IBS SSP!IBLIiP9 LAPOHTE, PA. JULY, 19th, 18S9. LOSAI DEPARTMENT Monday was a cold day. Black raspberries are in market. The campmeeting season will soon be here. Diphtheria is rageing in many parts of the state. It is said that there are 400 guests registered at Eagle-Men James P. Walsh the liveryman of Laporte, is on the sick li*t. Airs. Dr. J. \\ T . Murrelle of Athens, | is visiting friends at Laporte. Bead tie history of Lake Mokoma, J of ancient days, elswhere in this is sue. There are five hacks making three trips daily, between Muncy Valley aud EaglesMcre. Miss Freddie Miller head nurse in I a Baltimore Hospital, is visiting friends at this place. It is said that the chf-tnut crop ; will be very large, the trees being covered with burrs. It is rumored that a new baptist - church will be erected at the Mere, in the neat future. 112 The courthouse yard was uowed ; last week and now presents a- very j ' creditable appearance. Atty. 11, T. Downs of Laporte, | was transacting business in Elmira, N. V.on Alonday last. BOHN: —In Laporte, July 15th a brand new daughter, to Air and Mrs. Frank AY. Gallagher. The LaP'orte P. 0 , is now located | 'in the store room underneath the I lIEi'UHUCAN printing office. Agents for the "History of the Johnstown Flood." are canvassing the state i:t large numbers. l)r. Metzegc.r and wife of Hughes ville, were visiting Dr. Hill ;'ud fam ily, of this place, last week. Work of taking t< timory in the ■judicial contest ease in Lycoming county,'ivnuied on Tuesday. The i'ies are unlisally pl( nty this torrid wef.ther, and have lost none of 'their vicious and annoying propensi ties. Mr. and Mrs. Rev. C. F. Sweet of Salisbury, Md., ivourn the death .of , their inlaht child, on Friday July 12 th "'B9, Mr. F. A. North wife and two j sous and Miss 11. Comc3 and Air j Ray are summer guests af j Maplewbod Cottage. Eleven city guests arrived at La porte on Saturday evening and took up quarters at the Mountain House and at Maplewood Cottage. Win. A. Mason chief engineer on the W. A N. B. railroad was engag ed at firghesville in the interest, of the l\. R., company, last week. Aug. Buschhausen while enjoying a boat ride on Lake Mokoma last week, aecidcntly fell out of the beat and took a "dutchuiaus" bath. The town council should have the grass and daisies cut on Ala pie Park. At present it presents a neglected and an unpreciated appearance. , Frank Cole of Dushore who was stabbed by Mile3 Drake on the night of July 4th, is improving and hopes are entertained that he will recover. The L. y. engineer corps who have been surveying in the vicinity of La porte, left on Wednesday. They will make a survey of a route via Thorne dale to Lopez. Air Michael Carmody and wife' and James Sweeney and lady all of Dushoic and F. M. Crossley and wife of Laporte, visited EaglesMcre on Sunday last. George Mosier of Cherry, has an nounced himself a cr.no idate for the office of Sheriff, of Sullivan county', subject to the decision of the Dei»o cratic Convention. Contractor Watrofts of LapoHe, who has the grading of the road be tweew this place and Lake Mokoma, is doing an excellent job. He has recently taken the contract of build ing the entire road to the lake. F. M. Crossley of Laporte was visiting in the rural districts of the county on Friday and Saturday last . We imagine he was looking up Dem ocratic friends who will fall in the Crossley ranks at the Democratic bonvention this lull The case of P. P. Vincent vs. W. E. Hunsinger, rule to set aside sheriff' sale of real estate, which was argued at special court June 24, — rule made absolute. It. J. Phillips, of Muncy Valley, was in the city yesterday getting the political situation.