The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-06-09

Ray Birtcil shipped a crate of this
springs chickens to a commission mer-
chant in Buffalo, last Wednesday, for
which he realized the sum of 35 cents per
pound. The fowls averaged IL pounds
In weight and at this rate there ought to
be good money in raising chickens.
F. g. Proper got a good well last week
in his No. 25 on the Proper reserve. at
Balltown. 1t was shot Wednesday and
is showing up for an average well. At
Golinza Hague q Collins are reported to
have a nice we'll in their latest venture
on the Collins lands. The well was fin
ished and shot Monday,
The borough school board organized
for the year last evening by re-electing
last years officers, as follows: President,
w. G.. Wyman; secretary, j. r. Clark;
treasurer, J. G. Scowden. There is no
change in the personnel of the board. A
meeting for the election of teachers will
be held next Monday evening.
Senator Penrose has sent to this Office
a quantity of public documents bearing
on farming, gardening, fruit culture, ETC.,
and any one Interested in these pursuits
is welcome to come In and help himself to
the literature while It lasts. The subjects
treated are many and the authors are
people of note in their special lines.
An extraordinary large load of lum-
Der was hauled to the station here last
Friday, from the sawmill of Andrew
Wolf, on Little Tionesta creek. The load
contained 2,756 feet Of pine lumber,
weighed 1850 lbs, and was in charge of
Walter Reynolds, who was driving a
rather small team of horses owned by
Mr.. Wolf.
j. Wesley Stewart, who left Warren
about two months ago on the little steam
or "City of Warren" bound for the Gulf
of Mexico, died on the Sd inst, in a hos
pltal at Williamsburg, from pneumonia.
He had resided in Warren for some time,
where he has a brother living. His par
ents reside in Altoona, where the body
was taken for burial.
The Tionesta township school board
organized Monday with the election of
Henry Wolf as president, Mrs. p. r.
Smearbaugh, secretary, and Jacob Smear
baugh, treasurer. The board will re-
ceive sealed bids June Goth for the erec-
ton Of a new school building at the Hud-
dleson school. The old building will be
sold to the highest bidder.
On June 18th an eclipse of the sun
will occur, which will be unlike any in
history. While the view point for as
tronomers will be in the far north, a part
of the eclipse will be visible throughout
this state at sunset. The eclipse of the
moon last Thursday night was only a
partial success, the night being some
what cloudy when fair Luna poked her
head above the horizon.
nance of the criminal insane will not af-
feet Forest county as seriously as at first
supposed it would, as out of the entire
number now in the asylum at North
Warren under the county's keeping,
there is but one who will come under
that head. This patients keeping will
add but $3.50 per week to the county's
expense for maintenance.
AT the graduating exercises OF the
State training school for nurses at the
State Institution at Polk, on Thursday
last, eleven young ladies and gentlemen
were given their degree, and among the
number was Miss Mary f. Lovejoy of
Tionesta, who has been a student nurse
at that institution for the past two years.
A nice program was rendered, closing
with a reception and dance.
The storm of Friday night was one of
the severest of the season, but no damage
worth mentioning resulted in this vicin-
ity. The display of lightning was both
terrifying and grand, and the continuous
peels of thunder we're calculated to I'M
nerve the coolest and most indifferent
person. The rainfall was very heavy and
lasted nearly an hour, causing good sized
point.
AT a meeting of the alumni associs-
tion of the Tionesta high school, held in
the school building last Wednesday eve
ging, it was voted TO hold the annual re-
ception or Friday evening, July %. The
following officers of the association were
also elected: President, Miss Maud
Garfield; vice president, Glenn Henry;
secretary, Miss Marie Dunn; treasurer,
Miss Glare Henry; assistant treasurer,
Miss Hazel Zones.
"A new counterfeit s. silver certificate
has come to the attention of the secret
service bureau. 1t is of the series of 1899
Qndian head and is a photo-mechanical
production, printed on bond paper, of
good quality and blue ink lines to initiate
the silk fibre of the genuine. According
to Acting Chief Moran of the bureau, the
poor character of the workmanship on the
Indian head should be the means of de-
tecting the counterfeit now In circulation.
There is a dispute as'to the ownership
of eight hundred acres of timber in Howe
township, Forest county, and Ii. A.
Crazy secured a writ of estrepement pro-
hibiting the Central Pennsylvania Lum-
Der Company from cutting it. AT a hear
ing before Judge Rice the first of the
week the writ was dissolved when the
defendant company gave a $500, 900 bond
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