FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORE, PENNA. CAPITA!. - - $60,000. SURPLUS - - *IO.OOO. Does a General Banking Business. B.W.,JENNINGS, M. D. SWARTS. President. Cashier fRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-liftw. Office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. ALBERT F. HEESS, LAWYER, DUSHORE, PENNA. Office witli Rush J. Thomson. Saturday of each week at Forksville. J # j7& F. H. INGHAM, ATTOnKRTB-AT-I.AW J I. gul business attended to in this and adjoining counties _A PORTE, PA £ J. MULLEN, Atto r n ey-at- Law. LAPORTE, PA. orrica in coontr buildim HBAR RODBT HOOBB. £ H. CRONIN, ATTOBHET'A* -IAW, ■OTART PUBLIC. OrriCß OR MA IB STRIBT. DUSHORE, PA Q J, MOLYNEAUX, D.D.S. Graduate University of Pennsylvania. NEW ALBANY, PA. At Lopez, Pa., Wednesday and Thursday each week. COMMERCIAL HOUSE. A.VID TEMPLE, Prop. LAPORI'B - A. This large and we\i appointed house is the urnst popular hosteller in this section "LAPORTE HOTEL. P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court 1 louse square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber.shop; also good stabling and livery, J J. KEELER. I ■ Justiee-of-the Peace. Office in room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the enre of this office will be promptly attended to. HOTEL GUY. MILDRED, PA. H. H. GUY, - Proprietor. Newly'furnished throughout, special attention given to the wants of the travel ing public. Bar stocked with first class wines, liquors and cegars. The best beer on the market always on tap. Rates Reasonable. M. Brink's New Albany, Pa. 100 " Corn meal, 1.35 100 " Cracked corn, 1.35 100 " Corn,oats, Abarley chop 1.45 100 " Oil meal, old proces 1.85 200 " coarse brans; 2.00 Same per ton (1800) 19.00 140 lbs red clog (middlings) 2.00 Same per ton 26.00 100 lb. Granulated sugar 5.25 1(10 meat meal 2-75 Gats per bushel 40 Schumacher's best flour 1.15 "Our Own" a blended flour 1.05 Best Spring Pattent 1.15 Extra, a partry flour 95 140 lbs. common tine salt .00 Same per barrel 1.20 100 lbs lump rocksalt 75 50 lbs graw rocksalt 35 100 lbs crushed oyster shells 50 150 lbs wheet screenings 1.00 100 lbs damaged wheat 1.15 Veal calves wanted every Wednes day forenoon. Dressed poultry and live springers every Thursday. M. BRINK. There is now on exhibition a Very Nice Line of HOLIDAY GOODS Suitable for Everybody's Wants. THE GROCERY DEPART MENT is complete. Special atten tion being called to the choice quality of canned goods at little over to-day' B wholesale prices. Dold's meats are unsurpassed for flavor and excelence, nothing but Dole's in the store. GOODYEAR GLOVE RUB BERS, are strickly fresh; they cost more than the inferior grades sold elsewhere, but they last longer and give better satisfaction all around AT Buschhausen's I ( County Seat Local and Personal Events I Tersely Told. Judge Dunham is in Scranton this week. Hon. M. J. Phillips of Muncy Valley was a county seat visitor on Monday. Messrs. F. W. Gallagher and J. G. Cott were Dushore visitors last Saturday. There will be no paper issued at this office next week, it being printers vacation week. J. W. Moran of Muncy Valley, one of the hustling candidates for commissioner's clerk, was in town monday. Wanted. —A good milch cow. For particulars address A. E. Tripp, Laporte, Pa. Begin your next season's crop raising while the sleighing is good. Pest lime at Boeder's Lime House, Laporte. The County Commissioners elect were in town Monday, sitting in private council and laying plans for their coming administration. At Noxen, the family of Henry Osborn are stricken with small pox. Doctors from Tunkhannock and Plymouth confirmed the diagnosis of the family physican. Dr. H. C. Mintzer of Ricketts, one of our county's progressive young physicians attended the clinic of the world renowned Aus trian surgeon, Dr. Lorenze, at Phil adelphia last week. The Baptist anil M. E. Sunday Schools will unite in one service and entertainment at the Baptist Church on Christmas Eve. The Estella Union Sunday School will hold a grand entertainment on Wednesday evening, December 24, in the Church. T. J. Keeler has just opened the largest assortment of Christmas goods ever brought to Laporte, call and see them before you buy and be convinced. Andrew J. Hackley, while work ing in the carpenter shop at the tannery Thursday morning, inflict ed a very severe cut on his hand with a hatchet. Dr. Randall dress ed the wound which required sev eral stitches. Messrs. A. A. Baker and Ernest Gansel were the captains in a hunt ing contest on Monday which re sulted in an exciting days hunt, and a very enjoyable evening at the Commercial Hotel where a bounte ous supper was served to the tired hunters with big appetites. There were twenty-one who took supper at the expense of the losing side. Those who succeeded in making points for the winners were Ernest Gansel, 325. David Temple, 75, Wm. Sykes. 