The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-05-10

wear for Men, women ana children, a
Wesver's Hotel, on Thursday and Friday
of this week. 1t
The Jr. Epworth League will serve
Ice cream and cake In the bas sment OF the
M. e. church next Saturday evening
May 10, at 1880. Carnations for Mothers
Day will be for sale. All are cordially
invited TO attend.
The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyterian
church will collect the newspapers, old
books, magazines, waste paper, rubbers
cotton and woolen rags, Tuesday after
noon, May 10Th. Please have all ready
on the front walk or porch.
Now Is the time when wedding sta
tionery should be prepared for the com.
ing weddings. There is no place in the
world where more satisfactory results can
be secured than at this office. Orders
filled on very short notice. Try us.
Felix Wiersbinski, for thirty years q
resident of Oil City, died Saturday OF
cancer of the liver, aged 65 years. He
was the father of Rev. A. II. Wiersbinski
of Tidioute, who is we'll known here as
pastor of the Catholic church of Tionesta.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold a
market in the basement room of the
Presbyterian church next Saturday after
noon at 300 o'clock, at which time carna-
tions for "Mothers' Day" will be sold.
The members are requested to contribute
to this market.
This originated In the West: "What
this town needs most" said the eminent
publicist, sis thorough cleaning up,
about dozen new bridges, and first
class subway sy STEM" "You are mis-
taken," replied the average citizen.
"What this town needs most is a good
left handed pitcher"
The county executive committee Of
the W. @. Il. U. will meet at the home OF
Mrs. G. f. Watson, in Tionesta, Wednes-
day, May 18th. at IL o'clock. All county
officers, county superintendents and local
tee, and are urged to be present. By or
der of the President.
Charles Anderson, at his greenhouse
near the river bridge, lost ten or fifteen
thousand young plants, mostly tomato
and celery, in the heavy frost last Friday
morning. The tender young plants were
just growing nicely in muslin covered
beds in the garden, but Jack Frost
reached through the muslin and nipped
them.
Charles Sanner got the first finger of
his right hand caught in the gas engine
at the Wilburine pump station last
Thursday, with the result that the finger
was broken back of the second joint and
crushed. The accident will interfere
with his work for some time to come.
DR.. Dunn rendered the necessary surgi-
cal aid.
II. d. Collins is engaged in making
what may be the permanent survey of the
railroad extention from Nebraska to Tio-
nests, beginning at this end of the line.
This looks like business, and ere we're
aware of it most likely trains will be
laundering through the town, and we'll
all be knocking on the noise and smoke
nuisance. But we'll like it.
"A rather fierce forest Ire burned over
a considerable territory in the vicinity of
the old Coleman place on Stewart Run
Saturday afternoon, but the damage was
not great and the fire burned out in the
evening. These are the days of greatest
danger from woods fires and extra pre-
caution should be exercised By all who
have occasion to be in the woods.
The Tionests school board reelected
the following teache last night: Prin-
cipal, f. W. Gill; No. 4, @. f. Felt; No. 8,
Miss June Herman; No. 2, Miss Kath-
arine Osgood; No. l, Miss Blanche Pease.
The position of assistant principal and
teacher of the high school, made vacant
by the election of Prof. j. o. Carson as
County Superintendent, was not filled.
Mrs. Rosa Hunter Smith, graduate
of the Normal, is the guest OF Miss Mar
garet Curll. Mrs. Smith has been for the
past eight years missionary in East
Africa. Sunday she made two addresses
in Strattsnvi vile and in the evening gave a
very pleasing missionary talk in the
Alliance Mission in this place. Her home
is in Tionests but she is we'll known to
many of our people-Clarion Republican,
May A.
Mrs. VIM. Dickey, prominent and
highly esteemed lady, died at ber home
in Brookville, on the 2Sth ult., after a
long illness of several weeks. She was
aged II years, and was the wife of Will
lam Dickey. we'll known to many of our
citizens as member of the extensive
umbering firms at Nebraska and May
burg, this county. She was also the
mother of Mrs. F. X. Brown, formerly Of
Mayburg,
Postmaster Jameson has good news
for patrons of the Kellettville star route
mail service. His information from the
authorities at Washington is to the effect
that, commencing June lst, the old order
of things will be restored, and mail car
rier John Cunningham will make six
trips week instead of three, as has
been the case during the past two and
one half months. The citizens living
along the route will surely appreciate the
restoration of the service which has al
ways been we'll patronized.
Report of the Oil City Trust Company
to the Commissioner of Banking, under
date of April Goth, appears elsewhere in
this issue. 1t is one of the largest and