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,THURSDAY,.J UNE 28, 1900.
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County Seat Indices.
AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES.
—Miss Lorena Litzelman is visit
ing her parents at Dushore.
—A- L. Lovelace of Nordmont,
had business in Laporte 011 Monday.
—Brady Worthing of Muncy Val
ley, spent Sunday with friends in
town.
—A party of Lopez young people
took dinner at the Commercial Hotel
011 Sunday.
—Mrs. C.P. Walker of New York,
is the guest of Mrs. S. Mead at Point
View.
—Mrs. 11. T. Downs has returned
home from Williamsport, for the
Summer.
—Miss Frycklund, sister of He v.
Frycklund, is visiting in town for a
few weeks.
—A. F. lleess, of Dushore, tran
sacted business between trains in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas. Wackenhuth and son,of
Picture llocks, visited with Laporte
friends last week.
—Miss Grace Lawrence, who has
been teaching at Lopez, returned
home last week.
—Next week is printers' vacation
week consequently there will be 110
NEWS ITEM issued.
Clive Bohn of Dushore,was taking ,
in the sights at Laporte and Eagles ,
Mere on Sunday.
—Miss Fannnie Little has return
ed home after spending a pleasant 1
week at Sheriff Osiers.
—Henry Upman has accepted a
position as clerk in the grocery store
ot .Mr. Kelirer at Eagles Mere. 1
—lce Cream will be served at the
Baptist Church Parlors during the
day and evening of July 4.
—Miss IL Lou Corson of Glen
Mawr, who has been spending a few
weeks in town, returned home Tues
day morning.
—Clarence Hess of Nordmont,who
has been attending the Bloomsburg
Normal, is renewing old acquain
tances in town this week.
—Jean Gautier, a Laporte town- 1
ship charge,was taken to the Asylum 1
at Danville on Monday. Overseer 1
Philip Peterman and Sheriff Osier
were the officers in charge. 1
—ltev. J. B. Adams of Picture ;
Rocks, will preach in the Baptist
church at this place, Sunday evening 1
at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially :
invited the service. 1
—Miss Rosa Upman returned ;
home last week from Philadelphia
where she has been spending the 1
past winter.
—-The Ladies Aid of the M. E.
church will sell ice cream at the res
idence of Mrs. C. E. Grimm, Satur
day evening, June 80.
—There'is to be a basket pic nic |
011 the Fourth of July in the Lake
Mokoma Grove, chiefly for children
accompanied by parents and friends.
A pleasant time is anticipated.
Late arrivals at the Mountain
House for the summer are Mr. J.
Milton Titlow and wife of Philadel
phia; Mrs. H. L. Bolliuan, MissS.F.
Butler, Mrs. J. M. Hastings of West
Chester, Pa.
—The assault made upon Judge
Metzger by Atty. Edwards, an ac
count of which appeared in our last
issue, has been agreeably settled by
Mr. Edwards appearing in court and
offering complete and satisfactory
apology which was accepted by the
venerable Judge.
—Mrs. H. G. Willsou returned
home on Wednesday from a visit
with frinds in Williameport.
—l)i*. Wa'kanhu 'i ml Mr. Jud.
Burrows of Picture llocks, arrived
in town Monday in search of the
speckled beauties. They returned
the following day with a large catch,
as some of their friends had been en
gaged with the rod and line the day
previous. Their stories are original
however.
—Postal Clerk Chas. Yeager spent
Sunday with his family at this place.
The present mail service on the \V.
&N. B. is thought will last for
some length of time and in this
event Mr. Veager is contemplating
moving to llughesville. The Hail
road Company take a great interes
in that quiet little village and are
certainly doing their share to build
up the place and give it a mail ser
vice equal to any city.
Bernice Echoes.
A petition i-. being circulated here
asking for a new school building.
Thanks to the man that started it,
for if there is a town in the county
that needs a new school building,
this is one. We have the largest
number of children of any town in
the county and yet have the poorest
accomodations. School houses are
the headlights to civilization; then
let us keep them trimed and burning.
Thos. Payne went to Philadelphia
last week to have an operation per
formed.
The S. L. A- S Coal Company have
let the contract for putting down 5
bore holes on some of their coal land.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joel Saxon spent
several days at Philadelphia last
week. They also called at West
Chester to visit their son Gordon
who is attending school there.
Mrs. L. C. lJoyd, of New York,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 11. W.
Taylor the latter part of the week.
Flem O'Brien visited his parents
at Dushore Sunday.
Chrrge of Judge Metr.ger in the Case ot
Commonwealth va John G. Scouten on
an Indictment for Criminal Libel.
Gknti.kmkn ok the Jruv:
This is a prosecution for libel. The
defendant in this case, John G.Scout
en, is charged in this indictment, in
the lirst count, with having publish
ed a libel 011 Conrad Kraus, who was
an associate judge of this court but
who is now dead, by a caricature con
tained in a paper published by him
in partnership with a man by the
name of Hugo; and in the second
count he is also charged with libel
011 the same Conrad Kraus, by hav
ing published certain matters in ref
erence to his salary and mileage, and
certain comments that he made
thereon.
