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,THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1900.
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County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
—There is considerable Lagripp
in this vicinity at present.
—Wm. Kennedy was in Titus
ville, this week.
—Judge Dunham is holding court
inWilliamsport this week.
—Wm. Hartt, of Campbellsvillo,
was a business man in town Tuesday.
—The Messenger house owned by
ft. M. Dunham is receving a new
coat of paint.
—Dr. W. T. lteedy, of Huglies
ville, is in town practicing dentist
ry this week.
—Mrs. F. H. Ingham, daughter
Eunice and son Fritz are all on
the sick list.
—Mrs. Frank Grant visited
friends in Warren Center, Bradford
county, this week.
—The County Commissioners
held tqeir monthly meeting the early
part of the week.
—Mr. Albert Conklin attended j
the Baptist Sunday School conven- ,
tion held at Muncy, last week.
—A child of Mr. and Mrs. John
Keeler, of Nordmont, died on i
Tuesday, May Bth of pneumonia.
—Mrs. O. W. Bennet, located on
the Mason farm, has just received
an up-to-date line of spring Millen
ery goods.
—F. M. Crossley and son Ellery, 1
and T. M. Kennedy in the '
Sells-Forepaugh show in William
sport, last week.
—Kansas is to organize a farmer's
trust. This is certainly running the
octopus into the ground where it
belongs, deep down.
—Seven skidways of logs aggre
gating in value about S.IOOO, belong
ing to Bennett & Peal of ftagles
Mere, were burned Monday.
—Prof. L. L. Ford kindly extends,
his thanks to the people of Laport* '
for fighting the forest fires from 1 is
summer house at Mokoma Place. j
—Roaring Branch will have a new
tannery in working order within
sixty days more, to replace the one
recently destroyed by fire.
—Forest fires extending from
head of Muncy creek to Cherry run
are making interesting times for
Sutton, Peck & Company and the
Lyons Lumber Company.
-Martie Gallagher's son, William,
fell from iv fence on Tuesday and
sustained a very bad cut on the right
cheek. Dr. Willson was called to .
dress the wound.
—While at work at one of the
rollers in the tannery Monday night
Wm. Heim Sr. had the misfortune
to get his right thumb so badly
crushed as to necessitate amputation
of a part of the injured member.
At present he is doing well.
—Mas \j>r LaTtue Bird, of Estella,
is now \ part of the News Item
force, se. ving his apprenticeship
which has the distinguished title of
"devil".
—The dynamiters who tried to
destroy the Welland Canal, failed to '
«*9 so because they were drunk.
1 \ere is a great temperance moral in
tl. v but we are not quite sure just
ho it bears.
—Stones, large and loose, and
ditches deep and dangerous in great j
abundance in the public road to |
Eagles Mere. Stew Chase, if here, j
might excite the authorities to do>
better.
—The Sullivan Publishing Com
pany stockholders met at the offle
of the secretary, T. J. Ingham, on
Monday, and re-elected the officers
of the previous year. A dividend
of five per cent was declared for
the stockholders.
—On Tuesday the state treasury
passed into the hands of Colonel ft.
Barnett, who succeeds J. J. Beacom
The balance in the general fund at
the time of the transfer was $3,500-
000.
—The intimation that a team with
a loaded wagon going down the
Ingham hill got fast in one of those
water crossings and was unable to
extricate the load, is probably a
mistake —in the direction the team
was going.
—Orator Pull, who speaks from
the smokestacks of manufacturing
and commerce, will make speeches
night and day all over the country
in the coming campaign. For full
particulars address his advance agent
Wm. McKinley, Washington.
The saw mill of ft. F. Ives, located
near ftagles Mere, was totally de
stroyed by fire about 2 o'clock Sun
day morning, entailing a loss of
about $5,000. It is said that no in
surance was carried. Forest tires is
likely the cause of origion.
—Miss Julia ()'Donovan complet
ed her term in the second grade of
the Borough school on Thursday.
Owing to loss of time the other grades
will continue for several days longer.
—Master Herman Yeager left on
Monday for Freeburg, Pa., where
he will attend the spring term at
the musical college, devoting his
time to the piano.
—The Ladies Society of the Bap
tist church, will serve ice cream in
the Baptist Church parlors every
Saturday evening during the sum
mer, commencing Saturday evening
May 11',
All the big States that have recent
ly been holding Republican conven
tion are out strong for expasion.
They want to extend the markets
for American farm and factory
products.
Kxports of American manufactures
will pass the $400,000,000 mark for
the fiscal year ending with next
month. In 1895 they only amounted
to $183,595,743. And yet there are
a few people who still opposing pro
tection and commercial expansion.
