.epublican News Item.
,THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1900.
v Ignorance Is the mother of
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County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES. (
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—Court next week. ,
—Memorial Day, next Wednesday.
—Mrs. Mike Flynn is 011 the sick
list. ,
—Daylight lasts about fifteen hours
each day now. 1
B —Mrs. JI. W. Osier was shopping 1
in Dusliore on Wednesday. 1
—A. A. Baker and wife visited
friends in Benton last week. <
—Overcoats, flannels and fires felt 1
comfortable the past few days. 1
—Bernard Sheehan is seriously ill '
at his home in Laporte township.
—Miss Mabel Spencer is visiting I
friends in Williamsport this week.
—Hon. J. L. Christian, <>r Lope/, *
was a county seat visitor on Monday.
—A. F. Heess, of Dusliore, was a
business man at the county seat 011
Tuesday.
—F. M. Crossley lost a valuable J
cow 011 Monday by sickness similar
to anthrax.
—Atty. Walsh, of Dusliore, tran
sacted business at the county offices *
on Tuesday.
Mrs. E. J. Mullen was called to '
Arnot last week by the serious illness (
of her mother. ]
—Delroy Jle'llll moved into the
upper association house 011 Muncy
street Tuesday. ,
—Miss Hannah McCarty has gone (
to Williamsport to do domestic work j
for the summer. ,
—E. V. Ingham the popular land- j
lord of Eagles Mere was a Laporte ,
visitor 011 Tuesday.
—Mrs. E. E. Wrede and daughter ;
Bessie were shopping in William- (
sport 011 Thursday last. j
—Miss Ina Osier attended the ,
High School Commecement at Du- ,
shore Wednesday night. 1
—Miss Anna Shoemaker returned
home Tuesday from a visit with
friends in Lycoming county. ;
—Don't forget the printer when |
in town court week. It's a good j
time to settle that little bill. ' 1
—M. P. Gavitt of Washington, D. 1
C. was shaking hands with friends 1
at the county capitol on Sunday. i
—Chas. It. Lauer, of Dusliore, was
in town Monday delivering a large \
load of furniture to various places. ]
—Miss Anna Bonci who has been !
spending the past two weeks with
her parents here, has returned to 1
Sayre. 1
—We have discovered a use for the
boy who smokes cigarettes. He can !
be employed to kill potato bugs with
his breath.
—Census agents are subject to a
tine of SSOO for revealing any infor
mation furnished eonserning business :
matters.
—A man at work in a lumber
yard at Williamsport was struck
dead by lightning during the storm
on Saturday.
—The Ladies Aid of the M. E.
church will be prepared to sell ice
cream, cake, coffee and sandwiches
on Memorial Day.
—An infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
James Gansel, died Thursday night,
of stomach trouble. Funeral service
was held on Saturday.
—Fred Itohrleof Hughesville and
well known in this place has moved
to Philadelphia where he has secured
a position as moterman.
—F. W. Gallagher has placed a
street lamp at his hotel corner. It
burns gas, generated from gasoline,
and throws a very brilliant light.
—An exchange tells of a mangfvho
sent five dollars to an advertiser to
learn how to live without work.
The response was, "fish for suckers
as we do."
—Shooting girls who reject their
suits seeins to have become quit a
fad with brutes who have by some
error of nature been given the shape
of men.
—The President's liberal distribu
tion of official plums among news
papermen indicates that his lump of
gratitude is larger than that of most
politicians.
—X successful operation was per
formed on Mrs. Chas. L. Wing at
the Williamsport hospital on Thurs
day of last week by Dr. Nutt who
removed a badly diseased appendix.
She is now improving nicely under
the excellent care of nurse, Mies
Myrtle Miller.
—Boasting of her industrious hab
its, a hotelmaid in town said she
rose at live, put 011 the kettle, pre
pared the breakfast and made all the
beds before the guests or anyone
else was up in the house.
