Republican News Item. J
THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 1898. j
J scepticism. Ignorance does \
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County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
Will somebody move to recon
sider the straw hat.
And yet scientists tell lis that
the sun is cooling off.
Vote for W. 11. Woodin lor Con
gress,
E. V. Ingham of Eagles Mere,
called on Laporte friends Tuesday.
—Eli Bostian of Sonestown was in
town shaking hands with voters on
Tuesday.
—Mr. ('has. Landon and wife vis
ited with friend in Wyoming county
last week.
—Hon. Thos. J. Ingham and wife
journeyed to Williamsport on Tues
day.
- -Miss Anna Ilea of Sonestown,
visited with the Misses Upman on
Saturday.
Win. Lowe and family of La
porte twp., visited with friends in
town on Sunday.
—The pumpkin is striking mighty
little frost except when it gets into
a white-coated pie.
-Vote for 11. W. Osier for Sheriff.
Victor Lauer and family of Scran
ton, are enjoying a visit at the home
of Mrs. M. Lauer.
—Thos. E. Kennedy visited with i
his brother Jerry in Titusvillo tin
early part of this week.
li. F. Crossley, Victor Hugo and
family of Dushore, spent Sunday at
the home of F. M. Crossley.
—R. \V. Bennett, of Eagles Mere,
the slayer of many hears, shook
hands with friends in town Friday.
-Vote for Dr. J. 1.. Christian for
Member.
W. E. German, collector for the
Williumsport Nun was a county seat
visitor and a pleasant caller at this
office on Tuesday.
1 lats off to the .Diamond Dandies.
They won their first game on Satur
day while contesting for supremacy
with a nine from Bern ice.
—lt is hard to tell whether this is
Indian summer, regular suminer, or
a summer imported from Cuba or
summer's else.
Elder Patton has moved his
family into tin 1 brick house and
arranged himself in comfortable |
quarters for the winter.
—Vote for Wm. .1. Lawrence for]
Prothonotary.
—Messrs. Creesey and Cole em- ]
playees of John P. Kennedy's lauii-j
dry at Hughesville, were in town on
Saturday.
Dr. Murrelle, dentist of Athens, j
will beat the Mountain House on
Monday next, prepared to practice
his profession.
—Thos. W. Bealien has applied a
coat of fresh paint to the Spencer
store building, which greatly adds to
its appearance.
—Hon. Kussel Karns and family
bade their friends at this place a
farewell on Monday and left for
Benton where they will make their
future home,
—Sheriff Swank accompanied by
F. M. Crossley, conveyed two youth
ful prisoners,residents of Lope/, when
not in jail, to the Reformatory at
Huntingdon on Friday.
—Mrs. M. ('. Lauer is having a
new porch erected to the front of the
Mountain House, which will be a
great improvement to this popular
hostelery when completed.
—E. I. Brundage of Xordniont,
was transacting business in town on
Friday. He reports Mrs. 15., who
recently had a cancer operated upon,
improving nicely under the care of
Dr. Wackenhuth.
A good deal is said about the
hardships of house cleaning season,
l>ut there are men who say they can
see no difference between that season
of the year and the time when the
apple butter fever and the peach
marmalade epidemic rages.
E. L. Place, the popular nier-j
chant of town has secured the entire
room on the tirst floor of Meylert's
store building to make room for the
extensive trade lie is handling.
—Mr. S. Mead of Laporte twp., j
was iu town on Saturday, surprising
Ii is friends with a potato weighing
•Jj pounds. Had it not have been
for the rottening that effected his
abundant crop his land would have
yielded over I'oo bushel to the acre.
The following from Laporte at
tended the funeral of the late Bernard ;
Dunne at Dushore, on Sunday last:
Prothonotary Lawrence, 11. T.
Downs, N.C. Maben.F.W.Callagher,
A. A. Haker, F. W. Lewis and \V.
li. Hitter.
Sullivan county is alright for j
W. 11. Woodin, J. L. Christian, Win.
Lawrence and 11. W. Osier. There I
is no reason to doubt but that these
gentlemen will all be elected. They j
are all practical business men and
well known to be prompt iu business
and courteous in manner, who can j
lie relied on for the proper admiuis
tration of the duties of the office to
which they aspire.
Dr.'.l. 11. Lanhach of Benton,
w ill open a denial room in Dr.U'ach
hutli's drug store on Monday, Oct.
:M, where hi- will remain one week,
fully prepared to sustain his enviable
reputation a.-an expert in his pro
fession. The Doctor will make reg
ular call-every three months al his
room in town, or oftener if necessary.
Senator Cochran and Rufus K.
Polk arrived in town on Tuesday
with something interesting on the
tapis and prepared to entertain their
follow ing of friends at a love feast, !
and in the evening gave a large at
tended stag party and supper at
(Jallaghers Hotel. The Senator
showed himself to be a hustler that
never permits any verdure to vege
tate under his pedal extremities.
