Republican News Item. .THURSDAY, SEP. 20, 1900. J Ignorance i> the mother of J J scepticism. Ignorance does J ? not abound to any great extent J V in Sullivan County. J # So that there £ 0 is But Little S 5 Scepticism 112 about the Value of ?Gbe -flews i | Item i 1 As a Profitable ? £ Hbvertising I | flDebtuin. 5 * 112 Read it, Your neighbor does.# rSubscribe, Don't borrow. # County Seat Indices. AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES. —The attendance at court this week is very small. Miss Eliza Shaut is on a visit with friends in Brooklyn, N. Y. Joe Cooper was a business man in Hugliesville, on Saturday. —Miss Etta Chase, of Sinnama -1 toning, is visiting her brother, (ieo. Chase. —Take a day oft" and enjoy your self with your friends at the Forks ville Fair. —Miss llosa Uptnan left here last week for Philadelphia, where she will spend the winter. —Mrs. Alfred Jordan and little daughter, of Colesport, Pa.,are visit ing friends in town, this week. —Miss Winnie Keeler will soon leave for Bingliamton, N. V. where she will attend school this winter. —Miss Hannah McCart.v has re turned to Williamsport, after a few weeks visit with her parents at this place. —A. E. Campbell the enterprising merchant atShunk, is in New York this week buying goods. Look over his new adv. next week. —Mrs. Ida Parr and Wesley Tem ple were tried in court and convicted of adultery. Sentence has not yet been imposed. The Thorp hoys were arraigned be fore court this week on a charge of larceny. Willard plead guilty of the crime while Ernest was tried and acquitted. —The personal attacks made upon the Republican candidates by the Herald and the dignified silence which the News Item maintains,are happily injuring Democratic pros pects more and more every day. —On motion of T. J. & F. H. Ing ham attorneys for the petitioners the application for the division of the Borough of Laporte was dismiss ed lor want of sufficient notice. FOUND: A pair of plated gold rim glasses in case, between Sonestown and Laporte. < )wner can have same by calling at this office. —The newspapers printed by Chi namen in Canton have been sup pressed because they lied. If only we had a vicory in Sullivan county, wouldn't there be a sudden halt on one of Dushore's papers. The, Sullivan County Agricultural Society holds its fair at Forksville, October 1 and 5. Every effort is made to keep the fair free from the abuses that have grown up and crept into other agricultural organizations, and the Forksville Fair is each year a truly agricultural fair. The ex hibits of cattle, sheep and swine can not be excelled in quality anywhere in the middle states, and the fruits and vegetables will truly surprise you. It will be well worth your while to take a couple of days off and drive over and see how the farmers amid the "wilds of Sullivan" make their lands produce, and their manner of conducting a country fair. Administrator's Notice. hellers of Administration having been granted to the undersigned upoa the es tate ol' William Wilson Sr., late of David son Township Sullivan County, Pa., deed. All persons indebted to said estate are re quired to make immediate payment; and all persons having claims against said estate are required to present same duly authenticated for settlement to .IOIINO. WILSON, Administrator. Souestowu, Pa., Sept. 1", 1900. Sonestown. Mr.and Mrs.Chas. Starr have been entertaining guests from Lairdsville. On Friday evening the young peo ple will meet and organize a singing class, which will be under di rectorship of Prof. Sturdevant. Mrs. Jessie Moran and sister, Miss Clara Taylor were callers in town on Monday. Mrs. William Van Huskirk and daughter were callers on Mrs. E. J. Lockwood last week. The temperance lecture on Thurs day evening was well attended. Miss Lottie Wilson has returned to her home at Newberry, after a visit to friends here, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kapler were in Williamsport on Thursday and Friday, visiting relatives and taking in sights at the Fair. Dr. J. 11. Roth rock was the guset of his brother, in Williamsport on Thursday. (illdewells school opened on Mon day morning with an attendance of twenty-two pupils. M. P. tiavitt, Congressman Polk's secretary, made a flying visit to his home on Thursday. Miss Ida Anderson of Chumouni, was the guest of Miss Mary Kairman on Sunday. Last Sunday was the last night of the Sunday train. The usual crowd assembled to bid it