Wm RBPOBLICJS LAPORTE, PA. OCTOBER, 11th, 18S9. LOCAL DEPARTMENT- Jonathan Thorne of New York j city, is the guest of James McFar. *3anc Esq. Miss Clara Fague of llughesville, is the guest of her sister, Sirs. I)r. Hill, of this place. Mr. and Mrs. John N. Messenger of LaPorte, are visiting relatives in Susquehanna cotility. Harry Bigger of Dushore, was transacting business at the LaPorte tannery, on Saturday last. Dr. W. B. Hill of LaPorte, was visiting his brother P. K. Hill, in Rochester, N. I'., last week. Prothonotary Walsh and F. M. Crossley, both of LaPorte, took in j the Benton Fair last week, and re 'port a boss good time. Mrs. Eva Hamilton who was re-' cently convicted of atrocious assultj upon Mary Donnally, was taken to I the Trenton Penitentiary, last week.' North Dakota, South Dakota and j Washington States, ha'Ve gone lie- ■ publican, while Montana is still in j doubt but rather conceeded to the! Democratict ranks. C. Peale jr., and W. 11. Vanbus kirk, both of EaglesMcre, left for Washington D. C., 011 Monday where they will take in the re-union j of the Knifirht Templars. I John Pardoe of Forksville hasi 'recently erected a handsome resi- j dencc in the village of Forksville. The interior as well as the exterior 1 's finished in neat and artistic style 1 Mr. Pardoe formerly resided in Elk-j 'land twp., where he owns two large ] farmes but owing to tailiiig health! was obliged to abandon the hard j work necessary on the same. It was remarked in Forksville last week bv a Forksville Democratic politician and a special friend of John Utz that the Western portion of Sullivan county would give Law rence one hundred and fifty majority in November next. This is without <toubt a true statement and will re sult in electing Lawrence \o the of fice of Sheriff by over one hundred majority. ; We met our friend ard every 'bodies friend, Uncle Samuel .Norton at Forksville on 'Friday last and are pleased to note that the aged gentle man is looking exceedingly well for an old veteran at the age of 80 years Uncle Hemy is a good Republican and during his younger days did much for the cause, lie is more value to the party at present than "fctie majority of young fellows. A young couple was in town on Saturday and marched to the Pro 'thonotary's office where they secured a marriage license, thence to Esquire Mason's 6flice for the pur pose of having the matrimonial cere monies performed and was disap pointed in finding Mr. Mason absent 'from home. They consoled them selves, however, by the idea that they couid have the ceremonies performed on the read between Ln- Porte and their destination. We lost sight of them here. Rev. Samuel F. Colt of Wysox has issued invitations for the mar riage of his daughter Miss Harriet IClmore, to Mr. Charles Philip War ner, superintendent and telegraph operator of the L. V. express office at Wysox. The bride formerly re sided in LaPorte where she spent her school days and has hosts of friends who wish that the path of the couple be strewed with roses, pros perity and happiness. The inter esting ceremony will be performed at the residence of Mr. Colt on Wednesday evening Oct., 16th, at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Mary Karns, of Benton Columbia county, mother of Russel karns, of LaPorte,. whom we made mention of as being dangerously ill in our issue of Sept. 27th, died on Thursday morning last of pneu monia. aged 7!) years. Mrs. Karns during the past few years had visit ed Mr. Karns at this place and made many friends in the vicinity of La- Porte. She was a kind christian woman and her chief passtiine was to make life a pleasure to those surrounding her. Mr. Karns re ceived word of her death on Thurs day and in company with his wife left for Bentou on Saturday where they attended the funeral services on Sunday. ' Miss Kitty Kennedy of LaPorte, ' is visiting Mr. J as. Farley and farni fly, at New Briton, Statin Island. Scouten has an idea that he would : make a first-rate Sheriff. We doubt if the people of Sullivan county will give him an opportunity to chow his ] skill in this capacity. The Republicans ol Sullivan couri ity are invited to be present at La j Porte 011 October lGtli 'BO at 2 p. m., I at which time and place Hon. Henry j K.Boyerand Hon. Win. II Andrew*, j Chairman Republican State Coni ; lnittee, will be present and will pre j sent to the Republicans of Sulli' an j county the BANNER won in the j 'BB campaign. The meeting will be ;in conference. The visitors desire a : full house. Come by all means. | Remember the date, Wednesday, i Oct., 16th. j The motives which ha\e induced John Utz to