The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-01-17
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sweet charity's sake.
The county commissioners of Elk
county have appointed Leo Schoening. OF
st. Marys. inspector of weights and
measures for that county, being the first
in that region 10 take advantage of the
law passed at the last session of the
legislature providing for such official.
The salary, which is to be decided upon
by the commissioners, has not yet been
fixed.
%. b. Ewing of Cooper Tract, this
county, was In Sheffield last Wed nesday
to get medical treatment, having b ad his
finger cut of by one of his working part
ners. He told bis own story OF the acci-
dent as follows: ut was an awful cold
day and we thought that fire would leel
good, 80 we gathered wood and l was in
the act Of picking up a limb OF tree
when my partners axe came down on
my hand, severing my finger. 1t hap
pened at Gusher, only few miles below
here"
-Tionesta poultry fancers we're prom
inent winners of prizes at the Warren
County Poultry Show, held at Warren,
poultry sharps are keeping right up to
date. Archie Davis won prizes as fol-
lows: First buff orpington pullei; first
and second Columbian rock pullets; first
silver rock hen; first partridge wysndotte
cock bird; first partridge rock pullet.
Urban Mong's winnings are: Second and
fourth barred Plymouth Rock pullets;
fifth barred Plymouth Rock cock bird.
Coleman 4 Watson are among the
lumbermen who are making good use of
the present run of ex celent sleighing by
transporting their mill on sleds from
Millcreak, on the Clarion river, to the
Johns run site. Ice bridges are provided
at both ends Of the line making any long
detours to cross streams unnecessary.
They have already brought in twenty
loads or more and will have more than
double that many yet to haul. Some Of
the stuff they find it more profitable to
transport by rail. 1t is big job and
gives employment to scores Of teams.
About every Ice house in town has
been filled within the past week, the
cutters, hsulers and packers keeping
busy up to the first of the present week,
The quality is not of the best, showing
,xo,.d daal a ,ailn,y hnt mill anawar for
cooling purposes, If not allowed to come
in direct contact with eatables and drink
ables. Drsyman Birtcil put up fine
cutting from his pond. and emo ugh has
again formed to just about fill up his ice
granary, which has a capacity of $50 tons,
so that his customers next summer wi II
be well taken care of with the finest to be
had.
-Uuion Evangelistic meetings are
now in progress, to be continued until
Friday evening, Jan. % This week the
meetings are being held in the NJ. Z,
church, and Rev. II. A. Bailey, of the
Presbyterian church, is doing the preach
ing. Next week the services will be held
in the Presbyterian church, and Rev. W.
S. Burton will do the preaching. We bad
the pleasure of hearing Mr.. Bailey three
evenings He preached three very strong
evangelistic sermons. He does not COM
promise in the least. but hands out
straight truth aud lets it strike where 1t
will. The large chorus choir o 1.-THE Meth
odist church furnished splendid music
on Sunday evening.
Forest county's oldest resident, Sam
uel Mckee, is again able to walk after
being confined to his bed and rolling
chair for seveaal weeks with fractured
hip bone. MIR. Mckee is 9S years of age
aud received his injury in attempting to
close a barn door after doing the chores
in his barn near Tionesta. He is still a
patient at Emergency Hospital but his
physician states that he will be discharged
from that institution within a few days.
Remarkable. indeed, has been the recov-
cry of Mr.. Mckee, and stands almost
without parallel. Despite his age the
broken bone knitted and forms a perfect
union. He is anxious to return to his
home where he will receive hearty well
come by the entire populace of Tionest a.
Warren Mirror.
Twenty-Five years each at separate and
solitary confinement was the sentence
meted out to John, better known as
"Bull," Trinowski and Frank Winiecki
by Judge Charles p. Orr in United States
court in Erie at 2:45 O'Clock Thursday
afternoon. The two are committed to the
United States penitentiary at Fort Leay-
enwortb, Kan, and will be taken there
from the Erie county Jail within few
days. Trinowski and Winiecki were
convicted on all five counts in the indct-
ments against them in connection with
the daring hold-up of the Philadelphia
and Erie express and passenger train No
Al at Five-Mile curve, east of the city,
the night OF June 80 last. William VOL
colt of this place was one of the jurymen
that sat in that case, who we're not long
in agreeing on the verdict of guilty.
Cold? yes, by gum, it was, and then
some. Saturday morning last, Jan. IL,
1912, was by far the coolest eyer known
in Tiouesta, all records being smashed in
to smithereens. AT nine o'clock Friday
evening thermometers registered as low
as IL degrees, yet people we're not count
ing on as severe frost as by morning it
proved to be, and many households
awoke to find water pipes frozen tight
and there was a big demand for the
plum ber's services. The lowest that any
thermomet registered was Ray Birtcils,
which crept almost out of sight, marking