farewell. Miss Carrie Bigger of Muncy Val ley, called on friends here, Saturday. Miss Jennie Taylor ami sister Mrs Stella Maguiness of Williamsport visited relatives here last week. Bhunlc. September 11, the county commis sioners met at the South street coun ty bridge to let the Job of repairing it. It was decided to build new stone hutments and putin now rods. The bids began at SSOO but finally closed at $225, Mr Perry Fanning being the winner over the last bid of $250. It is neecessary for the one who does the give security,! and this Mr. Fanning declines to do; so it is probablejthat the work will be done by the commissioners. Mr. ('live Bohn of Dushorc, who' has been visiting relatives here, re turned home last Friday. The heavy winds of Wednesday night and Thursdayjlid much (lam age to fruit. Fires broke out and being fanned by the strong winds did much damage to our meadows and endangered buildings in some places. The beginning of the South school was put oft'two weeks at the teach er's'request. Mr. Beers opened school at that building last Monday Sept. 17th. On Thursday morning on arriv ! ing at his school-house, Mr. Salis-! bury was surprised to see bis flag pole blown down. A new.polo will be raised this week. John Kilmer and son, have start ed their saw mill again, after a shut down of some weeks. A Sunday School picnic held at the East school-house was largely attended. Notice of Incorporation. Notice is hereby given that an applica tion will be made to the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania on Friday, the 12th dav of October lyoo, bv C. WILLIAM WODDROr, H. IIAKVEY WELCH, KDGAR K. KI ESS, .) KR KM I All KEL LY and W. E. CRAWFORD, under the act of Assembly of the Commonwealth ot' Pennsylvania, entitled "An act to provide lor the incorporation ami regulation of certain corporations" approved April 29, 1874, and the supplements thereto tor the charter of an intended corporation to be called "Eagles Mere Water Company;'' the character and object whereof, is, the supply of water to the public ot the 15oro. of Eagles Mere in the (,'ounty of Sullivan, State of Pennsylvania and to such persons, partnerships and corporations residing therein, or adjacent thereto, an may desire the saine, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy, all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said act of Assembly and its supplements. W. E. CRAWFORD, Solicitor. Sept. 18, UIOO. What do you think of a mammoth 480 page catalogue, size It) by 14 inches which contains over lO.tXM) illustrations and quotes wholesale prices to consumers on over 150,000 articles, saving our read ers from 2"i to 75 percent on everything they buy? Such a hook is issued by Julius Hines t V Son, Baltimore, and we call our readers attention to their an nouncement on another page of I he paper. The aim of everyone to-day is to save as much money as |>ossihle. to get as much as possible lor their money, and with this end in view, one cannot do honor than to semi lor this- mammoth hook which enables them to buy direct troui the mill at first cost, with only a HIIIHII prollt add ed. Julius Ilines A' Son sell goods to day in every State, Territory and village in the United States, besides doing one of the largest export btuineaH with Foreign Countries of any tlriu in the I'nited Stale*. tiet acquainted with them. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Notable Bvcnti of the Week Briefly And Tersely Told. It snowed nil Sunday afternoon at Neguunee, Wis. (leneral Wood has cabled that the Cu buu elections passed off satisfactorily. Prince Albert of Saxony has been kill ed in a carriage accident near Dresden. Prince Chine has requested the state department to instruct Minister Confer to open peace negotiations. The census bureau has announced the population of Elizabeth, X. J., us 5-,» 1.10. uu increase of 38.04 per cent. The German emperor has cabled to the president an expression of his sympa thy with the misfortune of I Jul vest on. A loaded truck from Wauamaker's New York store plunged from a Pultun ferryboat. Horses and driver were drowned. John Netzel of New York city has been arrested ou his mother's charge of theft. She says a clairvoyant told her he was guilty. Two Italians who were arrested in Mount Vernon, N. Y„ for chopping wood on Sunday have been lined $5 each. Ac tion by the magistrate was based on an old blue law. Monday, Sept. 17. The llev. Ansou Phelps Ktukes. the .vouiig