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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<vever, until Sulli
van has settled his Mississippi dif
ficulties.
It is said that Lyon's Lumber
Company, has engaged two gangs
of laborers who will work, both night
and day in the event of a fall of
snow. Each force will constitute a,
largo number of meu.
Last week the man who assisted
assasin Booth to escape across the
Potomac was found to be employed
at the Washington Navy Yard, andj
was dismissed. lie was appointed j
during the Cleveland administration. I
England pays in taxes S2O perl
head. The United States pay $12.-!
50. England is l'reo trade; thej
United States are protection. The
free trade mugwumps may Had
trouble in explaining this difier
ence. }
In 1842 what is known as "infiu- 1
enza"was known then as "Tyler's
grip." Tyler was President of the
United States, and just after he
vetoed tke "United States Hank 1
Bill" this epidemic swept over the*
country and was called "Tyler's |
, grip."
| The young gents of LaPorte cn
! joyed a skate'on Lake Mokoma the
I early part of this week. The thick
ness of the ice measured 11 inches
| > £
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
<SOOX>&
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.
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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.