LAPORTE, PA., JAN. 15th, 1892. LOCALDEPARTMEMT. Winter is one third gone. Sunday was a perfect day. Wyoming county courts convene next week. Sheriff Utz is kept pretty busy these days. Washington's birthday will be the next legal holiday. Dr. Hill of LaPorte, is confined to his room with the grip. Old people should take good care of their health these days. Owing to the open winter, the price of hay is on the decline. Leonard Emig of Ringville, died of grip and old age. on Thursday last. Atty. R. J. Thomson and wife of Dushore, were registered at the La- Porte Hotel, on Monday. Tue death of Judge Mason, on Thursday night last, cast a gloom over the entire community. Last month was the first Decem ber in the memory of the oldest in habitant, that passed without a snow. Miss Theresa Walsh of Cherry, was visiting her brother, I'rothy. Walsh, at LaPorte, on Friday and Saturday last. The doctors predict, that the re cent fall of snow, will, to some ex tent, check the numerous diseases throughout the country. Mrs. W. M. Cheney and Mrs. R. M. Stormont, drove over to the 'Mere, on Sunday to inquire after the health of Mrs. E. V. Ingham. E. M. Dunham and family and mother, are all suffering from illness, hence, were unable to be present at the funeral of Judge Mason, on Tuesday. Belva Lockwood wishes it under stood distinctly that she is in it for 1892. Well, this is leap year, and she and Ilill would stand about neck-and neck. Secretary of State, James 0. Blaine, w.-is reported ill of indiges tion, on Wednesday evening of last week, but at this writing lie has en tirely recovered and is busy at his desk. New LSCIU. ADVEIITISEMENTS One executor's sale ; one executor's notice; two auditor's notice; one sheriff sale aud court proclamation. For further particulars' see legal column. Samuel A. Goodhue, general super intendent of the Jamison City tan nery, accompanied by E. J. Flynn, outside foreman of the same enter prise, were registered at Hotel Ken nedy, on Tuesday. Governor Pattison has been worsted in the matter of the state superintendence' of public schools, The supreme coart has decided in favor of Mr Waller, who was Gover nor Beaver's appointee. Chas. Brink of the 'Mere paid us a pleasant call while looking after business at the county seat, on Mon day. Charley is foreman of a crew of carpenters in the employ of con tractor Wagner, of the 'Mere. The pleasant memory of the late Judge Mason of LaPorte, will long survive with not only the people of Sullivan county, but with thousands of old acquaintances throughout the state. Mr. Mason was one of our most popular citizens. Dr. C. S. O'Brien and Miss Sadie Cole, both of Benton Columbia coun ty, will enter the bonds of matri mony, on this Thursday. The RE PUBLICAN extends congratulations and wish the contracting parties lots of prosperity and happiness. The Lyon Lumber Company, are rushing their work of stocking hem lock logs in Muncy Creek, at Nord mont. They have 75 men and 20 teams employed at the work. M. W. Botsford, merchant at Nord mont, says business is first class in that section. The appraisers appointed by the court to view and award damages by the construction of a railroad from Sonestown to Eagles Mere, rendered the following verdict on Wednesday of last week, viz : Benj. Worthington, $200.00; Reuben Starr, $125.00 ; J. C. Steck, $150.00. The County Commissioners sal tries for the year 1891 as shown by the county statement, is as follows : S. K. Mcßride, $375.70; W. M. Cheney, $262.50; D. W. Scanlin, $213.25. E. I. Brundage took possession of the Nordmont Hotel, on Tuesday of last week. The railroad employees, who have been boarding at Sones town for several months past, owing to a slight disagreement with the former proprietor of the Nordmont Hotel, returned to their old quarters, on Saturday last and are now guests of Hotel Brundage. The REPUBLICAN, has ' recently secured the assistance of a first class agent at Forksville, in the person of Hon. John G. Wright. The Judge is authorized by us to receive sub scriptions to the REP. and give re ceipts for the same. With Mr. Wright as agent, we hope to increase the circulation of the REP. quite materially ia the vicinity of Forks ville. As an exchange very pertinently says: Because a man does thin & not consistent as you see them, don't set him down as a hypocrite. It mry be that instead of hypocrisy on his part it is Ignorance on yours which gives to him an air of insin cerity. You cannot judge fairly un til 3'ou hear all sides of the case. Some men can't judge fairly even then. The trial of Dr. Graves of Boston for the murder of Mrs. Barnaby, which has been in progress in Den ver for several weeks, resulted in a verdict of guilty in the first degree. The announcement dethroned the reason of the