The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-06-01

His wife, seven sons and two daughters
survive him. The funeral services will
be held In the M. E. church, Friday, al
2 p. m. A more extended notice of the
deceased will be given next week.
up with choice lot of Towering plants
of various kinds, all In bud and bloom.
The variety consists Of geraniums, double
petunias, coleus, vincss, fuchsias, pansies,
etc. Call early, for they are going fast.
Also nice lot of cabbage plants. 2t
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will serve straw berry
shortcake, Ice cream, cake and coffee in
the basement Of the church next Saturday
evening, June 4th, beginning at o clock.
Everybody invited. Make this room
your headquarters while waiting for the
election returns.
The ball game Monday afternoon be-
tween the Plessantyille high school team
and the Tionesta juniors, on the Tionesta
grounds, was stopped after the third in
ming by rain, with the visitors leading by
a score of4 to 3. The batteries were: Tio-
nesta, Clark and Childs; Pleasantville,
Robinson and Stroup.
"A thousand barrel gusher was
brought in Tuesday morning of last week
on the David Scott farm near Bakers
town, Butler county. The well is holding
up and Is the best strike in the Butler oil
field in I've years. The well is the fifth
on the Scott farm. The four other wells
started OIL at over 100 barrels per day.
Attention is called to the new adver-
tisement OF the Forest County National
Bank in this issue, which Is new plan
of advertising in this section. But this
solid and progressive financial institution
recognizes the value of live advertising
and is now reaching out for more bus-
ness. A new advertisement will appear
each week.
g. II. Lowe and r. A. Welch have Sc
cured a lease of the County farm from the
County Commissioners aud expect to be-
gin operations on the same within two
months for either oil or gas. The Com
missioners are hoping that gas may be
struck in paying quantities, as it is
wanted and needed at the county home
for heat and lights.
Last Thursday the parsonage OF the
Catholic church was entered by the
breaking of window glass and the
throwing of sash catch. The house was
thoroughly ransacked and some of Father
Wiersbinski's clothing carried off. The
burglars went off leaving a door open.
AS Is known Father Wiersbinski is in
Europe, so the parsonage is locked up
Tidioute News.
Alton V. Hoover, who murdered his
young wife at Atlantic, Crawford county,
in November, 1908, was convicted of
murder in the first degree in court at
Erie, last Saturday. This is the second
time such verdict has been rendered.
The irst time was in the Crawford county
courts, but the supreme court reversed
the decision and change of venue to
Erie county was granted.
The 20 horse power boiler at the ST.
mon Korb saw mill near Venus, Venango
county, blew out its crownsheet shortly
after o'clock Tuesday morning of last
week. There we're half dozen employees
in the vicinity but none was seriously in
jured. Three of the men were bruised by
flying boards. The mill was not badly
damaged, although the boiler went into
the air height estimated at fully 20 feet.
After considerable discussion in the
newspapers and otherwise, County Su-
perintendent l.. M. Jones, of Jefferson
county, has decided to hold the annual
teachers institute in Reynoldsville this
year, Sept. 10 %. In published state
ment the superintendent says the time
honored custom of holding the institute
in Brookville is changed for the reason
tlRt suitable hall could not be secured
in that town.
The new time card on the Pennsyl-
vana Railroad. which took effect last
Sunday, made only two changes here,
adding the Sunday afternoon train and
making the up-riyer train in the alter
noon "A hal { hour later. Following is the
corrected time of the trains: North No.
81, 7;4S a. m, No. 33, AS p. M, daily.
South, No. 80, ll;0l a. m, No. 81, S:5S p.
m daily. North, No. 933, 2:4S p. m,
Sunday only. South, No. 9S2, 5;36 p. M,
Sunday only,
The third quarterly meeting for this
conference year will be held in the M. e.
church at Nebraska, beginning Friday of
this week. Rev. ID. A. Platt, District
Superintendent, will preach Friday eve
ming and hold the quarterly conference.
On Saturday evening at O'Clock the
sermon will be preached by Rey. r. j.
Montgomery. Sunday at 10 a. IN. Love
Feast. Sermon at IL a. IN. by Rev. r. j.
Montgomery, followed by the Holy Com
munion. The sermon Sunday evening
at 1880 will be preached by Rev. d. A,
Plstt.
The deep well being drilled at Barnes
by l.. Kraeer is down over $500 feet. At
that depth nice sand was found, but
there was little oil in it.-W. w. Kribbs,
a former merchant of Marienville and
Kellettville, has purchased home in
Los Angeles, CAL, and is now located
with his family in that nlaca Il r.