Republican News Item. VOL. VII. NO. 13 ) Worth the riceT/-- P YOUR SAVINGS ARE WEL?. S WHEN YOU BUY RELIABLI/. JEWELERY. V r It wears and gives pleasure for years and V always worth the price paid for it. Our many N r years of business at the same stand with the same j L principles of keeping nothing but reliable jewelery / is a testimonial of what our goods stand for. J We intend that this store shall be first in yourC S thoughts when that buying reliable jewelery ques \ tion come up. Our prices have reached the bottom C \ scale, they can nowhere be made lower for the J S same grade of goods. \ Always Ready for Repairwork. S J Nothing but the best in repair work leaves our J \ hands. To get values come here after them, 112 Very respectfully, c > RETTENBURY, i J DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. C, COLE'S^j^^f w 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 tools of all descriptions. £ Luxury, But a *rfSr necessity. the best. This wheel is as near Bicycle Tires, Lamps, Brakes and Sundries. Sporting goods, fishing tackle, guns, revolvers and equipments. Rooting, spouting, plumbing, piping and fittings. Bicycle repairing and general job work. Sjnutel The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. White Goods More white is worn this season than ever before and nothing makes a handsomer dress than line Swiss or French Lawn. We have plain Swiss 40 inches wide at 25c, $0 in ches at 3jc, 60 in. at French lawns £0 in. wide at tjoc, 69c, and 6cjc: also all the popular lace stripes and new Jacquard figures. Summer Underwear Laces. We are showing a very complete line of Tli|s js , , season jn fact the men s ladies Misses ami children s light , . ■ .. , • , .. ... , , Mil prominent trim 1111 nir lor all kinds ol thm weight and gauze underwear. Men s bal- ' . • , ,ir . i <■ „. , . B 111 .., ■ ... materials. We lixve a nmnlier of novelties bngan whirls and drawers. Mnrts with . .. , , . P , 1.1 t i- ' 1 I'ist 111. 11nndredsol designs 111 all width ■ei her one or short sleeves. Ladies low , ~ i.l i . , , , . . in and prices, (Jonie and see tlieni when vou neck and short s eeves gauze vest at It), i , • , i ■ . , .... ... o • -II 1 . 1 are looking lor dainty laces. IUA and 15c. Swiss ribbed vest low neck long and short sleeves extra good value Pciraenl lor 25c; ribbed gauze drawers at 15c and I dl CloUl 25c and up. . We are showing some stylish new fancy, llplain hlack, and plain white parasols. nUoltJiy Children parasols at all prices, also sun , , , , , , , , i iimhrellas in hlack, garnet, brown, navy Ladies last black and fancy colored j , r ,. et , M lisle lace stripe or drop stitch hose at 25c ' ° to 120. Ladies'last black silk hose at PnilldrH 1.00, 1.25 and 1.39 Men's half hose in lUUIdIU OlllNO cotton lisle at 12< cents to 50c. Men's , i . . V, , - . , IU . ~,, , , We have some very handsome designs black silk hall hose at 1.00. I lie last . , . jo i i -it i . i ~ . ... in l'otilards and Natiu Liberties, all new black heavy ribbed hose we sell at J.ic ■ ' . . 112 ■ i i i.i patterns this season which we are closing lor boys and girls are the very best hose 1 . , . , • , ,i 6 • J out al a great bargain, made lor the price. b * Try The News Item Job Office WHEN IN NEED OF FINE STATIONERY. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1902. 1 i pAI TTsITV Columns of Interesting A _ Items Gathered by Our Happenings oi aSSSE - * Interest to Readers Many Towns. EAGLES MERE The Lonibaert family are occupy ing their cottage for the balance of the season. Dr. llolden has always beenquite an addition to the gentle men'scoterie in past years. Mr. Welch tells us that owing to a slight mishap with the engine in the Crestmont Power House that liostel rie was lighted from the Light C'o.'s wires on Saturday night. It is pro posed to test the running the Water Co.'s plant in a day or two from the Light Co.'s wires Much interest at taches to tin* trial though Mr. Welch expresses himself quite con fident of results. Water takers keep plumber Trappe quite busy and he has almost decid ed to locate himself here during the entire year. The Railroad Company have mov ed the old freight siding from its long-time location corner Eagles Mere Avenue and Lakewood Drive over to the Station yard. A great improvement. Some other changes would be advantageous. The excursion 011 Thursday from Bloomsburg, Danville and that neighborhood was quite a