!PSSS BSPQBM&M) LAFORTE, I'A. JUNE 27th, 1890. LOCAL Dt:PASTiVJENT I hereby announce myself as an Independent candidate for the o(lice of Representative ol Sullivan conn 'T.. M WM H. DAVEY. Bernice, Pa., June lfi, 1890. Read the premium list. 1890 is about half gone. The June bug is on the wing. Early dew—a note for 30 days. And now every lly makes his We shall not issue a paper next week. Our exchanges say that \\ allac*! will get there. Fourth of July one week from to 'day (Friday). All masons arc supposed to be 'square' fellows. lie never shrinks Lis daily duties— the professional loafer. You can easily fill the public eye, if you only lnvvc the dust. Mrs. Judge Mason of LaPorte, j zs visiting friends in Towanda. Children's Day will be observed in LaPorte on Sunday July Otli. Fire crackers will soon announce the approaching Fourth, of July. It is impossible for a man with a weak stomach to digest great truths. The Mountain House thermometer registered 83 in the shade, on Mou day. The small boy will soon buiU the 1 drug shop for relief froifi green 'apples. Danville, as shown by hand bill in postoflice, will have grand doings, on : July -Ith. Take in the excursion to Williams port, on July 4th. Fair for the j round trip SI.OO. We have lots of .voting men in our midst who are brave enough to strike an attitude. The flower of the family usually , blooms in the shade. Especially at I this season of the year. Mrs. Judge Ingham and Mrs. Sl. j L. Dunham of LaPorte, are visiting friends at Eagles Mere. The spring chicken at this season of the year considers himself an ob ject of some importance. The three great themes—horse facing, base ball and politics. All are in progress just at present. Miss Anna Brush of Eagles Mere, was visiting friends at the county seat, the early part of this week Wallace and Fattison the two Democratic aspirants to head the State democracy ticket, are looking for honors. The Knights of Labor of Hernice, will give a picnic and dance, on the Fourth of July. All arc cordially invited. It is customary for the country printer to enjoy Fourth of July week, hence we shall not issue a paper next week. Rev. W. A. Stephens F. E., of Williainsport District, will preach at the M. E. church at LaForte, June 27th at 7:30 p. m. Mr. and Mr??. Blodgct of Gai'dean, McKean county, formerly of La- Porte, are visiting friends at the coun tj T seat of Sullivan. Mr. T. M. Ctowell of Fhiladel]>hia and Mrs. John MacLaren of New York, friends of James McFarlahe, are guests of the LaPortfc Hotel. The Wan without political ad-; vise these days, might just as well follow McGinty to the bottom of the sea. lie is no good on earth. Lycoming county is strong for | "Wallace for the Democratic nominee for Governor. They consider Fat- ! tison entirely oift of the race. J. W." Ballard of LaForte, has; Recently had his blacksmith ami 1 wagon shops on Main St., painted. J Henry and John Kargo of LaForte j \vp., did the work. The young people of LaForte! ,anuery will hold a picnic in the j grove near the second ward school house, on July 4th. There will be a i platform erected for dancing and a I general good time is anticipated. The best of music will be in attend ance. Everybody is cordially in vited to take part. Come every body. Special to the Rcpnblicnn. 11 ATIIU SBURO, June 25. —Pelamater was nominated on the second ballot. Convention adjourned until Thurs day to nominate Lieutenant Gover nor. It is more than likely that Montooth will be nominated and will accent. Mrs. Daniel Bahr of Cherry twp.. died on Tuesday morning of last week after a long illness. The funer al was held on Friday the 20t'i, arid was largely attended. Mrs. J. T. Brewster of Washing i ton, I). C., and Mrs. 15. F. Hill oi ! Mansfield, were in attendance at the I consecrat ion of the St. John's church at this place, on Tuesday. Patsy Connor of Bernice. is the Democratic delegate to Hie state convention. Hr,, so we are told, wilj 'support Pattison. The convention takes place in Scranton, on Wednes day Jiily 2. MARRIED: —John L. Farrell of Onshore to Miss Frances Fries ol LaPorte, on Tuesday June 94. Father Kaier of Dushore officiating. Wc wish the young couple much happiness and a prosperous future. MARRIKD : —Mr. John Connolly ofj New York to Miss Nellie Sheehan of LaPorte, on Wednesday June 25. Father Kaier of Dushore, officiating. May their path be strewed with roses. Patsy Connor, of Bernice, A. j Walsh of I,a Porte and 11. J. Thom son arid lion. B S. Collins both ofj Dushore, will attend the Democratic I State Convention tobeheldin Scran-; ton on Wednesday July 2. John Degen Esq., of Limestone j N. V., formeily of LaPorte, is visit ing friends in town. John is head clerk in IToyt Bros., store and is one of the lending advocates of Re publicanism at Limestone. llis| many friends of LaPorte and vicini— j ty were much pleased to see him. Church Services. On Sunday next there will be services in St. John's Episcopal ; el)lireh in the morning at 10:30 and in the evening at 7:4The services 'will he conducted by Mr. James H. Werner who will by direction of the Bishop take charge of the parish during tiie slimmer and reside in Lal'orte. Mi. Werner has just | graduated with first honors at Muhlcnburg College and is a young h'an of much promise. The festival given in the 'Vld Fellows building at thin place, on .Saturday evening, for the purpose of raising finance to improve .Mountain Asli c.