newspaper Bargain •^DAYI^i <fK ..A . Our Great Reduction Offer to New j Old Su bscri , Tri-Weekly Williamsport Our Club Price j I Gazette and Bulletin, °Ysbs J 50 Republican News Item 1.00)jj" ) Together, s2*so $2.50 Pays for One Year. - i O Pays for Four Papers ! Each Week. The above price will be accepted for new or renewed subscriptions. All arrearages must be paid in full before ihis liberal offer will be extended to delinquent subscrib es s. THE THE TRIWEEKLY LAPOBTE GAZETTE and BULLETIN REPUBLICAN NEWSITEM •jells all the general news of the Best dressed and most respected world, particularly that of our newspaper iu Sullivan county. Siate, all the time and tells it Pre-eminently a home newspaper impartially. Comes to subscrib The only Republican paper in us every other day. It is in fact county and comes from the seat id most a daily newspaper, and of justice with new news from vou cannot afford to be without the county offices, clean news it. We offer this uuequaled trom all sections of the county I >!> or and the NEWS ITEM and political news you want to together one vear for read- This with Tri weekly* at $1.50 j I $1.50 The REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM and Tri-Weekly GAZETTE AND BULLETIN. | ■< I i In ever? citv there » one beat If you want to keep in touch piper, and in Williamsport with the Republican party j ii is the Gazette and Bulletin. organization and be informed | it is the most important, pro- on all real estate transfers or ressive and widely circulated legal matters in general that >,:iper in that city. The lirst transpires at the county *eat t'.j hold the fort journalistically. you must necessarily take the j 1 'rder ot the News Item. NEWS iiEM. L._ NEW-YORK TRIBUNE FARMER. Established in 1841. for over sixty years it was the l"OD NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, known and read in I every State in the Union. On November 7, l'JOl, it was changed to the MFvtupn NEW-YORK TRIBUNE FARMER, IID lulZk a high class, up to date, illustrated agricultural weekly, . for the farmer and his family— Or PRICE SIPO 1111"" a year, bttt you can buy it for lees. How? I 111 ' Hv subscribing through vour own favorite houi« news- I -7\n WFh\ 1,,e ItKPUBLICA* SEWS ITEM. I Mk/V\Lk o Both Papers one year lor only SL2S. I \,\\|| V/ Send your order antf money to the News Item. Sample copy tree. Send your address to NEW-YORY TRIBUNE FARMER, Ncw-YorK. She New-York Iri-WeeKly Tribvne published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, i# practically an up to date daily for busy people. Each issue contains all imj>ortant m-ws of the daily edition up to the hour of going to press. It is pro f tx-ly illustrated with elegant half-tone pictures, gives spicy political ear tot 'tis, comprehensive and reliable market reports. It is a bright, attrac tive, instructive, and a welcome guest in every home. Regular Price 1.50 per Year. You can secure it in connection with the lead ing home newspaper, the NEWS ITEM for the same price, $1.50, Strictly in advance. Read and Become Enlightened. THE NEW YORK WORLD THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. Oay 1.50; Clubbed with the News ltem,l year. John D. Reeser's Big Store j Bank Block,. Dushore, Pa John D. Reeser's Big Store Bank Block, Dushore, Pa . • 'i . ; . As Spring 1 Ad varices. The bands of Winter are broken, and around us on all sides. It is time to put off the old and take on the new. So prepare for the warm weather by giving us a call. Can pleas you in liiinitives *<•. 10, 124, 15cls per vard. Shirt waists, fine assortlnents Iroiu 50 cts Mercerized Silk Zephrs LUcts. I- rench tiinghams Id. 1 2.1, *"' f * l ,er > i >rgandies, 10. 12.1, and ISo per yard to #2-00, (lie -greatest din | >la v yet shown Apron gingham fi els per yarl. I.flwlie, S. 10. 12], 118, '2O. 25c per yd. The very lateK designs in Mercerized ging M( . u |j, u , ~( ~a 1 j anil (i els per vard all colors to please the eye. Swiss, Silks. 