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V 3HIRNING, WAR. 19. IS79.
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J. W. Walker,
, TTnnvr.Y AT LAW. Tionoxtn, Pa
V onioe-ntlhe ltuml House. Will t
,.i in i.nuhi4iHM In tha evenings and on
irduys.
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E. L. Davis,
. TOUNKY AT LAW, TloneMa. 1
A. Collections made In tnis and Mjom
counties. .y
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Street. ' T10XKSTA,rA
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TIONE3TA, PA.
' ATTENTION W)I,1)1KIWJ
1 hnvo boon admitted "to praotio.o as nn
Ulornrv in the, Pension Ollii o nt, Wash
ington, I. C. All oflioors, sold io is, or
-lilor who were injured in tho lato wnr,
v.n obtain portions to v. hu h they may bo
- ntiUe l, bv ctvllin on or addressing nie at
! ionostii, Pa. Also, claims for arrouraeos
f pay mill bounty will receive prompt at-
Having boon over four years a soldier in
Cia l-to war, ana navinjror n nnni i o
years oiij?aM:o.il in the prosecution of sol--iifrH'
elainis, mv experience wiil assure
tho colleotioii ol claiinnin thi sliort.ost pos
- iblo time. ' J. 11. AOXliW.
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F.W.Haya,
TTonVRY AT LAW. nml NouAr.Y
IV Punur, l'.nynol.ls Ilukill it Co.'n
Ulock. Koneca Hi., Oil City, Pa. 30-ly
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IONKSTA II0US12,
t T. C. JACKSON, PRoriur.Ton,
fJituMo at tlie month of Tionesta Creek,
Tionesta. l'a. llavinif tiiorou-riuy reno
,1 roimpil t!ii Hotel Mr. Jaikson
Hiinranloes to p;ivc prfet fsatisliietion. His
liiiilo will always eontaiii the very bent the
market affords! and ho has put the price
iimvn to lis ceiils imr ineai. Kxeellent
Htal)liiig attached, which iH attended by ft
lirst-cltwH IioNtter. j" ' ' J
Lawrence House,
DriKKSTA. PON'A. WM. LAW-
L RKNtMi PrtOPKIKTOR. This housn
in eantrailv located. Kverythinc; new and
well furnished Superior uceommodu
i (nnu All it strict attention trlven to Clients.
Yo?etablofi and Fruits of all kinds nerved
... .1.-1 .. ..... u......! vmi fir rfnm
wiereial Agents.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
noJi AON E W ULOCK.
I)-ATwi. Proprietor. This is a new
tinuno, andhas just been fiited up for the
Hoeominodation of the public. . A portion
of tho patronage of the public w HoJicited
:a-iy
TIONESTA, PA. '
Orviei? IIoijhs 7 to 9 A. M.; 7 to 0 r
. Wednesdays and (Saturdays from 11
. m. to 3 v. M.
M. MiT." A. B. KKI.LY
MA Y, VAIIK CO.,
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Corner of Elm A Wal nut Sts. Tionesta.
Bank of Discount and DcpoKit.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits.
Collections madeon all thoPrincipal points
of the U. S.
Collections solicited. 18-ly.
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GALLERY,
T y 1 e r s h n r g 1 a . ,
CARPENTER, . - - Proprietor.
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Pictures takon in all the latest styles
the'art. '.' 26-1
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LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS. .
Ilov. Elliot will occupy the pul
it of the. Presbyterian Church next
Punchy, morning and evening.
M. E. Sunday School tit 10 o'clock
m., ntid Presbyterian Sunday School
at 3 o'clock p. m.
Tdnny souls nro being cfmvcrtcd
ut (he M. C. Church rovivnl.
Tlie lion lins been Bhowing his
teeth a littlo during the paet week.
Tho present outlook is said to bo
very good for a fine crop of wheat nud
rye.
Are you taking your tea regular
ly theso days? We mean sassafras, of
course.