—lt was in 1895 that Senator Hoar
delivered a speech in which lie said,
speaking of the tree planted by the
first American settlers: "Its boughs
hang over the Pacific; and in time—
in good time—it will send its roots
beneath the waves and receive un
der its vast canopy the islands of the
sea." Why, this must be that good
time. /
—Europe affords the best market
for American farm products and
manufactures, buying from us almost
to the extent of a billion dollars a
year. Why not keep on terms of
friendship with our best customers.
—A Kansas editor has referral to
the Honorable Champ Clark as "a
iiamond pin in the shirt front of
freedom". Those who have witness
ed the manner in which the gentle
man from hops about from
issue to issue are disposed to regard
him as a sort of a lynch pin in the
shirt front of Heedom.
—What Lincoln was to his
country in his day, McKinley is
to the country to-day; and the
nation which expressed its endorse
ment of Lincoln by re-electing
him to the presidency, will set a
similar mark of approbation on
the latest of his distinguished
successors.
—The trust problem will soon be
solved even if Congress does not
adopt any law on the subject. The
individual states are rapidly passing
laws controlling the operations of
trusts incorporated in other states
and practically confining them to
their own homes. This will soon
turn the tide in favor of-mailer cot
porations, as few states are hrg<;
enough to support trusts all by them
selves.
—Jiulge Metz'ger, of Lycoming-
County, and legal circles in other
parts of the State have considered
considered the expediency of sepa
rating "amature" offenders from
the hardened criminals who are
confined in the prisons. It has
been the experience of jail war
dens that where youthful offenders,
held or convicted for a trivial
crime, have been allowed to min
gle with adult culprits, the associ
ation has always been detrimental
to the morals of the younger pris
oners.
j la it not about time for the Demo
cratic party to call upon the country
to put them in power, so that they
may reduce the dangerous surplus
in the United States Treasury? That
is one of the few promises made by
it that was faithfully fulfilled, and,
in doing so, it also reduced the sur
plus of almost every citizen in the
Union. As a suplus reducer and a
deficit creator that party has a record
that can not be successfully assailed.
A peculiar circumstance connected
with the accidental death of Joseph
Walterhouse, at Muncy, was related
Monday. Walterhoue saw Thomas
(i. Swenk, the Western Union oper
ator, receive a telegram from his,
Walterhouse's wife in Wilkes-Barre,
addressed to his parents, telling them
she has heard that her husband was
dead and requesting to be told when
the funeral was to take place.
At this moment Walterhouse
heard a freight train approaching,
and exclaiming that he was the live
liest corpse they ever saw, made a
grab for a handle, missed it, fell and
was ground to pieces.
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The Jtcparter Journal, (Republican)
of Towanda, has divulged the secret
of its great success to its brother pub
lishers of financial contraction by
publishing the following:
"A gentleman who is a candidate
for political honors asks if the Re
porter Journal will publish a sketch
of his life in the interest of his can
didacy. To which we reply, that
we will be glad to do so—at the reg
ular advertising rates of the paper.
So plain a business proposition in
volves no doubt in the mind of the
publisher and can have but one an
swer. Inasmuch as we have been
asked the same question by several
other candidates for office a few
words 011 the subject may not be out
of place at this time.
"The Reporter Journal is a news
paper whose object, primarily, is to
make a living for its publishers .
The publication of the news and
matters of general interest are inci
dental to that end. The publication
of matters calculated to advance per
sonal interests or the private gain of
its readers or the public does not
come within the scope of this policy,
and all communications 01* articles of
this nature must be paid for. They
are clearly and properly a legitimate
soucre of revenue to the publisher
who does the work.
"The foregoing statement is made
for the benefit of a large class of
persons who have a very crude con
ception of the functions of the news
paper and who seems to think that
it should do for nothing a work that
hits a definite pecuniary value to
those for whom it is performed.''
The NEWS ITEM will not attempt
to figure up the amount of this class
of advertising and labor it has given
away. Were it now to be paid us in
one lump we would feel like con
tributing SIO,OOO of it to the Nation
al campaign fund.
Judge Thompson, of the United
States District Court at Cincinnati,
has decided that the law docs not re
quire any revenue stamp to be fixed
to bonds'of notaries public.
A party of pupils of the Vera Cruz
State Normal School will leave Jal
apa, Mexico, to-day to visit Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia, Washington
and other cities.
