R;pjblican News Item. ! i i THURSDAY, DISC. I. IB9S. J Ignorance is the mother of J J scepticism. Ignorance does J t not abound to any great extent 4 4 In Sullivan County. 4 4 So that there 4 4 is But Little 4 £ Scepticism £ | # about the Value of j tabe ipiews I \ ITtem 4 * 4 As a Profitable 4 # i J advertising ' j flDebinm. * r Read it, Your neighbor does. * # Subscribe, Don't borrow. # County Seat AT THE TIMES. 'jA 10 Christmas tree i> almost -Ithas almost reached a >ledding stage. , -For the first attempt the cold, wave has proved a decided success. -The weather was just as if it had been cut out of a Thanksgiving story. -Now then, get to work and do, some more things to be thankful for | when the day conies again. —Tlios. E. Kennedy was out on Thanksgiving in the first sleigh seen on our streets this season. —There will be an adjourned Co. Treasurer's sale at the Court House j Saturday, December 10, at 10 a. m. —A "gentleman about town" is a man who pays cash for everything except his debts. The fact is men tioned because our town has them. —The snow and blasts of winter! came in from the western plains on Thanksgiving day. It was a rem nant of the cold Dakota blizzard where death rode on the icy wilds of the storm. —Before 'Squire Simmons of Sonestown, on Friday last, Thos. E. Kennedy won a suit brought against the Overseers of Poor of Laporte twp | for the board of John Goatie who is j a dependant upon them for support. \ —Chas. R. Lauer and L. li. Gum- j ble were captains in a hunting match j at this place on Saturday. Charley reasoned that had it been a walking match instead he would have easily won, but as it happened his side was forced to encounter defeat,hewed out by a large majority. An elegant supper was served the party in the evening at the Commercial Hotel where all hands maltreated digestion and placed themselves in the clutches of dyspepsia with the choice viands tastily prepared and spread before j them. I —The goose-bone prophet has issued his edict for the coming win ter. He says, for the first time in eight years the goose bone is white at the front end, indicating an early snowfall. As the bone for 189S-99 is very wide and mostly white all over i its surface, the guesser infers that there will be deep snow and good sleighing for fully live months. 1 lis conclusions are well reinforced by researches among corn husks, beech nut burs, and the furs of the animals all of which are uncommonly thick and well laid on. He deduces from this that the present winter we are entering is going to be a "snorter." —Friends of Hon. John P. Elkin, State Chairman, are making easy inroads in their efforts to secure for him the well deserved appointment of Attorney General to the incoming administration. Mr. Elkin is a law yer of marked ability and is immen sely popular throughout the State. In the last campaign he labored with great zeal for the success of the ticket and addressed many meetings with tolling effect. His convincing argu ment and oratorical abilities com manded much attention and lie be came recognized as one of the ablest worker in the campaign. Through the fullness of appreciation for the good services rendered by him in the Republican party of Pennsylvania in his splendid management of the con test, we trust will give for him warm and earnest support for the office that seeks the man. Pernicious Political Activity. I It is rumored that tlx* initial steps I to an election contest have been taken over the election <>l" Slierill', in the j j vain hope of being 1 able to subvert, what 011 the lace of the election re turns seems like the fairly expressed I will of a majority of the voters of the county. The allegations of fraud ; that have been made appear to he: designed in the hope that by some j turn of fortune a contest might pos-■■ sibly result in the discovery ot a | sufficient number of illegal votes cast | for 11. \V. < )sler to give the office to 1 | the defeated candidate, and not from j j any absolute knowledge that there . has been any fraud perpetrated. 1 | This we consider a mighty poor loun- j I datum on which to begin proceed ings as the result. we have learned | by costly experience, is just as likely I to decrease the sum of votes counted ! for the contestant, as it is that reeor i ded for the Sheriff elect. 