The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-07-26

down the pike at an automobile pace
yesterday evening. Except damaged
harness no material harm was done.
DIR. M. W. Easton, osteopathic Physl-
clan, of Oil City, will visit Tionesta every
Wednesday. See him at the Hotel Wea'
yer. Setting bones and the treatment ol
nervous and chronic diseases specially.
Greatest success In all kinds of chronic
diseases.
-Sta'e Highway Commissioner Bige-
low has ordered that bids be advertised
for new state highway through the
Juniata Valley in the vicinity of Lewis
ton. The bids will be opened on Aug I'd.
Surveys are to be started all over the
state 10 August.
The few local showers of the past
week have helped all kinds of vegetation
in these parts, especially Is IL thought the
potato crop will be greatly benefited.
But we need more as the tubers are show
ing signs of weak ening, particularly the
early varieties.
The grape crop at Westfield, N. Y, is
looking fine and grapes are farther ad'
vsnced than they bave been in the
past 10 years. Early grapes will be ripe
the last of next month and ready for
market. The crop will be ahead of the
average, especially in Chautauqua county.
According to Franklin papers Mrs.
Joseph @. Sibley is very seriously i'll.
Her condition was practically unchanged
from Friday night and the patient is
critical. There was a slight improve.
ment in her condition Saturday but she
relspsed into a serious stage the day
following.
Kane mourns the loss of one of It's
oldest and best beloved citizens in the
death of j. II. Grant, who, through busi-
ness worries, was driven TO take his own
life by shooting himself in the head with
a revolver Monday night of last week.
He was aged So years and leaves his wife,
two sons and daughter.
-Raspberries, both red and black va
rieties, are ripe and fairly plentiful ii you
get to the right place. Huckleberries ar 9
now at their best and the crop is an
abundant one. The black berries, which
promised good yield earlier in the sea-
son, have been somewhat stunted by
lack of rain, but will not be a failure by
any means.
Over at jamestown, where the ice
men advanced the price of ice during the
recent hot spell from So to 80 the ton, the
Councils have passed resolution author
izing municipal ice plant which will
furnish the commodity to patrons at
price a little aboye cost. This procedure
will doubtless teach the icemen a trick
they ought to know.
AT 1880 this morning the neighbor-
hood was aroused by an alarm OF fire
| from the residence of F. e. Kiffer, and
a brisk blaze was discovered in a closet
under the stairs. The flames had burned
through the floor above and were dis.
covered Just in time to prevent bad
fire. Mr.. Kffer thinks the fire caught
from match with which he had lighted
gas jet just above the closet,
j. p. Albert, state fish warden, has
caused the arrest OF two residents of near
Gotham, charging them with dynsmiting
fish in the Allegheny river. They were
arrested Wednesday by the warden and
G. A. Schambers, constable and gave
bail to appear for hearing next Sstur-
day. 1t is believed they will put up a
fight and able attorneys have been re-
tanned by Mr.. Albert to prosecute the
case. Warren Mirror.
Extensive arrangements are being
made for the annual outing of the North
western Association of Odd Fellows,
which will be held at Waldameer Park,
Erie, on August 5. The 80 or more child
rem from the Meadvlle Home will attend
in body, going via the Bessemer on
special train. The Erie Odd Fellows are
arranging pleasing programme and will
make a bid to have all future outings OF
this association held at Erie.
AT the last commencement of the
Lock Haven State Normal School large
class graduated and it is interesting to
note that the graduates of this high grade
Normal School have no didiculty in So
curing positions as teachers. Several
young men we're elected TO positions as
teachers with salaries ranging from eighty
to ninety dollars a month. Thirty-two OF
the graduating class had experience as
teachers and they now have lucrative po-
sitions for next year. Many improve
ments are being made during the sum-
mer so that when the school opens on
September l1th everything will be in
first class shape for the large school that
is sure to enroll. 1t
Thinking his wife was burglar,
George Golden, leading merchant oi
Wick boro, adjoining Kittanning, Pa,
shot and killed her during Wednesday
night The half crszed husband is under
the care of physician. Golden had
bought revolver because OF the many
burgsries in the vicinity of his home
recently, and when he was aroused from
heavy sleep by his wife pulling down 8
window in their room he reached under
the pillow and securing the weapon, fired
He discovered his error when, upon ris'
ing to look at the supposed thief, he
stumbled over the body of his wife. The
time is coming, and should not be long
deferred, when only people of common
sense and possessing reasonable amount
of gray brain matter shall be allowed tC
own or handle firearms.
IL IL Norton of Titusville has nur.