The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-05-01
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OF approval OF the efforts both those who
performed and those who directed. A
nice sum was realized for the junior do
partment OF the Sunday school.
David A. Swanson of Warren wai
last week appointed to I'LL the vacancy or
the Warren county bench caused by the
death Of Associate Judge Walkermsn, the
appointment being made by Gov. Tener
Mr.. Swanson has been merchant 10
Warren for several years past, is 55 years
OF age, and at one time taught school IL
Warren and Forest counties.
The Derrick of last Wednesday says
Two Of the teachers 10 the Housewife
public schools have been attacked with
mumps, and their places have been sup.
piled by Nj ISIS Florence Young ofOil City
Miss Grove. of Tionesta, was off duty
three weeks, returning to school last
week, and Miss Beatty, of Franklin, is
now going through her seige.
While the Thomas Brothers were
saving large cherry log week o: more
ago at their mill on Smoky Hill, they
cut into large jackknile blade which
was imbedded in the log to a depth ol
seven inches, showing that it had been
left sticking in the tree many years ago.
The blade was made OF good steel and
gave the saw teeth hard raking.
"A report from the hospital that Dale
KIghtlinger, the West Hickory lad who
was so seriously injured recently while
attempting to jump on moving freight
train and fell under the cars, is to the
effect that he is getting along nicely al
though 1t will be some time before he
will be well enough to be removed TO his
home, and he will be minus one foot.
j. NJ. Hewitt returned from Forest
county Tuesday, where he and other
Clarion county parties composing the
Maple Creek Gas Co. brought in a nice
gas well OF the Balltown and Tiona sand
quality, $50 lbs. pressure. The we'll is
estimated at from $4,000 or 100000. The
well is 1925 feet deep and was drilled in
twenty-five days Emlenton News.
The parents of little Theodore Nor
ton, who was drowned In the Allegheny
river near his home in Salamanca, N. Y,
April 10Th. have offered reward of $50
for the recovery of his body. Fishermen
and others, whom pleasure or business
calls TO the vicinity of the river, are
urged to keep a close watch for the re-
mains of the lad, as he may have floated
down the stream many miles.
That Congressman Speer is doing a
good work for the old soldier is shown
by letter received by Rev. b. +. Felt
advising him ofthe passage through both
Houses of the special pension bill intro
duced by Mr.. Speer allowing the veteran
soldier and parson pension of $50 a
month. We congratulate both Mr.. Felt
and the wide awake Congressman on the
attainment of this just reward.
Friends all along the line will regret
to learn of the serious illness of "Jack"
Brown, the veteran fisherman and for
many years proprietor of the "Fisher
mans Hpme," at 'Thompsons eddy. He
is at the Emergency hospital in Warren
and is suffering from a recurrence of
idney trouble of which he had very
serious attack two years ago and was Tor
several weeks confined in Buffalo hos
pital.
AT the close of the services at the
Presbyterian church Friday evening, two
additional Ruling Elders were elected by
the church mem bership, the choice fall
ing upon Mr.. Charles Clark and Mr..
William +. Killmer. On Sabbath morn
ing prior to the quarterly Communion
service, the Impressive services ofordina-
tion were held, Rev. Mr.. Bailey otficiat-
ing and delivering the charge to the new
ly chosen Elders.
Word from En- deavor states that the
Wheeler and Dusenbury mill is working
two shifts, night and day and that all
Salmon Creek Lumber Company at
Kellettville has just received big order
from the United Statas government which
calls for 4 947 sticks of hemlock. This
order is for the Panama Canal it is under
stood. In filling the order more than a
million feet of timber will be cut.
by notice in this paper it will be seen
the Borough Council offers reward of
$25 for evidence sutfi cient to convict the
persons who destroyed the danger sign at
the Tubbs run bridge. This sort OF thing
which there is absolutely no excuse or
reason, and it is to be hoped the author
tiles may be able to catch the guilty cul-
prit, and mete out such punishment as
will be lesson to the perpetrators ofsuch
cowardly mesnness.
In Essex county, New York, two viii
lagos have been swept by reservoir that
broke its dam. The people were saved
by heroic telephone girl. Instances of
this kind of disaster will take place as
lang as dams are built above dwelling
places so as to create a danger of that
kind. To allow any more such dams to
be built is kind of idiocy of which no
people ought to be guilty.-Franklin
News. Idiocy is too mild term. Moth
ing short of "criminality" fits the case.
Attorney Thomas G. Cochran, of
Mercer county, the assisting counsel in
the prosecution of the John NJ. Andrews
murder trisl from Warren county, says
that the trial will start in Erie Wednes-
day, May 10. Witnesses for the murder
trial will be called to Erie on Tuesday,
May IA, perhaps so as to appear before the