—During the three year, ,97-'99,
our farmers sold #500,000,000 more
to foreign countries than they did
for the three years '94-'9(>. No
wonder the country is prosperous.
-There was a social hop at the Ken
nedy hall on Friday night of last
week. There was an air of genial
sociability circulating that helped to
make the occasion a pronounced suc
cess.
—The President has sent positive
orders to Cuba to show no favor or
mercy to the guilty, connected with
j the postofllce scandal. That is em
inently proper.
—Census enumerators will perform
their work between June 1 and June
1."). Persons who expect to be ab
sent from home during that time
should arrange to be included in the
count.
—Think seldom of your enemies,
often of friends, and every day of the
printer—if you owe him a dollar,
try and pay it,as the trust prices have
put up paper over sixty per cent.
—lf the government responds to
the demand for half cents the circula
tion of that coin will enable many
economical people to participate in
works of charity, and it will be a
favorite in the church contribution
box.
—Laporte society was treated to a
delightful innovation in social func
tions Tuesday evening at a social
dance in the 1.(). (). F. hall held by
the young people of town. There
was a novelty ahout theafl'air,it being
the first dance held in the hall for a
number of years past.
—Montana is horrified. The act
ing governor has appointed .Senator
Clark to the seat from which he has
just resigned. Montana's horror and
woe results from the fact that there
will not be another Senatorial con
test there for some months to come.
—That $25,000 verdict for Mrs.
Reading against another woman for
alienating the affections of her hus
band seeins atopic of much interest
to women. The average woman
may feel that if she could dispose of
the affections of her husband for one
tenth that sum she would be realiz
ing big money 011 doubtful securities*
—The Kansas youth who set tire
to a house in order that he might
play the hero by rescuing the family,
got an eighteen year sentence, which
will give him ample time to think
over the difference between a vicious
fool and a hero.
—The telegraph is quick, the tele
phone may be quicker, but a clever,
truth telling advertisement brings
instantaneous returns. People have
been educated to know that an up
to-date advertiser keeps up-to-date
goods, and vice versa, liuy of the
advertising merchant and you will
make no mistake.
—The Laporte meat market had a
narrow esca|>e from destruction by
fire Tuesday night. About eleven
o'clock C. It. Kunstoii smclled smoke
and suspecting the market which is
close to his residence he notified the
butcher and 011 opening the market
found a pile of bags 011 fire and a hole
burned through the counter where
they were laying. Hy timely assis
tance the fire was extinguished and
another conflagration in town nar
rowly averted. The market build
ing and residence, but a few feet
away, is owned by J. W. Flynn and
has no insurance.
—Armed with the authority of the
United States government census
agents will visit the farmers, business
and professional men of our county
in a few weeks and ask them many
questions about their business. These
questions are searching in the ex
treme, and, consequently vexatious,
but it will do them no good to lose
their temper. It may cause them
a great deal of trouble and the loss
of much money, possibly a term in
prison if he refuses to answer, or
answers untruthfully. Of course,
there will be people who don't know
what the law is, and who will be
disagreeable to deal with, and there
will be others with th * strain of
human nature that prevt-its • em
from tefiing anything, and who
would rather combat authority than
recognize and submit to it. Then
there is the man who doesn't thinks
the government or any body has
a right to know the inside of his
business, and who will either refuse
information or lie. For all these
obstreperous persons a fine of not
more than SIO,OOO for each convic
tion is provided,and they are amend
able to imprisonment also. So, get
your data ready for the census man,
and tell him the truth and the whole
truth, so help you—Moses!
Will Decorate Soldier Qraves.
Memorial Day Exercises will be
held at Sonestown on May :50, at 9
a. ni., and at Laporte in the after
noon at 2p. in. The flower com
wittee at Sonestown are Miss Mae
Simmons, Mrs. Frank Magargel,
Mrs. Ella May Sheets, Mrs. P. E.
Magargel, Mrs. It. W. Simmons.
