Republican News Item.
VOL. VII. NO. 49.
112 This Is the Place S
Q To Buy Your Jewelery.S
in Town to Compare With r
/ the Quality that We are Giving I
y You for the Low Price Asked. /
\ Quality and moderate prices makes a force thatC
draws into our store the best
Jof this section. Many years here in business, always!
( with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen 7
I with a care and judgment commensurate with its 112
\ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes 1
Q out store a safe place to invest. ' C "
r Repair work done on short notice and guaran- r
\ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated.
s rettenbury, >
L DUSHORE, PA. The Jewelers S
r HARDWARE
this Place
For Reliable
STOVES"and RANGES,
COAL OE. -WOOD
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every
Description, Guns and Ammunition.
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. *
We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam arid Hot Water Heating and
, General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
Samuel Gole^usftore^a.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
a 313 Pine Street,
' 7 :WILLIAMSPORT, PA. S
Spring
Dress Fabric^.
Our stock of Black and Colored Dress Goods is very
large and attractive at the present time, and our prices
we believe the very lowest in the city for equal value.
38 inch all wool Albatross in all the In Black Wool Urepe de Chine we have
new Spring Shades. This is a firm, fine twc specially good numbers at 75c —$1.00
fabric of extra good quality for 50c Glossy Black Mohairs that have the
All wool (i ranitc in a good line of col- width, luster and weight, qualities range
ore, including black, at 50c. from 400 to $1 50 f
We are showing aonie good values in n , , : . , • « .
black and white, and navy and white mistrals andetamines. some good
small checks at 40c and 50c. values 10 show * ou at 50 cte U P t0 i 1 50 -
38-inch navy blue and black Snow Black mclrose, a desirable material
Flake and Scotch Mixtures. These are ' or medium weight dresses. See our
desirable fabrics at 50c. numbers at 75 cents to $1.25.
Mohairs and Sicilians are the popular Black Cheviots for skirts and tailor
materials for Shirtwaist Suits. We have made suits. We show qualities from 39c
a good line of plain colors, also navy and up to $2 00
black with white dots and stripes at 50c 0 ~ , , . „ „. .
and 75 gents. Navy blue Cheviot 30 to 54 Satin Sol .el of extra fine finish
inches wide, ranging from 39c up to $1.50 and S ood values for ,5c an(i one dollar -
Prunellas in all the staple shades. This Black Nun's Veiling and Albatross,
is an excellent fabric lor medium weights some choice values at 50cts to $1 00.
suits and an excellent value for one dollar. Black Batiste and thin materials with
Mistrals, htatmnes. \ oiles and a vari- Silk and mohair stripes. No two pat
ety of thin sheer materials in navy, tan te rns alike $12.50 and 14 00 a pattern.
wool materials are very fashion- Bla< * Canv : aß . B anJ , !> no - v Wea . v | 9 . j"
able this season for full dresses and waists a Nar,et y °* ( » e ®ig n ß at 1 5 cents and $1 oO
We have some good qualities of white or Friestlev's Black and Navy Cravenette
cream Mohairs, Albatross, Mistrals, Crepe Serge for Rain Coats, at $1 75 and $1 85.
de Chine, Bedford Cord. Stripe Batiste,eto
THE SHOPBELL DRY GOOD CO.
Snbscribe lor the Newsltem
LAPORTE, r SULLI VAN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 23. 1903.
ESTELLA. ,
Homer Benninger is moving his
I family from Lopez back to Estella,
I where he will do blacksmithing and
wagon repairing.
Miss Mary Mulnix is working for
Mrs. John Heess.
Mrs. Ernest Kay has gone to Idaho
to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Mclntire.
Mrs. James Northrop of Long
'Valley, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. C. B. Wheatley.
Last Saturday evening the lamps
in.the chicken brooder belonging to
John W. Brown, exploded and set
fire to the brooder and totally de
stroyed it. All the chickens were
killed, numbering nearly one hun
dred. The fire was Luckily diseov*
ered in time to save the building.
The Ladies' Sewing Circle will
, meet at J. Ellis Crowns the second
Thursday in May. All are invited.
Lewis Rosbaek fe laying l the foun
dation for a new dwelling. W. C-
Weatly is doing the mason work.
