Republican News Item CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1890. "FIRST OF ALL—THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER. Published Every Friday Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. A.t the County Seat of Sullivan County LAPOHTE, PA. Entered at the Post Laporte," as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION —$1.25 per annum. If paiil in advance SI.OO. Sample copies tree. All communications should he ad dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., HEPXIBLICAK STATE TICKET. Justice of the Supreme ('ourt, -I. MAY MKt >WN, of Lancaster County. Justice of the Superior < 'ourt, J< >SI A II K. ADAMS, of Philadelphia. State Treasurer, JAMES K. I'.Al.'N I'.'l'. ol Washington County. COUNTY TICKET. County Treasurer, »>TT<> I'KII 1!. of Lopez. ounty Commissioners, ADAM lit'N MI'NK," of Lake Hun. .1. S. TAYLOR, ot Bern ice. County Auditors, A. P. STARR, ol Muncy Valley. C. 11. \VAIiHKN ol Sliunk. T. Larry Kyre, ot Chester county, will be continued as chief assistant to the chairman, and William R. Andrews and Charles K. Voorhees will be retain ed in the positions as secretaries, which they filled with eminent satisfaction during the last campaign. Chief Eyre has a familiarity with the active men in the Republican state organization, which is invaluable in campaign work, and Mr. Andrews, who is recognized as one of the most untiring and methodi cal workers that have ever been con nected with the Republican state or ganization. will, as heretofore, handle a mass of correspondence with the men who run the precincts and the individ ual voters who are kept in touch with the state chairman throughout the can vass. With characteristic attention to detail and the precision of movement ot a train dispatcher, Mr. Voorhees will prepare and follow tip the itinerary of the candidates and their accompanying spellbinders who will tour the state in the coming canvass. He will see that there are no conflicting dates for meet ings and that, the railroad schedules are strictly lived up to by the men who will travel under his direction. An en viable record was made in this respect in the last campaign, and Mr. Voor hees will be on hand to see that there are no hitches this time. A SUPERB ORGANIZATION. Contrasted with the Democracy's rattletrap outfit the Republicans of Pennsylvania haven superb organiza tion. In no state in the Union is there an organization maintained by either of the great political parties which can in any way compare with that of the Republican party of the Keystone state. Here the Republican state ehair • man aims to keep in direct connection with the individual voter. A complete canvass is made of every precinct, the politics and opinions on the political issues of every voter are obtained, and a host of faithful, industrious, loyal Republican committeemen kept con stantly nt work throughout a cam paign in the interests of the party nominees. Every man of this vast army <•; workers is meed and encour aged to coi-f'.-iiond with the Republi can .ate < ■'mii-man at ail times during a canvass. : .id Genera! Render has an noiiinci 1 *! : i !ie will solicit and appre ciate suy ~tions men identified with the ot> , ..niy,Bt!on. looking to the getting out m't .• ii! Republican vote at thv coming election. HAS HEACHKD THE CHURCHES. At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which was held in Minneapolis, it was announced that the Hoard of Ilome .Missions of that Church had, during the last year, in addition to carrying on its regular work, wiped out a debt of more than .$1H7,000, which hail been gradually piling up against it. This is a splen did tribute to the prosperity of the country and to the polity of Protection under which such prosperity has been achieved. Tile records of the Presby terian Assembly afford further sli mony as to the marvelous prosperity which exists to-day. When all the re ports were in it was found that every department of the Church was free from debt with the exception of the "Freedmun's Board," which had a debt of $40,000. A ral call was sent out on Saturday to Presbyterian churches throughout the country to raise the debt by collections on the next day, Sunday. On Monday, the moderator of the Assembly received by telegraph from various churches re ports of the collections taken on the previous day. which assured him. not only that the entire debt of .flo.tMKi had been wiped ont by the church collec tions of that singh> day. but there was a balance of some sls,<HM> to spare. The tale of national prosperity which is wrapped up in these few facts Is a marvelous one. Fancy the tespouse which a hurried call for to be raised from the collections in be made upon the following day in the churches of a single denomination in the country would have received in th£ days of Cleveland. Tariff Reform and the Wil son law. Men could not pay tneir own debts then; much less were they able • to pay church debt!