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LAPOBTE, PA., JUNE 19th., 1891,
LOCAL DEPARTMENT
Brush the peas.
The kids are swimming.
Sunday was a fearful warm day.
The garden needs your attention-
The 4th two weeks from Satur
day.
The printers will soon have a vaca
tion.
Many wells at this place are—
"dry."
Children's day at LaPorte, next
Sunday.
Wild strawberries are selling for
13c per quart.
We added eleven new subscribers
to our list, last week.
A party of Eagles Mere, made La-
Porte a call, Sunday.
The fire in the 2d Ward created
quite an excitement, on Sundaj.
M. W. Botsford of Nordmont, has
his new residence about completed.
Prothonotary Walsh of LaPorte,
attended church at Dushore, Sunday.
John Boyd, foreman of the RE
PUBLICAN, spent Sundaj' with friends
at the 'Mere.
The young people of town enjoy
ed a dance at the Mountain House,
Friday evening.
Prof. F. W. Mej-lert will close his
select term of school at Forksville,
on Tuesday next.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Farrell of
Dushore, were visiting friends at
LaPorte, Sunday.
Many business men hove "gone
busted," by allowing other people to
tun their business.
Marks & Co., clothiers of Du
shore. have a new ad in this issue
of the REPUBLICAN.
You can never measure how long
a man will be missed by the length
of his widow's veil.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Mullen of
Montgomery, were visiting friends
at LaPorte, Sunday.
A Sunday school of Williamsport,
will give a picnic at Xordmont, 011
the 18th of this month.
Fritz Emmet the actor, died at
his home in Cornwall, N. Y., of I
pneumonia, on Monday.
Atty. John G. Scouten of Du
shore, was called to the county seat,
on legal business, Monday.
Miss Annie Ettinger of Thome
dale, was visiting friends at La-
Porte, Saturday and Sunday.
Should the weather continue to he
is warm as the early part of this
week, you can shed your flannels.
Frank Crossley of LaPorte and
his brother Ben of Columbia county,
caught 2GB trout, on Friday last.
Mr. Champion, the Dushore baker
1 rives two hoses to LaPorte now
a-days. Business must be increasing.
The road between this place and
the 'Mere, is said to be in better
•ondition this year, than ever be
"ore.
Mr. and Mrs. R.. M. Storraont of
\,aPortc, were visiting friends in
ihunk, Sullivan county over Sun
lay.
Darby Kennedy and James Qninn
>f LaPorte, were calling on friends
it Jamison City', Saturday and Sun-
lay last.
Ellis Young of Columbia county,
/ill be tried for the murder of Lcut.
obinson, on Monday next, at
♦Vilkes-Barre.
Correspondents should mail their
latter in time to reach us by Tues
•ay night at the latest. Keep this
1 mind, please.
A thunder and lightning shower
assed over this vicinity Tuesday
•on that did more thundering
in showering.
The Lyon's camp at Nordmont,
vas well represented at LaPorte
jaturday night, and our hotels did
i lively business.
Williamsport has commenced to
•Jake preparation for the G. A. R.
"•campment which meets in that
iace next month.
The blast from the horn is heafrd
i all directions. The boys are
radioing for a brass band. There
re 15 or 18 of them.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Urossley of
jlurabia county, were visiting
ends at Nordmont and LaPorte,
'day and Saturday.
The hay crop will bo some better
in this section, than was predicted
some time ago.
This warm weather makes news
scarce. The stir is not very great.
Everybody seems to hare the spring
fever or some disease similar.
If the third party is to cut any
figure in National politics it cannot
continue to mean one thing in the
South and another in the West.
Summer resorts will not boom
until after the 4th of July. People
are anxious to look after their city
property and guard against fire, on
this date.
Whether we can produce tin or
not the Summer hotel keeper stands
prepared to demand all the tin you
have about you when you arrive at
his door.
Mr. and Mrs C. C. Faris of Phila
delphia, arrived at the Mountain
House on the late train Wednesday
night, where the}' will spend the
summer.
This i« the season when the Sum
mer boarder is looking for nil the
luxuries of a modern hotel in a di
lapidated farm house at the rate of
$4 per week.
Samuel A. Goodhue general superin
tendent of the Jamison City tannery,
accompanied by E. J. Flynn assist
ant Supt., were doing business at
LaPorte, Monday.
