The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-02-19
NcighbOrhOOd Notes.


were killed by dogs, for which the county
paid S2,lil.75.
The P. h. II. has ordered 200 new type
writers for its telegraph operators be-
tween Pittsburg and New York.
Judge Telfurd, of Indiana, received
three anonymous letters while hearing
the license applications in that county
last week.
1t is estimated that about sixty million
feet of logs VIII reach the Williamsport
boom this year. This will be 2O,0OO,00O
feet less than last year.
Judge Williams recently granted three
retail liquor licences in Mercer, the first
in 10 years. The hotels getting them are
the Waverly, the Humes and the Rezuor,
Leon Repkavitcb, of Hazelton, didn't
believe in banks and hid $685. in the par
lor stove. His wife started fire and the
money went up in smoke.
A turkey raised and sold by Theodore
Bernan, of Nittsny Valley, weighed 81
| lbs and dressed 81 lbs. 1t is the largest
bird of its kind ever known to be in the
| United States.
William II. GROVE, aged 50 years,
nearly all his life resident of Plum
Township, Venango county, died
Wednesday at his home one mile east of
Chapmanville. He is survived by his
wife, two sons and one daughter
A representative of the Lyons, N. Y,
beet sugar factory was in Sheridan, Chau-
tauqus County, recently and contracted
for $50 acres of beets to be planted this
season. The price paid is s. per ton and
the hand work furnished by the COM
pany.
Property worth $4,000 was destroyed
Monday night by fire which for time
menaced the entire business section OF
Leechburg, Pa. Two buildings, contain
ing 10 business establishments and liy-
ing apartments Of two families, were de-
stroyed.
The following dates for fairs and race
meets were fixed by the associations
comprising the coal, iron and oil circuit
at a recent meeting at Clarion: Kattapn-
, ing, August IS q; Butler, August 25-2S;
Indiana, Sept. l 4; Dubois, sept. Sill;
Brookville, Sept. l5.ls; Clarion, Sept. %
25; Rimersburg, Sept. 20 to Oct. 2.
! 1t was decided at recent meeting OF
i. the Pennsylvania Sabbath School Asso-
r citation at Butler to start campaign
! against the sale OF Sunday newspapers in
Western Pennsylvania. An effort will
be made to see patrons of the big city
papers in each county to whom an appea
will be made to discontinue purchasing
y the same.
n Anthracite as fuel has arrived at it.
= Tooth year. 1t would be impossible tC
It measure the enormous amount of pleas
: ure and profit derived from hard Goa
= during this century. The world, how
}. ever, is more interested now in the prob
Il lem of how much longer black diamonds
i will last than in scoring up the benefits
derived from them in the past. So fal
| do uO"h thO chiJ bOhl Vi SOhuIho oh
thracite on earth is confined to a smal
area in the state of Pennsylvania, and i
is neing mined at the rate ofapprox innate
ly 1000, 900 tons year.
: CIV. Hamilton, All electrical machin
= |, ist, employed in the railroad company!
= telegraph shop, has inyented clock tina
, will run two years without winding
- The clock is also automatically lighted il
the evening and electrically illuminated
and is all in all a marvellous piece of me
. chsnsm. He has one of the clocks il
. operation at his home, where it is a sub
=, ject of great interest TO his friends wht
y have called to see it. 1t is large affair
- standing seven feet six inches high. TIL,
o. clock beats seconds and is mechanically
wound every two years, It is fitted will
a bed room electrical alarm contrivanc
;, which goes off at whatever hour it is Sc
for, at the same time turning on the elec
y trio lights throughout the house. -Altoo
- ma Gazette.