Republican News Item. .THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1900- ' _ i J Ignorance is the mother of J r scepticism. Ignorance does \ W not abound to any great extent J # in Sullivan County, W # # £ So that there # is But Little I £ Scepticism * about the Value of * |trbc iKtewe J j ITtem £ As a Profitable # $ ; j fl&ebium. $ it,Your neighbor does.# # Subscribe, Don't borrow, 112 County Seat Indices. AND GLANCES AT THE TIMES. —Bad colds are prevalent. —'The nine-tenth century is draw ing to a close. —Miss Winnie Keeler is ill with tonsilitis. —The ship subsidy bill seems to be sailing a rough sea. Would it not be well to subsidize the printing business also. —Mr. Henry C. Pardoe and wife of Mill view, were county seat visi tors Monday. —Joseph Newman of Nordmont, was transacting legal business in town, Saturday. —Dr. and Mrs. 11. G. Willson were visiting friends in William-; sport, the early |>art of the week. —The M. E. Sunday School will I entertain the public with exercises and a Christmas tree on Tuesday night. -('has. It. Lauer of Dushore was very ill with the grip, last week. Ills sister, Mrs. Harrows of Laporte, is attending him. —A bill will be introduced into the Vermont legislature calling for the loan of $10,000,000 to be ex. pended entirely on the roads in that state. —A. P. Wieland and Ray Kessler the new firm of Wieland and Kess ler, general merchants of Norninont, were business men in Laporte, 1* ri * day. —New lamps of a modern improv ed style have been placed in the court room which will greatly im prove the much needed change for a better light. —lf you have made a will and ex pect it to stand the test of law, you must be careful on all occasions not to make improper observations about the weather. A preoccupied mind may, in a will contest, be considered an evidence of mental incompetency. —Following the usual custom j there will be no issue of the News I Item next week, it being Christmas vacation for the printers. Our next i issue will appear Jan. 3, 1901. We will now extend to all News Item readers our very best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Century. —Atty. A. J. Bradley has pur chased of Mrs. C. E. Grimm the cor ner lot on Main andMuney streets, and is having the store building thereon,now occupied by Joe Cooper, raised to a two story structure, the top floor to be occupied as his law ortice. Chas. Lawrence with a crew of workmen is rushing the work to an early completion as Mr. Bradley's present office in the county building will be turned over to the newly elected district attorney on the first of the new year. Klolta Dlamoud llrlnrnril. CLEVELAND. Dec. 18.—The one missing diamond of the 20 stolen by Ex press Messenger Hoffman from the Ad ams Express company was returned to Deputy Police Superintendent Itowe Sunday evening. The deputy superin tendent had guests at home Sunday even ing. and just after the last of thcui had left n rap cume at the flout door of his residence. A small boy handed the offi cer a brown envelope and, stating that there was no answer, disappeared. Dep uty Superintendent Howe opened the en velope, and in it was the missing dia mond. On a slip of paper were the words, "This is the Adams Express com pany's diamond." The identity of the small boy is not and who sent the diamond to the deputy superintend ent is also a mystery Court Notes. I Comth. vs Thos. Mahaffey et el; Comth vs Chas. Hess et el: Nol pros to be entered in cases on pay ment of costs. Frank C. Bird vs Cinda Bird; rule for alimony, continued to next term. < Comth. vs Grover Brown, Frank Molynix; true bill. Verdict, not guilty and prosecutor A. T. Moly neux to pay costs. Not a true bill in 2d count of larceny. 