1 ">, 20 ct'sj per yard hams, Stripes ami Dots 25 to 50c y '. ' The Millinery is the finest of the. season- .Trimmed Hats #l.2s arranging to SB.OO Untrimmed Hats, upward. Chiffon Hats especially. Flowers for .Sullivan county, cts a bunch upward. The Millinary the finest ever shown within the region of Sullivan county. You can easily be convinced it is the truth by looking over the largest stock show n. . I John D. Reeser's Big Store- Bank block THREE STORES IN ONE. 3DTTSIE3IOIR 3±j • (Cnrrent Comment SZ%J%j£Z! cn } For the hevuntli time the licftn News Item makes its annual bow. With this issue we start another volume which measures fully up to the standard of excel lence attained I>\ any publication of its class found in America With the lirst issue (112 the News Item we said we were here to stay, and we have staved and grown beiter and wiser and brighter, and incidentally a little more prosper ous with each succeeding year. And why? Because Sullivan county and its interest- and the interests pi the people have been our interests. Friends oi the News Item, and • they are many, will notice in this issue the first page is devoted to fresh, accurate and well told news of the county and things adjacent. The public documents at the county ottiees are examined and also pre sented to our readers which will be of great value to many. So it will be during the year which shows' great promise of beiug a particularly eventful and busy one. The News Item, it will be seen, has taken on a new form of dress, of the latest pa tern, in which to. celebrate its birth day. This style is simply the effect -of changing , conditions which is constantly go ing on in all lines of business. In this style and make up is shown the modern country newspaper of the future. This is an age of con solidations. with the view of cheap ening the cost of production. Ihe j time is rapidly approaching when i the entire news field will be cover ed by papers of two distinct classes, j The lirst will be the great city; dailies and tri'weekly editions giv ing the general news of the entire 1 world primarily, and the second class will be the purely local paper , thoroughly covering its restricted field and practically ignoring every thing beyond it. This change is being brought about by the multi plicity of railroads with fast mail trains and the rural free delivery rapidly covering all sections of the country which carry the cheap dailies into every village and farm home where 1 hey are bought and read but a few hours alter leaving the press. With these existing conditions in view we have model ed the News Item accordingly and will hereafter confine its columns to county news of local interest, and when the present si*e Incomes too small for this service as the population grows, another column will he added to its interesting pages of home news. We have been able to effect a very liberal clubbing rate with a near by daily, the \\ illiaiu sport Gazette and Bulletin, which will furnish that class of news we are unable to supply with equal satisfaction. With this issue we establish a precedent that w ill be largely im itated by our esteemed contempor aries. Where the New s Item leads others follow. Prof. M. K. Black, to. Superin tendent elect, lias for many years been closely imlcntified with school work and is well and favorably known throughout the county, lie held the office of county superin tendent two terms having been first elected in I*S7 and re-elected in l*!K>. For the past four years he has been principal of the Forkville schools and has been active in institute and other educational work. He . brings to the of}'u*eexperience, sound scholarship, and ripe judgment and the educational interests of the county will be sure to prosper un der his leadership. In this connection a word concern -1 ing the retiring Superintendent, I'rof. F. W.Meylert, w ill not be out of order.. Prof. Meylcrt has held the oflice of Superintendent nine years con tinuously, ami has tilled that very responsible position with wisdom, lie has at all tines injecicd new life , and enthusiasm in the school work, and has been a power that has i acchievccl a remarkable degre •of j advancement in the schools of our | county. lie has not only taught our instructors of the public schools how to teach effectively, but he has taught I to all the useful lesson that fidelity j of a public man to conscience i> re warded with the sincercst popular . love and confidence. Several years ago he was registered as a student at 1 law with lion. K. M. Dunham,and 1 has devoted all his leisure time to study of-that Profession. After com pleting the course of study as pre-I scribed by.the rules of court he will apply for admission and engage in the practice of law in this comity.] May his-shadow never grow less. The Abbey Press, II I Fifth Ave.. 1 New York, announce- the inimedi- [ ate publication of a novel by Fllery 'P. Ingbaiii, entitled "At the Point of the HftvoYd, A romance of the Netherlands)"!:; mo, lon pages,price ! Sl."»u, concerning which the Phila. Times says: "Kliery P.lugliani, loriner Failed State- ! ; District Attorney, lias written a historical j.romani-e. entitled "At the I'uint oJ the ! Sword," which will l>e is.