-niefery, was in | every respect a success. Notwith standing the down pour of rain from early in the morning until coven in the evening 40. or thereabouts was the gross receipts ot the day's doings. We doubt if there is a : town of our size in the state that could do better than (his, or even so well, under similar disadvantages of I the weather. Had providence smiled upon us and given us the rays of sunlight and not quite so much dampness, the receipts of the doings would have scored nearly one hundred dollars. LOST LETTERS. e,000,000 L.' t r - Yearly i ;*i[ to Reach Their Destination. The number of lost letters re-' ported to the post-oftice department! at Washington, last yeaf 1 , was very 1 large, and, some facts regarding! these stray missives may be of gen eral interest. There v.efe received at the dead letter ollice at Washing-! ton nearly 6,000,000 missives, which, for one reason or another, failed to' find their addresses. Of these, 1 10,700 were not addressed at all; 18,000 contained money, amounting! in all to $35,000 • and there were inclosures of checks, drafts, etc., to! the amount of $1,600,00 in 22,000] letters. Of course in such an im mense correspondence a? : done in the Un'ted States, misut&trA are in evitable, but one would hardly ex pect thai every half hour of the day and night a letter would be dropped in a postolliee with no address whatever. The amount of money which found its way to the dead letter ollice instead of to the persons to whom it was due, indicates a singular carelessness in financial) matters. It ought to be possible lot trace the ownership of the checks and drafts, but much of the money l doubtless will go into the national treasury because of the inability of the ofllcialsto find the owners. There is a lesson in these facts and figures, of interest to all, for the illiterate are far from being the only ones to misdirect correspondence. Prohibition Convamion. Pursuant to fi call of county Cbaiviimn David Molyneux, the Prohibition Convention convened in the Court House at LaPorte, on Saturday June 21st 1800. Chairman Molyneux called the meeting to order at 2 p. in., and after announcing the business of the convention T. •). Keeler was elected president and Benj. Faucctl and 11. T. Avery vice presidents and I. JI. Woodhead secretary. Tellers A. C'. Brack man, F. B. Glidewell. On organizing, credentials were called for from each precinct of the county. Six townships were represented as follows: lief nee:— Colley:— Davidson:— JJushore:— FAklanJ • —Benj. Frueett, I JI. Woodhead. Fox: —John P. Kilmer, W. B. Albert. For^sville: —F. B Glidewell, A. C. Bracknian. Forts.- —Joel Molyneux, L. S. Bedford. Ilills trrove: * Laporte tiop.: —J. W. Harvey. La Forte boro.: — J. W. Ballard, T. J. Keeler. Lopez: Shrewsbury: —A. T. Avery, A. H. Marr. After the secretary had taken down tin: names of delegates', nominations were de clared to be in order. The president announced that nominations would be made com mencing with Representative and continuing according to the prom inence of the oflice. David Moly neux Esq., of Forks twp., was nominated for member ; J. W. Ballard of La Porte for treas. urer; Christopher Snyder of Elk land aiul George E. Taylor of Shrewsbury for county commission ers and A. H. Marr o r Eagles.M•.■re and F. B. Giidewell of Forksvillc for auditors. At tliis juncture t here was con siderable discussion as to the ad visability of placing candidates for the ollice of Congressman and Sena tor on the ticket, the convention however, deemed it inexpedient, hence there were no nominations made for tiieso offices. ( Joel MOI3 neux and J. L. Smyth were elected congressional conferees I and A. 11. Marr and A. C. Black mail senatorial conferees. 