3d count of 1 burglary, not guilty. W. L. Woodruff vs W. W. Jack- 1 son et el: rule granted on plaintiff ' to show cause why he should not give security for costs. John (). Council is discharged as guardian of Timothy O'Connell's heirs and surities released from al liability. H. W. Hill vs Chas Ptlaum; exe cution stayed upon petition and rule granted to show cause why Fi Fa should not be stricken off. Comth. vs A. C. May, true bill, selling liquor without license. Not answering to call in open court his !>ail 1). Brown and 11. A. Kramer ol #BOO. is forfeited. Attachment is directed to be issued for the Deft. Comth. vs Geo. Brown, not a true bill and prosecutor A. T. Molyneux to pay costs. Petition of John Weisbroad et al: vs The School Directors of Forks Twp. Upon petition the facts sel "forth in supplemental petition to be answered within 1"> days. The division line between David son and Laporte townships confirm ed absolutely. Frank Cox vs Dushore Water Co. report of viewers to assess damages confirmed ni si. Report of viewers for damage on Big Bottom Road through lands of <5. Lamber and also bridge over Lick Creek in Forks Twp.contirmed ni.si. F. 11. Tomlinson vs E. E. Webb. Continued until next term; testi mony of both parties to be taken be fore T. J. Keeler at Laporte on Jan uary 2, 1901. i Dissolution of Sutton, Peck A Co., ■ approved by the Court and liquidat ing trustees are discharged. Catherin Kinnerman vs Albert Kinnerman; divorce granted. Hayes Pitcoe A- Co. vs W. B. Sni der; a rule for an interpleader is granted. Comth. vs Chas. Terry, selling liquor without license;true bill found Court direct attachment to be issued against defendant. Edward Warburton trustee vs J. W. Norton; verdict for plaintiff. Orval Frit/, vs Howard Lyons; verdict for plaintiff in sum of #27.04. Rule granted to show cause why a new trial should not be granted. Win. It. Foster vs Hattie Foster; Sheriff is directed to make proclama tion in divorce. Grand jury did not concur in re port of viewers for bridge over Mill Creek in HillsgroveTwp. and recom mended that said township erect the bridge. Assignment of John W. Duck; in ventory of appraisment filed and ap proved, bond on file. Philip Smiles vs Howard Lyons. Verdict for defendant; reasons for new (rial allowed to be filed. Robert K. Keeler vs Ida Keeler; •iilipocna in divorcedireeled to issue. Teachers' County Institute. Thirty-eights Annual Teachers' Institute for Sullivan County will be .teld in Kline's Opera House, Du shore, Pa., Dec. .11, 1000 to Jan. 4, UK 11, The session will open at 2 oc'clock in. Monday and close Friday at noon. The following instructors ! will be present: Hon. Nathan C. Scliaeflcr, Kupt. of Public Instruct ion, Harrisburg, Pa.; Dr. J. 11. Har ris, Pres. llucknell University; Prof. J. W. Moyer, Philadelphia; Prof. C. M. Parker, Itinghamton, N.Y Evening entertainments.—Monday, 1 Dr. Schaetfer; Tuesday, Dr. Harris; ; Wednesday, L. B. Cake and wife; ' Thursday, Metropolitan Concert company, N. Y. The law requires that all schools shall be closed during the week and provides that teachers shall be paid for the time spent at the institute. No teacher who values his profess ional reputation can afford to absent | himself from the County Institute. Persons holding certificates, but not at present engaged In teaching, pro spective teachers, and teachers in private schools, are eordlaly invited to anroll as members. ! The enrolling committee will be at the hall from from i) a. in. Morn day until the opening of institute. Teachers are requested to enroll im> 1 mediately upon their arrival. Re. served seats are to be selected at the titne of enrollment and all/confusion and delay will be avoided by at tending to this matter before noon. Those who come tirst will have the choice of seats. The fee for teachers is one dollar, and enrollment cards admit the holder to all entertain ments. The Sullivan County School Di rectors Association will with the Institute at 1 ;IM» p. m. Wednes day. Every School Director in the County is cordially invited. The convention will be addressed by the State Superintendent. The best talent available has been secured