„A Denver despatch says that it wilt
take two weeks and $200,000 to re
pair the damage to the roadbed of the
Colorado and Southern Railway iu
Platte Canon by the recent floods.
The converter and billet mills of the
Illinois Steel Company's plant at Joliet
are closed Indefinitely, as the result of
the closing of the American Steel and
Wire Company mills. About 2,500
men are idle.
At Ysletta, Tex., Pablo Alvares, a
jealous lover, while attempting to
shoot his sweetheart, Miss Logan, ac
cidentally wounded two young men.
The young lady is dead from the ef
fects of shock.
The system of registering letters
by mail carriers was on Saturday ex
tended to 163 postoffices, and there
now remain less than 100 cities hav
ing free delivery where this system
is not in operation.
It is current talk in Yokohama that
30,000 Japanese will leave their native
country this summer for British Col
umbia; and, it is believed, that the
number coming to the United States
will be enormous.
The wedding of His Imperial High
ness Crown Prince Yoshihto, of Ja
pan, and Princess Sada Ko, daughter
of Prince Kujo, which is to take place
May 10, will be attended with great
rejoicings at Yokohama.
The survey for the Japanese Rail
way from Seoul, capital of Corea, to
Fusan, has been completed, but it is
not likely that operations will be be
gun, as the Japanese Government hes
itates to guarantee a subsidy.
Alexander Sablston, the head of the
Sabiston Lithographic and Publishing
Company, shot himself, presumably
by accident, in the offices of the com- \
panv, in Montreal, Saturday, and died
a few minutes after.
A despatch from St. Petersburg says
that the Czar has ordered the Chief of
Police of Moscow to cease all extraor
dinary precautions for his safety, sav
ing: "I have come to see my people,
not the police of. Moscow."
—The Ladies' Aid of the SI. E.
church will sell ice cream Saturday
night every two weeke, beginning
May 12, at the residence of Mis.
E. Grimm.
JB Famous Maryland
m Men's Clothing
I Hade to Order. Eipreuifr Prepaid
and UutriuUetxl to fit
L ' The stylish kind of Suits, Over-
coats and Trousers, made by best
city merchant tailors, are made in
our workrooms at about one-halt
HI what you have to pay at retail. Our
Mitt's Clothing Catalogue, with
Ml large cloth samples attached,
■9 shows the latest styles and con
tJH ceits, and is profusely illustrate. I
HV with the latest fashions that will
l»e worn by the l>cst dressed
this season. We ship you our
T&jp Clothing C.0.D., and we guar
antee each garment to fit you,
so that you run absolutely no risk:
think of the large saving you elicit
and the stylish garments we send youl
"U'e publish a 16 r..1,.r
lithographed book,which ■/lyfy'
%'QlivMml
and Bed Sets, Table and
Piano Covers, etc., in Hs r
their exact colors and tQ
designs, so that by look- *£>■■■ wift Sf
Ing at these color plates nSSjM
you can tell exactly how V
the fabric itself appears, xL/ IVI
and buying from us you IgagP^
buy at millpriccs, and save from 40 to 60 per cent.
All Carpets sewed free, lining furnished without
charge, and freight prepaid
Doth catalogues are free. Which do you want?
Address this way:
JULIUS MINES k SON, Dept. 9o9, Baltimore, Md.
CONItHNSED REPORT of the condition of tin
FIRST NATIONAL HANK of Dnshore, l'a.,
At close of business, l)ee. 181H).
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts J1(i!,973 98
L T . S. Bomls to Secure Circulation 12,500 00
Premium on United States Bond# 1,00000
Stock Securities 33,1 TO 00
Furniture 1.200 00
Due from Banks Approved reserve
Redemption Fund U, N. Treasurer 562 60
Sjieeie and Legal Tender Notes I>,BBB It)
8 3000W, US
LIABILITIES.
Capital S fio.ooo co
Surplu saud Undivided l'rolits la.fttX! .4
Circulation 10,750 00
Dividens Unpaid 7-' ix>
l>cposits 222,806 74
S 300,059 98
State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss:
I. M. D. Bwarts, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to tile best of my knowledge and be
lief.
M. P. BWARTS, Cashier.
Suliscribcd and sworn to before me this fd
day of Mav I'.KJo.
JOHN 11. CRONIN, Notary Public.
Correct—Attest:
•IN'O.D.REESER. i
E.G. SYLYARIA. [-Directors.
ALPHONSUB WALSH. J
The Northwestern Yeast Co. (if
Chicago, 111. are out again this year
distributing free samples of their
now famous Magic Yeast. There is
hardly a man, woman or child in the
United States not familiar with the
good qualities of this favorite bread
raiser.
