THE REPUBLICAN. FIiIDAY, APHIL 13. * * * * * *— * * —* I The N. Y. Weekly Tribune I, "j nnd J * Sullivan Republican * | for *1 $1.25 One Year $1.25. | * 4 —* * * if » • » » * Faster, next Sunday. This is line sugar weather. XJp to date this has been a spring week. There are four prisoners in the Sullivan county jail. Will the Town Council collect those sixteen dollars? T. J. Keeler has a new ad in the REPUBLICAN, this week. The attendance at the M, E. church, Sunday, was large. The boro. statement occupies more space this year that usual. At this writing the ice on Lake Mokoma, is several inches thick. Letters for publication should reach us not latter than Tuesday. There is considerable sickness in town, especially among the children. Judge Dunham is holding a two weeks term of court in Tunkhannock. Leo Wrede of Laportc, has pur* -chased a wheel and is a graceful lider. The falling otf in wages last year, in round numbers, was $1,000,000,- 000. County Commissioners —Farrell and Litzelraan, were in town Tues day, Down in Lycoming county the farmers are busy doing their spring plowing. The snow is all gone, not even a trace of it can be seen on the moun tain side. D. W. Darling of Soncstown, was transacting business at the county seat, Friday. The editor attended the reception of Governor Hastings in William sport, Saturday. Messrs. B. F. Crossley and Victor illugo of Dushore, Sundayed with friends in Laporte. Twelve million postage stamps :arc useel every day by the people of the United States. Th« W. C.T. A, will meet at tho home of Mrs. X. J. Ingham, Thurs day, April 18th. Heat the bread knife very hot when about to cut bread. This will ;prevent its crumbling. .Our Town Council has levied V miills tax, for the year 3 895. The county tax is eight mills. T. F. Carscadden, the merchant tailor of Williamsport, has a card in this issue of the RKPUBLICAW. Miss Lottie Miller of Laportc and who is attending school in Towanda, Sundayed with her father in Laporte The Bernice employes of the L. V. railroad, ordered new suits last week at the expense of the company. The new hotel at Satterlield, own ed by John McGee, was completed last week anel presents a line appear ance. The Hughesville Mail office has been removed and is now located in the rear of Dr. llishel's store build ing- Towanda is to have a public library. Judge Peck granted a charter for this enterprise, one day last week. Atty. F. 11. Ingham and wife ol Laporte, were shopping in William sport, Saturday. Frank attended the reception of Gov. Hastings. Daniel Reynolds, who recently occupied the Clark house, on West Main street, moved into the Brews ter house, on North Muncy street, Wednesday. J. W. Ballard is turning out sev eral new lumber wagons and they have the appearance of good ones. Mr. Ballard does good work and en joys a good big trade. The Wyoming Democrat , hasn't saiel a word about the judicial con test for two weeks, which is the best evidence possible that the liti gation has come to an end. The Montour American office at Danrille has been sold at sheriff's sale. It was purchased by Frank Angle for $350. Frick and Bennett paid S2OOO for the plant a year ago. Tuesday was the 30th aunivorsary of Lee's surrender and the day was appropriately honored by the old soldiers in Ilarrisburg. Hon. Rus sel Karns of Laporte, was among the soldiers present at the demon itrfttion. If the Boro, Council consent to give one of our tax payers $lO ol boro. money, why not go the rounds and serve us all alike? There should be no partiality in this matter. Eugene Tripp of Laportc, has a tomato plant with three small toma tos on it. The plant is 24 inches high, and it was not caressed in a hotbed cither. Who can beat it ? llarry, a son of ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas, shot and kiled his wile on Wednesday of last week, because she refused to give the nauie of the author of a letter addressed to her. A dirt and ttonc slide occurred along the W. & N. 13., between Is ol d rnont and Soncstown, Monday, aud in consequence No. G failed to make her morning trip. She passed La porte almost on schedule