-. It is not improbable that the mem bers of the Assembly sang, apropos of the above facts, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." Some one should have added a new stanza to the old doxology to express thanks that the majority of the American people have sense enough to use their blessings and to make the most i>f the natural re sources of the country by giving prop er Protection to its Industries. lUHIIRID Labori Much Downcast Ovei the Dreyfus Court-Mar tial at Rennes. SAYS COURT IS HOSTILE Evidence That Treasonable Acts Con tinued After the Accused Was Sent to Prison. Witnesses Testify in Ills Favor Hut Colonel Joint list Appears Hostile to tlie Kvldence—Dreyfus Followed Hy Spies—-Another Day Strain foi tlie Prisoner. Rennes, Sept. 4.--II was a haggard face which ('apt. Dreyfus brought itifc the court, lie has passed the Hood-tide of his courage. It is ebbing fast now. and all the efforts of his tremendous will cannot hide the unstrung nerves which days of agony and nights of sleeplessness have brought him. So long as he was buoyed up by hope he was able 1o face his accusers with a confident mien. After Labori re turned to court and turned the tide of evidence in Dreyfus'* favor, slinking the judges in their unfair attitude and confounding the witnesses for the pros ecution by li is ke< n and telling cross examinations, the prisoner, even, be came confident, and he showed it inn thousand ways. lie lost liis Irritation, became good humored, witty, and made a most favorable impression. Day after day the evidence piled up in his favor. Men who had been against him in the pre vious trials testified that they had had a change of mind, and asserted a belief in his innocence. But the judges changed not their at ; titude. Kver.v now and then sonic in cident betrayed their antagonistic atti tude, and they proved anew the truth of the proverb that none are so blind as those who will not see. Dreyfus saw the bent of his judges" minds and lost heart. Little wonder that he broke down in court; little wonder that he collapsed completely after he was taken back to prison. The collapse had been predicted for some days by the members of his family, only they had the grace of hope that it would not come until after the ver diet had been rendered. There was a pitiful scou'e in the pris on when Mine. Dreyfus called. Itot 11 were in despair. The courageous wom an could no longer cloak the fact that she had given up hope: and they wept in each other's arms and called on the good God to spa ret heir children, speak ing of them as one speaks of orphans. When the court-martial was resumed Major Dubrctlil tolil a story of Drey fus meeting a German attache at the house of one Bodson. M. I.abori in his cross ex-amiiiation. so impeached the character of this witness that he went forth seeking documents to prove that he was an honorable man.and these documents he was permitted to intro duce ill evidence. They sounded much more like the testimonials of good char actor which are produced in American courts when some lioarv old swindler of a bank president or cashier gets found out and is brought to trial. A witness named Germain then de posed to seeing Dreyfus at the German maneuvres in Alsace. Col. .louaust. President of the Court, ipicstioned Dreyfus upon this testimony. The gen eral'effect of the testimony was rather unfavorable to Dreyfus. Lieut. Bernheim. a man of a strong Jewish type, testified that lOsterliazy asked him in 1804 to lend him his manual. The witness refused to do this, but did lend Ksterhuzy other doc uments which were tiever returned to him. Lieut. Bruyere. a retired officer, de posed that lie assisted at the artillery practice at Cliaons in 1804. witnessing tlie work of the "120" cannon. After ward. ingoing through the artillery park to examine a piece, he might have sketched the ennnnn. There was no precaution taken to prevent this. On may 12. a group of infantry officers witnessed tlie cannon operating, the artillery men being ordered to give them Information. On May 17 the same thing occurred. The witness de clared that the shooting manual was not considered confidential in 1804. as the witness bought a copy from the regimental press of the '_'!Mh .