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Volume 1
Business Cards.
SONESTOWN FLAGGING
Company,
Chaa. P. BUlamboa, AgdltS.
D. B. liorab. o
SONESTOWN I>A ;
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF DUSHORE, PEN'NA.
•50.000.
CAPITAL - 810.000.
BUBPIiUB - *
F. B. POMERO\, Cashier.
President. _
LA.PORTE, PA.
K. W. GALLAGHER, Prop.
Warm meals and lunches at all »'ours.
Oystere and game in season.
Bar supplied with provided.
LAPORTE LIVERY AND
BOARDING STABLES.
Connected with the Commercial
Hotel. First-class Horses and
Carriages.
Rates reasonable.
CHAS. OOLEMAN,
MUNCY VALLEY HOUSE.
o. W. MYEBS. PROPRIETOR.
A hotel of established reputation.
Strictly flmt class in all of Its aproiutmw.u.
Bar well supplied with the best
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop
LAPORTE PA.
This large and well appointed house is
the most popular hostelry in this 880
HOTEL PORTER
Canton Street,
- SHUNK, PA.
W. E. PORTER, Prop'r.
CARROLL HOUSE,
D. KEEP E, Proprietor.
DUSHORE, PA. .
On.of the largest and best equipped
hotels in this section o< the stale.
Table of the beat. Rates 1.00 dollar per day.
Large atublei.
Professional Cards.
T# J. & F. H. INGHAM,
AIT0B»B*8-* T ' LAW '
Legal business attended to
in this and adjoining oounties
PA.
LAPORTE,
CTmuoen.
Attomey-at-Law.
LAPORTE. PA.
Office lu Court House Building.
yyjvTpTsHO EM AK E R,
Atto rnay-at- La w.
Office in County Building.
LAPORTE, PA.
«js?sraßf was™ nssnSiS!
prompt attention.
k J. BRADLEY,
ATTOBBBT-AT-LAW,
orrica i» coußtr BUILDIHO
NBABCOUBT BOUSB.
LAPORTE, 1A
Monday oi each week at Forkeville.
EUery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt.
|NGHAM& NEWITT,
A*tORSBTB->AT«LAW,
OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING.
133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia,
Having retired from the office of United States
Attorney and Assistant United states Ailtomey,
will continue the general practice of law in the
United States courts, and all the courts of the
City and County of Philadelphia,
HENRY T. DOWNS,
A*TOBBBT»A*»LAW:
OFFICE IB RUBLLC BCILOINO
COURT BOUSB SQUABK.
LAPORTE, PA
J H. CRONIN,
A**OBBBT»AT -LAW,
BOTABT PUBLIC.
orricß on NAN BTBBBT.
DO SHORE, PA
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
Just opened at the Laporte
Tannery. p
Custom work solicited. All wo
guaranteed. r'
o. W. BENNETT, Pre
To Van Caastlpatto* ror»»«. ( ( 3
Take Caaeareta Candy Cathartic. 10# <j 'ri
It C. C. C. fall to cure, druggist* rcfuudm </.
■daaata *oar Bowela With CM aw
*ss? mtiisissesmt»,
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> STOP YER KICKIH'. ✓
/ Skirmish 'round and grab the dimes \
J rfifcs- »n r « "wcsss* s " ,ki " S
Doirt Hit 'round with hangin' lip ; **** V
That is sure to floor you-
J Try to ffit a better grip YES, STOP YER KICKIN'. THIS J
S On the work before you ; EVERLASTING KICKIN 1 HAS GOT TO 112
\ Put some ginger in yer words HE AN INTOLERABLE NUISANCE. \
Q When you greet a neighbor; GOTO THE OLD RELIABLE! 1
> Throw your troubles to the birds, \
L ("Jit right down to labor, YOU MKEDASDBE HAPPV J
j An'you'll notice ev'ry day i i I
i Things is comin' right yourway. II J
? UETTENBIW, S
r DUSHORE, PA. THE MVELER. N
(7aW Tl*
Waylay 4 W The Vieapest Place lit
T : thofcounty to Buy i
f)dfdW&t]i tap
S5 lels ' S4O Wheels
High |l| Large tulM 112 Large tubing,
Grade Flusl/S§s, I / Flush joints,
Fully Hfl Wood rjKlf 112 Reversible
Ugl SincrJf I tire, J Handlebars,
QUar- & DetatMprocket liPieco^nkhang
. . Sflmfc iT if ers, Hiwft saddle,
anteed Jy Single/übe tire, etc.
