Republican News Item. VOL. VIII. NO. 21. This Is the Place £ C To Buy Your Jewelery N Nothing in Town to Compare ( the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always 3 S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C I with a care and judgment commensurate with its • \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes 1 112 our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X RETTENBURY, S COLE'S^r^^r^j^n^ HARDWARE.? No PlaciTLikT this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, CO-A-Xj OB -WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP 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 and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samuel (Jole^usftore^a. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., r > 313 Pine Street, * WILLI AMSPORT, PA. i y 3UMMER merchandise is a thing of the past. New goods for fall and Winter are coming in now. They are Just the goods you're looking for. We want this store to be the first in your mind when you have dry goods to buy. Wool Blankets. The choicer grades only, the good and reliable qualities that we have taken so much care to select. You know the value of good Blankets. We have them in all grades, either white, gray, or fancy, with neat bright borders. Better see this line. •'The Celebrated Muncy Blankets'' in all qualities. White Bedspreads. We are showing several new and extra good qualities of white crocheted Quilts. Mcrceilles patterns, neatly hemmed, all ready (or use, at 75c SI.OO and $1.25. Knit Underwear. For Men, Women and Children, The chilly nights and mornings reminds one that it is time to look up heavy under wia'\ This store is equipped to meet your every demand in this line. Flannelette Wear Flannelette Night Gowns and short Skirts have become very popular. Have THE SHOPBELL DRYGOOD CO. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 , 1903. yod seen the new assortment we havejust opened? They are so comfortable and inexpensive that anybody can afford to buy them. The Stocking Stock Invites You at thin time to stock up for Fall and Winter wear. We open this stock ing selling with some notable values in Men's, Women's, Children's and Infant'* Hose that will be to your interesting to see. Two special values in Children's Fast Black Ribbed Hose, double knee and sole, size 6 to 10, at 12 l-2c and 15c. New Autumn Waists Made of heavy, Duck, Pique Cheviot and Mercerized Madras. Top notch lor style. Early choosing here will prove very satisfactory to the buyer. New Flannelette Waisting In choice new designs, dark and light shade in stripes, figures, dots and Persian effects. Some patterns with side bands (Or trimming. Cood qualities for 10c. 12 1-2 and 15c. Summing up the situation of the Eastern Penetentiary steal, Dr. Rob ison, the most active in stirring up the investigation, says:"l don't know how many men will go; but one thing is certain, everybody that is found guilty of violating the rules of the institution will be discharged. No one will be sent away on account of politics, as has been suggested, but at the same time—and this is emphatic—no one will be saved by politics or influence of any other sort. Six gambling houses were raided in Scranton on a recent Saturday night by the police, at the same hour, and 43 prisoners were taken. From these prisoners the sum of SBOO was collected in fines and gambling paraphernalia valued at $1,200 was confiscated. The raid 9 had been carefully planned and were pulled off with neatness and dispatch. No difficulty was experienced in obtain ing entrance into any of the houses, nor any attempt at escape made by any of the persons found therein. Because Michael Goeber was in prison and not in court at Pottsville, last week when a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter was ren dered, Ex-Judge Koch, his counsel, secured a suspension of sentence. The man may be discharged as no opportunity was given to poll the jury- Fish Commissioner Meehan has been swamped with applications from school superintendents for gold fish for use in the schools. Al though it has been only three weeks since the applications blanks have been sent broadcast over the State by the Fisheries Department, Mr. Meehan said that he estimated the demand that had been made at 30,- 000 fish. The pension office reports a re duction in the pension list of over 10,000 in the past year. The list will be reduced rapidly from this time on. It is rare to see a veteran of the civil war less than sixty years old, and the majority are nearer sev enty. In ten years the ranks of the old soldier will be badly broken, some estimate a depletion of one half. In twenty years few will be left, and the few will be very old men. There are still living about 1,000,000 soldiers and sailors of the Rebellion, a reduction of nearly one half since the closof the war. Bruce Miller and Jim Edwards, who were arrested for drunkenness and put into the lockup at Hughes ville, set a undress on fire