Republican News Item. THURSDAY, NOV. <>. 1890. County Seat Indices. and glances at the times. \ Ignorance is the mother of \ \ scepticism. Ignorance does J £ not abound to any great extent J j in Sullivan County. W 5 5o that there # $ is But Little 112 £ Scepticism £ J about the Value of j| sGbe IflewS | ) ITtem j # As a Profitable I jHbvetttshuj $ J ffcebium. * J Read it, Your neighbor does. J # Subscribe, Don't borrow. # —Landlord Deal in and wife spent last Saturday in Muncy. —Horn, to Mr. and Mrs. Jainps (ianspl, on Saturday, a son. Miss Myrtle Kdgar of Soncstown was a visitor in Laporte Saturday. —Dr. itothrick, of Soncstown, was in iho county seat on Monday. —T. E. Kennedy and son Sammy, were down to TTughsville on Wed npsday. —M. K. Reeder and Dewitt Lay lon are sight seeing in I'hiladelpliin this week. -James (iansel will move into the Karns cottage in l.ake Mokoma for the winter. —Hon. and Mrs. ltussel Karns, of; Benton, were callers on Laporte | friends on Sunday. —Miss Irene Rose went to I'hila- j delphia on Monday, where she will spend the winter. —.Mrs- X. C. Mahen and daughtes ; Kdith accompanyed Mrs. Downs io j Willianisport, last Friday. —Lawyers Bradley and .Mullen j and County Clerk Storment had le-1 gal business in Sonestown, on Mon- j daX. —Slierill' Osier was at his old j home in Elkland 011 Election Bay,! where he cast his ballot for the best , men. —Mrs. Ann Meylert and nieces Ada and Fannie, returned home on Saturday from a pleasant visit with friends at muncy. M. Warren Gritman, of Xord mont, was at the county seat 011 Monday and paid a liberal subscrip-1 tion to the Xews Item. —Quite a number from along tin- i line of the W. «fc X. B. B. it. took in the big foot ball game in Will-' iamsport on Saturday, among the I number from this place were Sheriff'| Osier, Prof. (Savitt and Mis* Anna | Karge. —W. Lavelle and John < iansel | who were arrested for counterfeiting j had a hearing in Willianisport last | Saturday and were bound over to' United States Court. —Judge Dunham and bride re-j turned to their home at this place 011 Wednesday, in time for the Judge! to cast his ballot. —Kugene Deegan, a fireman 011j the Lehigh Valley, formerly of I)u --shore, was killed 011 Friday near! Monroeton by an explosion of the j boiler 011 the locomotive that hauled I the passenger train. The accident! occured at the water tank while tak ing 011 water. A breakman was al-! so killed and the engineer seriously : injured. —The Pennsylvania Railroad com pyny has placed orders for ninety new type locomotioes with its shops i at Juniata. Of this number thirty] five arc to be monster pass flyers, weighihg more than Inn tons each. The remaining fifty five will be frieghters, heavier than anything on the system, and built with (lit- de sign of useing on passenger and frieght trains interchangably. The new passenger type will have three pairs of seventy two inch conneeterd drivers. They ape intended to haul the Pennsylvania's heavy express trains across the alleghenies without assistance, and maintain a schedule speed of fifty miles per hour. The tender will carry 7000 gallons of water. ! Entertainment at Baptist Church, Mr». I Jarley's Wax Works to bo Exhibited. I An entertainment will )>e given by the young people of Laporte on Tuesday evening, November I I, at j the Baptist church. The program consists of music, tableaux and drills and will include the celebrated ex hibit known as "Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works." The wax figures to be ex hibited include many characters famous in history, mythology and romance. These iigures are all fitted | with improved machinery and when I wound up execute many amusing l characteristic movements. With ! the proceeds additional lamps foi the church are to be purchased, and j it is hoped that a large attendance! may witness the entertainment. Admission, i'ic and inc. Teachers' Local Institutes The first,series of teacher,s local institutes will be neld as follow-: j For Davidson, Kagles Mere. Laporte I lloro., Laporte Twp. and Shrews bury, at Souestown, Nov. I slll. For Col ley, Cherry and Dnsliore, j at Dushore, J)ec. li,. For F.lkland, Forks, Forksvillc Fox and IFillsgrove, at Forksville. Nov. I'-'ith. Two sessions of each institute will be held, the flirt at H> a. m.and the i second at l:fl0 p. in. It is expected that every teacher will attend the institute held for his district and | take an active pari in the exercises, i Programs will be mailed to each ■ teacher and will also appear in the' County papers. Directors, patrons and citizens are cordial.v invited. 