WOBMCJ® LAPOBTE, PA. JANUARY 24th, 1800. LOCAL DEPARTMENT- Election, February 18th. Next Summer's greatest luxury will probably be ice water. Miss Lizzie Downs of LaPorte, is quite ill with the la grippe. The man who laid up cash for a rainy day, Struck it this wiuter. Ilowiird Lyon of Muhcy. was call ing on friends at LaPorte, Tuesda}'. The scarcity of news these days causes a hustle among the report ers. The usual January thaw has been postponed—there is nothing to thaw. This w inter season will be a mem orable one for its "Grippe" on man klad. A large number of scholars in the first ward school, arc ill \vith the la grippe. The next legal holiday is Wash ington's birthday, which occurs Saturday February 22d. Histories make mate men wise and poets witty. Streby where does it speak of your class ? Several new leaves turned over, have already been torn out of the book of good resolutions. A large number of LaPorte busi ness men attended the Appleman sale, at Norduiont, on Tuesday. It was reported at the county seat on Monday that two men of Lopez, diedfwf the la grippe, on Sunday. Tho days are lengthening at the rate of seventy-five seconds, and will continue to do so until June j 21st. It is better to have a turnup nose 1 than a cabbage head. How is it broth-! er Streby you can speak from ex-' perienoe. Governor Hill has the la grippe ' on the New York machine, *>nd j Cleveland can not coax him to take j quinine. "riie la grippe has become so com- | mou that it is no longer interesting.' It is a sort of a hoarse chestnut, so ' to speak. The of . 1 udge Kelley leaves i William McKinley the foremost , champion of Protection in the halls ! of Congress. The freeze up on Tuesday night, continued on Wednesday, will have the desired effect of loosening the hold of—grippe. The calendars issued by thcProvi-; dent Life A Trust Co., of Philadel-' pliia, are dandies. The finest we ! have seen this year. Miss Bertha and May lleilig, I daughters of Fred lleilig, of the i second ward, are dangerously ill with the la grippe. It is barely possible that some of the English syndicates who are buy ing up all kinds of property in this country may get their fingers buru ed. If you wish to remember the priliter and have no other way of deing so—call on him and pay that little bill 3ou owe—and all will be forgiven. "Is that dog of yours dead ? asked a tramp. "Yes." Then I will take some of that sausage. Revenge is sweet. Last year he bit me. This year—ah 1 The Milton Record is quartered in their new and handsome building which was completed about the 10th of January. It is said to be a ver} - fine building. A little daughter of David Ilurst, of the 2nd ward, died on Tuesday, aged 4 months. Interment will take place to-day (Thursday) in the Moun tain Ash cemetery. Pennsylvania voted "wet" on the 18th of last June. The weather has been wet ever since, and the new year opened wet. When is this wet ness going to cease? Remember, Lewis' gallery, Du shores, is the place togo to if you wish the finest work at moderate prices. Large or small photographs finished in the best manner. Ethel—"Would you mind sitting on my hat, pa?" Father—"What under the sun do you wish me to sit on your hat for?" "I want to | *?ee if I can't invent a new style." I | The cigarette smoker should be ; compelled to carry a section of a ■ tan-yard around with him; one stench would neutralize the other and thus make the smokers presence endur : able. i Channc}' Hottenstein Esq., of Forks twj>., was calling on particular friends at the county seat, on bun day. Chauiicy registers at the La.- Porte Hotel quite frequently, of late. Peter Jackson the colored Cali-i foniian pugilist, is more than anxious to meet Sullivan in the iing. IIJ is willing to wait, ho £ I and was not considered safe, how • ever, the boys coiMd not resist giv ing it a trial and some ventured' , across the deep chasm. It is a noticeable fact that some people will enjoy a hearty laugh at! ! seemingly a trifling matter, provid ing the right man relate* the cireuni-' stance. At this season of the year a politician of a little higher stand-j ing is the proper person to relate liisi experience and the other fellow will I ■ laugh. The Williarasuort Grit printed a i portrait of Alphonsus Walsh, Pro-; thonotary, Register and Recorder 1 of Silli\an county, on Sunday last. | The