time in the evening, however. Co. Supt. F. W. Meylert, Atty. p. 11. Ingham and Judge Dunham, arc all anxious to ride a wheel, They are a little particular about investing and are corresponding with several manufacturers of the "bik." Large line of oliil'iio- -S suits from $1 to $7 at Jacob Per's, I' /tiesviile, Pa. A great man/'G. A. It. Posts cel ebrated the anniversary of Lee's surrender to Urant, Tuesday, April •Jill. It occurred j nst 30 years ago at Appomattox, Va., and was one of the most welcomed events of the history of this country. Now is the time to enlarge your coal houses, as a bill has just passed the legislature making it finable to the extent of SSO to sell less than ;>240 pounds for a ton. First thing yon know our lawmakers will object to watering milk or sanding sugar. The fact that we have a Republi can congress, is improving the times and the light of day will continue to grow, as it is pretty certain that the Republican party will elect their nominee to the Presidency in lS9tj. There will be no more bond issues then. P.oys' full suits from $3 lo $lO at Jacob Per's, Hughesville Pa, The floor of our printing office and the office in general was given a thorough cleaning Monday evening. Just why our devil was enthused in to doing this job, we are not prepar ed to say. A general cleaning of a printing office is seldom done by an individual, but is let by contr.ict. A little son of Mr, and Mrs. John E. Gallagher of Lapcrte fell on Sun day and broke its shoulder bone. Dr. Pratt of Dushore, was called and set the fractured member and at this writing Master Thomas is re ported as doing as well as could be expected. Men's suits from to sl9 at Jacob Per's, Hughesville, Pa- Clias. Pllauin of Dushore, was do ing business at the county seat Monday. During his stay here, he call and subscribed for the iIEPUB LIE\N. Mr. Pflaum said the Rtii-uu LIE AN was the best paper published in the county and we are inclined to believe him. Sugar I'ariy. Warm Maple Sugar will be served at the home of Mrs. 0. E. Grimm, Friday evening April 19th, for the ber.efit of the W. C. T. U. of Laporte. Sugar sold for 5 and 10 cents a dish. A social will be held throughout the evening. All are cordially invited to attend. A local freight on the S. L. & S., was wrecked between Satterlield and Dushore on Friday afternoon last both the. Towanda and Sayre wrecking crews helped to clear up the wreck. Burt Stevens of Towan da, a breakman on the train, was slightly injured by jumping from the train. An Immense l.'outract. Joseph Hendlcr of Wilkes Barre, has signed n contract to furnish the cut stone for the Jersey City abut ment of the great Hudson river bridge. This will bring hundreds of thousands ot dollars to Wilkes Barre, will employ a thousand men for five years and is one of the lar gest contracts ever let in this part of the country. "Mr. Hains presented a bill in the Senate Monday, authorizing cities and boroughs to sell or exchange for other lands, lands held or owned by such cities or boroughs as a pub lic common." Should this bill become a law, it will empower our Town Council to sell Maple Park, which would result in \,hc erection of several building blocks. A movement has been inaugurated to thoroughly examine the mountains north-east of Mifllinburg for coal. Traces of coal have been found in that section, and it is generally be lieved there is an abundance of it. A fund has been raised, miners en gaged and the search has been com • menced. Tin; pic-nic »eason if* approaching, j Lake Mokomu will bo a prominent resting placo for tbesu gatherings, this summer. TIICJ unexpected did not happen in illiodc Island on Wednesday ol lust week. Tlio Democrats failed to carry tho state. On tlic contrary, the Republicans elected everything in sight, with rather more than the tidal wave majorities of a year ago. The election in Chicago reunited in the election of Geo. B. Swift, the Republican candidate for Mayoi by upwards of 40,000 majority, and giving the Republicans control ol the council nnd all the city officers. Dr. Pratt of Dus-horc, came over to attend our sick, Monday. He visited