Republican News Item. VOL. VII. NO. 10 ) Worth the Price! / / YOUR SAVINGS ARE WEL). \ WHEN YOU BUY RELIABLI/. JEWELERY. V r It wears and gives pleasure for years and is£ V always worth the price paid for it. Our many X 112 years of business at the same stand with the same 112 K principles of keeping nothing but reliable jewelery / C is a testimonial of what our goods stand for. } We intend that this store shall be first in your<T when that buying reliable jewelery ques- ; k tion come up. Our prices have reached the bottom C \ scale, they can nowhere be made lower for theV S same grade of goods. V Ready for Repairwork. p y Nothing but the best in repair work leaves our J x hands. To get values come here after them. V r Very respectfully, c > RETTENBURY, \ | DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER, ■ - r -- - urii m COLEL S"'\a/v/ v *'WSA' v^ HARDWARE Special Low Prices Now Prevail Wire fencing for farm, garden, lawn and poultry netting. Lawn mowers, wheel barrows, tin ware, woodenware, garden and farm tools, dairy supplies washing machines, wringers etc, of the latest in ventions. Paints, oils and varnishes. Mill sup plies and ptions. Bicycle Tires, Lamps, Brakes and Sundries. Sporting goods, fishing tackle, guns, revolvers and equipments. Roofing, spouting, plumbing, piping and fittings. Bicycle repairing and general job work. Samuel Cofe^usfiore^a. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., * 313 Pine Street, /{WILLIAMSPORT, PA. 112 White Goods More white is worn this season than ever before and nothing makes a handsomer dress than tine Swiss or French Lawn. We have plain Swiss 40 inches wide at 25c, 50 in ches at 35c, 60 in. at French lawns join, wide at <;oc, 69c, 75c, and 61 -c: also all the popular lace stripes and new Jacquard figures. Summer Underwear We are allowing a very complete line ot men's ladies' Misses' ami children's light weight and gauze underwear. Men's bal brigan shirts and drawers. Shirts with either long or short sleeves. Ladies' low neck and short sleeves gauze vest at 10, 12£ arnl 15c. Swiss ribbed vest low neck long and short sleeves extra good value for 25c; ribbed gauze drawers at 15c and 25c an i up. Hosiery Ladies' fast black and fancy colored lisle lace stripe or drop stitch hose at 25c to 1.20. Ladies' fast hlack silk hose at 1.00, 1.25 and 1.39 Men's half hose in cotton lisle at 12$ cents to 50c. Men's black silk half hose at 1.00. The last, black heavy ribbed hose we sell at 25c lor boys and girls are the very best hose made lor the price. Try The News Item Job Office WHEN IN NEED OF FINE STATIONERY. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1902. Laces. This is a gieat lace season in fact the prominent trimming for all kinds of thin materials. We hnve a number of novelties just in. 11undredsot designs in all width and prices. Come and see them when you are looking lor dainty laces. Parasol We are showing some stylish new fancy, plain black, and plain white parasols. < 'liildren parasols at all prices, also sun umbrellas in black, garnet, brown, navy and green. Foulard Silks We have some very handsome designs in Foulards and Satin Liberties, all new patterns this season which we are closing out at a great bargain. [ couNTYjffiws I srsoiS'st: Happenings o! SSf" [lnterest to Readers Towns - EAGLES MERE. Now that the storms are past ev erybody is bright and cheerful and enjoying the beautiful conditions to the full. The weather man has promised us charming days for the balance of the summer. The string of baby carriages and pretty nurse maids is remarked as unusually attractive this season. Mr. Ford G. Burchard is now here giving attention to his confectionery and ice cream business in person. His ready, obliging disposition makes his candies much sweeter than the sugar alone. Rev.S. B. Bidlack preached in the Baptist church on Sunday even ing. It is said that the Baptist con gregation have kindly invited him to hold his services there regularly. Rev. L)r. Agnew, the distinguish ed Presbyterian divine of Philadel phia, is staying at Chautauqua. Charles E. Orange and family of I Philadelphia, are occupying the Miles cottage. Rev. F. Ward Denys and family of Baltimore are the occupants of the Senator Peale cottage. The water works went into opera tion for the tirst time on Tuesday, July Bth and commenced supplying water to patrons 011 the following Friday. The machinery operates to a charm and the strained look on ('apt. Chase's face has departed. The setting up of the Stand Pipe has been postponed until fall, meanwhile an abundant supply of water is kept up by running the pumps constantly. The railroad company have their forces actively at work laying the track on the extension to Chjutau qua and it seems likely that the trains may run through within a week or ten days. It is supposed that the track on Mr. Sones' railroad will then belaid with all possible ex pedition. The members of the Post Office Club are all so busy that tliey have not held any meeting this week. It is proposed that instead of the Club inspecting the new railroad as a body they shall do so individually so as to avoid any strain on the track or train. We shall endeavor to get their conclusions for the bene fit of the Item's readers. The Y. M. C. A. Building has been changed into quite an attractive station on Pennsylvania Avenue immediately opposite Chautauqua Ave. A large platform has been put down as well as a wide plank side walk from the station to the Chau tauqua Inn. Preparations seem to be under way to lay down a similar sidewalk along Pennsylvania Ave nue from the station to Bath Beach. The Committee on Sidewalks of the Post Office Club will call the at tention of the "Business Mens Im provement League" to this new walk and suggest that it is a