THE REPUBLICAN.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1898.
Write it 1893.
The rabbit season closed on the
Ist of the New Year.
Mrs. B. M. Stormont is confined
to her room with illness.
Thomas Sheehan of Jamißon City,
spent Christmas with friends at La-
Porte.
Christmas was a wintery day in
every respect. It snowed, blowed
and froze.
James McMarlane Esq, of La-
Porte, spent Christmas with his
family in New Jersey.
There is one lucky thing about
spoiled children—we never have
them in our own family.
Ambrose Farrell of Lopez and
Miss Hannah Gilligan of Cherry,
were married on Tuesday.
Judging from the businoss our
landlords are doing—they will soon
be able to wear diamonds.
Bichmond Beynolds of South
Montrose, was visiting friends at
LaPorte and the 'Mere, last week.
Geo. W. Simmons of Sonestown,
called and renewed his subscription
to the REPUBLICAN, on Monday.
Our walks and road beds were
covered with ice on Monday and
pedestrians had a hard time to move
about.
On Sunday, the first day of the
New Year, it rained very hard in
this section. At intervals it came
down in torrents.
The wheels of the legislative
mill at Harrisburg are now in mo
tion, and the grist promises to be
large and important.
Judge Yonkin, while in attend
ance at special court. Monday,
called and renewed his subscription
to the REPUBLICAN.
During the past three weeks there
has been eleven accidents to em
ployees on the railroad. Two of
which have proved fatal.
Sheriff Mahafley moved to the
county Beat on Tuesday tbe 27th of
Dec. and is now looking after the
guests of the county jail.
Jury commissioners—Geo. W.
Simmons and .Cu Caseman, were
busy filling the jury wheel for 1893,
on Monday and Tuesday.
W. T. Watrous of Johnsonburg,
formerly of LaPorte and Miss
Minnie Decker, of Johnsonburg,
were married on Thursday Dec. 22.
As a rule, a man who has a mus
tache he can twist, or whiskers he
can stroke, is three times as long
making up his mind as one who
hasn't.
The cold weather has already
made ice sufficiently thick for cut
ting and storing, and parties in
town have begun filling their ice
houses.
Mr. Spencer of LaPorte has sold
Jhis saw mill, on Main St., to James
McFarlanc & Co. The machinery
-will be removed to the second ward
in early spring.
Improvements about Lake Moko
ma will progress in dead earnest
next spring. The Land Company
contemplate beautifying the sur
roundings of the lake iu the extreme
during 1893.
J. W. Ballard the LaPorte black
smith and his apprentice, Byron
Williams shod 40 horses all around
on Monday, making a total of 160
shoes put on in one day. Who of
our Sullivan county biacksmiths can
beat this 1
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Chase and
daughter Miss Ada, spent Christmas
with friends at LaPorte. The Mrs.
«nd daughter remained several days
of last week with her people, Mr.
Wm. Mcylertand family.
Mrs. M. C. Mercur, whose girl
hood days were spent in Athens, is
getting out a book of poems, en
titled "Cosmos," to represent Sulli
van county poetically at the World's
fair.—Athens Newt.
Mrs. Snyder mother-in-law of
James Ganvel of LaPorte twp., died
at the residence of Mr. Gansel on
Friday last aged 86 years. Deceased
was buried in the Luthern ceme
tery at Dushore, on Monday.
Elkland Grange will hold a pub
lie installation of the newly elected
officers tor the ensuing year, at
Estella, on Tuesday evening Janu
ary 10th. D. K. Little was elected
muster, E. J. Sturdevant secretary.
The county commissioners made
the following appointments on Mon
day viz:
For mercantile appraiser, J. J.
tiow; clerk, RM. Stormont; coun
cil, B. JB. Collins ; physician, W. B.
Hill; janitor Stewart Chase.
ThWH Houlihan, a Fit Bow °"
the Railroad Blowwt Tweatjr
Feet la the Air.
Thos. Houlihan a pit boss on the
railroad, met with a fearful acci
dent, on Friday last at about 9:30 A.
M. He was engaged *n slopeing
along the grade at the head waters
of Lake Mokoma and tamped and
set off two blast 9 a few feet apart.
One exploded indue time and the
other was slow and Mr. Houlihan
walked up feeling assured that the
fuse had gone out and when within
one step of the hole it exploded.
