• ..V V 'l4 Vf I of ULHHUKK, PKNNA. CAPITAL - • $60,000. BUBPIIUS • - tIO.OOO. Does a General Banking Business. B.W.SJENNINQ9, M. D. BWARTB. President. Cashier pRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorn»r-»t-L»* • Office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. Kush J. Thomson, Albert F. Heess, 1871. 1902. JHOMSON & HEESS, LAWYERS, DUSHORE, PENNA. Long Distance Telephone. 112 January 1, 1903. T # J. & F. H. INGHAM, AtTOB«»TS-AT-LAW, Legal basins** attended to in this and adjoining oounties _ A PORTE, PA £ J. MULL~ENT Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA. omca IH 00DUTY 101LDIB# aaAKcovat aoosa. J" # H. CRONIN, ITIOIIIMT -LAW, ■OTABT PUBLIC, orrica on nil stbibt. 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. AVID MARK, Prop. LAPORi'S - A. This largo and we>.i appointed house is the most popular hostelry in tbi* section LAPORTE HOTEL. P. W, QALIiAOHEB, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court House square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barbershop; also.good stabling and livery, T~ j7 keeler. « Justice-of-the Peace. Office in room over store, LAPORTE, PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care of this office will be promptly attended to. M. Brin New Albany, Pa. Glutten feed per 100 lbs 1.40 Old process Linseed Oil Cotton seed meal 1 *6O 150 lbs low grade flower 2.00 Same per ton 26 00 200 " coarse brans; 2.20 100 lb corn oats and barley chop 1.25 140 lb Red Dog flour 1.90 100 lb yellow corn meal 1.10 100 lb corn or cracked corn 1.10 100 lb damaged wheat 1 00 100 lbs wheet screenings 1.00 100 meat meal 2-75 100 lbs crushed oyster shells 50 Schumacher's best flour 1.15 "Our Own" a blended flour 1.05 The best bargain in Bradford or Sullivan counties, per sack 1.00 140 lbs. common fine salt .60 Same per 280 lb 1.20 100 lbs lump rocksalt 75 50 lbs graw rocksalt 35 Paying 6c per lb for nice fat veal Calves 4 to 6 weeks old and 12c per lb for dressed chickens or fowls on Wednesdays forenoon. M. BRINK. FREE I FREE ! A Housewife's Delight, A NICELY ARRANGED TABLE. Buy your goods of us and get a set of this Hand Painted China Free! ASK FOR COUPONS. AT Buschhausen's W»nM w»i j hnq o*l JOj pnss ymm A) ioMMvq tmt (T« <*d OOO'OOO 4)1 •i{p*wuu«-|uia« papunod •moo •spjnuoaoy uo r»o jad z "wtiou inoojiM 00It .1© oi vwfqn* 'siieodag B8UIA«S UC IBM »d > *ooo*ooo*9 J° P a < mphnt peaiqwoo Xq iu«duio£ |Btux ii»»q*i}!d io wo)}«od»p o» paaajjo a ys.jqnnma K£joJ>Oßav Covnty Seat \ Local and Personal Events] Tersely Told. I License court next Monday. Judge Dunham is holding court at rowanda. Born, on February 6, to Mr. and Mrs. John Lovelace a daughter. Wm. J. Lawrence of Dushore was si Laporte business man on Wednes day. The members of the M. E. church will give a chicken and waffle sup per at the home of Mrs. A. J. Hack ley next Saturday evening. Mercantile Appraiser W. H. Fan ning of Shunk was at the county seat on official business on Wednes day. Mr. Wm. Sherwood of Sonestown, visited his daughter, Mrs. David Temple at this place on Thursday. Mr. Jerry Stackhouse of Eagles Mere has purchased the Lorah Hotel propi rty at Sonestown, and will take possession of the same this coming spring. There are four remonstrances filed at the county office remonstrating against license being granted to the applicants at Forksville, Shunk, and two at Muncy Valley, Messrs. Geo. Meyers and J. W. Moran. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Higley and J. V. Finkle returned from New Orange, N. J. on Friday last after spending the last four or five months at that / —. They report the win ter as being severely cold down in Jersey, but no sleighing. Mr. Fink le can now be found at his shop ready for business. The Sullivan Review last week took occasion to inform its readers that the News Item had secured the printing of the election ballots, gave the price of our bid and numerated all the work done, in a manner that would indicate that our price was ri diculously low. With a modern equipment like that < < this office the iob was only a small affair. It seems to appear, however, to a back number establishment such as may be found in Dushore, to be a huge undertaking. A large party of engineers who have been making a survey for the proposed Williamsport and Bing tiamtonrailroad stated that the work of construction would begin as soon as the engineers complete their work. What route they will cover from Loyalsockville to Williamsport is only a matter of conjecture. Some predict that the road will be built to Montoursville and connection made there with the