THE REPUBLICAN^ FKIDAY. APRIL 7, 1893- Locals are scarce. Spring fever is common. Easter was a beautiful day. Eclipse of the sun today Thurs day. Sunlight and darkness are of equal length. The maple buds will soon begin to swell. But few of our farmers are mak ing maple sugar. Bark peeling will soon be the or der of the day. Ice on lake Mokoma is said to be eight or ten inches thick. The man with the organ grinder may be looked- for any day. John V. Finkle is erecting a new barn on his lot on Muncy street. A. Weber, the watch repairer was up from Columbia county last week. The Republican State Convention will meet in Harrisburg, on August 30th. They are making preparations to plant gardens in the lower part of the county. The election of County Superin tendent of Schools occurs the first Tuesday of May. James Miller, superintendent of the Muncy Valley tannery, was do ing business in town Saturday. Miss Dolla Crossley, of Columbia county, was visiting friends at La porte the latter part of last week. Prof. F. W. Meylert and wife, of Forksville, spent Saturday and Sun day with friends at the county seat. Spring seems to be a little sly in putting in an appearance, however, wc occasionally have a pleasant day. "Phil," the one hundred and seventy-five pound dog of James McFarlane, died of old age on Mon day. F. 11. Tomlinson and Frank Ma gargle, both of Sonestown, were do ing business at the county seat Sat urday. U. S. Attorney E. P. Ingham and wife, of Philadelphia, spent Satur day and Sunday with friends at La porte. BORN —To Mr. and Mrs. George Fiester, of Laporte township, on Easter Sunday—twins. Two daught ers. E. J. Gaj nor, Esq. presented the St. Patrick's church of Potts ville with a beautiful floral arch on Easter Sunday. Mrs. Emma Barrows and daughter Miss Olive, returned from Philadel phia last week where they have been visiting friends. Will the People's party of Sullivan county nominate a full ticket this year ? The P. of I's. ought to take a hand in this affair. Read our business locals weekly. Something new inserted each week. You may find advertised therein just what you want on the farm. The Elmira Gazette has recently placed four type setting machines in their office. The Gazette is owned or controlled by David B. Hill. Rosenweig and Blank, the two murderers in the Tunkhannock jail, wept and cried bitterly when the death sentence was read to them last week. It is rumored that B. F. Crossley, of Laporte, is likely to receive the appointment of mail clerk on the W. &N. B. Ben's many friends here wish him success. Miss Ettinger, principal of the Laporte graded school, is confined to her room with sickness, heuce school has been dismissed iu her de partment this week. The Lopez people request a new county bridge over Lopez creek at Baid place. They say the one in use is not safe and is not large enough to accomodate the public travel. Frank M\ r nard finished sawing his stock of logs at the mill on Sat urday and gave his men a free oyster supper at Gallagher's restaurant on Saturday evening. The boys all speak very highly of Frank. W. B. Williams, who has served as assistant superintendent for Jamps McFarlane & Co., at the Laporte tannery for some time, anticipates moving on his farm near Hancock, N. Y., the fore part of next week. Byron, his son, who is serving as an apprentice in J. W. Ballard's black smith shop will accompany his father pud mother to Hancock. Charles Landon is boss carpenter on the King trestling. He Is em ployed by Mr. McGorvin and no doubt will make a good man for the place. The "Hindoo Tea" will take place this Friday evening. It will be a curiosity in every sense of the word and you ought to attend. Price only 15 cents, A number of our business men are advocating organizing a Building and Loan Association. This would show enterprise and our people should not hesitate to take the first step. Politics should not be considered in the campaign of the County Super intendency. School Directors should vote for the very best man for the place, regardless of political promises. In short politics should not be con sidered. J. W. Ballard, the blacksmith and wagon maker, of Laporte, has just completed a brand new meat wagon for Conrad Kraus, the butcher. It is a well put up vehicle in every par ticular. The painting done by John Guinner, is fine. Eugene Tiipp, of Laporte, who took the contract of Mr. McGorvin to erect the trestling for the W. & N. B. R. It. over Loyal Sock at Ring ville, has commenced the same and hopes to have it completed by the middle of May. There was no moving about at La porte on the Ist of April. With but few exceptions our people own the homes in which they live, hence, they have come to stay. There are as many as three families in one or two dwellings, and all residences are occupied except the brick mansion. Justices of the Peace begin their terms on the first Monday in May. School Directors meet and organize on the first Monday in June. The Supervisors, Constable, Burgess, Borough and Township Auditors and Councilmen should enter upon their duties on the first Monday in March. A petition to the town council re questing them to open up Muncy street to intersect with the long talked of road down Mill Creek and LoyalsocK to Forksville, was circu lated in our midst last week. R. A. Conklrn circulated the petition and we understand the same wijl be handed the councilmen at their next meeting. It is claimed that Louisiana has superseded South Carolina as the rice state, and is now raising one half of the crop produced in the United States. The acreage devoted to it in that state is constantly in creasing because it pays four or five times better than cotton, which has been grown in too large quantities to pay for the