Republican News Item. 1 —i —— j THURSDAY, MARCH. 9, 189^- 11 Ignorance is the mother of j ' scepticism. Ignorance does J V not abound to any great extent J # in Sullivan County, 112 !> So that there # )i is But Little # t Scepticism £ J about the Value of pe iKiewsf J \ irtcm J £ As a Profitable # JHbveittstno * i fl&ebtum. * i * #Read it, Your neighbor does.* Don't borrow. 0 County Seat Indices. AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES. - Miss May Con ley is on the siek; list. —Judge Dunham had legal duties in Williamsport this week. -J. C. Starr of Sonestown, was a county seat visitor on Monday. —Mathew Taylor of Muncy Yalley, was doing business in town Monday. —Mrs. M. P. Gavitt and son Blake, visited at Strawbridge over Sunday. —Atty. E. J. Mullen was a busi ness visitor at Muncy Valley on Monday. —A. T. Armstrong, of Sonestown, was a business man at the county seat Tuesday. -Co. Supt. F. W. Meylert visited schools in Davidson township this week. A. A. Collins and ( has. C. Haight j of Forksville, were business men in town Wednesday. —A. F. Heess, County Auditor, has entered the law office of Atty. R. J. Thomson, of Dushore, and will take up the study of law. —Unusually large freight trains pass over the W. A N. B. of late. This road seems to be enjoying its share of the prosperity this country is having. —The Schomo Family played to a large and appreciative audience in the hall at this place Saturday eve ning. —Mr. Osier, the newly elected Member of Lycoming county, was the guest of Sheriff Osier on Satur day. —A large number of our citizens attended the funeral of Major Seeley at Forksville on Friday. —The Presidents Social which w as ; to have been held at the home of R. j A. Conklin, Tuesday evening, has been postponed to Friday evening, March 10. A cordial invitation is extended to all. —Too much trusting brought one, of our merchants, E. L. Place, to the wall last week. His store contents j were disposed of by the Sheriff on j Wednesday. F. B. Thrall of Wil-j liamsport was the aggressive credi-! tor. At Best in a Magnificent Casket. The funeral of Major Chas. Seeley at Forksville last Friday was very largely attended and excellently con ducted by the popular undertaker Chas. C'.Haight of that village. Mr. Seeley, in health, weighed 437 pounds. The dimentions of his cas ket was t> feet ft inches long, feet wide and 2 feet high,inside measure. It was of red cedar, solidly lined with copper sealed air-tight, cover ed with linest imported English hroad cloth with heavy fringed drapery and lined inside with cream satin. It had oxydlzed trimmings, with ten handles bearing the Masonic emblems, the richest and most mag niflcient casket ever brought to this county. It was necessary to cut away part of a window to take it from the house. It was placed upon a funeral car drawn by four horses which were led. The casket was made by the Ideal C'oueh Casket Co. of Rockester. Messrs. Wright A Haight are to be congratulated for the efficient service they rendered in this particular case, which goes to prove that they are able to cope with any obstacle. Bcrnico Ecboee. Insurance agent, "NT. A. Scureman, 'of Dushore, was transacting business in town Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Price and jchildren of Arnot, N. Y., are visit ing friends at this place. Luntz Haverly of New Albany was I the guest of 11. K. Watson, Sunday. Win. MetJee of this place left on j Thursday morning, accompanied by . A. 11. Roberts, lor Philadelphia, j where Mr. Met See will have ait oper ation performed <>n lii~ leu. Daniel English of, New Albany,! was calling on friends here one day last week. John Daley, of Mildred, was « lo- • ing business at Dushore Thursday. The gentlemen that wanted a dry goods box for his daughter's poodle made a slight mistake in the breed. Is is a full blooded Knglish bull dog, all the way from Denmark. The following .Masons from here attended the funeral of Major Seeley at Forksville, Friday: A. L.Wilmot, Judson Cummings and li. 11. tiuy. William Newell, student of the Manslield State Normal, is spending a few days with his parents at this place. Mrs. M.S. Crank, of Towanda.was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.J.S. Taylor! Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, the big electric dynamo for the electric plan! arrived, and in a short time we will let our lights shine. There will be an entertainment in the K. of 1.. hall, Friday evening. We want all the news, so if your wife gives you a calling down and winds up by calling you to order 1 with one rap of the rolling-pin, let lus know. If you have company, let us know that, if you are not ashamed of them. If you have any thing too good to keep, give it to us, we want the new s, that's all. Sonestown. Miss Bertha McClintock of Heaver Lake spent a few days last week as the guest of her aunt, Mrs.J.l.. Ruck. Andrew Fdgarwasa William-port visitor on Monday. Charles Whitacre ha• returned to 1 Philadelphia, after a week among j old friends at this place and Muncy ' Valley. Clyde Worthington of Rock Rim, was in town Saturday. J. B. Magargel and George House-! knecht attended the funeral of Mr. .Seeley at Forksville last week. Rev. K. Is. Dunn has returned home from conference. Misses Mable Pennington and Ada Hall, and W.L.l.orah went to \ord mont on Saturday, returning on Sunday. They report a splendid time and plenty to eat while absent. Mrs. P. F. Magargel and daughter Celia, are spending some time at Lairdsville. Arthur Sheets U home from Pens dale. Alvali Starr who has been at Fag les Mere during the past two weeks, came home on Tuesday. Thos. A. Richart was huried at this place on Tuesday,aged v - years. The deceased had been siek all win ter at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Fiester. A- told l>y l!ev. E. B. Dunn in a very g I sermon, iMr. Richart had been a member of i the church for forty years. The j surviving children are John Richart, : Mrs. Sarah Fiester,Mrs. Wilson Starr, | .Mrs. Washington Sheets of Sines town, and Mrs. Hiram Stevenson of I Holstein, la. There will be a general moving in I tlijs town about April l-t. Win. Iliizoii lias* sold hi- lionio to A. T. Armstrong' and bought the farm of Thomas Simmons, w ho, in turn ha- purchased a homoat Muncy Valloy. J. fi. Buck was homo 011 Tuesday. Mr. Buck lias boon at Struwbridge and homo only 011 Sundays for a considerable length of time. lie Is taking care of his father who is seri ously ill of a complication of diseases. At last report Mr. Buck i> no better. A number of young people enjoy a tatty party at the homo of Wilson Starr on Thursday evening, last. A traveler tells o.t iri.iMiie chambers in Bagdad that rival the 1 lies of the "Arabian Nights." Among these mul ti-millionaire.' are the Sassuons. whose banking dim exercises liie functions of a great power throi.ghoul Asia. Some members of thi K family have be come Kuropeanized, having established themselves in London, and one of them is married to a Rothschild. A pass port signed Sassoon is a safe conduct throughout the wildest regions of the Himalayas, through Afghanistan or Persia or Thibet. They deal with the chiefs of all the wandering tribes, such transactions being mostly on honor. The idea of failing the Sassoons is en tertained with as much dread and hor ror as death. Court Proceeding.). The regular February Term and | Sessions of the Courts of Sullivan County convened on Monday, l-eh ruary 27. isii'.i, at 2p. in. J lon. F. ! M. Dunham presiding, will) Assoei j ate Judges l\raus and Line on the bench. Nathan Person was appointed foreman of the grand jury. on-table- for the various dis trict- made their return- in open court, and the constable* elected at the recent election were duly quali fied and bonds Hied. .!.