LAFORTE, PA. AUGUST Bth, 1890. LOCAL DEPARTMENT Dusty roads prevail. Daylight is shortening. The oorn crop looks promising. The crops are suffering for rain. Eggs, like many- people, are some, times too fresh. The summer visitor is becoming more numerous. Artificial ice-making lias raised the price of ammonia. Miss Lizzie Downs who has been seriously ill, is convalescing. We have uot had our usual pro portion of rain this sumtner. Wheu the weather gets cooler the political fight will wax hotter. Mr. Glen Ilill ot Williamsport, is visiting friends at LaPorte. The summer styles will soon be placed among the back number. Miss Mattie Wood of Danville, is visiting Miss Co r a Karns, of this place. Wm. Moy-er's aunt, Miss Ella Aderhold of Salladasburg, is visit ing him at Lake Mokoma. John P. Kennedy Of Lopez, spent several days in town with friends, the early part of this week. County Treasurer, Lorah of Soncs town, was attending to official busi ness at the county seat, on Saturday. The local candidates are becoming a little more active as the time for holding the conventions approaches. There are said to be twenty or more applications for the position of Cliief-of-Police of Towauda borough. Thursday, September 4th, is the last day- of registering. Republi cans see that your name appear on the list. Sunday was a fearful warm day. The clou'di had the appearance of fain but it all passed over without a sprinkle. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Nichols of Montrose, Susquehanna county, were visiting at William Meylert's last week. It. S. Bowman, editor of the Ber wick Independent , spent several days at LaPorte, the early purl of this week. Mr. James B. Werner A. 8., Lay Reader, will conduct services in the school house at Davidaon, on Thurs day, Aug. 14th, at 8 p. m. It is feared that the improvements going on in the Williatnspoit Court House, will not be completed in time to hold Sept. court therein. Sullivan county Coanuissioners' Sale of seated and unseated lands, will take place in the Court House to-day (Friday) Aug. Stli, at 2 o'clock p. m. A party of young ladies of Du sliore, registered at Hotel Kagles- Mere, on Saturday last. They were among the spectators of tlie ball game. Mr. Gould and dauglltei of the 'Mere, drove over to LaPorte and Lake Mokoma and took a look at the large trout in the box, on Monday last. $25 pays for a Life Scholarship in either the business or shorthand course in the old reliable Williams port Commercial College & Schoo' of Shorthand. Mrs. R. E. A. Dorr, Miss Ruth Dorr, Master Thorpe Dorr, Miss Louise Dunnel, and Mrs. A. M. Spallan are new arrivals at the Mountain House. John H. Green of LaPorte, will accompany his sister, Mrs. John T. Brewster home—Washington, D. C.» on Wednesday next; where he will make it his permanent home. Jeremiah Kelly and wife and two little children, of Hughesville, spent several days in town* the early part of this week. They put up at Fair view Cottage, on Cherry St. St. John's church, LaPorte, Pa., Mr. James B. Werner A. 8., Lay Reader. Services next Sunday at 10:30 in the morning and at 8 o'clock in the evening. All welcome. MARRIED:— JuIy 29th '9O, at Rev. Geo. Culley's, EaglesMero, by Rev. J. W. Crawford, Arthur Avery of the 'Mere to Miss Phoebe Rolles, of Newburrv, Lycoming county. For Young People. Life Scholarship in either the business or shorthand course at the Williams port Commercial College & School of Shorthand haH been re duced to $25. We have not received the official report of the census enumeration of j Sullivan county. The correct re port of the population of our coun ty will be interesting news to our people. Pro thy. Walsh, accompanied by Benj. F. Crossley, drove his new horse to Dushore, and spent the day, on Sunday. Alphonsus admirers his horse very much and says he has a fast record. The Non-Partisan W. C. T. IT., will meet at Mrs. Wm A. Mason's Aug. 14th and 28th. The social will meet at Mrs. T. J. lnghamu Aug. ?th and 21st. All are cordially invited. The postmaster general has de cided that postmasters who fail to notify the publishers when the sub scribers move away or fail to take papers fYoin the postoffice, shall be t-esponsible for their subscriptions. A minstrel troupe composed of two negroes and one white man visited our town, on Saturday evening. The colored uien played banjos and the other fellow turned sumersaults aud the like. A collection was next in order. There was a large delegation of LaPorte people in attendance at the ball game, at the 'Mere, on Saturday. We noticed ten rigs in line and many preceded and more followed. Thoy were all disappointed at the result. The lecture given by Mrs. Olive Pond Amies of Scrantoil, who is Recording Secretary of the W. C. T. U., of Pennsylvania, on Thurs day evening of last week, was well attended and mufch appreciated by her listeners'. Another hot wave has struck this latitude which, with the swarms of pesky flies, makes life almost intoler able. To live with any degree of comfort now, screen doors, darken ed rooms and palm leaf fans are a groat desideratum between meals. Tlie Eagles Mere Echo made its first appearance Saturday. It is a neat little four page paper weekly, and will be published during the season. It covers the field of news and gossip quite thoroughly, and will 110 doubt become very popular. —Gazette