Republican Mews Item. VOL. VIII. NO. 32. C . To Buy Your Jewelery.s N Nothing in Town to Compare With S 112 the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S v Quality and moderate prices makes a force that \ 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage c Cof this section. Many years here in business, always 3 Swith a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C | with a care and judgment commensurate with its • \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes * r our store a safe place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. > RETTENBURY, ) PA. The J eweler^_^ COLE HARDWARE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, 00-A-Ij 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 Cole^usfiore^a The Shopbell Dry Good Co., > 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Needed Things for Now. Each one of these items are of the wanted, seasonable sort, selected • from different departments of the store. NIfISBSS Ladies' Oneita Combination or I'nion Suits, in* White and Natural Color; all sizes and qualities, from 50c to 51.05. Ladies' Eiderdown Dressing Sacques, in Plain Colors or Fancy Stripes and Per sian Kflects. New styles, at G9c. to $2.50 Children's Hand Crocheted Sacques, in White, with pink and blue edge. Variety of styles, at 50c to .75, Ladies' Black Equestrian Tights, in all sizes, and especially good values, for SI $1 35 and $2. French Flannel for Ladies' Shirtwaists, ni new Plain Colors. Best qualities, at nsc and 50c. Striped Frunella Waistings. good styles and colors, worth fully 50c, at 39c. New shades in Albatross, Light and Medium Park Colors, for Shirtwaists or Presses. Excellent value for 50c. Misses' Seamless Woven Tam-O-Shan ters, in White, Light Blue, Pink, Navy, Cardinal, Light Gray and Oxford, at 50c 75c and sl. New designs in Flanneletts for Waists and Pressing Sacques. They come in Stripes, Pots and Figures and Persian Effects. These are the best quality and choicest styles, at 15c. Men's Fleece Lined Shirts and Drawers. The quality usually sold at 50c. We have them in all sizes, at 39c. Subscribe for the News Item 5 LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., TRSDAY.IDECEMBER 17, 1903. Children's Fur Sets in almost endlef-s variety ot styles. Select them now while the stock is complete. Prices range from $1 to sl2 50. The M and Nazarath Ribbed Waist for boys and girls. We handle three qualities that'sell from 15c, 18c and 25c, Ladies' Knit and Crocheted Woo Shawls, in White, Black and Colors. IJuite a number of styles, at $1 tip to 2.50. PLAID SILKS. We have just reoeiv ed a lot of New Plaid Silks and you will say they are handsome when you see them. Prices are $1 and 1.25. MUFFLERS. Have you seen the Way Ribbed Wool Mutiler ? Just what Ladies and Gentlemen need lor cold weather, and they are not expensive, only 50 cents. White Mercerized Vestings for Ladies' Shirtwaists. We have a large variety of neat designs in Figures and Stripes, at 25c to 75c. Infants' White Bedford Cord. Long and Short Coats. Some are Plain others neatly trimmed. Prices vary,sl.so to 2.75 Cords and Tassels for Pillows, either Plain Colors or Mixed Shades. Two qualities, in all shades, at 25c and 50c. "No Mend Stockings'' is something new and better in Children's Hose than you have been buying anil they cost no more. 25c a pair. Covrt News Wm. Saam, indicted for assault and battery. Prosecutor Mary Crawford. Verdict, defendant guilty. Win. Martin and Anthony Wal lace, indicted for aggravated assault and battery. Prosecutor, James If. Spence, Jr. Verdict, John Ketchum vs Cornelia Ket chum, in divorce. A. B. Kilmer appointed commissioner to take tes timony. Comth. vs Barney Kliwaski, as sault and battery. Orwell Porter vs Eva May Porter, in divorce. J. H. Bohn appointed commissioner to take testimony. Divorce decreed. Caroline C. Baker vs James 11. Baker, in divorce. A. B. Kilmer appointed commissioner to take tes timony. Eldora Jones vs Eva Jonea, in divorce. H. P. Hall appointed com missioner to take testimony. Comth vs Kate Butcher, indicted for selling liquor without license. Grand jury find true bill. Joseph Butcher, selling liquor without license. Not a true bill. Anthony Norris and George Tur ner, indicted for burglary and lar ceny. James McLaughlin prosecut or. Grand jury find true bill. In re: appointment of auditor to auditor account of Prothy. Register and Recorder. Atty. F. W. Mey lert appointed auditor. F. H. Tomlinson vs Bam Seculea et al. Judgment directed to enter in favor of plaintiff. Prothy. to fix amount. Boro. of Eagles Mere vs Alfred B Thorne. Judgment in favor of plain tiff for want of appearance. Automobile Frightens Horse. As Dr. C. U. Voorheesof Sonea town, on Wednesday of last week was going to Eagles Mere in his au tomobile, he met Daviil Vhillips, near the power house driving a horse. At the approach of the au tomobile the horse showed fright and the driver ran to its head and endeavored to quiet the animal nn til the machine had passed them, but as it came nearer to them the horse made a violent lunge so that the shaft penetrated its side near the heart and killed it. The doctor paid the man for the loss of his horse, giving him the sum he asked for. Dropped to the Floor Dead. Mrs. Hose Cotterman, died very suddenly on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. Jlarry Fleeter in Laporte township, where she was en gaged aa housekeeper for Mr. Fieatei and his four small children. Mrs Cotterman had been in apparen l good health and had just eaten i hearty dinner when she arose fToi ! the dining table and walked to tt | stove where she fell to the floor ai ! expired instantly. A number ! men in the yard who were assisti; 1 Mr. Fiester with butchering at t \ time, were notified of the occuraf) ,by one of the children, but life vs i extinct before assistance came. & was a daughter of the late John), i Wilson of Sonestown, and widow>f | James Cotterman who was crustd to death while working in the ln | ber woods for Kiess Bros., s«en years ago. She was about 35 ytrs ' of age and is survived by three »il dren. A younger sister of Mrs.'ot terman died suddenly while atnd ing a camp* meeting several ,'ars • ago. The Meshoppen Enterprisers that Dr. John Corr who is supised ;to be a resident of Sullivan «nty i was there Saturday. The Drjust at present is having trouble * his own. He says the poorhousejang jat Towanda wants to know wlr he 1 does not go the poor house. J? has a horror of the almshouse, Meshoppen he went up into Ssque hanna county where he will imain in the vicinity of the state lie for obvious reasons. | WANTKI)—FAITHFUL ~ itRSON tc call on retail trad* and arentatr man ! ut'acturiug house having well esfcliahed ■ business: local territory, itraigl aalarr S2O paid weekly and expense mney ad vanced; pievious experience unmaasary; ! position permanent; business shceaatul. Enclose sell-addressed envelope. Superin tendent Travelers. fios Monon Wg. 112 Cioago, fniIMTV NPWK Columns o! Interesting Vri 1 * iIL VV 13 ftems Gathered by Ovr Happenings oi ££SE!r ,,,! nterest to Renders M m MvUmmm nam k SOHESTOWN. irs. Clint Starr did shopping at jheevillo'on Saturday, he ribbon social held at this place ihe young folks of the M. E. j-ch Friday evening was a per sneeess in eveny way, clearing P |ie members of the E. V. church p put two new coal stoves in the teh to take the plaee ot the wood tiers. t tins Myrtle Ellison spent Satur and Sunday with her parents at th Mountain. Miss. Mildred 1 accompanied her. [rs. H.P. Hall and daughter Iva, (it from Saturday to Monday in •Jiarasport and Newberry with rives. jo. Edwards of Eagles Mere, was cng on Soneetewn friends Satur d hn N. Ha«zen has caught nine is rata and one fox. Hans thinks honld have had another fox but fche deep snow. m. Donovan, wife and son 9pent Brday at Muncy Valley with his pats. *. A. T. Armstrong spent Tnes dit Strawbridge, the gnest of her mer, Mrs. Ben Taylor. 'lliam Armstrong who has been liA with his brother A. T. for the pastar, has gone to Philadelphia to winter. M Carrie Pardoe and Mrs. Sam Eddf Williamsport is visiting a* Saoi Christ. MHugh Parker and Mrs. A. L. Shemere at Wiillamsport Tues day. IT" HILLSGROVE. r. Aaron Lewisjwas to Dirille on Wednesday of last WK to provide for the admission oft is* Jennie Sheely to the Stato tpital for the insane at that jce. Mips Sheely was formerly ptmistress at thin place and was i estimable yonng lady and has mpathy of many friends for her rrible affliction. The largest lo i.l of bark ever de vered to the Hillsgrove tannery as hauled by Ed. Molyneux The »ad weighed 10640 pounds includ ig the wagon, abont 4 lbs of bark j one of horse flesh. JohnMcßride of Williamsport, ras in town Sunday and Monday. A. B. Fox of Tivola was a busi nan in town Saturday. Miss Nina Green is visiting at Laporte. A. J. Brong has a large line of Christmas good, give him a eall. A very popular boy of town call ed upon a yonng lady and WM roy ally entertained by her father at one end of a cross cat saw. It might be well for other fond papas to test the ability of their pros pective son-in-law® along this lire. It is reported that the tannery hefe is soon to be lighted by elec tricity. The play on Friday and Satur day evening was a great success, and the young men taking part de serve commendation. The Sun light Orchestra rendered many beantifnl selections. Landlord Helsman is away on business this week. 'Squire Kilmer of Wheeleawille, was in town Saturday. MURRAY IttLU The mines were shnt down three days last week. Mr. G. Rhodes of this place has moved to Lopec where he has tak en charge of a billiard room. Miss Maggie Welsh of Lopez is attending institute at Tnakhan uock. Mr. Thomas Collins of Satterfleld called' on friende here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Riely have return ed home after a weeks visit at thif place. EAGLES MERE. Considerable building has been going on this fall. Contractor Lit tle has new work under way; Con tractor Brink is completing two new cottages and has others to finish by the first of June; George Dannely is patting up a new addition to his house as is also Lincoln Moyer and Charles McCarty. The Henry Brown cottage on Pennsylvania avenue is being remodeled—in fact it is being so altered that it will look like an entirely new cottage. Many of the cottages are being newly painted. The large water tauk has been fresh ly painted both inside and out, and it looks as though everybody ex picted a good season next year, that is if we may except the "Ice House People." They still maintain the horse scare crow shed on the 100 foot reservation belonging to the pub lic. We hope that if any more horses are scared into suicide by looking at the old shed, the com pany will not be allowed to take the shoes off the poor brute and sell them for old iron. The Post Office Club is very proud of having secured much improved mail service ,for Eagles Mere. A large vote of thanks was tendered General Manager Townsend, who so ably assisted in getting the desired improvement. The Club also thinks in view of the assistance given them by Mr. Townsend, that it would be very nice of hint to grant passes to each member of the club. The ques tion will be taken up at the next meeting. Ido not carry a pass, j have no stock in the Buck's Wood Railrowl, nor for that matter not a penny in vested in any railroad in the world, but I feel it my duty in a general humanitariun way, to say that this order which compels an engine and one or two switchmen to deliver one quart of milk every day to a man who has no babies, is a useless ex penditure aud should be cut out. Therefore I beg in the interest of stockholders, that a full-breasted cow should be purchased for the childless man and that the said man shall have the exclusive privilege of keeping tho cow out of the hands of the high constable. Mr. Ryan and Mr. Bodine of the syndicate were up the other day to see that our assessor did not value their holdings in the Borough at the figure they would like to sell at. They seemed much pleased about the way the',ice house has been patch ed up for another season, it being an exclusive Land Company building, and one might say a characteristic one. No one should criticise them for "lavish expense even if they do make the old house look like thirty cents. It is very fortunate indeed that the gunners who were out the other day did not succeed in killing that strange looking bird they were all after, for it turned out to be a stork, and before leaving his birdship vis ited Charlie McCarty very much to the delight of the McCarty's. Char ly r< fused to shoot at the bird for he said "1 knew what is was all the time, but wouldn't let on." Chief Burgess Peale and Council man Vanßuskirk are visiting New- York City. It is said that they will try to secure a little tiger while there to be introduced into Eagles Mere politics. We hope the tiger will not be accompanied by the same kind of medicine that the fine pup giv en his honor was. Bert Brace of Springfield, charged with the death of Hannah E. Guild, of Leona, and indicted by the grand jury with felonious assault, volunta ry manslaughter and murder, will not be tried at this term of court. Judge Dunham of Laporte, Monday afternoon quashed the indictment and instructed the district attorney to again lay the case before the next i grand jury. Brace was remanded ' to jail.—Wyalußing Rocket. 75 TS. PER YEAR MILDRED. Hark! We think we hear wedding sells. Julius Vogel of Sayre, recently visited friends at this place. Mrs. H. Burley and Mrs. R. Trunsull visited Dushore friends last week. The following gentlemen had a shooting match at clay pigeons last Saturday with the following results: E. D. Suttly 15 out of 20; C. E. Jackson, 9 out of twenty; J. Depew, 5; J. P. Murphy, 2; Thomas Mc- Laughlin, 1; O. Vancamp, none, but he will do better next time am the twins had his nerves unstrung. Johnny cut this out and paste it in your hat. Never langh at tho downfall of others, and remember that the wicked stand ia slippery places. Murphy's bird dog receatly sat for three hours on a dried herring. ESTELLA. * Sumner Rogers bad the Misfor tune to cut his hand quite badly on the circular saw, and while he is laid up, W. More is taking bis place at the lever, A. T. Mulnix has purchased the farm belonging to Mrs. Milton Mul nix, as she has gone Millers Lake. The Grangers will have a little home gathering of the members and "supper in the evening of Dec. 22. They ex entertain visitors from Cherry and Overton Granges, and for the good*"of the order will spend an J hour on a literary pro gram. E. J. Bird "and : llon. E. G. Rogers attended*State 'Grangejat Wilkes barre last week. E. J. Brownjs'stilljconflned to his bedjbut is slowlygimproving. Ilis daughter Mrs. Hattie Smith, i» also sick*in bed at her father's home, hut under the careful treatment of Dr. Wood head,'we hope for their speedy recovery to'health. Rev. 7 Huntley^preached ' in the church last Sunday evening to a small buWfattentive congregation, lie is^liberal.minded christian man and is making friends in this place. 3[Rev. Sayles was present at the forenoon session of Sun day School, andjwill [preach in the school houseJnextJLord's Day at 7 p. m. Sunday" School is making preparations for a Christmas Ladder school.house. Every body is invited to J participate and make this a time of peace and good will to men. There will be reci tations, dialogues, tableaux, singing and,iiistruniental musicjby the Beu ninger orchestra. SHUNK. The several jurors left early Mon day morning for a cold;ride ever the hills to the courthouse. Western [Sullivau looks although a cyclone,had struck it and~Hwept the business part away. With the professor, merchant, postmaster, ho tel proprietor, justice and constable all gone, the widows feel that they can peacefully have, their owi way for'onceat least, providing they can bribe the miller and butcher. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Foster,J who had been ill with) pneumonia since Thanksgiv ing, died Friday night at the homo of his grandmother, Mrs. Martha Manley at Fiatt. The funeral ser vices were at the church Monday at one o'clock, in charge of ander taker Kendall of Canton. On account of the inclement wea ther Saturday evening, the necktie social church was aot a fi nancial success. There will be a Christmas Tree at the church on Christmas eve. Every one is invited 10 come and bring their presents to help decorate the tree to please the little once. There will also be a fine literary program in connection with it. Come ont and be merry. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Oampbi ll spent Sunday at Eldredsville. Mrs. Elisha Fanning is very sit k with pneumonia. Dr. Parsons of Canton was a pro fessional visitor here on Friday.
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