(!. Sconten vs Wm. Header; Court grant rule to show cause why judgment should not bo opened u- to the amount alleged to have been paid. The Sheriff is permitted togo on and make sale of the personal property levied upon and pay the proceeds into Court to await deter mination of the Rule. Report of viewers on road from Rig Bottom Bridge to Cherry .Mills tiled. Exceptions tiled. Comth. vs Watson Wright, dese crating a grave;true bill. Case tried; verdict, ''We itnd defendant not I guilty and prosecutor W. 1.. .Met ar ty to pity cost-,." Petition for dis charge under the bankrupt law pre sented. Bond tiled for the appear ance of prosecutor at next term. Comth. vs Frank Yanna and Li |zie Rahr, larceny; true biH. <>n j motion, the indictment against Liz | zie Balir was quashed by the Court. ! Case tried against Yanna: verdict, I not guilty. Comth. v- Mr.-. F. 1!. Slioino, Lat ! tinier Shonio and Alpheus Shomo, j resisting an officer and assault and battery; true bill. Case tried; ver dict, "we iiltd defendants guilty on count of assault and battery." Mrs. F. K. Shomo sentenced to pay a tine of s.'i.nn and the co-t of prosecution, and 30 days in county jail. Sentence | on the two boys, suspended. F. 1». Weiner vs Laporte Towu ! ship School District. On petition, amendment of description of land allowed. In re: the death of lion. 1». s. Col j lins. (In presentation of request of I the liar, the Court appoint a com j mittee on resolutions, to report to i the Court, March 20, next, 2 p. m. First and tinal account ot George W. Craft, committee of Richard Green, a lunatic; conlirmed Ni Si. First and final account of Fllen N. Grippin (nee I'ardoe) executrix of Albert I'ardoe, deed.: confirmed Ni. Si. i Fxceptions tiled.) First and tinal account of Mat hew ljuinn, Adinr. of Fllen Carroll, deed, conlirmed Xi. Si. (Fxceptions tiled.) Widow's appraisments in the es tates of J. W. Norton and Henry l>. Mosier, both deceased. .Ypproved. On petition, the Adnir. and Trus tee of tlu> estate of James I'eterinan deed, was discharged,and his sure ties released from further liability. Daisy May Kipp, wa- duly adopt ed as a child and heir of William Riant, and F.niily Frances Munroe was duly adopted as a child and heir of Flla • 'astle Jennings. Jn rc Real estate of Mary McCar-j ty deed, on hearing petition and \ on motion of Attorney for estate, the : Court order the Administrators to make public sale ol" the real estate of I the decedent, in accordance with thei terms prescribed by the rule of court; j the land to lie sold in one or two; lots as described in petition, as the j Administrators may deem l>e-t for all parties in interest. Report of sale to be made to next term. Henry lingo was appointed <«uar dian of Samuel S. Norton, and lleti ry Pardoe, Guardian of Charles F. Norton, minor children of John W. Norton deed. Rone's to be given in the sum of S2ec. Sessions and prosecutor F. C. Schanabaeher to pay costs. Recognizance of said prosecu tor renewed until adjourned court, March 20, next. Yanney vs Yanney; subpoena in divorce awarded. | J. David Ft/, vs W. R. Jackson j and .Maria I).Rrown.Admrx. .ludg- I ment in open court against YY". 15. Jackson for want of an appearance. All alias writ directed to issue as to Maria D. Brown. Admr.v. Austin Stevens vs \V. B. Snyder; judgment in open court for want of! :oi appearance. 1,. S. I lurch A Co. v.- .Josiali llem hury et al; judgment in open court against Josiali Hembury and John C. Scouten for want of an affidavit of defense. John Ftz (use) vs M. J. and WmJ ; O'Brien; Alias Sei Fa ordered to' i-sue. And now, March 2, Js'.iii, JI. \Y. Osier Fs.p, High Sheriff, comes into 1 open court and after due proclama- i tion acknowledges deeds poll as fed low's: To John Yonkin for two lots of land in Cherry; consideration. | ¥100."). T.J. K eel er for two lots in; Laporte IJoro.; Consideration, S7lu. | E. M. Dunham for two lots in La-' porte; consideration, sl)oo. I'. 