•: % There was a bee at C. B. Wh&rtlys
k last Thursday for the purpose of
tearing down the old barn in order
•to use tha timbers in his new and
commodkis structure.
Some of our farmers have their
oats sowed while others are.just pre
paring the ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. More Sun
dayed at Thomas Tomkins.
Mrs. T. Tom kins is in quite poor
health.
J. J. Webster has purchased a pair
of fine horses from the late Weiss
Heine's estate for the consideration
of *4OO. (
Mr& James Brenchley and daugh- |
ter Belle, visited at Mrs. Mores on ,
Friday last.
SHUNK.
Although the water has been pret
ty high and very cold for trout fish- '
ing, some fine specimens have been
caught.
. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McKee of drover 1
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. '
John Swingle.
John Williams from the West is '
visiting relatives here.
J. A. Boardman of Klraira, was a
business man in town last week.
William Faster lias moved into
Sam Leonard's vacant house.
Will Hosier and Miss Zoa Sargent
were married Wednesday, April 15,
at the home of the bride, by A. B.
Kilmer Esq.
Mr. James Bagle.Y and daughter,
of Leroy, Pa., visited at Wm.Bagley
Saturday last.
MUNCY VALLEY.
Rev. Ash preached a fine sermon
to a large congregation on Sunday.
Quite a number of our boys are
going to the bark woods this week
to work for jobber T. L. Johnson.
Charles Green has moved into the
Temple house on Muncy street.
Wm. McFadden who was' burned
with vitriol at the tannery two
weeks ago, has entirely recovered,
and not losing the sight of his eyes,
as reported.
Chas. E. Crawley was a business
visitor at Nordmont last Monday.
Suptv Miller purchased a fine horse
of Dr. Voorhees, last week.
The Misses Cunningham and O'
Brian of Dushore, spent Saturday
with Miss Marcella Farrel.
Born, to Mr. and Mr& Harvey
Taylor, a daughter.
Jacob Herr, the Laporte clothier
was in in town Sunday.
Floyd Dunham and Miss Bernice
Burkholder of Eagles Mere spent
a few hours in town last Friday.
Mrs. Maggie Fries of Laporte, vis
ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Donovan, last Monday.
Everybody is wondering why
Pete feels so bad.
Jas. P. Magargle attended the
Easter Ball at Dnshore.
As a sequel to the refusal of the
1 men to work nine hour? OH Satur
' day lost, a lockout was inaugurated
' at the collieries of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and iron company,
ip the anthracite regions, on Mon
day morning, and 30,000 men and
' boys are idta No explanation ac
companied the action ot the' «om
pany. The men were simply told
There's no work^
COUNTY NEWS
Happenings oi
Interest to Readers
EAGLES MERE.
Wr.'Walter Trappe, the Plumber,
who has purchased the Brush cottage
is here and ready for any business
in his line.
At the last regular meeting of the
Borough Council it was decided to
erect an entirely new bridge across
the Outlet on Lakewood Drive, and
the Engineer was instructed- to im
mediately draw plan for same. The
bridge will be well built and will be
an ornament to the town.
It is said that the authorities will
open-'Mifflin avenue;' <*> as to eon -
nee* with the Sones railroad, back of
the Chatauqua. The opening of this
street will make it possible to get
lumber hauled from the Sones Works
at a reasonable figure; as It is now
the lumber has to come to town via
the Chautauqua extension of the
railroad, which adds greatly to the
cost.
We are to have a new school house
and a graded school, the Directors
have so decided at their last meet
| ing. Let us see, who was it said
that, ladies would not make progres
sive school directors ?
Street Commissioner Moyer, starts
in well. Every property owner (in
cluding a Councilman on two) having
board walks out of repair, has been
notified to fix same at once or costs
will be made. This is as it should
be, for really, we cannot afford S2O
- damage suits every year and ex
pect to build new school houses, too.
Work'has been commenced on one
of the one hundred thousaad gallon
stand pipes for the Water Company.
It is expected that this tank will be
ready to hold water by the first of
June, possibly before. In spite of
that peculiar, mysterious, unusual
croak of the frogs this spring, Capt.
