IKST NATIONAL BANK OK DUSHOKK, VKNN'A. MITAIj - - 960.000 PVrtfl.Ua - - 810.000 Does a General Ranking Business. 8 I) HTEKIGKKR. M. D. SWARTB. President. Cashier J. BRADLEY, Attorney at-Law. Office, corner 4 of Mai n and Muncy Sts. b A PORTE, PA. Having opened an office at 1328 Arcli St., Philadelphia, 1 shall Htil] continue to practice in the several Courts of Sullivan < '<muty. When not in my office personally a compel .tit person will be found in charge thereof. Bonds of various kinds furnished. pRANCJS W. MEYLERT, Attomey-at-Law. office in Keeler's Block. LA PORTE, Sullivan County, PA. ] # X& F. H. INGHAM, attouwkyh-at-law, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _A PORTE, PA p J. MULLEN, Atto r n oy-»t-La w. LAPORTK, PA. OrriCß IN COUNTY BUILD IN6 1 H. CRONIN, Vo ® ATTORN BY**AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. OPFIO ON MAIS HTRIBT. t)QBHORB, Q'J.MOLYNEAUX, D.D.S. Graduate University of Pennsylvania. NEW ALBANY, PA. At Lopez, Pa,, Wednesday and Thursday each week. LAPORTE HOTEL. F. W, Ci AijIiAOIIEH, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court House square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber shop; also„good stabling and livery, (Ibtppcwa mine IRtlns* Lime furnished in car load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesville Tenn'a. M. E. Reeder, MUNCY, PA. For a well Kept Up-to-date Stock of General Merchandise Far pries that are Right For curteous treatment goto Buschhausen' A MATTER OF HEALTH pOYfo Si POWDER Absolute!/ Pure HAS MO SUBSTITUTE ~ [Covnty Scat Local and Personal Events] Tersely Told. j The Village Improvement Society witl meet next Monthly May 14, tit the home of Mrs. K. M. Dunham. Three names were added to the list of membership of the Village Improvement Society Monday even ing, making a total of twenty-four new members. \Vm. Rogers of this place has the contract foj building the new catho lic church at Eagles Mere. Services at Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening at 7 o,clock. Theme "Creed." The choir for May 30th, will meet at the home of Mrs. Virginia Brew ster on Tuesday evening May 13th, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. A. J. Bradley and daughter Edna were IJushore visitors Thurs day of last week. Miss Harriet Grimm has returned from Portage, Pa., where she was engaged in teaching school the past winter. Miss Vinnie Eddy is attending the centennial at Wilkesßarre. Attv. P. \V. Meylert and wife visited friends at Eorksville this week. Four persons' were received into full membership of the Methodist Episcopal church at the morning services last Sunday. Williamsport has contributed over ten thousand dollars to the relief fund for San Francisco sufferers. Prothonotary Thus. E. Kennedy is visiting friends in Lewis county, N. V., this week. He equipped himself with fishing tackle and a sportman's outfit and will doubtless have some fish stories at least when he returns. This pithy sermon is going the rounds of the press: Our ingress in to life is naked and bare, our prog ress through life is trouble and care, our egress out of it we know not where, but doing well here we shall do well there. I could not tell more by preaching a year." Avery T. Mulnix Sr. of. Lincoln Falls, died at the home of his son, J. W. Mulnix, Saturday, April 28, at the age of 78 yeajs and nine months. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. Miss Orriila Neufer ofStrawbridge died at the Williamsport Hospital Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia. Miss Neufer was well known in this county, having taught in the public schools for the past six years. She attended summer school at La porte, and will be remembered by many of our town people. Her sud den taking away is mourned by a large circle of friends. Mr. John L. Smyth has moved his stock of groceries from south Muncy street to the storeroom for merly occupied by Jacob Herr on Main stmt. This being a more up to-date stroe room, Mr. Smyth will now be able to conduct a modern grocery store. A large force of the members of the Village Improvement Society turned out last Saturday in a cru sade against the rubbish and tilth that for years has been allowed 10 accumulate in the town park. The women came armed with rakes and the determination to make the parL the prettiest spot in the town, and | before night tin- workers hud raked ; ami burned pile after pile of decayed | leaves and dead branches that i fallen from the trees. Several men struggled down to the park ;>n«i jolt; ed thebiiyade, ut their eff uts wen ! so feeble computed with the file gy displayed by their fair co-labori i- 1 i that they watched their chance and: i "took their sneak" at the very fir-i I opportunity that presented it-i If. The town council on receiving a; petition idgiud by nearly all tav-1 payers, voted ito in favor of pr> • ! liihitilig eat tie, horse?, -beep and swii.e fro n at large on the h| reels of l. iporte, after June I, ISMHi. Till re MS'III-. to In- but three very «erlou»ly efleeted individuals over thi-. turn of affairs, but we will venture tow ager m nicy that after two >»*t»r» tin-v would not return to the «am>'condition* lis now prevail al any price. Cow pasture Is a ehetip eiiiuiiMHlily. \'illage real i »tale e«tM* money and ilt value i- govern • •<1 by Hie tfeiieral mill! tMtil-* of the i low ii, iN government and it* |*-ople. Mr- Rhone "112 Somnlown v fri«*ll<li hrrt> Mutitliiy. 'l hrotiK : < the efforts of Street Ooin- John IlHiwen at the last council meeting the wages for em- I ployes on the street have been raised I from $1.40 to $ 1.50 per day. The j Commissioner's wages was also i raised 2;j cents per day making $ 1. 7•"> for his services. The Rev. Charles F. Sweet ofTo kio, Japan, spent last Thursday in Laporte as the guest of his aunt Mrs. Mary Funston. Rev. Sweet has been in Japan eight years, where he is professor of theology in Trinity divinity school, an institution of the American church mission in Japan, lie has come to America with the purpose of placing his son in Har vard University, and will return to .Janan next fall to resume his work, llev. Sweet is a graduate of Cornell, and studied law with ex-Judge E. M. Dunham, and afterward prac ticed law for one year, and then de cided to prepare himself for the min istry in which calling he has been successful and highly honored. Following is the program of Pa triotic exercises to be held in the M. E. church at Sonestown, Tuesday evening May 15, under the auspices of the P. O. S. of A: America, by congregation. Prayer by Rev. \V. H. Stover. Song, Red, White and Blue, by three little boys. Duet, Patriots Pledge. Select reading. Solo, Just At The Break Of Day, by Walter Hazzen. Lecture, In the Vanguard of Na tions, by Clarence Huth of Shamo kin, P. N. P., P. S. P. and State Lecturer. Star Spangled Banner, by congre gation. Rev. W. Quay Roselle of Will iamsport, the noted lecturer will ad dress the members of the lirst gradu ating class of the Davidson township high school, in the M. 10. church at Sonestown, Friday evening, when the graduating exercises will be held. Ex-Sheriff Cott of Lincoln Falls is a visitor in town. Y RANKINO HOI'SE offering primeSTEAM KAI I.ROA U BON MMwiU enuaize the nerviccs of sulesm. n who can con trol investment business within their neigh borhood. Address Lock Box 20o7,XewVork City NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOB CHARTEII. In the Court of Common Pleas ot Sutl ivan Conntv, No. May term. 190t>. Notice is hereby given that an applica tion will he mmle to the sai'l Court on Thursday the 31 day ol May, 1006. at two o'clock p. m.. under the Act. ol Assembly of the Commonwealth ol Pennsylvania, entitled, "AnjAct to provide tor the in corporation of certain corporations, ap proved April 20. 