1'". W. M i:vi.KitT, ('o. Snpt. Local Institute Program. Program for local institute to be i held at Sonestown, I s , 1S!)0: Value of mathematical training, j M. D. Sweeney. Mow should the citizen help the school'.' F. 11. t'L Solders' and Sailors' Meniiui' 11 Coinmission decided to lo i e.-'le ihe )u pes id memorial ill River side Pari., n the foot <>l" lOighty-niulli street. lawyer Arthur F. Baldwin says j that ti'e consolidation of telephone in i tei '-t hr!s not vet lieen aecouipiished, bt i that tin corporations will come together. 'l'he ■'ilij>;ijos atteinpfed to ambush t'a,.. Unison's scouts between Sail lingo ;nil Sarogass;i, hut the Ameri eans drove them from their position, killing and wounding several. < >llO American otiiccr \\ as killed. (leorge P.irchett, colored, has beetl ariested iii New York charged with stealing ;m. .11:111 in gold from the Aii.'im • Kxpre- (.'ompany. lie . oii fessed ;,inl led the deteetves to the 1 place wh-.-re the money was hid. A colonial bureau will be establisli ied in conned km >it It the War I>e ■ purfinent. -V Texas convict forged .1 pardon i and walkul on: . i 1 lie peniten tiary nniiKili'St i| The monthly slatcmen; of the di rector of the mint shows a coinage of SI I.MiyK'.i i> ling (tci ober. While tiding fietn Louis t'ily. Neb., jto Ravenna. \\ I. Bryan was thrown | out of a (ttniage and braised but not : seriously. A petl'ilicd sliake weighing lllofe | than one hundred pounds and twenty i seven feet long has been found near ' Poftsville. Pa. The fourth atatuai Pittsburg art ex hibition opened Thursday the gold medal and si.r.un ) .jug awarded to Miss Cecilia Bcati\. of Philadelphia. | The trea sn i \ deparltiient at Wash ! ington has decided to investigate the treatment «•: Si 1 l.otiis I >,ivies of the Canadian cabinet, by New York ctis : tutus otlicers. The Kentucky courts have decided j a gains 1 the Blown liemoerais in the I matter i t inspeet 1 n , at the polls. ' -Iht falls el snow are reported from Milwaukee \\ i-;.. and Marquet te. Mid 'i he New ork Stale Tax Commis sion has received tin* New York Citj real estate and personal valuation for lis'"'. The Manhattan real estate fig ures are increast ■! s 101 I.IIIH 1.000 over those of last year. Costa IJit a ha- definitely refused to surren iei- Kotliertoid. the mail who is charged with iin- murder of Archer, the Atneri an citizen, unless the Brit ish authorities at Kingston, lamaica, gt'.'raniee not to inlllci capital pun ishment. to which the latter caunot ! accede. Elizabeth, N. J., Nov. The body of Samuel Van Arsdale, brakeman on the Central Railroads was found cut in two ou the tracks at the avenue yards at Elizabethport. It is believed that he fell under the wheels while coupling cars. He was recently mar ried Boise. Idaho, Nov. 6. —A dispatch from Wardner says: "Company H. Idaho National Guard, went on guard at the prison last night. Adjutant General Wea-.vr lias received a dis patch from General Merriam which says that the Federal troops will re main in their camps 111 the Coeur d'Alene." CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BY MAIL. We have made preparations iSjl for taßlnif care of the wants >ST <>t our two million customers wl lO live in every portion ot /■iSxafeafeSra ° ur :ioi page Catalogue 1s T ; in fu " of suggestions about t vcrytning to Eat, Wear and ■mBSSBgD use, and offers particular bookcases, Rleycles, Brass (iooda, Cabinets, Candies; Cliina Closets, t'igars, clocks, Guaranteed Watches Couches, Commodes, Desks. 