The once numerous bull frogs
about Lake Mokoma, have nearly all
disappeared. It is said that they
object to deep water and that this is
the cause of their disappearance.
B. G. Welch general manager of
the W. & N. B. R R., has this week
put on two new cars for the con
venience of the 'Mere travel. They
are upholdstored scats and very
comfortable to ride upon.
j According to tho borough ordin
ance after June Ist, people are
obliged to shut up their cattle after
8 o'clock p. m. It is a mystery
where some people find pasture for
their cattle at night time.
Hugh McGee Esq., of Costello,
Potter county, is visiting friends in
Sullivan county. Mr. McGee is
leather inspector, a very desirable
position for Alfred Costello & Co.
tanners of the above mentioned
place.
Mrs. E. K. Eaton and two daught
ers Miss Lizzie and Maud of Ber
wick, who have beon spending sever
al weeks at the La Porte hotel, left
for their home on Tuesday. They ex
pect to visit LaPoite again during
the summer season,
The editor of tbe Dusliore Re
view says he is not booming any
man for the nomination of Associate
Judge. This will lc good news to
the several aspirants for said ollice,
as a boom by the Review invariably
proves fruitless and disastrous to
its chosen one.
The lawyers, witnesses and parties
concerned in the case of Bodine &
Warn vs. Mrs. Geo. (Jowercame up
from Ilughesville and Sonestown
Tuesday expecting to finish their
testimony in the case. Owing to
illness of Examiner Atty. 11. T.
Downs however, the case was post
poned until Tuesday the 30th.
A Cincinnati lady has a rat's nest
valued at $525. The nest was com
posed of bank bills to that amount,
which the rodents had torn into
small fragments. Shu was advised
to make an allidavit to the fact and
forward it together with her very
i valuable rat domicile, to the Treas
ury Department at Washington.
The town council of Bloomsburg,
are talking of cutting down all
shade trees on their principle streets
compelling people ito goto Oak
[Grove and pay ten cents l'or a shady
side. The council have recently
purchased the grove at a considera
tion of SSOOO and have adopted this
plan to raise the w herewith to settle
for the dame.
Tlio Lutheran church of Dusliorc
will give a picnic oniJuly 4th. Plat
form dancing will bej in order. The
hand bill announcing this coming
event struck ol! by Dushore lie
view is very striking, especially the
last paragraph wheie it says : "Al
so a lot of valuable » rticles to articles
to be disposod of eti." 'Look on the
back of the hand bit for information
Wonder if it will be necessary to
levj' a special tax ?
Farmers should* not get discour
aged over the present dry period of
weather. ODly the surface of the
earth is in need of rain. The vast
amount of snow during the winter,
together with the spring rains, so
thoroughly saturated the earth with
water, that it will for weeks yet sus
tain a vigorous growth. The con
tinued cold atmosphere has much
more to do with retarding the
growth of vegetation than the ab
sence of rain.
The driller who was engaged by
Proctor & Hill and Judge Ingham
to drill for coal on a tract of land
opposite Mill Creek, failed to putin
an appearance last week. He came
i'roij' Colley, to Dushore with his
macline where he had been drilling
for Geo. C. Jackson 011 Friday the 1
sth, and was to have commenced
operation on the above mentioned
tract on the following Monday, but
for some canse unknown to the
parties concerned here, failed to
comply with the agreement.
"Old Charley" Russel Karns'
gray horse, while hitched to a |>ost
on the second lloor of the LaPorte
hotel barn, broke or removed the
floor boards from under his hind
feet and partly fell through, on
Tuesday morning. By the assist
ance of many neighbors and rope
and tackle he was brought to the
surface all right with the exception
of a few scratches on his hind legs.
"Old Charley" has experienced many
misfortunes similar to this and is
said to be one of (he unfortunate of
his race.
C. C. MeCabe, D. D., say 9 the
Methodist church last year gave
more for foreign missions than any
other Protestant denomination in
the country. Here are the figures
for the five great denominations:
Methodist church, &82G,G"G ; Presby
terian Board, $794,000 ; American
Hoard, $720,047 ; Baptist Mission
ary Union, $440,788 ; Protestant
Episcopal, $189,183. The Metho
dist church has four missionary
societies in all. Through these
four societies there was appropri
ated for work $1,781,852.