1 112 such pro | ceedings as these are actually in the | incubator we can say that it is aj very modest piece of business for j I petitioners to put the county to i of dollars expense in con-1 testing an office that yields but little. ; i The inauguration of such a contest I cannot lie too strongly condemned, land should it be rrj.ed on the peq i pie should hereafter make the ma jority of their choice si overwhelm-1 ing that there will not be left a! vestage of hope to contest it. If any man was every fairly elect led to an office in this county it was i S Sheriff Osier. So far as changing; ; the result of the election by a eon-j : test is concerned we have no fears.; The >ame claims if fraud were made i at the time of the judicial contest land every body knows the result. | I-'rom 11»i- point of view we welcome i an investigation but to load another i : big bill of unneccessary taxation up-: on thi- county would bean outrage.! Forksv illt- Geo. I'. Miller was in Dusbore! j Monday. A number of the young people i gave Miss Sadie Huckell a surprise party Monday evening. Mrs. Henry Miller is very sick. The entertainment given last j Wednesday evening was very good. The Forksv i lie Literary Society is to lie congratulated on their ex-j celent work. ' L'has. Nye and M. i>. Rogers are visiting friends in Monroe county. Mr. James Leonard of William sport. was in town one day last week. Several from town attended the | Thanksgiving services at Millview ! | last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Collins visited ! friends at Picture Hocks last Satur- i day. Mr. li. B. Warburton of Wilkes- Barre U visiting at J. 15. Smith's. Mr. 11. W. Gilbert was at Lopez Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rogers, and j daughter Fanny, were in Dusbore) Thursday. Prof. Geo. Hensey and Miss Anna I MeGuire of Estella, were in town on j | Monday. Four deer have been killed in the j ; woods near town. The lucky hunt ers were Chas. Williams, Howard | Plotts, Ed. Rogers and Dr. W. F. I Randall. Heal Estate Brokers. From liiugliamtoii Leader. The "Parlor City Heal Estate, Brokers" have leased rooms No. 180 Washington street,which has recent ly been fitted up for a real estate and loan office and are doing a thriving business. The counters and fixtures are arranged similar to those of a bank office and present a very credi table appearance. It is one of the finest offices of the kind in the city I and its location, one door south of I Hotel Bennett, will add much to its popularity. Win. M. Cheney and ' C. J. Lewis who head the firm, have: i had much experience in the real I estate business. A bright and suc cessful future is predicted. Talking about fishing. 1 am remind- | j ed of tlio destruction of the famous! London .Sunday eel market, which had existed on ;he Surrey side for over three hundred years. ft stumers went from ;t 1 i parts ( .f tin "metropolis to pur j eha- civ. ;i and nutritious food, i The > ■ i i:'s were called "sniggers," j :»r.d eels were sold by the "slab"-- ! si -peace a t'mr-. 'i 1«e eels were first , placed in sand. and the vendor would j seize, a handful, which made about a pound. It i astonishing how many of j our lieighboJ .■> < :it eels. Not long ago, when a hydrant was opened in Seventh avenue, above the Park, many of the squirming things came out, and there Vas a lively contest for their pos session. 1 would as lief eat a snake. Eels are of great economic importance. At a recent Washington roceptlon ( there waß a short but sharp inter- ! change of curtesies between the , wealthy wife of an ox-Congressman I and the wife of a far from rich bureau | chief. It was a crowded afternoon af- 1 fair, and the ex-Congressman's wife was assisting the hostess in receiving i guests. When the wife of tlie bureau i official was presented the hostess salil ! to the woman of the receiving party: "You know Mrs. Blank, don't you?" j "Certainly," said the ex-Congressman's i wife, "I would know her anywherp by I that pink o often as to i cause comment." Every word rang out clear and sharp ! upon