Republican News Item. Published Every Thursday. Volume h. HOTEL MAINE THOS.W.BEAHEN, Prop. LAPORTE, PA. Tliin new hotel litis been recently opened, newly furnished throughout an<l will In- run for the siieeial ueeomodatioii of tlie traveling public. The best stocked bar iu the county. Kates are low. CARROLL HOUSE, D. KEEFE, Proprietor. DUSHORE, l'A. One of the largest an.X best equipped hotel? ill this section ol the state. Table of the best. Rules 1 .011 dollar per day. Large strides. BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP Just opened at, the Laport" Tannery. „ , i Custom work solicited. All work | guaranteed. O. W. BENNETT, Prop.; COMMERCIAL HOUSE. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prop. ! LAFOItTE PA. This larga and well appointed house is j the most popular hostelry in this section , P. SHOEMAKER, Attorney-at Law. < HViee in Countv UuiMing. LAPORTE, l'A. Collections, eonveyancinp; the settlement of | estates and other legal business will recent . prompt attention. h J. BRADLEY, ATTOHNKY AT-UW, OrriCK IN I'OUNTY BUIIi DI NfI NKAH COUUT QOUSR. LAIMHtTK, PA Ellery P. Ingham. Harvey K. Newitt. JNGHAM & NEWITT. ATTOI(NEYX«A-»t.AW, OFFICES 714-17 FRANKLIN BUILDING. 133 So. 12th Street Philadelphia, Having retired from the office of I nited States Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney, will continue the general practice of law in tlie t lilted States courts, and nil the courts ■>! the city and County of Philadelphia, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OK lIDBHORE, PENNA. CAPITAL. - - $50,000. SUHPIjUB - - 810.000. Does a General Banking Business. B.W. JENNINGS, M. I>. SWARTS. President. Cashier Professional Cards. T J. & F. H. INGHAM, attohnkys-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _A PORTE, PA £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. Oflice over T. J. Keeler's stove. j J H. CRONIN, ATTORNRY-AT -LAW, HOTAHY PUBLIC. OFFICE OB lIAIIV BTRERT. DUBIIORE, ''A PATENT Good Ideas; I' I I 1.1 fl'l may be secured by It I1 I I|' ■ our aid. Address, lil i|li ■ ■ THE PATENT RECORD. UAAUU Baltimore. Md. Subscriptions to The Patent Record 31.U0 per annum. Don't Tobacco Spit nnd Smoke lour Idle Ami). To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag nctic, lull of life, nerve and vigor, take No To line, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Kemedy Co., Chicago or New York CON DENSED REPORT of the condition of tho FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Dushore. Pa.. At elosoof business, Sept. 7,1899. Resources: Loans nml Discounts *1 01 I'. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation r.'.iiOO uo Premium on United States Bonds 1,00000 Stock Securities I&.IWOO Furniture 1 .-00 "0 Due from Banks Approved reserve Agt 102,1%! "7 Redemption Fund U, S. Treasurer C>fi2. r >o Sjiccie and Legal Tender Notes J0,177 SK S :is:i,29S -if. LIADI I.ITIES. Capital J ;*»0,000 00 Surplu sand Undivided Prollts H.791W circulation Il.j.'iOOO Dividens Unpaid I">00 (»> Deposits 207,218 82 $ 28:;,1293 41! state of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss: t I, M. D. Swarts, Cashier of the alxive named bank, rio solemnly swear that the aliove state ment is true to the liest of mv knowledge and be lief. M. D. SWARTS, Cashier. Suliscrilied and sworn to before me this I lth; day of Sept 1899. JOHN 11. CRONIN, Notary Public. Correct Attest: ALI'HONsrs WALSH, I P. CONN'OK, -Directors FISHER WELLRS. ) Beauty In Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. C'ascarets, Candy Cat liar- I tic clean your blood and keep it clean, I>> stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. 15egin to-day to i banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, I and that sickly bilious complexion by taking t'a sea rets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug ci.' itisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Educate Tour Bowel* With Caacaretfc. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. To Cure Cons! ttmtloii forever* Take Cusearets Candy Cathartic. 10c or2So. . If C C. C. fall to sure, druggists refund money. ' Twenty Years £ Experience in Dushore. Ip The largest and best stock of goods p We ever had for the \ ?jfall an& TMtntcr ZLrabe > p ■***«*•* \ The finest line of Holiday cioods, ? q Ever seen in a Jewelry Store in Sullivan j \ RETTEN BURY, P C DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELEK. X C01e5...