The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-05-11

VIZ a aVoOJ bOiluh utAJ ouuudJ
but the Sunday school and Christian En-.
deavor meeting will be held at the usual
hours. Rev. B, f. Felt, of Tionesta, will
occupy the pulpit, morning and evening
on Sunday, May 22d. Sunday evening,
May 29h, there will be a song service,
followed by an address by Mr.. f. W.
Gill on the "Passion Play" Mothers
Day will be appropriately observed in
this church at the morning service on
Sunday, June 9Th.
Our friend e. A. Wolfe, of Cooper
Tract, who is announced as democratic
candidate for the nomination for Assem-
bly,, was a visitor in Tionesta last
Wednesday. Joe" told us trout story
in which he and friend figured. While
fishing on Blue Jay creek on May I'd they
caught ten fine trout one of these, twelve
inches long, "Joe" hooked with the hook
on the outside OF the fish's jaw and to
make doubly sure of the catch the line
had looped about the head of the fish. He
says If ne can't coax 'em to bite he can
lasso 'em.
j. A. Lawrence has four barges for
the Forest Barge Co. ready to start for
Pittsburg. Lewis Cook, for Collins,
Darrsh IL Co., of Nebraska, has five
barges and nine fiat boats here ready to
boat here towing the craft through the
back channel into the river. The tug is
stern wheeler, l0x45 feet, driven by a
l.'horse gasoline engine, and has very
comfortable cabin. Although not yet
working right it walks right along with
good load aud will be used for towing
ON the lower river. 1t was built at Ne
braska.
Earl Albaugh was arraigned before
Judge Rice this morning charged with
forging and trying to pass forged check.
Albaugh pleaded guilty to both charges
and as it was Albaugh's first criminal
offense and his employer, A. j. Carna-
han, of West hickory, gave the man a
very good recommendation, sentence
was suspended. He is to pay the costs
and report before the court every three
months. Albaugh is the man who forged
the name of T. d. Collins to a check
which he tried to cash with the 0'Dell
Clothing Company and has been in Jail
since apprehended. Warren Times, 9th.
"A Nebraska correspondence received
too late for last week has these items:
Frances Allison had finger on his right
hand smashed Saturday while assisting
in the loading ofa car of lumber in the
yard. Roy Grubbs, conduCtar on the
freight train, had his arm very badly in
iured, Monday. Cole celebrated
his twenty second birthday last Thurs
day evening, when twenty of his friends
came in. Refreshments were served.
An enjoyable time was spent by all. The
out-oi-town guests we're, Karl and Eva
Kiser, Edith Weingard and Muriel Dick
rager, of German Hill, and Evelyn
Grove, of Tionesta.
-Dsyid Spicer and three others were
arrested yesterday and taken before JUS
tce Borden, of fSheffield. The men we're
charged with dynamiting for fish in Tio-
nesis creek and Spicer pleaded guilty to
the charge, saying that the others arrested
we're not implicated in the matter. He
was fined 500 and costs, which amount
ed in all to Sl2O which he paid and the
quartette were discharged. This is the
second arrest for this offense in the vicin-
ity OF Sheffield and Fish Warden j. P.
Alberts, who has made the arrests states
that he is keeping wstchful eye on the
Tionesta and will prosecute all offenders.
Warren Times, 7th.
John Nose, who shot two men and an
aged woman at Straight, Elk county, and
during the melee received shot in the
thigh, was captured at Philadelphia and
returned to Ridgway Saturday. When
Nose was doing the shooting one of the
men in the room grabbed his arm and de-
hected the weapon, the bullet entering
his hip. According to his statement,
when arrested in Philadelphia, he cut the
bullet out with pocket knife, went to
Smethport, took train there to olean
and from the latter station went to Phila-
delphia, expecting to make his escape to
Italy, his native land.
Sheriff s. r. Maxwell was in RiGg-
way last Wednesday and placed under
arrest Andrew Mcfarland and James
McCauley who are charged with furnish
ing intoxicating liquors TO minor at
West Hickory, this county. The accused
gave bond in the sum of $500 each before
A. B. Reed, j. p, for hearing Monday
afternoon before W. P. Siggins, j. P, at
West Hickory. When they appeared be
fore Squire SIggins both waived hearing
and were bound over to May court in the
sum of $500 bail for each. The case is the
outcome of the recent charge against DR..
NJ. C. Kerr for selling liquor illegally,
both the accused being detectives who
appeared in the case against the druggist.
The Punxsutawney Spirit of May I'd
says that Wayne McDermott, a nineteen
year old boy, of Marienville, Forest
County, was brought to the Adrian Hos
pital here, suffering from an injury of
the head, which was regarded as serious.
According to the boys own story he was
engaged in friendly scutlle with friend
when the latter became sngered, grabbed
a piece of iron and struck him over the
head. Previous to the time the young
man was brought here, he suffered from
commissions, and this gave rise to the be-
lief that his skull bad been fractured.