Hon. N. P. Wheeler was home
on a flying vis.it the latter part of last
week.
We expect in the near future to
publish some interesting facts in re
gard to Selden Whitman's paint mine.
A load of first-class coal will be
received og subscription at this office.
Pring it in forthwith, Yor weVa about
out.
One ruft from above pnseed this
plac'o on Monday. We believe it was
Wheeler & Dusenburj's lumber, from
Ilickpry.
Park Grove and Floyd Proper,
Btud jnts at Itandolph, N. Y., are
spending a 6hort vacation at home
Both look first-rate.
It ha3 been decided to have tho
Calico Hop one week' from Friday
evening, 23th inst. All are requested
to don their calico
Miss Kato Cobb, who is attend
ing school at Jamestown N. Y., spent
a few days of her vacation among her
friends in Tionefta last week.
The piece of raft wo inentionei
Inst week us having gotten away from
Messrs. Root & Wntsou,.was caught
and landed bv Ceo. Hunter a short
istance below Oil City.
Kittanning papers are already
ublisbicg announcements of candi
ates for county offices. It's a long
time to keep a oian in suspense, from
now until November.
A very seasonable article on fish
iiitr in t us section will be louncl in
to-days paper, which will be read wit
interest by the sucker loting portion
of our conimunit y.
-Mr. Rudolph Behrens started for
Cansas City on Monday last. Mr. B
U a young man of considerable energy
and "git-up, and will no doubt mako
lis mark in tho West some day.
Attention n directed to tho new
ud." of Ludwig Mayer, w holesale and
rett.il dealer in Tobacco, Cigars, Liq
uors etc., Oil City, Pa. Mr. Mayer
always keeps a first-class stock on
and.
Bob Ingersoll is going to lecture
in Greeuvillo next week on "Hell.'
If they don't use him well over there,
he will probably lecture kcjne day' iu
bell on "UreeuviJle. enango Spec
tator,
Mr. Wilson tapped a' sugar-tree
on Tubbs Run the other day, and suc
ceeded in getting enough eap to make
several gallons of nice syrup. We
didn't suppose thora were any trees of
the kind so near town.
Giliuior City, near Bradford, was
the scene of a very destructive fire last
week, almost the entire town having
becu burned. Tho loss was about
20,C00. A man named Hugh Laf-
fertj was burned to death. 0
The first "toot" of the stave mill
..-I. !n4 in ti-.i !i.-ii.il mi T.firtaTT Ivi r v, II cr
and (he saw has been kept buzzing
ever since.' Mr. Adams will have
enough bolts to keep him pushing
Until about the fourth of July.
Tho Independent Press, the former
prohibition organ of Vonango County,
has been bought by a stock compauy,
aud will hereafter be run as an inde
pendent Republican paper, with Mr.
J. J. McLauren, the former sprightly
reporter for the Derrick, as its editor.
A bran Dew engine passed through
town on Saturday last, destined for
the stave .mill of Messrs. Jamiesoii &
Copeland, on the Woods Heirs tract.
This firm has quietly been turning out
a large number of staves, and their
old machinery has become insufficient
to do their work.
A New Orleans dispatch of, tho
15th inst., says: "The bark Sliepner
arrived at passes yesterday from Rio
in charge of its mate, w ho reports that
during tho voyage the captain and
second officer and a boy died of yellow
fever. The vessel is now at quarantine."
Wo hear of several .changes to
tako place on the first of April. Tho
timo i3 drawing near.
The Free Methodist brctliern
would have held their enmpmccting
in this place last summer had it not
been for tho small pox, which broke
out about that time. Wo understand
that an effort will be made to have it
hear tho coming season, and we trust
nothing will interfere ibis timo.
Who of our sportsmen will make
a move toward getting a barrel or two
of class balls? 1 lie trap is still in
good order and ought to be in use.