the ears of the astonished guests. | Inasmuch as there had been frequent ; criticism of the ex-Congressman for ; his connection with questionable lobby ! transactions, the force of the bureau j official's wife's retort can readily be j itniuHnod Care of the Poor. A regularly organized system of re- ! lieving poverty has been in vogue in China for more than 2.000 years. It is ! said that au organized system of char- j itv prevailed among the Egyptians 2,~ ' 500 years B. C. Uronth of Hair. Authorities differ as to the. rate of : growth of the human hair, and it is j said to be very dissimilar in different j individuals. The most usually accept- j ed calculation gives six and a half ; inches per annum. Four Ton Meteor. V meteoric stone weighing four tons , feli on a warehouse in Flume, Austria and set it on fire. The stone crashed through the house aud was found bur- j i.-ti in the collar. ■•nor lJicune iwm-r luitn tone. The latest excuse advanced in ex planation of the bad marksmanship of the Spanish gunners is thai persons . possessing light eyes aim truer than J those with dark orbs. The advocates ; of this theory, however, do not offer j any counter-reason for the expert ; marksmanship of negroes and Indian*, i who are more dark eyed than the peo- ' people of the Latin race. I'ett Fiber In Textile*. The manufacture of textiles from peat fiber has been introduced into Sweden. The fibers, produced from peat by a mechanical process, can be mixed in the proportion of 75 per cent, with pure wool for the manufacture of yarn similar in appearance to common woolen yarn. Sntanre Hlsnlnit. In West Africa the natives hiss when they are astonished: in the New He brides. when they see anything beauti ful. The Basutos applaud a popular orator in their assemblies by hissing at him. Lara* Hoyalttea. More than $1,250,000, it is said, has j been paid in royalties for Moody and i Sankey's hymn*. Zulu's Urrat Traveler*. The rate at which Zulus can travel in an emergency is astonishing. Some will cover as much as fifty miles in six hours. Eight miles nn hour is an ordinary pace. Trunapoaltlon I nneeeaaarj. A western man has patented a mov able keyboard for musical instruments, by means of which the music is trans posed, so that transposition by the player is unnecessary. V Similarity. Lovers and drunkards have oar in common—they're always wanting j "just one more." Taatea of C'ata. i Cats have curious and varying tastes. ! in a family of five kittens one may be ravenous for beetroot, another for cucumber, another for tomatoes, one ' will touch nothing but fish, and anoth- j , er wants nothing but bread and mtlk. i .'.aicela Played Uawplite*. i lu Uothic sculpture and tracery angels are sometimes portrayed prac tising on the bagpipes. The pipes were occasionally used in churches before the introduction of the organ, early in i the fifteenth century. Millionaire* of the World. To be classed as a millionaire in the United States a man must be worth at least $1,000,000: in England he must have five times as much, or $5,000,000: in Germany, 1 .000,000 marks, or $250,- 000. Halra Split. The thickness of hair varies from 1 ; the two-hundred-and-flftieth to the six hundredth part of an inch. Hntea of Invention... The airbrake was invented by \Vest i iughousc in 1871, the torpedo by Bush , rael in 1777. watch by Peter Hele in I 1477, thermometer by Drebbcl in 1600, ' telescope by Lippersheim in 160S, printing by Gahstleisch in 1435, cotton i gin by Ell Whitney in 1793, microscope | by Jansen in 1590. lightning rod by • Krauklin in 1752, gunpowder by- Schwab in 1320, balloon by Montgolfler |ln 1783, barometer by Torrltelll in | 1645 The nests of the termites, or white i >inf, are, proportioned to the size and weight of the builders, the greatest i structures in the world. In India there is a species of butter fly in which the male has the left wing yellow and the right one red. The colors of the female are exactly opposite. Sheriff's Bale. By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias issued out ! of the Court of Common Hleus of Sullivan county | and to me directed and delivered there will lie; exfioscd to public sule at the Court House in