ISPQBLICJ\S LATORTK, PA , MAY Bth 1891. LOSAI DEPARTMENT- We need rain. The circus was good. Garden making is in order. The rain oil Sunday was welcomed liy all. Read our communications. They are all good. Fans are already coming to the in in the stores. The shady side of the street will suon become the most popular. The farmers are plowing and put ting their ground in readiness for planting. Ulysses Bird of Estella, was doing business at the count}* seat, Thursday. M. M. Marks & Co., the one price clothiers of Dushore, have a new ad in this issue. James P. Walsh, supervisor of LaPorte boro., is hard at work re pairing our streets. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crossley of LaPorte, were visiting friends at Lairdsville, on Sunday. Supervisor, Jerome Laird of La- Porte twp., is doing good work on the Nordmont road. The legislature has enacted a law making train wrecking, where death results, a capital offense. For a good and a well selected assortment of harness wear, call on A. L. Smith, of Forksville. This is the season of the year when a good many men look for work with their eyes shut. The LaPorte Hank is very con venient to people in this vicinity and is doing a good business. Bishop O'Hara of Scranton, is seriously ill at the residence of Father Me Andrews of Wilkes-Barro. The red, white and blue was tin furled on the Wyalusing school house last week, with appropriate services. J. W. Flynn and Thos. E. Ken nedy Esq., both of Jamison City, I were calling on friends at LaPorte, Sunday. It' vou see anything in this paper you do not like, the editor. He won't mind it a.id it will do you lots of good. As summer approaches the giippe i losing us grip upon suffering hu manity, and now but few cases are heard of in this locality. William Lawrence of the Firm of Lawrence bros , dealers in furniture of Dushore, was doing business r.t the county seat, Saturday. There was considerable frost in this section on Saturday moroin? but it is thought that it did not damage the fruit materially. District Attorney 11. ,T. Thomson accompanied by his law student, Fred Rogers, were transacting busi ness at the county seat, Friday. Several business men of Dushore do their banking at Towanda. One ■would think this strange, should think they would patronize home industry. W. C. Mason, D. D. G. M.of the I. 0. 0. F. ot Sullivan county, fiuished the work of installing the several officers throughout the dis trict, last week. Charles Clcary of Lock Ilaven, was found guilty for the second time of the murder of Chief of Police Paul, on Saturday. His counsel have asked for a new trial. Mrs. Russel Karns and daughter » Mrs. R M. Stormont, returned troin 1 Ilarrisburg, Philadelphia and At.- Ilantic City, on Tuesday. The Hon orable will return on Fridaj. That inn n who will not work for $1.50 per day, on the ground that he can do better and at the same time do nothing, is a very peculiar man. What would you term it t LOST:—On the road between Lee Gavitt's farm and LaPorte, about 4 yards of thread lace (crocheted) The finder will be suitably rewarded by calling at the residence of Mrs. R. A. Conklin, LaPorte, Pa. TIIP Fotksville people as well as the LaPorte tax payers, are all anxious for the new road down the Loyal Sock. It is strange that when a public road is needed so bad as this one, that there should be objections made. The V. W. C. T. U. will meet nt the home of Jeannette Spencer, Friday evening, May 8. The W. 0. T. U., will meet at the of Mrs. J. W. Ballard, Friday May 81 h at 3 p. ill. John Yonkin, 2,0f Dushore, while, at the county soot on business made the REPUBLICAN a pleasant call, Tues day. The extension of the L. V. R. R. from Lopez to Thornedale, is a sure go. One hundred or more men com menced grading, W ednesdaj 7 . A birth-day party was given at the Mountain lionsc in honor of Chas. Lauery on Tuesday evening. A pleasant evening was enjoyed by all present. W. C. Mason of LaPorte, left for New York state near Utica on Tues day, where he has accepted the posi tion of assistant engineerer on a new railroad survey in that vicinity. One of our young gents, has learn ed by sad experience, that it takes a man to Rmoke a man's pipe. Pule and death like was his color. He will survive, however. The Republicans of Bradford county will hold their convention in To wand a, on Tuesday May 12th. Their many sister oounties wish them harmony and a pleasant meet- That pile of st ones on the corner of Main and Muncy Sts., opposite of the LaPorte Hotel, have recently been covered with dirt. This will be good