Hie little practice last spring made
wing-shots of quite a number of our
itizens, besides it afforded consider!
bio amusement for the boys. Who
will crack the first ball ?
By reference to the proper place
in this issue it will be seen that the
card of the Tionesta House has been
chaDged. Mr. Jackson proposes to
keep a first-class house, and invites
lis many friends to give him a call
when in town. Ho has gained a good
reputation as a landlord, aud we hopo
he may receive his share of public
patronage.
This has been a remarkably
icalthy winter in this section. There
has been probably le!s sickness in
Forest county, and especially in Tio-
iicsta than for many years past. But
there is etill time left, and our citizens
should exercise great caution during
the spring months, they being consid
ered the most productive of bad health
of all the ether months in the.year.
The grand jury of Jefferson county
at the late term of court recommended
tho orectiou of a county bridge across
the Clarion at Cooksburg. We under
stand this matter will be brought
before the grand jury of this county
at its next session. It is proposed that
Clarion, Jefferson and Forest counties
conjointly build the bridge, each
county paying according to its assessed
valuation.
A fight to setth an old dispute
attracted a crowd of nearly a hundred
men at the creek bridge on Sunday
last. Tho combatants, it is said, stood
up and had it "off hand at twenty
paces," neither, it seemed, cariDg to
pet near cnousrh to cet huft. After
striking and kicking at each othr for
some time, they agreed to shake hands
across -a mud-hole, and call all
past differences "off."
Mr. S. P. Wilson is th inking of
buiTding a trout pond on Tubbs Run,
providing he can get a lease of ground
at a reasonable ficrure. There is not
the slightest doubt but . that a pond,
well kept would prove remunerative
to its owner. Ihe site is an excellent
ODe, and a very little work and ex
pense would be necessary to build a
first class pond. Mr. Wilson has had
considerable experience with trout,
and isjust the mu to take hold of it.
Several of our Dutch Hill farm
ers will erect new and substantial barns
during the coming summer. Messrs.
Adam Sippel, Geo. Matha, Jacob
Smearbaugh and Ferd Wenlc, are all
ready to commence as soon as the
weather permits. It it encouraging to
note that so many of our citizens are
turning their attention to farming pur
suits, aud wo predict that before many
years Forest county will be ranked
among the first farming counties of the
State.
Rowell of England carried of the
champion belt in tho great interna
tional pedestrian contest which has
been going on in New York for some
time. He made 500 miles in six days,
his best time beiuz 110 miles in one
day. O'Leary, who claims to have
been drugged, left the track after he
hud made something over ."00 miles.
Ennis was next to Rowell, having
made 475 miles: and Harrimao was
third, his score being -150 milts. The
gate money amounted to $51,000.
'Several Allegheny fleets pulled
out from tho mouth of tho creak yes
terday. Russell, started two of boards
aud one of timber; Jas. Haggcrty job
ber for Ford & Lacy, started two ; L
Arner, also jobbing for Ford & Licy,
two; Bonner & Cronwell have two
lying at the mouth of the creek. This
makes eight fleets of boards and oua of
timber. As each fleet of boards con
tains about 300,000 feet it makes a
total of about 2,400,000 feet. This
is but a very small portion of the
amount which ia yet to be rafted.
There was none, whatever, run from
above Bear Creek. From this it would
not seem, as though our lumbermen
were much frightened at the low prices
' lumber LtiuL's iu market.
OBITUARY,
Dii;n, in Geiry, N. Y., Feb, 27th
1879, Mrs. Martha Sinclair Weaver,
in the 79th year of her age.
Mrs. Weaver was the eldest daugh
ter of James Bucklcn, one of the first
settlers in Gerry. Sbo was born in
Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont,
Juno 22ud 1800. In 1817 the family
morfid to Gerry, chiving an ox team
tho entire distance. Sho had been
twice married ; her first husband,
Samuel Sinclair, died in Oct. 1848.