He was thrown twenty or more
feet in the air and struck in the pit
which is sixteen feet deep, making a
fall of thirty-six feet. His right leg
and one arm was broken and his
face badly bruised. Two or three
knuckles on his left hand were
knocked out of place and in fact he
was a badly bruised up man. He
was placed in a cart, and taken to
the commissary at the lake where
he was given attention by Dr. Hill
and on Saturday was taken to the
Beading Hospital. The doctor ex
pressed his recovery doubtful.
Mr. Houlihan is a temperance
man and was well liked by his as
sociates. He is a member of three
societies, one a temperance organi
zation and from these societies he
will draw something like $lB. a
week benefits.
LATTER :—Houlihan died at the
Reading Hospital on Sunday Jan.
Ist.
Two Little Children Burned to
Death With Home aud
Houatehvltl Goods.
The home of George Hess of
Muncy Valley, was discovered on
fire Friday evening at about 5:30 P."
M. and in the sitting room were
two little children, one 22 months
and the other five months old. All
efforts were made to save the chil
dren, but of no avail. Mr. Joseph
Gansel was the first person to ob
serve the fire and on opening the door
the blaze gushed out most terrific
and he was forced to retreat.
Others made an attempt to rescue
the infants, but wore likewise forced
back. The building and all its eon
tents were consumed in the blaze at
a rapid rate. The fire is attributed
to the explosion of a lamp which
Mrs. Hess had lighted and placed
on a table after which, had stepped
into a neighbor's house to inquire
after her husband whom she was
waiting supper on.
The two infants constituted Mr.
and Mrs. Hess' family and tliey are
nearly distracted over the sad atfair.
The charred remains of the little
ones wore placed at rest in the
Sonestown cemetery, on Sunday
Jau. Ist, the Rev. Mr. J. F. Glass of
ficiating.
General Farmers' Institute.
The annual meeting of the Ponn
sylvania State Board of Agriculture
and General Farmers' Institute will
be held in the Supreme Court room
at Harrisburg on Wednesday and
Thursday, January 25 and 26. It
is the intention of the board that
this meeting shall be striotly in the
interest of farmers and for the dia*
cussion of topics of interest to them.
For the purpose of accomplishing
this object it is earnestly requested
that all Granges, Alliances, Farm
Clubs, Agricultural and Horticultur
al societies, and other interested
organizations will send delegates
to represent them in the discussion
of such topics as shall come before
the meeting. It is the desire of the
board that all agrioultural organiza
tions will, through their delegates,
or in any other manner, furnish the
secretary with such questions as
they may wish to have discussed,
and a question box will be kept on
the secretary's desk in which any
proper question may be placed and
at the close of the session be
referred to some one competent to
answer.
There were two or three Italians
badly hurt in a blow up of dj'namlte
along the railroad in the vicinity of
the Summit, on Saturday. It seems
a pit boss had, by the use of wages
split a large stone at tlie foot of a
quarry and had placed a quantity of
dynamite in the crease of the same
leaving the wage remain in the
crease. During the absence of the
boss to make preparations to fire
the shot three Italians came along
evidently in search of wages and
seeing the one mentioned in the
rock knocked it out. The weight
and jar of the rock coming together
exploded the dynamite within and
sent t)ie Italians realing to the
ground. One was quits seriously
hurt while the other two will, in a
few days, bo able to answer to their
number.
Tho Presidential electors of this
state will meet at Harrisburg next
Monday, and go through the formal
ity of casting the vote expressing
the will of the majority.
Three Men Injured la a Blop < T p
ot Dynamite Which waa Being
Warmed at a ramp Fire Along
the Line ol Railroad. I
At about 11 A. M. Friday Dec. 23,
while dynamite was being warmed
by a camp fire at the McCaffrey i
pit near Philip Karge's twenty-five ]
sticks of the deadly explosive took ]
fire. Two drivers passed by at the ;
time, one a colored roan perhaps 22
years of age named Nathan Jen
nings and the other Luther Smith a
white boy both of Indiana county.
The colored man seeing the dyna
mite burning went to throw that
which was on fire away, thus saving
the balance. Just as he was in the
act of stooping to pick up the stuff,
it exploded. He was thrown thirty
feet and was cut about the head in
a fearful manner. On the forehead
over the right eye there is a gash
some four or Ave inches in length
and the flesh plowed out leaving a
gap of one inch. Back of the right
ear is a deep cut which was con
sidered more dangerous than the
one on the forehead. He was a
sad and sickening sight to behold.