1874, and the supple ments thereto, for the charter ot an inten ded corporation of the first class, to In 1 called TRINITY EVANGELICAL U'TH ERAN CHURCH OF MILDRED, PENNSYLVANIA, the character and object whereol is "the worship of Al mighty tlod according to the laitli, loc trines, discipline and usages ol the Evan gelical Lutheran M misterium of Pennsyl vania ami the adj.i cent states, and tor these purposes to have, possess and enjov all the rights, benefits and privileges ot the said Actol Assembly and the supple ments thereto. The proposed charter is now on tile in the J'rothonotarv's otlu e. \VM. P. SHOEMAKER. Solicitor Laporte, Penn'a. May 0. I'.KKi. Administrators' Notice. N.'lice is herebj given that I have taken letters ot Admiuisiration on the .-tati ot Erederick Arthur Bennett, lute lit Siirewshury township deceased. All persons saving claims againsl said de j cedeM »iil please present them dul> autheiilici.dd lor pHVmeiit, and all wli.i know llii-m-e'ves to lie ilidebled lo him v\ ill plti-e m ike payment lo me. ItoYD P. BENNE'T, 'l'..L.vE 11. Ingham,Attys. Admr In liie mn'ter ul the appl cation cttieo. i U ll.i eusl in lor a divoree tiom Winni ! tred 11 "I I enstein, ll i* wile. I'o WiniVed lloitenatein. You are. h• • rt• I• * niiti tit-.i ihat m alias hub|x.ena in the al.ov e stated ease having b. en re- 1 turi.e.l. i hat \mi ci-iIM not be ton lid in this couiit> , >i.ii are re<|iiir>d to appear on the I'uiirih Moil la\ ol May at a I'uuitOl <'iiiiiinon P'eaH lo I e I t-!i| at Laporte, al I'eSuek P. M.,and IIIII ' e ail"V er tn the i"anp a .1 in ( .|«- lo y< ur hunbmid in the n'no e slated i H«e. I'itANk W Hi ik, sheriff, -i.. I.it - ' itliei*. I.!i|-.rii. l'a . May I, lINMi. OYSPEPTICIDE Tti* gmUit iM to OIQCSTION. Foley's Honey T*ir iustis'luoi rs mad stops tbe cougb. I'u l'ur« t l«ni lurtviri t'audv lUU urfA# if* r i' f4n lo vurv, Urugtfi*i» r«-fut*d money Laporte Borough Au lit. tiuport of BornUKh AuiliUim n i Inline Bin. . I Sullivan Count). I'u. Yeur UK*.. | Jobu Mlnnler and W, i. II in It '• verniers of I tlio I'nor, In iiccount with I,ui«iiti-B< • .-h. , To A int. In humls, ln»t uiullt 6 1 Recct. fnnii T.J' Keeler,Col. I'JO.) (Ri . ! do A K. 'l'll 1 >|j. Col. 'U-l l!i <lo T. j. Keen r 'ui :iy .".I j By taking ourtMif Jennie Whitberk H 00 tramps, to Jos. Carpenter 1 ;«> John Mlrinler, services us Overseer 1000 W. J. Mlgley do mix) T. .1. Ingham. services n*. attorney 15 00 State Hospital, keeping li. Ounsfcy 62 Jill Balance In hands of Overseers . 9s) cx 20J OS 'Jirj 08 R.A. Conklin Collector, Account for year IHOJ. Dr. to amount due at last audit J Sli A. 15. Tripp, Col. accounts for years 190,! and 'Ol Poor Tax. Amount due last audit 'OB 306 do do 'ol 22 90 By exonerations 3 17 Treasurers receipt 19 21 Commission 101 Balance due Borough 2 90 20 62 26 62 Additional Koad Tax. Atllt. due last audit 27 21 By exonerations allowed 2 59 Treasurer's receipt 22 91 Commission 1 20 Balance due Borough 4S 27 21 27 21 Bond Tax. j Balance due from last audit 63 69 Balance due A. E. Trip] 43 Bv exoiierations 643 Treasurer's 51 SI Commission 2.ss 61 12 64 12 T. .1. Keeler, Collector, account, year 1905. Poor Tax. To .imountof Duplicate 150 41 By Treasurer's receipt 89 2:. Commission 2 76 Rebate 4 so Treasurers' receipt 27 29 Commission 144 Land returns 50 Exonerations 4 '^7 Treasurer's receipt 12 00 Balance due 8 06 150 41 150 41 Road Tax. To amount of duplicate 4'22 81 Treasurer's receipts 318 99 Commission 11 39 Rebate 1:1 49 Land Returns 1 51 Exonerations 11 11 Treasurers'* receipt 4" 40 Balance due 18 62 422 81 422 81 Additional Road Tax To amount of duplicate 181 40 By Treasurer's receipt 106 80 Commission .. 