Republican News Item.
THURSDAY, NOV. 1899.
County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
—The forests ought to be fireproof.
—Mrs. I less of Nordmont was in
town on Tuesday.
—lndian summer beats the white
man's summer all to pieces.
—The farmers income has been
raised on the crops he hasjust raised.
—Hon. M..1. Phillips, of Muncy
Valley, was in town on business, on
Monday.
-J. P. Miller, Muncy Valley,
was a business caller at the county
on Saturday.
—James Hansel will move Ins
family into the Hill house on Muney
street, in the near future.
—Lawyer W. E. Haines of Will-j
iamsport transacted business in the j
county seat on Tuesday.
—Miss Agness Upman left on
Monday for Wyalusing where she
will attend school this winter.
—Mrs. Harrows left on Monday
for a short sojourn with friends in |
Philadelphia.
—All that is needed is for men j
who think, to vote as they think and ;
if they don't think, to refrain from!
voting.
—Forest tires are raging in many j
parts of Pennsylvania and millions i
of feet of valuable timber are going
up in smoke.
—Services in M. E. Church next!
Sunday, as follows; Sunday School!
at ID; preaching at 11; Kpworth j
League 6:30.
—Mrs. 11. T. Downs, returned to J
her Will iamsport home after a short
visit with her daugnter, Mrs. N.
Mabin, at this place.
—Five thousand tons of coal are
on fire in the yard of the
burg Coal Company. The fire start
ed more than a week ago.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. 11. Cook, of
Athens, visited Win. Heim, at this
place and brought with them Mr.
Ileim's infant son, Dewey.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Raker, of
Scranton, are guests of County Com
missioner and Mrs. Iluffmaster, svt
their home near Dushore.
—lt will be a long war if Aguin
aldo fights until! the Democrats elect
another President. They are asham
ed of the only one they have elected
since 1856.
—President Mclvinley, Wednes
day, issued a proclamation setting
apart Thursday, November ;SO, as a
'ay of general thanksgiving and
prayer.
—The independent Democrats are
doing all and even more than we
can expect of them to help us elect
Hehr, Ranmauk and Taylor. Let us
«how them that we appreciate their
aiu, by helping ourselves and poll
ing a rousing vote for them.
—After five days of continuous
rain a severe hurricane swept over
Santiago, on Oct. 29, causing much
damage. Telegraph wires were
down and vessels could not enter or
leave the harbor. Jamaca has also
been storm swept, railrads and high
waps were impassable on account of
Hoods and landslides.
-Fellow citizens, if you would
not suffer or cause to have others (
sutler from unjust persecution raise
your voices peremplorily and your
influence mightly at next election
day against the journalistic hawks;
that prey upon their fellow-men.
Cannibalism and journalism must I
not be synonymus.
—The wise public seems to tnke j
into consideration the J/era Id's nat-:
ural partiality for filth, and also
views with good judgment the par
graph appearing in the (tazettr hist
week, relative to the outcome of the
"trial at Philadelphia" and its effect I
«in politics, which would sound i
mighty queer if coining from any
other source. Must politics be]
brought into all personal affairs that
transpire? It must be a hopeless j
cause with them, to grasp at such
helpless straws. There is no earthly
reason why our asylumns should not
have what rightly belongs to them,
even if Dushore should have to suffer
the loss of ;i journal or two.
—lt is the duty of every citizen to
vote. If the man who never votes
only when he is coaxed or hauled to
the polls were to be deprived of the
right of suffrage, he would consider
it a severe punishment; but there is
not much difference between the
man who cannot vote and the man
who can and does not vote.
JUDGE DUNHAM WEDS.
I United in Matrimony with Mrs. Nellie j
I E. Bhant, an AccompliHhed Lady o! |
Towanda,
Hon. E. M. Dunham, of Laporte,
i was united in marriage on Wednes-
I day with Mrs. Nellie E. Shaut, of
Towanda, at the home of Mrs. W.B.
Dodge, the bride's mother. Rev.
John E. Stewart, 1). D., pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Towanda,
officiated, and only the immediate
family of the bride witnessed the
happy event.
Owing to the .Judge's official en
gagements the wedding trip will be
only of a week's duration and will
include a brief visit
Washington and Richmond.
The NEWS ITEM unites with the
host of friends of both bride and
groom in extending wannest con
gratulations and wishing the newly
J wedded couple joy and happiness
without limit.
Admiral Dewey will Marry.
Admiral Dewey announced to
some of his more intimate friends
the fact of his] engagement to -Mrs.