a little daughter of .Tames Walsh, a little son of F. W. Gal lagher, a child of Mark O'Rourke, a little son ct Ed. Schraderand look ed after our old people who were in need of his assistance. Our people think Dr. Hill should have secured the service of a Dr., in our midst, during hi" absence. The recent big sale of coal lands in Northumberland county netted the Sheriff ovor §I,OOO, while Hon. S. P. Wolverton, tlio attorney con cerned, pocketed $30,000 as his fees. No wonder ho desires to keep out of politics aud attend to his law prac tice. He has a national reputation as a lawyer, and in consequence the big fees roll in. When "Tine" Metz, now a resilient of Newberry, was a young man and worked as a farm hand down in Northumberland county, Simon Wolverton worked with him tending corn—C'atawissa Item. It could not have been pleasant for a widow at her second marriage ceremony a hundred years ago. According to the docket of a justice of the peicc in this state, on Dee. IS 1800. a widow was wedded. The ceremony took place at the cross roads, the widow being attired only in an undergarment. These strange requirements on the part of the widow were in compliance with the provisions of the law of that day, and were strictly adhered to, so that tho second husband of the wo man would not have to assume the debts of the first lord and master. A preacher came to a newspaper man in this way: "You editois dare not tell the truth. If you did, you could not live; your newspaper would be a failure." The editor re plied: "You ar3 right; and tho mill ister who will at all times and under all circumstances tell the whole truth about his members alive or dead, will not occupy his pulpit more than one Sunday, and then he will find it necessary to leave town in a hurry. The press and pulpit go hand in hand with whitewash brushes and pleasant words, magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen and the gravestone are the great saint making triumvirate." And the great mini, ter went away looking very thoughtful, while the editor turned to his work and told about the surpassing beauty of the bride, while, in fact she was as home ly as a hedge fence. To Facilitate Tax Collectors. Mr. Wyatt of Schuylkill, is the author of a bill which is engaging considerable attention. It concerns receivers and collectors of taxes It provides that receivers and col lectors shall furnish each person on payment of taxes with a numbered receipt, setting forth date, names amount of tax and district in which tax is assessed from a book ing a stub,and that on the stub a memorandum shall be made in ink of the same. That ten days before each collection the receiver or col lector shall send a sheet to the office of the county commissioners contain ing a duplicate. The first report shall be for taxes received on or after June Ist, 1895. The commis sioners are required to have the re ports bound and kept for the inspec tion of the public. This would be a big accomodation to political com mittees in ascertaining the names of persons qualified to vote. The borough statement shows a resource of sl6 "sidewalk claim," due from somebody. This money was collected by Atty. E. M. Dun ham some years ago of Mrs. A. G. Hill. It is claimed by Mr. Dunham that he paid it by boro. order to the Treasurer of the boro., at that time —Mr. James McFarlane. The lat ter has no recollection of receiving it. Dunham failed to take a receipt of McFarlane, but is positive that he gave him the order and has made oath to that effect. This money should tie paid into the boro. fund by the proper person and if the de linquent was a poor man, it would be collected at all hazard. We say it is only justice to the people and tax payers that the council proceed and collect it. or into it Ims boon rumored that the coal mine on the Jackson lands, partly in Cherry and Colley twps., would l>o opened this Bummer. Tho report is not correct, us Supt. Blight savs the mines will not bo opened, and as the Bornice Coal Company owns a part of t'.io land on which the vein of coal exists, he knows from whence lie speaks. Wo are sorry that Mr. Blight has