oppose such men as ! HOP. Bryan S. Collins and Michael McDonald are too well known to j make it necessary for us to state i them. It is a motive which he may 1 now wish to deny, but it is too late, j The bitterness is still in his heart and only hides the time when he ! can make it felt. Let those, and | those only, who share his hatred for such men as H. S. Collins and Michael McDonald vote for him. The Gazette says '-nearly every one" admits that Xltz would make a better Sheriff than I awrence. We have yet to hear of the first man who has said that. In what way is Utz better than Lawrence. Is he more sober ? Is he more honest ? Is he more careful ? Is he more intelli gent? Is he more active? Is he more 'free from political corruption ? Is he a fitter man? Will the Gazette please answer these queries? 1 Hut the Gazette says that Utz has j helped more men financially embar rassed than any other man in the county. This may be true and j thejudgruent and mortgage docket J proves it. But is it a favor to loan j K roan money on interest 011 a cut | "throat note or mortgago amply se cured ? The payment of interest is | generally considered to be a fair re turn for the Iran of money. IJutol i course if a rich man loans a poor man money and secures it 011 a little] farm and gets :> high rate of interest I he is a wonderfully good fellow and j lias a right to own the poor man's j body, vote and breeches. That ap» j pears to be the Gazette doctrine, j but we venture to say it will not j be approved by the poor men of | Sullivan county. Will Lawrence gets his living with a plane and ham mer and dosen'tliave any coupons to cut or interest to draw, but we don t believe a man has to be rich to make a good ollicer. The Sullivan county Fair held I at Forksville last week was attended by a much larger gathering tliut lor the past two or three years. On Thursday t*vc thousand tickets were sold which was from one to two hundred more than has ever been sold in one day.to previous Sullivan county agricultural ex hibitions. The exhibits with but few excep tions were not noticeable for their superiority but was very fair and equal to the standard. The display in the main building was very good and was visited with interest. The exhibit of horses was not noticeable for its number although in this de partment centred an attraction by I the appearance of a yearling colt, color sorel weighing in the neighbor hood of 550 lbs. In the cattle de partment was stalled many valuable cattle. The chief attraction here was a Holstein bull owned by L. B. Speaker. This atiimal weighs 17 hundred pounds and was an im mense sight. The swine subdivis ion was good. We remained here but a short time. The sheep de partment was represented by a goodly number and many was much larger than the ordinary sheep. We did not notice any poultry but pre smile they were in the market. On the grounds were represented all kinds of amusements. The chiet attraction of which was a show which was visited by a large percentage of the Sight-seers in attendance at the Fair. The politicians were ex ceedingly numcroUs. The Oran ville baud wns employed by the the proper otCcials and discoursed • some line music: I G. W. Cole of LaPorte Tannery j and daughter .Miss 11 attic accom panied by Miss Agnes J. Wrede, i were in attendance at the Benton Fair, last week. They all report a. ! good time. Considerate men are asking "why ; does John Utz war.t to be Sheriff? j Who can tell. lie has been Sheriff: ' once and can gain no honor by | holding the office again. He hasj business enough now, and the legiti mate profits of the ortice arc not j much to a wealthy man like him ! lie must know that his election if j elected, will cost liiiu more round | dollars than the legitimate profits of| the office will bring him. Why does he want it? Some people think that 'lie and'his smart son-in-law have' | in view some cunning scheme to make j ! money out of unfortunate debtors |at Sheriff's sales. It is said that for ways that are dark and for j tricks that are vain the heathen J j Chinee is peculiar, but John Utzj i knows more about shaving notes 112 a.id managing executions than John) |Chinaman ever thought of, and! i when he gets his liead along side of| ! that smart limb of the law who is j i helping him run his campaign it will | ibe a wonder if the legal squeezer ! |is not worked with such dexterity j that filiity lucre will run into their ! pockets like apple juice from a cider press. If any one has doubts about John I Utz, let them ask Hiram Long, an honest farmer of Cherry township, | ; what he thinks about him. Hiram jis too