Diki». At New Era Bradford Co.
on Sept. .'ill, ls«lK, Bernard Dunne, a
former resident of this county The
funeral was held at the Catholic
church, Dushore, on Sunday, Oct.
is!is, and was largely attended, the
deceased being an aged, well known
and respected citizen of this and the
adjoining county. He originally
settled in Elkland twp. and cleared
up a farm there. After a visit to
his native land he returned and em
barked in business at Overton, and
later moved to Dushore, where lie
was in business and resided until
about is".",, since when he has resid
ed with his son-in-law John liren
lian. He has for the past several
years made periodical visits to t'ii.-
town, and it was with sincere regret
that his friends and acquaintances
here learned of his death. Ile leaves
one daughter, Mrs. Mary Breiman,
several grandchildren and numerous
friends to mourn his loss.
Muncy Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Rcsh left on Monday
for conference, and will be gone
about ten days.
Messrs. Itobt. Simmons and Jus.
C. l>eidinger passed through town
i
last Saturday with their camping
| outfit, after a week's camping at
i Beaver Lake. Jim thought it a very
| short week, ami wished it longer.
Messrs. Ed. Frnnke and Wm. J.
Lawrence were shaking hands with
■ their friends at this place, each one
: thinking their chances very bright
i for next November.
Moses Belle of Muncy, moved his
I family to this place one dav last
I i '
> week.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hopl'er visited
j their daughter Mrs. Hreen, of near
; Highland Lake, last Sunday.
Mrs. E. E. Webb and Mrs. S. De
j wahl visited the hitter's daughter,
I Mrs. Smith at Kagles Mere one day
| last week.
Harlinger Bros, of Benton have
| opened a jeweley store and repair
shop in Temple's block.
Moses Belle will move his barber
shop from the present place to Tem
ple's block in a few days.
The thieves at this place are still
{on the move. Last week Judge
Uianselhada lot of cabbage taken
and Peter Hopl'er a large pumpkin.
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Htllsgrove.
ltev. F. K. Sponser has been hold
ling revival meetings in the Church
■of Christ for the past two weeks.
F. s. Darby, traveling salesman
for J. lb t'oarg & Co., is spending
his vacation at the Hillsgrove House
ltichard Diddle is on the sick list.
Frank Duck of Dushore was in
town Friday last.
Det you money on Dr. Christian
being our next Representative.
We arc pleased to note that the
popular hostelery the Hillsgrove
i House is still maintaining its record
,as one of the best hotels in Sullivan
i county. The proprietors, Wm. Netf
A- Son arc men of excellent business
i ability and by fair dealing are build
ling a good reputation. When visit
ing Hillsgrove give them si call.
The fact that the intelligent voters
of this town appreciate an honest,
sober candidate will be shown by
Mr. Osier's majority next November.
GLADSTONE'S READY WIT.
A Few Instances In Which lie Downed
tlie Opposition.
Mr. Gladstone was once tho victim
of a reporter's curious error, either in
reporting or telegraphing, which was
that where in a celebrated speech he
declared, "We have burned our boats
and destroyed our bridges," he must
have been horrified to read, "We have
i burned our boots and destroyed our
breeches." The noted phrase "Time is
' on our side" was rendered in one re
port as "Tim is on onr side."
"We are very proud of our trees,"
said Mr. Gladstone once to a party of
excursionists from Lancashire, "and
are therefore getting anxious, as the
beech has already shown symptoms of
decay. We set great store by our
trees." "Why, then," roared a Lan
cashire lad, "do you cut 'em down us
you do?" "We cut down that we may
improve. We remove rottenness that
we may restore health by letting in air
and light. As a good Liberal, you
ought to understand that." Lancashire
set up a roar of delight, and the dis
comforted interrogator came in fur
many a fleer from his companions.
Mr. Gladstone dearly loved a joke,
even at his own expense, and he pos
; sessed considerable mhnetic powers.
He was once guilty of an amusing bull
in a debate on the question of disestab
lishment. Dilating on the hold held
| on the affections of the people by the
Church of England, he said: "When
an Englishman wants to get married,
to whom does he go? To the parish
priest. When he wants his child bap
tized, to whom does he go? To the
parish priest. When he wants to get
buried, to whom does he go?" The
House answered with a roar of laugh
j ter, in which Mr. Gladstone himself
joined, adding. "As I was contrasting
the English Church with tlie Irish, a
bull is perhaps excusable. "
On one occasion two gentlemen, in
vited as guests at a table where Mr.
Gladstone was expected, made a wager
that they would start a conversation
on a subject about which even Mr.