You will observe that the publi
cation of this libel is concerning a
person who held public position—a
public otllcial— and therefore is some
what different from the publication
of scandalous matters in reference
to a private citizen. For instance,
the character of a private citizen can
not be assailed with impunity, and
even the truth may not avail the
defendant in the case of the publica
tion of a libel of and concerning a
private citizen, although we find that
newspapers nowadays do publish
many of those things which they
have certainly no right to do. But
when we come to a public otllcial
they do have a right to fairly criti
cise their otllcial conduct so long as
they do not do it maliciously or neg
ligently; that is to say, they have a
right to make a fair criticism on the
conduct of an officer who holds a
public position, and this results from
the fact tl at the entire public is in
terested ii.the doing of their public
servants. Therefore where a publi
cation of that kind is made and is the
subject of the libel, the first question
is whether the matter published
concerning the officer was a matter
for public information, because un
der the constitution of Pennsylvania
although lie may publish it yet he
still must not do so, even by way of
criticism if it is a matter not proper
for public information. There has
been an Act of Assembly recently
passed which makes it the duty of
the court to determine that question,
whether the subject matter of the
libel complained of is a matter prop
er for public information. And up
on that point we say to you that we
think the subject matter of the libel
in this case was a matter proper for
public information; that is the public
had a right to know, and any party
had a right to communicate to the
public the matters that were com
municated in this libel so far as
relates to the salary and mileage
drawn by the associate judges. The
entire public was interested therein,
lit was proper that they should be
informed of the facts. There is,
I however, a difference between the
two counts In this indictment. You
might find that in the one case the
publication wjis properly made, in a
proper manner, while In the other
case you might lind that, it was an
improper publication, rtiade in an
improper manner, although.the sub
ject matter of it might have l>een
proper for public information. We
will explain that more frilly to you
further on.
The defendant in this case it ap
pears, is a joint proprietor with Mr.
Hugo in a paper published at Du
shore in this county, kiipwn as the
Sullivan County llerald. There is
110 dispute about tlds fact, and there
is also no dispute about the fact, for
the defendant's own testimony shows
it, that on the 21 si of June ISiil), the
article complained of in the indict
ment and the caricature complained
jofln it were published. By the
; publication we mean not only that it
I was printed but that it was given to
the public, or at least was received
by parties other than tho-=e connect
ed with the press that published it.
And there were a number of witness
es called who were subscribers, who
had received this papar and read the
article, hence the publication seems
to have been proven. The next
question that would arise is whether
the matter as published is libelous.
Now, so far as the subject matter is
concerned, we have already said that
that was matter proper for pub
lication, and that in itself it would
not be libelous. Whether it becomes
so by reason of the comments made
upon it In the article published, or
by reason of the caricature which
was intended to illustrate the article,
1 presume is a matter wholly for
your determination, and with that
the Court has nothing to do. But
we will give you the rules that we
think you will have to be governed
by and to which you must apply the
facts in order to ascertain whether
it was a libelous article, published
111 the manner which it has been
published.
Although a matter may be proper
for public information, yet it does
not follow that because it is of that
character, it can be made the pretext
for defaming and villifying a man,
and therefore where the article on
its face would show an improper
motive, and would show upon its
face that it was intended to defame
and bring into ridicule and contempt
the party, without having any justi
fiable motive for it other than a vin
dictive one—l mean if the article 011
its face would exhibit those indica
tions—then you would say that it
was libelous, although it was a mat
ter proper for public information.
Again, where the matter is, as this
is, proper for public information,you
must be satisfied, as 1 said before,
before you can convict, that it was
done maliciously or negligently. I
have already adverted to one way
of determining whether there was
malice, and that is from the face of
the article. If you find such intrin
sic evidence in the article itself as to
lead you to believe that the motive
was an improper one, and that lie
was act uated by the impulse to injure
the party rather than subserve the
public good, from that you may infer
malice, or malice may be proven.
That is, the Commonwealth may
prove express malice hy actually
showing by witnesses that the publi
cation was prompted by ill feelings
toward the party concerning whom
it was published,and malice is really
sometimes as well proved by circum
stances as it is by actual, express and
positive testimony. Xow, there
would be 110 difficulty in arriving at
the conclusion that the matter was
malicious if you have express testi
mony, and it was uncontradicted,
that the party did it out of revenge.
Such statements if uncontradicted
would of themselves indicate that of
course it was a malicious article.
Then, even though it might not be
malicious, yet it might be libelous If
negligently made and was not true.
A newspaper has no more right than
anybody else to publish a matter so
carelessly and negligently that it will
tend to reflect upon and injure the
party, unless there is a good founda
tion for the allegations that it makes.