news to the traveling pub- W. E. Miller, blacksmith of Forks ville, is doing a rushing business. Ed is numbered among the best of his trade in the county, heuce, merits the liberal patronage which he is re ceiving. With the Governor's signature, to the bill providing for the liquor sell ers to get bondsmen from nny district in the Bounty, will become a law. The Senate passed the same finally, on Monday. The land owners along Park St. gave liberaly in repairing said street last week. The borough gave $20.00 The amount expended on the same was about $75.00 of which 00 was donated by land owner.', i I would appear—that our borough dads did not consider the street a necessity. In about five hours fishing in Sullivan county last week, John M. Ra'ini of this place caught 150 trout, most of them large ones. Much of the time lie waded through snow nearly a boot deep Towanda. lie view. Mr. ll.ihm must have used Towanda bait and imagined the snow. During our visit to Forksville on Saturday last, we could hardly help but notice that R D. Lancaster is receiving much more than his share ot the mercantile trade of that vicini ty. Mr. Lancaster is well spoken of b} - his neighbors and is deser\ ing of the liberal patronage which he is enjoying. Squire Simmons of Sonestown, was trout fishing near Nnrdinnnt on Thursday last. Those two pet trout in the spring near the camp nt said place "don't be there any more." The Squire gave a trout supper on Thursday evening and two of the speckled beauties attracted con siderable attention. Tom says he could have captured them if the}' had'nt been holed up and asleep. The REPUBLICAN is always first of cither paper published in the county in giving the news. The Lopez fire is rehearsed by our Dtishore con temporaries this week after appearing in the REPUBLICAN, the Towanda papers and all of the Sunday organs It surely is stale news to our peo ple. Subscribe for the county paper that gives you the news when l'resh. Those Uushore organs are wry be hind the times. The meeting of the Republican committee of Twenty-one of Brad ford county met in the courthouse at Towanda, on Saturday April 20, and was largely attended by good and devoted Republicans. The meeting was addressed by Geneiai Hastings who was a welcome visitor to all an 1 his views on Republican principles were heartily approved of by each and every citizen of Brad ford cojinty who are true to 'Repub lican principles ' There was one lonely duck or* I Lake Mokoma Monday, and by the j boom of eannonadeing one would ! have thought « single tail feather : left remaining on the bird would be a miracle. But sure, he soured and took them all with him. Change iri Time of Trains at Norimont. Beginning on Mondny May 11th trains on the Wiliiamsport & Noith Branch R. R., will leave Nordmont. at 8:15 a. m.and 3:35 p. m.and will arrive there at 11:25 a. m.and 6:25 p. m. Close connections are made in both directions at Balls. This now makes a good route to Balti more and Washington with the privilege of stopping off in Philadel phia. Forkfivi le G. A. H. Po6t Moeting. The G. A R. Jones' Post No. 43(5 willmeet nt Hills Grove on May 30 Memorial Pay at 1 p. m.for public services a cordial invitation is ex tended to all to participate. A committee will be appointed to decorate in Elkland, Forks and Forksville borough. The Rev. P. R. Pittman will deliver a memorial sermon in the M. E. church at Forksville on Sunday May 24t,h, at 10:30 a. m. Comrades are requested to meet at Post room at 10 a. m. prompt ons iid <a •. J. W. ROGERS, Com. The executive committee of the Sullivan county agricultural society met at Forksville 011 Saturday last. Members present were: L. 13. Speaker president of the society, J. i'. Low, Ulysses Bird, E. It. War burton and C- F. Huuinger, com mitteemen. J. J. Low was made president of the meeting and Ulysses Bird, secretary. After consulting to some length minor topics in re lation to the coming exhibition and agreeing upon the date of the same, October 1,2 and 3, they were in vited into the large and spacious dining room of the Forksville House where they were served the best of the season by mine host Frank Han non. At onfe o'clock the committee proceeded to the Fair ground at which place I'rof M. It. Black, sec retary of the society hail called the meeting. After inspecting the ground anil buildings it was decided that many rcpaiis were necessary and the same was left in charge of A. A. Collins One or two of the committeemen, advanced the idea that it would be well for the society to purchase the ground of