photo from which the cut was! taken must iiave been a A'ery poorj picture as the portrait appearing in 1 the Grit pore but little rescmblence |' of our county ollicial. A large number of young people of LaPorte assembled at the resi dence of A. J. Jlackley on Wednea- t day evening of last . week. The , occassion was the tive year anniver sary of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lauren son. Many presents were presented , the young couple and a good time e enjoyed'by those present. I The job department of the RE- I PUBLICAN ollice is chuck full (not t alcohol Streby) but manuscript of ( various jobs, among them several i books of "Bill of Equity" and Su- t preine Court books. We are now i engaged in printing the By-Laws oft the P. 0. S. of A., of Sonestown. i The REPUBLICAN' docs more book : work than both of the other ollioes t combined. The net receipts of the 1 REPUBLICAN, for book work aver- - ages about S3OO. per year. j Take Notice. S. S. Simmons Post. All mem- ' bers are urged to be present at 2 p. ' m. Saturday Jan. 25tb as there is , muster md other business of im- ( portance to be transacted. J. C. PENNINGTON, Com. ] January 20th, 1890. t We give full account of the W. C. ] T. U., meeting held at Philadelphia last week, elsewhere in thif issue, in which it will be seen that the third party has been divided and now constitute two living organ izations. The last but not the least party formed has been christened the W. C. T. U. Non-Partisan Temperance and Independent Or ganization. We understand that several of the LaPorte W. C. T. U., members have joined the new party and that many more throughout the \ county will follow their example, e Parents should not allow their a childreu togo skating on Lake ti Mokoma without older people with s them. The ice is not safe and if the r boys are allowed to continue as they have been doing for the past few C days, we predict that we shall have a sail misfortune to chronicle in the r near future. Parents who have but little knowledge of where their children spend their leisure hours, should forbid them with a shingle of skating 011 Lake 1-1 8 Thc-re is due us on our subserip s tion book nearly twelve hundred " dollars from delinquent subscribers. ' We are getting tired of working for thanks and shall now take active r steps to collect the above amount, s If a statement sent you is not suffice t we shall place the account in an 112 Attorney's hand for collection. A 11 large percentage of our subscribers are men of means and can well 1 ford to pay the printer his just dAs. 3 We shall forward you statement®!)!' 1 your indebtedness due us within a 1 ; p riocl often days and shall expect I aviesponse not latter than court . week. LINCOLN' ED KIN CAPTURED : j While Lincoln Edkin the escaped J convict of the Sullivan county jail j was at work on the R. R. bridge about two miles below Muncy on | Saturday last, he was arrested by j 11. McMichael and John Geasy of "i Muncy and taken to said borough ' 1 and handed over to Constable T. J. Narter who placed him in the j Muncy cooler where he remained over Sunday and 011 Mo : day was ' brought to LaPorte by Constable '! Narter -ssisted by John Shumaker | and lodged in cell No. 'I adjoining ' cell No. 1 from which he made his 1 escape 011 or about the 18th of ' December. Edkin refuses to reveal the secret of how lie made his es ! cape. In the farming d-strict of Quincy, j 111., the farmers are terrified almost j nightly by the screams of wild ani- j nsals. At first thought that, a woman or child was in distress,! j and search was made, but in vain, j | Shortly after the first scare a farmer : found a cow and calf dead in his i | brim yard teiriably mangled. The; I animal was followed by trails of blood j Ito a neighbor farmer's barn where : | five goats were found dead. One! j farmer while feeding lus cattle 110- j j ticed the straw moving, and present- j ;ly a Inline animal sprang from be-| , neath it and took to the woods near J 1 by. The impression is that the 1 | animals are two panthers and two ' lious which escaped from cages, 1 { owned by a traveling circus, caused ; ;by an upset. It was reported by • the managers of the circus that the animals had been re-captured but the people of that vicinity doubt tUc truthfullness of the story. Streby if you should be attacked with