3 30 Rebate 5 79 Treasurers receipt 32 42 Commission 1 70 Land Returns 02 Exonerations 4 9t Treasurer's receipt 2.12 Balance due 2 71 181 40 181 40 A. H. Buschhauson Treasurer, in account witli Laporte Borough for year 1905. Additional Road Fund. To Amt on hand last audit 36 13 Received of A.K.Tripp 22 94 do T. J. Keeler 106 80 do do ?2 12 do do 2!! 12 Bond No's redeemed with interest 113 12 Coupons paid 50 00 Commission 3 2i'. Balance due in hands of Treas 55 tx -221 11 221 I! Koad Fund To amount 011 hand last audit 192 79 Received of Jacob Uries 150 00 do A. K. Tripp 54 81 do T.J. Keeler 218 70 do State Treasurer 3 17 do Lee (iavitt ,s 19 do T.J. Keeler 7029 do John llassen Jr 9 75 do F. 11. Farrell 23:>80 do T.J. Keeler 47 40 Aint, order redeemed with hit 94 !'• Tax on loan '.'<*• Orders redeemed 756 M Commission 17 o'. Balance due In hands of Treas 147 5; 1017 90 1017 9c Liabilities Laporte Borough, year 1905. Bonded indebtedness 30000 Outstanding orders 40 43 Balance due A. IC. Tripp 43 Resources, year 1905 Amt.duefromA.il. Buschhausen 212 51 do A. E. Tripp add. road is do T. J. Keeler :ol 261. Treasurer County Land Returns 27 17 A. Walsh, Meeh. lien, side walk 45 o"> Liabilities over resources 38 91 343 86 313 >• Liabilities and Resources Laporte Poor Fund. Balance in hands of Overseers 99 0s Due from R A. Conklin Col. '02... 2 N do A. E. Tripp,Col 'O3 2911 Balance Co, Treas land returns 04 10 92 Resources over Liabilities 115 7t> Recapitulation of Borough expellees for the yea;' 1905. made us as follows: Work done 011 streets 502 61 Polices 00 ' Publishing audit 'O4 700 " Boro. ordinance J1 50 " audit 'OS 7 00 Entering tax liens oR 11 2.5 do do 06 li 25 Water troughs 5 I*l Lumber 109 82 Auditing 10 00 Repaint... 19 41 ■Sui. tries 596 Attorney 20 do Secretary 25 00 Tux oil loan 2 00 Older No. 227 Int.drilling 91 40 853 3. « e the undersigned auditors of the Borough o Lai-orte. Pa. Do horcby eertlfv Unit v.e met u tiie olllee of iheCouir > Com. March 12, I'.ioti am did proceed lo audit, adjust and settle the se\ era. accounts of the Borough ofllceis, and found lb. -aim' correct tisshon 11 anil set fortli herein before \\ itness our hands and seals ihN dav F. F. sHOKM WCKK 1 TliOS. K KENNEDY Auditors. J. L SMYTH. 1 Joseph Sick, DEALER IN I Flour, Feed an i Meal, * , Cherry Mills, Pa.| ColumlM • !l u $1 2- Pr lie o[ I 0 a tl;l I 15 ll »» rll. l Corn mc.il x.i< Cr;i k"d t rn I i« I« Dm ;;i!t! oa.ls chop, i.?o ,tit o \ set-. <in r l-US. Hiuk'he.tt Wtli 11 :r ,< Hf: \\ at I W - T pric-s V. ur tr UP rcsptci- In! y Mil.viU . JOSEPH SICK. CHERRY MILLS, PA. i"'i, L. * m V/'UVi i I—' <1 J April Sale ot Winter Dress Goods. AT A 10 Per Cent SPECIAL DISCOUNT. SPECIAL HAT SALE Prices rang'.' from 35c to 1.25. Now is the mow is tlic time to get a pood liat at a low price. See our Window Display of Hats. SPECIAL SALF* Ladies' Oxford Have an up-to date Stock of Groceries and Provisions also D. M. K rry & Co.s Garden Seed?. Agency for Bowkers Fertilizers; Wiard ard Cambrige Plows. ASK TO SEE OUR LINE OF JEWELRY. Remember you get a cash register ticket with every purchase. All goods sold for cash. Yours for business, A. E. CAMPBELL SHUNK, PA. Pall Soits for Men, Boys and Children are now here for inspection. Suits in black clay and unfinished worsteds and 1 hibt ts Homespuns, French and English Flannels, and Scotch Goods. Boys and Childrens' Suits in all the new fabrics arid makes. Prices as well as variety are extraordinary. All new and up to date line of Gents