250. The losing side made the following points: A. A. Baker, 100, F. H. Ingham, 100, Thos. Manual, 200, Bert Wood, 75. The great success of the Ladies' Minstrels by home talent at the Court House on Wednesday even ing, was fully demonstrated by a packed House and a highly delight ed audience. A chorus of ten hand some colored ladies rendered a de lightful program of solos and chor uses, which was interspersed Jwith humorous talk. The performance held the rapt attention of the au dience, and inspired many express ions of favorable comment. Mrs. Muir of Towanda, rendered valua ble assistance with her rich and musical voice. Those who partic ipated in the affair were Misses Eliza M. Shaut, Bessie Wrede, Em ma Gallagher, Jessie Wrede, Alma Lauer, Muriel Caswell, Mrs. Muir, Mrs. W. H. Rogers, Mrs. E. M. Gregory and Mrs. F. W. Meylert. Mrs. Edwin M. Dunham, pianist. Sleighing parties from Dushore, Bernice, Lopez and other points made this high class and novel en tertainment their object of visit to the county seat. The proceeds amounted to upwards of $26. Get what you need and save what you can. Best grade of lime at Reeders Lime House, Laporte. One trial proves the worth of the lime at Reeder's Lime House, La porte. TCovnty Indices" i Brief Newsy Items Gather- „ by Correspondence' J MVNCY VALLEY. T. J. Morati was a williamsport visitor one day last week. Misses Marcella Farrel and Emma Biddle are visiting their parents at Dushore. M. S. Shaw who has been work ing at Hillsgrove, spent Sunday with his family here. James Moran Jr. enjoyed a sleigh ride to Eagles Mere on Sunday. W. F. Donovan of Sonestown, spent Saturday with his parents at this place. John Morrisy of Lime Stone, is visiting his sister, Mrs. James Mo ran. Charley Collins of Picture Rocks, was in town Sunday. Miss Anna Minnier is visiting rel atives at Milton. J. P. Miller is on the sick list. John Turner of Hughesvilie, spent Sunday at Win. Taylor's. HILLSGROVE. The drilling for coal up Slab Hun has been abandoned. No coal, at least that is what they say. Fred Betts of Williamsport was in town last week, also John Mcßride representing the Crand I'liion Tea Co. Wm. Brombeck, formerly of this place but now foreman for Gleason Bros, at Medix Run, in their tannery was in town Monday. Ed. Peck was down to the city on Saturday. Judson Rogers who has been work ing at Altoona at the carpenter trade for the last six months, is back home on a visit to the boys. Harry Green was toShunk on Sat urday looking for a boarding place. He will take charge of the school at that place for the remainder of the winter. John Morrisy, John Van Horn and Harry Brown have resigned their jobs with the Tanning Co. and will go South to work. The time for the arrival and de parture of mails has been changed. The mail for Glen Mawr leaves here in the morning and jeturnsat ti p. m.and leaves for Forksville the next morning instead of the same evening. * SONESTOWN. Miss Pearl Grove spent Friday night at Nordinont, returning on Saturday. We are eiyoying the best sleigh ing that we have had for years be fore Christmas. Rev. J. O. Biggs expects to begin his protracted meetings with a watch night service on the evening of Jan uary Ist, Win. Donovan having resigned his position in the Railroad Station at this place, has gone to work for lumberman Sones as conductor on his railraod. Andrew Edgar was a Williamsport visitor on Monday. Lee Parker of Hughesvilie, assist ed by Howard Hess, is taking the place of station agent here for the the time being. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hall were Williamsport visitors last week. Preparations are being made for Christmas services in both churches on Christmas Eve. M. P. Gavitt is on the sick \|st. Miss Maud of Nordmont, spent Tuesday night with Miss Myr tle Edgar. Mr. B. G. Welch transacted busi ness in Williamsport this week. Mrs. Niles Weed of Williamsport, visited her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hazen last week. A sledding party had planed a trip to North Mountain on Saturday evening, but were unable togo on account of the heavy snow fall and the storm. Mrs. A. T. Armstrong did shop ping at Hughesvilie last week. Mrs. A. L. Sheets and Mrs. C. A. Stars and little Herman Hazen were in Williamsport on Monday. The new railroad time table Is a very great inconvenience to Sones town. We can no longer get to Williamsport in the morning nor in fact any other place on the W. <fc N. B. or beyond it. Our city papers do not arrive until afternoon and then they seem old already. Our impor tant mails do not come in until after two o'clock in the afternoon and the train is generally late. The last mail out for the day closes at half past two so that we can no longer reply to a letter on the same day it is received. Eagles Mere suffers worse than we do as it is now impossible to get from any point on the Beading Rai road to Eagles Mere without spend ing a night at Sonestown. Alto gether the management seems to have sacrificed all its local patrons for the sake of the limited few who may want togo to some point in the direction of .Towanda. The new connection is well enough but it is not worth the sacrifice that it in volves along tne line. Michael