tlrst class idea to get conditions in so much better shape at the upper end so that new comers can goto the up per station and walk there while the side walk at the lower end is in pro cess of incubation. It. E. Smead and family are pleas antly housed in the Ralph Smith cottage. Dr. Geo. Erety Shoemaker and family of the City of Brotherly Love can be found in Mrs. Hartley's cot tage on Magics Mere Avenue. It will be quite safe now for the young men to invite their best girls to the ice cream parlors. Electrician and Plumber Trappe seems to be the busiest man in the village. He may be seen in his working clothes from daylight until dark making water connections or adjusting electric appliances for some body.i It is to be hoped that his business will be so profitable that he may continue to make Eagles Mere his residence. /"The odd looking locomotive for the Hones railroad has made several trips up the mountain and attracts considerable attention. We are told that it is called the "Climax" and was built at Corry, Pa. While it is not fast It will haul enormous loads. It was culled into service last. Thurs day to take the excursion train down the Mountain. The Pic Nic party from the Catho- j lie Church of Williamsport on Thurs day numbered between three and four hundred. Unfortunately the locomotive broke down at the Shan erburg so they had to walk about a mile to Eagles Mere. They all seemed to take it pleasantly and aside from this Incident they had ,a pleasant day. They evidently en joyed the day in a sensible clever fashion. Tables and seats were pro vided in the woods Chau tauqua grounds, some of them camp ed in the Auditorium and some pat ronized the dancing at the Casino. They left about <>.3o in the evening in good shape. The destruction of the Itink has given to Hotel Eagles Mere a view of the Lake as charming as that from any other |>oint in the whole village. Now some one should clean tip the remains if the tire and sow grass Beed and Mother Nature "will do the rest." Some complaints are made about the increase in rates for rowboats made by the Boat Company. It Is hoped that the matter may be ad justed to the satisfaction of all con cerned". ESTELLA. > The Ladies' Aid Society will meet at the hall in Estella the last Thurs day iu July to quilt a quilt for Mrs. George Brown who was unfortunate ly burned out of home, recently. All bring their dinner pails. The (1 rangers are again nicely domiciled in their old quarters over the postoftlce. The interior has re ceived a new coat of paint and a thorough cleansing, and they wish to announce that they are now at home each Tuesday evening for all who wish to be admitted to their peaceful enclosure. On the evening of July twenty-second they will have an open session for the discus sion of different questions and reci tations and songs. All are invited to attend; admission free. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. More, Mr. and Mrs. IJ. F. McCarty and family spent Sunday at Mr. Del Brown's on his Pleasant Ridg > farm. Bev. Bower of Millview, visited Mrs. J. E. Brown on Friday last. Such visits are a comfort to the in valid "shut ins." J. K. Bird presentee I the Grangers with a hanging lamp. Mrs. U. Bird is entertaining her sister, Dora, and a lady friend from Brooklyn, N. Y. Some farmers are busy haying while others are just preparing their ground for buckwheat. U. Bird is in Kentucky surveying timber land for a large Land Com pany. We expect the 'Squire will be a genuine corn cracker when he returns, as ho expects to be gone six months. Ward Brown and Miss Hazel Mc- Bride of Hlllsgrove, were calling on friends at Estella Sunday. MUNCY VALLEY. John Scarbac was called to Reading last week to see his sister who was seriously ill but is better at this writing. Miss Ada Norts is visiting her Grandmother Mrs Kennedy. Charles Collins and Milford West of Picture Rocks was visiting in town Sunday. Mr Boyer of Hughesville was a caller in towen Sunday j Misses Celya Minnier, Blanche 1 Miller and Celya Donovan spent a i few hours at Sonestown . Thursday Misses Nora Moran, Celya j Connertou, Mellissa and Gestrude Whitinoyer attended the dance at Eagle? Mere. SHUNK. Messrs. Daniel Jnnes and J. W. Stone of Canton, were business men in town last week. Judson Brown of Laporte is visit ing relatives and friends in town. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Itice return ed last week to their home at Roar ingßranch after spending the Fourth with the latter's sister Mrs. Frank Packard. Mrs. George Sheives of Jobs Cor ners sjient the Fourth with her sister Mrs. L.l. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kilmer spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. Claude Smith at Ellenton. Miss Jessie Forrest, who has been at Forksville for some time, has re turned to her home in this place. Messrs. A. E. Campbell and S. S. Montauge were in Hillsgrove last week looking after the interests of the Deering Harvester Co. George L. Campbell, of Elmira, spent the Fourth in town. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Manley and children visited relatives in town last week. Miss Bessie Owen of Canton, was the guest of Miss Nancy Kilmer last week. MftNICE. Jessie Goier had the misfortune t.> smash his hand while at work coup ling cars in the switch yard Wed nesday of last week. Dr. Randall vas called and dressed the hand. Fred Thayer moved his family from this place to near Wilkesbarre, where lit? has secured employment. C. L. Humphrey ofTowanda, was looking after the interests of the Re porter Journal here Tuesday. F. W. Buck of Dushore, transact ed business here Tuesday. L. J. Nelson has moved into the house vacated by Fred Thayer. Mr. Wm. Jones of Valley, was a guest at the White House last week. Abel King was among the callers at Lopez, Wednesday. John Boyd Jr. and mother of Du shore spent Sunday and Monday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. 