\rtillerv for 20 centimes. Privates of the 10th Regiment of artillery possessed copies of this book, proof of which the wit ness had procured. K«senthil evtracts from the work were published in Paris in 180-1. Capt. Ctirvalho testified that most of the information enumerated in the bordereau was available io anybody in 1804. Capt. Le Rond contradicted this statement. M. Labori read a letter received from Secret Service Agent Corni litres. saying that he cooled in the house of a foreign spy. in IStMi. the firing manual of I80."i. showing that there were still traitors in the War Office after Dreyfus was condemned. M. Labori asked the court to summons M. Oorninges. Gen. Sepert repeated his testimony before the Court of Cassation, in which he argued that the bordereau was not the work of an artillery officer and the handwriting not Dreyfus's. Major Ilartmaun affirmed that Ger many knew about the "120" cannon named in the bordereau four years earlier. It was delivered to Unit pow er by a civil employe in the artillery bureau. Commandant Ducros repeated hi testimony before the of Cassa tion. lie said he had offered Dreyfus important information in IN.N7 and lS0:t. which would have been most val uable to him if he had been a spy, but Dreyfus did not take the trouble to come and get it. Dreyfus told the wit ness in 1804 that he was translating Wille's German work on cannon of the future. He gave the witness the proofs of tlie work, but did not try to obtain secret Information from the wtiness's department. The tenor of Ilartniann's evidence •ihows that it was improbable if not im possible for Dreyfus to have all the pieces enumerated In tht*bordereau. NEW GOODS are HERE. ! : hast week we received a large consignment of the finest House tur nishings ever brought to I'ushore. In fact yon will liml none better any where. Our prices are very reaHonnhle ami you w ill liml by investigating that we sell a better <|uality of goods at the Maine price that most dealers ask for inferior good.-. SOM.K OK Till! NKW Till X(iS AUK WHITE ENAMELED BEDSTEADS With Brass Trimmings, Springs and Mattresses to lit.; RUGS Many different textures in handsome patterns.! ri I D(VIITI |D C" Tlie bargain seeker should remember that we have the I Ufil 11 IU I 11— niost complete line of Furnii tire in this county. < Mir stock affords abundant opportunity lor 11 veried selection, and we sell just as cheap as they do in AVilliainsport or Towanda. I INI HIT DT A VIM C" facilities for conducting funerals are un- UINULn IMlxllivJ eijualed. ('all attended to at all hours. Telephone call, Hotel Obert. HOLCOMBE & LAUER, DUSHORE, PA. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad TIIMIE TABLE. IN EFFECT MONDAY. JTNE 2«, ISWI. NORTHWARD. SOUTHWARD. J'. M. 1\ M. r. M. V. M. A. M. A M. .STATIONS. A. M. A. M. I'. M. I'. M. I\ M. V. 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La|»orU* Tunnery... s v.» 2 22 ft* 07 fl2 HingdaU' is !>."» 12 07 *{, 1», 12 41 Hin-li (Ti-i'k. 7 > *1 V.» 1, 20 12 I • Siittorttchl 7 .*».• 1 V, !'. M. !\ M. A. M. I'. M. Ctmncftions with tlK 1 l'hihuU'lphiu Heftding ut Halls, for ull imiiits north and south, and tin l B. lIAKVKV WKLc 11. Fall lirook and Bt-crh Crt'i k railroads. At Salter. I'rosidrnt, lluglisvillo. I'a. Held for all joints t»n the Lt Valley railroad. S. I). TO\VNSKXI>. At Soncstown with Katies M« iv railroad. <it*n. Mtrr. 11uurh>vi 11«- I'a. t Daily exfej't Sunday, i flavc stations. !>«> not stop. Preserves A fruits, Jelllet, plcklea or cntaup nr» jb tk more easily, more quickly, morn healthfully sealed with Rellneil jB Parafllne wax than by any other M IWJ method. Doteua of other uses will be W X " Refined V ® Paraffine Wax ® In every household. It Is clean. (VI tastelem and odorless—air, water and acid proof. Get a pound cake of Vgf J\ It with a llHt of its many usee jC [A\ from your drufffflßt or grocer. fiA IWI Bold everywhere. Made t»y MM M fiTANDAItI* OIL CO. Jft G. A. Rogers I'ORKSVILLE. l'A. (Successor to r».\N . Fawcett.)'** Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. Bicycle repairing, Bicycle sundries. Fishing tackle, at lowest possible I'rice. The Best Place in Sullivan County to Buy Your HARDWARE is at 1 atnes JACKS* >N BLOCK, DUSHORE. PA. 1 keep the best line ol Hardware in the County at prices to -nit you. I give you better goods lor your money than you can buy elsewhere. 