«. * ERAL IJAI MWAI THARDWARE PAINTS, OILS, VARNSHES and GLASS. SPECIAL inducements given on QTOVES and RANGES and all kinds of HEATING STOVES for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, lialls, churches, school houses, camps, etc. Attention to a line of C'lieap air-tight wood heaters from 53.00 to 810.00. Also a. line of coal heaters from ">0 up to $.'55.00. My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly damaged by water. (Jood as new. but they must Iu- sold CHEAP If in need of a cheap heater, call early. My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the tinest in tlie market, made up of tlie best material and designed to be a. handsome Range. Furnaces always the best on the market. In fact we are ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air, Trv us, we guarantee satisfaction. KTOV REPA IRS AND REPAI RING. PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES. MILL SUPPLIES. stoics Hardware, DUSHORE, PA. Ware Doing a Huming Business in ! an6 IRang: STOVE PIPE COAL HuDS LISTEN: Our stove were all bought before January is, hence we arc now selling at what they would cost ns to replace. RED CROSS line is the very best to buy. Stove repairs for any make of stove furnished if you send us maker's name and number of stove. You Will Not Forget Our Carpet Line Shade Line Chair Line Dish Line Bed Line When cleaning house: any of them will be need ed to replace old ones. Churns in live differed makes. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY." LAPORTE, PENNA,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER |!>, 189!). How the County Did Its Voting Election Day. This tiilile will be published in full in shown ollleiilllv in next week issue. i ' i* ?• 5 %7 w * siS'i'S z •v 5 > ijj '5 '?«..• :> ~ * r n s |y. zs, iip i: -i Z-x x j - i> 3 Ji-fi £ —State Treasurer, j " . . „ Janies K. Harnett, K 19s 75 2K S3 W. 130 25 I . in S2 (i'.i > :tl 32 I>7 I t •. is 1 ItlnO Wm. T. Creasy, I>. I 110 250 15 <i| nr, f,320 II" s :!(» r.o i>. tl .'I *4 29 1!>2(1131153 John M. Ciildwell.P. —County Treasurer. ... . Otto llelir It. 11« 71 t:t 90 IT 139 21 Oil J", ol 71 10 32 :!2 I'll:: .2S •> 1091 Kiank Lusch, I>. JlO 2«330 Ml 135 (is 21 99 r, 21'. II 44 20 lit 31) IS lli 12 1110 David MoiyneU*, 1' —Co. Commissioner _ _ ! Adam Huumunk, It. 109 80 29 si .'>2 l.>22<"> >1 22 so 11 ~s ::i ln.su 11 19 1, 10t,l 1 s Taylor it. IHIV M27 m 70 12s 21 >1 20 19 72 n *■> 32 1«. in| 9 2i; ■ > 1030 \V (.'. Oraiflev, l>.l 100 25911 Mi 12ti ii2 20 102 H 3ti 15 12 12 22 7:: 29;13 2211 lll'i IteulH'ii Brown, l> s 2 229 15 s; 97 lis 19 K>l in til :*> 13 37 20 (,9 ld 1611 1077 —County Auditors. \I» Starr It. 10s 84 33 9", «l 137 25 4 - 20 «2 73 it 34 33 1-0 11 720 .10N. c-'ll. Wurreii. If I 10ii SO 29 79 lit 138 24 S3 22 S9 119 li ::i S3 13313i 721 5 1002 Jauiw Sweeuev. 1). 101 245 42 sii lOii 592n 101 7 !*■ is 4') 20 115 2S. is lull 1117 C ft»««m»li. it. 9S -.ItSSS Ni 10s 01 20 lilt. li ,-*i 51 Is 39 20 74 2s 22 2211 109 s IMj Ml. i He is Held Responsible For Reverses of the British. UNPREPARED FOR WAR. The Condition of Affairs in South Africa Discussed in London. Boers Prove Themselves Determined I Fighters And Splendid Sharpshoot ers—Even the British Praise Their Bravery—Nearly Every Garrison i Surrounded. London, Nov. 7. —The War Office has just issued the following: "Buller to the Secretary of State for War: Cape Town, Nov. 5. —The Com mandant at Durban sends the follow ing, received from Ladysmith by pig eon post, dated Nov. ?»: " 'Yesterday General French went out with cavalry and field artillery, and effectively shelled the Boer laager, without loss on our side. " 'ijieutenant Egerton of the Power ful is dead. General Joubert sent in Major C. S. Ktncaid of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and nine wounded prisoners. Eight Boers were sent out in exchange i no others being fit to travel. " 'Colonel Broklehurst, with cavalry, field artillery, the Imperial Light Horse and the Natal Mounted Volun i leers, was engaged with the enemy to | the southwest of Ladysmith. The ; fighting lasted several hours. Out loss was very small. " 'The bombardment of Ladysmith J continued yesterday and to-day. many ! Boer shells being pitched into the I town. " Our troops are in good health and j spirits, and tl:e wounded are doing ' well.' " Secretly of State Censured. London, Nov, 7. Almost the only subject of discussion at present in England is the disastrous reverse suf fered by General White, the British 1 commander at Ladysmith. Public | opinion seems to be fairly divided, one section bitterly blaming the Gen eral and the other maintaining that lie is probably not so much at tault as ho made himself out. The latter section, which includes many service men and nearly all the service publications, urges the withholding of definite criti cism for the present. The Naval and Military Record says; "Considering the nature of the coun try. the lamentable unprepareduess of England and the unwillingness of the opposition to allow a Brltisn regiment 