The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-07-14

owns a skittish horse with which he daily
drives to town and often meets the buzz
wagons, says they should be called
"autogotohells."
DIR. +. j. Bovard has added a fine
u to the fleet now on the river here.
This form of enjoyment, than which there
is none better, is growing in popularity
and we hope to see the feet largely in
creased.
The body of Herman Sager was re-
Gently recovered from the Montreal river
near Century Mines in Coleman, Canada,
where the young man was drowned on
the 9th of May last. He was the eldest
son of Rev. s. Sager, a former Free
Methodist pastor of Tionests.
"A social. under the auspices OF the
Epworth League of Nebraska, will be
held In the M. e. church of that place on
Saturday evening next, to which a gener-
al and cardial invitation is extended. Tho
proceeds will be devoted to a fund that is
being raised for the purpose of re-carpet-
ing the church.
Newspaper men, as a rule, have but
two things to %sell-space and subscription
and 1t would be just as consistent to ask
your grocer for a dozen oranges lust to
fill up" as to ask the editor for a dozen
lines in his paper just to boost your bust
ness in helping to "hll up" space. Try
getting a free dinner at the hotel just to
make a show of business for the house.
Glorious rain, more welcome than
the flowers OF May, descending gently up
on parched Mother Earth ON Monday
night, broke what had already assumed
the proportions of a serious drought.
Every form of vegetation stood in great
est need of a good soaking, and while the
ground could have absorbed more of the
moisture, the amount that fell will do
inestimable good.
John Cartwright, aged 5S years, died
Saturday morning, July 10th, at the
Forest County Home, where he had been
an inmate since last March, suffering
from a cancer on his face. He was a ma
tive Of Barnett township and Sunday
morning the remains were taken to Clar-
ington and inferred beside those of his
mother. He is survived by a brother
residing at Sigel, Jefferson county.
Theodore Bell, who has been in jail
for a few weeks charged by his wife with
making threats against her, has been
acting queerly of late and on Tuesday
was examined as TO his sanity by Drs. j..
g. Dunn and f. j. Boyard. The physi-
clans pronounced him insane and the
commissioners ordered him removed to
North Warren. Sheriff Maxwell took
him 10 that institution this morning.
Thomas Nicholson, aged about 70
years, a former inmate OF the Forest
County Home, died Monday, July 18th.
at the home of a step.son in Bradford,
Pa. Mr.. Nicholson was admitted to the
County Home last February, coming
from Hallton, Elk county, and left the
home in April, going to Brockwayville,
Jefferson county. His wife, who was
with him at the home, is now with her
daughter in Port Allegheny, Pa.
The Tionesta juniors defeated the
Tidioute juniors at base ball here yes
terday by the one-sided score of 10 to 8.
Bstteries-Tionesta, Clark and Maxwell;
Tidioute, Mcbride, Albaugh and Kalten.
bach. The latter has only one leg and it
was an interesting sight to see him
braced up on a crutch doing tie back
stopping. Score; L
Tionesta ,........2 20 400 2 0 SO s 7
The school board of Tionesta town
ship elected the following teachers at a
meeting held Saturday: Hunter Station,
Miss Augusta Korb; Hunter Run, Miss
Pearl Elliot; Pigeon Hill, Miss Louise
Clark; German Hill, Miss Olive Wolfe;
Oldtown, Miss Blanche Wiles; Smokey
Hill, Orion Allio; Huddleson, Geo. Led
ebur; Blocher, W. w. Mills; Shriver,
Milton Wolfe. The schools will open
September 9th for a term of seven months.
As per notice published in this issue
the State highway department will re.
sumo the work of road improvement in
borough in the near future. The de-
partment asks for bids for the recon.
of 2935 feet, which takes in Elm
street from the corner of Bridge street to
a point at the top of the hill north of the
bridge, and it is expected to have
stretch completed before snow flies.
which is welcome news to all our
citizens.
Following are the teachers elected for
the jerks township schools: Marien-
vile, principal, w. e. Page; assistant
principal, Miss Juliana Clark; second as
Mrs. Pearl Daugherty; No. 7,
Miss Kiser; No. 6, Miss Teckla Ander-
son; No. 8, Miss Jennie Murphy; No. 4,
Miss Gladys Sutton; No. 8, Miss Edith
Austin; No. 2, Miss Mildred Russell; No.
l, Miss Bowman; Gilfoyle, Miss Kath-
eryn Mohney; Nicholas, Miss Maude
Whiteman; Six Mile, Miss Jennie Will
ton; Duhring, Charles Kendall; Byron
town, Cecil Thompson.
The Fourth, or rather, the fifth, was
celebrated In a safe and san ann in
this community, nothing in the nature of
accident or mishap occurring to mar
the pleasures of the day, which was n
of quietude and order. The day follow
ing was ''show day" and the town was
Comfortably Gllad with With