The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-09-04

-'"""oitVi nohT llulOut6. Ninety O
more relatives were present and a goot
time was had. Among the family con
nections present were Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
White and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Day,
Wright, Pete Mcintyre, Ray Goldth
waite of Eudesvor.
"A change in managers has been made
at the Wilburine pump station located a
the mouth of Peters run just out of the
borough limits. John Korb of Warren
has been installed as the new manager
succeeding o. G. Stroup, who is trans.
ferred to another division, but just where
he will be located Is not yet decided
Harvey Johnston expects to take charge
of the station at Enterprise in a shori
time.
Dorothy, the fve-year.old daughter
of Ernest and Nellie Manson, led at the
family home near Nebraska, Pa, Sun
day, after an illness of about three days
of cholera infantum. Monday the re
mains were taken TO Fisher, Clarion
county, the former home of the parents
where the funeral services were held and
the interment took place on Tuesday,
Rev. W. S. Burton conducting the SER
vices.
Floyd, son of Henry Sibble of Ger
man Hill, came home Saturday carrying
about as bad dose of ivy poisoning as
could well be imagined. He was one of a
crew on fleet of barges that left here last
week and when near Emlenton was sent
out with line to ''get hitch" when he
encountered bunch of poison ivy which
took effect ON his face. Both eyes were
closed by the swelling and his whole face
was very badly swollen, causing intense
suffering. At last accounts he was i'm
proving and it is thought the poison will
leave no i'll effect.
The timely discovery Of fire at Rev.
b. f. Feit's dwelling on the river front
Monday evening was responsible for the
saving OF the house from total destruction.
People coming across the bridge from the
8 o'clock train saw the fire and rushed up
in time to save the building after con-
siderable effort. The little granddaughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Felt had gotten hold OF
some matches with which she was play
ing near some shaviugs and papers that
were lying at the rear of the house and
had set them atire. Before the flame
could he extinguished it had eaten into
one of the sills and gotten well under
way.
In the past few weeks a contagious
disease affecting the eyes of cattle seems
to have gained foothold in Elk county.
There has been reported one case where
the COW 50 afflicted has gone totally
blind, another case where the animal is
gradually getting worse and another in
stance is cited where the entire herd is
afil icted. The disease resembles a cata-
ract on the human eye. A scum grad
ually covers the eyeball, and in a couple
of weeks the animal becomes totally
blind state Veterinarian Marshall ad-
vises that competent veterinary be con-
suited when the disease makes its APP
pearance.
Three boys who ran away from their
homes at Youngsville were put OFF the
night train south at this station Saturday
and turned over TO Sheriff W. II. Hood,
who locked them up for the night. They
we're, Thomas Horner, aged 10, Lucius
Byde, aged IA, and Robert Hyde, aged
II. The boys said they left home Friday
noon, walked to West Hickory and got on
the train there They had no money TO
pay fare aud had nothing but apples to
eat all day saturday. Constable l.. l..
Zuver took the lads back to Youngsville
Sunday morning aud turned them over
to relatives. The two older boys will
probably be sent to a reform school.
The annual reunion of the Anderson
family was held at Brookston, this coun-
ty, Wednesday last, August 2Sth, at the
home of A. p. Anderson aud family, and
there was something doing all day in the
way of feasting and having good socia-
present from Warren, Sheffield. Ludlow,
Brookston and vicinity. The election OF
officers resulted in the election of Eli
Anderson, of sheffield as president; A.
p. Anderson, Of Brookston, vice presi-
dent; A. II. Lawson, of Warren, secre-
tary, and Adolph Swanson, of Ludlow,
treasurer. special train was run over
the Tionesta Valley road about p. M, to
bring the people home, and it was decided
tn hold the next reunion on the second
Saturday of August next year in Lud-
low, the place to be fixed later.
"A new two.cent stamp in commemo-
ration of the Panama Pacific Exposition
in San Francisco in 1915 has been ap-
proved by Postmaster General Hitchcock
II is but an inch wide and an inch and a
quarter long. 1t bears an engraving rep
resenting the Gatun locks of the Panama
Canal, showing steamship emerging
from the northern lock and another ves-
sci being raised in the southern lock. In
the middle distance is a group of tall
palm trees and in the background rise
the hills of the Isthmus. Across the top
are the words ~. s. Postage" and di.
rectly below these the line, "San Fran
cisco, 1915" In each lower corner is an
olive branch, typifying peace, and bal
ancing it on the right is palm branch.
indicative of victory and the tropics. No
color has been selected for the stamp.
The first issue will be on sale in few
weeks.
Charles Incl, who started for Pitts
burgh on one OF the barge and boat fleets
being run by Lewis Cook, was badly in
iured last Thursday noon by being struck
in the face by the end of one of the river
cables, but his injuries are not as serious