in the hope that during the excitement that they expected to follow they would be able to make their es cape. It was found necessary to turn the water into their cell, and when the men were finally rescued they were nearly suffocated. General Fred Grant has made a report to the War Department in which he, after affirming that he is himself a total abstainer from all kinds of liquor, makes an earnest plea for the re-establishment of the army canteen. He says: "However radical and positive be the object ions to the light beverages formerly served, I may say, although a total abstainer myself, the abolition of the canteen is regarded by me as a vital misfortune to the military service." General Grant ascribes many of the desertions and lack of discipline in his department to the anti-canteen legislation which forces the men in to disreputable places in order to find even the mildest of liquors* G"neral Frank Baldwin, only a short time ago filed his report on the De partment of the Colorado in which his conclusions in this regard agreed in every particular with those of General Grant. The town of Ccntralia, Columbia county, was thrown into a state of great excitement last week when if ; was discovered that a fourteen-year old boy who was employed at the breaker, was the victim of a well developed case of small-pox. The health authorities took the matter in hand immediately, and after quarantining the boy's home, or dered the schools closed and reques ted that all children become vacina ed, who had not previously done so within the required limit of time. 112 COUNTYJJEWS 1 Happenings of SXr* Interest to Readers Muy Towns. L J SONESTOWN. Ed. Houseknecht and family spent Sunday with his brother at Muncy Valley. Abraham Anderson who recently had a stroke of paralysis, is now able to be out again. Mrs. Clara Warburton of Nord mont, visited with Mrs. Hannah Buck last Sunday. Joe Carpenter of Dushore, on his way home from the Hughesville Fair last Wednesday, stopped at this place to shake hands with his many old time acquaintances and friends. Mrs. Wilson Starr was calling on Muncy yalley friends Saturday. Walter Hazen, who has been at Eagles Mere since last June, has re turned home. Miss Myrtle Edgar has gone to Washington, D. C., to spend the winter. Mrs. Edgar, her mother, accompanied her as far as William sport. Lloyd Lorah is at Bellefont attend ing the State College. I lis brother Walter entered the same institution one year ago. Mrs. R. A. Dent is having an old fashioned fire place built in her house. It is made of stone and looks like "ye olden times." John Watson is having a cellar dug on his lot next to John Converse's property and intends to move the Mencer shoe shop and store building on it and convert the building into a dwelling house. John believes in improving the town. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Welsh are to return to town next week and spend the winter with us again. We will be glad to see their smiling faces and extend to them a hearty welcome. Mrs. H. P. Hall, Mrs. 11. Parker and Mrs. Landback are on the sick list,but we are glaij to note that they are improving. James Deininger is having his lot fixed up in good shape against the next high water. Mrs. Will Laird and Mrs. K. C. Horn of Davidson, visited their sis ter, Mrs. A. E. Edgar one day last week, Mrs. Phoebe Magargle and daugh ter Celia, spent Tuesday in Will iamsport. Andrew Edgar found a purse con taining money. The owner may claim it by proving the same. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sheets spent last week with Dr. and Mrs. Chaffee at Towanda, and took in the sights at the fair. There was quite an excitement in town Monday when it was discover ed that the Magargle Hotel was on fire, but the bucket brigade which turned out in full force soon had the flames extinguished. It caught fire from the chimney as it had burned out in the morning. The plaster in the ball room was dam aged to some extent and a portion of the roof burned. ESTELLA. » Mrs. George Norton and daughter Essie of Meehaniesburg are visiting Mrs. Norton's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Webster. Will Anderson who has been sick at the Sayre Hospital has returnsd home. His many friends are rejoic to learn of his recovery. The members of Elkland Grange contemplates visiting Cherry Grange on the evening of October 7th, if the weather permits. Miss Osie Lawrenson of Tivli, is staying with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Brown at Lincoln Falls. As to the inquiry from the Exper -1 imental Farmer to the Grangers, I would say, one of the great lessons laugh t by our noble order is hope and faith. As did her potatoes, so may her strawberries get in their work. Let them travel, and per haps they may cross with milkweed, and 10, strawberries and cream will be the result—see. If all work well you will have no need to bother with coupons to give the surplus away. MILDRED. S. A. Dieffenbach met with a ba