69c. t« $75 00. Draperies, Fancy onai rs, Fancy Tables, Fountain Pens, a Cold Pencils,Uroceries,Uand kerclilefs. Jewelry, Mufflers, Lamps, Musical Instruments. Neckties, Ornaments, Pocket Knives, Pictures, Hockers, Slines, Silverware, Sterling Silver Novelties, Stools, Tables, Watches, etc. - Our Lithographed Catalogue shouts Carpets, Rugs, Portieres, Art Squares and Lace Curtains in their real colors. Carpets Oak or Mahogany sewed free, lining furnished Desk, $3.95. free, and freightprepaid. Our Made-to-Order Clothing § Catalogue with samples of cloth attached offers Suits and Over coats from $5 9, r > to s'-10.00. Hx pressage paid on clothing every where. li'e also issue a special Catalogue of Pianos, Organs, Swing Machines and Bicycles. We will make your Christ mas buying more satisfactory than It has ever been before. J- H. & Son Flour, Wlii c U Catalogue do you Per Barrel, $3.50. want ? Address this way: JULIUS HIKES &. SON. JJAI.TIMOHK, MI). Dept. !>0». QOI'RT PROCLAMATION, WHKIIKAS, HON. K. M. RI'NIIAM, President Judge, Honorable* John s. Line and Conrad Kraus, Associate Judges of the ( units of Oyer and Terminer anil Ceneral Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans'Court and Com mon l'lcas for the ( ount.vof Sullivan, have issued their precept, bearing ilaietiie an day uf Sept. IS'.i'.i, tu me directed, for holding the several courts in the Borough of Laportc, on Monday the II tli day of December ls'.l'J, at '2 o'clock p. m. Tiierefore,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 o'clock p. in.of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and other remeinberanees to those lliintr- to which their otpees apiiertain to he done. Anil to those who are Iwund by their recognisance to prosecute against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of tiiesaid county of Sullivan, are hereby untitled to be then and there to prosecute against them as will be just. 11. \V. OSLER, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Laporte, l'a..,OcL Js, 18 { >j■ Trial List, December Term, 1800. Return day. Monday, Sept. 11, I*!W, at p.m. I llngcnla 1). Weincr v- La|ml'te Imvn.-liip School District, No.4i) May term 1S;I7. Ejectment Plea, not guilty. Thompson. | Mullen. Ualiiii Magargel (use) vs The Township of Luportc, No. 107, Sept. term lssis. Deft, appeal. Pica "noil assumpsit" payment, payment with leave to give special matters in evidence. Mul len. ; Ingham-. The Onshore Water Co. Vs The Bern of Du shore. No. 1. December term, is'.is. .Wump.-il. Plea noli ti»ump.-it. and set olV,with leave to give special matter ill evidedce. Downs. Crouin iV lnghams. I I'niou Tanning to. \> Frank P. Teliug and Jerome Lain! and (ieorge Kdwarils. No. 11*.Sept. term. lSf.i. Trespass, lnghams. I Bradley WM. J. LAWRENCE, Proth. I'rothjoffice, Laporte, Pa, Oct- 30, IS'.m. \l DITOK'S NOTICE.—'The undersigned And tor apiKiinted by the Court of Common l'lcas to distribute the fund arising fmm the Sheriff's sale of the real estate of D. W. Penan at the suit of .1. s. llotl'a, will hear all persons interested at his office in Laporte on Wednesday. I '■ eemlier (i. lsyy at i> o'clock a. m. All persons' who have claims ii]mn said fund arc required to make their claims before said Auditor at that time or !«■ debarred from Tin -hare in said fund THOS. J. INGHAM, Anditor. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wheat. —No. 2 red 72 %c. elevator. 73*ie.. 112. o. l>.. afloat; No. 1 Northern, Duluth, 72 1 . 112. o. b., afloat. Corn. —No. corn. 38% c. elevator. Oats. —No. 2 mixed 29c. elevator and 21M-I.C. delivered; No. 3 mixed, 28C.C.; No. 2 white. 31',ic. elevator: No. 3 white, 'iO'-jC. Rye.—No. i Western, t»2 1 ic.; No. 2 Western, 62c ; State rye, 60c., all e. i. 112. New York. Barley. Market dull and unchanged. Ifflo(vr 'KlGmsc .'. Sbs mfwy 112 lrlr Flour and Meal. —Spring patents. ?3.73a4.10: winter straights, $3.40 a 3.55; extra No. 1 winter, $2.80a2.90; extra No. 2 winter, $2.55a2.65. Pork. — tness, $9.50a10.00; family, $11.75a12.00; short clear, $10.50a12.50. Beef, mess, $10.00at0.50; family, sl2a 13.00. Butter.