RSPQBLICJ^I) _ LAPOBTE, PA. APKIL 25th, 1890. LOCAL DEPARTMENT- Court Mai' 26th. Have j'ou slicked up your back j'ard ? The editors of the Dushore papers did considerable clipping last week. Decoration Day and Fourth of July, both come on Friday this year. The potato'bug has come to the surfiice. He will no doubt stay during the sumriier vacation. Doh't J T OU think it would be the 'proper caper to transplant your ash ''heaps and rubbish piles, about now. Mr. I. Lamoreaux of LaPorte, w1:oi fell and broKe his leg fccently, i3 j mending as fast as could be expected.! Delightful Spring weather con-| tinues and the farmers are as bus)'j as bees getting read}' to plant their spring crops. Frank Ruck the well driller of I DuShore, was in town Wednesday! and removed his machine to Lopez,! where he will drill several wells. | Prof. J. P. Liltle of Nordmont. I who is engaged in the lumber busi | ness at said place, was at the county J Beat doing business on Monday. The Democrats of this vicinity! don't soera to mind the death of very much. He was not 'one of Cleveland's pets, hence the treatment. Tho largest catch of the season— -147. F. M. Crosslej' of this place "•accompanied by a friend, captured j 'them in Poll Bridge. Frank says they were the finest mess of trout he has seen for a long time. The force employed on tlie new 'school house building, are: T. J. Keeler contractor, A. .J. Hackley, John Andrews, John Thomas, Geo. Latirenson and Ernest Smith. The work is progressing nicelj\ Congressmen C. R. Buekalcw of this district, is a candidate for re election. Why not some of our Sullivan county Democratic friends bob up and ask for a share of the honors. Hon. B. S. Collins of I)u_ shore, for instance. The Williamsport Republican keeps the people of this vicinity pretty well informed as to the where abouts of the Sullivan county man who is spending a few days in the Lumber City. We assure the Re publican that the news Is apprecia ted here. Constable Lawrence Lowry ac companied by James Wood, both of j Bernice. were out in search of a' Columbia county man on Wednefc- 1 day of last week. They visited I Benton and Light St., but the hunt! proved in vain, for which the girl was very much disappointed. This is the proper season of the yeat for proprietors of summer boarding houses to commence a series 'of advertising for summer guests- We would suggest that the Phila., jPresß, owing to its large circulation, is an excellent paper to insert such advertising. Ezra and Dewitt Shullz who were convicted at last term of court of larceny and who have filed reasons for a new trial which will be heard nt this May teVm, were bailed by J. G. Scouten and given their free dom on Monday last. The amount of bail required was SSOO. each. The 2Gth of April will be tlie seventy-first anniversary of tlie ir. traduction of Odd Fellowship into the United States. Long may it prosper. It would be a good thing if every man wjis a good Odd Fellow. It would work injury to no one, and be a great benefit to many. The occasion will be properly observed at Danville. If the road machine recently pur chased by the proper officers of La- Porte township, can not be worked to an advantage owing to rocky em bankments of highways, why not dispose of it to the highest bidder. The machine cost the tax payers $225. from which they should realize some thing The value of the machine has been decreased but little by use but neglect of care is plainly visible for which the ex-road commissioners of La Porte township are respon sible. Our exchanges quote G rover Cleveland growing in weight at the rate of 25 pounds a week. He has growed the partition right out of his law office in New York. While writing ut his desk he invariable takes the left hand corner of his table leaving his right arm on the desk; in this position hisabdomen ex tends into the middle of the room and when he desires 'no admittance,' he heaves it against the door which prevent l ; all intruders from entering. A patent bolt, which perhaps, will never be duplicated. Owing to the fact that Patsy Con nor of Bernice did not deny the statement made in the REPUBLICAN at a recent date, that he was a can didate for Member this fall, it is fair to presume that he will be among the number seeking the nom ination. Patsy is a fine young man j and it would be hard for the Demo- j cratic party of Sullivan county to ! find his superior within its borders., Since our statement that 1m was a ' candidate, we have heard the con- i versationof several Democrats in ! this and adjoining precincts who ex- ! pressed themselves very warm for his j selection