A. E. Botsford of near Nordmont,
while lighting powder in his coin
field to scare crows off, recently,
was fearfully burned about the
face and arras. lie had set fire to
a piece of paper on which he had
several ounces of powder and ran
carrying with him in a paper bag a
pound or more of the explosion, and
when about a rod away for some
unknown cause the entire amount
in his hand exploded burning him
as above stated. He is recovering
from the accident as fast as could
be expected, but we fear it will be
some time before the marks will en
tirely be healed up.
We took a jant down to Williams
port Friday and on our way back
we noticed a party of three ladies
and one elderly gentleman in the
car on their way to the 'Mere. We
learned their destination by their
conversation. Their whole mind
and thought was on tliß beauties of
the 'Mere and when the scenery of
the forest along the railroad was
spoken of, the old gentleman would
remark that, it is no comparison to
the beauties of the 'Mere. One of
the young ladies carried a banjo and
■we presume is a good banjoist, the
sweet strains of which will no doubt
be greatly appreciated to brake the
quiet monotony by the few people
at the 'Mere.
A fire broke out in the furnace
room of the LaPorte tannery at J
about 1:45 on Sunday. The flames
were noticed first by John Fries
who immediately gave the alarm by
blowing the whistle. In a short
time a large number of men were OD
the scene. The entire force of
James McFarlano & Co., together
with about 15 or 20 men of the lot
Ward. The hose and bucket bri
gade were put to work and in a
short time after the alarm had been
given the Are was extinguished.
The room was gutted of rafters by
the llames and had the building
been roofed with anything but roof
iron or tin it would have been im
possible to have saved the entire
structure. The loss to the company
will not exceed one hundred dollars.
The road leading from this place
'to Nordmont has been greatly im
proved during the past week, under
the supervision ol township super
visor Jerome Laird. The drive can
now be made in 35 minutes by an
ordinary horse.
Arrested for Counterfeiting.
Deputy United States Marshal
Perry, on Saturday last, arrested R.
Palmer, near Troy, this county,
charged with passing counterfeit
money. Report says that for some
time the country in the vicinity of
Elmira, Hornellsville and Troy has
been flooded with spurious coin.
Recent developments led the detect
ive to lielieve that Palmer was at
the bottom of it. It was finally
traced to him and he was arrested.
It transpired that he was an assist
ant to the famous James Holden, a
notorious counterfeiter who has
served several terms in the peniten
tiary. Holden was arrested in New
YorK on the same day. A search
of Palmer's premises broflght to
light a complete counterfeiter's out
fit. Our impression is that Palmer
is a resident of Ridgcbury. To
wanda has also of late been Hooded
with spurious coin. Examine close
ly your dollars and half dollars.—
Towandta Republican.
The Canada thistle seems to be
flourishing in many localities not
withstanding the stringent law,
passed not long ago, for the exterm
ination of this noxious plant. It
seems that farmers aud others who
ought to take an interest in extirpat
ing the thistle are indiirerent to their
duly and to the requirements of the
law and let the things grow until its
seeds ripen and are carried, in the
baloons furnished by nature for that
purpose, all over the land. The
Supervisors in the different town
ships have the power under the law,
after having given notice to those
neglecting their duty in this respect,
to destroy or cause the destruction
of the thistles and charge the cost
to the owners of the property on
which they grow. The seeds ripen
in August and the plants should be
destroyed before that time.
SWINDLERS ARE ABOUT.
They are Working Marty Games to
Trip the Unaware.
At this particular period the resi.
dents of coal region towns, are being
worked by an organized gang of
swindlers, whe present many plans
to trap the unwary. Be careful of
itinerants and strangers. A well
dressed man with a business like air
outers the house with a box of enve
lopes which contains stationery, ex
hibits his wares and tries to make a
sale. He tells the woman that in
addition to the stationery there is a
cash prize in each package. Of
course she is loathe to believe this
at first. To convince her the sharp
er allows her to draw a package for
nothing. He opens it and to the
great surprise of the beholder he
extracts a ten dollrr bill from the
envelope. This he, to all appear
ances, places in another envelope
and puts back among the others in
the l>ox. Several other packages
are opened before the woman's eyes
and each contains money ranging
in sums of $2 and upwards.