W. H. Ha/.en of Washington. Mrs.
lla/.en is the widow of General
Hazen, formerly chief signal officer |
of the army, who died about ten
years ago, and is a sister of Joseph
R. McLean, Democratic Candidate
for < ioverner of < >hio.
—Mrs. Frank Grant and Miss!
Lizzie Kernan were visitor- in I >u-1
shore on Saturday.
-The voters of Fox township are
all ready well informed of the source
from falsehood emulates
concerning -Mr. Haumauk's remarks
about the Fox groundhogs digging
their way out of the snow. They
will dig up a big vote for Adam
Raumauk on Nov. 7,. This is the
way they will treat campaign lies.
—The //eraW* reputation for truth
is such that statements made at a
time which makes a reply impossi
ble before election day will make no
effect upon the free thinking voter.
Citizens, beware of the
Herald's campaign of false
hoods.
Beware of the Character
Assassins.
—lt is with much regret that the
nation hears of the illness of Vice
President Ilobart. His death is
hourly expected at his home in Pat
terson, N. J. His family and phy
sicians have given up all hope of
his recovery.
—W. Lavelle, who was arrested
on the charge of making counterfeit
money, and placed in the county
jail, at Laporte, was taken to Will
ianisport by a I'liited States Secret
Service Man, to be given a hearing
on November 1,. John Hansel was
also placed under arrest and taken
to Williamsport to be given a hear
ing with Lavelle.
—Public offices are not prizes for
the office seeker but positions of
public service to be filled by men
chosen for theis fitness and willing
ness to honestly and faithfully serve
the people. Let this always be kept
in mind. The offices are yours.
They are the people's. They are
not prizes for friends, rich or poor,
but public trusts. If you want your
offices committed to clean and com
petent hands vote for <>TTO HEHR,
ADAM HAVMI'NK, J.S.TAYLOR I
they will serve you honestly.
VOTE FOR VHOSPEHITV.
The Republicans of Sullivan coun
ty have an important duty to per
form toward themselves, their coun
ty, their State and their Nation at
the coming election. The obligation
I rests upon them to render such a
verdict with their ballots as will give
I effective aid toward the continuance
|of tin- great prosperity which the
i country, thanks to the Republican
administration of its affairs, now
enjoys. It may be thought by some
that this year's election is of little
I importance and that they may well
! ignore it upon the plea of being too
] busy. Rut this is a great lnistakc".
| A Democratic victory in the country
or a very greatly reduced majority
in the State would vastly encourage
the advocates of free silver and a
dishonest dollar. Sullivan county
along with every other county in
the State is reaping the benefits of
Republican rule and it is for the
, people to say whether these con
ditions shall continue. Our State
! ticket is a good one, and our county
ticket made up of such men as <)t*o
Hehr for Treasurer; Adam Haumunk
and J. S. Taylor for Commissioners;
|A. P. Starr and ('. H. Warren for
; Auditors, represent the party of
i progress, an honest dollar, a tariff
I for the protection of American in-
I stitutions and that upholds McKin-
I ley in dealing with our new acquisi-
I tions. Come out and vote.
rilK NEWS IN BRIEF)
Telegraphic Gleanings From All Parts
of the World.
The Pacific fleet of Flint & Co., Is
reported sold to a San Franslsco syn
dicate.
Ground lias been broken for a sep
arate infirmary building on ihe Vas
»ar College campus.
The object of Gen. Otis's next cam
paign would lie, it is said, to gain pos
session of the entire line of the rail
road.
Detachments of the Sixth Infantry
have recently been engaged in dis
persing bandits in N'egros in the Phil
ippines.
The whaling steamer .leanuctte, of
San Francisco, reports having reach
ed Crozler Channel on her last trip
north.
.lohti Alexander Dowe, the "divine
healer." narrowly escaped serious in
jury :it the hands of a Hammond,
ltlil,, mob.
Ex-Secretary of Stale John Sher
man denied the authenticity of an al
leged interview with him predicting
ltcpuhican defeat.
A sailor on a United States trans
port Bound for Manila was discovered
ai Honolulu to lie a woman reporter
for an American pa pel'.
(iov. IJiMxrvelt has issued a procla
mation appointing an extraordinary
trial term of the Supreme Court to
consider alleged primary frauds.
The lowa Supreme Court decided
ill.it lot.-i-in. insurance companies
mn*i pay a tax of 3% per cent, on
their grows premium receipts.
Anna .Fudge, a colored woman near
ly Inn years old, who was the slave
of President William Henry Har
rison. was burned to death at New
Albany. Intl.