Smith the other driver with his
horse stood on the graded road
some ten feet away. He was struck
on the jaw with a stone and felled
to the earth. A piece of rock was
taken out of his jaw as large as a
good sized marble. McCaffrey who
was boss of the works was coming
out of the pit just as the explosion
took place and was hit on the left
breast with a stone. Two horses
were knocked down and dazed. On
regaining, they ran in the opposite
direction at a lively gate. The
wounded men were taken to VV. B.
Mahan's camp which is only a short
distance from the place of the ac
cident and cared for.
It is pretty hard to say who was
in the fault of the accident. Old
railroad men say that dynamite can
not be exploded by lire unless a cap
is set off. The latter, they say will
explode by heat and of course the
jar would set off the dynamite sticks.
Now the question arises—were these
dynamite oaps carelessly left by the
fire. We in company with B- M.
Stormont and Paddy Quinn visited
the place of the mishap a few hours
after the explosion and fn the char
coal where the fire had been Mr.
Quinu pickod up a cap which was
perfectly good and also a piece of
burnt fuse. An explanation which
of course was mere supposition, was
cited to us like this. That possibly
a cap had been placed on ttiis piece
of fqse and the same carelessly laid
down by the fire, a spark Igniting
the fuse, hence, the explosion of the
cap, followed by the dynamite.
There are two theories of how the
asp found in the charcoal came
there, one, that It might havo been
placed in the vicinity of where it
was found at the time of the ar
ranging of the fuse and the other,
it might have fallen out of either of
the men's pockets or fallen out of
the tool box which was Knocked to
splinters.
The affair shows carelessness on
somebody 'u part which should not
reign where tlie lives of hundreds
of men are endangered.
Dr. Hill was called and dressed
the wounds of the injured men.
LATTER :— The Doc. informs us
that the injured trio are getting
along very nicely. The young man
Smith and McCaffrey have returned
to work. The negro is doing well
and will return to bis home the lat
ter part of this week. He saya he
has had railroading enough.
A drive way is being graded
around Lewis' Lake, The Eagles-
Mere Land Co. are having the work
done which is under the charge of
E. S. Chase. The clearing of the
right of way on the north side is
about completed and the work of
grading will commence In early
B P r ing. Mr. Chase informs UB that
a good half mile of the road on the
north side of the lake will be per
fectly level and will afford a fine op
portunity of speeding the numer
ous fast horses that are brought to
the 'Mere by sojourners. The road
bed will be 40 feet in width and the
half mile spoken of will be beau
tiful and shady.
Bniiuew I.OCHIN.
HORSES! MULES!
Buy your stock of
F. 11. TOMLIDSON,
Bone»town, Pa.
All stock guaranteed as represented.
Insure your life in the Great Penn
Mutual Lift surunce Co. of Philadelphia,
F. H. Tom >N, agent for Sullivan
County. /
Dynamlt*.
I have a quantity of Dynamite Caps,
and Fuse for sale. Any one wishing to
have stumps, rocks or boulders. removed
from their land, can procure this explosive
in any quantity from me. Can also
furnish a man to handle the same, if the
party so desire.
11. P. Hall,
Oct, 14, 6m. Sonestown, Pa.
The RWUBLICAN, only fl.oo a year.
TOWNSHIP AMD BOBOUCU
ELECTIONS.
How They Moat Be Contacted
(fader the Now Law.
[Reporl»r-Journal.]
Every voter is doubtless aware
that the February elections must be
held under the provisions of the
new ballot law, but what the require
ments of that law, as applied to our
local elections are, very few have an
intelligent idea. So far as the
voting itself is concerned the
methods of last fall's elections and
those of next month are the game,
but the manner of nominating the
ticket, preparing the ballots, and ar
ranging other preliminaries are radi
cally different. The old ways of
conducting our local elections had
been so long in vogue and the peo
ple had become so familiar with the
few and simple regulations that
governed them that there is great
danger that the necessary prepara
tions for the local elections, under
the new law, may be deferred so
late as to seriouslj complicate mat
ters if they do not in some cases
prevent a legal election. Hereto
fore very little form has been ob
served in the matter of the nomina
tion of candidates for the local of
fices, but hereafter nominations
must be regularly made and proper
ly certified. Official and sample
ballots must be printed and dis
tributed prior to the day of election
as required by the Baker ballot law.