the grippe and the disease should settle 011 your brain pan the physician in attendance would be at a loss to know which end to apply his treatment. Streby they say you are only half baked and that a glance at your silly countenance is sufficient to satisfy any person of this state ment. Of course we would not ao cuse you of being a fool but we ; would suggest that you publish an article in your next issue denying the statement and set yourself square ly before the people. Now Streby it will require considerable care and some brain work in writing this article to convince the people that you are a man of brains and unless you can improve 011 past articles we would advise j r ou to call in the edi tor in chief to do the work. We take great pleasure in looking after your welfare and shall at all times protfipt you wherein we can do you a favor. Now Streby if you do de cide to write the brainy article you had better commence 011 Saturday and if it be the only original article in you paper let it be good and right to the point. Your readers will anxiously look for the Gazette next week and shall expect to be agreeably surprised to learn that you are a man of ability. Of course Streby the penmanship need only be seen by the compositor, in which event will not interfere with your chances for Treasurer next fall. You see we are looking a head for your welfare aud we trust that you will follow our advise. THE POOR EDITOR. 1 He Makes an Ample Apology For Former Mistakes. J Editor Sollenberger of the Sha-j mokin Dispatch gets down on his! knees and wails tlmsly: ''We apolo gize for all mistakes made in all our former issues, and say they were inexcusable, as all an editor has to . do is to hunt news and clean the rollers and set type and sweep the floor and pen short items and make the paste and talk to visitors and distribute type and carry water and I . saw wood and read the proofs and j correct the mistakes and hunt the! shears to write editorials and dodge the bills and dun delinquents and take cussings from the whole force and tell our subscribers we need money. We say we have no busi ness to make mistakes while attend ing to these little matters and get ting our living on gropher-tail soup flavored with imagination, and wearing old shoes and no collar and ■ a patch on our pants, obliged to jturn a smiling countenance to the man who tells us our paper isn't worth §1.25 a year anyhow and that he could make a better one with his eyes shut." J. W. Flynn Esq., and Thos. E. j Kennedy Esq., head clerks in James ! McFarlane & Co's. store at the La . I'orte tannery, were exercising the j handsome gray ponie" of James Mc- I Farlane 011 Main St. Saturday. JJy i the-way LaPorte can boast of own ing the finest aud most valuable j horse flesh of any town in the coun | ty. For instance there is the Mc- Farlane roadsters which we think jis the finest in the county, and then there i3 the <_ r ra\' heavy weights of ;James Walsh, which is a noble j drawing team and fine lookers. For light weights at the age of four 1 years, we would call the attention |of those interested to the span of j blacks owned by Walter Spencer jr. jThey are beauties. FOl single driv | ers wo only need mention a few, viz: "Billy" owned by Atty. 11. T. Downs which is known by his fast record, handsome frame and kind 1 manners. Then there is "Erastus" ;owned by Proth'y. Walsli. "Eras tus" is a dandy, and is known by his ambitious desire of getting-there, j the driver only need to slacken the j reins and "Erastus" will improve the opportunity. For a heavy ; weight, T. J. Keeler owns a very J valuable horse. We nearly forgot |to mention "Ulysses," owned by Atty. E. M. Dunham. "Ulysses" is I not world renown for his fast record | nor for his beauty but lie is the boy ! that can stand an all day's drive and lif necessary return on the following [day. There are 48 horses owned in the first ward and all are equally as good as the average roadsters. Walker Blaine son of James Q. Blaine, died on Thursday last. Funeral services on Sunday Jan. 19th. Secretary Blaine's agonizing grief at his son's funeral would have touched the heart of his bitterest enemy. At the private service in the parlors of the Blaine home, at < the public service in the Church of : | the Covenant and at the grave in j i Oak Hill cemetery, looking down on I Washington, he