When lie has about convinced the
woman thut he has struck a veritable
El Dorado he offers to sell her six
of the packages for one dollar. Aa
a general rule six will not suillce the
average woman. In one case re
ported a Weatherly woman bought
eight dollars worth, getting fifty of
the packages. Her servant girl
bought a dozen of the envelopes and
several of the neighbors whom the
woman of the house had invited in
to get rich purchased the tempting
packages in greater or lesser quanti
ties. The purchaser is assured that
there is money in every package,
but she must agree not to open
them until the chief agent comes
around. If the packages are not
all that the sub-agents represent
them to be the money will be re
turned. Of course, no agent comes
and finally the woman opens the
packages. She feels somewhat
guilty at breaking her promise with
the agent, but when the contents of
the package are laid bare before her
eyes she feels like breaking his neck.
Instead of a miniature mint there
is about three cents worth of writ
ing paper and a penny pen in the
mysterious envelope.
ONE DOLLAR
is a hundred cents, and 3*oll have a right to expect that value for it. To
give you more no legitimate business man can and make money, and we
realize that to do it we must give value received. We might tell you
our goods are
GIVEN AWAY
so we have marked down the prices. With quick sales we can aiford
small profits. We guarantee every article as good as represented. We
extend a cordial invitation
TO EVERY ONE
to call and examine our goods and prices even if they don't wish to buy
for we can thus convince you of the great bargains we are offering in
MENS, BOYS CHILDRENS CLOTHING
Hats, Caps, Straw goods Gents furnishing Boots, Shoes, Trunks
Umbrellas & etc.
M. M. Marks & Co.
PROP. OF THE ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE,
Scouten's Block - - Dushore, - - Penna
FACTORY 18 N, 3rd Sts-
Philadelphia, Pa.
FURNITURE! {} FURNITURE!
We are offering Furniture Cheaper than ever before, and are bound
to please in price and quality. Our large ruid elegant stock of chairs,
Fancy, antique and ancient looking, arc bound to catch the 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 &c.
Come everybody, Happy to show Goods, whether you buy or not.
We also have constantly 011 hand, a full and complete assortment oi
WOOD CASZETS,
Coffins, Robes, Trimmings, &c. Also a uew line of STONE Caskets
which are beautiful in design covered with Black Broadcloth. Plush
and Satiens and constitue within themselves Miniature Vaults, and are
furnished at prices within reach of all. Please call and examine out
Model, aa we are the only dealers that handle Stone Caskots in Sullivan
county.
Lawrence Brothers.
JACKSON S BLOCK,
DUSHORE, PENNA.
FROM
SJXE'S BLOCK
BOOT AND SHOE -:-*STORE®
J. S. HARRINGTON Proprietor
Dushore, - - Pa
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It will pay you before purchasing to call and examine my large stock
of new and well selected goods. Laige sales enables me to sell for small
profits. Cash customers can save a good percentage by buyinggoods ol
me. Everything new neat and first class. My stock of French Kid
hand turned goods are very fine and low in price. All goods guaranteed
in price and in quality to be the best'tliatany market can afford.
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--BOOTS& SHOES made io 02?der
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. junesS4,ff
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I am prepared to meet any prices or quotations with a first class Jand
well selected stock of
MEN'S, YOUTHS, BOYS' AND CHILDRENS CLOTIIING.
HATS, CAPS, AND GENTS FURNISHING titfOVS
TRUNKS, BAGS AND UMBRELLAS.
I also have full lines ol Samples from two Merchant Tailoring Esab
lishmcnts,for Custom Work. Perfect fits guaranteed. Call and get prices.
Yours Respectfully etc.,
,F. P. VINCENT.
CRONIN'S NEW BLOCK,
The First National Bank ot
HUGHESVILLE
Offers all the facilities transaction of 0
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Accounts respectfully solicited.
DEWITT BODINE, President
C. Wm. WODDROP, Vice President.
# W. C. FRONTS, Cashier.
LOITAIi BOCK COAL,
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TN E best and cheapest coal in the marked To'
customers from—
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THE price is educed at the breaker to
The Slate Line & Sullivan R. R Co I 0. BLIGHT, Fiipt;