for the Institute. The en tertainment course is the In'st ever before offered in the county. A cor dial invitation to attend all the scs sions of the institute is hereby exi tended to all who feel an interest in the cause of education. F. W. MKVI.KKT, CO. Supt. Muncy Valley. One day last week some of the sporting men proposed a hunting match and the losers were to pay for a supper. It was decided to let the Ladies' Aid Society prepare the supper and charge 2"» c a plate. J. L. Derr and C. J. Secules were chosen for the leaders. Mr. Deri chose Frank Magargel, A. P. Starr, Ceo. Hopfer, l larVey Johnson,Tlios. Moran, llerbey Bennett and Hurley i Fenstemaker. Mr. Secules chose A. Anderson, Clayton (Jower,l'lysses Johnson, Geo. Meyers, 1). Palmatier Jos. Moran, Ilarl Digger, Elmer Digger and Birdie Miller to help him. On Friday the boys struck out and when night came they returned some with game, others with none. Derr's partycame in first, with their gume. When Secules' party came in they received a call from the other side, and much to their surprise found that Mr. Secules had a turkey, supposed to be a wild one, this dis covery left Derr far behind, and not wishing to be out done some of his boys went to \V. A. Warner and bought a turkey, thoughtlessly fitt ing its head off, this was done with the intention of having a wild tur key to their account, but this ruse, failed to work, and seeing they were beaten eight points, they went home feeling sore over their defeat. The Ladies' Aid gave their supper the following Saturday evening, when every one called for a piece of that wild turkey. The Ladies were com plimented on the excellence of tha supper, of which the proceeds were slC>. Some one said, it made A. P. sick, but we do not know whether they meant the hunting or the big supper he ate. WANTED. —Twenty good teams to haul lumber from Forksville to La porte. Apply to I'aulhamus and Sones, Williamsport, Pa. Administrator's Notice. Letters of Administration having been granted to tlie undersigne I upon the es title of Mrs. S. 11. ii. Panloe late ol Forks 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 nre required to present same duly authenticated for settlement to 11. C. I'akooe, Administrator. Millview,Pa., Nov. 7, 1000. Kstate of Martha J. Sinclair, lale of Laporle Township, Sullivan County, deed. betters ol administration it|H>» the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims against the same will present them tor payment, duly authenticated; and those indebted thereto, w ill please make immediate payment to JI >S HP 11 *. NKWMAN, Admr. Xordmont. Sullivan Co.. Pa. A. .1. Bkaui.kv, Ally. I.aporte I'a. 1 >ec euiber 14, 1900. In the Court ol Common Picas ol' Sulli van Coutjty. Win. 15. Foster vs Hattie \. Foster. No.:{, September term. lI,UK).I I ,UK). In Divorce To Hattie A. Foster, respondent in the above caset you are hereby notified, in pursuance of an order ol t he Court ol Com mon Pleas of Sullivan Comity, to be and appear in said Court at bnporte, on the fourth Monday ol l-'cbriwiry, next, at two o'clock p. in."to answer the petition or libel I heretolore prepared by the libellant Win. 15. Foster your husband, and show cause, it any you have, why the said Win. li. Foster should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony entered into with you agreeably to the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided.. Hereof I'sil not, under the penalty ol having said petition heard and a decree ol divorce granted against you in your ab sence. 11. W. OSLKIi, Sheritl. Sheriff's office, Laporle.l'a., Dec. IS.I'.»( Mt, NEW YORK. Dec. 17. -With the lar gest foreign Christmas mail ever dis patched from the New York postoffice lhe Lucaniu of the (.'unnrd line sailed at noon Saturday for Queenstown. There were sacks, containing more than 20.