11. Ingham for •">(> acres in Laporte twp. j consideration $lO. Ransom Thrasher Fsep, Treasurer, ! also acknowledged two Treasurers | deeds in open court. The Court appoint Win. J. Lowe: and (ieorge Karge as supervisors of; Laporte twp., there having been tie , votes at the recent election for said 1 officers. N. C. Mai ten appointed constable j jof Laporte Itoro.; there having also j been a tie vote for this office. Angel I \s Angel I; subpoena in divorce awarded. Tallnian vs Secules, et al. Utile: granted to show cause why this judg-! ment slioupl not he opened and do-: fondants allowed to defend as to all! over SHOO, and upon payment of that amount to the Sheriff, he is to stay all proceedings 011 the execution in his hands, until rule is disposed of, presen ing all liens and levies. Comth. vs Wm. Celiock; F. and !!. I Recognizance forfeited: to be respit ed 011 appearance of defendant at next term. In re: Estate of Albert I'ardoe, j deed. (>ll petition of a son of deced ent, a citation is granted to Execu trix to show cause why a certain legacy should noi he paid to the Petitioner. A. A. Collins appointed constable of Forksville Boro. to till vacancy. Comth. vs Thomas Mahall'ey; con tinued. Recognizance renewed. Comth. v.(i. F. Pierce; Xot Pros. entered. Certified cases continued : .Mitch-) ell Young A- Co. vs -A. J. Hack ley, James McFarlane vs W. C. .Mason, M. Shaffer vs Josephine Fitzpatrick, Martin Markle vs F. Y'. Ingham, F. M. Lewis vs J. YY. Ballard. Wm. May vs Julia Palmatier, two j cases continued at cost of defendant. : Clias. F. I'inan vs Michael <}uinn, continued by agreement. R. Magar gle \> Laporte twp., same. A. C. Rower vs W. 11. Plotts; jury called. Court grant a compulsory non suit. Leave granted to move the Court in banc to take off same. Robinson vs Shoemaker, two cases; continued l>y agreement. The argument list was continued until Adjourned Court. Monday,] March 20, next. Thursday, March 2, 181)1», tit tl a. , in., the several courts stand adjotirn jed until Friday, March 10, IS'.Mh at 1 lo a. ni. - ----- liolllnu Stock in tin* I . S. The railway systems In the United | States employ ;>6,000 locomotives, 26,- [ 000 passenger cars anil 8000 mail and ' baggage cars. These figures seem large : till 1 lie number of freight cars is stat i yd. which is 1.250,000. filier'tt's Sftle By virtue of a writ ot' Fieri Facias issued out of the Court of Common Plea" lof Sullivan county, and to me directed and delivered, there will he exposed to ] public sale at the Court House, in ha ; porte, Sullivan county, l'a., on MONDAY, APBIL 3, \ at 'J o'clock, a. m„ the following property ) viz: All that piece or parcel of land lying and being in the Township of Davidson, } Countv of Sullivan and State of Pennsyl vania," described as follows: Two-thirds 'of a tract of land in the warrantee name iof Kehccea Yarnall. Beginnin.e at a 1 corner of land of T. I>. Cole 011 the uar -1 rant line of said tract, thence north sixty | six degrees and a half west, two hundred j and twenty-four perches and six-tenths to : the corner of said tract thence: along the 1 tract line north twentv-threc and a half ! decrees east two hundred and live perches to a corner of the tract; thence *outh sixty 'six and a half degrees east two hundred and twenty-four and six-tenth perches < along the tract line to the corner of T. 15. | Cole land: thence along the line of T. B. ] Cole south twenty-three and a half degrees : west two hundrc t and five perches to the : place e>( beginning. Containing accord i iim to a renurvey made by NVm. A.Mason surveyor, two hundred and eighty seven i acres and twenty-two perches more or I h'ss. All uncleared land. Seized, taken into execution and to be i sold as the property of F. Kink at the suit of It T.Smith A Son. 11. W. OSLEII, Sheriil | KAKNS, Atty. ; Sheritl's