— Gazette atul Bulletin. John E. Gallagher of Dushore, who recently graduated at Rochester, in sterographering, was calling on friends in town, on Sunday. Ih'puty Sheriff' If. M. Stonnont purchased a line horse of Shaler, Towanda. on Monday. The de puty is kept busy these days attend ing to Official business. Air. and Airs. John I. Reardon; Mrs.'S. I'. Orafius; Mrs. A. Candon i anil Master John G. Candon all of Williamsport, are summer guests of the Mountain House. Al. E. Rosenlield, out popular clothier, has placed a very fine new safe in his stole from the Afosier Safe & Lock Co., of Conciunati, : i Oliio. Bradford Rep. The Governor of Mississippi is| ( persistent in prosecuting all who were connected with the Sullivan— Kilrain figlit, as will be seen by his statement, elsewhere ir. this issue. A trout about 13 inches in length < was found dead with a sun-fish in its . mouth in Lewis' Lake last week. It J j is supposed the trout choked to death in attempting to swallow the sun-fish. 1 The new furniture for the Episco pal church at this place arrived last week and was purchased of the Law rence Bros., of Dushore. The pieces iire exceedingly grand and the cost . n . n quite expensive. Ellery P. .Ingham of L:. Porte, Chief Deputy Collector for Collector i Cooper, wns among the prominent |; guests at a banquet given the new 11 collector iu Philadelphia, on Friday! l evening ot last week. The I)ashore Itav'cio quotes a prize light as living one of the chitff, .• att'aciiom at livrnice, 011 the 4th, of July. -We are pleased to announce that tins statement- is contradicted j by the people of Bernice. Ingham o Hived of Hotel Eagles-j Mere are erecting a brildiiig at ' Min eral Spring' about two miles from the 'Mere. The water from, this spring is s: 1 it is a common oceurranee to see from one to a half lozen rigs driven : into town by Eaglcs.Moreguests and 011 over the hill to Lake Mokoma. ' Many of the visiting guests are quite taken with the new entcipiisc. Messrs. Fredericks and Law she of 'Williainoport, members oft! <. Lake M okorna Land Company, were in town 011 Thursday oflast week look ing after the fiii erest of the Company. They registered at the Mountain House. Miss .Jennie Davidson of Williams-1 port, who has been \isiting friends in town for the past two weeks re ceived a telephone 011 Tuesday evening thai her father had been ■taken suddenly ill. She left fori her home on Wednesday morning. Bids are being received .for the' paii>tirtg \,f the Presbyterian church at this place, by the committee in ! charge of the repairs. The con-j tractor w ho ever ]io may be is ie quired to have the building coin-1 pleted by the 1 ;>th of August. There promises to be quite a lively j strangle for Senator Cooper's placi in the State Senate. VJx-Represen-1 tntive Robinson wants it, while' T?cpresentative Baker believes that he is the man for the place. Time will show which man will win. She ri AT Tripp is looking after his interest on his farm in Shunk this ! | week. We imagine the Sherilf will j do considerable "looking" and just a little work in the shape of making hay and such. He has an excellent tenant and often speaks of him as being an excellent worker. A sensational statement was made on Monday morning, July 15th by a gentleman who said tliat the diver who had examined the foundation of the stone bridge for the Penna. liail road Company at Johnstown had made seme startling dis< overies. Tire st.oiy is that the bottom of the Conemaugh River, near the bridge, is full of dead bodies', and that prob ably hundreds are lying there, one upon another, held down by tons of iron that has been wraped and twist eel into unknown proportions. The reported resignation of Sec-1 retary Blaine is positively denied by Walker Blaine, who was visiting Bar Harbor on July' 15th to consult the Secretary upon matters pertaining to the State Department. Mr. Blaine V health is said to be good. Capt. J. 11. Seesholtz of Catawissa. Columbia county, is a candidate for I the appointment of Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, for the 12th dis trict. A petition is ill circuhd ion 'throughout Sullivan county, and many influential businessmen have] signed the same. We will visit Lo] ez on July 18th, with a large assortment of ready made clothing which were damaged in the W illiamsport flood. We aie selling the same below cost price. Should you