at their Convention. Patsy j would make a good Representative, j We have received several letters from Cherry twp., residents request ing us to continue our attack upon the people in charge of the insane man Hawk of that township. We have also been urged by an individu al of Dushore to continue, he ?a3 - s that we are in the right and that the manner in which Hawk is treated Im* been conversed liberally in the town of Dushore and yet the editors of the Dushore papers were ignorant of such a man living within a mile disli.nt. This is absurd and is of no credit to a newspaper man. Per haps they preferred not to bring the matter before the public fearing that they would loose a patron or two by so doing. A worthy act up on their part. In answer to the Gazette request ing us to exonerate the overseers of the Poor from all blame, we would merely re-print a line appearing in the article of the Gazette, y iz: "One of the overseers of the poor on hearing of some of the above runi ora (as given in the REPUTTMCAN) 1 Went to Mr. Hawk's residence and i found him in good health." Now Streby if the overseers of Cherry j twp., did i:ot consider themselves : responsible for the treatment of Hawk, owing to property owned by liim, why did they visit him in the capacity of an otHcer? In our Article we did not hold tlio overseers wholly responsible, but said that they were partly in the blame. By the otlicer visiting Hawk he admits precisely that part which we accused them of. In reference to what we j said about the insane man be : ng a I conirad, we would state that our in- j formant stated that he was receiv ing a pension of the c.ract amount quoted in the Gazette, sl2. per month arid from which we inferred that he bad served a time in the war. This we understand is granted him by the Jeath of a son in the army and that be was not a participant of the war. We also received one other letter from an individual of Dushore, who stated that Hawk is receiving fill the comforts that he deserves, owing to cruelty to his family while living. It might have been that Hawk was cruel to his family, but 2an 3 r ou believe that an insane per son is responsible for his actions. No, we think not, and we believe Lhat our readers will join us in our leeisiou. The wotds: "comioits hat he deserves" appearing in the ibove mentioned letter lias much significance and goes to prove, to some extent, that our informant nade a correct statement of the reatment of Hawk. The person ivlio Informed us and requested us ;o make mention of the fact said 'urthermore that he and two other gentlemen called on Hawk and the )der of the house the filth on the loor the filth on the man and the nanner in which he was dressed caused two of the party to become loathly sick and brought on a spell :>f vomiting. Streby we sincerely believe that we are in the right and jnless you can produce more satis factory evidence to the contrary, we liave every reason to think that the public sentiment will uphold us in >ur attack upon those in charge of t-he unfortunate man. ' This is what a subscriber to the REPUBLICAN said the other day: ''l am a subscriber to all three county papers, but my choice of the three is the REPUBLICAN, it contains more news and prints more facts than either of the other papers. I un fold it anxiously and am never dis appointed to see much of interest in its columns." The new boat house of James McFarlane, on the borders cf Lake Mokoma, is about completed. It is a j'im slicker. Who will be the next to follow suit ? Those William' sport capitalists and ?>tock holders of the Lake Mokoma Land Co., should show up pretty soon. A little in terest shown in the new enterprise about now would do lots for its future success. The Mokoma Heights under the supervision of D. W. Garrigues of Philadelphia, is progressing finely. We wish we could say the same of the surround ings of the lake. A move is neces sary. Each Williameporter inter ested should erect a cottage this summer. It is useless to hope that uninterested parties will build until those who were the instigators of the enterprise, have at least shown some interest in the welfare of the place. AVe fear the Williamsport Sun j will be no more. That paper made the gross statement in a recent is | sue that a Mr. Fague edited the I Hughesville Mail. Mr. F. is fear j fully out of sorts about the wrong done him and fears are entertained that he will put an end to the Sun- It will be admitted by all that Mr. | Fague has been viciously insulted; but we trust that he will use proper precaution in dealing out his feel ing:'. It can't be that the