prisoner's wife. Col. Ballou, of Providence, R. 1., one of the Doctor's counsel, is suspected of complicity in the murder, and will probably be indicted. Murderer Wall Must Hang, Monday Jan. 4, Governor Pattison signed the death warrant of Charles Wall, of Wyoming county, con victed of the murder of his wife. The execution is fixed for March 8. Gov ernor Pattison disregarded the re quest of Wall, who recently wrote a letter to the governor asking him to direct the authorities of Wyoming county to take his life by burning, instead of hanging. Stand by your town. Not a dol lar invested there bnt some good comes out of it. There is no family like one's own family, there is no wife like one's own wife, there should be no town like one's own town, where we live, educate our children, on whose streets our babies play, and where we may some day sleep. Let the newspaper stand by the town, and let the business men stand by the newspaper, and let us all make our home as famous as possible. A Heavy Verdict, Four jears ago George Herstine of Bethlehem received injuries on a Lehigh Valley passenger train which developed into "railway spine." He sued the company and secured a verdict giving him $19,800. Coun cil for the company asked for a new trial and the court said that unless Herstine accepts $13,000 in lieu of the verdict giving him $19,800, a new trial would be granted. The railroad company is greatly opposed to paying the damages rendered, as it would establish a precedent in like cases. The church going people of the 'Mere, have recently had a falling out among themselves. The disa greement arose on Sunday »he 3rd, when & Superintendent of the Sun day school was to be elected for the ensuing year. Wallace Little who has acted in this capacity for a year or two was re-nominated. This se lection did not meet the approval of all, hence, the second party was named in the person of Mr. A. D- Avery. A ballot was then taken and Mr. Little won,however the minority would not submit to the majority party and now they hold two Sunday schools at the 'Mere with Messrs Little and Avery, superintendents. Such feeling existing in the House of God is not very inviting to the good people who remain at home and refrain from taking part in church confusions. The bounty paid by Sullivan coun ty on foxes, wild cats and minks for 1891, was $J 66.00. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Conklin of LaPorte, hare a brand new girl baby. It was presented them by Mr. James W. Lee of LaPorte who mourns the death of his most eßteemable wife, on Jan. 4th, and not being in a position to rear the child which is eight months old, requested Mr. and Mrs. Conklin to adopt it. This, the latter will do, should they con tinue their liking for the child. It is a bright little girl and has many admirers. Mrs. Crossley, we un derstand will take the part of grand mother and will no doubt prescribe for the little one. While visiting at the County Treasurer's office, one day last week, out of curiosity, we glanced over the transcript liook to learn who were the heaviest tax payers on unseated lands in Sullivan county. We found them as follows : James McFarlane & Co. $2602.00. Hoyt Brothers, 2256.65. North Mountain Lumber Company, 1418.84. Total, $6277.49. Quite an item for three taxables.i There are numerous others who pay several hundred dollars each, soj many in fact, that it would require a, column of our paper to publish them j all. __ (j The county auditors—Wright,! Bird and Spencer with their clerk,l H. T. Downs, completed the work! of auditing the several accounts of] the county, on Saturday. Owing to j the non-appearanoe of the Judge's] decision in the case of Sullivan Coun-1 ty vs Ex-Treasurer Jacob Lorab, thej audit in this instance will be about) the same, less the eighteen hundred' and fifty dollars paid the county byj the defendant, as last year. The, moneys paid to the several townships by Mr. Lorah and receipts of the offered in evidence during the trial at Pec. T., will not appear in the audit,; hence, the statement in the matter] of Sullivan County vs Lorah will be! of little information to the public.! We are told by those who have the receipts in custody, that—were the] receipts admitted ; Lorali's indebted-] liess to the county would be aboutj eight thousand dollars instead of $11.211.48 as the audit will show. Albert Molyneux of Overton Pa., Com mits Suicide. • Albert Molyneux of Overton isi supposed to have committed suicide,! on Friday morning the Bth inst. Hej arose from liis bed as his wife sup-J posed to build a fire, she arose soon j after but found that the fire had not' been built and Mr. Molyneux was no where to be Been. She then looked through the barn and around the premises, but was not successful