ife Jiulletih. Miss Laura Boice returned from Pottsville where she has been at. tending a summer school of methods for a couple of weeks. The many friends of .Miss Boice will be pleased to learn that she has been elected principal ol training department in the Normal .School in Willimantic, Conn. The Berhicc base ball club will play two games of ball on their home ground, on Friday Aug. 15th. One with the 'Mere boys at 9:30 a. in., and one with Towanda in the after noon. They will give a grand ball in the K. of L. hall in the evening. For further information see hand bill. Persons given to the excessive use of ice water these hot days should take warning from the fate of Charles Snyder of Reading, who drank a pitcher of ice water on Sun day afternoon and was shortly after ward seized with a spasm, and his body is covered over with black spots.— Ex. We have made arrangements to furnish our readers encli week with the doings of Dushore. Elsewhere in this issue will be found the writ ings of our correspondent of the metropolis which compare favorably with the recent "other foller" who wrote for the REPUBLICAN and who made it quite interesting for a few residents of Dushdre. Miss Ida and Carrie Keeler of La- Porte, gave a party to their many friends, on Thursday evening last. Among the entertainments of the evening, was the drawing of a pig with eyes closed. A prize was of fered to the person who framed the superior likeness of a pig and to the person who outlined the most hideous. The editor took first prize and Deputy Sheriff R. M. Stormont took the other. Elegant refreshments were served during the evening. Vegetables and a new lot of gro ceries at the store of Mrs. M. 0. Lauer. I Mr. Jolin E. Gallagher of Sioux City and Miss Katie Kenredy of LaPorte, were married, on Wed nesday last. A large number of LaPorto friends accompanied them to Dushore where the ceremonies were performed by Father En right. The REPUBLICAN joins with their many friends In wishing them a happy and prosperous future. Mr. Gallagher and wife will leave for the West the last of this week. Miss Cora Kama invited her many friend of LaPorte to join in a game of progressive eucher at the LaPorte Hotel, on Tuesday evening. Twenty young people took part in the game. First and boob}' prizes were given. Russel Kama won the first gentleman's prize and Miss Alma Lauer the first lad}''a prize. After the game closed; 11:30 p. m., elegant refreshments were served. All enjoy ed a grand good time. We arc told that the "Kids" of town have challenged the Dushore j "Kids" for a game of ball to come! off at LaPorte, on this (Thursday,) and that Young America of the Me tropolis have accepted the challenge and will appear at the county seat, on the appointed time and cross bats with our sluggers. Visitors will be highly entertained. No charges for admission. Cbas. Thorp of Celestia; while on his way home from LaPorte, on Saturday last found a large pocket book containing in the neighbor hood of 50. or $75. Charley con cluded it belonged to a party of Eagles Me re who had passed him on his way and when the stage came along bound for the 'Mere got on board. On reaching the summer resort he looked up the party and presented it to the owner, Mr. JOHN" COPE, who gave him a reward of 35 cents, the price of one stage fair for his tune and trouble. Charley walked home, and says it will be a cold day befbre he will again carry similar pick-ups fo the 'Mere. BASE BALL :—The first of a series of games of base ball between Bernice and Eagles Mere, was played at the latter place, on Saturday last. The result was: EaglsMere 20 Bernice 14. There were but seven innings played when the 'Mere boys left the ground to take the steam Loat down the tide. The Bernice boys made ten runs on the seventh inning and gai-e tun '.Mere boys a goose egg. This was perhaps the cause of their great haste to make connections with the last train down the lake. Had the game been played out and the Ber nice boys continued to knock the cover off the ball as in the 7lh inning the 'Mere boys would have been sadly left. They were not slow to perceive this fact, and home they went. We understand that the 2nd game between these clubs has been ar ranged to take place at Beruice, on the loth ol'August. "It looks very much as if the Le high Valley railroad is to be lawed out of its proposed entrance into the city," said a gentleman interested iu railroad matters last evening. The Lehigh Volley is one of the most progressive railroads in the country and its entrance into Williamsport would mean increased prosperity for the city. Should the present litigation result in a defeat for the Lehigh Valley this city would be the loser to a serious extent. There is no doubt but that Williamsport is ready to welcome the Lehigh and the people hope that the two lines will come to an amicable settlement of their differences. There is room for three first-class railroads in this city.