A dispatch from Uulawayo. Mata
beleland. reported all engagement
Oct. 17 between an armored train sent
from Bui,'i vviiyo toward Mafekiug and
:i party of Boers. The latter lost
fight killed.
' '"ii. Lavvloii lias established a civ
il government at San lsfdro. iu the
Philippine Islands.
Brinton Hounds, thirty-six years ol
age. died at Foster. It. 1., from a knife
wound inflicted by Jarvis Smith.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the private bank of Itobert E
Spencer at Hazardvilk', Conn., on Fri
day.
Admiral Dewey lias declined Clip
cauo's invitation on account of the iui-'
pending meeting of the Philippines
Commission.
Hawaii will ask for space to exhibit
Its products at the Paris Exposition.
(Jen. Guy V. Henry, former gover
nor general of Porto Uico is dead.
By a decision at Syracuse, N. Y.,
lioyd Thatcher was permitted to re
tain tlie Indian wampum belt over
Which a lesral battle had been fought.
(Mptaiu Ernst Andree, brother of
the Polar explorer, in a letter to Eve
lyn I!. Baldwin, expressed confidence
ill the safety of the missing balloon
ist.
it was stated at Washington ilial the
United Statics could not look with in
difference on aii.v intervention b.v the
powers in the Transvaal which would
bring about serious international com
plications.
Five hundred descendents of Mat
thew Grant, constituting the family
of American Grants who were promi
nent in founding flic old town of Win
dsor. Conn., held a reunion in the old
home of their fathers at Windsor.
Geiierdal .loubei't. the Boer com
mander. has sent a message of sym
pathy to Lady Symons, widow of the
late Gen. f*yiiions. who was fatally
wounded in the engagement with the
British troops at Wlencoe. The fun
end of (Jen. S.vnions was held at Dun
dec. Thursday.
The ('lilted States training ship Al
liance. from Fun< ha I. September 23.
has reached St. Thomas.
General Otis says dial the former
Spanish gunboat Arayat. sunk iu
tin- I'asli; liivor. has been raised
and will be repaired.
The death of (Jen. Synious has
been announced in the House of Com
mons. Gen. Jubert sent Ihe news to
General White from Dundee.
'lhe Alaska territorial convention
ai .luiieau. adopted a memorial t
congress asking for a delegate ic
congress and other privileges.
The New York Stale Bar Associa
tion has urged its members to help
pass ihe constitutional amendment
for relief of the court of appeals.
The report of the commissioner-gen
oral of immigration shows thai the
total arrivals for the year exceeded
those of the previous year .'lll per cent.
Ex Senator C. F. Manderson has
written a letter ill reply to what Mr.
Bryan lias said in regard to militarism
in connection with the standing army.
Frank \. Yauderlip. chairman of
the Dewey Home Fund Committee,
has received a letter from the Admiral
acknowledging the receipt of the
deeds, and expressing his thanks.
Receivers of the Walter A. Wood
Mowing and Heaping Machine Com
pany. ai Troy, X. Y.. have paid off
90 per cent, of the debt, and will in
a short time have the concern on its
feet again
The Tagnl congress in the Philip
pines. has selected a commission of
native priest is togo to Rome and ex
plain to '.hi Pope the abuses iind ini
quities of tRe friars and ask for cor
recting intervention.
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Our Lithographed Catalogue
shouts Carpets, Rugs, Portieres,
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Our Madr-to- Order Clothing
§ Catalogue with samples of cloth
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-vhere. Il'e also issue a special
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QOt'RT PROCLAMATION,
WiiF.nß.vs, llox. E. 11. DI'NHAM, President
Judge, Honorable* John s. Lino anil Conrad
Kraus,Associate Judges of the Courts of Oyer and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter
Sessions of the Peace, Orphans'Court and com
mon Pleas for the County of Sullivan, have issued
their precept, bearing date the".o day of Sept.
lsic.t, to me directed, for holding the several
courts in the Borough of Laporte, on Monday the
lltli day of December 1599, ato'clock p. m.
Therefore,notice is hereby given to the Coroner,
Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
county, that they bo then and there in their prop
er person ut2 o'clock p. m.of said day, with their
rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and
other remembcrancos to those things to which
their appertain to be done. And to those
who are bound by their recogni/.unee to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of
thesaid comity of Sullivan, are hereby noti lied to
be then and there to prosecute against them as
will be just.
11. W. OgLKK. Sheriff.
Sheriff s Office. Laporte, l'a.„(>cl. 2S, lS'Ju.
Trial List, December Term, 1800.
Return day, Monday, Sept. 11, 189!). at 2 p.m.