so she went to a neighbor and cousin of the deceased, Ed. Moly neux, who, after a careful search found the deceased in a fish pond near the house, where he had drowned himself. The water was not more than fifteeD inches or two feet deep. Some trouble with his father is the only reason that can be given for his rash act. The funeral oc cured on Sunday. * * * NOTICE. The County Commissioner* of Sullivan County, Penna,, will let to the lowest bid der per ton, the contract of hauling twenty-five tons of coal from Bernice, on Saturday the 18th day of January 1892. Bids to De sealed and delivered at Com missioners office not latter than 4p. m.of said date Jan. lflth, Corn's, reserve the right to reject any or all bids. 8. K. MCBride, ) W. M. Chunky, V Co. Com. D. W. Scanlih, J TRIENNIAL APPEAL. The County Commissioners will hold their triennial appeal in the several bor oughs and townships, as follows: LaPorte boro and township at Commis sioners office in LaPorte, on Monday Feb. Bth, between the hours of 0 A. M. and 4 P. M. Davidson twp., at Hotel Ma gargle in Sonestown, on Feb. 9th, hours—lo A. M. to 8 p. x. Shrewsbury twp.. at the residence of Mat hew Taylor, on Feb. 10th, hours—B a. m.to 12 u. Hills Grove twp., at Hotel Mcßride, on Feb. 11th, hours— B A. m. to 12 M. Fox twp., at Hotel Letts on Feb- 12th, honrs—B A. M. to 12 M. Elkland twp., at the residence of Joseph Orange, on Feb. 12th, hours 3 P. If. to 5 F, M. Forksville boro and Forks twp., at Hotel Hannou in Forksville boro., on Feb. 18th, hours—B a. m- to BP. m. Dushore boro and Cherry twp., at Hotel Carroll In Dushore boro , Feb. 15th, hours—o a. m. to 6p. m. Colley twp., at Hotel Hunsinger, on Feb. 16th, hours—lo ah. to 8 p. u. S. K. McHride, ) W. M. Cheney, ,v Com. D. W. SCAN LIN . ) Com. office, Jan. 11, 1882. I DIED. IThnrMlai Might, Jannary 7th, at ]3isß at hi* Renldenee In La- Porte, Hon. William A. Mason. The death of Hon. William A. Mason has cast an unusual gloom over our village. lie was one of the first settlers of LaPorte. He came as a Surveyor on the ground where the town was to be located and out the first brush at a spot not far from where the Mountain House now stands. The county seat was es tablished in the wilderness in Au-' gust 1847, and early in the following year he built a house and removed his family, over the almost impass able roads to this place. He re sided here since that time, excepting only a few years, when he was en gaged in busineßßs which required him to live in Towanda and Mon* roeton. Mr. Mason was a Civil Engineer and Surveyor and was engaged most of his life in that business. As a surveyor he was especially noted for his skill in tracing old lines and certaining the original location of tracts of land. He worked at this business in Sullivan and the sur rounding counties and was often called to Luzerne. Lackawanna and Schuylkill counties, to examine difficult lines, and testify as a wit ness, in important land suits. As a Civil Engineer he was engaged on railroads in this state and New York. He was first employed on the Barclay Railroad, and afterwards employed several j'ears on the Sullivan & State Line R. R., and afterwards j located the Williamsport & North | Branch R. R., and has acted as Chief Engineer for that Company, i Judge Mason has not given much of his life to politics and office hold ing, and yet it has happened that 4 his fellow citizens appreciating his good qualities and capabilities have honored him with considerable pub ! lie employment. He was the first Poßt-Ma6ter in LaPorte, and first Justice of the Peace. He held the office of County Surveyor several terms. In 1856 he was elected an J Associate Judge and served five (years on the Bench. In 1881 he was elected County Treasurer and | served in that office three years. \ In all of his employments, public *or private, he was distinguished for J his faithfulness and integrity. He i| commanded public esteem wherever *he was known, and he made friends 1 wherever he went. 't lie was born in Towanda, Brad iford county, on the 28th of Sept. A. D. 1818, and was educated at the Towanda Academy. He learned the business of survej'ing from his elder brother, Gordon F. Mason. He was married September 23, 1841, to Miss Mary Angeline Cheney, and they lived happily together for over 'ififty years, and his faithful wife 1 stood at his bedside ministering to' his wants to the last moment of his, nr.. Judge Mason lived a pure life, andj was a true man. His example liasl been a constant influence for goodl during his whole life. His years extended beyond the three score and ten which the Psalmist spoke of as allotted toman. He did not ex perience the kind of decripitude which Shakespeare described as thejj 'seventh age of man, but was vigorous! |and able