In May, 1850, sho married Mr. John
Weaver, of Arkwright, N. Y., who
died in 18GG. Since that time sho had
lived with her children in Gerry. She
united with the M. E. Church at Tio
nesta, Pa., in 18G9. She leaves six
children three sons and three daugh
ters, and a large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn her loss. The de
ceased was the mother of Mrs. T. B,
Cobb.
For Tho llErt ni.icAN.
Something About Fishing in This
Section.
School Peports.
Report of German Hill School for
month ending March 12th 1879: No,
enrolled 31; Average attendenco du
ring month 21. The following pupils
were neither tardy nor absent during
month : George Weller, Fred. Zuen
del, Ernest Zuendel, Johu Zuendel,
Ernest Behrens, Vinnie Zuendel,
Mary Burhen, Cnnio Ahlers. Num
her of visits during month, 50.
R. Z. Gillespie, Teacher.
--The Venango Citizen has this in
formation, which it may bo well
enough for our readers to know : "Just
now there are a lot of scamps traveling
through the country practicing a new
swindling dodge on rural residents.
Their mode of procedure is something
as followj : A person representing
himself as a United States dtective
calls upon his man, telling him ho has
a warrant fof his arrest for some vio
latiou of tho revenue laws. He pro
duces a nanct which ho says is the
A "
warrant, but which he refuses to let
his victim icad. He then says he
does not want to make any trouble,
and will settlo the matter on the pay
mentofa given sum. 'By this time
tho victim is pretty thoroughly fright
ened, and our bogus detective gets
what loose money he may have about
him and departs."
A charter has been obtained for
the Bradford extension of the Fox
burg road. The new road will be
called the Foxburg, Kan & Bradford
railroad. It was' organized by the
election of tho followiug board of di
rectors : James Blakslee, II. M. Mc
Cray, A. W. Smiley, J. V. Ritts, J. M
Guffey, E. M. Grant aud F. II. Ball.
The extension will be pushed through
from Shippenville to Kane, and, it is
thought, will cross the Clarion river
near Cooksburg, passing through tho
eastern portion of this county. The
parties who have tho project in hand
are men of uieana and energy, and it
will not be long ere Forest County
will have another railroad running
through her territory.
-The 4Gth Congress met in extra
session yesterday, and Randall, Dem
ocrat, was re elected Speaker. The
vote stood, .Randall 144, Garfield, Re
publican, 125, Wright 13, Kelly 1 ;
the latter two are greenbackers. We
were led to believe from thotremendu
ous howl which has been kept up for
pomo timo past about "balauce of pow
er," &c, that the greenbackers were
going to accomplish something, that
they were going to organize the 4G h
Congress, and "raise Ned" generally;
but then this is only another illustra
tion of their braggardisra. They al
ways take their "laugh firsht, and it's
a moighty foine thing, to."
Mr. Aaron Elliott, of Newtown
Mills Pa., has lately been making a
tour of soma parts of '.his county can
vassing for the Remington Sewing
Machine. Considering tho stringency
of the times ho has had very good
success. He had one of theso machines
in town the other day, and we had an
opportunity to look at it, and can pro
nounce it a marvel of beauty and sim
plicity. Any one in need of a machine
can not do better than consult Mr.
JOlliott; he sells the Remington at less
thati half the usual price, and guaran
tees satisfaction in every instance,
The machine neods ouly to be seen to
be appreciated.
Morris, the Tailor in Oil City,
has just received his spring stock cf
wollen goods, which ha will make up
cheaper than any Tailor in the Oil
Regions. Come and leave your order
tor a suit. Opposite the Post Office,
Sycamore St. 50 5t.