thus de cided, as ilio opening of the mine and the mining of the coal would give employment to many hundred workmen. Jury Commissioners—Kilmer and Swank and Sheriff Mahaffey assisted by their clerk, Robt. Stormont, drew the Jury for May term and tor the special term in June 1895, on Mon day. The May term will commence on Monday, May 27th and the June term will convene on Monday, June iOtli, ISOS. We publish the list of jurors elsewhere. Tho June term is convened for the purpose of clearing the J)ocket of civil cases thereon for years past. Jmlge Dunham is to l>e congratulated for this step, notwith standing the fact that the term is called during the busy season of the farmer. At the Democratic Standing Com mittee meeting held in tho court House on Monday of last week— Russel lvarns, was elected delegate to the State Convention; E. J. Mul len was re-elected county chairman; F. W. Gallagher, secretary; Mt. Ver non precinct which is a part of Shrewsbury twp., will be represent ed by two delegates in convention; Mullen, Walsh and Streby were ap pointed a committee to amend party rules; Laporte was selected as the place of holding the next convention and the date was lixed lor Aug. 0, 1895. Ilorougli Expense*. The statement of'the receipts and ex [K'liil it in cs of Laportc boro. for tlio year 1894 as published elsewhere shows the total expenses to be $787.- IT. A very large portion of this was expended on the streets, which is all right, but with the sidewalk crossings and our streets in good repair, cau't we do with less this year? Previous to tlio high license law, our Council got along very nice ly and kept our streets in equally as good repair as they arc 10-day, with a total tax of about $-150. The license money for this year as shown l>y the statement is §312. It now requires the tax and the license money to accomplish what was done by the tax money alone only a few years ago. Just how this comes about is a mystery to the people. 'Tis true the borough's indebtedness, is very small—sl29 52, but it will be noticed that tho license moneys for 1595 is among tho resources. A very large percentage of our taxpay ers entertain the opinion that the license money should be expended this year in paying off debts. The council should pass a resolution to this end and enforce it. This would almost erase our liabilities so far as borrowed money Is concerned and would be a very popular act on the part of our council. Lycoming county will be 100 years old next Saturday, April 13. The day will be observed by the Mowing of whistles, ringing of bells and at 12 m. all assemblages in ses sion will sing, "lly Country ' lis of Thee," etc. During her existence, Lycoming county has contributed a part of territory for the formation of eigh teen counties of this Commonwealth. Among this list is Sullivan Co., which was taken from Lycoming, April 1847. When we have grown as old as Lycoming, our farming tands perhaps will be equally as valuable. During the 52 years that Lycoming owned our land she made no improvements within our borders, and it was only after we were sever ed from her skirts that improve ments were commenced. Our pio neers were principally of Susque hanna county and Philadelphia. There were but few people of Ly-. coming county proper, who joined our forefathers in slaying the dense forest of little Sullivan. Our age is less than half a century and we think wc have progressed faster, viewing it from a proportional standpoint than has our neighbor county. They have 167 churches; we have 32. Lycoming has 233 school buildiugs; we have 91. Considering tho fact that Lycoming covers 1,213 square miles and Sullivan 434, we come to the conclusion that Sullivan county has made greater progress accordig. ly during hor 48 years of existence than has our neighbor county during her 100 years. The centennial celebration of Ly coming will take place in William* sport on July 3d, 4th, and sth, to which a general invitation is extend ed to the people of Suliiyan county. JIINI (rrltiil, New Spring stylos of clothing, hats and caps. Prices away down. Call nnd be convinced before buying elsewhere. T. J. KEELEB,. 