past two years. The seventh annual commence ment of the Forksville Graded School will be held in the M. E. church at that place, Wednesday evening, April 11. The class num bers seven, and is the largest class yet graduated. The following young ladies and gentlemen compose it: Gettie Lancaster, Blanche Collins. Dora Hannan. itay Rogers, Nelson Tomkins, Edgar Schanbacher and Arthur Rogers. A Hun at work on the railroad uufortunately got his leg broken by a rolling bowlder'on Saturda3 r . The accident occured in the rock cut near Jerusalem, and superintended by George Ferman. They were slope ing at the time of the accident and the rock started from the top of the slope. The Hun was in the pit and saw the rock coming, but seemed to be paralyzed and could not move. Dr. Hill was summoned and informs us that the fellow is doing as well as could be expected. A bloody battle between lumber men occured at Cowley's Run, five miles from Austin, Potter county, last week, Tuesday says the Wells boro Gazette, Three brothers named Edwards had been left in charge of the camp and property of George Smith while he was away on a trip. Unknown to the Edwards' he had given the Reese Brothers, contractors, permission to cut cerr tain timber from the property. The Repsg Brothers appeared for the pur pose of removing the timber, but wore, after a rough and tumble fight, driven away by the Edwards boys, Reese boys retired to another oamp and reinforced with a dozen men armed with clubs and cant-hooks, returned and proceeded to take the lumber by forpe, A battle roya} took place and lasted over an hour. AH were badly damaged and one, Frank Edwards, had his skull frao tured at the base of the brain and will die. Several of the men were captured and taken to the Couders port jail. William Reese, who it is understood, struck Frank Edwards, 1 is still at large, NOLE LEATHER TRUST. The Combination to Be fomne* With a Capitol of #79,000,000. BOSTON, March 22.— The sole leather combination is to be a trust in the fullest sense of the word and will be prepared for business before the summer dull season arrives. The capitalization it was decided by the promoters to-day to make $75,000,000 in view of the extra in ducements which will have to be given to some tanners to get them to turn their business over to the, trust. Seventy-five per cent, of the hem lock bark property of the United States is now in the hands of the proposed trust. The greater part of it comes to them with the tanning plants of the men who are to enter the organization, but the rest has been acquired by one or two of the leaders. This was the first step taken by the organizers of the trust, and would seem to be a blow aimed at the large packers, Armour, Swift, Hammond and Morris, who have a big monopoly in the hide business. The large packers have heretofore been able to occupy a strong posi tion with the tanners as to the price of hides. The Eastern sole leather houses prominently identified with the combine are Thomas E. Proctor & Co., N. W. Rice & Co., Hoyt Brothers, Day, Wilcox & Co., Hor ton, Cary & Co., H. G. Lapham & Co. and Fayerweather & Ladew. WILLTROIMBLV FIND BONES Digging in BONN Park Likely to Beveal the Bemaiui ol the Bead. Now that the work of excavation of the city hall foundation in Ross park will be commenced in the near future, observes Grit, it has been suggested that the digging will in all brobability bring to light the bones of the bodies that were buried there when the plot was a graveyard? Back in the late sixties all bodies were ordered removed from this plot of ground and relatives of these dead who were buried there had what re mained of the bodies of there friends removed to other cemetrics. How ever, the work of transfer was far from complete, for years afterward human bones were dug from the eartln at .different points 'of le "park." When the excavation for the police office was made a number of skeletons were discovered, hence the belief extensive digg ing Which will be required for the city hall foundation will reveal other long buried bones. —» m mtmi Council Proceeding*. APRIL 3, 1893. The town council met at Ingham's office on Monday. Present—F. W. Gallagher, burgess; James MoFar lane, T. J. Ingham, F. M. Crossley and Charles Wrede, of the old term council. The auditors report was examined and no mistakes observed. No further business being before the board. Adjourned. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW COUNCIL. A. Walsh, the newly elected bur gess, was sworn in office, and also James McFarlane and R. M. Stor mont, of the new board of council. T. J. Keeler being absent. R. M. Stormont was elected secretary of the board. F. M. Crossley was re appointed chief of police. Robert Stormont was appointed supervisor of both first and second wards. A petition was presented the board re questing them to open up Muncy street to interseot with the recently viewed road down Mill Creek and Loyal Sock to Forksvi He. No act ion was taken upon this matter owing to the absence of a full board. Adjourned. Arbor Bays. Gov.Pattison has designated April 15 and 29 as arbor days in a procla mation in which he recommends to the people the planting of trees and shrubbery in the public school grounds and along the public high ways of the State, The Governor says that the introduction of I'Arbor Day"in Pennsylvania has broqglit with it an increased activity in means and measures for the preser vation of the forests of tho State and the encouragement of tree plant ing. Report of Muncy Valley school, first grade for school term ending March 30, Those having the most perfect les sons were: Grace Strong, May Donovan, Hurley Bigger, Thomas Moran, Jennie Haws, Agnes Marks, Walter Phillips, Monroe T a yl° r