- 000 registered packages, distributed among all European countries, Tb« Keiitatkr Lmven Smyrnn, CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. Is. The United States battleship Kentucky. Cap tain Chester M. Colby, has sailed from Smyrna on her way to Manila. Mr. Lloyd V. Oriaeoin, United States charge d'atfairea. gave a conceit lo the lueiubers of the diplomatic eorpi. YOUR MONEY BACK ■ SWaMr- Cuar- Sent Jli fI»T >\r We aell M f r|S3) 'c At t%r r 7 r 10 Insured Jeweled or Watf yeara. H Hail, ham Movement, In a genuine Gold ailed cue, guaranteed for 10years. Nearly MOO styles of watches and ulltbe lat- est things in reliable ■BWr iHMim jewelry, are sold by us KCn3t«Sa|nS At 45si below retail price. VVUFFL%W HOLIDAY suaaeanoNa. Artists Materials, Bl cycles. Bookcases, Buf lets, Cabinets, Candy. China, China Closets, Oflf# FACE. <7 25 Cigars, Clocks, Com modes, Couches, Dolls, Easy Chairs, Fountain Fens Games, Graphaphones, Groceries, Hand kerchiefs. Knives, Lamps, Mufflers, Musical In struments, Pedestals, Pictures, Pipes, Pures, Rockers, Sewing Machines, Sporting P jds. Table silverware, Toys, Umbrellas, v citing Desks, are a few of the thousands of ultable articles we sell for Christmas present', in addl« tlon. we are head-to-foot outfitters for Men, Wo men and Children, sell Everything to Eat, and to Use. All information is contained in our No. m illustrated catalogue, each copy weighing 3X lbs.—as an evidence of interest, send usioc. to help pay postage. These 10c. tod didcct krou tour first order of sl. It quotes wholesale prices to consumers. rOLIOWIHO CiTiLOGDIS nn. Drill Gaodl Btokht uilth ump/M from 18c. to t1 pay tnniportatlon. Made-to-order Mini Clothing Cataloguivlth lamplu w» pay Exprlllagi and guar ant et to fiti lithographid catalooui of Oarpiti, Rugs, Drapirln, itc., ihouilnq qiodt In thilr rial eoltrt Wi pay frilght and MM Oat petifrn. » Why pay retail prices T Which catalogue da you want r Address this way: JULIUS HINES * ION. BALTIMORE, M»„ D*pt. 90* CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Kvoil* of tilt* Week Itrlrfly t unci Ti-ncl.v I'ttlil. The first issue oft lie I-oil doll Sun im dw tlio cilitnrsliip 11r Uov. Dr. Parker llus npill'Jll I'll. Tlii' agrarian provinces COIII|ii 200 square miles around l.cutsehau, Hun gary, mi' famine stricken. A rt'ii haired ltnlinn girl was the fust immigrant to lmul 111 the new depot ai Ellis island, New Voik harbor. The French government lias ordered cases uf tliinese loot sent to President Lou bet embargoed at Marseilles. A Lehigh Ynlley coal trtiin dashed into an electric car ill Luzerne, Pa., complete ly wrecking it mid injuring seven people. *lun. Dee. 17. The discovery of magnificent waterfalls in the I'anudiuii Koekies \va- an ed al Winnipeg. Oswald Otteiiilorl'er. editor of the New- York Stunts Kelt ling, died alter many years of suffering. William .1. Bryan anuoiiuced thai lie would establish a new weekly, to lie called The Commoner, to uphold the Chi cago platform. Telephoning without wires was suc cessfully accomplished at Minneapolis. The distance was over 1.000 feet acros ihe Mississippi river. Tile antique golden vase given by or phans of Lima, Peru, to orphans of the (inhesion tlouil reached New \ ork and will be exhibited for sale. The otlicial report of the finances of the Paris exposition shows a loss of $400,(100. The total of expenditures is SU.">,oiHI,(.HMI. The receipts amounted to S'J'-'.iX I0,( M HI. Hepresentative Boutellc's physician an nounced that lie showed iniprovenient, leading tn tlie hope that he might be taken home, lint that lie would never be fitted for work. Saturday, Uei-. 