At Laporte, Mrs. A. J. Bradley, Miss
Alma Lauer, Miss May Mason, Mrs.
George Chase, Mrs. L. It. (tumble.
Details of the operations in South
Africa during the last few weeks tend
to confirm tbe view that the end of
the war is within measureable dis
tance.
The University of Pennsylvania an
nounces for next Fall a four-year
course In commerce and Industry.
Three additional members of the fac
ulty aro to be appointed for the pur
pose. The Instruction will embrace,
besides certain general studies, work
in economics, politics and modem lan
guages, and special investigations into
the resources of tropical countries and
Into the cause of industrial and com
mercial supremacy.
Dispatches from Harda, India, say
that the cholera is sweeping through
the central provinces, and is proving
far more destructive than the famine.
The infant sen of the Duke and
Duchess of York, grandson of the
Prince of Wales and great-grandson of
the Queen of England and the King of
Denmark, was christened in the pri
vate chapel of Windsor Castle. The
water used was brought from the
River Jordan.
Left alone by his mother, little
Thomas Williams, of Iloboken, X. J.,
toddled to an open window and fell to
the yard, four stories below, striking
two clotheslines and breaking both.
This saved the child's life, for when it
bounced from the last one, which was
close to tbe ground, it fell upon a dirt
heap. A broken tooth was its only
hurt.
The Supervisors of Butte County,
California, provide by statute that any
one riding a wheel in an unincorporat
ed town in Butte County on meeting a
pedestrian must "dismount and remain
at rest while such pedestrian passes."
A person with a mathematical mind
recently announced that in a pro
gramme of twenty waltzes, four polkas
and two quadrilles a dancer covers
nearly twelve miles.
The biggest asparagus larni in the
world is near Charleston, S. C, and
covers 200 acres. Its owner derives a
tino income I'roui it.
Hubbard Dretlis, of Chicago, mate of
the steamer Tusearora, was busy all
one night last week whitewashing a
ton of coal. The labor was in payment
of an election bet. Dretlis wagered
that a certain mau would not be elect
cd Alderman. lie lost.
n Teu-lear-UfO scnoot "Mam."
Freehold, N. J.. May 21.—-Little Miss
Kittie Marcella Parker, a farmer's
daughter, living near here, prides lu r
self in being the youngest school
teacher in New Jersey. She is but
ten years old and for a whole day last
week conducted the Thompson Orovo
school jn the absence «>;' her teacher.
Cabbage, tomato, cellery ami caul
iflower plants for sale at the store of
Mrs. M. C. Lauer.
—The Ladies' Aid of the M. F.
church will sell ice cream Saturday ,
night every two weeke, beginning 1
May 12, at the residence of Mrs. ('
E. (irimm.
Public Notice.
Notice is hereby given thai my wile, j
Mary K. Lisson left mv bed and board on j
May 10, 1900, without'.just cause or prov- |
ication. All persons are hereby notified i
not to harbor her or to trast her on mv I
account, as I will not pay debt* of her
contraction.
('. I{. LISSON. Kagles Merc. Pa.
Straw hats for sale at J.W. Buck's
store, Sonestown.
! S2IOO IN PREMIUMS £>
Wrtto for olrealar ox plaining how wo
will dittribute fiiuo in premiums, without
«ny coat or without mtty lottery •ohome to ilgA.
cuitomors. Our carpet areutn ore makinn n 1 \
to f3OO a week—iu cuu you—write lor jjgl #y I
pvtioniwi.
Our Lithograph*)
Catalogue shows the wBBI
Carpet.*, ltugi. Art
Hquarns, Portieres, fcj liii.