millionaire curate of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church in New Ha ven, preached his lirst sermon yesterday. More than *OO Buyers have been k|lled by the Fourteenth United States infantry in an engagement at Mntow. on the road to Peking. No American casualties have been reported. .Tuda Fleazc, an artist's model of un usual beauty, committed suicide at her home iu New York city by taking mor phine. Although but 16 years old, she had been married more than n year. The heads of many of the United States marines killed in battle iu China have been found iu possession of cap tured Chinese. The Celestials had con cealed the ghastly trophies in sacks. •lohn B. Randolph, a friend of the late Collis P. Huntington anil acknowledged one of the foremost art critics in the country, died iu the.l. Hood Wright hos pital in New York city yesterday morn ing. Saturday. Sept. 15. A partial list of -.701 dead has been published in Houston. Fitchburg railroad stockholders at Bos ton ratified the lease to the Boston and Maine. Uallway companies entering (Sulveston arranged to build a temporary bridge for joint use. Galveston relief funds reaching Gov ernor Sayers of Texas have amounted to $1,000,000. President Kruger has removed to the home of the district governor of Louren eo V.arques. i avis defeated By era and Livingston beai Armstrong in the golf semifinals at Tuxedo Park. Lord Roberts issued a proclamation to the Boers, pointing out the futility of further resistance. A second revolution has been reported as likely iu Colombia, over imprisonment of former president. It is said in Philadelphia that the short coal supply in Europe would cause the strike to be felt there. Mrs. Breitkopf of New York city de clares her sou was killed by roughs to whom he refused to pay a weekly tribute of $4. Friday. Sept. 14. President and Mrs. McKinley have left Somerset, Pa., for Canton. Two telegraph wires have reached t!al vestou and are now working all right. The steamer City of Seattle lias brought 5050.000 iu gold from Skuguay to Scuttle. Total subscriptions iu New York for the Galveston sufferers amount to more than $90,000. Two captaius of New l'ork tirebouts have been given gold watches for heroism iu the Hoboken Bre. Large sinus are beiag oficred uti the New York Stock Exchange to bet 011 Mc- Kinley at odds of to I. Joseph Thielinurny. aged:{, was fatally shot by his brother, aged 7. while play ing soldier al Perth Amboy. The Japanese in Peking have arrested the assassin of Baron von Kettcler. He declared the Chinese government ordered the murder. Minister Conger has reported that Kev. Cortland Yau Rensselaer Hodge and wife, missionaries at Pao-Ting-Pu. have been killed. Thursday. Sept. 13. Drunken negroes are causing a reign of (error at Huron, lnd. President ICruger of the Trausvual lias arrived at Loureueo Marques. The plague has increased in India. Over 1,000 deaths were reported last week. A tower of the Pan-American exposi tion at Buffalo has been blown down. Clara Burtou of the lteil Cross society will leave Washington for Oalvestou. An allied force left Ticn-tsin Sept. S to disperaw a threatening body of Boxers at Sheug-fjae-Bieii and Tilie. A Swiss has been arrested at San Se bastian with papers revealing uuarchist plot to assassiuute a European monarch. The Kusso-Chincse bank at Peking has coutiacated 5,000,000 taels of Chineae money as part of the indemnity to be paid Russia by China. Wednesday, Sept. 12. Throngs of guests have reached Somer set. Pa., where the president's niece will be married. Advices from Peking stale that per fect hurmouy prevails among the inter nal innul forces. It has been reported through Japanese sources that (be Russians hare captured the empress dowager. A dispatch from ltouie says the Ital ian cabinet has decided to iuitiute imme diately peace negotiations with China. The National Ited Cross society lias pened headquarters in New York city aud will receive contributions for the Oalve-lon sufferers. The French cabinet, haviug doue the emergency work for which it was cre ated, was thnught iu Paris to lie plan ning wholesale resignations. I.auatlc Barned to llealK. ST. JOIINSBI UY. Vt.. Sept. IH.