— Williamsport Sun. New Postal Cards. New postal cards will make their appearance in a few days. There will be two kinds : The larger ones for business men and the smaller ones for ordinary use. The busi ness cards will be double the size of those now in use and the other kind will be of the same size as Ihose now in use. The two kinds will have a vignette of (Jen. Grant in the upper right hand corner. The larger kind have the inscription "One Cent PoUal Card" and he smaller ,l Postal Card, Ono Cent." Ex Representative Hoffaof Wasli ingtonville Montour county, is a candidate for Senator in the twenty fourth district, composed of Ly coming, Montour, Columbia and Sullivan counties. Josh Lull of Bernice is the only candidate ol Sullivan so far as heard from, seek, ing the nomination. Warm Weather Wisdom. The following hints as to warm weather are thrown out by a city exchange: "As long as the hot weather i9 with us treat it as a friend which it really is, if you will only think of the good it accomplishes. Don't worry about the weather take it as it comes, and be thankful that it is not worse. It will be cooler before many moone, and then you will he sighing for just this kind of weather. Be temperate in your food as Well as drink. Eat fresh vegetables and fruit as much as you deem proper, but see that they arc not tainted. You may boil your water before drinking, and do not shock your stomach with great draughts of ice-cold water. The cooling effect of cold water is onlj temporal'}', while its after effects are often permanent. It is only a matter of habit, and water of normal temperature will quench the thirst and will not injure the health. "Attire yourself in light, airy clothes, aiid avoid all superflous clothing. Set style and fashion aside, and regard comfort and health only. Do not wear a white 6hirt with starched bosom and cuffs dur ing the heat of day. The ladies should also avoid all superfluous dress." A FOUL DEED. \ Womon Shot Down While Her Child was at her Breast. In a little log cabin on the Cumber land County side of the North Mountain, eight miles Northeast of Mechanic*burg a terrible tragedy was enacted Wednesday morning. The principal actor now lies a corpse in a common pine coflin and his victim is at the point of death, with a great gashing gunshot wound in her left breast. In this lonly cabin lived Jeremiah Miller, his wife and nine children, the oldest 17 years of ago, the youngest a two month 's-old infant. The family was poor, and gained a livelihood by chopping pine, which the wife and elder children hauled about and sold in the valley towns. Mrs. Miller is a woman of fine form and rather pretty, which made her husband very jealous. Man and wife had many quarrels on this score, and at one time Miller vowed he would shoot the whole family. Tuesday Mrs. Miller was in the borough of Catnp Hill with some pitch pine, and on her return a Jerce quarrel raged. Her husband renewed the quarrel, blaming her for infidelity, and making all manner of accusa tions. lii a fit of wildest frenzj- bo pick ed up a double barrelled muzzle loading gun and at a distance of only a few yards discharged a heavy load of buckshot into the left breast of his wife, who at the time was nursing her infant. Maddened by bia terrible act, Miller rushed from tho cabin to the front fence, which he leaned against, and pointed the muzzle of the gun to his stomach. By the aid of a twig he sent the re maining load of shot into his stom ach and died instantly. The tragedy was witnessed by the nine children, who scattered to spread the new 3 of the father's awful deed. Though the shooting oc curred at 9 o'clock no one appeared until noon. Undertaker Staffer, of Camp Hill, and Constable Burns, upon arriving, met a sight which sickened them.—Er. Bafee Bali at the 'Mere. Eagles Mere, August Wi 1890. A game of base ball was played this morning on the lawn of the Hotel Allegheny between the' Senior' and 'Junior' nines of the Hotel Alle gheny, resulting in favor of the 'Juniors' bv the following score. JUNIORS. SENIOKS. B.H-O. A.K. R.n O. A. ■ Wilkinson...:! 3 0 6 2 Munco 4 2 0 0 4 Thomas 5 3 0 0 1: Roberta 2 2 2 5 0 (Jood 2 38 4 1 McCln-g....2 27 0 5 Roberts 0 1 0 0 1 ! Good 1 U 0 0 2 l>lnti 2 2 5 5 2; Clnrk 01101 Huey 222 10' Thomas 224 0 3 Braioerd 2 18 12 Smith 3 10 0 0 Daum 2 12 6 11 Brimmer....2 0 5 4 3 Hartley 1 3 2 0 1 | Britton 1 0 2 0 4 INNINGS. JUNIORS 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3-1# SENIORS 22822100 2- 17 Umpire Mr. J?. McCully. FURNITURE! {} FURNITUREi We are offering Furnitnre Cheaper than ever before, and are bound to please in price and quality. Our large and elegant stcck of chairs, Fancy, antique and ancient looking, are bound to catch the eye of every purchaser. Cheap Bed steads, Bed room suits of all price and quality from $16.00 upwards. Fancy Cabinets, Fancy Mirrors, Foot Rests, Blacking Cases, Card Tables &c. Come everybody, Happy to show Goods, whether you buy or not. We also have constantly on hand, a full and complete assortment Of WOOD CASKETS, Coffins, Robes, Trimmings, &c. Also a new line of STONE which are beautiful in design covered with Black Broadcloth. Plusli and Satiens and constitue within themselves Miniature Vaults, and are furnished at prices within reach of all. Please call and examine our Model, as we are the only dealers that handle Stone Caskets in Sullivan county. Lawrence Bros. & Donahoe* JACKSON'S BLOCK. DUS HO RE, PENNA. A CLOSING OUT SALE M- THK ONE PRICE HOUSE- We are determined to sell out our Summer Stock to make room lor our Fall & Winter Stock, we rather sell them off below cost than carry them over till next Summer. Our Men's & Boy's clothing Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes