Republican News Item. VOL. VIII. NO. 28. c To Buy Your JeweleryX Q Nothing in Town to Compare WithS ( 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 (with a care and judgment commensurate with its 5 \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ / 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. A RETTENBURY, ) <, DUSHORE, PA. I'lie^Jev^r^S COLE HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB 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 and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Hoofing and Spouting. I Samuel (£ols,l5 > '*sftore,p > a. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., \ 313 Pine Street, WILLI AMSPORT, PA. - * In P>est Possible 3f)ape.; « This store is in the best possible shape for Autumi ; and Winter business. Every section fully fortified anr | completely equipped with carefully chosen merchandise. Blankets and Comfortables Outing Flannels and „ , , . .I Flannelettes It you'll take the time and trouble to . , . . We look upon these as special values ami | examine the following lot ol good warm t] iere ' B n0 en{ j to the styles to choose f'roni | bed coverings you'll lie convinced of our Outing Flannels in fancy stripes and plain desire to "ive you the best at the lowest colors at 6c to 10. Flannelette in fane; nnsnihle nrioe • stripes, floral effects and pereian designs 1 possible price • , at lo cfs to IGc Grey Cotton Blankets, large sizes at 45c to $1 20. Flannelette Wear 'trey Cotton and V 00l Blankets at $_ 75 liij» feature has the selling of these to 3.75 Colored Wool Blankets, ex- Flannelette Garments grown to be—warm, tra qualities at #4 oo to $6 50. comfortable and no more expensive than White Cotton and Wool Blankets at ordinary cotton underwear. .*3 39 to $4 oo Strictly All Wool Blan- Men's N'ight Shirts in fancy stripe out kets, full sizes, with bright borders, at in ?» g° od - full «*■» ftt 5o »«'• " 5c $3 75 to $8 50. Muncy Blankets in Boys' N iglit Shirts at 5o cts. Ladies" , . , , „ ... lancy Striped Flannelette -Night Gowns, irray, white, scarlet and fancy plaids, , . . . ' h J ' some plain, others with fancy yokes, at 5o cts to $1 25. Comfortables. Misses Flannelette Night Gowns at 45c to 69c. Ladies' Flannelette Short in a large variety of light and dark floral Skirts, three good qualities, at 25c, 39c efleets and plain covering filled with pure « ntl cts. Flannelette Skirt Patterns ... , , jio-rc. at 25c. All Wool Skirt Patterns in white cotton, at 1 oo to $3 70 ~ . tancv stripes at isc to $1 15. THE SHOPBELL DRYGOOD CO. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORfE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1903. THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW, , Prcm Oorrtspondtni New 1 orh Stat* | (JraityG I GLORY OF THE REPUBLIC, j An extract From ui Addre** l»f \er of decorated wagons in the pro<-es sion. There were plowing matches, horse driving contests, foot racos and baseball games. In the evening there were a concert and dance in the town hall. The idea is a good one. Grangers cannot only add to the Interest of coun ty fairs by their exhibits and pat ! ronage. but they can get up a fair of i their own, as Templeton grange has | done, with much credit to themselves : and the Order. j Field Meeting* In Ponn*ylvanla. The series of fleld meetings hold in twenty-six counties of Pennsylvania 1 during the month of August was large ly attended and elicited active interest and cordial approval by Patrons gener ally. Social committees are entitled t« honorable mention for the efficient work thoy invariably did In making i those meetings a great success. Brother A. E. Morse of South Paris, Me., who attended each meeting, won many friends not only by his superior art as i an Impersonator, elocutionist and en tertainer, but by his devotion to the Or > der and high type of manhood. Grange j teachings were promulgated from the platform by state grange speakers and : listened to attentively. Evidently ac j tlvo Interest In the work of the grange ■ has been stimulated and much dene to popularize *ie Order over the state to the many summer meetings held dur ing 1003.—A. M. Cornell. State Master Norrls of the New York state grange expects, to have a elass of 2,500 Patrons to take the seventh de gree at the national grange piectlng at Rochester In November. Maine had i 1,700 two years ago. Surely New York should not fall short of its worthy mas | tor's expectations. COUHTYJfEWS I Happenings ol ££2™ Interest to Readers Towm - J MILDRED. C. E. Jackson is moving his ice house and will build a store where the ice house stood. William (Col lins will dig the cellar. One of the largest crowds that ever gathered ia Mildred took in the Fair and it wn one of the best entertain ments ever given in Sullivan county. Much credit is due Father Enright for the able manner in which it was conducted. The ladies and gentle men who took part in the entertain ment rendered their parts like old stagers. The hoisting of the flag at Fredricktwwa by William Murphy brought the house down. Patrick Driscoll is quite sick at this writing. C. E. Jackson and Patrick White were at Ithaca, from Saturday until Monday. James Cain of Willlanssport is vis iting friends at this place. MURRAY HILL. Mrs. Jim Thayer and Mrs. Cron. ley of this place were Daehore visi tors last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Collins of this place visited frleads ia Forks Twp. last Sunday. Mrs. Thos. Col lias af Satterfleld, visited her daughter Mr*. Thayer, this week. Mike Collins trauaauted businss ia Dushare last Tharsday. Mr. a*d Mrs. Den Keefe of Du shore asade a flyiag trip through Murray town last Saaday. There was a large baar killed in Dushore last week but it happened to be a tame ona. The owner will have to keep hta pats at home here after. RICKETTS. * Mr. J. H. Turrell and wife were in town last week finishing their re moval to Noxen. Mr. W. May in prepariug to move into Mr. Turrell's house. The oyster supper Monday eve ning given by the P. O. S. of A. was a success; receipts being $.58.0i1. Mr. R. Steinback shot a bear last week which was caught in his trap. The Lumber Company expects to have a log loader in a short time. Mr. J. Kintner and E. Hawk are spending a few days hunting near Wyalusing. Mr. Ray. Zaner is studyiug tele graphy. Rev. Bates of Wilkesbarre preach ed to a large audience Snnday eve ning. Large parties of Hunters are ar riving nearly every day and- propose to exterminate game. SHVNK. The little child of C. P. Tinkhatn fell from a trunk recently and dis located its shoulder. Lee Voorhees spent Sunday in town visiting friends. E. J. Dryer, President of the Wes tern Conference of the Seventh Day Adventiste, is thegnest of his broth er C. 8. Dryer. A. E. Tripp and daughter Miss Ella and friend Mr. Eddy spent Sun day at W. E. Porters. E. M. Williams went to Klnaira Monday to purchase a new engine for his saw mill. | Chas. Kilmer of Ellenton was in town Friday. Dr. B. E. Gamble is on a business trip to Elmira and Waverly. FrcdericK A. Bchr Dead. F. A. Behr, a prominent farmer of Shady Nook, Colley township, died Monday at tha age of 80 year. Mr. Behr was a native of Germany and came to this country at an early age, locating in Philadelphia. j Forty years ago he purchased a , large timber tract in Colley twp. and moved his family there, where he has since resided. He leaves two sons. Otto and Herman Behr, and six daughters. The funeral was held from his late raaidenae on Thursday. X SONESTGATO. Mrs. G. W.jSiramons and Mrs. A. T. Armstrong are on the'siek list. Harvey Buck and family were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hans of Mun cy Valley, at a wild turkey supper last Sunday. Chas. Meyers of Lairdsville was in town Tuesday buying cattle that the fanners brought into town for him. Chas. Starr and Mrs. P. E. Magar gle attended the funeral of Mrs. Hay at North Mountain on Wednesday. -Mrs. lien Taylor is visiting her daughter Mrs. Armstrong. The children of A. T. Armstrong now have an Angora Goat in place of their dog H. C. Boatman butchered a large porker on Wednesday. Now is the time for stories of fat hogs. Miss Esther Dunn of Laporte, at tended the funeral ot Boyd Johnson, who was one of her former pupils, on Sunday. ESTELLA. > Mr. J. Ellis Brown is seriously ill at present writing. His friends hope for a speedy recovery. The little daughter of It. F. Bar tow is still very ill. W. J. Hess and family are occu pying their new house. John Kirk is engaged in painting the house. L. L. Rosbach has moved into his neat little cottage on Creamery Ave. Mrs. Chas. Williams visited her sister Mrs. John Gaunt, also her brother C. J. Fuller, at Estella, last week. U. Bird and Geo. More came home Saturday from Wheelcrville where Mr. Bird is engaged in lumbering. They returned to their work on Tuesday morning. The Rev. S. Sayles preached an in troductory sermon at the school house at Estella last Sunday fore noon. The members of the Decip les Church expect him to preach for them the following year. He will hold services again four weeks from last Sunday at 11 a.m. also in the evening. Death ol Mrs. GodJrey Bey. Mrs. Godfrey Bay of North Moun- i tain, died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Sherman Stanton, at \Vi iamsport, Saturday, November 112, at an advanced age, after a long ill ness. Mrs. Bay came from Germany to this country when a young wom an and was held in high esteem for her sterling character. She is sur vived by one son, Wm. Bay of North Mountain, and three daught ers, Mrs. Sherman Stanton, Mrs. Clinton Swank and Miss Lizzie Bay. Deceased was an aunt of Associate Judge Meyers. December Term Jvrymen. Grand Jurors —Chandler Brown, Irvin Hottenstein, Henry McDer mot, A. E. Campbell, Grant Little, Eli Bostian, Valentine Rhoe. W. H. Fanning, Veil Holcombe, Abe 1/ Kilmer, John Cornell, S. Mead, W. J. Lawrence John Klingler, Charles Darby, Charles Warren, W. Painter, Frank Lusch, Monroe Speary, Robt. Molyneux, John A. Gibbs, Wash ington E. Randall, John W. Ran dall, Martin Quick. Traverse Jurors—Lewis R. Gum ble, Leroy Decker, Matioah Bird, Frank Davidson, William E. Porter, B. L. Keeney, Joseph Helsman, Chas. Workheiser, Frank Shoemak er, Lewis Bumgartner, Lewis War burton, Wm. Vough, Morgan Dleff enbach, T. S. McClintock, James Martin, George Shaffer, Geo. Speak er, Thos. McKay, Vernon Hull, Watson Speary, Boyd P. Bennett, George Dugnn, Henry Bentley, Brady Bennett, John W. Norton. Sidney Grant, Benj. Speary, Jr., George Karge, Joseph Mclntire, AU>ert Swingle, Ueaben Heverly, John Gumble, William Stiff, Philip Straw, John Chapman, Robertlteed, Frank Touschner, Charles Hopper, William Leonard, Frank Shattock. 75 TS. PER YEAR The Deadly Shot Gun ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED And Yovnj Boyd Johnson Killed Friday at Mvncy Valley. Wound Proved Instantly Fatal. A siul accident occured at Muncy Valley on Friday of last week by which Boyd Johnson, the sixteen year old son of Harvey Johnson met an unti nely death. In company with a fifteen year old companion, Oscar Bradley, they were hunting rabbits on Taylor Hill about two miles from the village. It is thought that the boy was standing on a stump and either slipped or while in the act of jumping off, the trigger of the gun struck the stump causing it to discharge its load which enter ed the boy's abdoman and taking an upward course lodged in his chest. Oscar Bradley who was several rods away when the gun was discharged heard Boyd exclaim "I'm shot," but by the time he reached the side of his young friend, life had flown. The terrified boy hurried the awful news to several men who were cut ting wood not far away, who hastily notified the dead boy's parents and also Coroner McHenry of Dimhore. His body was left lying where he fell when shot until the arrival of the coroner. The Funeral services were held on Sunday at the M. R. church at Nonestowti, where a large number of people were unable to enter tiie church, and stood outside during the services, the edifice was filled to its utmost capacity witli fiisnds who took this means of show ing their esteem for the dead and sympathy for the living in their sad and sudden bereavment. ALLISON ROSENCRANS DEAD. e Head ot Roscncrans Mtg. Company ol Laporte, Died Wednesday. Was a Prominent Business Man Widely Known in Pennsylvania. Allison Wellington Rosenerans, the well known manufacturer of broom handles and turned wood ar ticles, of Laporte, passed peacefully away shortly after 11 o'clock, Wed nesday forenoon. Deceased had been suffering several months with catarrh of the stomach which yielded stubornly to treatment only for a ' ort time after which the best of edical skill was battled in the at tempts to allay its deadly action on the system. Mr. llosencrans was born in Dim ock, Susquehanna county, and had reached the age of 54 years last Aug ust. When yet a small boy, his father died in the army, and he was thrown on his own resources early in life. He was well skilled in the arts of a salesman and saw much of the United States while traveling in that capacity. He was the inventor of a mine drilling machine on which lie realized considerable money. For the past several years he was en gaged in [the lumber and turned wood business and operated exten sively in Cambria county where he had the misfortune of losing his plant by fire, entailing a loss of sev eral thousand dollars, shortly before coming to Laporte four years ago, when lie in company with Messrs Yothers, Neff and Rainey began the operation of the Laporte Lumber & Turned Wood Company of which J. J. Webster is now successor. Last summer he equipped a turned wood factory in the old blacksmith shop | building and was working up a nice j business when stricken down with illness. He was widely known throughout the state among the lum ber dealers and allied associations. He is survived by one daughtir, the fruit of his first marriage, his • wife to whom he has been runrried ■ | twelve years, one sister, Mrs. Ella ! Lousbury and his aged mother, Mrs i v Mary llosencrans. His daughter, the wife of Charles Hopewell, editor of the Providence . Register, Scranton, l'a., wi s for the , past week assisting in the excellent i care given him in his closing hours > of life. i The funeral services will be con ' ducted by Rev. lrvin Fisher in the ' Baptist church, Saturday at 2 o'clock p.in. Interment in Mt.Ash cemetery.