i Willie Doqoyaq, Myrtle Miller und Maurice Strong, Those attending most regularly and having the best percentage were ; Walter Phillips, 100; May Dogovan, 90; Grace Strong, 88; Hurley jigger, 88; Thomas Moran, 92; Jennie Haws, 84; Agnes Marks, DO. ) thank the pattons of the school for their help and kindness shown, M- P. (MYJTT, teacher, ' Blatherskite of the Dunhore Re view says we are robbing the County Treasury. Ha! ha! what a con summate idiot this man must be. Why, the editor of the REPUBLICAN is the only person who ever donated the county with a present the size of a $97 bill. It was hard earned too, but we gave it without » mur mer, other than stating the facts of the case. We can truthfully say that we have not received our just dues from the county, let alone rob bing it, but had the matter been left to the voters of Sullivan county, we are assured that we would have re ceived every cent of our bill—s97 for printing the November tickets. Suppose that each citizen of Sulli van county would donate likewise, Blatherskite included, why the result would be the present economical board of county commissioners could erect a superfine courthouse. Of course we can't blame Blatherskite for resorting to lies and the like. He is being hit on all sides and the poor fellow must be out of sorts. Some people in his place would hate themselves to death, and we often wonder how he pulls through. For instance here is rumor—subscribers are discontinuing his paper, his job work is going elsewhere, the papers of the county are squeezing him to the wall, and the kids are calling him Blatherskite across the street. This is an unfortunate position to be in and for our part we are willing for Blatherskite to resort to most any thing for relief. The Supreme Court of this state in a late opinion say : "That if an engineer on a railroad engine in ap proaching a point where it is his duty to sound a whistle, ag required by the statute, observes nearby on a highway a man struggling with a team of horses bitched to a wagon and can see from the surroundings that sounding a whistle will make the team unmanageable and greatly endanger the team and roan, it is his duty to desist until the danger point is passed, or if necessary to stop the train, and if he does not but neeedlessly sounds the whistle and permits the team to escape caus ing them to run away, the company is liable for the injuries inflicted." m The novel charge of stealing a house and the furniture it contained, together with a sheep oorral, a [load of hay and other sundries, and cart ing the whole business away, was preferred against a roan, in Walla, Walla, Wash., the other day. lie was formerly a resident of that town, and a year ago he took up a ranch adjoining a sheep farm in Yakima county. The owner of the farm al leges that during the absenoe of his men the accused tore down the house and the sheep corral and removed them together with the household furniture, a ton of hay and other things to his farm, on which he re built the house, putting the furni ture into it. The accused says it is a plot to get him out of the country, the sheepman wanting the water on his farm. Dr. J. L. Liberroan, the regular visiting opt lean, will again visit LaPorte at Karcs Motel, two days only, April 14 and 15. Forksville Hotel, one day only, April 17. All parties wishing to see me will tind me at the above mentioned dates. Assignee'* Notice. Notice is hereby given that John G. Wrightand George C. Wright and Mary P his wife all of the Borough of Forks ville, Sullivan county Pcnn., by deed of voluntary assignment have assigned all the estate, real and personal of the said John G. Wright and George C. Wright to Wm. C. Rogers of the same place in trust for the benefit of the creditors of the said John G, Wright and George C. Wright or either of them. All persons therefore indebted to the said John G. Wright and George V. Wright or either of them will make pay ment to the said Assignee, and those having claims or demands will make known the same without delay. WILLIAM C. ROGERS, Assignee of John G. Wright and George C. Wright. March 2.1, 1893. Aidiatt'i Sale of Valuable Real Estate. In pursuance of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Sulfivan County, the undersigned, William C. Rogers, assignee for the benefit of the creditors of John G. Wright and George C. Wright, or either of them of the Borough of forksville, Sullivan county, J*a., Will expose io pub lic sale. the assigned real estate at the Forksville House in the Borough of Forks-, ville, Pa-, on TUESDAY, APRIL 18,1893, beginning at one o'clock p. m., the follow - ing descrihed real estate, viz s All those certain lots, pieces and parcels pf land lying and being in the Borough of Forksville, County of Sullivan and Btate of Pennsylvania, bounded and desoribed as follows; LOT NO. 1 Beginning at a post on the southeast side of Bridge street, 45 feet from the corner of Bridge street and La porte alley | thenoe south 80 degrees east, 200 feet to division line between Moses Rogers and Samuel Rogers; thence along said line 47 feet to a post ; thence north 80 degrees west, 195 feet to a post on Bridge street; thence north 60 degrees east, 45 feet to the pjape of beginning. Containing 88 perches, more oj less, being part Of a l*rge tract of land in tl\e warrant uameof Henry Coursey, and having thereon erected one twb-stdry frame "house suitable for dwell ing house aud store room combined, with out-buildings. LOT NO. 2.—Beginning at a post on Bridge street (of lot No. 28), thence VH CRONIN'S NEW BLOCK, LOYAL SOCK COAL. Lojal Sock Coal, for sale at the Breaker of tht State Lin* k SalliTM 1 Railroad Co. at Bernice s3.oo?^: i Tbt State Lin« A Sullivan R. R. Co. 1.0. Btiafix, Snp%.