-A wooden tenement building owned aud occupied by Mrs. Benjamin Cross caught lire here uiui was Inn ued to the ground. Mr. Cross, who was insane, wa» taken froiu the building two or 'hree times nfter the Hre started, but he returned each time audi« supposed to have per ished. lie wus more than 70 years of age. The old man lisd been caught try ilig to set the piace ou Are, The loss Is about fty.SQV. $1.25 FOR NOTHING Our presses have completed printing OU# Catalogue No. 99, of everything to Jwr KAT, USE AND VV EAR. Kmch copy costs SI.OO to print and 25 cents to jHHf' mail. As an evidence of interest, send 10 cents in stamps to help j^URm pay postage, and you inay deduct these 10 cents from your first order of sl. It required 47 car- JHHp' loads of paper for this won- Tl»#wi derful catalogue, which con- i/iini. tains 180 pages, size JSkWM yoJi can inches, equivalent to over 1000 pages of the ordinary tfiPVt.?! catalogue. We save you AtW&V 25 per cent, to 75 per /JJJSyjr". n . OQ * . cent, on everything /yjNESv' e"?eptfnK l!S' se»son"!i( tIL vMr*mSsßf comotives and W/SS'jmwt jrzfs than It'- MAjrfrF office, for a hotel, for use ' ' Jm£/jSw on a farm, in a bam, or for il«l.r /Hi/ every known purpose, can dealer. be found in this catalogue. This book contains over WJ 13,000 lllu*trations and quotes prices on over 160,000 ulffcr jHOW ent articles. JBW lithofraphed Ra * 'and Drapery OaUlecne, and our Clotbiar fjjr Catalogue with large (ample* at yWMP taehed, are also Free. Sspreaaac* paid on Clothinff; Freight paid on Carpet.. HV./rA dooi shall we send t Address this way i JULIUS HINES & SON T Department 909, BALTIMORE. MD. AMENDMENT TO THK CONSTITUTION I'RO " POSED TO THKCITIZKNSOI' THIS COM MONWEALTH FOR THICIR AI'PROVAI. OR REJECTION BY THE Ci EN ERA L ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, IM BLIBHED BY ORDER <>F TIIE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE Will OF THE CONSTITI'TION. A JOINT REBOLUTION Proposing an amendment to tli<- Const it 111 ion of the Common wealth. Suction 1. Beit resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of Hie Commonwealth in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed its amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth 01 Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Amendment One to Article Eight, Section One. A<ld at the end of the lirsi paragraph of said section, after the words "shall lie entitled to vote at all elections," the words "subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the regis tration of electors as the General Assembly may enact," so that the said section shall r'ead as follows: Section 1. Qualifications of Electors. Every mule citizen twenty-one years of age jHjssessing the following qualifications, shall Be entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registra tion of electors as the General Assembly may enact: He shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one mouth. lie shall have resided in the State one year (or if. having previously been a qualified elector or native bom citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and returned, within six months, Immediately preceeding the election.) He shall have resided in the election district where he shall oiler to vote at least two months Immediately preceeding the election. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have I>een assessed at least two month.- and paid at least one month before the election. Amendment Eleven to Article Eight. Section Seven. Strike out from said section the word* "but no elector shall l>e deprived of the privilege of voting by reason of his name not being regis tered." and add to said section the following words, "but laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may lie enacted to anplj to cities only, provided that such laws lie uniform for cities of the same class," so slrnt the said section shall read as follows : Section 7. Uniformity of Election Laws.— All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens or for the registration of electors shall be uniform throughout the state, but laws, regulating and requiring the registration of elec tors may lie enucted to apply to cities only, pro vided that such laws foe uniform for cities «.f the same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. GRIEST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION " PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION HY THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PUBLISH ED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proio-ing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Belt resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accordance with the provisions of the "Eighteenth article thereof. Amendment, strike out section four of article eight, and in sert in place thereof, as follows : Section I. All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot or by such other method as may be prescribed by law : Proviedcd, That secrecy in voting be preserved. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. (iitIEST, Secretary of the Common wealth. LOST — A yule lock key 011 the street in town. If found, please leave at the postolliee. TEAMS WANTED.—To haul bark from the Lavelle peeling along the Loyal Sock above the iron bridge at Jakersville, to Laporte tannery. Will pay #1.7") per ton for bark haul ed during the month of September. Apply to F. 11. INGIIAM or L. LAVELLE. FOR Sale. —The building known as John Green's shop on North Main street, near the tannery, which can, with a very little cost be made into a dwelling of four rooms. Small con sideration down and the balance in monthly payments same as rent. Also _•"> acres of wood land, antl one spring wagon. Apply to Mrs. J.T. Brewster, Laporte,l'a. Foil Sam:.—Twenty large ewes three and four years old, also twenty lambs in good condition will be sold reasonable. For particulars address IJeiy. Tripp, Ellonton, Pa., or A. K. Tripp, Laporte. MoTICE is hereby given that my wife, Maria. has left my lied and board without just cause or provicatlon, and I hereby forbid all |>cr son- to harlxir or to trust her on my account for I will pay no debts contracted by her after this date. REI BIN T. BAT TIN. ShiinW. Pa . AugustH«uo. Tin 1 undersigned will run his cider mill on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday of each week, beginning Sept. 1.:, and ending Nouember if*. 1900. J. M. CONVERSE. Sonestown, Pa. Campbell, LADIES. I have just returned from the city with magnificent new line of Spring and Summer Dry Oooils, Notions anil Ladles Furnishing- Oootls. Everything of the Latest Please call and examine, the price* aie right. Don't fail i<> look over the Jlargain Counter, it will interest you. GENTS. I have just received a car of seels, consisting 01 Harden, Kediop, Orchard Crass, Timothy and ('lover Seed, also near ofßowkers Fertilizer and the prices are very low. When iu need of a plow I can supply you with the best made "THE Will A l>." If you want anything in General Merchandise 1 can supply you at ilie lowest ponsililt* price. HIGHEST Market Price paid for Butter and Eggs. Yours very respectfully A. E. CAMPBELL. ftlbat $12.00 w j^ y The above named price on several hundred Very Swell, Very Pretty, Ver i| Excel tent Suits. I lie Uihnes are pure wool iu lancv patterned clothing as well asjplaiu and blue; shapes of coats are singlc'or double breasted, and Itlie entire appearance and serviceability of these suits are equal to any which you may have made to measure al There is a reason why we -ell these uiu at this low price, but it concerns von not, it has no bearing on quality or p rice. There are rich pickings (or early comers. This i- an opor tunily which should not be lost. ; J" "w cjlzroiljl-J. {?i o o i ck. Cnrroll D»kh«.nf., P LAPORTE Clothing Store. WE'RE PREPARED WITH A VFRY LARGE STOCK qF Clothing, Shoes and Gents' Fine Furnishing Goods Etc., and a Very Variety of the Finest Ladies' Wear for Spring and Summer. We are able to offer you u good many articles cheaper than the cost ot making tlicm. Men's suits at ,"».00 up to 10,00; math* in the latest styles. Youth's suits at f,.00 and s.oo are the finest qualities, Children*' suits at l.i'f), 1..">0 and 2.0il Men's Hue shoes f'»c, 1.2"), 1.50, up to 1.00. Ladeis' shoes »0c up to .'I.OO. JOE COOPER, The Clothier. CLOTHING! £!• !3after, s—<*■ Of LAPORTE, Desires lo 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 has a lull line of Fall and Winter Samples ol suits, pants and overcoats, in all styles and at price that will defy competition. Also a lull line of ladies' and gentlemen's Water proot f'oods. Call and examine his line ot goods and prices belore purchasing elsewhere All orders tilled promptly. Perfect lit and satisfaction guaranteed. < 'orrespondencv solicited throughout this section. A "PRFSK, A A BAKER, LAPORTE, PA Wright &Haight, Furniture t r , , ». ALWAYS NESS. BRANC CONNECTION AT LAPORTE. NKXT iMMtli To WAiioN Sliop, i{. OONKLIN. Mgr. Ten Years Experience has taught I F PA Us how to give the best value for runixOfiLLL, n. The LEAST MONEY.
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