Lace Curtains and Hed BI9
Sen in their real col. |i|
no that by looking Wgfl&9WnSY|i
at tbese colored plates ■* I||?
how looi
on your Hooror a dra> H
pery at your window. 111
Carpets range in price m
•ew carpets for- I!;
nlsh wadded lining Iff ;
without^ charge, and
logue of Uiing to 7
40 to 60 nor cent, saved
•n everything. I
Which book do you want 7 All are free. Address this way
Julius Hlnes & Son, Oopt.9o9,B«ltlmor«,Md-
COXDEXSED RKPORT of tlie condition oft lie
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Musi lore, l'a„
At close of business, Dec. 2, 1599.
RESOURCES:
Loans ami Discounts $1 <13,973 98
l'. H. Bonds to Secure Circulation I J.fiOO 00
Premium on United States Bonds 1,00000
Stock Securities 15,150 00
Furniture 1,200 00
Due from Banks Approved reserve Agt 5U.790 31
Redemption Fund li, s. Treasurer f>(>2 50
Specie ami Legal Tender Notes 18.853 19
$ 300059, 98
LIABILITIES.
Capital «. S 50,000 00
Surplu sand Undivided Profits Ki,508'24
Circulation 10,750 00
Divldens Unpaid 7a oo
Deposits 222,800 71
$ 300,059 98
State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan ss:
I, M. D. S warts, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be
lief.
M. D. SWARTS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworu to before me this Ed
day of May 1900.
JOHN 11. CRONIN, Notary Public.
Correct—Attest:
JNO.D.REE3ER. |
E. G. SYLVARI A. Directors
ALPHONSUSWALSn. J
Fresh lake herring and white lisli
just received at J. W. Buck's store.
Finest Santablara Cali. prunes Sc.
Fancy evajioratod apples, !)c per it).
Fancy evaporated peaches, He I>>.
At A. Buscliliausen's.
A nice fresh lot of oranges, lemons
and bannanas at J. W. Buck's.
FOUSAI.k: —Two lots in Laporte
Borough, with barn and fruit trees
thereon. A very desirable location
for a dwelling, overlooking Lake
Mokoma. Lots situated on Muncy
street. Terms reasonable. Address
Mus. JT. H. RIM;, Dushore.
If its Dold's its the best. We
handle Dold's smoked meats exclu
sively at A. Buschhausen's.
Fou SAI.K. — A Saw Mill in first
class condition. Capacity, 40,0(n» to
50,000 feet per day, in hemlock. Can
be seen in operation until June Ist,
1900. Practically new. For further;
particulars, address
CIIAS. "SV. BKEDKR & CO.
(iw. Laporte, Pa.
Mr. James McFarlane i* ,i£<'iit for
the Celebrated Pitkin I'a'.nt anil
Specialties. This is the oldest mix- (
ed paint manufactory ii> America i
and their goods are guanmtOv,! ::.>t .
to chalk, crack or peel oil' when i
properly applied and to last longer j
than any mixture of Trust Lead and I
Oil. j
QOXTR'T PROCLAMATION. I
WIIKKKAS, Hox. E. M. DCNIIA.M, President j
Judge, llonorables John S. Line and Conrad !
Kraus, Associate Judges of the Courts of Oyer and :
Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter ;
Sessions of the Orphans'Court ami Com
mon Pleas for the County of Sullivan, have issued i
their precept, bearing date the 9 day of Mar. ;
1»99, to me directed, for holding tbo several
courts in the Borough of Laporte. on Monday the
28th 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. in.of said day, with their .
rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and I
other rememberances to those things to which I
their oHiccs appertain to be done. And to those I
who arc l>ound by their recognizance to prosecute :
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of i
the said county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to ■
be then and there to prosecute again>t them as :
will be lust.
11. W. OSLEK. Sheriff,
heriff's Olliee, Laporte, Pa.,, Apr. 14, 1900.
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i Shoe Ladies. | !
