Republican News Item. THURSDAY, DEC.I 4, 1890- County Seat Indices. and glances at the times. T scepticism. Ignorance does J V not abound to any great extent J in Sullivan County. J 4 So that there # £ is Gut Little i Scepticism £ * about the Value of * l Zbc IRew 8 I ITtem $ As a Profitable # j \ flfcebuun. % # Read it, Your neighbor docs. * Subscribe, Don't borrow. J —Court is in session this week. —Dr. Willson wade a business trip to Williamsport on Friday. —Silas Henry of Eagles Mere, spent Sunday with town friends. —Lumberman Ed. F. Ives of Muncy, was a business caller in town on Saturday. —Prof. M. R. Black of Forksville was transacting business at the coun ty seat on Saturday. -Architect A. S. Wagner, who drafted the plan for the courthouse at this place, died at his home in Williamsport on Monday. —The Laporte Hotel and residence of M. E. Rceder had long distance telephones connected with them this week. —Artie Willson, a young man of Picture Rocks had his right arm shot off at the shoulder last week while out gunning. The same old tale, accidental. —A business meeting of the Ep worth League is called for Thursday evening immediately after prayer meeting. Hakkikt E. (JKiMMjl'res. —Mrs. E. M. Dunham received word on Friday, of her mother's sud den death. The Judge and Mrs. de parted for Towanda on the evening train. —"The Good Samaritan" is the subject of a lecture to be given by the I. O. O. F. of Forksville, in the >l. E. church at that place on Tues day, Dec. 10, 1891). Rev. R.IL Hart of Lock Haven,-will be the address or, and will be of great interest to his audience. —The severe wind and heavy rain storm that passed over this section Monday night, blockaded the road with fallen trees between this place and Eagles Mere, which prevented the stage from making its usual trip, Tuesday. —Theo. Mencer of Oaleton, Pa., spent Thursday last pleasantly in town while on business. Mrs. Mcn cer's health has been very poorly the past year and has survived three painful operations. —The prices on paper has advanc ed :»o and 10 per cent, since the trust has formed. Surely the paper trust is "benevolently assimilating" the country editor. With this trust and his subscription trust, he will j have to TiirsT in God, if he keeps his body and soul from separating, j The new Laporte Hotel is filled I to overflow with court guests this week and is evidently meeting the public ideal of a stopping place. J The rates are so regulated that rich and poor alike are highly satisfied with their accommodation and the price asked for it. At this house guests feel themselves well cared for and have all the privileges and com forts that a flrsi-class house can pos sibly give. —The Williamsport Sun says, Hughesville now has fourteen mails a day to handle, under the new rail road schedule. Laporte, one of the ounty seats of the Keystone state, has only one outgoing mail daily, South, except the one sent on the freight which gets as far south as Sonestown and is then brought back to get another start the following day. What does our contemporary think of that ? —Judge Lynch of Wilkes Barre I presided over our court Tuesday in the absence of Judge Dunham who was able to take his seat Wednesday. The Court was opened on Monday by Associate .indues Line and Kraus. 1 Alviee Dunham was appointed fore man of the grand jury which was discharged on Tuesday, after acting upon four pills. —A government by the people! and for the people is exactly the kind of a government that should j own and operateall its railroads,tele-! graphs and all means of communi cation the same as it operates its I postal system. The profits would ! then goto the people and not to! men who have already made many millions. The postal business last ! year would have paid for itself and 1 had a balance on hand of $15,000,000 had the railroads not been doubly paid for hauling the mail. They j set their price, what's to prevent it. Public enterprises in a country like ours should net be conducted on private capital with the sole purpose of greedy gar* at the public's ex pense,discomfort and jeopardy of life, j as has too often been shown. How \ long are the people going to wait: before they push this issue to the! front with vigor'.' —Since the noon passenger train has been taken off this end of the line, the county seat finds itself sore ly dealt with in regards to the I*. S. j mail service, and judging by the general feeling it will not take long deliberation of the public to decide what they propose to do