BICYCLE REPA«|and SUNDRIES
~ , c ,,,„ . a Jßs3®k*. Brakes, Poddies, Cran«. Hpokej, Rims. Tire*,
New and Complete Mf ntof all Stapl 7
Goods in the ...... ...... j!
. ... • froullry Netting, Milk runs, I'atle, Uardeu Tools, Paints
such as Barbed \\ ire Jf ' y
PLASTICO /ruie. All kinds of Tin Work and Spouting done by competent
and heavy " or Five us a call whenever in need of Hardware
(S«s Hardware.
_____ DUSHORE, PA.
n Rogers & son..
PA.
SPRINf* 0F NEW
Silßid Dress Goods
Allow 11 M'^M SC ' 3 Sh ° rt d ' SC l uisition 00 theSe
im M rf^B c ts of woman's dress. It's just the
J/ierybody is looking after nicest dresses.
fa 'BF v in g ' arge assortment
l/J# rappers >
|H the coming warm weather>hich will soon be here.
SMists,
from the low priced ones to the silk.
JMaple. and Fancy Goods.
mf* and Dimeties.
ij Hn Wash Fabricks, Worsted, are given
v*/ A big line/complete in every
», s B^ r " BOOTS and SHOES.
, Wplete than ever before.
» ft id for Butter and Eggs.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, PENNA., THURSDAY, JUUL 14, 1898.
Bernice Echoes.
Miss Hanipson of Dubois, was the i
guest of Mrs. Harry Hampson last '
week.
Simon Fromburger lias removed
his family from New York City to
Mildred.
Mrs. Jackson of Ithioa, N. Y., is
the guest of her son C. E. Jackson,!
the popular landlord of Mildred. |
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baumgart
ner of Wilkes Barrc, is the guest of
Mrs. Baumgartner's parents, Mr.and
Mrs. John Walters of this place.
Miss Minney Bentley, who has
been visiting at this place, returned
to her home in Towanda last week.
Miss Madonia Lingley of New-
York City, is visiting her grand par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Patrick MeGeover
of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. U. O irian and son
of Mansfield, visited iviends at this
place last week.
Jame West and fami.y of Arnot
were the guest of Mr. am. Mrs. C.B.
Watson last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kxley of
Lopez visited friend* here week.
A number from here took 111 the
A. O. 11. excision to Harveys Lake
July Fourth.
Miss Mame Hall of Towanda, is
visiting at her uncle <i. E. Kirken
iall of this place.
Mrs. John Brogan and children of
Sayre, visited friends and relatives
if this place, last week. \
The Bernice Cornet* Bant I played
\t New Albany July 4tli.
Mrs. J. S. Taylor, who has been j
dek for a number of weeks is con
valescing.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ramsey are
visiting friends in Fifishire, Scot
land.
Mr. and Mrs. John Watson, who
have been residents of this place for'
•x number of years, have returned to
their native land, Scotland, where I
they will make their future home.
Mrs. John Ryan of Arnot is visit
ing friends at this place.
Miss Flora Thurston who is attend
ing the State Normal at Mansfield,
is spending her summer vacation
with ier parents Mr. and Mrs.Lewis
Thurston of this place.
Misses Anna Dunfee and Mary
Ryan of Towanda, are visiting
friends in the old town. '
Messrs. Sohn Kelley and Thomas
Long of Patterson, N. J., visited
friends here last week.
The Red Men's picnic at this place
July 4th was a grand success. Dar
ling's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" band
furnished the music. The parade
ivas the best seen in this town for
pears. The dance in the K. of L.
iiall in the evening was a grand
mccess and old Sol found the young
[>eoplc still swinging the little fan
tastic toe when he arrived at this |
station in the morning.