Breitmyer Murdered by Negroes The town of Brilliant, Ohio, nenr the W. Va. line, was the scene of a foul murder on Thursday of last week, by which Michael Breitmyer formerly of Sonestown, met his death. While waiting for a car Mr. Breitmyer entered a nearby hotel and on leaving he was followed by five negroes who opened fire on him when they reached the street. One of the stray bullets glazed the bar tenders face within the hotel and a lady guest was nearly struck by a shot. The fatal missile that struck Mr. Breitmyer, passed through his body slightly below the heart, caus ing instant death. The murder was committed before the eyes of his wife who was waiting outside for her husband. The negroes attempted to escape but were soon captured and lodged in jail. The dead man's body was brought to Sonestown on Saturday for burial. Funeral services were held on Monday. He was 53 years of a.,e. Teachers' Local Institute. The institute held at Forksvilie Saturday, Dec. 13, was called to or der at 11 o'clock a. in., by Co. Supt. M. R. Black. Officers were elected as follows:' Chairman, H. D. Reese; Vice-Chairman, Cora Warburton; Secretary, Molly Rogers. The question box was then open ed and questions of importance dis cussed by those present. Some of the questions were, qualifications of teachers, whispering in school, sym pathy and co-operation of the par ents, attendance of teachers at local institutes. Adjourned to 1.30 p. m. Institute called to order and the discussion of questions continued. Supt. Black then called for reports from the teachers on the enforcement of the compulsory law in districts represented. We would suggest that the directors act promptly hereafter, when pupils are reported absent. Recitation—Dudley Wright. The effect of beautifying school building and ground—Miss Cora Warburton. The importance of teaching Civil Government inp üblic schools—Prof H. D. Reese. The remaining questions in box were then finished, and after choos ing Estella as the place to hold the next local institute, the institute was adjourned. MOLLY ROGERS, Sec'y. Don't wait this is your best chance. Lime by the car load or sled load from Beeder's Lime House, Laporte. HGLCOMBE & LAUER, Are offering some rare bargains to early <£ HOLIDAY BUYERS, Their entire store is stocked from cellar tog with the largest and finest line of fur niture and little things to beautify the home that was ever putin a store in this vicinity and there is more coming every day. RUGS Lace or Ruffled BED SETS The rug display alone CurtftiflS. j'j Of the very newest styles would be worth your while |r the latest pattcms and patterns. Prices ° a ' in white or ecru. Prices From $3.00 to $15.00 Rugs from 35c to $34 j| run from 50c a pair up pictures ffamed and nQt in any color and quality '°°' framed; all kinds, prices you wish. K and styles. PING PONG SETS for an X-MAS GIFT, THERE IS NOTHING NICER. A GAME FOR THE WINTER EVENING • HOLCOMBE Furniture and Undertaking, ' DUSHORE, t Campbell "The Merchant" SHUNK, PA. HOLIDAY GREETING To My Friends and Patrons:— My stock of Holiday Goods is now ready for your inspection. Useful as well as ornamental presents for young and old, great and small and prices that are in reach of all. Every Department is full of new stock and the prices are right. Call and look them over and we will prove to you that we can save you money. Yours for Business, A. E. CAMPBELL. sl4-00 CLOTHING and Gents Furnishing Goods SALE. For the purpose of remodeling my store and making a general change in the business; 1 am compelled to close out my entire stock of Clothing and Gents Furn ishings by January ist, 1903. In order to move this large stock by that time, I have cut prices on every article 25 to 75 per cent for the next 60 days. For Cash and Cach only. Just a few of many bargains: MenV overcoats, very swell makes $3 50 *l2. formerly St) to S2O lloy's over coats $1 i.ito i ()0, formerly 300 to sll, Children's overcoats 100 to $3 00 ormerly 175t0 #5 00. Men's suits all the new makes and latest paterns $3 00 to #ls, formerly $5 to $lB. Boys' suits, (ong pants, $2 to $7 50 formerly 475 to sl3. Boys two piece short pants *2 to #5, formerly 350 to $7. Boys' three piece short V. an '? „ ( ° formerly $3 75 to #7 50. Children's suits two and three piece, Sailor, Norfolk, Schools and Junior soc to #3 50. formerly #2 to #5. Underwear, Overcoats Moves. Mittens. Sweaters, IHick Coats, ltain Coats, etc. etc all cut occordin»lv for Cash at B * J. W. CARROLL'S, Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA. LAPORTE CLOTHING STORE. THE LEADING STORE FOR HOLIDAY BUYERS. Our Men's Department and Ladies' De partment are overstocked with useful Christmas Presents. Why should not every body come and take advantage of all the benefits we are offering them in the best makes of Clothing, Shoes, Rubbers, etc. Do not delay, but come at once where you can spend your money to better advantage than at any other store. JACOB HERR, DEALER IN Clothing, Shoes and Ladies' Cloaks LAPORTE,
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