Mr. I>. T. Huckel! and thereby save the ex pense of rent and would permit them to eiect better buildings for the use of the society. On this con clusion a committee of two, Ulysses Bird and C. F.Hunsingcr was detailed to have an interview with Mr. lluck ell and learn what the ground could he bought for One thousand dollars was the price set by Mr. H. The committee thought this too much and the matter was dropped. The committee then proceeded to the dealing out of the advertising, this did not require very much time as it was evident that a majority of the committee had their minds already made up as to the disposing of printing. A motion was made by one of these advanced minded men that the same be given to the lle vieio. J. J. Low president of the committee then moved that it be given to the lowest bidder, in as much as the object was to economize. This was overruled, however and the following members, L. B. Speak er, E. It. "Warburton and C. F. Hun singer voted in favor of the Review. The price allowed for doing job work is $35.00. Last year the same worK was done (and a little more) for S2O 00. The Review was also al lowed $2.00 a column for publishing Premiums awarded. The total amount will be about $45.00, over one half allowed all three papers last year. The premium list will not be published. Newell, to get the work pi / the "baby act," to one of his cob tents, that, the two political papers were doing the leg'.tl printing of the count} - , uod the same was re» hearsed in the committee. The printers were not allowed to be present when this order of business was beinji considered, or else we dare say, Newell would have saved his man the trouble of repealing his plea in chamber. The premium list was then revised which ended the business of the day. Will our town celebrate the glor ious Fourth. We are quite sure a number of the citizens will, as it has become their custom during the past. I Ulysses Bird, Walter Spencer and j Clark Taylor viewers appointed to j run the lines of Forks, Shrewsbury i and LaPorte townships and asser ! tain the distance in each'township of ! the new road lately laid out from : Forksville to LaPorte will meet to perform their duties at the "Bennett Place" on Tuesday May 12th, 1891 at 10 o'clock a. m. The supervis ors and road commissioners should accompany the viewers. It is hoped that the grading on the new road will begin soon. A FARMER FLEEC D BY GAM BLERS, $2,000 In Cold Cash Gone, THE GAME WORKED WAS AN OLD ONE. Jacob Frantz, an aged, wealtbv and well known citizen of Muncy Creek township, was fleeced bj gamblers on Monday to the extent of $2,000. It was the same old game they played. Number one in a buggy drove along the road and seeing Mr. F. in his orchard trim ming trees, spoke to him, and of course wanted to buy just such a farm as Mr. Frantz had for sale. Getting into the buggy with the sle«"k rascal, the farm was examined from the road. Finally number two eaine leisurly down from the direc tion of Hughesville, he too wanted to buy a farm, and pretty soon there was an animated talk between the strangers as to who really had the most money. Then number two proposed to gamble with number One, and the throe cards with the pretty pictures were produced. Number two stood beside the wagon and pretty soon number one won Jive thousand dollars. Mr. Frantz was urged to take a hand. Number one telling him he might as well have a part of the fool's money as not. Mr. Frantz evidently thought so too—he played and won $3,000, but there was a hitch in handing it over, he had not put up the money and if the stranger had won there was no money in Mr. F.'s possession to make his bet good. Mr. F. knew where t:> get the money. He came . to Muncy Uad his bank account ar ranged aud his book settled to show | that ho had $3,000 on deposit andj then otiered his check. This would not do, the gentlemen never gamble for cheeks. Cash and only cash would convince the stranger that .Mr. F. had the money. Back to town crime Mr. F. and bv the ad vice of the bank ollicers, whi by the way were deceived as to the use Mr. F. intended to make of the money, 1 took £2,000 in cash anil was to use SI,OOO by check, as the officials | thought it a very large sum ofj money for an old man to carry about ou his person. Number two had accompanied Mr. F. to town to get the money, left him out of the wagon at Water and Washington Streets, walked his horse up and down the street until F. returned from the bank. Before Mr. Frantz started to town he and number one had won several dollars, which was locked in