W. M. CHENE ? - - - Editor FRIDAY. JANUARY 3d, 1890. ENTERED AT POST-OFFICE. LAPORTE t\., AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. J- V. RETTENBURY, WATCHMAKER AND JF.WEt.EB, DUSHORE, PA. Cuimnimlcnted Special to the REPUBLICAN. MR. EDITOR. —An article appear ed in a recent issue of the Gazette, purporting to correct some state ments of the Forksville correspon dent of that journal on the road question. Now while it is gener ally vain to argue against a prejudioe or attempt to "refute a sneer" yet it Bcems some statements in the article referred to and signed "Tax Payer" needs correcting. It is stated that the distance saved by the new road along ttie Loyalsock is only 3 and £ miles. Now the distance from Forksville to Little's corner is 1 miles and from there to Eagles Merc 1 and £ miles and from there to LaPortc it is said to be 6 miles; whil6 the new road by meas urement is 0 and J miles. By what system of notation and numeration Ibe difference in these distances is tortured into any less than 5 miles it is utterly beyond our oompre hention. Again it is stated that the townships of Fox and Elkland j cou'd be equally as well accomodat ed by a road over Jordan Hill &c. ■ The distance from Millview by. either road is about the same while the one must necessarily make an elevation of over 1000 feet and a ; portion of the people can just as i easy come to Forksville as Millview and save nearly two miles and have an excellent grade all the way. It is also stated that a road along Double Run is impracticable fcc. Now it is positively stated by those thoroughly acquainted with the , locality that a good graded road could be made along the left branch ' of said run making the distance 1 from Forksville to Eagles Merc only ! a trifle over C miles. It would ' seem that a candid and unprejudiced acqnainted with the topography of the country would have no difficulty In determining the proper locntion of a short and easy route from the West-j ern townships to the county scat. I In our long experience in building . railroads and public roads "on paper" we have learned that it is important and necessary to be very accurate or you are liable to be laughed at for your pains. And whoever fails to observe these rules will find his career and notoriety as a newspaper contributor exceeding ly short. D. Forksville Pa. Dec. 30th, 'B9. Terrible Crime of a Farmer Who Slaughtered III* Family and Then Suicided. ROCHESTER, Mich., Dec. 29.—A cold-blooded triple murder was committed two miles North of Mount Vernon Friday night by William Major, who killed his wife, his daughter and his grand-daughter. Major is about 50 years old and a well-to-do farmer. His daughter, Mrs. Joseph Depew, of Brandon, and her little daughter were visiting the house. The people were but fairly asleep when Major arose and began the work of slaughter. He took a revolver and shot his wifo as she lay asleep, putting two bul lets into her body and mortally wounding her. Springing into the apartment oc cupid by his daughter and the child, he coolly fired a bullet at Mrs. Depew, and when it failed to kill her he procured an axe and knocked out her brains. Then he pulled his little granddaughter from be neath the bed clothing, and with one blow of the axe split her head opeD, killing her instantly. Major ru«hed into the room where bis little son slept and grouped about the bed for him. The lad had crawled un der the bed for safety. As he heard his father searching the room he said: "Are you going to kill me, too, papa? "No, my son," replied the murderer; "do not be afraid." Major's body was yesterday foiled in his barn. He had committed suicide by hanging. I Proceeding* •# the Teachers' Institute Special to the Republican. The annual session of the Sulli van county Teachers 1 Institute con vened in tlie Court House on Monday and was called to order at 2:30 p. m. by Sup't. M. R. Black, who made an excellent opening address. Mr. Samuel Biddle was elected Sec'y. and Miss Leona Ball was elected Enrollment Clerk. An opportunity was then given to the teachers for enrollment, and the names of over seventy teachers were recorded up on the Institute roll book. Sup't. Black then appointed F. W. Mey lert, M. C. Miller, M. P. Sweeney, Victoria Lusch, and Mame Sheehan as members of the committee on resolutions. As the regular In stitute instructors had not yet ar rived, it was decided to devote the remainder of the session to the question box exercise. A number of the important questions were dis cussed by ditferent members of the Institute. At the close of the p»s sion Sup't. Black announced that the evening meeting would be of a social nature and requested the presence of the teachers at 7:45. MOTiD !Y EVENING. Roll call. Singing by the In stitute. The chairman of the com mittee on resolutions then offered the following which was unanimous ly adopted: Re»ilved, That we, the teachers' of Sullivan county, in Institue as sembled, recognize in Hon. Henry Houck, a man whose services as Deputy Sup't. of public Instruction have been of great value to the cause of education in this state; and we cordially and earnestly recom mend him to his excellency, Gov. Jas. A. Beaver, as our choice for the now vacant position of Sup't. of Public Instruction. The remainder of the evening was devoted to social intercourse. TUESDAY MORNING. Institute called to order at 9 o'clock. Singing—Roll call. Sup't- Black then introduced Prof. San ford of Syracuse N. Y., who spoke very ably on"The Elements of Teaching." Intermission. Siuging. Supt. M. F. Ca;;s, of Tioga Co., was next introduced and gave valuable instruction in "Primary Reading." The teachers were glad to next wel come Ex-supt B. E. James, of Susquehanna count}', one of last year's instructors and a very prom inent Institute wwrker. ne pre sented the subject of "School Re ports." TUESDAY AFTERNOON. Roll call. Singing—Sup't. Casw snoke upon the heat light, venilla tion, decoration and cleanliness of school rooms. Prot. James spoke upon the questiou of "School Gov ernment" Lack of space prevents a fuller report at this time. The lecture Tuesday evening was highly en joyed by the large audience that completely filled the court room. The instructors arc all men of repu tation and ability, and the Institute promises to be the most successful yet held. All of the teachers but four or live are present. Following i is tiie list: CHERRY. TWP. I R V Ropers S C Biddla Edith Brown E Murphey ' Nora Dmnond Jurats McDonald ! Florence Scurcman Helen Lusch FOX TWP Victoria Lusch Eiuma Green Emma Smith Cora Battin Maggio Rum* C B Worden Mary Kaier M Thompson Nora MoHn'e Sa'nh Ilrorkman Sarah Wapl«» Id* Whipple Jennie Caildon Gmm:i Bailey Anna Scunlin FORKS TWP Mary Mi-Geerer I D Heverly Leona Ball H W Harrison Mattio Ditehburr Jennie Rogers Celia Walsh Fannie Bird Lizzie Walsh Lizzie Kiernan J H Thayer Cora Warburtou Laura Yonkin Mary CUrke Mary Powderly E J Mullen DUSHOKK RORO. FORKSVILLK M C Miller F W Meylert Annie Wenriek Loie Baldwin COLLEY TWP HILLBGROVE Rosa Fitzgerald W D Morse May Kintur Ettie Randall Emma Hoffman Maggie Kettle F J Wandelt LAPORTE TWP DAVIDSON TWP Annie Karge J Mngargle Alda Low Linda Lawrence Hatti; E Grim Dora Cook Mary Curry Mary Faus Thos Gallagher Allie Pennington LAPORTE BORO Nellie Rheehan May Sheehan Anna McUee May Watrous H 6 Fagus 'SHREWSBURY ELK LAND TWP I Rhetta Harvey Nettie Rogers May Edkin Mary Hoffman I M D Swcenoy Frances Brown I Irrin Woodhead J iloagland I C Aeller Every l.radinff "ynipioiu 01 Influenza I'wuud in a Uoivntown Cane From the Philadelphia Pro. A death from pneumonia, thought to have grown out of influenza, was reported yesterday. The victim was a frail, 8-year-old lad named John McLoughlin, who died at his father's house, 721 Webb Street. W. W. H. Naylor, of the Howard Hospital, who had attended the case since Saturday morning, gave a certificate that death resulted from pneumonia. Dr. Naylor, however, was quite positive last night that the boy had first been stricken with "LaGrippe" and that it had deve loped into pneumonia. On the other hand Dr. Robert Coyle, of 723 South Sixteenth Street who attended the lad on Thursday and Friday, said he did not dis cover any symptoms of the influenzn. He said: "The boy was, in my opinion, suffering with tonsilitis. He was quite bad Thursday night, and he was unable to swallow any thing but liquids. I did not dis cover that he bad chills, or that he sneezed, or that he had any of the other symptoms of 'LaGrippe." I do not think lie bad it at ail." Dr. Naylor, when seen at tbe hospital last night, said: There can be no doubt about this being a genuine case of influenza. The boy was very delicate and frail. He was taken with a severe chill early in the week. This was fol lowed by a sore throat, headache, pain in the back and watering of the eyes. Tbe child's physical con dition was favorable to a complica tion and the cold settled on his lungs, resulting in pneumonia. The little fellow died about 1 o'clock this afternoon. There are two other cases of in fluenza in the same house, but they are not serious. The victims are a brother and sister of the little fellow who died. '1 hey have been suffer ing for several dayß and have been in bod for two days. In addition to these cases there are three more next door. This with what tbe par ents told me, convinces me that tbe boy is the first one to be carried otT in this city by I*l Grippe. THE DOCTORS BOSY. There is no abatement in the epidemic in this city. It is spread ing. Tho practice ol' hundreds of physicians lias doubled within tbe last week. In Gerinantown nearly every physician has a number of casts of"the grip." Dr. Carmichael who lives at the lower end of* the town, has fifly patients who sneeze and have red e\es. Some of the patients are quite ill, but not in a serious condition. Dr. Denver has so many cases that he has had to call in an assistant. Dr. Walker says be has never been so busy. He starts out on his rounds at 5 o'clocK in the morning and scarcely funis time to eat his meals. Similar stories are told by other physicians, and even some of their own number! are down with it. Dr. C. T. Potter and Dr. Downs have severe attacks and have not been able to attend to their professional duties for two daye. At the Germantown Hospital there are three patients suffering with the grip. V'Uliaiiiff Niagara. New plans for utilizing the water power of Niagara are being proposed every little while. According to the Chicago News, a Chicago man, Mr. SI. Maginn, a mechanical engineer, has been awarded a gold medal by the Buffalo International Fair As» sociation lor his device for utilizing the power of Niagara Falls. Mr. Maginn purposes to have ex. cavated a cavity or drift at the foot of the falls, in front of which the flow of water will be continuous and of sufficient depth to carry over all How of ice without striking the device. In this recess, upon stone foundations, will be a stationary iron truss frame, upon which, on wheels, will be a traveling truss frame suf ficiently heavy to carry the water wheel and other paraphernalia, this consisting of an overshot wheel sixty feet in diameter, several dyna mos, and the gearing necespr.ry to work them. Tbe traveling frame will be moved by hydraulic pressure to eogage or disengage the water wheel with tho falling water. This is said to be entirely feasible, hydraulic pres. sure being used U> move the heav iest ordnance and other great weights. Such a machine is cal culated to develop over 16,000 horse ! power, and the electricity generated might he transmitted to consider able distances for use in running : machinery and lighting. ORPHANS' COURT BALE. -Of valuable ma! estate in Elkland township Sullivan county. Lands of Wm. Whitely dec'd - Con taining three lots of land. No. 1. homesteid farm of 117 acres well watered with good heuse large frame tiarn and shed good dwelling M house good orchard and 15 ac ™ ll ° f ""no U oontainiog 79 acres