about it. The exorbitant tribute drawn by the railroads from the Post-otfice De partment is 5<35,000,000 a year. Half of that amount would bean extrav agant figure. Since the weighing of all mail matter by postmasters dur ing the month of October it was learned that the average rate paid to the rail-roads for hauling the mails was *lO per ton per hundred miles. That is 40 cents per ton mile; think of it. The question now arising is, are the railroads going to make their j own prices and carry the mail when j they so please. If such be the case, have pity on Uncle Sam. He will have to watch out or the combines will get him. The closed pouch ser vice on the freight train is worse than no service at all; no one knows its hour of coming or going. The stage driver whose compensation is not commensurate with the service he performs is now obliged to wait at the station three or four hours at a time waiting for his mail. We do not know whether these conditions are expressed in his contract or not, but we hardly believe he will accept the reward of ignorance. nillsKrove. On Monday, Dec. 1, the grim de stroyer Death visited our communi ty and removed John If. ltogers, an aged and highly respected citizen. Mr. Rogers was born Oct. 10, ls2(i on the farm where lie was living at the time of his death, and has spent nearly his entire life oil the banks of the Loyal Sock. About the year 'SB lie was atllicted with palsy which prevented his enlistment in the civil war. lie acted as enrollment officer for Sullivan county during the war, discharging the duties in a very commendable manner. Though suf fering constantly from palsy since early manhood, Mr. Roger's life has been a useful one. lie was a natural mechanic, a firm friend of education, a supporter of the Uaptist church, and a lile-long Republican; though unable to walk without assistance for the past Mi years, he lias voted at every election except the la>t. lie was an unmarried man and though ever kind and courteous, he showed some aversion to the fair sex but was a great lover of boys, and was never so happy as wlieh direct ing them in some useful occupation. Hiseharacter was without reproach and though an invalid he possessed marked business ability by which he was enabled to earn for himself a comfortable fortune, the bulk of which he willed to his brother, Rob ert, and his niece Miss Anna Ives. The funeral occurred at the I'nion church on Wednesday. Rev. Frazier officiating. Interment in llillsgrove cemetery. A Pill KM>. A public entertainment will be held in the Christian church on Sat urday evening, Dec. HI, 'OO, by the I'. o. S. of A. to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their organization. J. Harry Shoemaker Esq., of Mon toursville, will deliver the address. A banquet will be held at the resi dence of W. A. (Jumble; the cost of which will be 25c for each plate. All are cordially invited to attend. THE NE WS IN mm Telegraphic Gleanings From All Parts * of the World Mrs. Edward Lahey, wife of a i r ,iii inent contractor of Danbury, Conn., died In a dental chair from heart dis ease. A movement is on foot in Ariz na to have tha% territory admitte 1 to Statehood at the present session of Congress. E>.-Senator Warner Miller, of New York, will build a trolley line from Spo kane, Wash., to Republic Camp on the Columbia 1 liver. Ex-Governor Atlgeld of Illinois, is said to be bitter against the new cur rency bill to be introduced early In this session of Congress. T. F. Callahan, superintendent of th • Cleveland and Eastern Railroad, u a** run down by a car on a switch :.t Chardon, Ohio, and instantly killed. Thi negroes of Kentucky have pre sented to Governor Bradley a ROld watch, chain and chajm, as a token of appreciation of what he has done for their race. Ceneral Otis reports from the Philip pines that Aguinaldo the leader of the native forces is completely surrounded and that his capture is only a question of a few days. Texas has admirers of W. J. Bryan who have offered to purchase the Ne braskan a home if he will agree to re side in that state. Mr. Bryan has not yet replied to the proposition. It. is said in Washington that the sec ond and third wives of Congressman elect Lirigham H. Roberts will prob ably be subpoenaed in order to prove the polygamous charges made against him. Miller and Waller won the team race in the six-day bicycle contest in Madi son Square Garden, New York. They covered a distance of 2,733 miles and 4 laps, and only received SI,OOO of the purse—ssoo each. Thirty-two