success in every way. About five hundred persons came 011 the train, the day was favorable and the party went home with quite a number of Eagles Mere Converts among them. August guests are crowding in so fast that it would be impossible to give the Item any approach to a list. 011 Saturday last the Reading R. It. had a through passenger coach and two Pullman Parlor cars 011 the Cannon Pall train leaving Philadel phia at A. M.and almost every seat was full. Universal sorrow is felt at the tidings of the death of Mr. Henry Brown which took place on Friday last at Long Beach, Long Island, lie was one of our Eagles Mere stand-byes and last summer took much pleasure in making many im provements in and around his beau tifuljcottage near the Lakeside. He remarked to one of his friends last summer that he was doing it all with reference to the pleasure of his daughter, Mrs. Pitch, and her fam ily and friends as lie would probably not be here very long himself. This would seem to indicate that his de cease was not unexpected to him self. All the churches had large congre gations last Sunday as in the main Eagles Mere's visitors are church going people. At the meeting of the Post Office Club the chairman of the Committee 011 Sidewalks called attention to the fact that in a few days the long hop ed for sidewalk up the hill at the east end would be an accomplished fact thanks to the long continued and persevering work of the "Busi ness Mens Improvement League." By concentrating its attention solely 011 this great work for three years it was now within sight of completion. The Secretary called the attention of the Club to the fact that the Will ianisport Sun had explainad that on the completion of the railroad ex tention to Chautauqua the persons concerned treated themselves to a banquet in celebration of the event. The number being limited it was possible to do it up in good style at a moderate expense, and he thought it would be a good idea to com j muuicate with the "Business Mens I Improvement League" and suggest a celebration in a similar way of the accomplishment of this great work after three years arduous toil. He thought that a dinner at one dollar a plate would be about the thing and that if the funds of the "League" were scanty perhaps in vitations for the officers of the Club might be secured by offering to con tribute. He thought there would be no difficulty in borrowing a dol lar for each of the officers. The Secretary was authorized to communicate with the "League" and see what could be done in the direction of celebrating the event. One of the members ventured to say that it would be quite appropri ate to have a grand lion-tire and that the material was available in the piles of stuff on the site of the old Lily Pond. The Secretary was di rected to embody this in his commu nication. The Committee on Fish Culture reported that there was reason to fear that all the sunfish and perch might be caught out of the Lake as they had heard of several catches of three or four at a time. It was sug gested that a subscription should be secured to purchase several fish at the close of the season so as to have them propagate and restock the Lake for the coming seasons. One member thought that this was a matter of sufficient importance to warrent a solicitation of assistance from the"The Business Mens Im provement League" but it was thought unwise to burthen tin- League so soon after another large undertaking. RICKETTS. t The Sunday School excursion was well patronized there being between four and fi've hundred persons who seemed to enjoy theniselvesjalthough it rained most of the afternoon. Mr. Deitriek, wife and daughter of Allentown are visiting at Mr. G. J - Hentzlemans. Mrs. John Kintner who went to the Sayre Hospital for treatment several weeks ago has returned home improved in health. Mr. B. W. Corson is receiving treatment at tlie Sayre Hospital. John Waring had his foot crushed in the mill last week necessitating the amputation of one of his toes. There has been the usual rain the past two weeks. Mr. (J. J. Hentzleman was on a two days business trip to Wilkes barre last week. Mr. P. o. Kuhns and wife are visiting friends in Towanda. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Shaffer have an addition to their family in the shape of a little girl. ltev. Campbelle of Dushore held services in the church with ltev. Mower 011 July 20th. Mrs. M. Mintzer, mother of l)r. Mintzer, arrived Wednesday from Ocean Grove, N. J. to again take up her residence with her son. Mrs. John Shultz who has been very ill is improving. Mrs. Burgess and daughter are guests at the Iticketts House. Miss King of Towanda is also a giiest at the Kicketts house. Bark peeling is about over, only one one or two camps have a small amount of work left to finish. 328 car loads of lumber, ice, bark etc. were shipped from iticketts in July. The Knights of the Maccabees have ordered new regalia and ex pect to increase largely in number in the near future. FOBKSVILLE. K. 1). Lancaster and daughter re turned from Wayne Co. 011 Thurs day of last week. Dr. B. K. Gamble left for Sayre on Tuesday of this week. Miss Anna Osier of Bryan Mills, is visiting friends at this place. Miss Maud Randall is 011 the sick Itst. Sidney Rogers spent Sunday at this place. What is the attraction? The boys talk of organizing a base ball nine at this place. Death ol Mrs. J. E. Brown. Mrs. J. JO. Brown died at her ! home at Estella, Saturday August '2. Mrs. Brown was afflicted with caneer and had been a sufferer for many months which she bore with christian fortitude. She had many friends who kindly administered to her comfort and who now mourn I her loss. She was t>2 years of age. The Municipal Development Of Eagles Mere Borough. Nothing is easier than criticism of municipal management or misman agement. The writer well remembers, many years ago, when one of his friends was County Superintendent of Pub lic Schools nearer the geographical centre af the state hearing him say at a County Convention something like the following: "it is one of the dearest rights of the American Cit izen, of both sexes, to criticise the school directors. The citizen feels that this is one of the inalienable privileges guaranteed by the Consti tution of the United States. So im portant is it that he is a hero indeed who will manifest his dissatisfaction with a School Director by shying a brick or a rock at the offending offi cial at any time when it can be done without danger of detection," While we would hardly goto this length with our old time friend his remarks would be fairly aplica ble to conditions with us as to our Borough Council. When condolen ces on the weather are exhausted, the miner's strike gets tiresome, the president's aphorisms stir 110 respon ive chord and even Pierpont Mor gan's reach after the earth becomes history instead of news, it is always safe to fall back 011 the Council. What it should have done or left undone is always a legitimate sub ject of animadversion in the barber shop, at the store, on the street cor ner, in the hotel lobby, 011 the trains or even after church. It is a question whether this is all fair and if there is anything that we try to believe in it is that in a con test or discussion of any sort, wheth er in words or blows, we want things "fair" its witness our late unpleas antness with Spain over the little fellows Cuba and the Phillipines. The councilmen serve without pay, they are compelled to assume responsibilities out of all proportion to their own property holdings, they must decide all sorts of questions without any opportunity to profit by the experience of others and deal with matters in which they have had no experience themselves. Some of these things involve larger sums of money than they are accus tomed to handle. The assessment of the whole Council is lessjthan five per cent of the total for the borough and yet they must rule upon the other ninety-five per cent without the assistance or judgment of the owners of that ninty-five per cent We believe that we have only to stop for a moments consideration and we will concede at once that something should be changed. Our councilmen are residents here all the year round, and the summer conditions are only of interest to them as far as they furnish business out of which must come the living and savings of we who stay here. How is it possible for us to know just what will add most to the grat ification of the people from Will iamsport, Philadelphia, Washing ton, Baltimore and a hundred other places whose coming is building our houses, educating our children, pay ing for a home and giving us a little money in bank? On the other hand how are they to know about the local legislation that we are enacting so as to concen trate in the limits of thirty or sixty days all the benefit and pleasure