Reading railway, □there scout this opinion. They ar »ue that the new railroad will be a competitor of the W. «& N. B. R. and it would not be good policy to be on friendly terms with the Read ing. People in a position to know assert that when the new railroad is built, a spur will be constructed from the head of Loyalsock creek to Eag les Mere. This would make Eagles Mere more directly accessible from Williamsport and New York state. The Fifty-fifth Annual Report of the Penn Mutual Life In surance Company, of Phila. The fifty- fifth annual report of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. in vites the consideration not only of its many policy holders in this vicinity but also of the insuring public in gen eral as well. This Company, organ ized in 1847, stands to-day in the very front rank of safe and sound in stitutions. Beginning in a small way, its growth has been gradual along safe and conservative lines. The bus iness done during the year 1902 ex ceeded that done in any previous year, the total amount of insurance written being $69,632,777, or over $7,000,000 in excess of that of 1901. The business of 1902 was the most sxceessful in the company's history, 29,729 men and women having been added to its list of policy holders. The total amount of insurance now held in the Penn Mutual reaches the sum of $276,110,015. The assets of the Company now amount to $54,682- 956; liabilities, $48,090,122; leaving a 9 lrplus of $6,592,834. Since the or ganization of the Company there has been paid to policyholders the sum of $67,762,394., a fact of itself which affords indisputable evidence of the beneficence of this institution. The mortality record of the Com pany for 1902 is of especial interest. The provision for death losses during* the year was $3,834,655. The actual death losses were but $2,602,945., or | about 68 per cent of the amount fcr which provision was made. There fore out of every One Hundred Dollars put aside for death losses, the Com pany saved $32.00, a mast remarkable record, and one that is unsurpassed by few, if any, Companies doing bus iness, And again, the interest account shows that the Company's securities are cf tte very best, as is evidenced by the remarkable fact that the over bue interest on mortgages was less than one-fiftieth of one per cent at the end of 1902. The Company earned and collected for interest during 1902 more than $300,000. in excess of the reserve requirement, —an admirable record indeed. The Old Penn Mutual is firmly established in public confidence; its success has been great, but it means togo on. The business of this State is very large and this result has been greatly aided by the business secured by Messrs. Bourne & Durham, of Nos. 405-414 Stephen Girard Building, Philadelphia, General Managers for N. E. & Central Pennsylvania. The year just closed was the most success ful in the history of the Agency,there having been issued through their office a handsome increas over that done during the year previous, which exceeds three million in volume. The Agency is one of the largest of the Company, having representatives with offices in all the principal cities of N. E. & Central Pennsylvania, as well as a large and efficient corps of agents in Philadelphia, cf whom both the Company and Messrs. Bourne & Durham are justly proud. The Penn Mutual is ably and suc cessfully represented in this vicinity by M. A. SCUREMAN, District Agent, Rooms 19 & 2o Welles Building, Wi!kes Barre, Pa. 1111 boil Grange Ideas. We In Illinois confine the member ship of our granges very closely to farmers. We admit schoolteachers when they teach in the country and are closely connected with country life, but we have never been In the habit of taking in members who are not eli gible In the strictest construction of the term. I notice a great deal of difference in that matter In the different states where the national grange holds its ses sions. In New England especially there are many admitted to member ship who are In business and profes sional life and not strictly farmers. This helps to make the national meet ings Interesting, as in each place we go we find a different variety of mem bers and in consequence a variety in the work that is done. In one section of the country one department of work is made prominent and another In some other state. This is, of course, aside from the great gen eral plan of the work of the Order.