Sun has ever smiled upon the dudish editor of the Mail or else he never would have forgotten him. Rutter you j will please step forward, take off, your hat, pull down your vest, wipe j j your nose and arrange your eye; i glasses while the 6oleiun duly j of a formal introduction is perform ■ e( j ** * Y ou IV ju now your j seat and in your next issue please inform the Burg people that the} - never will be called upon to answer, your blunders as c 'iter of the Mail, j jin the future. Oh! what a relief ! this will be to them. Annual Commencement of the Forka ville Graded School. The exercises were held in the M. JE. church on Wednesday evening April lGth. The interest of the people was exhibited by the as" sfMiiblying of a very large audience. The occasion was enlivened by some very choice instrumental and vocal music admirably executed by Mrs. F. Chatfeeand Miss. Blanche Collins. The salutary address was given by Miss Jennie Molyneux,also an essay entitled "Trifles," both of these productions were excellent and were read in an easy and graceful style. Next followed an Oration, by Mr. Albert L. Lewis, entitled "National Developement" which was delivered in an impressive manner, and a bounded in historical illustrations, and showed deep stud}' and close thinking, and was an able produc tion. Next in order was an Oration, by Arthur J. bird—Subject, "Silent Influences." Mr. Bird has a fine address and au excellent voice for public speaking, and his oration was delivered with force and eloquence His comparisons and illustrations were very tine. The motto of the class of'9o was"l)eligence, Vigilance, Success." The valedictory and an essay on the class motto, was given by Miss Sadie Molyneux. The ad dress was well written and exceed ingly appropriate to the occasion. The board of directors occupied a prominent position on the platform, and tlui diplomas were given to the graduating class, by J. W. Rogers president of the board accompanied by a few well timed remarks. Mr. R. I). Lancaster in behalf of the board, i presented their thanks to the teacher. The literary exercises of the class showed close application, and a high ; degree of culture, and reflected credit on Prof. Meylert as a com petent instructor. Prof. Black being called upon made a few very pertinent remarks. The closing ad dress to the class by Prof. Meylert was very touching and beautiful, and abounded in happy illustration, and instruction, aud was greatly admired by all. 1). 112 $2.08 Excursion. To the Odd Fellows of Sullivan county : There will be au excursion on the W. & N. 8., to Danville on Saturday Abril 26, to witness the anniversary of I. O. O. F., at said place. The train will start from Soncstown at 7 a. in.and leave Dan ville at 10 p. m. Fair $2.05. To'Tha School Oirectors of Sullivan County. GENTLEMEN : In pursuance of the forty-third section of the Act of May 8, 1854, you are hereby noti fied to meet in convention, at th» Court House, in LaPorte, on the first Tuesday in May, A. D. 1890, at 1 o'clock, being the 6th, day of the month, and select, viva. voce, by a majority of the whole number cf directors present one person of liter ary and scientific acquirements, and of skill and experience in the art of teaching, as County Superintendent, for the three succeeding j ears; and certify the result to the Stato Super intendent, at Harrisburg, as required by the thirty-ninth and fortieth sec tions of said Act. M. R. BLACK. County Sup. of Sullivan County. Forksrillc, April 9th, 1890. AN OLD MAN'S TERRIBLE DEATH Burned to Death m His Store at Lairc'svilTe. The particulars of a horrible ac cident at Lairdsville, this county, | reach the Republican this afternoon.' Shortly after 1 o'clock Monday morning the general store of Hiram Grouse, at Lairdsville, was discover ed to be completely enveloped in flames, and an bour afterwards there was left nothing but the ruins of the establishment, although those who had been attracted by the fire made every attempt to check the progress of the flames. Unfortun ately, however, the fire darted at aj time when the whole neighborhood ! was wrapped in slumber, and when J first, discovered it was apparent that no human etforts could save the place. A MAX BURNED TO DEATIT. The most unfortunate result of the tire was the burning to death of the owner of the store, Hiram Crouse, | a managed about sixty-five years. JHe was a bachelor and slept in a ! room over the Btore, and his re . mains, burned to a crisp, were dis covered in the ruins of the fire this morning. It is known that the un-l fortunate man was in the liabit of sleeping with a lamp burning