- 1 during the. I summer; The story deals with the relijr j ioUR and political times in the reign ot' ' Philip 11. of Spain in the Netherlands. ; and the religions oppression which pro • voked in 17)65 n revolt «.it that and -i-vi-n other northern dependencies. The heroine j is a Protestant, w ho. under pretense ot i love, espouses the Koinan Catholic lailh. | and then becomes attached to the Spanish j court. Intrigue and the tin grant corrup j lion of court and state are depicted with | the accuracy ol history. The author is n j defendant of a family ol -lodge.- and liter I ary men. His father was piesiding .Indite jof Sullivan county, this Stale, and Mr. ! Ingham since his connection with the I District, Attorney's office has compiled j several law hooks, in addition to his re- I cent excursion into the field of fiction, i The above notice was the lirst in i timation that the people of l.uporte I had that our friend and neighbor | Kliery P Ingham w.t- the author of a novel, and as he had kept the fact in,the back ground the News Item approached him for such information as could he obtained about the new j I mjok. Mr. Ingham said : j "If you think it will be of any in i terest to your readers 1 shall be glad ! to give you any information you de ! sire about my story. It was written for my own amusement. Some ■ friends who read the manuscript in :if need me to submit it to the puh j Ushers who accepted it and the bot.k in now in press. It is a romance of the Netherlands the period selected being that of the Regency of the Duke of Peruna. The chief value of the story, if it has any, lies in tlie fact that the historical portion of the tale is accurately presented. The wonderful struggle for liberty which the Dutch made against the Spanish is one of the most friiithful and in i terest ilig. periods'.of history, yet it is ; little known, comparatively to F.ng j lish readers. In a short story only a glimpse of this fifty years struggle j could be given, but I have tried to ! make this glimpse a true one. Of J course there is a love story, the iu- J terest turning on a Protestant rebel I hern and a Catholic lady of high degree who is loyal to the King. They have troubles, of their o\yn, with adventures by flood and field." The appearance, of the book will be watched for with interest by a large number of people in this sec ! Honor the State, where it will no I doubt meet with u large sale. In ■ due time we hope to print a more I extended criticism of the book. | A RE YOU GOING TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE | OR LAY NEW FLOORS IN THE OLD ONE'' If so, it will pa;- you to get some of our Moob jfloortitQ Kiln dried, matched sides and ends, hollow backeu and bored, MAPLE and BEECH. It will out-wear two ordinary floors and is very much smoother, nicer and easier to put down than soft wood tlooring. All kinds kept in stock by Jennings Brothers, Lopez, Penn'a* ALSO ALL SIZES IN HEMLOCK WE HAVE IN STOCK NO. 1 AND 2 LUMBER, SIDING, PINE SHINGLES. CEILING, LATH, ETC. AT LOWEJST PRICES. t Reliable Shoes for Men Momen <gjflWk and Children. *rt - _ - —. To sustain a reputation for reliability a store must : give full value for the money re-1 -«? 2 This is why | we buy and sell such large quant*'of the famous -'Kreeder Shoe." We consider this line of shoes the best of values •is well as the most stylish line of shoes on the market I for the price. Mail orders promptly filled. J. S. 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ViS L»i«.rte »« :j* i a' 3 I.' 117 flio7 ..KlliKdaU-..... f.»4V -o4 3 _ is 7 i i, f<; ic, ..Hfiliirc K«»u«l.. 1 •' "|V -, , xx 1>! M. P M p. M A M - 1 M 1 ST Ai;R LIXEA riiiladel|hiuk Heading,Lehigh Valley ~ ami New York Central mileage will l>e ! Stage leaves llugheKvill »o«t otlioe tor a( . ce . )te ,j o „] v | or through passengers trav i ""TTT 1 r"V Sr I I* I .ill 11 n-> i, ... located at lliigheeville. la. and I-orksvil 1 . .it 1 1 OJ a- IN. ° uvvv WKI I-II Stage lea' es Miincy Valley for Unity- 'riwddeni. Hughevilio. p». j ville, N'urih Mountain and l.ungerville s t>. TOW'XSKXIi, Hen. Mur., HuKlioville.l'a. | daild al II la. in. SCRAP IRON WANTED. | All kinds of scrap iron and steel purchased in any quan tity for spot cash. * JAMES MALLEN & CO , Danville, Pa,
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