After a careful study of the Act we
submit the following for the Infor
mation of the public:
I. Nominations can be made for
the several oPflces at a primary
meeting of electors under the rules
of a political party entitled to
certify nominations under the Act,
or by nomination papers as pro
, vided by the Act,
11. Such primary meetings
should have a president, and at least
• one secretary, who are to certify all
nominations and be sworn or affirm
i ed thereto, and a certificate of the
oath or affirmation is to be attached
i to the certificate of nomination.
111. Certificates of nominations
. of candidates for township and
I borough offices, election officers and
i school directors are to be filed with
• the auditors of the respective town
. ship or borough at least ten days,
i and nomination papers at least sev.
112 on days before the day of election.
IV. Certificates of nomination
and nomination papers, being filed
as above stated and being in con
formity with the said Act, will be
deemed valid unless objections aro
made tQ them in writing within
throe days of the last day for filing
such certificates. formal objec
tions are to be filed with the auditors
and decided by them. Other ob
jections arc to be filed In the Court
of Common Pleas of the respective
county and thereby heard and de
cided.
V. In undivided townships and
boroughs one primary meeting and
one certificate is all that wiU be re
quired of each political party. Bit
where & township Is divided into
two or more election districts, more
will be required. Take for illustra
tion Davidson township, which is
divided into two election districts. A
primary meeting must be held by
eaoh party In eaoh eleotlon distriot
for the nomination of eleotion of
ficers and a registry assessor of
such eleotlon distriot, and' both dis
tricts must jointly nominate, by
conference or otherwise, and oertify
candidates for the township offices
to be voted for at large in the town
ship. Three primaries and three
certificates in that township will
therefore be required by each politi
cal party In order to be represented
on the official ballot,
VI. The auditors of each' town
ship and borough are to cause all
th& baJlotn to be used therein to be
printed and distributed, and to
certify the expense thereof to the
County Commissioners for payment
The ballots are to be printed in the
manner and form required by the
Aot. They are to print and dis
tribute in eaoh election district
seventy-five ballots for every fifty
and fraotion of fifty voters on the
assessor's list, and an equal number
of speoimen ballots, and to obtain
from the County Commissioners
cards ot Instruction. They are to
deliver the said ballots aud cards of
instruction to the Judge of Election
the day before the day of election.
VIL On election day, the eleo
tlon is to be oonducted in precisely
the same manner as was the late
November eleotion.
We nave thus briefly outlined the
requirements of the law so far as
they relate to the preparation of the
official ballot to be used at the Feb
ruary elections. We have fifteen
election districts in Sullivan county.
The ballots used in eaoh district
will of course be different. A re
sponsible duty is imposed by the
Act upon the township and borough
auditors and they should exercise the
utmost eare in the performance of
it, and thereby avoid any possible
question as to the validity of the
election. In order to give ample
time in which to perform the duty
imposed upon them by the Act, we
would urge the holding of primaries
for the nomination of the candidates
by all political parties at an early
day and the filing of the requisite
certificates, or nomination papers,
more than the minimum time of ten
and seven days respectively before
the day of election.
Blank certificates will be tarnish
ed by the County Commissioners to
be used by the officers of the pri
mary meetings in certifying nomin
ations to the township and borough
auditors as required by the Act.
TOWXBHIP OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED.
1 Judge of Election.
2 Inspectors.
2 School Directors.
Justice of the Peace if term has
expired.
1 Constable for 3 years.
1 Road Commissioner.
1 Auditor.
1 Treasurer.
1 Town Clerk.
1 Collector of Taxes.
In addition to above all vacancies
that may have occurred in any of
fice will be filled for the unexpired
term of said office.
Where a township has been di
vided into separate election districts
the following officers must be elect
ed for eaoh district:
1 Judge ot election for each dis
trict.
2 Inspectors of Election for each
district.
1 Assistant Assessor for each dis
trict—to make the registry of voters
for the same.
BOROtMtt OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED.
1 Judge of Election.
2 Inspectors of Election.
2 School Directors.
Justice of the Peace if term ex.
pires.
1 Constable for 3 years.
1 Burgess if any be eleeted.
Council.