Chase has turned the water in the
mains. The Capt. was warned by
oae of the oldest members of the
Post Office club, not to do so, as the
member neve* knew of its failing to
freeze up tight, when this peculiar
croak was heard. But the Capt.
went right on.
Many new faces are seen on our
streets, and it seems safe to declare
that Eagles Mare's winter sleep is
over and that from now until fall
those who want to work can find it.
Everybody seems to be glad to see
Mr. B. G. Welch at Eagles Mere
again last Wednesday. He has re
turned from a six weeks visit to
Philadelphia.
Everything around'the Mere indi
cate* an early -spring. The grass is
covering the ground with a coat of
green, trees are budding and it needs
but a few warm days to make every
body forget that there was any win
ter.
E vary body is figuring on what
will be done in the way of a house
warming when Clarence Dunham's
new cottage is r ady for a move-in.
Butcher Albertson has purchased
the Dr. Randall cottage and is occu
pying it. He is evidently hero to
stay and make money.
George Montgomery is occupying
thp dwelling part of the Spencer
store and Miss Covert will be in the
store room again next summer. Mr.
Montgomery will rent sleeping
rooms to summer guests.
With the improvements promised
at the railroad station the Lily Pond
will also go in service but without
the Lillies. Some one has suggested
a Victoria Regia as the leading at
traction.
There is a rumor current that the
Auditorium at Chautauqua is to be
moved farther to the rear of the
grounds and will cease to be an
Eagles Mere attraction and cater only
for the guests in the Chautauqua
grounds.
Repairs to sidewalks are very
much in evidence and the door will
be locked now before any more
horses get .out and- inaugurate dam
age suits for defective walks.
Columns el Interesting
Items Gathered by Ovr
Special Corps ol Hustling
Correspondents in
Many Towns.
Landlord Laird of The Raymond
has formed a partnership with Mrs.
Laird's brother, Mr. Chas. W. Boed
er of Hughesville, and it will very
much strengthen the staff fcr the
greatly increased business of the
coming season.
Chief Burgess I'eale has the log
train at work on the Eagles Mere 11.
R. and is doing a rushing business.
He will have a full stock for this
season.
The new wing added to John
Hay men's cottage is completed and
is a decided improvement.
Contractor A. C. Little lias great
ly added to the looks of Mrs. C. C.
McCormick's cottage by placing an
addition to the eastern end and by
putting the entire inside in thorough
repair. Frank Little is in charge of
the work.
The improvement committee of
the Eagles Mere Land Company, has
not yet been up to lay out the work
for removing their old ice house
from the hundred foot reserve to a
more convenient and lessconspicious
place. Truth is, those fellows "down
country" don't think that we have
yet thawed out. This is to notify
them that we have, and that we are
willing to stand around and watch
them make improvements on the
boat and bath houses, or on any
other "old thing" they may feel
able to.
A number of the head men of the
Eagles Mere railroad were in town
the other day, planning what to do
in the way of fixing up things apout
the railroad station etc. We have it
on good authority that tt'ie station
improvements promised the Business
Men's League last fall will be carried
out. A member of the Post Office
Club came back from wutihing the
railroad gentlemen walking around
the station while planning the im
provements, shaking his head and
looking very glum. When asked
the trouble, he said: "Well, if I
ran this dinged town I would have
that depot chained down and keep or
couple of fellers with loaded shot
guns around that air depot night and
day. That's what I would. Just
mark my words I believe we will
lose that air buildin'.
If it wasn't a little sad, it would
realy be amusing. We mean the
position many country newspapers
are taking on the Salus Libel bill.
The big dailies of the city are print
ing right out in big letters the
names of the country newspapers
which will say something mean
about the bill, and in return they
say something nice about the country
editor aud tell what a great influence
his paper has. In ordinary times
this quoted below is what the city
editor teaches his readers about the
kind of news the country newspaper
furnishes its readers. We quote:
"The following items recently ap
peared in the weekly—"Jane - has
purchased a new red parasol with red
silk tassels which look very pretty
when she walks '.along the street and
the wind is blowing hard enough to
make them wave. Jake B— is
building a new pig pen. Bet his nice
white Chester pigs like Jake better
than ever. Who wus that fellow
sitting on the church steps Sunday
night with a bundle of calico in his
arms. The yearly donation party
to Rev. P.— who is so well beloved
by all christians here amounted to
four dollars & something. Little
Willie dead and gone, And poor
poor papa is all alone, Oh all wick
ed things is wrong, And we must
all atone."