1 Eugenia 1). Woilior Luimrte township
School District. No.t'.i May term IS;|7. Kjootniont
Plea, not guilty. Thompson. I Mullen.
2 Ralph Magargol (use) vs The Township of
Lujiorte, No. 107, Sept. term 189*. Deft, appeal.
Plea ■llOll assumiwlt" payment, payment with
leave to give special matters in evidence. Mul
len. | Inghams.
;; TheDusliore Water Co. vs The Horn of On
shore. Xn. 1, December term, Is'.is. Assumpsit.
Plea lion assumpsit, and set off.with leave to '-'ive
s|iecial matter in evidedee. Downs. Cronin
Inghams.
I I'nion Tanning io. v » Frank P. Tohug and
Jerome Laird and licorge Kdvvanls. No. Ss.Sepl.
term, 1899. Trespass. Inghams. | Bradley.
WM. J. LAWRENCE, Protli.
Prothy's. office, Laporte. Pa, Oct- 30, 1899.
TO FIGHT OK KETHHAI.
This Seems to Be About the Present
Alternative That is Confronting
General White.
The Boers Again Assume An Aggres
sive Attitude—A Feeling of Uneasi
ness Exists in London for The Safe
ty of British Troops—A Patrol of
Mounted Infantry Shelled by Boers.
fcbadou, Oct. 31. —According t<> tUe
latest reports from Cape Town. (lon.
Joubert has joined hands with the
Free State forces, and there lias been
some outpost lighting. President
Kruger arrived at Glencoe.
The Stamlurd voices the general
anxiety regarding Sir George Stewart
Whites position by remarking the
adaptability and able strateg' of the
lloera. for which they had hi* erto not
been given credit. It goes >to say:
"Their strategy is so wen planned
that it is impossible to doubt that it
Is the product of some officer trained
In the best European school of war."
Boer Camps Are Thick.
London, Oct. 31. —The Daily Mail
publishes the following dispatch from
Pietermaritzburg, dated on Sunday:
"Patrols from Ladysmitli report
that there are four Boer camps with
in a radius of ten miles, extending in
a semi-circle northeast of the town.
Evidently the enemy is concentrating
all his forces. Commandant General
Joubert is in supreme command. One
Boer laager has a Red Cross tent care
fully posted in a conspicuous position.
"The British had several skirmishes
with the enemy to-day. Railway com
raunication with Ladysmith still is in
tact. At Colenso a couple of Basutos
were detected putting bowlders on the
railway. They confessed that they
had done this by order of the Trans
vaal authorities.
"A war balloon, very small and so
light that two men can hold and haul
It down easily with a wire strand, and
■which can ascend 3,000 feet, is now
in use, and the full position of the
Boer guns has been ascertained."
Planned Campaign in Advance.
London. Oct. 31. —All eyes in Eng
land are turned toward Northern Na
tal. where General White's force and
the united armies of Free State and
Transvaal Boers may already have
taught a great battle.
I'ntil Saturday evening not a word
had come from Ladysmith since Wed
nesday, when it was reported that the
Boers were showing signs of resum
ing the aggressive. The silence,
which lo many seemed ominous, was
broken li> this despatch from Cape
'fawn:
"Scouts from Modder Spruit having
reported the Boers in force on tlie
Helptnakaat- road. General While ai
once ordered out a strong force of ;<r
tillery, mounted infantry and ca\,-I : v
A small patrol of mounted liu'ani - ,.
was shelled by t! " Boors nine ivi'.r
from Ladysmith. and the Boer i>. i
lion was Anally located three ii>t.'\-
beyond Moddei Spruit. Thi i'.ri'i-ii
force is now four miles i.os.i uie
British Sutler Crushing Blow at Luiclys
ni it h.
London, (let. :!l. nritish"*arnis
have suffered a startling, crushing
defeat at Ladysmity. (icueral*,White
litis been outgeneraled and has lust
two of the finest regiments in the
liritish Army. They were sent in
to the hills some distance By the
commander, wore surrounded, and,
after loosing heavily,were compelled
to capitulate.
Campbell, The merchant,
Just arrived, a car load of STONEWARE con
sisting of buter crocks preserve jars, jugs, and churns
of all sizes, also i and 2 qt. fruit jars.
Call on me when in need, for the prices are right.
FALL and
arriving daily^J-v^-a——
A new invoice of
BOOTS,SHOES and CLOTHING hasjju t arrived
Will be pleased to have you inspect tlieni, when you want <foo<l
goods at it low price.
Highest Market Price Paid for Butter and Eggs.
Yours verv respectfully.
.A.. ZED.
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The above named price on several hundred
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tunity which should not lie lout.
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