3-29:4 w Don't-forpet to secure your Easter tic. Jacob Per bus a hue assortment. The New Albany cornet band, will give a dance in Geary's hall, in Dushore, on the evening of April 15 1805, Bill 81.00. A general invita tion is extended, A Bfw anil fine line of marklntosehea at Jacob Pel's, Iliigliesville, Pa. The Ladies Aid Society will meet at tho residence of Mrs. Iligloy, Saturday, April 13th 1805. Mus. J. 11. SPENCER, Secy. The Mite Social will meet at the home of Airs. J. V. Finkle, April 17, 1805. All are cordially invited to attend. For clover a" J tlmothv seed onion sets and green fruj goto B. & \V. Soncs town Pa. Try Bodine & Warn for dry goods, groceries, ham shoulders, beans etc, Bodine Borough Auditors. A. L. GRIM. J IQQ T Spring 1895, /112/ Artificial Yes it is a f.xct; our now stock represents a sur- Bait prising lino of bargains. And now we are after GrOt Up buyers. Our bait, is bargains, genuine bargains; JllSt to remember, real bnrgains. AV*<- have secured ns good a p„i. i. line of goods as was ever offered in tliis vicinity. VBICII It is this fact aud our extra Low Prices tlint makes ' our present bargain offer the event of the season. Call and be Convinced of the Above facts. SfiOSHS TOMAN'S som, THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS TAILORS AND IIATTERS. Opposite the Court House, WILLI AMSPORT, PA ■ ■ : —rrr- Capital $60,000. N ,^ Surplus and Undivided Profits $14, 000 The First National Bank, OF HUGKESVILLE, PA. President, . DkWITT BODINE- A 1113 c otters all t]io usual facilities for '« the transaction of a Vice President, 1 C. W. WADDUOP; • GENERAL --t,-....*.. CaMcr, J BAIN KING .^"J&INESS. W. C. FROXTZ. Accounty Respectfully Solicited. J S. HARRINGTON, Manufactuter and dealer in Boots asid Shoes* We kee at all limes a Complete Assortment of the most Reliable Make and Latest Styles. I secure all discounts al- R \ Rff fjrjl'BS' 5 ' And can sell at Low lowed by wholesale dealers to If isbii mJihmj Prices, with satisfaotion —OUK - CJUSTOM {} DiFABTHERT is rushed tj keep up with orders and we Defy Competition in quality and prices. Our French Kip Coots are an especial bar gain. A pleasure to sliow goods whether you bu3' or not. •Z Harrington^ MAIN STREET, - - DUSHORE, PA o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 I am prepared Ij meet an}' prices or quotations with a first class audi well selected stock ot MEN'S, YOUTH'S, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING IT A TS, CAPS, AND GEJS! TS FUPNISJIING GOODS TP UJSTICS, P>A GS AND UMBPELLAH. I also have full lines ol Samples from two Merchant Tailoring Estab» lishments,for Custom Work. Perfect fits guaranteed. Call and get prices. Yours Respectfully etc., F, P. VINCENT. CRONIN'S NEW BLOCK. fok A big Bargain, Come and see us, x"wro^moM7&coT Onshore, Penn. "We liavc on hand an excellent line of Gents furnishing poods of all kinds, Includ ing suits, Overcoats, Hats, Caps, Under ware. Loots and Shoes, Rubber goods, Felt< and etc., at prices that defy competition. OUSTQM WOBI JPROMPTLY AND Correctly done at our head quarters in HOTEL CARROLL BLOCK at Dusbore, ftu We respectfully invite YOU tocall and sec us and examine goods and prices be fore purchasing elsewhere. J, W. Carroll Co. ETG. SYLVARA. DQSEOR2I - JSSTWo are headquarters for Henriettas, Cashmeres, Black French good Moire' Silks Moire' Cotton Goods. Japonettes, Fine French Ginghms Sattincs. Dotted Swiss effects <&c. Everybody will want — ??SS,"!?S?3SSSS??S?SSSS2?VSSBS???3 iLaces This Years For trimmiug. We have the largest stock of them ever shown in the County. Having imported several crates of Crockery dirsck— sFrom England.^ ftSSS?SSS?JSSSSSS?SSSSJSSB2SS3 We are prepared to give you prices that will astonish you. A new slock of Ladies' Men's and Children's shoes. Window Bhmfa Lace curtains Ac. A new stock of Fresh Groceries Arriving Daily. Give us a call. CASH FOR WOOL BUTTER 4 EGGS. E. a.si'JL rjiRA. jloyal sock coaiT Loyal Sock Coal, for sale at the Breaker of the State Line A SnlliTM Railroad Co. at Bernioe $3.00® The State Line & Sullivan R. R. Co. 1 0 Bltgiit, Supt.