otllce.l.aporte, Pa,, March '99. If you Appreciate buying froui a. square. honorable bouse, which transacts buaiue»>s oil the .square, don't forget when in need of CLOTHING, SHOES. LADIES'COATS&. CAPES Io patronize the originators ot the small profit system and you certainly wont regret taking advantage of a guide to upright dealers. Mercury has taken a drop, consequently drop to this pointer and don't buy an Overcoat. Suit, Shoes, Furnishing goods, Ladies' Cloaks, or anything in our large lines until you ha ve iirst visited lis. Read the Following Low Prices Here is a special offer in men's blue or black overcoats at 0.00 are worth every cent 8.00. Men's dress suits, fine made,strictly all wool, at G.OO are worth 10.00. Men's black suits were sold at .>.OO, now 2.75. Youths' suits at 2.25. are sold all over at 4.00. Children's overcoats at 1.25 are special bargains. Chil ilren - suits, heavy weight, 1.00. Special offer in all wool heavy top shirts at 50c. lleavv wool undershirts or drawers at 50c worth 1.00. Ladies' ribbed vests, extrv heavy, 20c. Shoes, Rubber Boots & Shoes. Don't wait—prices cannot be lower. Many people think if they %\ait until very late in the. season II an can buy at cost. Do you know when you get an article at cost ? If you do we will ask you to come and see our low prices now. gee our re ductions and you will be convinced that you can buy merchan dise at our store 40 percent, cheaper than any other place. Come and soe the plain facts at our large store with small prices. Good attendant- and always glad to show you goods and prices. The Reliable Dealer in Clothing J3.COm PCr Boots and Shoes. HUGHESVILLE. PA rainpljdir^^RCHANT, ==== _i ztwm FOR CASH ONLY ! FOR Till' NEXT Til inn DAYS will sell inv stock of Winter goods a greatly reduced prices to make room for ins piring and Summer stock. Would Rather Get Cost out of Them Than Summer Them Over. it consists olMet)'s. Youths'ami Children'* Suits anil Overcoat*. Horse and L d blankets M*>n'.-. Boy's ami < 'hildrcn'.* Caps. Lumbermen's -ot k-, I'elt boots-md overs. Mutiny and lumberman's flannels and all other good. too numerous to mention. Call and examine: why take vour money out of town when vou can buy cheaper at home. KKMI.MI'.I i; ' that 1 handle wiard plows and rakes. -feel land rollers, wheel barrows, aini I'.owker's Fertilizer 4, Prices are right on all goods. Highest Market Price Paid for Butter and Eggs. Don't Wait a Minute! The Grandest Opportunity to Save Money ON MEN'S BOYS f* 1 _ 4.*-i and CHILDREN'S A positive clearing sali-of well made, suhsUmtiitl, service-giving Clothing. The kind that I can fully guarantee. All togo for iu clearing sale. Cost pushed aside. Prices cut to make immediate sale. Son pair-- of all worsted pants at half price. Too many overcoats, must sell -.it your «>\vn offer. Suits ut less than you would think of offering for them Underwear and tients furnishings all must go. J" W CAROLL. §£sl.°"""' Dushobk, P LAPORTE Clothing Store. Before we Uecoive Our Large stock of t SPRINCand SUMMER GOODS We will close out our WTXTKR C,OODS AT NEARLY HALF PKrCK, and a good many articles at less than Half Price. Movercoats, termer price tfii.oo, now men's b)M'c or hlue over . ..its, former price, s.o(>aiio: men's storm coats, former price 7..">0. now 3.75; vuiith's storm coat.", ibrmer juice l.'iO. now "-'..'A). All heavy top shirt* and under shirts at exactly half price: men's suits at 2.75, .'i.ftO, 5.50, and 6.00 are loner price• than you ever heard of before. Youth's tuits. ;! pieces, at 2.50 ;.,"(0. and 1.00 are great bargains. 0 I AHICQ will he closed at much less thun half price. LAUI L 0 L»Ur\ I O Former price. 2.50, now 1.00. Special Priees on BOOTS AND SHOES. We must sell all our Winter goods this month to make room for our large Spring and Summer stock. It will pay you big to make your purchasees no\\ for future use. JOE COOPER, The Clothier.