$ ... WARRANTED. ... jg
IfU $2.00
:JTL $2.50 J
«3.00|
1 PER S
; PAIR. *J»
$ Perfect Fitting, Best Wearing and jj| |
2 SHost HflUble Shoe sold. *
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«f1 For seventeen year* our product has beew a
m Standard Shoe for Women, and is to-day con- a|
ill ceded to be one of the most reliable and thor- T
Zk nughly honest lines of Ladies' Footwear on W
2 the American market. Sold through our au- Jr
J thorixed Agents. AU styles, sizes and widths, v
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SSold exclusively by
Mrs. D. H. LORAH. 3
J SONESTOWN, PA. * \
* MADE »y Tjt m
$ W. J. Criitktoi s to. * mvo# $
i lvn —" s (feflffSsijif
# None genuine un- tt> !
, m Uu they bear this ~ p 'Hll3U y,
i m TRADE-MARK *
112 stamped on Solr.
Campbell, The merchant,
LADIES. V
I have just returned from the city with a magnificent new line of
Spring anil Summer Dry Goods, Notions and Ladies Furnishing
Goods. *
Everything of the Latest
Mease call and examine, the prices are 'right. Don't fail to look
over the Bargain Counter, it will interest von.
GENTS.
I have justreceived a car of seeds, consisting ot Garden, Red-top, Orchard
Urass, I i mot by and Clover Seed, also a car of Bowkers Fertilizer and the prices
"rrirwMp • WI,CU " ee ' 1 °' a p,ow 1 can su PP'y you with the best made
RAI).' If von want anything in General Merchandise 1 can
supply you at the lowest possible price.
HIGHEST Market Price paid for Butter and Eggs.
Y °" rS Verv respectfully A £ CAMPBELL.
iUbal $12.00 W ;][ IV
The above named price on several hundred
Very Swell, Very Pretty,
Vertj Excellent sr>uit^.
I he fabrics are pure wool in fancy patterned clothing as well asjplain
and blue: shapes of coats are singlejor double breasted, and |tlie entire
I appearance and serviceability of these suits are c<|iial to anv which vou
ina v have made to measure at There, is a reason whv we sell these
nits at this low price, but it concerns you not. it has no bearing on quality
lor price. There are rich pickings (or earlv comers. This is an opor
jtunity which should not be 10-t.
J" "W CAROLL. KKd. 0 "" 0 " t).is„»,,K. p
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LAPORTE Clothing Store.
WE'RE PREPARED
WITH A VFRY LARGE STOCK OF
Clothing, Shoes and Gents' Fine Furnishing
Goods Etc., and a
Very Large Variety of the Finest
Ladies' Wear for Spring and Summer.
Wo are able to offer you a good many articles cheaper than the
cost of making them. .Men's suits at 2.75, 5.00 up to 10.00; made in
the latest styles. Youth'- suits at 2.50, 5.00 and K.OII are the finest
■ nullities, Cluldrens'suits at 1.25, 1.50 and 2.0n Moil's Hue slioe s
05c, 1.25, 1.50, up to 1.00. l,adcis' shot s 00c up to :l.ou.
JOE COOPER, The Clothier.
CLOTHING ! <3.<& fcaller,
j s Of LAPORTE,
i Desires to call the attention of buyers of clothing to the fact that he represents
The American Woolen Mills Company, Chicago,
| in this locality, the World's Largest Tailors, and that he lias a full line of'
: Fall and Winter Samples of suits, pants and overcoats, in all styles and at price*
; that will defy com pet it ion. Also a full line of ladies' and gentlemen's Water proof
| Goods. Call and examine his line ot goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere
All orders filled promptly. Perfect fit and satisfaction guaranteed.
I Correspondency solicited throughout this section.
A. A. BAKER,
LAPORTE, PA.
Wright & Haight,
furnitiire . » , . .>.
_A»D,I!r uaerialtitig,
BRANCH CONNECTION AT
LAPOR/TE. I
INKXT DOOR TO WAGON SHOP. R, A. CONKLIN, Mgr.
Ten Years Experience has taught FORKSVIi I F PA
Us how to give the best value for runiXOVILLL, In.
The LEAST MONEY.