REPUBLICAN HEWS ITEM. CHABLES L. WIND, Editor. Publiahad Ev«ry_Thurnday Atternoon By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Beat of Sullivan County. IiAPOBTB. PA. Entered at the Post Office ai Laporte, as second-class mail matter. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORE, PENNA. CAPITAIi - - $50,000. BUBPIiUB - - SIO.OOO. Does a General Ranking Business. g lI.W..JENNINOS, M. D. BWARTB. President. Cashier J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATT01!I«*T«-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining ooentiea A PORTE, " A 112: J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE. PA. OrFICB IH COOHTT BUILDING HVCAR OOI T QT HOOIIB. A T BRADLEY, " ATTOHNMY H-UW, 1 iil'ice liuilding, Cor.Main and Mnncy Sts. LAPORTE, VA y H. CRONIN, ATTORKBT'AT -LAW, KOTAKY PUBLIC, ornci 0* «Ai» »TK«at. DUSIIORE, PA COMMERCIAL HOUSE. AVID TEMPLE. Prop. LAPORI'FC - A. This large and ne> 1 appointed house is the mint popular hostelry in this section LAPORTE HOTEL. Y. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court 1 louse fiquare. Steam heat, bath rooms, li.it and cold water, reading and j>ool room,and barber shop; also good stabling and livery. T .1. KEELEK. I • .J ustice-of-the I'two. Ottieeiii room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care ol this office will be promptly attended to. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. B. n. OUY, - - " Proprietor. Newly furnished throughout, special attention given to the wants of the travel ing public. Bar stocked with first class wines, liquors and cedars. The best beer on the market always on tap. Jix.ites Reasonable. Carpets: .Need new carpets for Spring and Summer? We have quite an assort ment of samples,from which you may choose, and we'll do matching and sewing for you at moderate cost, if you wish. Every thing needed at house cleaning time IS HERE. Hon Ami scouring soap, cleans a window a minute, WE HAVE IT. Poultrynetting, wire,garden tools, and FRESH SEEDS at Buschhausen's, LAPORTE, PA. M. Bri New Albany, Pa. 140 lb. sacks, Hour middlings, #1.90 200 " coarse brans; 2.H0 100 «' Buckeye feed, 1.25 100 " Corn meal, 1.40 KM) " Cracked corn, 1.40 100 " Corn,oats, Aharley chop 1.40 125 " Gluten feed, 1.81 Lump rock salt per 100 lbs. .75 100 lbs. cotton seed meal, 1.00 100 lbs. linseed meal, 1.85 100 lbs. sacks Oyster shells, .50 100 lbs. meat meal, 2.50 Oats per bushel .00 140 lbs sack dairy salt, .55 Granulated sugar per lb .05 100 lbs. " 5.00 Rest Mammoth or medium clover seed per bushel 5 85 X. Y. State largej clover, grower's guarantee (5 85 Timothy seed per bushel 3.25 to 1.00 Japanese Millet per bushel 1,00 Schumacher's best Hour 1.15 Hagerman's " 1.05 "Our Own" a leader, 1.05 ( Jolden vale 1.05 25 lbs sacks, Buckwheat, .05 Graham 12} lbs. ,:i() Rye Hour, 25 lbs. .50 Send money order and have your goods come on first freight, or come to our store and get them. M. BRINK. Circulation over 1600. ; fCovnty Seat 1 Local and Personal Events] I Tersely Told. J '. And it snowed, on Wednesday. May 28. at Laporte. There is an unusually large at ,• tendance at court this week. Mrs. Nancy Kochensparger is reported very ill at this date. Ex-Sheriff and Mrs, H. W. Osier and Daughter, Mrs. Ina Meyers, of Bernice, visited friends in town Tuesday. Mrs. R. J. Vothers of Wheeler ville, accompanied her husband to Laporte last Friday and remained a guest at the Commercial Hotel until Monday. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Reeder and three children left on Thursday for • a visit to friends at Watsontown and Baltimore, Md. Joe Shaffer Jr. is driving the stage bet ween Laporte and Forks vilie, for Jerome Reed, who is busy farming his garden. It was a busy time at the La porte Hotel Wednesday afternoon. Many court guests were paying up their bills and complimenting the house on the entertainment it had i handed up to them. Merchant Jeremiah ivelley, of Hughesville, was a Laporte visitor Friday night. Mr. Kelley is one 1 of the nplifters and fathers of his , home village, lie was journeying to Eagles Mere. By the way, lie is one of the immortals in a sense, in that he is enduring that prepa ration existence at the Chatauqua optimistically, ami takes every thing in as jolly a sense as the oc casion will stand. And the world always laughs with him. The press generally has made much favorable comment on our new form, and in assuring our esteemed neighbor, the Reporter- Journal that we have more than realized their prediction, we here append their friendly mention: "The Laporte News Item cele brated its seventh birthday on May <S by appearing in a new handsome dress of type with its news classified in an attractive and very readable form. If the Item continues its present rate of improvement its circulation will go a booming. "Walt" Huffman was excused from jury duty on Monday as he was unable to spend only a few hours in town. He drifted into the News Item office for a minute and said he had tried to keep away as he saw it was our busy day re ceipting for special rate subscrip tions and receiving compliments on the new paper. But he got into the ether wave leading to this office —the same one used in trans mitting telepathy talk and wireless telegrams—and was carried per force to the portals of our sanctum. All welcomed, gentlemen, please call again. • The lecture by Prof. J. M. Buf fuin, in the M. E. church ou Tues day evening, drew a large audi ence, who listened to one of the most eloquent talks that has been given in Laporte in many days. He took for his subject "Our Boys of To-morrow," and made a mas terful plea to save the boys from 1 becoming habituated to the saloons 1 and street corners. Prof. Buffum 1 will again lecture on Friday eveu -1 taking for his subject "Clear the i Track," which is said to be his i best lecture. All should make it a point to hear this lecture. Par < entsare especially invited to lie 1 present. J Mr. J. K. Toinlinson of Picture i Rocks, was in town Tuesday liaml > ing out posters announcing that he , prepared to supply the public with > choice garden plants of all kinds. > lie fortunately came across a copy of the News Item while in town, ' and after looking it over inquired his way to the office and subserib- J ed. My. how "it takes". > John C. Willson of Warrens ville, son of A. F. Willson, and brother of the late Dr. H. G. Will son, of this place, died at the home of his parents Monday morning at , 8 o'clock, of appendicitis and per i itonitis. Deceased had lieen sick a only a few days and underwent an e operation Sunday. Funeral ser vices were held at Warrensville, Wednesday at ten a. M. , j The Laporte High .School closed its term OH Wednesday of this week. Children's Day will be observed ' in the M. E. Church Sunday even ing, June 8. Misses Grace and Eva Lawrence [ of Dushore were visiting friends in town the early part of this week. Mi'. S. H. Burrows of Picture Rocks, was ti business man at La porte. Wednesday. With the exception of Dushore, nearly every one who has been fav ored with a sample copy of the 1 News Item has signified his will ingness to try the Item for a time ■ by accepting it from the office with a view of liecoming permanent sub i scribers. Whenever a nam eis di-opped from the list another one . is added and the circulation still i goes on at over 1 (500 copies which is read by all the receivers and their neighbors. If you have a friend living at a distant point, whom yen think would be interest ed in the county news, send in their names and address, we'll do the rest. Many of the teachers in this county, who remember Prof, B. E. James, at one time an instructor at the county institute, will be shocked to hear of his death by suicide Thursday of last week. Prof James was ex-county super intendent of schools of Susquehan nah county, and at the time of his death was principal of the schools of Montrose. Temporary derang mcnt of the mind is thought to he the cause of his sad fate. DUSHOBE. Dr. M. E. Herman is at Scran ton, attending the Knights Tem plar gathering. Rev. S. S. Mummy is visiting Amos Cox. On Friday morning of last week the t>arn of J. H. Yonkin was de stroyed by fire. The barn was discovered in flames at an early hour in the morning and had al ready gained such headway that it was with difficulty the horses were rescued. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mrs. Harvey Sickler of Tunk-i bannock, died on Monday. May 2(5. She was a sister of John (1. Scouten of this place. Mr*. W. H. Demoreßt, who has| l>een visiting her sister, Mrs. John Scher, will leave shortly for Mich igan, where she will join her hus band. Good Lord, Deliver Us. The News item could ask nothing better than to have the assaults on it by the Herald conducted with such indecency and stupidity as the fol lowing item shows: '•You can get the New* Item. Cor titty cents a year. .lust think ol' it, fifteen cents worth of news tor half a dollar." For the Herald to make this state ment is like crying "fire' in the midst of the Deluge. The green eyed monster (Envy) seems to have in its control that notorious blatherskite at the Herald office- Let us compare the two papers and see what they furnish and the relative value of ejich, granting that the News Item is worth but fifteen cents. Last week issues furnish a fair average of the matter published on which we figure. The Herald gave forty columns of reading matter, made up as follows; Three columns of clippings, six col umns of local news and the balance in plate matter and patent print for which 11.00 is charged. The News Item for SI.OO supplies in con nection with its own columns the New York Tribune Farmer. The Tribune had K8 columns of reading; the News Item contained nearly 18 columns of reading, eleven of which were local news. For SI.OO we give over one hundred columes of reading matter weekly for one year. The Herald gives forty. The compari son you will readily see is much more favorable to the News Item. It shows that the Herald furnishes! only two-fifths as much reading Accepting the figures of the Herald which places the value of the News Item at l">c, let us figure the relative value of the Herald. Computing ! upon the value of local news, which ' is our specialty only, the Herald gave six columns while the News Item contained eleven. The rela -1 tive value of the Herald is further ' reduced to less than five cents, i "Think of it," chargin ■ at the rate of SI.OO for five ceuts worth of news. |MAY COURT IN SESSION. jAN EXTENSIVE VOLUME OF ROUTINE BUSINESS COME BEFORE THE COURT. Women Share Honors in Battle and Paying Costs. Grand Jury Recommend that the Sheriffs Barn be Enlarged. < 'ourt cnlleil to order at 2 o'clock p. in. with Hon. E. M. Dunham President. and Hons. John D. Keener and Jacoli Meyers Associate Judge* on the llench. Constables called anJ made return* In re: f-ale of real estate ot the follow ing decedents: Chas. Messersmiili, Con rad Kraus, If. D.Mosier confirmed, ni si. I' L Hurtsmilli sworn as count;*Me ol ifillsgrove Twp. In re; township line between Cherry and Fork" townships. t »rder to establish line confirmed ni si. In re: reviewers report on road from Double ifun bridge to Eagles Merc i.< i favorable to road, confirmed ni si. View rs report on road trom Murray Mines to Bernice, unfavorable, confirmed ni si. Petition lor County bridge over Elk ('reek where the public road Irom Lincoln Falls to Foot of Plane crosses said stream near W. ,1. Kldred plate. Court appoint - Nathan I'ereun, If.''