— Mrs. Martha Wilson. The Grange aa an Educator. The yearbook of the department of agriculture speaks of the grange as a factor In agricultural education as fol lows: The second half of the nineteenth century has witnessed a great awak ening of the farmers of this country to their educational needs and opportuni ties. This has led to the broadening of the work and Influence of the general agencies for their education. The state and local societies have been supple mented by great national organisations such as the Patrons of Husbandry, which, besides doing a great deal for the promotion of their general welfare, have done much to quicken the desire of multitudes of farmers for definite education in matters relating to their art. The Opportunity Oars. State Master Ladd of Massachusetts ■aid in his annual address that "at no time in our history has there been greater need of farmers organising. The day of successes by old methods has passed. New conditions snd com binations confront us on every band, better methods and counter organisa tions are our only hope. If we succeed, it must be by our own efforts, and the grange has given us the opportunity." Vermont added 1,000 new members the past year, Oregon 1,500, New York 6,000, Michigan 6,000, Massachusetts 1.000 and Maine 5,000. These are the largest in Increase. The national grange will probably meet In St. Louis at the world's fair in 1804. In 1903 it will convene In New York state. Michigan Is said to have more grange halls owned by subordinate granges than any other state in the Union. The class at the Massachusetts Agri cultural college 1s the largest in twenty years. The grange is a strong advocate of the narcels oost. _ . 'A live, flourishing subordinate grange Chat Is living up to its possibilities is worth SI,OOO to any town.—Governor Bachelder, New Hampshire. New England granges pay more At tention to the ritualistic work of the order than those of other states. 80 one said who knows. The grange teaches the farmer to think. Wa atrlva *0 auk* haanr Jionua "I .want to know" is an expression we hear old women sometimes use. It is the essence of an Inspiration which drives us to find out the truths of life for ourselves. The man or woman who really "wants to ksow" snd makes those wants known Is sure to learn. Onr desire and search for knowledge necessarily begin in the darkness of •, A company has recently been organ ised at Burton, 0., with a capital steck ot f200,000 to make a specialty of growing vegetables for the Cleveland ynoflrot. . Recomended by those wlio havu used it. Lime at Reeuer's Lime House, below Laporte. Lace curtains at Holcomb & Lauer's. Don't wait this is your best chance. Lime by the car load or Bled load from Reeder's Lime House, Laporte. ~Tn Re: Estate of George Kunzman, late of Elkland Township, Sullivan Co. Pa., deceased. Letters ot administration on the above estate having been granted to the under signed, all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make payment,and those having claims to present the same without delay to ADAM BAUMUNK, Admr. Eldredsville, Pa. A. J. BRADLDY, Atty. . QOURT PROCLAMATION. Whrbkas, Hon. E. M. Dunham. President Judge, Honorable) John I). Reeser and Jacob Meyer, Associate Judges oi|the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quuiter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans' Court and Com mon Pleas for the County of Sullivan, have issued their precept, bearing date the 20 day of Sept. 1901, to me directed, for holding the severa courts in the Borough of Laporte. on Monday the 23d day of Feb. ISO 2, at 2 o'clock p. m. Therefore,notice is hereby given to the Coroner Justices of the Peace and Constables within the county, that they be then and there in their prop er person at 2 o'clock p. m.of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and other rememberances to those things to which their offices appertain to be done. And to those who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of the said county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to be then and there to prosecute against them as W " lbelUSt - J. G.COTT, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Laporte, Pa., Oct. 52,1902, NOTICE is hereby given that an ap peal will be held at the County Com missioners Office in Laporte, Pa. on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1903. Peter J. Yonkin, | Thomas \V. Gahan, > Co. Com. Georce W. Bigger, j Attest: E. L. Sweeney, Clerk. Administrators Notice. In Re Estate of J. M. Breitmeier, late of Davidson Township, Sullivan County Penna., deceased, of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of Administration upon the above named estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons having claims against the same will