The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-05-05

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ance on the property, but the loss will
be small.
DIR. Howard Weber, ono a we'll
known physician at East Hickory, and
who some time ago drifted into the oil
business Ia Oklahoma, recently sold his
interests in that region for upward Of
half a million dollars. The Doctors old
Forest county friends will be pleased to
learn Of his good luck.
-Clsrington. this county, lost n of
Its Oldest citizens In the death of Esquire
j. j. Henderson, which occurred on the
18th ult., at his home In that place. De-
ceased was upward Of 20 years Of age,
and the ultimate cause of death was a
paralytic stroke from which he had been
afflicted for about a year.
Our citizens are fortunate in having
an opportunity TO hear Caleb Powers
lecture at the court house tonight, and all
should avail themselves of the chance TO
hear from the lips of this national figure
the story Of his experience in his eight
years Incarceration for a crime for which
he was in no way responsible.
-NextSunday morning at ll:V clock,
at the Presbyterian church, the annual
Mothers Day services will be held, to be
concluded by the administration of the
Sacra nent of the Lords Supper. Pre-
paratory services will be held Thursday
aand Friday evenings. Mothers are es-
pecially invited to these services.
Sutton & Baughmsn, lumbermen at
Marienvilla sustained losses to amount
of about $500, by the washing out of the
t~restles of the railroad siding running to
their numbering plant IN Salmon creek a
mile below that town, on Thursday last.
No other damages are reported from that
quarter caused by the rains and flood.
r.. M. Herman at his operations In
the north ward Is down to the Lyle sand,
about l40 feet, at which depth a small
showing of oil was found. The we'll will
be drilled to the third sand, go feet
deeper, where 1t is expected to tap the
production. In a we'll drilled a short
distance from this venture many years
ago. % feet of good sand was tapped, with
a nice showing Of oil.
The %semi-annual meeting of the board
of Bishops of the NJ. f. church, is iu ses-
sion in Wheeling, W. Va. The most in
teresting feature of the proceedings thus
far was a report by Bishop Bashford
showing the vast increase in the work in
China. T. d. Collins, of Forest county
who, because of his munificent gifts 70,
missions, holds a prominent place among
the lsymen of this state, read an address
on the promotion of the church's evange-
listic work.
Henry ~Thurnquist, son Of John and
Aide %Thurnquist, died at the home of
his parents in Eagle Rock, Pa, May ID,
of pneumonia, after an illness of six
days, aged nearly twenty years. He was
a young man of industrious habits and a
great fsvorite with his companions. Be-
sides his parents he is survived by two
brothers and two sisters. Funeral SER
vices were held at the home Tuesday
morning, Rev. w. o. Calhoun officiating.
The body was taken to jamestown, N.
Y, for burial.
-PoSnpsster Knox desires to give no.
tice thl stray chicken came to his hen.
cry some three weeks ago, and while the
fowl is a nice looking bird she doesn't
seem to furnish her share of hen-fruit,
hence he finds no use for 1t. Therefore
the owner is respectfully solicited to
come foNGard and prove property, pay
charges, Including this notice and the
aforesaid hens keeping, otherwise the
''critter" will be disposed of in name
and form as plump, fat hens are wont to
go. Fair warning.
e. w. Osgood makes the following
weather report for the month of April,
1909: Total rainfall 7 inches; snow 8
inches. On tie 9Th the thermometer
registered 6S degrees, and on the l9th 65
degrees. On the 18th mercury fell to II
degrees above zero, and on the oath to %
degrees above. Thunder storm or the
9th, and on the Goth, snow, rain and Sc
we're thunder and lightning at intervals
throughout the day and night, with high
winds prevailing. The same month a
year ago 81 inches of rain fell, and So
inches of snow.
Foster, the weather prophet, says the
mouth of May will be unusually cool, ex-
cept 10 eastern Canada and in the Atlantic
States, where temperatures will be about
normal. 1t will be particularly cool and
bad for crops from May l to @ and from 10
to %. Warm 8 to IL and "A to last of
month. Altogether, May will be a cold,
bad crop month in most parts of North
America. Severe storms are probable
May 8 to IL and is to % and 2s to June l.
Particularly dry weather 10 to 20. A
notable cold spell ID to 20. This will be
the blackberry winter.
The Ladies Aid social at the Presby-
terrain chuach last evening was a success
in all respects. The attendance was large,
the pleasure complete and the financial
returns all that The most enthusiastic
worker could wish. A short musical
program was rendered, which included
also a history by each lady of the meth
DDS employed in earning the dollar which
she contributed. This proved a novel and
very entertaining feature of the program,
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