in liisj room aud from the condition ot the' fire when first discovered it was' evident that the blaze originated in | the part of the building occupied by Mr. Crcuse as a bed room. The. supposition is that the lamp ex ploded during the night and Mr. Crouse was overcome by the tire and smoke before he could make his es cape. The horrible affair has caused intense excitement and much sorrow in the neighborhood Lairdsville and during the entire day the people from the country round have visited the scene and gazed upon the ruins. The store and its contents were valued at $2,000 on which there was ah insurance of $1,500. LATER NEWS. It is learned late this afternoon that man} - people ut Lairdsville are not satisfied that the fire originated from a lamp explosion but believe that the conflagration was the work of an incendiary. It is asserted that Mr. Croyse was believed to have considerable money, and not a few believe that the place was en tered by thieves, who robbed and murdered tho old man and then fired the store to destroy the evidence of guilt. Be this as it may, the fire so completely wiped out every part of the building that there is nothing left to form much of a clue upon. The remains of the victim will be taken to Columbia county for in termont.— "Williamsport Republi can. ' Mr. Croupe was proprietor of the 1 La Porte Hotel at this place in 1852 and has several relatives in this sectiou. They were notified of the fearful death of Mr. Crouse on Mon day. Those who attended the fun eral, whicli took place on Wednes day morning were : Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crossley aud daughter, Miss Hertha, and Mr. Fred Fleschutt. The remains wore entered in the Crouse cemetery in Columbia coun- , ty- The First National Bank of HU GHES VTLLE Offers all the lacilitics for the transaction of a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Accounts respectfully solicited. DEWITT BODINE, President, C. Wm. WODDItOP, Vice President, W.C. FRONTZ, Cashier. G RAND FUiINITIItiE DISPLAY! A T IiAWREWDM 11M O Til EK £ FURNITURE STORE, Jackson's Block Mam & Centre DUSHORE, ----- PA. The most ipagnificant display of fancy furniture ever shown »n Dushorc, fancy chairs in endless variety, chairs that are ancient and antique look ing, odd chairs of odd shape. Hundreds of them of every conceivesblc kind are spread out for your inspection. Fancy cabnets, music cabnets, fancy mirrors, foot rests, blacking cases, card tables Ac. Do not misi; the display, come it you can possibly get here, com: whether you want to buy or not, everybody is welcome, ( Very Respectively, LAWRENCE IS EOS. We also wish to call your attention to our new line of stone capkefs they are lig'it, beautiful in design ami constitute within themselves mini ature vaults, they are finished in broadcloth, plush and snteins and ar.c furnished at a price that brings tliem within reach of all classes. Please call and examine our model as we are the only dealers that haxdlc stone caskets, in Sullivan count}'. We also have a full line of wood caskets, robes, trimmings &c. T. J. KEELER'S STORE CENTRE MAIN STREET, TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. ' M Us?F°Call and be convinced of good qualities and low prices. I nir adding weekly to my already large and well assortment of general MERCHANDISE Consisting of dry goods, liats, caps, boots and shoes, read} - inado CLOTHING, notions, hardware, flour, feed, and a general and at all Vimes afresh sup ply of GROCERIES I guarantee satisfaction. Give us a call Laportc, I'a. Aug. 8. 89. T. J. KEELER- S.OTAL SOCK COAL* ttttt t t t . TII E best and cheapest coal in the marke* 'to customers from— LAPORirCAND VICFNTTJ T H E price is i'cauced at the breaker to (3 ve 3) K/fTIPERi The State Line & Sullivan R. R. Co I. 0. RI-IGIIT, Supt FROM THE HEO raOITT BOOT AND SHOE STORES J. S. HARRINGTON Proprietor Dushore, - - Pa 7—:"| :-= | [ :-Y\T-: T-7\ | :-= [ - It will pay you before purchasing to call and examine my large stocfi if new and well selected goods. Large 6ales enables me to sell for small irofits. Cash customers can save a good percentage by buying goods of lie. Everything new neat and first class. My stock of French Kid iand turned goods arc very fine and low in price. All goods guaranteed n price and in quality to be the best that any market can afford. - | :-= | | :-= | j | =-: | | =-: | j -.-7] BOOTS & SHOES made to ordes? If you wantafine sewed boot or shoe try a sample pair. Repairin lone on short notice 3ASII PAID FOR HIDES PELTS, WOOL, TALLOW &c„ AT J. S. 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