1 Auditor.
1 Treasurer if any to be elected.
1 Collector of Taxes.
All vacancies that ma; have oc
curred in any office will be filled for
the unexpired term of such office.
The manner of electing Burgess
and Council in the several boroughs
differs so much that it ia impossible
for us to give the number eleeted in
each borough,
There has been some controversy
in regard to the election of con
stables and the term of their office.
The Aot of 1889 is as follows :
Sac- 1. That the qualified voters of
every borough and township, and when a
borough is divided into wards, of every
ward in the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, shall on the third Tuesday of Febru
ary next and triennially thereafter vote
for and elect a properly qualified person
for constable in each of said districts who
shall serve for three yean.
SEC. 2. AD acts or parts of acts in
ooqslstent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A.
D. 1889—P. L. 1889, page «.
Township and borough oaucus'
for the purpose of placing a ticket
in the field for this Feb. election
should be held at an early date.
The vigilance committee of all
parties are the proper persons to
name the dale and advertise the
time of holding the same. In the
event of a union caucus for the
naming of the majority of the ticket,
it should not be forgotten that both
leading parties should name, separ
ately—Judge and Inspectors of
Election. i
Everything went wrong at the
fire in Dushore, on Saturday Deo,
24. Johnny Geary was &il cn on
by a big maa and Ui« arm broken,
the engine ''busted" the building
burnt the household goods thrown
out of the window and smashed to
pieces with the exceptions of the
feather beds—they were carried to a
soft spot and quietly and gracefully
dropped. We would suggest that
the boys, led by their president go
on the bill and learn to make
steam and water, thus experience
for the next conflagration that may
visit their town. Nothing like being
ready boys and knowing how to
handle the nozzle. Your president
will no doubt condescend to give
you the desired training.
A (Mint Down la BeUUeMaa.
The rail, Bessemer, coverting
billet and puddling mills of the
Bethlehem Iron Company are shot
down for an indefinite period, and
1,200 men bare been thrown oat of
employment. The cause of the
stoppage is lack of orders, the steel
trade being very dulL The Bethle
hem mill is in the same condition
as the other mills—all having been
forced to shut down. The mill will
start op as soon as orders come to
hand.
Notice lyoncja
TK e Mople of Western Bulliran are hereby requeued to their attention
for we tell you that o»r stock of-
Fall and Winter Goods
forget that for cash we give you—
-10 -per Pent Discount
On all these Good* Olreu.atrlal and We will conrince you that We can law*
you money. No trouble to show—
Goods and Give Prices^
We don't want the Earth, only a share of your Patronage.
Yours Very Respectfully,
J. H. CAMPBELL & SON, Shunk, Pa.
Shunk, Fa., Sept. 2,1892.
A Big Bargain,
Come and see us,
J. W. OARBOLL & UoT
In our new branch store at LaporteJ
and etc., at prices that defy competition.
. Custom Work
PBOMPTIiT Alo>
' ioU"SuiSdSi 3?H£2:
fore purchasing elsewhere.
J, W. Carroll Co.
H. W. HARRISON, Manager.
i -
30 Days Clearing-Out Sale I
To make room for Fall Stock commencing on July 20, 1892.
I hare • largo itoek of good* wbioh will bo .old at » imt Will nil Shoos.st WksU-
I bars a largo noo» » 0 B« dollar wUI Hoy a good pair of
- MUX'S BOYS'. YOUTHS', LADIES'
' HISSES' OR CHILDREN'S SHOES.
mssa-*. THE
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. Krory stylo. stis, *nsllty or pado of good, known to As tfadelnrtoek or te > ordlsr *of
k the Fall trade we are inaking an annually largo .took of Hand-mad. BooU and Bhooa at fnoos
r Tory low. Repairing neatly dono on abort . 14 ., fc Cmt t. m IJ
1 alw.ya carry a fall .took ol leather and finding) of srsrjr doKriptio*. Cstt. paid 10*
ilida, Polta, Wool, Tallow, At.
J. S. HARRINGTON,
6 BUSHORE, PA. - • LOPEZ, PA/
1 Loading Bboe Dealer and Manofacturor of Shilivan CoUkty.
A. B. MESBKHSMITH, Manager, Lopea Store.
; -M. G. SYLVAM.K-
I DXJSHORE, PA.
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, CRONIN'S NEW BLOCK, ~ ~ DUSHORE, PA
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