. R. Kschinka and Geo. S. Lanback viewers; returnable at next term. Petition of Hiratn Long (or the appoint ment of viewers to appraise damages caused by the opening of road from Bg j Bottom to ' 'herry Mills, through his prop erty. Court appoint John S. Line, Win Robbing and John W. McMahu, viewers . to assess damage. Win. Shaffer & Son vs Jennies Croinan writ of fieri facias, confirmed ni si. In re: damage to laud of Geo. Sick in Cherry twp, returnable September ."i. 1 In re; sale of rial estate of'J. B. Magat gel deed, report confirmed ni si Widows appraisment approved in the estates of H. <i. Wilson deed, and Clias. T. Messersmith deed. in re; County bridge over < Unlet creek near Sonestown: direct* d togo befo:e grand jury at next term. AnnaCßam vs Henry Ram in divorce Thos. K Kennedy appointed commissioner to take testimony. Commonwealth vs Albert Stewart; nol pros entered on payment of cost. Jarius 11. Thayer sworn and apmitted as a practicing attorney at the Sullivan / county bar. Comth. vs Bert Dewitt; reasons filed (or new trial, rule for new trial refused. In re; insolvency ofdeo. Yanney. Dis charged as an insolvent debtor. State Line ard Sullivan K. 1!. Co. vs W. B. Brown et al; stav ot' executic n in hands of sherirt, certified to Hon. If. R. Little, I'. J. Petition of the supervisors of Laporte twp. (or the stay of the oider to open a road near Daniel Heeler's saw mill. Role 1 returnable to next argument court' <'has. Schock appointed guardian ot Anna Brown, F.ttie and Frank Stepfather ' minor children of Lucas Steafather dec I. ( Comth. vs W. 11. McKibbins; settle ment, leave granted to enter nol pros on payment of cost. Comth vs It 11. Guy, .1 ol:ti Ambury, and t!. 11. Hutford; settled. Arthur li. Lisson vs Mary E. Lisbon in divorce. Thos. E. Kennedy appointed commissioner to take testimony. Ida Keper vs Arthur Keper in divorce. Alias subpoena is directed to issue. Sarah Mevers \s John Meyers anil i Clarence Hartvs Martha Hart in divorce; John H. Lawrence appointed commis sioner to take testimony. George Caseman appointed guardian o' Lida Norton, minor child of Elizabeth Norton. In re: special road lax for Shrewsbury township; Court orders the Supervisors to levy ft tax ot eight mills to pay debts. Comth vs Ellis Kiessinger; convicted. Sentenced to pay a line of $lO and 4UO lying expenses and <>l.(X)aweek lor ilie support of the child until seven years old it kept by Miss < >«a Little, prosecutri-. Bail to be furnished in the sum of SoOO. Comth vs Bert l>ewitt, charge, forcible entry. Verdict, not guilty, cost divided with prosecutor. Comth vsMrs. Elizabeth ltoac; charge, assault and battery. Verdict, nol guilty and prosecutrix Mrs. Lew Keeler pay one half the cost, Comth. vs .lellerson Mosteler. et al. Charge, cruelly torturiug and killing a hog. Decided bv grand jury not guilty ( and prosecutor, Glen Peternian, to pay costs of prosecution. j Comth vs Thos. MahalVey. Jr.; charge, breaking the peace. Verdict, not guilty , and County pay the costs. A. W.Sones vs Howard Lyons; assuui|>- sit. Verdict lor plaintiff in the sum ol , ♦ 120.08. | Divorce of A. Lisson granted on pay ment ol cost. 11. M. Nelf vs The Laporte Lumber Co. , Assumpsit, case on trial, CRAM) JI'UY KKI'OItT. John W. Rogers, Foreman, made re port that eight bills of indictment were , acted upon, six of which «ere found true bills. They reported the buildings and grounds, except the old oflice building which needs a new roof. It was further reported that the barn used by the sherilf be enlarged and repaired. Ihe jury wns honorably discharged Wednesday morn ing. Compulsory Non-Svit Intervenes. A compulsory non-suit \va> j granted by Judge Panning of Brad ford county, in the case of Win. Fleischutt vs. Lehigh Valley K. jR. Company, last week. Fleis j chute claimed SIO,OOO damages for ! being struck by the lllaok Diamond : Express at Wyal using, last Febru ary. He was represented by D. ; Dewitt, Esq. Mr. Fleischutt \ ,is a brother of Mrs. F. M. Cross ley of Laporte. Spring has come at last. At CAMPBELLS, SHUNK, PA., I He is showing the finest line of Spring and Sum | mer