11. W. Taylor. Mrs. 11. E. Siegfield spent Satur day shopping at Towanda. George Heaverly of New Albany was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson Sunday. Dentist W. B. Kelly of Towanda will be at this place on or about the l")th of each month. Win. Kennedy lias purchased a tine Saddle horse. Barclay Duggan visited his parents at Myland, Saturday and Sunday. Quite a number from here took in the excursion to llarvcys Lake Sun day. NORDMONT. > Harry Botsford has gone to Du shore to attend the Normal School. Artlier "Miner of Bernice wa.i a visitor in town Sunday. Mr L. It. Gavitt and wife of Sones town visited with M. 1). Horn and family Sunday. Walter Lorah of Sonestown tran sacted business in town Monday. Duane Latourette has returned home after an extended visit with iriends in Buffalo. J'has. Sliultz has moved from this place to Abbertsons Mills. W. S. Wieland and Miss Mabel Pennington drove to Sonestown Sun day to see their many friends. ('has. Lauer of Dushore was in town last Saturday. Just why Archer Morresis wearing his hat on one side these days is over the arrival of a twelve pound baby girl- Mrs Covert and Sons of William sport are visiting with Mrs Amelia Hess. Mr E.M. Peek of Carbondale Pres ident of The Sutton-Peck Chemical Co was in town last week. I Mr. M. W. Botsford and T. S. , Laird transacted business at the county seat Saturday. The dance at Harvey Hess' Fri jday evening was well attended. The Lyon Lumber Co. have com i nienced hauling bark from the Klon dike. Jack says it yoes tirst class 'only Is a little chilly around the I edges. 75 CTS. PER YEAR. Some of the Peculiar Conditions at Eagles Mere. Bright, sunny skies and clear brac ing days have brought the usual re sults of crowded houses, thronged streets and a general atmosphere of pleasure. Along with all this coit.es the question of whether we people who live here and vote and run things generally recognize our responsibil ities to those who visit us one season after another. We are very apt to forget that they pay about ninety per cent of our tuxes and that we are spending their money. No one thinks that as they pay nine tenths of the cost of educating our children they may with reason look for results in the growth and inte 1 young people and yet there is noth ing unfair in such a proposition. Our summer people are the ones for whom our Borough taxes should be expended for it is out of their pockets that the money comes. Be side this if we fail in this trust that they are committing to'us we need not be surprised if they get tired of coming here and look for some pro gressive place where this fact has the consideration that it should. We had a little experience in this line at the last meeting of the Council when persons representing more than one half the assessed valuation asked for an extension of the street lighting to the upper end of the town in or der to furnish additional evening walking space and while partially the petition was granted yet it was in such a limited fashion as to make really a practical failure and this by a vote that represented only three per cent of the assessment. The general desire for the lighting to be done effectively was so pronounced that probably seventy-tive or eighty per cent of the assessment would have been on the petition If an op portunity had been offered. We believe the members of Coun cil simply misconceived their duty in the case. They voted under the impression that they were conserv ing the public interest in trying "to keep the taxes down" when the true plan to accomplish that end in Ea gles .Mere is a judicious pushing of improvements from year to year that will induce a speedy growth in the investments in cottages so that the assessed valuation shall increase and give us added means for mak ing our attractive town still more popular than it is. We have not the slightest doubt that on a farther con sideration of the subject the Council will rise to the occasion. The introduction of Electric Light, Waterworks and sanitary drainage is creating a sort of a Training School for our boys and young men that will undoubtedly be improved to their mental and practical prepara tion for remunerative employment and positions of honor that they have never enjoyed before. It is to be hoped that they may profit by it and not let all the advantages inure to persons from abroad necessarily em ployed because our own people do not avail themselves of the opportu nities that are brought to them at their homes. The inauguration of the running of the Waterworks in the past week wits quite an event. Less than the usy 1 defects appeared in the pipes ann a few hours served to remedy those so that we may fairly feel that all our troubles are at an end so far its water supply is concerned. Ev erybody connected with the enter prise deserves commendation for the persistent energy that has raised the necessary capital and solved the ma terial problems connected with the successful installation. It is to be hoped that a liberal patronage will make the investment reasonably re munerative from the start. Eagles Mere now possesses the natural i and acquiied advantages to insure j its growth and the only thing needed is the most thorough co-operation i between all interests to make suc j cess sure beyond any reasonable i doubt. Very much remains for our home residents yet to do and I and the sooner we recognize this fact I every one of us "lend a hand" the sooner the marvelous piosperiiy of Eagles Mere in the past will be eclipsed by the developments of the future. « B. U. W.
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