Gladstone would know nothing. To
accomplish this end they read up an
j ancient magazine article on some unfa
; miliar subject connected with Chinese
manufactures. When the favorable
opportunity came the topic was started,
and the two conspirators watched with
amusement the growing interest in the
subject which Mr. Gladstone's face be
trayed. Finally he joined in the con
versation, and their amusement was
turned into gnashing of teeth —to speak
' figuratively—when Mr. Gladstone said,
I "Ah, gentlemen, 1 perceive you have
j been reading an article 1 wrote in the
; Magazine some thirty or forty
years ago."
Kl*rtric Headlight«» for I.neomot i\
Numerous experiments have been
made with electric headlights for loco
motives, and the advantages of this
i form of lamp seem to be generally con
j ceded. In a system that has met with
considerable success, a steam turbine
i is tlsed to drive a dynamo, both en
gine and dynamo being mounted on the
smoke-box, behind the lantern. The
i entire apparatus is 2G inches long, 18
inches high, and 18 inches wide. The
steam is directed against the rim of
a wheel which has five concentric
buckets, upon which the steam must
impinge before it passes into the ex
haust chamber. The normal speed is
1,800 revolutions per minute, and about
1 horsepower Is developed. The dyna
mo produces a current of 25 amperes
at 40 volts pressure, which is supplied
to incandescent lamps in the cab, as
; well as to the headlight, which eon
i sists of an arc light of about 4,000 can
' die power. This apparatus has been
used on more than 200 locomotives,
! and is growing in popularity.
Tho First I 'minatory.
, Cremation is more extensively prac
ticed in Italy than in any other coun
try. The first crematorium was estab
| lished in Milan in 1876, and there are
now fifty in operation in Italian terri
; tory.
The specie room on ocean steam
• ships is usually sixteen feet long, ten
feet wide, and eight feet high. It is
formed of steel plates a quarter of an
Inch In thickness, with a steel door,
which has a burglar-proof combinaiion
lock.
The lowa State Board at Health has
passed a regulation asking city govern
ments to prohibit the riding of bicycles
with drop handle-bars within their
jurisdictions, oa the ground that it la
i detrimental to the health of riders to
' assume that position.
Public Notice.
Not having received valine for a
note, dated Sept. 7, IStis, given to
David Marks of Muncy Valley, by I
Win. Chambcrlin of Eagles Mere, j
all parties are not! tied not to buy or j
speculate on same as it will not be
paid. Wm. Ciia.mukkmn.
D«auty IN Itlotid
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
COXDENSKI) REPORT ot the condition of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Dushore, Pa.,
At closoof business, July 14, ls'.is.
Resources:
Ixhiiis ami lilseounts ? 122,51T s:s
I'. s. Ronits to Secure cireulution U.Mmon
Premium on t : lilted States Hoiuls 1.000 00
stock Securities I.VJUO (Ki!
Furniture I.'JUOOO
Due from Hunks Approved reserve Agt II;I
Redemption Fund S. Treasurer •<•
Specie and Legal Tender Notes 10,152:14
8 2117,156
Liabilities.
Capital S no.OOUUO
Surplus 10,(1011(10
Cnuivlded l'rolits 2,(172 list
Due National lianks .I*# "»1
I'il'eulutiiai 11,250 00
Dividens Unpaid Wi un
L)ej*»its 162,y7597
J 237,156 ,'w
State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss:
I, M. I). Swarts, Cashier of the aUive named :
hank, do solemnly swear that the atwve state
ment is true to the best of iny knowledge and be- |
lief.
M. 1). SWARTS, Cashier,
sulnscribed and sworn to before methis 2iith
day of Sent ls;is.
JOHN 11. CRONIN, Notary Public.
Correct—Attest:
ALPHONSt'S WALSH, I
J NO. 1). REESER, Directors.
\Y. J. LANVHKNCK. ' )
Don't Tubacco Spit ami Smoke Your Lite A nay.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, bo mag
netic. full of lite, nerve and vigor, take No To-
Bac, tlic wonder-worlter, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, .10c or if I. Cure guaran- j
teed. llooklet and sample free. Address i
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago «r New York, j
The committee of Lackawanna Pres
bytery appointed to superintend the sale
of the Laporte Presbyterian church prop
erty has been authorized bv the congre
gational meeting held Sept. Iti. lo extend
the time for the reception ot written bids !
to del. 1.1. I MIS. These bids m:i \ be
left with Miss 1 laitie Crocker. l.a|nite.
Several bids have already been presented
and time is asked lor presenting others, j
The Congregation reserves the right to,
accept or reject any or nil bills. Ai'tirj
the 1.1 of October the successful bidder
will be informed by the Committer which ;
bid they decide to accept.
I{ev. P. If. Bkooks.
(>n behalf of the Committee, i
Kdueuto Yotir llowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
lOe, 25c. it C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
Fish and ham. prices riglil. at .1. \V.
buck's, Nones town.