There has been much argument
about the effects ot the development
of oil, ns proving destructive to fish,
in the oil regions?. ... Certain it is that
Oil Creek and l'ithole have almost
ccasod to contain fish of any note,
there being nothing but somo kinds
of chubs of tho sucker species in those
creeks. Bass, sunfish, salmon and fih
of that class having becomo almost a
story of the past iu those streams. A
zreat chango has also occurred in
Tionesta Creek as regards fish. The
waters of that creek being fed by
mountain springs were formerly uncom
monly clear, and pike were very
numerous; but of late years there
are but very few of them. Nine saw
mills have contributed some to cor
rupt the waters, and render them unin
viting to pike, pickerel and salmon;
but the worst thing is tho tanneries,
the refuse of which, consisting of acids
and extracts from tho barks used in
tanning, have fearfully contaminated
that stream. In Jury and August in
particular, when the waters are low
it looks like a river of poor quality of
ink, and the fish of former days have
rapidly disappeared. A bill, I under
stand, is pending to Etop tho polution
of streams, which appears to be pretty
general over tho whole country.
Damti, also, prevent their migration.
In the river there is not so much
change ; yet an observer will notice
that the kind of fish differ each year.
About four years ago there was a great
influx of spoon-fish, of which large
quantities were secured. Later scarcely
any of this species was to bo found
The sucker has been called tho "Alle
gheny Shad." They always appear
when the ice breaks up, and seem par
ticularly plenty at the time of a "sucker
flood," which is a flood unfit for raft
ing but ii understood to do goou
enough to bring up these kind of
"shad." Fishfng for "red-house" aud
run-sucker is more liko business than
any thing you can imagine, as they
are no game fish, but are caught by
setting rods with lines, with three and
four hooks, and with heavj plum
bob's, the fisher going in for quantity
rather than quality. They come up
in shoals or schools, and it is hard to
make a failure if you bait enough, or
"salt" a hole with old cheeae and
meal two or three days before you
want to fish. Bass are with us most
always, but the quantities differ in
different years very noticeably. We'
havo really three or 'four species of
them.
It h wonderful what qnautitie3 of
fish thrco or four persons often take
out at one fishing. It seems as ii three
or four can always do more execution
than the same number can seperately.
What is the philosophy of this?
as it is against the law to fish with
a seine, and the law says you canoDly
fish with hook and line, it is truly
marvelous. Z.
Last Saturday night within n few
moments of the timo for closing up for
tho night, it terrible accident, occurred
at E. E. James stave mill. Mr. Win.
Morris, who was running the shinglo
mill, attempted to clear tho box under
tho saw of sawdu.'t. The saw caught
his shirt sleeve, drawing hii loft hand
against the saw and culling tho hand
completely in two, diagonally, from
about the middle of the little finger to'
the wrist joint. Drs. Shugcrt and
Kenible wcro called, and took tho
hand completely off. unjoin! ing it at
the wrist. Mr. Morris suffers trrribly
on account of the infUmalion in his
arm, but the doctors think that w:!fi
usuul good luck, they can bring hi nl
through all right. Tidioute Xaw.
Chamber'a Cyclopedia of English
literature, in the new Acme Edition,
. t i
is meeting wuu sucn extraordinary
ale that the publishers, to make it
still more popular, have further re
duced the prices. Purchasers order
in? before April 30th will get tha
eight voluncs complete, in paper, for
1.75; cloth, $2.50; half morocco
gilt top, for $4.00 ; or bound in four
volumes, half morocco, gilt top, for
S3.20. Sampla volumes sent postpaid
for 30 cents, 45 cents, 65 cents, and
90 cents.. This is not only one of tha
choicest works in tho language, but
really wotideiful in its low price.
Specimen pages and terms to clubs
will be sent free on request -by tho
publishers, the Ainerieau Book Ex
change 55 Bcekraan St., N. Y.