1 can Inriiish handmade tinware none better ma le in the I S. at prices that "ill pleas you. Three grailes, cheap, medium and the best al ways in stock from w'liich to make your choice, (iive me a trial on these goods, A Car Load of Barb Wire and nails.just received and will be sold al prices lower than can lie bought al the factory. If you are going to paint your house or l.arn write me. for prices on paint. A lull line of garden tools and seeds on hand. We can repair your tinware,pump etc. pnl up your cave trough and spout ing, put on your tin and iron roofing, in stall lor you Hot Air, Hot Water and Steam Heaters. Will give you estimates on the cost otsame 1 112 you think of buy ing a range call and look my stock over. I have some ol the finest ranges made. A complete stoek of Building Hardware and iron work for wagons and buggies also on hand. My stock of puni|is con sists of every thing from 1.25 up. Double and single acting, lift and force pumps lor daep or shallow wells. For the butter makers I have butter ladles and bowls all sizes and six different kinds ol churns. Chicken wire i! feet to li feet at CUNNINGHAM'S HARDWARE STORE. DUSHORE. A. T. ARMSTRONG, , SONESTOWN, PA. DKALKR IN Flour Feed ami Groceries l:;j pounds iM purr hard for #1.(10 molasses, J.") to f>(lc. S pounds Itolled Oats lor 2'jo. 7 pounds of Corn Stareli for 2">c. 7 pounds of Laundry Starch tor 'Stc. '2 pounds of Ii io Coffee lor 25c. 8 bars oi Lenox Soap for 25c. No. 1 mackerel per pound Sc. Beat Sugar Coated llams (olio per Il>. Buckwheat Flour 2,'» pound sack'LV. Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, fI.M). Yellow Corn per 100 pounds ( ,(oc. Corn Meal or Cracked Corn 90c. Corn. Oats and Barley Chop'.>oc. Wheat Bran L!(HJ pounds $1.50. Flour middlings. 140 pound sack sl.-10. Fine middlings 200 pounds SI.OO. Flour per sack SI.OO. Winter Roller per sack SI.OO. Good Flour 90c. live Flour 25 pounds, 50c. firaham Flour 12} pounds 30c. Common Fine Salt per barrel $1.20. VV ? V • • • • All answered at VERNON . -HULL'S STORE, MILLSGROVE. New Stock of Spring and Summer Goods. Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove, Ps. Cbursday Bargain Day; AT HOFFMAN'S Muncy Valley. The last Thursday Bargain Day was everything that could be expected. The day was perfect and a goodly number of strange faces were seen in our Store taking advantage of the low prices, on the following bar gains that will be offered each Thursday: POTTERS OIL CLOTH, 12c SUGAR, £c. COFFEE, ioc. FLOUR, 85c. COTTON, Bc. WASHING GAS, sc. BAKING POWDER, 15c. with tumblers or water pitchers. 10 CAKES SOAP, 2^c, These are only a few of the many bargains offered each Thursday. Everybody welcomed; our store is cool in warm weather, and warm in cold weather: you will always be made comfortable at Hoffman's Store, JENNINGS BROS. c# We keep in stock at our mills a complete line of dressed lumber in hemlock and hardwood. MANUFACTURERS OF Gang Sawed and TrimmeH Lumber. LOPEZ. PA. SPECIALTIES Hemlock Novelty or German Siding, Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or 3-8 stick, Hemlock Flooring any width desired, Hemlock Lath both 3 and 4 feet long, Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch or Maple, The same woods in 3-8 ceiling. CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED. g 1 In a Pretty ' Pickle ' s *' K " NV<muiu who must entcrhiin imwSr uuoxih'cUhl company unless she . IS NVt " , NV ' , ' l ishelves lire nicely lined with our WKi fiunou hnuul-i of pickles, soups, I,!?, w iHT vegetables, canned meats and tisli and crackers she is completely readyjfor any emergency. What shall we send you to-day? ON DRY GOODS WE ARE IN THE LEAD WHY ? Because we carry the Largest and Best line in the county TT II I • Because we have only new and attractive patterns to show Because you will find 110 old goods 011 our shelves, We have just opened anew line of Ginghams. Shirtings, muslins etc.. or the spring trade, which we would lie pleased to have you inspect. Rvltai-3 Kemoved ! to my new store in the GAREY BLOK where 1 will be pleased to meet all of my old pat rons and many new ones. We lit the young and old of all nationalities and color with Ooots, Shoes, R libbers, Fine Assortment at Popular Prices. CALL OUST ITS Remember BLOCK, the Place, DUSHORE. DUSHORE. J. S. HARRINGTON.
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