could not refrain i his sobs. Mrs. Blaine was weeping all the time, but her husband's ef forts to check his tears made theiu , more pathetic. As he sat with bowed head 111 the Church of the Covenant, as he stood with bowed frame at the open grave, supporting ' his wife until, at the words "dust to 1 dust," they turned away, utterly un able to look longer, he seemed to have aged twenty years since his son died. Where Are the Pigeons ? It is not so many years since that flights of wild pigeons occurred dur ing the autumn over the eastern and middle states. The younger gener ation of sportsmen, however, has probably never seen a living speci men of that bird, its acquaintance with it being confined entirely to the plucked specimens on the stands of dealers in the market. Mr. William Brewster, who has made n thorough and exhaustive study of the causes of the disappearance of the wild pigeon from its former ! haunts, has established the fact that its flight in a vast body is now en- ' tirely confined to the great unin ihabited wilds of British North America.— New York Sun. \ GRAND FIIRNITUIIE DISPLAY. AT UWBIICI BROTHERS ;FURNITURE STORE, Jackson Block Main & Centre El's DUSHORE, ----- PA. The most magnifieant display of fancy furniture ever shown in Dushore, fancy chairs 111 endless variety, chairs that are ancient and antique look ing, odd chairs of odd shape. Hundreds of them of every conceive.'! Mo kind are spread out for your inspection. Fancy cabnets, music cabnets, fancy mirrors, foot rests, blacking cases, card tables &c. Do not miss the display, come it you can possibly get here, come whether you want to buy or not, everybody is welcome, 1 , Very Respectively, LA II r HENCE JiEOS. We also wish to call your attention to our new line of stone caskets they are light beautiful in design and constitute within themselves mini i ature vaults, they are finished in broadcloth, plush and sateins and are .j furnished at a price that brings them within reach of all classes. Please call and examine our model as we are the only dealers that handle stone caskets in Sullivan county. We also have a full line of wood caskets', robes, trimmings &c. SPEGIAI: AMENTIOH AT CUNNINGHAM : H?" : COLE. ! Stplo a line- of & t ' Such as "Rochester" stand and hanging lamps; an elegant line of hand sleds, agate fancy tea and coffee pots, carvers &c. A fine line of —PARLOR HEATING STOVES & RANGES— U hich are being sold cheap. Call early and examine and get a good. bargan 011 stoves &c. iSGRDEHS OBY M&ILJz WILL receive our prompt attention. We carry a full line of Hardware, Tinware and Manufacturers of Tinware Job Work &c. Cunningham Cole. KOTAIi SOCK COAL. tttt t t t t THE best and cheapest coal in the market. To customers from— LAPORU J\ND VIJJFNTTJ T H E price is iCUuced at the breaker to CM KAPER The State Line & Sullivan R. R. Co' I. O. BLIGHT, Supt. FROM ths red armour BOOT AND SHOE STORE j. S. HARRINGTON Proprietor Dushore, - - Pa - I I :- : 'l ~11 ~ It will pay you before purchasing to call and examine my large stocJ? of new and well selected goods. Large sales enables me to sell for small profits. Cash customers can save a good percentage by buying goods of me. Everything new neat and first class. My stock of French Kid hand turned goods are very fine and low 111 price. All goods guaranteed in price and 111 quality to be the best that any market can afford. ~ I : I I 1 =~= I ~I ~ I :~= 1 :-^~nZT! BOOTS & SHOES made to o^eier If you want a fine sewed boot or shoe try a sample pair. Repairin done on short notice. CASH PAID FOR HIDES PELTS, WOOL, TALLOW &C„ AT J. S. HARRINGTONS, DUSHORE, PA. june«4,B7 F P TIMCEMY T)*T TSR FCAT DEALER IN Mens' Youth Boy's and Ghil drens Clohing Cronin's New Block, Dushoe, Pa LORAH'S HOTEL. OSESXOWI*. DANIEL H. LOB ALL PROP'R. Tuis is a large and commodious house, with large airy rooms, furn-, shed in first class style. Adesira-: bio place for those who desire to es cape the hoated term. Hunting and fishing iu their season. The bar is, supplied with choice liquors & cigars, j Nov. ]3'Bs. i T. F. CARSKADDFN MERCHANT TAILOR, IN THE OLD CITY lIOTEL Corner of Third and Pine WILLIAMSI'ORT, PA. .! For the latest style and a good j fit we would rt-fer our Sullivan coun ty friends to Mr. Carskadden who is numbered among the best Tailors in Jihe Lumber city. Sept. 13th, 'B9.