desire anything in this line give us a call, at Deeg'an Eairell's Hotel, I opez Pa. II My EES, Williamsport. Pa. The hot weatl'er got in its work lastveek. The result was quite gratifying to proprietors of summer' hoarding houses as thousands of city guests, in consequence, are flocking to the country to enjoy the mild and gentle breezes which arc perpetual on the mountain. The RuPtßLi! v,\, la't week an nounced that a shawl Irid been found between this place and Dushore On Sunday the ov.ner calksl for the same. This is proof that advertising pays and that the proper paper published in the county in which to cv-press your wants, is the RKPLBI.ICAN The telephone wi'-e between Soncs- i town and EaglesM(ire, via LaPorte, was repaired, 011 Saturday. The telephone instrument recently erect ed in the express otliee at the 'Mere was changed to the post ollice build ing 011 the above date, and will be looked alter by the express agent : s heretofore. There seems to be a detmninnfion irrespective of party, to make Alju taut General Hastings the i-ext Governor, as a reward for his great work Johnstown At a meeting held at the Stockton House, Cape May, the other evening, many speeches were made by men of both parties commending hi in for his course and recommending him for Governor. The Kepubli - ins of Pennsylvania, by their representatives duly chosen according to party rules, will meet in Coiiven'ion in the Opera House ut 11 arri-burg, 011 Wednesday, Aug. 7th, V:>. at 10 o'clock a. in., to place in nomination a candidate for Sfntc Treasuier, and to transact such other business as may be presented. Pi rson ' who liavi a superstitious drefalon Friday, will not be pleased to heai that this is a \ear of Frida\, It came in on Friday and will go out on Friday, and will have fi'ty-three illoihciud days. There are four months of this \ ear that hhve live Friday 's each ; change of the moon occurs five times on Friday, and the lo'ngi stand shortest days of the year occur 011 Friday. The lirsl •onvielion under the law forbidding the sale of cigarettes to children has been had in Brooklyn, and the otiender has been compelled to pay a line of SSO. This looks as though tin law was not going to be a exertion is being made to get logs here promptly and it will be gratify ing to hear when they have coin-' inenced 1o reach the boom. The mills have lost a month and a half of the line >eason for sawing,and every day additional that they are forced to stand still for want of logs redu ce the stock to he manufactured. The entire city i.- interested and is anxious to see the saws in motion at the earliest day possible.— Gazette and H Uethi. A minor has been tried and con victed in the Pittsburg courts of a misdemeanor, the offense consisting in his haying represented himself as being of age lor the purpose of pro curing liquor where it had been de nied him because he was believed to lie under age. lie was let oil' with a nominal fine and payment of costs. There «an be no question but scores I mid hundreds of boys are continually j doing the tame thing in order to ! procure liquor. It would be well if j taloon keepers everywhere were to jdo whit was done in Pittsburg where such a person presents himselt. i It is rumored that there are five candidates in the field seeking the Democratic nomination for the of fice of Sheriff of Sullivan county. The ollice of Sheriff of Sullivan, is quoted as being the poores', paid for the work done of any in the gilt of ' lie people. For the reason that he is obliged to bo on duty twelve months in the year, which only af fords him employment about one third of the time while County Com missioner receives a compensation for work actually done and is to no expense for 10.