Furnishings, Hats, Caps, t tc. Also the only place in town where you can get the "Walk Over" CSI)oe. J. W. CARROLL'S, Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA. GENERAL STORE GO Tannery, GD FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK ALWAYS FOUND HERE. Just received a special purchase ot "Riches" Flm.iels, Lumbermens' Shirts and Drawers, Men's, ladies' and Childrens' Mitts, Gloves and Hosiery. There's Lots Here to Show You From the City. Fresh stock of Diy Goods and Notions, Boy.s ai'd Men's Hats and Caps, full line of Snngproor Shoes and Rubbers, Ladies 1 , Gents'and Children's Goodyear Rub bers. Woodsmen and Boys Shoes to suit all. Our Usual Quality of Groceries and Provisions are Equal to the BEST. . JAMES McFARLANE. -How to Get the Best Seeds- UY tbam of Buckbee I * nd y' elJ 2500 bushels to the acre. Beet, that That's the way.—Reader. net you »A>o an acre, priio winning Cartois. •4MB| Becauae Buckhee'a Seeds are CabWes. Cucumberi. Tomatoes. Corn, Etc. mESZalwavs "full ol life."- the *rov Ate all these things worth a postal lo you? ittg principle, which uiakes all • • • ! tha difference between good seeds aud bad, l uckbee's Big Free Seed Book for l'Wb U the world over. . . . , also u-inai kablu hivause it contains— Now. Buckbee's Big Book eiuiains just wk, .. I hehne „ Cl ,| ur p i Bll .» o( fl OW er». fr«it« bis seads ara best. . uu j %Cfc . e tables This book is your safest guide for buying Over SOO illustr'ationt of ail kinds. j •verythtngin seeds and plants for faiui and -i.JoO varieties of Vegetable Seeds. "'ind!—mark Ibis.—lt is free for the asking -AM Vt j Let me espialn more about it. _ 7u) vant , ue> o( |. lowt!1 Seeds. • • * —Over &t0 Kar« Seed Bargains. Well, Buckbee's Book, my Buok.—contaius Uit anv wnndei thai 1 can honestly cUm 12H panes of solid seed seose. my .New l'HXi liook is (hi beat seed buuk ever It lays before you the creatn of what 1 havw is-.uud learned al»out flowers, fruits aud vegetables When it contains ev*r>tMiHd »>f value in during uiy >4 >ears of successful e*peiu*nce other hi ed book-, and scores i»f su cul feut -1 tell you everything you w*nt to know üb.uu U1 es foumi . in the Hucklwi* Hook' s these subjects, and itive you without one penny Seud f»»r it, then, and *. / wl»rther lam ii»;lit. of com to you valuable information it has taken \ penny postal bi nigs it to >uur dot r. ute half a life |iiue to discover. • • • • /v I dasciibe in detail all of the ui.iuy familial and hundreds And, In < nclu»>i n. 1 want you Ik v A?\ of the raiu and cuimus about my in am moth new seed housv. as de / \ plants, tl»wtis Miid veg«- scribed in the near book uldes, and I show you It i» the bne»t and mo»t complete of any in \ not only how to develop the world. Jr.. the* in most fully for >t»ui And it i* filled from rtillar i» r. 112 with tin* \ eii)oyu»ent« but also bow f.»imus hi s bee heed*, the seeds that ai e \ jBSr lo uuke them pay >ou ' full of ! * \ bi« prottts. Puung l'w». I will di-,ti ihute (XO.OOO pack \ff[ s Y V#A I «splain how you c.«n ris • t new and valuable uwvelty fceras among IV faise uionster ¥««.?• my custoineis tables. Mangels that Every one oidering will re< eive something, weigh 75 pound» ea. h . Vou will liud detail* of these splendid utl«is X / 71 Will >< u ait down right m»w. while the mat /\J /t Thit Big 7*lo t. 112 u brfie vu. and write ft IH> I W « -*i| U. " ..4 Whcibei Man i r W man. Hoy or <jiil, I r ilv i m occu p jtisrf, Uii Uutt. Seed*man. eh *»sr >ou I WsJC Hook itt Kretf. ai«, if> u lova l-lowers, Vrmte. I'l«nts. end I W rite lof It Bi| in I'll* Seed Rook will Ajf Today to m*'t llian plewe yuu. I H. W. eiICKBCE. Farm No.tSS ROCKFOIU, ILL. KOOKrOBU uu nuu
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