a tin box to be kept until Mr. F returned w«th the money. When he did number two said wo will try this over, you have in the box what you won from me and I will try you again. The game was started up, in a very few moments; Mr. F. had dropped his $2,000, ; when the strangers said they must go, handed the tin box to Mr. F. j and drove rapidly away. Of course' when opened there was .othing in it \ but paper. Number one said he: was a son of John Beeber, lived in! Wiliiamsport and was married to Capt. Bowman's daughter. This in itself should have put Mr. F. on his guard for we thought every person residing near here knew that Capt. Bowman has no daughter. From first to last it was the same old gama which has been so often ex posed that it should deceive no one. but it seems that the eternal greed for gain that all men seem to have will cause persons to do most foolish things in hope of getting money without an equivalent. The loss of the money will not be felt by Mr. Frantz, as he has plenty of it, more than he ever can use unless he con tinues to follow this kind of business. But to bo beaten as he was must be exceedingly unpleasant, to say the least of it — Muncy Luminary. PRACTICAL < <®> ECONOMY Waiting for something to turn up'is'a poor way r>f acquir ing wealth. Neither is spending every dollar you earn a good way. There is a happy medium, and that is to make Bure EVERY DOLLAR you pay out for the necessities or luxuries of life does fu'l duty. If you buy your clothing ont of second or third hunds the purchasing power of your money is dfcrea«ed to the amount the middlemen'expects to make as their share of profits. We are the manufacturers of FINE MEN'S BOY'S & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING. Will you take your first lesson in practical economy ? M. M. MARKS & CO., PROPRIETORS OF One Price Clothing House. SCOUTEN'S BLOCK, _ _ DUSHORE, Pa Factory, 18 North 3rd St., Philadelphia, Pa. FURNITURE 1 {} FURNITURE I We are offering Furniture Cheaper than ever before, and are bound to please in price and quality. Our large and elegant stock of chairs, Fancy, antique and ancient looking, are bound to catch tbo eye of every purchaser. Cheap Bed steads, Bed room suits of all price and quality from $15.00 upwards. Fancy Cabinets, Fancy Mirrors, Foot Rests, Blacking Cases, Card Tables &e. Come everybody, Happy to show Goods, whether you buy or not. We also have constantly on hand, a full and complete assortment of WOOIS CASZBTS, Coffins, Robes, Trimmings, &o. Also a new line of STONE Caskets which are beautiful in design covered with Black Broadcloth. Plush and Satiens and constitue within themselves Miniature Vaults, and are furn.shed at prices within reach of all. Please call and examine our Model, as we are the only dealers that, handle Stone Caskets in Sullivan oounly. Lawrence Brothers. JAOKSONS'BLOCK: DUSUOKE, I'ENNA. FROM 21XE ? S SLOCIC BOOT AN! -KSHOE STORE' J. S. HARRINGTON Proprietor Dushore, - - Pa X t~-i X X x~x It will pay you before purchasing to call and examine my largejstock of new and well selected goods. Laige sales enables me to sell foi Ml, all profits. Cash customers can save a good percentage by buyinggoods of tue. Everything new neat and first class. My stock'of French Kid hand turned goods are very fine and low in price. Al'goode guaranteed in price and in quality to be the best tliatanyfmarket can afford. =T- -T- -I- -T- —l -X- -X- -t- BOOTS & SHOES made to order If you wantafine sewed boot or shoe try a sample pair. Repairing done on short notice CASH PAID FOR HIDES PELTS, WOOL, TALLOW &c,, AT J. S. HARRINGTONS, DUSHORE, PA. juneiJ4,fc7 TO mm FUBIiIC! [O-O'-O-O-O-O-O—O-O-O-O-O-O-O I am prepared to meet any prices or quotations with a first class and well selected stock of MEN'S, YOUTH'S, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING. I also have full lines of Samples from two Merchant Tailoring Esab lifchments,for Custom Work. I'erfectfits guaranteed. Call and get prices. I Yours Respectfully etc., F. P. VINCENT. CI.ONIX'S NEW BLOCK, The First National Bank ol HUGHESVILLE Offers all the facilities for tlic'transaction of e GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Accounts respectfully solicited. DEWITT BODINE, President C. Wm. WODDROP, Vice P-vsident. W. G. FRONTZ, Cashier. JLOYAJv SOCK ©OAJLi* tttt t t t t TH E best and cheapest coal in the market To ' customers from— mmlJm y'PMH T H E price is reduced at the breaker to $2,50® The State Line A Sullivan R. R Co I. C. PLICWT, Fiji,-
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