La poite, l'a., on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. LWH. at 1 o'clock i>, ui., the following described proper ty viz: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being situated in the Borough of La porte, County of Sullivan and State of Pennsyl vania. bounded as follows: Beginning at the south-west corner of Cherry and Muncy streets, thence south sixty-six feet along Muncy street to the north-east corner of John Weiks lot, thenCe along said Weik's north line west two hundred and sixty feet ton corner in Blackberry Alley, thence along said Alley north sixty-six feet to a corner in cherry street, thence along Cherry street East two hun dred and sixty feet to the place of beginning, Containing sixty-three perches be the same more or less. Land all improved and having erected thereon a two story framed dwelling house and out build ings, fruit trees etc. Seized, taken into execution and to be sold as the property of Anna Hill and B. F. Hill at the i suit of T. K. Kolason and H. E. Metcalf. ELLIS SWANK Sheriff. BRADLEY Atty. SlieriT's office, Laporte l'a., Nov. 21,1898. For gum boots and rubb.-rs goto J. W. Buck, Sonestown. QOUKT PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS, HON. E. M. DUNHAM, President Judge, Honorables John S. Line and Courad Kraus Associate Judges of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and tieueral Jail Deliverer, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans Court and Com mon Pleas for the County of Sullivan, have Issued their precept, bearing date the 28 day of Sept 1898, to me directed, for holding the several courts in the Borough of Laporte, on Monday the 12th day of Dec. 1898, at 2 o'clock p. m. Therefore, notice is hereby given to the Coroner Justices of the Peace and Constables within the county, that they be then and there in their prop er person at 2 o'clock p. m.of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and other rememberances to those things to which their otlices appertain to be done. And to those who are bound by their recognization to prosecute against prisoners who are or shall be in tne Jail of the said county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to be then and there to prosecute against them as will be just. ELLIS SWANK. Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Laporte. Pa.„ Oct. 31,1898. J. \V. Buck has some of his holiday goods on hand already. Trial List, December Term, 1898. 1 A% Haverly, vs Benjamin Kuykendall, Jr. ! No. 71 May Term 1897, Trespass. Plea "not Kuil ty". Mullen, I Thomson. 2 Mitchell, Young <& Co. vs A. J. llackley, Nn, 1(H Sept. Term 1896, Scire Facias, Plea. "Payment, pay ment with cause Ac, Hill. | lugliums. 3 James McKariane, vs W. C. Mason. No 02 Feby. Term 1597. Defendants Appeal. Plea. •NOII Assumpsit, payment, [>ayment with leave to set of?. Hill, | inghams. I Merrltt Shaffer, vs Soscphinc FitzPntiii !•:. No. !>8 May Term IS9*. Feigned Issue. Plea I'.iv- | ment . Ingham;, | Mullen. 5 Martin Markle, vs E. V. Ingham. No. i.Vj Sept. Term 1."97. Defendants Appeal l'lea -Non Ai>sumi>sit Payment, payment with leave ,tc. Hill, | inghams. C F. M. Lewis, vs J. W. Ballard, No. j Dee. Term 1*97. Defendants Appeal. Plea, -Non Assumpsit Payment, payment with leave ,tc. Mullen, [Walsh. 7 F. H. Tomlinson vs Jacob A. Meyers and | William I. Taylor, No. 1 Feb. T. 189S. Ejectment, ! Plea, not guilty. Hill. J Mullen 8 J. Win. Allen and Martha Allen vs Taper Hunsingcr and Hush J. Hunsinger No. 98,Mav T. ' 1898, Replevin. Mullen and Thomson. | "Hill and Piatt. 9 J. Wm. Allen and Martha Allen vs Taper Hunsinger and RushJ. Hunsinger, No. 99, May T. 1898. Ejectment. Mullen and Thomson | Hill aud Piatt WM. J. LAWRENCE, Proth. Prothy's. office, Lajorte, Pa, Oct. 81, 1898. Powder, shot, cajis, and a full line of hunter's amunition including buckshot shells at J. W. Buck's. Incorporation Notice. Notice is hereby given that an application for the incorporation of the Borough of Eugles Mere was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions, in and for the county of Sullivan, on the 20 of Sej>- tcmlier 1898, and an order then made by the Court that the same be tiled with the Clerk, and