honest and retiring to say much, but the Stenographer's report 'of the testimony in the case of .Me-; j Caddcn against Long will tell the! : whole story. ; We invite the smart son-in-law to I give the details of that suit in ouri column's. I | John Utz vs illiaiu Lawrence is, i the case on trial before a jury of all; | the voters of Sullivan county. Thel l issue is shall a rich man's money bej ! stronger to win votes than an honest [ man's intelligence and integrity, j The rich man's money nominated | ! him. The rich man's monej' pushed | henest Frank Crosslcy olf of the track, but it was done suddenly and! I secretly tha't the people had no chance to save him. They can sus-i tain him hereafter if the moneyed I man is rebuked by a defeat. The issue is now clear to all. What j shall the verdict be ? Can the ma jority of the voters of Sullivan coun ty be hired or whipped into elect one unworthy rich man, and defeat a worthy poor man. William Law rcuce is a hard'working, clear headed mechanic; a good citizen competent I and worthy of the office. He did not seek the nomination; it was urged upon him. He said before he was nominated that he could not take money from his business to ex pend in the election campaign, nor did he believe in expending monej' in that way even if lie had it. He was assured that the people wanted just such a man. That it was time bribery and corruption should cease in this county, and they wanted a man not able to spend money, in order that the voters of the conn" ty could have a fair chance to show that they are sound to the core and will uphold a true man, who comes before them with clean hands and a pure heart. Men of Sullivan county we say unto you this is not a trifling issue. It is not merely Utz or Lawrence to serve writs and attend Sheriff's sales. This issue is far deeper and more important than that. The question is, will you tol erate the buying of votes? Are you content to see Tom Dick and Harry running around electioneering with the price of tlieir manhood in their pookets? Can you rest easy to see X. Y. and Z., calling up crowds and treating them with whiskey pur chased with the candidates money ? Can you wink at political prostitu tion as you see it carried 011 by hired runners and their dupes and slaves ? These are not hypothetical questions, but as all men know they are sad solemn questions based on existing facts. Now is the time oh honest men! Now is the time to set ' the seal of everlasting condemnation ' 011 the vile political methods, which are endangering our republican form of government. With this issue we enter upon the eighth year of the publication of the SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. When we l bought the plant we did so with some J doubt as to the wif-doin of atteinpt ; ing to publish a Republican paper jin this county. We determined, I however, to give it a fair trial, be ; lieving that Democrats as well as ! Republicans would prefer an lionor | able and open opponent to a ! secret enemy. The result has prov 'en that an out-spoken; fearless | newspaper of Republican politics j can be supported in tin's county, j We have bj hard work and strict j attention to business, paid off all indebtedness incurred in the pur chase and are to-day the sole owner ot the RKPUHI.TCAN, free from debt and doing a fairly prosperous busi i ness. ' During the past we have taken | part in every important question j which has arisen and have expressed j our views fearlessly and not at the I dictation of any one. While we are j publishing a Republican paper yet ve never have permitted partisan ship to blind our judgment and our readers can recall several instances where the REPUBLICAN showed its I independence of mere party con siderations. In the future as in the pa«t, the good of the county and of its citizens, -hall lie our first care, and will faithfully endeavor to ad vocate all measures or methods which will advance the interests of our county and we will fearlessly expose any abuses we may discover no matter where we find it. As he is a working man himself the editor naturally is in sympathy with all movements which have a tendency to better the condition of working men. They are the true bone and sinew of the country and 011 their prosperity depends the prosperity of the whole people. We fully believe that the best and only hope of relief for working men lies in the Republican party. Under *vhose wise methods the vast in dustrial interests of this country have been developed and maintained. But the time has now arrived for the great party which has unshack led four million slaves to unloosen