The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-01-07
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lis your subscription paidH
You can get 1t at Hopkins store. II
ga Horse blankets and robes at s. s..
Sigworth's. .-ady.
We have In car load of Horse Head
Agricultural Lime. Come and get 1t
while the roads are good. Lanson Bros.
The Christian Endesvor will hold q
dime social in the basement of the Pres
byterian church next Friday night. All
are cordially invited.
The REPUBLICAN eau furnish you
with the very latest in engraved calling
cards or anything else In that line, at
reasonable prices.-tf
DIR. NJ. W. Esston, Osteopsth, OF Oil
City, will visit Tionesta every Wednes-
day forenoon, at the Central Hotel, where
he may be consulted by all who need his
services. II.
When In Oil City go to The Grotto,
next door to the 0rpheum, Seneca street,
for your lunch or dinner The best of
everything to eat, promptly and taste.
fully served. adv
-oleomargarine always fresh, always
the same price and making new friends
each day. at zoe per pound in nine pound
lots, at the Salmon Creek Mercantile Co.,
Kellettv ille, Pa. adv
Proper Bros. struck good gas we'll
on a so acre piece of territory belonging
to Jacob Korb, out near Korb's corners,
Tionesta township, last week. The well
is between 700 and 800 feet deep.
Mr.. Finnegan will shoot his second
we'll on the Frszee tract, Hickory town
ship. today. By all appearances this we'll
Is as good. If not better, than the first one,
which is thought to be good for a 6ve to
ten barrel producer.
Charles Woodcock and Amos Carol
have moved their drilling rig from the
Henderson farm, in the Shsmburg field,
where they have been drilling for Rob-
ert Foggan, onto the Donovan farm on
Stewart Run, where they intend to drill
several wells.
Mrs. Nathan Croasmun, mother Of
William A. and s. Ralph Croasmun of
Redclytfe, this county, died at her home
at Waller, Je tferson county, on the 10Th
ult., aged "a years. The deceased was
revered by all who knew her for her
many virtues and kindly Christian
character.
Auditors Warden and Gregg are here
this week to begin the annual audit of
the county accounts. Mr.. Shields, the
other member of the board, has not yet
arrived, and may be unable to get here,
being engaged in West Virginia at the
present time. D. W. Clark is acting ss
clerk for the board.
-Tionesta Lodge, No. 1859. !. o. o. F.,
will hold a box social in their hall on
Wednesday evening, Jan. IA, at s o'clock.
The proceeds of the evening will be given
to the Orphans Home at Mesdville, Pa.
The inv vtation is to everybody and 1t Is
hoped there will be large turnout for
this worthy cause. Ladies are asked to
bring we'll packed box and the gentle
men to come and purchase.
Pretty 1914 calendars have been dis
tribnted by most of our merchants and
business men, as follows: G. NJ. Amer
& son, Geo. Wilson, L. j. Hopkins. Kill
mer Bros, the Forest County aud Citizens
National banks, ]. L. Hepler. s. s. Sig
worth, Isaac Mccoy. The REPUBLICAN
scknow lodges receipt, also, of nice calen-
dars from the Oil City Derrick, Charles
r. Galbraith, Franklin, and David Ed
wards, Sharon, Pa.
Bishop w. A. Sellew, of jamestown,
Elder NJ. b. Miller, of Franklin, Elder
VIM. Bryenton, of Titusvile, Elder Hill,
of Bradford, and Elder J. J. ZAhniser, OF
Port Allegheny, met at Warren last week
and decided that the Oil City Conference
for 1914 would be held at the Free Meth
odist church 10 Warren. 1t is expected
that the new church will be completed
early In the spring. as the concrete foun-
dation is nearly complete.
John T. Flick and Carl Squire have
the job of cutting logs at the Berry Com
pany camp on Litthe Tionests creek, and
have upward of Ia, 900 feet cut, but are
just now considerably handicapped by
the big snow. Thomas Bps. are doing
the saving having, their milNset near the
mouth of Myers hollow, where several
Thousand feet of lumber is already piled.
They, too, are hampered by the deep
snow and rough weather.
An engineer who had stopped his
train on the P. Il. X. at the Tionesta sta
tion in the early morning hours of Dec
2Sth, reported that as he was going back
to his engine after getting his orders q
foreigner stepped out from between two
cars and took whack at him with q big
club, the blow falling short. The engi.
Deer took to bis heels, when a shot from
a revolver was fired after him, which
fortunately also missed the mark. Who
made the assault was not known at the
time, but from talk of some OF the men
later it is thought he was an Italian Sec
ton hand living above the station. 1t ID
said that he came into his house after the
occurrence carrying revolver, knife and
club, and said men had been annoying
him in the night by shaking his door.