1.1. The Tnft Philippine commission has passed a liquor license law for Mauila. Hamilton Harris, former counsel of llje New York ('entrul ronlroad. died in Al bauy. Professur (i. \Y. Tyrrell has iliseovered rich forests on the so called barren lauds of northern Canada. The Order of Chosen Friends, a frater nal insurance association doing business in ::o states, hits failed. The skeleton of a man was found ii the hull of the American line steamer St. Paul at Cramps' shipyard. In New York city Alexander Stewart, a 14-year-old hoy. was sentenced to —'' years in prison for murder. Miners in the Shaniokiii region will re ceive ibis mouth over the lar gest pay roll ever known there. The jury in the case of .lessic Morri sou. ou trial ill Kl Oonido, Kan., foi murder of Mrs. Olin Castle, disagreed. Krlilny. lire, 14, Michael ('. Mulliall. the statistician, dii'd in London. Friii st Brenner of Male has been elect ed president of Switzerland. The Alaskan and Klondike gold output lor the year i> estimated at s!ir».72.">,lHHl. A woman who lived near Uochestci committed suicide by taking three kinds of poison. Four luaskvil men robbed John lJocr schuck's private bank at Shauosville, (>., of between $3,000 and S4,(MX). Patrick F. MeCnhe. an aged man. com mitted to the New York almshouse, was found to have SIXIO pinned to his shirt. A number of electors in Caribou. H. C„ agreed to let a jackpot decide whom of three iiarlianientary eaudidutes they would vote for. Tliuraalay. Dee. I!t. The Illinois circuit court upheld the antitrust laws. Professor Marshall lleiishaw of Am herst died suddenly al Springfield. X.iss. Tile river and harbor bill will carry and authorize M M».»H W» more, It has been discovered that tHe Portu guese settlement of Macco is a point if Filipino insurgent activity. The ollieinl CUIIVIISK showed thai Mi Kin ley's plunility in New York stale was 143,(KH1 uml Odell's Ill.lS'i. tieiiernl Alger, former secretary of war, was thrown down bj a thief whom he found in his house in Uetroit. A noiiuiiioii telegraph operator wa - driven from llie Sauta Fe station at So dalia, Colo., and shot in the arm. The report of the New York Lying In Hospital society showed a birth rale of a child every ten minutes on MauNaitaii Island, Wt'iliivailnv. lice, 12. The government's side of ihc Xecly ex tradition case «■«> prt» nleil to the sii preine court. It was ollli'ially announced at The Hague thai the trouble with Portugal was not serious. W. Hryun w ill be guest of honor al inauguration of (inventor Fleet .leanings j of Florida on ,jnu. I. Supreme court has dismissed contempt < proceedings brought against Standard Oil | company by the attorney general or ] Ohio. | l'ornn r (jiteeii Liliuokalaiil listened to ii Thanksgiving sernion devoted to the ' blessings of auuexation in a Honolulu chuicli- The MERCHANT LL r *» SHTXNK IE 3 A - Have just received my new Fall and Winter line of mens, youths and childrens' Clothing, consisting of: Hens' all wool Suits from $4.50 to 11 25 Youths' " « 360 to 7 10 Children's ' " 90 to 360 Over coats for all ages and sizes, both storm and dress. Call and examine {foods and juices before };i»in.OO up to 10.00; made in the latest styles. Youth's suits at I'.oO, ."».ti(i nnd s.oo are the finest qualities. Childrens'suits at 1.25, 1..">0 and 2.00 Men's fine .shoes !»■">(•, 1 .2"), I.">(), up to 1.00. Ladies' shoes !lOc up to .1.00. JOE COOPER, The Clothier. CLOTHING ! £l*£!♦ Of LAPORTt , Desires to call tlie attention of buyers of clothing lo the tact that ->e represents The American Woolen Mills Company, Chicago, in this locality, the World's Largest Tailors, and that be lias h lull line of I'all and Winter Samples ot suits, |>ants and overcoats, in all styles ami at prices dial will dely competition. Also a lull line ol ladies and gentlemen's Water pr'ool lioods. ( all and examine bis line ol goods and prices before purchasing elsewhere All orders tilled promptly. Perfect tit and satisfaction guaranteed. (-'ortcHpoinlencv solicited throughout ibis section. A,.""ss, A A BAK£R LAPORTE, PA. Wright & Haight, Furniture ~ , ± _™ti«aenahiM9, TWO . ]S| 4 . FINE ALWAYS xess. KIP BRANCH CONNECTION AT LAPORTE, PA. XEXT D(K»R TO WAGON SHOP. R. A. CONKLTN, Mgr. Ten Years Experience has taught FORKSVI! I F PA Us how to give the best value for lUni\OVILLL, in. The LEAST MONEY.