heart and death resulted almost imme-
diately.
j. Fl. Jennings, of Warren, Pa, has
been missing since Tuesday of last week
and his relatives fear that he has met
with violent death. He had considera-
BILE money with him when he left home
and his pocketbook, empty, has been
found on the river bank there. Requests
have been sent to down-river points TO
watch for the missing mans body. Foul
play is suspected.
The missionary committee of the Y.
p. s. G. E. of the Presbyterian church, OF
which Mrs. James Garfield Is chairman,
has established newspaper exchange
table in the yestibule of the church, for
the use of the congregation. On this
table will be found large variety of the
best magazines, periodicals and current
literature, and those having a taste for
good reading matter are welcome to use
these publications literally. Likewise
the members of the congregation are in
vited to contribute such papers and mag
azines as they can spare. The idea is a
good one and should be literally sup
ported.
Weather Prophet Foster says: 81 am
expecting April to be a warm, sluggish
month in all of the United States south
of parallel 40 and in Mexico; not so warm
in Canada, Montana, Oregon and Wash
ington. The weather of April will be
unimportant as to storms; not enough
danger in II to wake the sleepers. But it
will be an ideal month for the farmer,
planter, truck gardner and ice man. Af-
ter the rough weather of March, nature
appears to haye planned rest for man
and paradise for the vegetable world"
The run of winter weather we had the
first of the month was calculated to shake
ones faith in the prophet.
Henry T. L. Scott, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Scott, died at the home of his par
ents at Nebraska, March 81, 1908. aged II
years, s months and 20 days, after an i'll
ness of less than a week from liver
trouble. He was employed in the box
mill at Nebraska and was general favor
ite with his companions. He was young
man of the most exemplary habits, a
Ar hA Tot Enio nj
Church of Nebraska, and his sudden
death was great shock to the commun-
ity. Funeral services were held at the
home Friday morning, conducted by
Rev. w. o. Calhoun, and the body was
taken to Pittsbnrg for burial.
Buds on the lilac bushes have already
burst their bounds and the tiny leaves
are coming forth with the warm rays of
the sun, which is also causing the buds
on the soft-wood trees to swell almost to
the bursting point. We fear these 'early
birds" may get nipped by jack frost if
they don't watch out. 1t happened so
last season and they didn't look half so
handsome afterward. The pretty little
crocus blossom is nosing up through the
sod, but he's hardy little beauty and
don't care the snap of his finger for an
ordinary freeze. Springs here all right,
and summers comm on apace, thank
goodness.
Hart and John Lawrence are arrang-
ing to embark in the mercantile business
in the thriving little city of Perry, N. Y,
and expect to be in running order by the
middle of May. They will conduct 9
variety store, and it will be the only one
of the kind in the place, which is located
midway between Buffalo and Rochester
on the main lines of the Erie railroad and
the b. r. & P. The town has a popula-
ton of about 900, the principal industry
being the manufacture of cutlery and
wooden goods. John has notified the
Bradford baseball club, with which he
had signed for this season, that he will
not report for duty.
According to the Derrick's March re-
port there were 34S new wells completed
in the fields producing Pennsylvania oil.
There we're 52S rigs and drilling wells, a
gain of 27 wells and loss of $40 barrels
new production. The reports show an
increase of II in New York. In the
Buck eye and Hoosier oil fields II wells
were completed in March. The new
production was 563 barrels and there were
IS dry holes. At the close of March there
we're 100 rigs and drilling wells under
way. The mid-continent oil fields COM
pleted 2l6 wells, including rs dry holes
and gassers, and the new production
summed up l,655 barrels. In Illinois
the report showed wells completed 1S7
new production, 4,l33 barrels; 345 rigs
and drilling wells under way at the close
of March; 81 dry holes.
The REPUBLICAN had call yesterday
from Mr.. Ernest Behrens, one of Forest
countys oldest and most highly respect
ed citizens, resident fer nearly fifty
years of German Hill. where he settled
and cleared up fine farm which he still
occupies with his aged and worthy spouse.
Mr. Behreus will soon reach his SSth birth
day, and though not as spry of foot as he
once was, still retains in remarkable de-
gree all his mental faculties, and finds
much consolation in the fact that he is
able to read the newspapers and periodi-
Gals, in which he takes great comfort and
solace in his declining years. He made
the voyage to America in sailing vessel
40 years ago, and vas on the ocean over
two months. He recalls that on Christ