1 togo to South Africa until President Kruger's ultin. .turn was received, it is almost surprising that we have been I able to hold our own so far. Not only : have the Boers proved themselves do > termined fighters and splendid sharp shooters as we knew them to be, but they have developed surprising mili tary and strategic qualities. They have nearly surrounded every Karri son we hold and have invariably oc cupied almost unassailable positions, fighting with great courage. Against ; such fighters our little force, left iso ■ lated far from our base and without hope of relief for days to come, has ! not only done splendid woik, but has gained successes which we venture to believe no other soldiers in the world placed iu similar positions and in | similar unfavorable conditions could have achieved." I Since the first news of the Lady smith disaster reached England a ■ storm has been gathering over the head of the Secretary of State for War, the Marquis of l.ansdowne. Some of the ablest of the government supporters declare privately that al most criminal neglect was shown in not sending at least ten thousand more troops by October 4. and that if Lord Lansdowrc's hands were tied by higher powers he ought to exculpate I himself beyon-l the shadow of a suspl j cion. The failure to send out troops enough cannot be charged to the op position. for Parliament was not then sitting. When these criticisms were repeat ed to a high government official lie i would not discuss the point, but de | dared that, the broad lines of nolicv uiiectitig Natiii IKKI iii'f'ii miicii litisuu- 1 (let-stood. "We are oft.-a u:ti;r.»i f.riid 1:» "why ; we sent Sir f}c-or,.:e Stewart White tip the neck of Natal unless wo '.v. ic sure 1 he could hold it Considering the tre-! mendous reini'oi-eeineuts now on thf-| way to liiin, it occurs to almost every body at first sight that lie ought to! have retired without risklu:-, engage-1 ments, but it in forgotten what would j happen in Natal unless we mndo a. vigorous stand there. "Natal has risked her little all on j behalf of the empire, and the least we i can do is to risk something ourselves and prevent the overrunning of her! prosperous towns and rich fields by: hordes of the enemy. Purely military | considerations. I admit, might point to the fact that w< ought Immediately to j have withdrawn from our advanced positions, but purely military con siderations have sometimes to be sub- j ordlnated to the interests of the em-j pire, and. although manj good lives! have been lost in such a cause, they i have not been wasted." Mr. .1. R. Robinson, the South Afri can millionaire, writes that General White will be perfectly safe if he sits | tight at l.adysmith, refusing to be in- 1 duced by the usual Boer tactics into being drawn out with the view of in dicting a defeat on the Hoers. This is the expression of universal hope, but previous experience of General White's tactics leaves room for much uneasiness during the week. General White Cut Off. Pretoria. Nov. 7.—Five thousand Boers have crossed Klip River, south j of J.adysmith. thus cutting off Whit. ! from Colenso. Ladysmith has again i been vigorously attacked and the 1 Boers hope to leduce the town withinl the next few days. Heavy guns have been sent from Pretoria to .foubert's aid. John Robertson is now in Pretoria Jail on a charge of enlisting men in the 1-iglit Horse to serve iitrainst the Transvaal !!•• ' II bo treated its a prisoner of war and not tried for treason. All is quiet at Johannesburg. Co lenso will not be attacked unless Lady smith falls, and if the Boers are forced to retire in the near future front Natal, it will become necessary to destroy Newcastle, Dundee and Charlestown. The general belief is that White will sally out. and make a dash for the. south. All unusually large proportion of wounded English prisoners have died in Pretoria Jail. The Boers lost 33 killed and 60 wounded in the Far quhar Farm fglit. Kruger is in ex cellent health. Refuses to Give Details. London, Nov. 7. —A despatch from Pretoria, says that Colonel Moeller, who commanded the Hussars, captured by the Boers, declined, on being inter viewed, to give the details of the mis fortune, but praised the treatment he and his men had received from the Boers. The British prisoners were playing football when their command er was interviewed. Their officers are anxious to be exchanged. GIVES ESTATE TO HIS WIFE. Disowned Son is Made Rich By His Father's Death. Houghton, Mich., Nov. 0. —Victor H. Matson, a member of one of the oldest and wealthiest families of Finland, and a graduate of a university of his native land, but who has been a day laborer here for some time, has re ceived a letter front Finland notifying him that by