Have you seen Busehhausen's wall
paper? It's up to date and prices
are right too.
For Sale.—A Saw Mill in tir-t
class condition. Capacity, 40,000 to
yO,OOO feet per day, in hemlock. Can
be seen in operation until June Ist,
1000. Practically new. For further
particulars, address
CllAs. \V. ItEKDKB A- Co.
(iw. Laporte, Pa.
The business of the town in canned
goods is at Busehhausen's.
Wall paper at popular prices at
J. W. Bucks, this week.
The old reliable Towanda shoes
for sale at Busehhausen's.
Mr. James McFarlane is agent for
the Celebrated Pitkin Paint and
Specialties. This is the oldest mix
ed paint manufactory in America
and their goods ;ir( > j/uarantecd not
to chalk, crack or peel off when
properly applied and to last longer
than any mixture of Trust Lead and
Oil.
QOURTPROOLAMATION.
WiiEitKAs, IION. K. XI. DI NHAM, President
Judge, Honorable* John s. Line and Conrad
Kraus,Associate Judges of the Courts of Oyer and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Ouarter
Sessions of the Peace, Orphans'(Jourt and Com
mon Pleas for the County of Sullivan, have issued
their precept, bearing date the 9 day of Mar.
1899, to me directed, for holding the several
courts in the Borough of Laporte. on Monday the
jMh day of May 1900, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Therefore,notice is Hereby given to the ( oroner.
Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
county, that they be then and there in their prop
er person at 2 o'clock p. m.of said day, \\ itli their
rolls, records, inquisitions examinations ami
other rememberauees to those tilings to which
their offices appertain to be done. And to those
who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of
the said county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to
be then and tlicro to prosecute against them as
will be just.
11. W. OSLER, Sheriff,
herift's Office, Laporte, Pa.,, Apr. 14, 1900.
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For seventeen years our product has beeu a
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QwipbeH, The MERCHANT,
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LADIES.
I have just returned from the city with a magnificent new line of
Spring and Summer Dry Goods, Notions and Ladies Furnishing
Goods.
Everything of the Latest
Please call and examine, the prices arc right. Don't fail to look
over the Rargain Counter, it will interest you.
GENTS.
I have just received a car of seeds, consisting ol Garden, Iled-top, Orchard
Oiass, I iinothy and Clover Seed, also a car of Jlowkern Fertilizer and the jiricen
are very low. \\ hen in need of a plow I can supply you with die best made
*' 1 III'- WIHAI). If von want anything in General Merchandise 1 can
supply you at 1 lie lowest possible price.
HIGHEST Market Price paid for Butter and Eggs.
Yours very respectfully A ft. CAMPBELL.
ftlbat $12.00 vv j" IV
The above named price on several hundred
Very Swell, Very Pretty,
Exselteiit Suits.
The fabrics are pure wool in fancy patterned cloth nig ax well.nsjpluiir
and blue: shapes of coats are singlejor ilouble breasted, and |the entire
appearance and serviceability of these suits are ec|iial to ain which vou
may have made to measure at $2.1. There is a reason why we sell these
aits at this low price, but it concerns you not, it has no bearing on i|iialilv
or price. There are rich pickings lur early comers. This is. an opor
tunity which should not be lost
J" "W CAROLL. Bi 0 o t o e k. Carron Dushorh. v
LAPORTE Clothing Store.
Our New Fall and Winter
Goods
Consisting everything yon mant in
dotfiiiig, Rootsi, Sfioes,
Ladies' Capes, Skirts, Wrappers,
Shirt Waists, Corsets, Etc.
We Can Save You From Two to Three Dollars on Each Suit.
From 2-"ic to 1.00 011 every pair of shoes and from 2(» to 10 cts.
011 every article you buy of us. Wo sell our goods at very small
profits. We leave no extra expense and tire satisfied with the
Small Profit System
JOE COOPER, The Clothier.
CLOTHING! a.(*♦ fcafter,
Goods. Call and examine his line ol goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere
All orders filled promptly. Perfect lit and satisfaction guaranteed.
1 'orrespondenev solicited throughout this section.
A. A. BAKER,
LAPORTE, PA.
Wright & Haight,
Furniture a <>♦
and cfndertalting,
BRANCH CONNECTION AT
LAPOBTE, lE^
XKXT Door TO W.ViON SHOP. It. A. OONKLIN, Mgr.
Ten Years Experience has taught FORKSVII I F PA
iUs how the best value for 1 Vnr\OVILL.L, Ir.
The LEAST MONEY.