Goods to be found in Western Sullivan, con sisting of everything usually kept in a first class , General Store. Call and inspect his large line before / purchasing elsewhere. Ho will be pleased to show you and will make you a price that is right. Highest Market Price Paid for Butter and Eggs. Ag^cy: For Bowker's Fertilizers, Dewing Reapers. Binders, Mowers and Rakes. Davison and Perry Harrows, Wiard Plows and Rakes. A Steel Lined 19 T Perry Harrow, only $8.50; A Bargain. Call and see it. A. E. CAMPBELL, Shunk, Pa. A Beautiful Show of Men's, Boys' and Children's SPRING SUITS. Childrens two, three, and four piece suits SI.OO to Boys single and double breasted suits in all the new patterns and weaves s£.oo to $12.00 Men's one, three and four button sack suits, the latest materials and make #8 to S2O. Men's cutaways, nobby things, sl2 to sjo. Also an elegant assortment of men's and young men's trousers Childrens knee pants, hats, caps, neckwear, underwear, shirts, trunks, suit cases, traveling bags and umbrellas. T. W. Carroll, DUSHORE, PA. HOTE> CARROLL BLOCK. * ■ rr ■-*» The Cheapest Carpet to buy is a good one, and if you want a good one buy it of Holcombe & Lauer and get the best at the lowest price. We are direct agents for th<> largest carpet manufacturers in the United States. Wiltons, Velvets, Royal Axministers, Moquettes, Body and Tapestry Brussels, Ingrains in all wool three plys two plys and cotton chain, unions and all cotton. Rag and Hemp Carpet, China, Japan, and Mo. Grass Matting. Linolinms and oil cloth. If you can't come, write. HOLCOMBE & LAUER, Undertaking, d ®U B bOVe. pa. SAXE BLOCKS. LA PORTE " CLOTHING STORE. jWe can please you better than ever.) Because we offer a larger and much finer stock to select from, and because we will continue our policy of handling onlv the VERY BEST GOODS. Stylish, menu Rochester made CL« »Til I S<i, Black and I>l ue serge*. plaia and fancv. Cheviot. plain nil I fancy undressed worsteds, made in nil (lit* latest shape* Yd IT I IS' Sl* ITS, < 'III LDREN'S SUITS ages .'> to li> year*, to select I row, f»riee« $| (N) to 0.00 MKN'S Dress I'ants at M (H) ami np to $5 00 per pair. We have given the greatest attention ta our SHOE DEPARTMENT. the iaest and I text i|iiali'ioe. largest sioek, latest style*, at right prices. We handle tbe W. 1.. DOfCLAS SllOKat *:■>. a 50, 4 00, > and#s 00 per pair. I.aili<"> are invited to examine <mr Siirtiiß St<»k of tailor marie iueket >uit». ra'ny flay »klrt>. ]k*'ti etmls, WraiiiK-rs Indies' ve-ts. tine "Ires* skirts, We lmurile a full line of ladies' enrset*. liKlieii' ki4 Klnves. (llie unbrellas. trunk-and valises. A full line of ladies' and gents oifonH. »wrt»iwvt <rf patent leather and velown e»U. A eomplete line of lf»ys and fliildrfiis hlhh* at-rking • Ikmm from -fl.UOtol# no Our line of milts furnishingthiols euibruce all the luu-»t »tr!•»_ W» fcusdie the Monarch Shirt. See our latest hats, neckwear, hose. e*|». sloves. at bottom price*. >'<(« is your liest ehanee to huv your Sprint.'and summer Clolhlup. All we »«k l« far you to canu' and see and !h> conviiieeil of the low prices we lire olTerinp. HARRY ZAX, Reliable Dealer in Clothing, Shoes, Ladies' Capes. Gbtppewa Xtme ftflns. Lime furnished in cai load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesville Penn'a. M. E. Reeder, _ LAPORTE, PA Kodol Dyspepsia Cure what yon eat. This preparation contains all th« di^rosttiitland digests ail kinds of food. It gives instant relief and awtfr fill Li to cure.. It allows you to «t all the food you want. The moat aewltive stomachs can take it. By Its tine many thousands of dyspeptics ha*« toes cured after everything unequalled for the stomach. Child* ren with weak stomachs thrive on It. First dose relieves. A diet uuusosssary. Cures all stomaoh tronblM l'rcictrrd only hy K V. Q»Wi;w Jt, That Si. bwltffc 2H MltMnP
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