The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-05-14
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county and is superintendn ing the remova
OF tha Council run rig to new location
Just what particular spot will be selected
has not yet been decided upon by biz
company, but that 1t will be not far from
the road leading down the river to Littl,
Tionesta creek Is pretty we'll settled. They
will go as far as the Specify sand at leas
and expect to be drilling within the mex
week or ten days.
Edward Fl. Savage former resident
of Tionesta, where he was born and
reared to young manhood, died at bis
home In Washington, d. c., where be
had lived several years. on the first oflast
March, aged about 65 years. His body
was buried In Louisville, KY, his former
home. Old friends will remember Ed,
and will regret to learn Of bis demise.
But one other of the Savage family is now
living, Ida, who resides in one of the far
western states, we learn.
John II. Wray we'll known aud
highly esteemed citizen of Marienville,
where he was born and reared to man.
hood. died at Knox last Thursday morn
ing following an operation for a polypus
growth in the ear. He was a man of
steady, industrious habits, having held
the position of station agent on tne b. IL
o. railroad at MarieDville for a number
OF years. He is survived by his wife; al.
so by his father, Leonard Wrsy. The de-
ceased was aged about 35 years. He was
buried at Knox, the home of Mrs. Wray's
parents.
Destructive forest fires that were
raging up in Kingsley, Howe and jerks
townships last week were gotten fairly
well under control toward the latter end
of the week by the small army of men
that had been fighting the elements, but
not until much damage was done to tim
ber and oil property, hundreds of acres
having been burned over. Capt. Hsight
lost several rigs, and his large gasolene
plant at Hastings was barely saved Sew
eral hundl ed cords of chemical and pulp
wood, and large quantity of down tim
Der were consumed by the raging fires.
John Mercilliott, lifelong citizen of
jerks township, died at his home in
Marienville, Friday morning very sud
denly following a stroke of paralysis.
He was aged about 20 years, and leaves
his wife, two daughters, Mrs. o. NJ. Beers
of Sheffield, and Mrs. Samuel Mealy of
MarienVille, and two sons, Lewis f.
Mercilliott of Franklin, and Charles of
Oil City. The deceased was one of
Marienville's oldest residents and Is the
last of the original family to pass away.
He was an honorable man, highly re-
spected in the community in which
practically all of his lie was spent.
On the first page of the REPUBLICAN
today will be found a broadgsuge ad.
concerning broadgauge banking insttu-
tion, to which special attention is direct
ed. II will be seen that the Oil City
Trust Co. furnishes. in accordance with a
call from the Commissioner of Banking
uuuoi uhto VI Nhy ~ iopoit WblOh
shows that this company has on deposit
tie astonishing amount of almost 81 l00,-
900, or, to put the proposition in fractions,
81 0S6, 900. The assets exceed $5 ,000, 900
exclusive of the trust funds of the nstitu-
tion, which amount to 81, ,ls6, 200, a total
of Sc. lS9. 600. The capital and surplus of
this remarkably successful institution
aggregate 500, 200. Such an array of
figures is almost beyond prehension,
and accentustes the flourishing condition
one Oil City bank.
Mrs. Nancy Yost Fisher, widow of
the late James J. Fisher, and one of the
best known and highly esteemed women
of Oil City, died at her bone, Thursday
morning at $3.50 o'clock, after a long ILL
ness. Mrs. Firher was born in Green
field, Erie county, Pa, being the eighth
child of one of the l3 children of James
James Jacob Fisher, of Warren, Pa, and
lived in Tionesta for many years before
moving to Oil City in the early '70's,
where she made her permanent home
She is still gratefully remembered 10y
many of our older citizens as woman of
many virtues. Surviving are the follow
ing sons and daughters: Mrs. F. G
Barnes, of Hamburg, N. Y; Edwin A.
Fisher of Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Edgar
B. Jewett, of Buffalo, N. Y, Mrs. Paul
G. Koenig, OF Cleveland. o.; Mrs. Carl j.
Greenfield aud Harley W. Fisher of Oil
City.
The sad message has just been re-
ceived by the members of Mrs. A. b.
Kelly's family announcing the sudden
death, on Sabbath afternoon. May IL.
1918, of their uncle, Mr.. Henry Garlick,
of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr.. Garlick was
married to their aunt. Miss Ida Stow,
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
ilton Stow, early residents of Tionesta.
Several times MIR. and Mrs. Garlick Wis.,
tied Tionesta at the home of their sister,
the late Mrs. Frances A. May. Mr.. Gar
lick is survived by his wife and six chii-
dren, four sons and two daughters, as
follows: Dr. Henry Stow Garlick, Mrs.
Carrye Chapman, Hobert Wm., Robin
Cavins, Edgar Stow, and Matilda Gar
lick. Also by two sisters, Mrs. Sallie
Ferrier, of Galveston, Texas, and Mrs.
Rebecca Van Horn, wife of Judge Van
Horn, of Alexandria, Egypt. The full
of Mr.. Garlick's death have
not yet been received.
w. q. Rodgers, the expert stone cut
ter representing the Kerr monument
of Oil City, on Friday replaced
the corner stone of the Presbyterian