to attend to business until! [a short time before the severe attacks Iwhich proved to be his last sickness.! Judge Mason died ou the 7th of3 January 1892, after an illness of twos weeks. His funeral was on the 12th of January, and was largely attend ed by his neighbors and many friends from a distance. He be longed to the Masonic Ordor, and a number of the members of that society attended the funeral, and each cast a green branch, emblematic of his loving remembrance, into the open grave. Among the relatives from a dis tance were : W. T. Watrous, of Johnsonburg ; E. M. Mason and Miss May Wat kine, of Towanda; Mrs. Judge Searle, of Montrose; R. W. Cheney, of East Smithfield ;W. M.and P. A. Cheney, of North Orwell; Mrs. Robt. Edmundson and Samuel An thony of Milan ; C. F. Cheney and wife, of the 'Mere; F. W. Meylert and wife, of Forksville. Among friends from a distance who came to express their respect for his memory we notice—B. G. Welch, T. A. Bonk and C. W. Waddrop, of Hughesville; Edward and John Menges, of Montgomery ; F. P. Viu cent and Dr. Herrmann, of Dushore; E. S. Chase and John Aumiller, of the 'Mere ; Mrs. Thos. Magargle and daughter Miss Anna, Thos. S. Sim mons and Jacob Lorah, of Sones town ; Samuel A. Goodhue and E. J. Flynn of Jamison City. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. R. T. Polk, of To wanda ; the services were impressive and the sermon able. We may properly conclude this brief notice with fhe quotation which the Minister used so effectively in his able discourse: *'Why weep ye then for him, who having won The bounds of man's appointed, years at I last, Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labor done, Serenely to his final rest has passed, While the soft memory of his virtues, yet, Linger like twilight hues when the bright sun has set," * * * -M. G. SYLVMAX DTJSHQBE, PA. DEALER IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS, AND SHOES, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF THE PRODUCE BUSINESS AtfD AT ALL TIM m PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE IN CASH FOR WOOL, BUTTER AND EGGS 1 , E. G.Si'Jj VJARiI. Is. mmn M BOOTS AND SHOES. I have the largsst and best stock of hand -made Bootß and Shoes for the Fall, trade made from the best Hemlock, Oak and French Kip. I Guarantee Prices Lower and Goode Better than you can buy from anyone else in the trade, Ladies Fine Shoes. I have all styles and widths from 11.00 to 14.00, Lace, Button and Congress. You will always find the Best Goods for the least money at my store, J. S. HARRINGTON, SAXIVS BLOCK, MAIN STREET, DUSHORE, PA, LAWR EN C E JB R O S., Furniture Dealers ad Undertakers. We have just received a large new line of Fall Goods of the latest designs aud styles. A great variety of Parlor Suits, Easy Chairs, Spring Rockers <)tc. A full line of Bed-room Suits, Spring ;Matrcsses, and Feathers. The finest assortment of Office Desks, Cabinets and Writing Desks,, ever kept in Dushore. We also wish to call special attention to our tine assortment of Couches, Lounges, Picture Mouldings, Office Chairs. Bar room Chairs, Dining-room Chairs, Kitchen Chairs &c. Everybody i» invited to CALL AND SEE OUR NEW GOODS. UNDERTAKING In Undertaking we have a large assortment of COFFINS AND CASKETS. EMBALMING W HEN REQUIRED. An elegant hearse will attend all funerals. Apportion of the public patronage is espectfully solicited. LAWRENCE BROS., Dushore Pa. TO TMM PUBLIC! - o—o—o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o—o-o-o I am prepared Ij meet any prices or quotations with a flarei class and well selected stock ol MEN'S, YOUTH'S, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, AND GENTS FURNISHING GOODS TR UNKS, HA GS AND UMBRELLAS. J I also have full lines of Samples from two Merchant Tailoring Estab lishments, for Custom Work. Perfeetfits guaranteed. Call and get prices, "Yours Respectfully etc., F. P. VINCENT. CRONIN'S NEW BLOCK, 18 A MAXIM THAT APPUM WITH PECULIAR FORCft TO 80B00LS. WILLIAMSI& ROGERS' RCHESTER BUSINESS UNIVERSITY* Stands at the head of the list of commercial schools in its character a* a medium for supplying the business men of the country with trained and capable assistants, as a means of placing ambitious young men aud women on the high road to success, and in tlte extent elegance and cost of its equipment. THOROUGH COMMERCIAL,SHOR HI AND AND PRACTICAL ENGLISH COURSES. The Twenty-seventh Annual Catalogue will be mailed to any address. LOYAL SOCK COAL. The best and cheapest coal in the market. To customers from LAPORTE and VICINITY. THE PRICE IS REDUCED AT THE BRKAKER TO $2.50^5: AND AT TnORNEDALE &3.C0 PER TON BY THE CAR. The Slate Line Jfc Sullivan H. R. Co. I. O. Hlic.ht, Swp't,
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