-s time. This being a tact it is a mystery to us why so maiiv uid' iiluil-s of the county seek the o!liee of Sheriff. F E. Gkim cs.j., cashi'-r of 'the West Branch National Bank of Wi'.liamsport and eashi< r of the Lake Makoina Land Company ac companied by Col. James Corcoran president of the Consolidated Lum ber Company <>f Williamsp. rt, and Samuel S. Wigfield agent for the 1 liladelpliia Land Company who are tile owners of thousands of acres ;of land in the vicinity of .Jaiuisoi? City and Mr. Fred Corcoran, son of Col. James Corcoran were reg istered at the I aporte Hotel 011 Sun day last. The party drove up from Jamison City to view the pleasant seeneiy about Lake Mckoina a' the , request of cashier tlleim, and were very much elated over the new en ; uC).*]ji iSe. As it is provided ii* the United j States stf iUtes that tl" 1 additional star for a new state shell be placed 011 the national colols 011 the !th ot July following the passage of the act of admission by Congress, See | retary Tracy, of the Navy depart ment, issued an order calling in all j the flags used in the navy, to be re placed July t with our national en i in which the field will bear 42 stars, arranged in six rows of seven stars each. This is an unprecedent event. It typifies the admission into ! the Union of four new states—the ! two Dakotas, Washington and I Montana. Never before in our his j torv have four states been adinitfcd at once, nor is it likely a similar event will ever occur again. The year of the constitutional eenteuary ofthe government has witnessed a great many impressive occurrences and not the least among them is the creation of the quartette of West ern commonwealths. It will not be many \ ears before the flag will be completed, so far as our present territories are concerned; and the stars that will thereafter be added must be by the absorption of other | countries on this continent—Canada, ; for instance. FURNITURE X UNDERTAKING. JACKS OA'S BLOCK : : J) a shore, Pa. LAWRENCE BROS. offei new l'urni-ture of all lands, at price which'will astonish the purchaser. HAUDWOOD SUITS as cheap as softwood suits, could formerly be bought at Dushore. Everything manufactured tram the best material by skilled workmen. m rrri)E«TAKiirtf A full line cf caskets and coffins (constantly in stock. Embalming when required. Elegant hearse (the finest in Sullivan county) lor attend dance at funerals. We request a share of the patronage. -Lawrence Bros. To the People of LaPorte, [FROM] GUNNINSHAM =!° : COLE*. ll IVC rc J nove( l our stock of hardware to 'pHK j^OLDie, rno-.vii as "Bieldle's Block." We have increased onr stock immensely and have reduced our price to bottom figures, and cordially in vite our LaPorte friends to call when in need of any thing in our line. -'ORDERS O ST 0 WILL receive onr prompt attention. We cany in stock all kinds of good-: kept in a first class hardware store. Roofing, Spouting, Job woik and manufacturing cf Tin r. specialty. At Cunningham & Cole, J *"X' i ,«. LOYAL NOCK €OAL, ttttt + tt ' '■? Tn E best and cheapest coal in the market, 'J. i customers from— LA PORT £ 4Alit VICW'Y T ti E price is reduced at the breaker 1,0 qvci KAPER QIC-icO'U'TOX. The State Lino & Sullivan R. R. Co I. 0. BLIGHT, Supt v. R o 1: THE RED ERQ'HT BOOT AND &HGE STORE j. S. HAh'RIGTON; Proprietor*,, Dushore - - Pa It will pay you before purchasing to nil and examine my stocl: o' new and well selected goods. Large sales enables me to sell for smal profits. Cash customers can save a good percentage by buying ,r 00 ds c*f inc. Everything new neat and first "lass. My stock of French Kic hand turned gocds are very fine and low in price. All goods guaranteed 11 price and in quality to be the bi st that any market can afford. BOQTS&SHOES made to ardsr 1 If you want a fine so wed boot or shoo try a sample pair. Repairing ! done on short notice. FOR HIDES PELTS, WOOL, TALLOW &c„ AT J. S. HARRINGTONS, DUSIIORE, PA. 'uno'v'4,B7 | E P TIWCBETT I t*&~ fc-ir DEALER IN Mens' Youths Boys' and Ghil drens Cltohing Cronin's New Block, Duslxoe, Pa. " J. w. BALLARDT PRACTICAL * BLACKSMITH;#- LAPORTE I manufacture all kinds of heavy and light wagons at reasonable [ rices Have on hand several new wagons which I offer at bottom urices All work guaranteed. Call and examine my stock. 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