The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-05-08

welcome the family TO our midst. Ant
there is always room for one more.
The Msyburg Dramatic Club. with
strong cast, will present 1.-The Prisone
Of Andersonyille," a stirring militar,
drama in four acts, in Bovard's Hall
Tionesta, next Saturday evening at eigh
o'clock. Be sure to see II as It will b.
well staged and is popular and pleas
ing entertainment. Admission, 25 anC
l5 cents.
Lowe & Co. finished and shot a new
we'll on the Baird tract, Dawson run
Monday. that made an excellent showing
of oil. The pay streak was found at th,
bottom of the third sand, but in all thu
other wells the pay was developed in the
top of the sand. The we'll responded sc
quickly to the shot that the owners ex
pect 1t to be the best one drilled on the
lease.
"A Harrisburg dispatch states thai
"Charters have been issued to l3 com
panies which are embraced in the Clar.
ion River Power project. The Offices are
in Pittsburg and the capital is $1,000
Thus 1t is evident the companies have
agreed to the terms fixed by the Water
Supply Commission, which, alter all
may mean nothing to the incorporstors
who want to speculate on the rights ol
the people.
The quarantine was last week lifted
from the homes of VIM. Mckee on River
Hill and Bert Thomson at Jamies sta
tion, and the members OF the families
were again permitted to mingle with
friends. They we're quarantined for
scarlet fever and the patients have fully
recovered. They desire to express their
thanks to friends for many acts of kind
ness shown them while they were
"housed up"
-Orah Smith, we'll remembered by
many friends throughout this section as
a wholesale candy merchant and travel
ing agent, died at the home of his sister
at Cooperstown, Vensngo county, Mon
day after long illness, the ultimate
cause OF death being cancer, which de-
veloped about three months ago. He was
aged 81 years, and had host of friends
at his home in Oil City as well as in the
surrounding countryside.
The body of Mrs. Louise Delp Snyder
wife of @. w. Snyder, was taken through
here yesterday mourning enroute to
Greenwood cemetery, Barnett township,
for interment. Mrs. Snyder, who was
aged 81 years, died at the family residence
at President, Saturday morning after a
brlet Illness. She is survived by her
husband and six children, the eldest II
years of age. The parents OF the deceased
were former residents near Redclylie,
this county
The Penn Tanning company will
shortly abandon another of its plants, it
having been determined to dismantel
that located at Stoneham, Warren county,
on the line of the p. Il Il. railroad, az
soon as the present stock of bark has been
used no. The plant at Kellettville quit
business some weeks ago. Tie Stonehan
tannery is one of the Oldest in the coun-
try. having been built 46 years ago by j..
X. Palmer, long before the present COM
biuation and trust methods were thought
Of
ROhart und1laaon uho raS idaa m,
the old Hnddleson farm above the County
Home, accidentally ran the blade of a
pocket knife into his band between the
thumb and foreiinger Monday evening,
severing an artery, from which he had a
narrow escape from bleeding to death.
DR.. Dunn was hurriedly summoned and
succeeded in staunching the fl ow of blood.
but not until Bob hsd almost succumbed
to the inevitable. He was getting along
all right at last accounts, though greatly
weakened.
Albert Lawrence started for Pitts
burg Saturday. evening with four of the
Forest Barge company's barges, the first
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seven empty and four loaded flats, and
two barges of the Nebraska company's
output, at the mouth of the creek ready
for the run to Pittsburg, He will also
take his new stern wheel motor boat
down for service on the lower river. The
towboat is named the "Harriet M" and
was engaged here yesterday in towing
the big boats up the Back Channel to the
river bridge, which seemed easy work
for her and a big improvement over the
old method of towing with team.
S. K. Church of Church Hill, Hick-
ory township, received word recently of
the death of his aunt, Mrs James s. Rey-
nolds, which occurred at the home of a
son living in Washington state. The
burial took place on the 22d of April at
Sibley, Iowa, the former home of the
family. Mrs. Reynolds, whose maiden
name was Hannah Dempsey, was the
widow of the late j. s. Reynolds, vet
eran of the civil war and member of Co.
G, s3d regiment. The family is kindly
remem bered by large circle of friends
still living in this section. Mrs. Rey-
nolds was aged about 20 years and was
the mother OF 10 children, most of whom
survive her.
Robert Eskins, whose home was at
Eau Claire, Butler county, died on pas
senger train No. 80, while enroute to Oil
City from Warren last Saturday forenoon.
When the train reached Oleopolis Con-
ductor Dickinson, who noticed that the
man had been reclining in his seat in the
forward part of the smoking car, placed
his hand on his head and said 1--WE are
getting near Oil City" There was no re-