To Cure Constipation forpvir.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10corC5c.
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Ginghams. calicoes and dress goods,
cash prices at J. W. Buck's.
No-To-Hac for Flriy Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c, 11. All druggists.
(iotoJ. W. Duck, Sonestown, for
dry goods, boots, shoes, caps, under
ware etc.
Excellent wheat Hour from #l.lO
to $1.2") at A. T. Arnistong, Sones
town, Pa.
Nu-10-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c, 11. All druggists.
Williamsport & North Branch R.R
TIUVEZE TABLE.
In Effect Tuesday Sept. 13, 1808.
Northward. Southward.
Plu. a. m. a.m. p m
525 10 2:1 Halls !H5 440
f."i:ioiflo2s Peunsdale 'MI 14 :t">
.40 10 40 Uughesville '.1:12 12::
i4s in-is Picture Rocks 9 25 4 1:1
f,"»51 fios2 Lyons Mills f922 II us
f.">54 f1055 cfiamouni 920 fIOC-
I'llo2 1101 (lien Mawr 9 11 :l 59
111 12 I'll 14 Strawbridge f!i(V> f:i 17
i: 16 fll 17 Beech (ilen fool f:i 12
(120 1121 Muncy Valley a fin :i 40
62s lino Sonestown 552 M :i2
645 11 49 Nordmont S :iK :t 15
7 01 12 OS LaPorte S2l 257
701 12 11 I.a Porte Tannery Sl9 251
f7 20 fl2:i() Ringdale f.so'i f2 :tt
7 35 12 45 satterfleld 7 ,v> 2 20
pni. p. m. am. pm.
All trains daily except Sunday: "112" Hag
stations.
Connections with tho Philadelphia A Reading
at Halts, for all points north and south, and the
Fall Brook and Beech Creek railroads. At
Satterfleld for all points on the Lehigh Valley
railroad. At Sonestown with the Eagles Mere
railroad,
R. E. EAVENSON, (Jen, Manager.
llughesvililP a
CIDER MILL IN OPERATION
John M. Converse will be
prepared on and after Wed
nesday, Sept. 14, to fill or
ders on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Fridays of each
week until Nov. 11, 1898, at 1
his mill in Sonestown, Pa.
Boarders.
! John. V. Finkle lias opened his large
and comfortable house for the accomoda
tion court boarders, and also for regu
lar boarders by the day or week, at rea
sonable rates.
Corner ol Maple and Muncy Sts.,Laporte.
Administratrix Notice, '
Estate of Walter Spencer, late of Laporto Boro.
Sullivan county, defeased.
letters of adiiiinistrutiim u|«m thealiove named
estate having lieen granted to the undersigned,
all persons having claims against the same will
I present them for payment, duly authenticated:
: and those indebted thereto, will please make
Immediate i«yuient to
EMMA SPENCER. Adrnrx.
I A. J.Bkaoley, Atty. Laporte,Pa.
C. R. Guinbk,
Dealer in and
Hanufacturer of
F ar m CARRIAGES \ND WAGONS.
AND Your Patronage
Lumber I s solicited on tlie basis ot low prices. Don'l let this (nut etcapa
Watr/i e !lre gellin S ril ' ofour lar " e stock of hand marie wapons.
WagOnS, We also deal in lactory made platirom Birring wagons.
Blacksmithing and
Repairing.
"West Main Street HuAJFOJB. TE.
Look out
A. E. Campbell's
New Advertisement
in This Space Next Week.
He will have something important to say.
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Do you Appreciate Values?
Ifjso, I can readily do' f business with you. Call, and 1 can
till your order to your entire satisfaction.
Mv Spring and Summer Line is Complete.
•
('asiutere Suits. $4.50 to SB.OO.
Worsted Suits. $5.50 to 20.00
Serge Suits, 5.00 to 10.00. ('lay Suits, 4.00 to 18.00.
Also au attractive Hue of
Gents Furnishing Goods.
llats, caps, light wool and gauze underware, umbrellas, trunks,
traveling hags and valiees. Call and see the largest line of
clothing in flits part of the country.
J* ~W~ CABOLL- B) o o t c e k Carron Dushohk. P
LAPORTE Clothing Store.
We ordered carload quantities of Fall and Winter
goods for the opening of our new building, Oct. ist.
The goods arrived as everybody knows and the new build
ing is stocked and overstocked with goods.
Fairly overflowing with new fall and winter styles—tables
and counters actually groaning under the heavy loads of
Fashion's fancies.
> Relief can only come in one way:
CLEAR OUT THE GOODS AS FAST
AS POSSIBLE
by selling at a close margin.
While other stores are trying to get rid of old stock of
many years, we are now disposing of new goods at positively
LOWER PRICKS.
JOE COOPER, The Clothier.