Editor Streby of the Gazette passed
through town Thursday. Friend
GSeorge 1 oks good and is still full of
jood nature and questions about
current events. Long life to him.
Mrs. Q. E. Dougherty and son are
visiting friends in Buffalo.
Master Edward and Miss Mary
Middendorf of Wyalusing are visit
ing friends at this place.
William Johnson of lleynolds
ville, who has been appointed mine
foreman at the new mines, moved
his family to his new house in Mil
dred last week.
Rev. W. B. Cox of Berwick,
preached in the I. O. O. F. hall Sun
day evening. Rev. Cox is a very
forcible speaker and did justice to
his text.
Thomas Fitzgerald, who has been
station agent for the L. V. R. R. at
this place, has accepted the position
of clerk for the S. L. & S. R. R. Co.
made vacant by the death of James
Qilligan. Mr. George Forrest of
Dushore has been appointed as L. V.
station agent at this place.
The new Culm Serene will be
ready for business the last of this
week.
The Bernice Cornet; Band serenad
ed Rev. J. C. Campbell Saturday
evening.
Darling's Uncle Tom's Cabin Com
pany exhibited to a large umliencc
at Mildred, July 2.
LAPORTE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Successfully Opened Last Wednesday.
| Gratifying Attendance of Students,
The LaPorte Normal School open
ed last Wednesday for a term of six
weeks. The session promises to be
a very pleasant and profitable one
for the students, about fifty of whom
are already enrolled with others
arriving daily.
The faculty is an unusually strong
one, consisting of teachers who are
specialists in their several depart
ments. The course of study is both
broad and practical and gives our
teachers and advanced students
splendid opportunities for training
Principals Moyer and
Stradling are certainly to be congrat
ulated for having planned flic work
of the school with such care and jn*e
cision. The exercises mnVtal off
smoothly from the start.
Many improvements Ave manifest
in flic arrangement of the class
rooms. Both upper rooms are now
fully supplied with first-class school
furniture, and the folding partition
has been so arranged that it may be
raised and both rooms united to
form a large session room for open
ing exercises. A full supply of
books and stationery enable students
to provide themselves readily with
the necessary appliances for their
Work. Much attention is given to
the training of teachers and students
who expect to become teachers, and
classes in school management, meth
ods of teaching, psychology and
history of education have a promi
nent place ou the daily program.
The Normal School will prove a
great help to the cause of education
in this county, and our teachers and
young people generally are to be
congratulated that such marked
advantages are theirs to enjoy.
Death of Mrs, Dorson Speary.
Mrs. Liberty Speary, -vitV of Dor
son M. Speary, died Saturday, July
2, at her home near Xordmont, from
tumor and paralysis, at the age of .">1
years, t» months and 17 days.
From her long residence in Xord
mont, her genial disposition antt her
many acts of kindness, she had won
hosts of warm friends who will deep
ly mourn her loss. She ;> ,d her
husband were alw ays among the first
to visit the sick and ai'* ri their care,
but the hand of dt/, stole in and
sundered the tjes / . ind Mr. Speary
will have the u'pest sympathy of
his friends in his i.sreavement. The
strange feature of her sickness is in
the fact that she subsisted forty-six
days without food and yet did not
hunger. She was a loving wife, a
tender mother and patient through
all her sickness to the end.
Funeral was held on July Ith,
which was largely attended. Rev.
Resh of Muncy Valley officiated.
She is survived by her husband and
daughter Mrs. Endora J. Sick.
John B. Clarke. Friday Night at the Court
House.
The Normal School lecture course
opens tomorrow evening when John
R. Clarke of Buffalo the w ell known
entertainer lectures in the- court
house. Mr. Clarke ranks as one of
the leading humorous lecturers of the
| day and should* >e greeted by a full
house. •
The managersW' the school have
been very fortunate in securing a
man of national reputation on the
platform for the opening attraction.
No stronger selection could have
been made and an evening of rare
pleasure may be expected.