If a man has no reasonable grounds
to believe that the charges are true
he has no right to publish them,even
though it be a criticism of a public
officer, because while the party pub
lishing the matter is protected so
far as he Is honest anil gives a fair,
honest criticism, the reputation of
the other party is equally protected
against dishonest and revengeful
feelings which might inspire the
writing and publishing of and con
cerning him of scandalous matter.
Coutiuued in Next Issue.
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will distribute 92100 In premiums, without JVELI
any coat or without any lottery scheme to
customers. Our carpet agents are making A JK'ii
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so that by looking
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how a oarpet will look IB
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Carpets range In price
from 32c to $1.17: We H
carpets free, fur
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without charge. aud
prepay freight. tf>
Our 804 page cata- I rWEAß^il^^^BfH<f
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lulllis Hlses&.son, Dopt.9o9,laltlmor«,Md-'
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To quit tobacco ensily ami forever, be mag
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teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Itemed; Co., Chicago «r New York.
—J. C. Noliie of Fostoria, Ohio, is |
looking after land in Sullivan county
for the purpose of drilling for oil and
gas. It would pay land owners to
call 011 Air. Noble at the Laporte
Hotel.
LOST. —A bunch of keys belonging
to Dr. Willson lost about three weeks
ago. Anyone finding and returning
same will be suitably rewarded.
WANTED —Quaker Aspen or Shak
er Poplar, as some people call it.
Also White Poplar and Basswood in
the log, or by the cord. Address,
KEYSTONE WOOD CO, Willianisport.
I wish in this manner to express
our gratitude and thanks to our
friends and neighbors who by their
kind offices and in so many ways
sympathized with and helped us in
our recent sorrow. J. V. FI.VKLE.
Fresh lake herring and white tlsli
just received at J. W. Buck's store.
Finest Santablara Call, prunes Bc.
Fancy evaporated apples, J)c per Hi.
Fancy evaporated peaches, lie H>.
At A. Buschhausen's.
A nice fresh lot of oranges, lemons
and bannanas at J. W. Buck's.
if its Dold's its the best. We
handle Dold's smoked meats exclu
sively at A. Buschhausen'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 are guaranteed not
to chalk, crack or peel oil' when
properly applied and to last longer
than any mixture of Trust Lead and
Oil.
Executors Notice.
Kstate of Philip deed ol Laporte
township.
Notice is hereby given that letters testa-;
mentary upon the estate ol said Philip
decedent have been granted to the
undersigned. All persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment, and those
having claims or demands against the
same will make them known without
delay to
lIENIIY KARGK, Laporte.
Straw hats for sale at J.W. Buck's
store, Sonestown.
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LADIES.
1 have just returned from the city with a magnificent new line of
Spring ami Hummer Dry <«oods, Notions and Ladies Furnishing
CJootls. b
Everything of the Latest
I 'lease call ami examine, the prices ale right. Don't fail lo look
over tin: Bin-gain I'ounter, it will interest you
GENTS.
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,H| d * Seed, also a car ol Hovvkers Fertilizer and the prices
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"U|l|.|Y yr.ll MI ill,- !..«,• 1 JIO.XI l»le J.rice.
HIGHEST Market Price paid for Butter and Eggs.
very ri'Hj.i c: hilly A . CAMPBELL.
CUbaf $12.00 w^ y
The above named price on several hundred
Very Swell, Very Pretty,
Excellent Suits.
The fabrics are pure wool in fancy patterned clothing as well asjplain
ami lilue; shapes ol'ooats are single'or doul.le l.reasteil, and [the entire
appearance and serviceability of these suits are equal lo any which you
may have made to measure al There is a reason uh v we sell thene
ut< at this low price, but it concerns you not, it has no bearing on quality
or price. There are rich pickings lor early comers. This is an opor
tun ity which should not be lost.
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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.
We are able to oiler you a good many articles cheaper than the
cost of making tliein. Men's suits at 2.7."., ."..no up to 10.00; made in
the latest styles. Youth'.- suits at 2.f»tl, "i.oo and S.OO are the finest
qualities. Childrens'suits at 1.25, 1.50 and 2.00 Men's fine shoes
i»se, 1.25, 1.5(1, up to 4.00. Ladeis' shoes 90e up to .'I.OO.
JOE COOP R, The Clothier.
CLOTHING ! £}»£}» ier,
XZ33S*— Of LAPORTE,
Desires lo call the attention ol' buyers of clothing to the tact that he represents
The American Woolen Mills Company, Chicago,
in this locality, the Worlds Largest Tailors, and that lie has a lull line of*
Fall ami Winter Samples of suits, pants and overcoats, in all styles and at prices
that will defy competition. Also a full line of ladies and gentlemen's Water proof
< loods. < all and examine his line of goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere
All orders filled promptly. Perfect tit and satisfaction guarant ed.
Correspondency solicited throughout this section.
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LAPORTE. PA.
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