Peterson's Ladie3 National Mag
azine for April is at hand, and it is
needless to nay it is first-class, for
everybody knows that Petersen always
is. The steel engraving entitled
"Puss in Boots," aud the story, arc
very pretty indeed. The fashion plates
are superb. Besides the largo pattern
sheet, tho excellent reading matter,
etc., there is a design in crewel em
broidery for a tidy which is one of tho
handsomest we have ever seen. Address
Chas. J. Teterson, COG Chestnut St.;
Philadelphia. Terms $2 00 a yepr, in
advanced
Large and Small Clover Seed,
Timothy Seed, and Laadrcths Garden
Seeds at
52 3. Roiuxson & Bonner's.
NOTICE.
Wheras, George Ittel, of Barnett
Township Forest County, Pa., having
in his possession soveu cows; one bull,
one year old; three steers, one year
old; three heifers, one year old ; one
heifer, two years old, and twelve sheep,
which belong to mc, I hereby forbid
any one from interfering with the
same.
A. Cook.
Cooksburg, Pa., March 4, 1879.
CAUTION.
Dutch Hill Notes.
Dutch .Hill, Mar. 18, 1879.
Ed. Rei'Ciilican :
Perhaps a few
words from this place would not be
out of the way.
Thoro is some talk of starting a Lit
erary Society here soon ; wo hope it
will not be all talk. .
Mr. Adam Zueudtl got one of his
legs badly hurt while working at his
clearing yesterday.
We never hear anything of the
Greenbackers on our hill except when
we by chance pick up one of the ciazy
greenback papers; all the rest of the
party seem to be dead, and we think
these lunatic sheets will give up tho
ghost in 1830.
Respectfully, Jack.
The leading illustrated article of
tho April number of "Ballou's Maga
ziue" is on old St. Paul's of London,
and then follows half a dozen other
articles, all accompanied by engrav
ings. . Thtro arc tho usual number of
stories, adventures, poetry, and domes
tic matters, the whole forming the
best collection of reading material to
be found iu any magazine in this
country. Published by Thomes it
Talbot, 23 llawley Street, Boston, at
81.50 a year postpaid.
All persons are cautioned against
CUTTING TIMBER or otherwiso
trespassing upon the following lands,
viz: Warrants 3162, 3163, 3164.3168,
3190, situated near Marienville, in
Jeuke township, Forest Co., Pa.
THE OWNERS.
Self Raising Pan Cake Flour at
Robinson & Bonner. Try it. 3t.
' riO ESTA 3 1 A.1 ICltTJLVS.
CORRECTED EVERY TUESDAY,
By Robinson it Bonner, Dealers in
General Merchandise.
Flour barrel - f.".5(i(7j,o.25
Flour "f sack, best - 1.55
Corn Meal, 100 tha - - - 1.40(1.50
Chop feed, pure grain - - 1.25(31.35
Ityo -'bushed C0
Oats New bushel 30
Corn, ear 25030
Roans "p bushel. - - - 2.00(71,3.00
Ham, sugar cured ... 10
Ibeakliist Ilacuii, u;-ar cured 10
Shoulders ..... 7(3.3
Whitetisli, iiiilf-bai-rcU ... 5.75
Lake herring half-barrels - - 3.75
Sugar - DQll
Syrup 75ft 1.00
N. O. Mobiles new ... 50C75
lloast ltio CodVo - . - - 25
Uio Coffee-, 20(1023
Java Colfeo ..... 35
Tea
ibiUcr 1X20
llico ' 10
Eg-i, tVe-ili 20.
Salt l.Stl(,J1.00
Lard ; H
Iron, common bar . - - 2.75
Nails, lOd, 1 kctf .... 2.75
Potatoes .... 75(,i;100
Limo 'ft bbl. .... 1.50ft: 1.00
Dried Apples per fl 7 ft 08
Dried P.eef - 17(jl8
Dried Peaches per lb - - - 80
Dried Peaches pared per X - 15
fE" O BAKING
L, irx POWDER
eerAlways tho Best.
TMs Standard American 1'o.nU-r Is used' and endorsed !.v thousands of tho very hct
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