the fetters which bind the worKing men. That should be done and, if thi' workingnien themselves unite, will be done without disturbing society or injuring the best interests of capitalists. In a little county like Sullivan we can do but little, but that little should be done. The RKITIILICAN will be found on the side of the people and advocating right measures to the best of its ability. To enable us to continue our independent and untrammelled course 0111 friends should assist us in such ways as they can and " c con fidently rely on their support. We hope in a short time to still further improve our paper although it is now giving more county news, including the otlicial news, than botk the other papers combined. But with more space we could give additional value to our readers, and we hope soon to be able to announce the enlarge ment. A notable trio, with their heads together at the Forksville Fair, were John Utz, John Scouten and A. Logan Grim. The sharpest and most incisive talker among the Democrats at the Forksville Fair was William Hotten l stein of Forks. He kept an interested group around him most of the time. He showed up the character of .John Utz from "way back." In the light of his ren cnis-cences the Democratic standing of John Utz "grew small by degrees and beautifully less," un til not a Democrat in the crowd could say a word in his favor. Hot tenstcin says lie has nothing against Utz personally but it makes him tir ed to hear them call Utz a Democrat. "If fighting the Democratic party makes a good Democrat," he says "tlien Utz is a good Democrat, for he lias done more to destroy the Democratic party in Sullivan county than any other mail," A friend of Utz tried to silence Ilottenstein by saying they would fight him if he ever wanted any thing. Ilottenstein replied "when I ask foi anything you may fight me if you want 100, but if you do for me as you do for Utz the more 1 tight the nominees of the Demo cratic party the surer I will be o! your support." The crowd cheered and the Utz man departed witliou' further remarks. JURNITURE y UNDERTAKING. JACKSON'S If LOCK : : DusJtore, Pa, LAWRENCE BROS, offer new furni-ture of all kinds, at price which wilj astonish the purchaser. HAUDWOOD SUITS as cheap as softwood suits, could formerly be bought at Dushore. Everything manufacturer from the best material by skilled workmen. IN FIDERTA,XCIPW A full line of caskets and coffins constantly in stock. Embalming' when required. Elegant hearse (tlie finest in Sullivan county) for attend dance at funerals. We request a share of the patronage. • —Lawrence Bros. To the People of LaPorte, [FROM] CUNNINGHAM : : COLE. ' UIVe removed our stock of hardware to fsrrc j^ru/inc;, known as "Biddle's Block." W r e have increased our 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. IORDERS OBT M'JLXLJI WILL receive our prompt attention. We carry in stock all kinds of good:' kept in a first class hardware store. Roofing, Spouting, Job work , and manufacturing of Tin a specialty'. At Cunningham & Cole, LOYAL SO IMC COAX* tttt t t t t Tii E best and cheapest coal in the market. Tr customers from—■ LAPORTE AND VICINITY T 11 E price is reduced at the breaker to mtf? KAI'ER The State Lino & Sullivan R. I*. Co] I. O. T'LIGIIT, Supt THE RES ffHONT BOUT Add SHOE STORE J. S. HARRINGTON Proprietor, Dushore, - - Pa Ifr-Th-: I =-r|~T|:-: 1 :-= j \ i~ I EE ! It will pay you before purchasing to call and examine my large stoci* of new and well selected goods. Large sales enables me to sell for small profits. Cash customers can save ag< od percentage by buying goods of me. Everything new neat and first class. My stock of trench Kid hand turned goods are very fine and low in price. All goods guaranteed in price and in quality to be the best that any ma.'ket can afford. BOOTS & SHOES made to order If you want a fine sowed boot or shoe try a\sample pair. Repairing done on short notice. °ASH PAID FOR HIDES PELTS, WOOL, TALLOW 7 &c„ AT J. S. HARRINGTONS, DUSHORE, PA. june!i-t,87 'if p yotgott fojr Cby- SkJ" DEALER IN . Mens' Youth Boys' and Ghil drens Clohing Cronin's Now Block, Dushoe, Fa. J. W. BALLARD * BLACKSMITH^ LAPORTE ------ PA . I' I i i if ioture all kinds of heavy and light wagons at reasonable prices Have on hand several new wagons which £ offer at bottom prices. A1 work guaranteed. Call and examine my stock. 2 HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY ~ n " 1 — 1 am* FRESH HOPS, HEMLOCK CUM »«I. PIN e BALSAM *• Apply one MV Cr H ■ k I Sldeeche, Rheumatism. C if I\j > Rf B a H X\ c Kloiiuy Weakiiosa. 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