the death of his father lie had fallen heir to the entire family estate, valued at SIOO,OOO. An hour latest- Matson formally had assigned the estate to his wife, and as soon as arrangements can be made, Matson. with bis Cnmily. will return to Helsingfors. tit' <-aplt.nl of Finland, where the estate is situated. Several yetn-s ago Matson. then a university student, fell into bad habits and was disownod. He came to this country, was married and for a time prospered. Gradually lie lapsed into his old habits and lout position after position, finaliv being compelled to labor on the streets for a living, while his wife and children became depend ent on charity. When Matson received the letter announcing hi* inheritance, he at once hunted up his destitute fa'oily. and in the presence of Judge Curtis, first signed the nledg. ■. lßeu turned over his inheritance to his wife. _ 1.25 Per. Year. Number .'ill' PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN. The Whole Ticket Elected by Majorities Ranging from i 115,000 to 125,000. The Republican State ticket in I'ennsyluania has been elected by an i overwhelming majority. While tin? vote lias not been returned in detail and the majorities are reported only on State Treasurer, the reports show I that Colonel Ims run behind his as.so |eiates on the ticket. Judge Mrown I has polled the full republican vote, I and his majority will represent the i natural Republican excess in tin? State, Judge i tell el apparently running somewhat behind. REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH. Have Carried Seven Out of Twelve States. Elections were held yesterday in | twelve states, in six of which brd-- ' lots were cast for < ioverner. in (ihi.n Judge Xasli, llep., for ! Governor, ran a dose race with John | U. McLean, l>eiu., Samuel M. Jones Independent, being n close tliird. Indications arc that Judge Na-li has won l>y a narrow margin. The result in New York was another trinllll>it 1"«>r the repiihlicun party. The control ol" the Assembly and Senate was retained, a Rcpub liean ('ongressman was elected. and the party gained victories in the majority of the municiple contests. Massachusetts lias gone Republican by a plurality of (>•">.(inn. \Y. .Mur ray, Crane. Republican candidate for (iovernor, defeat- his Democratic opponent, Robert Trust Paine, Jr. THE COUNTY TICKET DEFEATED. The Vote was Light and Very Close. The greatest and closest contest ed battle of the ballots ever waged in this county has been fought to a finish. We have met the enemy and are theirs horse, foot anil dragoon. The State has gone Re publican by a big majority, for which let u- be thankful. As the hold a majority on the State and National ticket in this County it is not remarkable thai they should elect their ticket, but their trifling majority >how> their diminishing strength. To a great extent it was a personal contest be tween the candidates, and it i- a great credit to the Republican can didate- that, in the face of a large political majority againet them, they ! came so near a victory. Their is nothing to discourage Republican* in this result, and our Democratie ) friend- have little cause for rejoicing. 1 • Austin, 'fey.. .Nov. t>. —Judge joliu H. Reagan of this city, tlie only sur viving member of the Confederate Cabinet says he has accepted the in vitation extended to him in response to an expressed wish of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to unveil the monument to the late Jefferson Davis at Richmond. Va., on Nov. !•, at the time the monument to Winnie Davis is also to be unveiled. Judge Reagan will also deliver an ad dress on that occasion. Miss Rohrer to Name the Comus. Newport News. Va.. Nov. 0.4: The sponsor for the new steamship* Co mus, building here for the Cromyelt line, has been selected. She is Jijiss Josephine Rohrer. daughter of Com mander Rohrer who has been attached to the battleship Kentucky as execu tive officer. She has arrived here from Burlington. Vt. The Comus will bQ launched on next Thursday instead of Tuesday. Razor May Cause His Death. Camden, N. J.. Nov. licrt Adams. S years old. the son of Elmer Adams, a barber, tried to shave himself, and as a result o>" injuries probably will die The boy was playing in his father's shop and. obtaining u razor, began to shave. The blade slipped and cut a deep gash in the lad's throat. Physicians say the young man's re covery. is out of the question. The "Peeper" Goes Free. New Haven. Conn.. Nov. <>.—Frank H. D. Chase, instructor of English in Yale University arrested last week on the charge oft respass for looking into the windows of houses, has been dls charged in the police court. There were no prosecutions.
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