—Creamery Western, extras, per 11)., 24'je.. do., lirsts, 22a23%c.; do., thirds to seconds, 17a21 1 / {.c.; do.. State extras, 24a24Vic.; do., firsts. 22a 2;ic.: do., thirds to seconds, 17a21 1 »c. Cheese. —State, full cream, small, September, fancy, per lb., 12%a12%c.: do., small, October, finest, 12a 12V,c.; do., good to choice, llViaH^ie. Eggs.—Jersey and nearby, fancy, white, per dozen, 22c.; do., average, ■st. 20a21c.; Western firsts. Potatoes. —Potatoes. Long Island, ■if to prime, per bbl., $1.12a1.50; do., übany, $:.10a1.2."; do.. Western New York, prime, per ISO lbs., $1.25a1.37: do. poor to fair. $1a?.12. Calves. 4 —At $. r ).00a8.25 per 100 lbs.; a few grassers at $3.50; city dressed veals steady at 9al2Vic. Lambs. —At $3.00a4.12 100 lbs.; medium to prime lambs, $5.15a5.30. Hogs.- At |4.50a4.60 per ion lbs. Uitdiv I*j.ited. Mr. Krossc - It's no wonder that the lan: have refused to touch the poison i bought HI tin* druggist's. Mrs. K. 1 < 111ii't see why. I'm sure 1 followed the directions. Mr. K. 1 >ireetious! Do they say Co spread the stuff on that jelly cake you made V" 0 CTYLISH. RELIABLI: ? ARTISTIC-%. : Recommended by Leading 3: > l):eksni»ker». !s&'■- They Alwayt J VgmjyiwflMiP'imwmamamantmtnrf * ■—; | NONE BETTER AT ANY VRi;\i 5; "5 JTh:.* el' -M I" -n in P-I . J: vi' V.' . a litr •• ..If I:»•»•«•* «: •JZ H VJO, A-*.-, ( ■ o 1 yo •• P§ ?: :S THK McCAl.l COMPANY, 5; J3B to 146 V; 1 r.'« Jirce 1 . '.e* Yo.'- z 4 H I*. A ''l I . •jS 189 Tilth \v.• , ; ;rr», nnrl / ; 1051 AUrkei :-t.. 3 Brightest M»i,'a/Inc I'ublis'.-'-J 5: 5 Contains .• « U; S UUiitriics L. . • i.» $ ions, Fan-> ej; Ajemi ' '}* r ' V 5 Subs-ripif.u only .*> lie. V'f ' *• including a l''ltKK I'actem Jj ; SAddr.« themcCall co.. «■; . % 138 to 146 W. 14th St.. New Yiirk 3; W «.V«'"fl 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 j. qt. fruit jars. Call on me when in need, for the prices are right. FALL and W N TERy-*QQ[)g arriving daily A new invoice of BOOTS,SHOES and CLOTHING „ IS jju t arrived. Will lie pleased to have you inspect tliein, when you want ji'oml gwxls at a low price. 1 Highest Market Price Paid for Butter and Eggs. Yours very respectfully. lET- CAMPB.FLL. iuhat Hie above named price on several hundred Very Swell, Very Pretty, Excellent Suits. The lal.rie- are pure wool in taney patterneil its well as plain black and blue: shapes of coats are single or double breasted, and 1 lie entire appearance and serviceabilin ol 1 hone nuim are e.|iial to ati\ which voir may have made to measure at .sii.'i. There i* a reason uh\ we sell these suits at this 1,,w price, hut it concerns von not. it has no hearing on ipialitv or price. There are rich pickings for earLv comers. This i;- an opor tuuity which should not be lost. J~ ~W OAROLL. LAPORTE Clothing Store. Our New Fail and Winter Goods Consisting of everything you mant in ftoots, ftoots, Sftoss, Ladies' Capes, Skirts, Wrappers, • Shirt Waists, Corsets, Etc. We Can Save You From Two to*Three Dollars on Each Suit. From L'-ic to l.uii on every pair of shoes and front to 111 els. on every article you buy of lis. We sell our goods at very small profits. Wo have no extra expense and are satisfied with the Small Profit System. JOE COOPER, The Clothier. CLOTHING! & & ftafier! \ Of LAPORTE, hesire-to call tiie .'itteniioii of bi.vers ofelothiiiL'to the fact lhat he represents Th American Woolen Mills Company, Chicago, in tliis locality, the World's Largest Tailors, and that he has a lull line of I'all and Winter Siinfpies ol -nils, pants and overcoats, in all styles and at prices that will defy competition. Alma trill line of ladies' arid vrentleinen's Water proof Hoods. (.'all and examine his line ol jroorls and prices More purchasing elsewhere .VI! orders tilled promptly. Perfect lit and satisfaction guaranteed. Correspondency solicited throughout this section. " I I ISS A. A. BAKER, LAPORTE, PA. Wright & Haight, Furniture . . j , t >. a « d ici iiJcrtulini^^ i ~ BRANCH CONNECTION AT LAPORTE. \K.\T l>()i«l{ T(> WAOONSIIor. K. \. m\k UN. Mgr. Everything New and Seasonable. fORKSVILLE PA Prices Invariably Lower. Try us. '