present them for payment, duly authenticated; and those "indebted thereto, will please make pavment to (Mre.) IIANNAII BREITMEIER, AtjMuncy^Valley, Pa. A. J. BRADLEY, Atty. Laporte, Pa., .Tan. 1, 1903. Trial Lilt February Term 1903. Return day, February 23, 1903, at 2 p,m. No. 1. Davidson Township School Dis trict vs J. W. Moran,Geo. E. Taylor and Jas. Moran, No 63 Decembes term, 1898 Assumsit. Plea—Non assumsij, pay ment with leave etc. Walsh. Mullen. No. 2. Robert McMahon Jr. now to use of John W. Carrol vs Robert McMa lion and Eliza McMahon. No. 24. May term, 1900. Feigned issue. Plea—Non assumsit, payment etc. Mullen. Walsh. No. 3. John S. Ilofla & Co. vs. Mary Maxwell Jackson, executrix of Geo. C. Jackson, deceased. No. 35. December term, 1900.AssumBit. Plea—Non"assum sit payment with leave etc, Cronin. Mullen & Walsh. No. 4. Mrs. Kate Mostellar vs Glem Peterman. No. 74 May term, 1902. Tress pass. Plea—not guilty. Inghams. Bradley & Mullen. No. 5. Union Tanning Co. vs Isaacher Robbins, Zebulon S. Robbins and Free man O. Robbing Co., partners doing busi ness under the firm name or the Robbins Lumber Co., Chas. Jackson, Elisha Jack srn and Eugene Wood. No. 3 Sept, term, 1902. Tresspass. Plea—not guilty. McCormick & Thomson. Inghams & O'Boyle. No. 6. Ellis Swank and Emma Swank vs the W. & N. B. R. R. Co. lessees of the Eagles Mere R. R. Co. No. 8 Sept. term, 1902. Ejectment. Plea—not nil ty- McCormick & Thomson. Inghams & Mullen No. 7. C. Elmer Biggar vs John G. Scouteu, John Andrews and Geo. W. An drews. No. 66 Sept. term. 1902. Eject ment. Plea—not guilty. Mullen. Piatt. No. 8. Geo. E. Brown and J. C. t (use) vs H.W.Osler,J.M.Osler,Ablert Kav Geo. E. Brown and C. M. Boyles. No. 78 Sept. term, 1902. Scire facias sur recog inazance. Plea—non assumsit. No breach and Covenants performed. Mercer & Walsh. Mullen. No. 9. Union Tanning Co. vs Isaacher Robbins, Zebulon S, Robbins and Free man O. Robbins, tradihgand doing busi ness as the Robbins Lumber Co., Win. McCollough, W. F. VanSickler and Frank McHenry. No. 101 Sept. term, 1902. Tresspass. Plea—not guilty. 1 McCormick & Thomson. Inghams & O'Boyles. , No. 10. John Harney (use) vs Allen Little, administrator of ihe estate of Ra chel Little, deceased, and Allen Little. No. 105 Sept. term, 1902. Sci fa sur Mortg. Plea —payment with leave etc. Walsh Thomson & Ileess. No. 11. H. J. Shaylor vs C. M, Spearv. No. 110 Sept. term, 1902. Plea—Non assumsit with leave. Walsh. Bradley. Prothonotary's Office, Laporte, Pa. January 12,1903. THOS. E. KENNEDY, Prothono a v. Wanted-An Idea ESSs 1 Campbell "The Merchant" SHUNK, PA. Reduced Prices on Winter Good. It's economy to buy here at this season. We will sell you merchandise that will make it very profitable for you to buy. Call and and examine goods and compare prices and quality. We want you to come and see how much we have that you want. A warm bargain awaits you here. Yours for Business, A. E. CAMPBELL. sl4-00 CLOTHING and Qents 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, 1 have cut prices on every article 2$ to per cent for the next 60 days. For Cash and Cach only. Just a few of many bargains: overcoats, very swell makes $3 50 *l2. formerly $6 to S2O Boy's over coats $1 75 to 7 pO. formerly 300 to sll. Children's overcoats 100to$3 00 ormerly 175t0 $5 00. Men's suits nil the new makes and latest paterns $3 00 to sls, formerly $5 to#lß. Boys' suits, [oiifr pants, Jf2 to $7 50 formerly 475 to sl3. Boys' two piece short pants $2 to $5, formerly 350 to $7. Boys' three piece short pants $2 to $5, formerly $3 75 to $7 50. Children's suits two and three piece, Sailor, Norfolk, Schools and.l nnior soc to $3 50, formerly $2 to $5. Underwear, Overcoats Gloves, Mittens, Sweaters, Duck Coats, Rain Coats, etc. etc all cut occordinirly for Cash at J. W. CARROLL'S, Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA. LAPORTE CLOTHING Entirely to your Advantage 1 have a very large stock of clothing on hand and will offer same at cut prices. You will buy your shoes and rubbers right here, cheaper than you will pay in Williamsport for same quality of goods 30 Ladies' Coats to be sold quick at a great bargain. 25 Ladies' Capes at nearly half price. See our line of men's suits and over coats Big variety to select from at very low prices. We have too much stock and must reduce it if small prices will move them. We have a full line of gloves, Trunks, Blankets, and hundreds of articles which we are unable to mention that we will sell now at less than cost, us we must have the room for spring goods. 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