miners were killed by an explosion of gas in a coal mine near Spokane, Washington. There were :i hundred men at work in the mine when the accident occurred and only sixty-eight of them were taken out alive. The steamer Niugara, which was caught in the gale on Lake Erie last Thursday has given up for lost together with her entire crew of six teen men. Wreckage from the Niagara has been picked up on the Canadian shore. Admiral Kautz has transferred his flag from the battleship lowa to the cruiser Philadelphia at San Francisco. Venezuelan Government troops have moved against Maracaibo, where it was said the insurgents would sur render. The Kentucky Election Board is said to stand two to one in favor of seat ing Gen. Taylor, the Republican can didate for Governor. Clyde Mattox, the slayer of five men, has been convicted at Newkirk, I. T., of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve years. Lieut. Ledyard, the American officer killed in the uprising in Negros, in the Philippines, was a son of the president of the Michigan Central Railroad. Work has been resumeel in the Dia mondville coal mines in Wyoming, with a force of 175 non-union miners. The union miners feel their defeat keenly Miss Mary Halliday, of New York, will have a SIO,OOO drinking fountain erected in Cairo, 111., in memory of her father, Captain William P. Halliday. Gen. Young routed the Filipinos un eler flen. Tino after a five hours' fight in the mountain pass between Narva can antl San Quinto in the Philippines. The Mormon leaders are said to have elecided to order Roberts to give up the fight for his seat in Congress, fearing the effect on the church of a full in vestigation. James F. Keeley, who gave his name as James Johnson, has been arrested in Milwaukee on suspicion of being im plicated in the shooting of the Cheneys at Racine. President John McNaill of the Amal gamated Federation of Boilermakers, says that the strike of boilerrnakers in the I'nion Pacific shops is ended and that work will be rcsume-d at once. John Curtis, son of Robert Curtis, a rich white man. who married inte> the Cade«> Indian tribe, killed Pete Thomp son and fatally wounded Henry Smittj at H'*no, I. T., Friday. Relatives of Frank Langin of Ken osha, Wis., who had been searching for him for years, have learned that he was sentenced to life imprisonment un der the name of James Lonegran. The Stuck River Valley, in Washing ton State, is reported one vast sheet of water. Secretary Cage will ask Congress to authorize the building of an additional goh: vault in New York City. The natural gas interests of twenty Indiana anel Ohio towns have been con solidated, with a capital of $8,000,000. Owing to scarcity of white paper in Canada, 700 mill owners and large ill rectors in the- trade are withdrawing their prie-e lists. The internal revenue collectors have* organized a movement to advocate a new and separate Cabinet office for their department. The Northwestern Life Association of Chicago has decided to transfer its business to the Northwestern Life As surance Company. The hosiery mill of the Nolde & Hoist (Company of Reading, Pa., was destroy ed by tire Thursday entailing a loss of $250,000. Miss Louise Clay, an em ploye of the mill was burned to death and about sixty others were more or less seriously injured. There was an insurance of $1!>0,000 on the mill. At Maysville, Ky., a mob of fully 1,000 people took Dick Coleman, the colored murderer of Mrs. James Lashbrook from the officers and burned him at the stake. The negro was frightfully tor tured by the mob before the match was applied by the husband of the ' murdered woman. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BY MAIL. We have made preparations kjBJ for taking care of the wants of our two million customers wlio live In every portion ol our 304 page catalogue Is everything to Eat, Wear anil |Es3i use, ana oilers particular UOOKCUSPS, Bicycles, Brass TittV floods. Cabinets, Candies; Cliiua Closets, Cigars, Clocks, Guaranteed Watches Couches, Commodes, Desks, 09c. to $75 00. Draperies, Fancy Chairs, Fancy Tables, Fountain Pens, afield Pencils, Groceries, lland kerctiiefs, Jewelry, Mufflers, Lamps, Musical Instruments, Neckties, Ornaments, Pocket Knives, Pictures, Rockers, Shoes, Silverware, Sterling Silver Novelties, Stools, Tables, Watches, etc. * Our Lithographed Catalogue shams Carpets, Jiugs, Portieres, Art Squares and Lace Curtains in their real colors. Carpets Oak or Mahogany tewed free, lining furnished Desk, f3.95. free, and