H wl KAI tar tn land well watered having thereon smalt Jfnl fiy IMlfc h use good burn large JLJI H orchutd and about 5 acres of timber land. containing #7 acres oftlmher land well timber ed with hemlock and having thereon a sugar bash containing 300 or 400 trees. Pursuant to an order of the orphans' court for Sullivan county will be exposed at public gale on FRIDAY JAN. 31 18W, at 1 o'clock p. in. at Warburton's Hotel in the B ro. of Forksvilie the following real estate bounded and described as follows- LOT NO. 1, BOUNDED on the south by lands of Wm. Warren on the writ by lands of F. F. Black on the north by lands of 8. Uedford and on tho east by lande of Wm. Whitely. LOT NO. 2, BOUNDED on the north by lands of S. Bedford and J. Norton on the ea«t by lands of Henry Wanck on the south by lands of Wm. Warren and on tho west by lot No. 1. LOT NO. 3, BOUNDED on the wrst by lands of C. D. Eldred and Ch tries lingo on the north by lands of Charles Hugo on Vie east by lands of 11. Fhwcett and N. Tompkins and on the south by lands of John Wh'tetv. JEHMS OF SALE: Ton per cent of one-fourth on day of sale, b ilance of one-fourth at confirmation Ni. Si. and the remainder with Interest at • peroent in one year from confirmation absolute. In terest from confirmation Ni. Si. JOliN WHITELY Administrator., SHERIFF SALE.—By virtue of a writ of Fi. Fa issued out ofihe court of common pleas of Sullivan county Pa., and to me directed and delivered, there will be exposed to public sale at the Court House in LaPorte Borough Sulli van county, on Saturday the 18th day of January IS9O. at 1 o'clock p. m.of said day, tho following desoribed re.il estate. Those certain lots pieces or parcels of land situated in the township of Forks, county of Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, bounded and described as follows viz: One of said lots beginning at a corner in the old Forksvilie road being also a corner of John O. Eberlin's land thence along said Eberlin's land south 30 degrees cast 27 perches to line of lands of W W. Warburton, thence along said W. W. Warburton's lin» south 31 and one half degrees weft 3(1 perches to a post onrner of lands of Jessie Shatrer thrnce along said Shaffer's line north 58 and one half de gress west to the said Forksvilie road afore said, thence along said road north 57 degrees ea"t 58 perches to the of beginning. Containing about 11 acres of land be the same more or less. ALSO another lot in said township beginning at a corner in the center of the Forksvilie road at its intersection with the creek road thence along said Forksvilie roud by lands of John G. Eberlin south 34 degrees west 14 p tenths perches to a eorner in said road thonco along umii touth 84 degrees east 25 and one tenth perches to the place of beginning Con taining 10 acres and 110 perches be tho same more or less. Having erected theroon one good t«o story plank house aud good bank barn, well wate-id and having an orchard of y mug fruit trees tbereon, end the land in a good of culti vation. Seised and taken into execution and to be sold as the property of A K. Kobbius at the suit of 0. W. Kumiey. HENRY TRIPP, Sheriff. Sheriff! Offiee, December 21st, 1889. SHERIFFjS 6 \ LE.--By vlrtne of a writ of Alias Fi. Fa. issued out of the conrt of Common Pleas of Sullivan county, and to me directed there will be exposed to public sale at the store of 3upl>ell .t Son in Shunk Pa., on Saturday, the I#th duy of January 1890, at 3 p. m. All that 112, -tain lot of land rafts, Checks, and other remittances should be made payable to the order of THE PRESS COMPANY Limited, PUBLIRHP.RB. MASON AND HAMLIN. ORGAN AND PIANO GO. BOSTON, BBW YORK, CHICAGO. NEW 112 Contains a five octnve, I Nine Stop Action, turn- MODEL ( ished ir a large and | bandsomo case of solid ORGAN, | black walnut. Price !