1 Delegates elected to the State ' con veil tion were as follows: L. S. Bedford, T. J. Keeler, 11. A. Coklin and David -Molyr.eu\, alternates—\V. I>. Albert Joel Molyneux, J. \V. Ballard and John Andrews. Committee on resolutions were then elected and reported. Resolutions were adopted as read. Standing committee for 1891 : Collcy: —W. M. Ileeser; Cherry:— John \V. Martin; licrnice: —Win. Johnson ; JJushore:— Dav idson:—ll. C. Boatman \Elkland: — John \\*. Grange; Forks: —George Wanck ; Forkeville: —A. C. Brack man ; F>x: —\\ r . B. Albert; JTilts- Grove: — T^opez:— La Porte tup.: —J. W.Harvey; La- Forte boro.: —R A. Conklin ; Shrewsbury: —A. H Marr. John W. Grange was made Chairman of the Standing committee and A. 11. Marr secretary. At this point of progress, A. 11. Marr, of Eagles Mere, who was nom inated for the ollice of auditor took the lloor and declined to accept of the nomination, saying that he did not do so on account of the few votes in the party but because he was otherwise engaged and that he would much prefer to do work for his neighbor other than himself. Mr. Marr is unquestionably the standard bearer of the Prohibition party of Sullivan count}' and his judgment is superior. A vote of the convention was then taken as to whether they would permit Mr. Marr to withdraw from the ticket, which lesulted in the negative, after which he accepted. On motion adjourned. In 1889 Johnson the Prohibition candidate for Stato Treasurer re ceived 123 votes in Sullivan county. It will be remembered however, the favorable circumstances which were brought to bear and by what means this vote was swelled from 43 in 1888 to 123 in 1890. Democrats and Republicans were anxious for a trade with Prohibitionists by which they would vote the State Prohibi tion ticket providing the Prolii. would vote the county ticket as dictated by them. Others volun teered. CHURCH NEWS. The Consecration of St. John's La- Porte, Bright Sermons and Ad dresses. Opening Services at- Eagles Mere Visiting Clergy in Attendance. With the putting on of the livin ed green with which all nature is adorned, the church at the opening of the Trinity season makes a new start in Sullivan county, with the opening of the summer season. More than a score of years ago the solemn services which we to-day record were looked forward to by anxious hearts and hopeful souls, many of whom have gone to their rest without seeing what they so earnestly longed for, the consecra tion of an Episcopal church in the town of LaPorte. A very few of the descendants of the last genera tion, some of thein having traveled from afar, were present to witness the services of the crowning day of joy to the old church which is so purely apostolis,distinctively liberal and truely American in her works and ways. The mission work in this and Shrewsbury townships, are so closely connected that St. John's LaPorte and St. John's in the wilder ness of Eagles Mere must necessarily be a part and parcel of each other as centers for reaching the many scattered communicants around the county. Much hard and faithfully labor has been done around the count}' in years gone by and the names of Harding, Hcaton and Gregson are remembered with pleas ure and thankfulness as well as those of Cameron, Sweet ard Kel'y of latter j'ears. The Bishop in his present visitation accompanied by 'lie General Missionary of the Diocese the Rev. Samuel P. Kelly i came lirut; to Eagles Mere on Sunday] last, where a new stone church is in progress of erection. It will be remembered that a portion of the wall fell last winter, but it has been replaced by a stone more strong and secure peace of masonry a ; id the hew church will be not only stable and secure but more attractive than the former structure. As it is not quite ready for occupancy, services were held in the mornirg in the Presbyterian church building which was kindly loaned for the purpose. The Bishop and Mr. Kelly olfered morning prayer after which the Bishop preached a thoughtful ser i men on the head. "If I may but touch the hem of his garment which j v.:i> a masterly discussion of chris tian faith and devotion in its sinip j test and strongest form." Tlie | Bishop was the guest of Mr. .1. V j Brown of Williamsport and Mr. | Kelly of C. La Rue \iunson Esq. In the afternoon they were driven | over the rough and rugged road to [ Lal'orte hy that experienced driver Mr. George Smith of Shrewsbury 1 and to his care and speed, and not to the condition of the road, is it due that they arrived in time for evening services at Si. John's. There they were greeted by a large | and deeply attentive congregation. I Mr. Kelly conducted the service and the Bishop preached a forccible sermon (or rather addres, for lie spoke without notes and struck i straight from the shoulder) on chris tian enthusicasm from the text "We are able." He spoke of the lack of spirit and life in the religion of the nineteenth century and argued j for the spirit of the apostles and confessors of centuries ago, infused with the American spirit and vigor ®of to-day, and urged the church people to»stand together in the fore front and do their part; for Christ and his church. He an nounced at the close of his address, that regular service would be com menced on Sunday next, as he had placed the work for the summer at! least under the eliargo of a compe-| tent young man, who had just; graduated with the first honors of his class at one of our Pennsylvania colleges, and urges the people to stand by him and encourage him in his new work. 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