This is a good example of the way
the country newspaper is quoted
when its influence is not wanted.
Then again the daily helps (?) the
country newspaper is another way.
It selects from its pages throughout
the week all articles likely to be of
interest to the country man, and
sells him a l<i page paper of well
selected reading at a price per year
I below what the country newspaper
.' man has to pay his "devil" for roll
. ing forms for one issue of his paper.
Why a res|>ectable country news-
75 CTS. PER YEAR
paper, which never caricatures its
neighbors or public men—unless one
might call the photographs of the
persons cured by some advertisers'
remedies, caricatures—can object to
stoping yellow journals of the cities
ridiculing by pictures and false state
ments the brightest and best men
of our land, beats your correspondent
As it is now any pipe-dreaming re
porter can accuse you or any one of
any crime and insert pictures at head
of column and goon and claim to
prove that the right man is at last in
the toils. When necessary to take
back what they have published, two
or three lines inserted in the column
devoted to advertising "The mor
phine habit cured, Pennyroyal Pills,
Disease of men, Pure Malt Whiskies
Ect., is all that is necessary.
R'dicule and laugh as you will,
but the country newspaper is an ed
ucator and goes to the family circle
with good clean respectable reading,
and it is in no way injured by this
new libel bill, as it only hits the
yellow fellows who seek to ruin and
destroy any person not agreeing
with them or their policy.
DUSHORE.
C. P. Lilley was called to Elmira
on Saturday by the serious illness of
his s6n-in-law Jesse Mathews.
Wash Randall spent Sunday with
friends in town.
Miss Mollie Rogers of Estella,
visited at C. E. Molyneux's last
week.
Miss Maud Bleiler spent Sum'., y
with friends at Millview.
Prof. Roselle's street entertain
ment on Friday and Saturday was
decidedly novel. His evening ex
hibitions were good. While sonso
doubt his ability as a mind reader
we have heard none question it who
saw the evening performance. As
a hypnotist none can doubt hint
whatever.
Miss Jennie Vaughn was called to
Wilkes Barre on Monday to see a
relative who is very ill.
Jesse Mathews a former resident
of this place died at Elmira on Sun
day last of consumption. The fun
eral was held at this place.
D*J. Moore has accepted the pos
sition as cook with Mr. Paulhamus
in West Virginia.
The tree planter in hard luck
again. A few days ago while leis
urely strolling a back street hi- espied
an article of value which he thought
would come handy in his I usiness.
After a thorough examination he
concluded it would be easy to pro
cure it after sundown and continued
his stroll. Unfortunately for him
the owner saw the performance and
decided that there might be some
thing doing later; and as the shades
of night were drawn he and a neigh
bor hid themselves behind a conven
ient board pile. Soon cautious steps
1 were heard approaching; a stop; a
look; a listen; everything quiet.
Quietly lifting it to his shoulder—
Hit!'! A rock; a thud; a leap; some
thing dropped; and a black streak
was seen disappearing down the
alley. Again all was quiet. Noting
the line of flight the watchers sepa
rated and conducted a still hunt
and succeedeed in locating him hid
ing in some weeds and logs. Swish}
A curl of the legs like a porcupine
on the defense; Biff! a yell. He
crawled out, threw up his hands and
gracefully surrendered.
Messrs Oh as. Funston and Atty.
W. P. Shoemaker, of Laporte, were
transacting business in town one day
last week.
Prothonotary T. E. Kennedy was
in town last week.
Saylor Lawrence, who is employed
in Punxautawuey, visited his'■par
ents in this place over Sunday.
Editor Taylor of the Albany Mir
ror was seen in town last week.
Hon. E. G. Rogers of Lincoln
Falls, was in town Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Hayman and daughter
of New Albany visited friends in
this place last week.
A tire company is being organiaed.
The epidemic of small pox at Slate
Bun and in the lumber camps in the
j Black forest is becoming extremely
alarming to the health autlrorities
of Lycoming county, who are taking
every possible precaution to keep the
disease from entering other districts.