$Uy cash; also sold on the Easy litre System at $12.37 per quarter, for ten quarters, when organ b-oo trouble to ehow goods. Call and look them over and get prices. , They will give you bargans on any thing you want in their line. They are also agents for Bowers Fertili zers the best in the market. W. ft. D.GREEN. }vlain Street, Towaiula, Pa., Has just received a handsome line ot Spring - Suitings They are handsome, stylish and the very latest. Ladies are requested to call and examine and price them whether they buy or not. In his regular stock he has many BARGJUJVSI which will just suit bargain hunt ers. A full line of DRESS GOODS, DOMESTICS, NOTIONS and in fact ererything kept in the DRY GOODS line, at low prices. My goods were all bought to sell: If you don't believe it, price them and see. We urge the people of Sullivan to pay us a call and price our goods while in Towanda. W. H. D. GREEN, TOWANDA PA. DUSHORE AND NORDMONT STAGE LINE. F. M. CROSSLKY, Proprietor UNTIL FUTHER NOTICE STAGES WILL RUN ON FOLLOWING SCHEDULE Le»\e Laporte at 6:15 a. ID. for Nordmont Arrive at Nordmont 7:36 a. m. Leave Nordmont at 11:15 a. m.for Laporte Arrive at Laporte 1:06 p. m. Leave Lnporte at 5:06 p. m.for Nordmont Arrive at Nordmont 6:JO p. m. Leave Nordmont at 7:00 p. m. fLaporte Arrive at Laporte 8:36 p. Leavo Laporte »• in.for Dnihore Leave Dushf' ** p. m. for LaPor THE TONNE Y RESTAURANT OF DUSHORE. S. W. LEWIS, - - PROP. On Railroad street, recently kept by.J. Cliesley. The inter ior of the same has recently been re- nodi le 1 and now presents and is the finest room for the purpose used in the county. | Pictures valued at hundreds of dob I lars adorn the beautifully engraved [wall. Everything kept in a first class restaurant can be obtained at LEWIS'. Jan. 3, '9O. HAVE YOU PERCEIVED THAT YOU ARE PRETTY? If not call on S. W. LEWIS the Photographer of DUSHORE. | lie will convince you of this fact r for email money. He can take a ; dandy photo and even if freckles ( and wrinkles are bold on your face he will prevent the same from ap pearing on the card. Gallery in the third story of the Tubach block, on Alain St. Jan. 3, '9O. CROWN ACML. * 7iie Best 'r.&iOil M Cubs Made irom Petroleum. It gives a brilliant light. It will not smoke the chimney. It will not char the wick. It has a high fire test. I It will not explode. It is without comparison as a ; perfection Family Safety Oil. It is manufactured from the finest crude in the most perfectly equipped | refineries in the world. ' IT IS THE .BEST Ask your dealer for CROWN ACME. Trade orders filled by ACME OIL CO., I Williamsport Pa. | JJON'T QVERIOOK JHAT T. J. Keeler, , Is adding every week to his well Selected Stock of Merchandise con sisting of Dry Goods, N otions, Ready made Clothing, llats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Hardward Queensware, Flour, Feed ete., Prices as low as the lowest. Call and be convinced of good qnalities | and low prices. |T. J. KE*LIE», •Laporte, Pa., Aug. Bth, 1889. A NEW F TORE AT *- —FORKSVILLE —* The undersigned has opened an agricultural store at Forksville, and carries in stock a full line of Seed |crs. (The celebrated "Warner".) Plows, liar rotes, Moving Machines, Hinders, Reapers, Farm Wagons, I >Spring Wagons, Bxiggies, Sleighs, Cutters, & etc. In fact all lines of farm utensils and agricultural implements. Come and examine my stock and prices. F. C. SCHANBACEER Apiil 11th. 16&8. NEW KGTEL JUST OPENED, R. B. WAHBVRTON, Prop'r. FORKSVILLE, PA. This is a large and commodious house, with large airy rooms, and is furnished in first class style. The best of accommodations ottered tran sient or steady boarders. Foiksrille is situated along the Loyal Sock and is a very pretty town and a favorite summer resort for city guests. R. B. WARBUBTON, Prop'r. Forksvillc, Aug. Ist, 1888 B. HILL, M ~dT~ PHYSICIAN J STROEON, Offiee'on the corner ofMmn A Beech 0 LAPORTE, PA M OUNTAIN HOUSE LAPORTI, PA. An attractive, home-like hotel. Every effort made to entertain satis* factorily. MRS. M. C. LAUEB, Proprietor. Ti2t*ENRY DOWNS, dUL ATTORNEY—AT-LA rr Ex-Prothonotarv, Reciiter A Reflofderof PIH.C Orfiee at Residence on Muney «tr«» t LAPORTE, PA;