freightprepaid. Our Made-to-Order Clothing § Catalogue with samples of cloth attached offers Suits and Over • coats from $5 95 to $20.00. F.x pressage paid on clothing every where. If,'t also issue a special Catalogue of Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines and Bicycles. We will make your Christ mas buying more satisfactory than 11 has ever been before. J. H. & Son Flour, Which Cataloguo do you Pes Barrel, $3.50. want? Address this way: JULIUS HIKES & SON. JIALTIMOUK, ND, Dept. 009. The County Institute. The thirty-seventh annuiil teach ers' institute l'or Sullivan county will be held in (jlnrey's Mali, I)u --shore, I'a., during the week com mencing January 1, 1 !UMI. The in stitute will open at '2 o'clock Mon day and close Friday noon. The law requires that all public schools be closed during the week and pro vides for the payment of teachers in attendance at the institute. The instructors are as follows: Hon. Henry Ilouck, Deputy Supt.of Public Instruction; l)r. O.T.Corson, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. A. T. Smith, Prin. Mansfield Normal School; Dr. Byron \V. King, Pittsburg. The list of evening entertainments is as follows: Monday, Dr. <). T. Corson; Tuesday, iron.HenryHouck; Wednesday, Dr. liyron \V. King; Thursday, The Parker Concert Co. The enrollment clerk \yill be at the hall to enroll teachers at 111 o'clock, Monday, and it is earnestly hoped that every teacher in the county will be enrolled by U o'clock. To receive pay for Monday teachers must be present. Wednesday, January :'», will be observed as Directors' Day. The Sullivan County Directors' Associa tion will meet with the institute at l:!>il p.m. when addresses will be de livered by Deputy Supt. Ilouck, ex- State Supt. Corson, and Dr. Smith. A large attendance is desired. A cordial invitation to all the ses sions of the institute is extended to all who are interested in the cause of education. F. W. Mkylkht, Co. Supt. You can find a nice Christmas present for your friend at T. J.Keelers Services in M. K. church: Sunday School, 11 a.m. Epworth League, > p.m. Preaching, 7::! d p.m. lam disposing of a large lot of mens' youths and boys ready made clothing; also a lot ol' mens' and youth's overcoats for the next •'!: sil ver bullion. S2OIJ'2B. Died in a Dentist's Chair. Danbury, Conm. Dec. 11.—Mrs. Ed mund Lahey. 42 yoars old, the wife of a prominent contractor, living at 7 Clark street, dropped dead here as she was taking a seat in a. dentist's chair. The excitement of the visit to the dentist and probably the dread of the ordeal brought on an attack of heart disease. !Campbell, The merchant, IA Merry Christmas to you All. II you are not as merry as you should be, call at my store and 1 will make yon merry if Low Prices for ist-Class Goods will do it. . I am opening up the finest line of HOLIDAY y honest and lair dealing i hope to merrit it in the future. . Sours verv respectfully. .A., lit". CAMPBPLL. The above named price on several hundred Very Swell, Very Pretty, Excellent Suits. I lie fabrics are pare wool in fancy patterned clothing as well.as plain l> lack and blue; shapes of coats arc single or double breasted, and the entire appearance and serviceability of these suits are ei|iial to any which you may have made to measure at s2">. There is a reason why we sell these suits at this low price, but it concerns you not, it has no I■«•»rinc to I.on on every pair of shoes and from i!d to Hi cts. on every article you buy of us.. We sell our goods at very small profits. We have no extra expense and are satisfied with the Small Profit System. JOE COOPER, The Clothier. CLOTHING ! (3- fcafier, X-::; ' " Of LAPORTE, Desires to call the attention of bincts of clothing to the fact that lie represents Th American Woolen Mills Company, Chicago, in this locality, the World's Largest Tailors, and that he has a full line of Kail and Winter Samples ol suits, pants and overcoats, in all styles and at prices that will defy competition. Also a lull hue of ladies' and gentlemen's Water proof (ioods. Call and o.auiinc bis line ol goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere All orders tilled promptly. Perfect tit and satisfaction guaranteed. < 'orrespondency solicited throughout this section. A. A. BAKER, LAPORTE, PA. Wright & Haight, Furniture ' and b"iiaertawtnq, ™° t BRANCH CONNECTION AT L.A. FO TIE, NKXT l>( m >1! I'i » WAtit >X si It ip. i> A. CON KLIN, Mgr. Everything New and Seasonable. FORKSVILLE, PA. Prices Invariably Lower. Try us.