notice thereof given in one newß|«[>er of the said county for a period of not less than thirty days immed iately befo-e the next regular term of the court following the presentation of such application and the til ng thereof; and that a hearing will be given to said application at the next regular term i of said court. WM. J. LAWRENCE, Clerk INGHAXA Attorneys, Oct. 20.1898, Administratrix Notice, Kstate of Walter Spencer, late of Laporto Boro. Sullivan county, deceased. Letters of administration upon the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims against the same wili present them for payment, duly authenticated; and those indebted thereto, will please make immediate payment to EMMA SPENCER, Admrx. A. J.BRADLEY, Atty. Laporte,Pa. Register's Notice. Notice is hereby given that the following ac- i counts have bevn filed In my office, viz: First and final account of August Marshall, Ex.. ecutor. First and final account of Carl F. Heess. Guar dian. First and final account of Chas. L. Li.'.l*. Ad ministrator. First and final account of Peter L. Messersmith, j Executor. First and final account 01 Hannah Brobst and Lyman B. Speaker, Executors. Also the following widow's appraisement: In the estate of Miles A. Burns, deceased. And the same will be presented to the Orphans' Court of Sullivan county on Monday, December 12. 1898, at 3 o'clock p. m.for confirmation and allowance. WM. J. LAWRENCE, Register. 1 Register's office, Laporte Pa., Nov. It, 1898. Executor's Notice. Estate of Frederick Helnze, late of Elkland township, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamen tary upon the estate of said decedent have been to the undersigned. All persons indebt ed to said estate are requested to make jiaymcnt and those having claims or demands against the same will make them known without delay to CHRISTIAN E. lIEINZE, Executor, Lake Run Pa., Oct. 11. 1898. Boarders. John. V. Finkle has opened his large and comfortable house for the accomoda tion of court boarders, and also tor regu lar boarders by the day or week, at rea sonable rates. I Corner ot Maple and Muncy Sts.,Laporte. i Wiliiamsport & North Branch R.R TIIMIE TABLE. In Effect Tuesday Sept. 13, 1808. "Northward. Southward"' pin. a. m.j a.m. pin f>2sl 1023 1 Halls <4O f530 fIO2B Pennsdale 941 ft3s ft 40 10 40 1 Hughenville 932 4 23 ft 48 10 48 Picture Rocks. 9 25. 4 IS f5 51 flO 52 Lyons Mills f9 22 f4 08 f554 f1055' Chamounl j 9 20 MM fti 02 11 11 49 Nordmont : 838 3 15 ' 7 Ol! 12 08; LaPortc 821257 7 Oil 12111 LaPorteTannery : 8 19i 2 54 ; f720 ft 230 Ringdale . :f8 051f2!M I 7 35) 1245 Satterfleld - 1765 220 ! pm. p.m. jam. pm. All trains daily except Sunday; "112" flag stations. i Connections with the Philadelphia A Beading i at Halls, for all points north and south, and the I Fall Brook and Beech Creek railroads. At I Satterfleld for all points on the Lehigh Valley | railroad. At Sonestown with the Eagles Mere 1 railroad. R E. Gen, Manager U«|beivillaP L R. Gumble Dealer in and \.. riannfacturer of Farm . CARRIAGES AND WAGONS. 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P LA PORTE Clothing Store. A Great Money Saving Opportunity. This store is overflowing with special bargains, You should see what we have to offer. Do,not be mis lead by the low figure we are asking for our goods, as the price does not indicate the quality. Qualities and Assortment the Best. What mother will deprive her child of a suit <>i clothes when she can purchase hint one as low as 81.00. worth 1.75. Men who can afford to pay 7.00 for a suit of clothes, come to us anil we will show you an elegant line at 4.50. worth every cent of 7.00. Suits for 7.00. worth 12.000. See our men's overcoats, in black or blue, at 4.50 and a.OO, Children's overcoats with capes as low as 1.25. Ladie's coats at 2.00. 3.00, 5.00 and up to 13.00. Ladies' capes from 1.00 to 15.00. Ladies' skirts at 1.00 up to 6.00. Boys' knee pants lite. Trousers a line of worsteds, cassimeres and cheviots for 1.50 2.00, and 3.00. Best working pants only 50c. tinod heavy working coats at 1.00 and 1.50. Children's all wopl underwear 10c. Ladies' all wool underwear at 75c. are worth 1.00. JOE COOPER, J he Clothier.