"The Opera Flouse Lecture Course
is in its third notch. Everybody
has been pleased so far. Dowling
was good. Jahu Miller was very
good, and now comes John K.Clarke,
that whirlwind of a talker, that bliz
zard of an orator, who hurls poetry,
fiction, art, prophesy, morals, fun,
in such avalanche of eloquence upon
his audience as to make them forget
the speaker and the subject, and re
member only the meteor that flashes
across their sky. Everybody will
remember John R. Clarke. There
is no such lecturer now upon the
platform."— City Kep
ub/ieaii.
LaPorte Mountain Bummer School Open
ed For a Six Week's Term.
Prof. L. L. Ford on Tuesday
opened his school with a select corps
of teachers in charge of various de
partments which will make it both
profitable and pleasant for its stu
dents.
1.25 P er - Year
Hobson Frea Now.
The Spanish authorities consented
to exchange liohson ami his men
and a truce was established for that
purpose. The place selected for the
exchange was under a tree between
the American and Spanish lines two
thirds of a mile beyond the intrench
ments occupied by Colonel Wood's
rough riders, near General Wheeler's
headquarters and in the center of
the American lines. The prisoners
were conducted to the meeting place
on foot, but were not blindfolded.
Cervera's Ruin. Spain Witout a Navy.
Admiral Cervera's fleet lies today
at the bottom of the Caribbean sen
off the southern coast of Cuba. The
Spanish admiral is a prisoner of war
including l,"iO() other Spanish officers
and sailors, all who escaped the
carnage caused by the shells fr< 'n
the American warships, are
held as priseners of war. The
Spaniards, when they found they
would be permitted to live, adapted
j themselves comfortably to the situa
tion, rolled their cigarettes and be
gan playing cards among themselves.
The American victory is complete.
I The American vessels were practical
ly untouched, and only one man wa*
killed, though the ships were sub
jected to a heavy fire from the
Spaniards nil the time the battle
lasted.
In the face of overwhelming odds
Admiral Cervara made as gallant a
dash for liberty and for the preser
vation of his ships as has ever occur
red in the history of n&'val warfare.
There was nothing before him but
inevitable destruction or surrender
if he remained any longer in the
trap in which the American fleet
held him, and he made the attempt
to est:- - from the harbor at the
ti>' .ne Americans least expected
liiui to do so, lighting every inch of
his way even when his ship was
ablaze and sinßing. None applaud
his conduct more than the officer
and seamen who sent his ships to
destruction.
Monday's Attack on Santiago.
Siboney, July 12.—A concerted
l movement was made by the United
Stab's army and navy, against the
city of Santiago de Cuba, during the
past twenty-four hours, which the
American officers here believe will
almost result in the almost immedi
ate fall of the city.
Notwithstanding the fact that our
ships had to fire at an extreme ele
vation and although the range was
nearly live miles, the aim was so
accurate that many of the shells fell
into the city and set tire to it in four
places.
During the bombardment from
the sea, the army extended its lines
and drew closer to the city, so that
at noon to-d ty every road and trail
leading out of the city was guarded
and the escape of the Spanish soldiers
.seemed impossible. A movement
was made to cut off their retreat and
a land bombardment began.
Ot'it Vot.rxTßjsps. Messrs.
Arthur Miner and Delroy Jleim
in company with Hern ley Fieste,
who was attended Normal School at
this place, left for Towanda on Mon
day where they joined a company of
privates who left for Chickamagua
011 Tuesday.
Another Fourth of July is past
and goes down to history together
with its exceedingly big and noisy
celebration. Laporte, however, was
somewhat quiet, in point of fact that
the successful celebrations at Lopez
and Sonestown attracted the entire
population of pleasure At
Lopez the base ball team
met another defeat at the hands of Lo
pez's celebrated nine.
Hon. Henry Houek Coming.
Our people will be delighted to
learn that Hon. Henry Houck, Dop
uty Superintendent of Public instruc
tion, has been secured to deliver the
second lecture in the Normal School
course on Tuesday evening, July 2(1.
No man is more popular in Penn
sylvania than Dr. Houck, and his
ability to entertain an audience is
recognized everywhere. He will re
ceive a warm welcome.
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