that is to be had in our attractive village and its surrounding region. As the doctors would say after diagnosing a case "what treatment is indica ted?" It seems to the writer that two changes are sell'-cvidcntly need ed— one is that our council should adopt measures so that what we are doing may be thoroughly known and understood by those whe pay the bills and the other is that those who pay the bills should adopt some measures to lay before our council just what is desired to make their summer stay the most pleasant so that they will leave us at the close of the season full of regrets that it has been so short and of longings for the coming summer that shall be still more delightful. We venture the guess that outside of the members of council there is 75 CTS. PER YEAR. I not anything of their proceedings or ordinances known to persons who pay five per cent of the taxes. As in the larger economic questions that are agitating our land it seems to be the concensus of opinion among broad thinkers that publicity is the one safeguard that is left us in the matter of huge concerns, we venture : the opinion that a good deal of the ; same rule would be of service in the ! diminutive organization of the mu | nicipality of Eagles Mere. Would |it not be well for the Council to j adopt measures to put a copy of its j minutes, immediately after each meeting, in the hands of every tax payer and so relieve themselves of at least a part of the load of respon sibility in handling other peoples money and maintaining the success of the business on which we live. B. G. W. HILLSGROVE. Joe Miller, Frank McCain and wife attended the Sells-Forpaugh show at Williamsport last week. Washington Wood ley of Potter is in town visiting his mother. Mrs. Lena Woodley is quite dan gerously ill at this writing. Mr. Win. Moulthrop, book keeper for the Tanning Co. accompanied his wife to their home at Sydney, N. Y., returning Saturday last. Quite an exci»«ni**ivt oceurcd in upper Poland 1 " ".'u*y between some of the ret.ii.v - ts, and shot guns and arms were used. The usual tine imposed by 'Squire Speaker set tled it. The fishing party that went to Miller's Lake to Camp last week, do not report any big hauls. Through the generosity of Dr. Chappel, the owner of the lake they were not al lowed to fish, row or look at the lake, but nevertheless all report a good time. Joseph Helsman visited at l>er nice and Lopez last wt.ek. lie at tended the county convention of the I'. (). S. of A. at Lopez Saturday last. Supt. Buckley of Athens and Mr. Botsford of Williamspcrt, were busi ness callers in town Monday last. McKwen's barn on Pine street has been turned into a hobo's rest. Six weary travelers of the road took lodging there last week. Henry Peck will leave this week for Gaines, Tioga co inty where lie has secured a good job. McKwen's drive reached the boom at Montoursville Monday last. Miss Maggie Stryckland of Will iamsport, is visiting her parents at this place. The boss tanner's family have moved to I Tillsgrove and wiil occupy the house where Dr. Brown now lives. The doctor will move into the house lately vacated by Sam Mcßride. Henry Darby drove to Forksville and Dushore Sunday last. Ralph Mcßride and Fred Moul thrope have severed their connect ion with the I'liion Tanning Co. and will "shang" the rest of theseason. Win. Holla visited in town last week. Dr. B. E. Gamble of Forksville, was a caller in town last week. Miss Alta Mcßride has returned from Williamsport, where she has been visiting. A. A. Ludy lost a valuable horse last week. Our little town was terribly excit ed Thursday last by a wreck on the S. S. V. V. tram road owned by Hirdsall and Gray. The runaway gravel train No. 7 jumped the track at the horse shoe bend, C. H. (ir en and Fulnier Jenkins escaped death by jumping from the running train. Miss Nina (Jreen has returned from Scranton where she has been spending the summer. GODCHAPLES NOMINATED. After a contest of several weeks duration in which time meetings were held at Danville, Sunbury and Milton, and 1-1 ballots cast, the lie publican congressional conference of this district came to an abrupt ter minal at Berwick Tuesday morning. | The deadlock was broken by Chas. C. Evans withdrawing from the con test, and Frederick Godcharles of : Milton receiving the nomination by acclamation before any ballots were ! cast.
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