FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF DUSnORE, I'ENNA.
CAPITAL - - $50,000
SURFI.US - - 810.000 ;
Does a General Banking Business.
W. JENNINGS, M. V. SWARTS.
President. Cashier
fc l BRADLhY,
Attorney-at-Law.
Olfice, corner ol Main and Muncy Nts.
LAPORTE, PA.
Having opened an office ai 1328 Arcli
St., Philadelphia, 1 shall still continue to
practice in the.several Courts.of Sullivan
< 'ountv. When not in my office personally
a compel.nt person will „lie. found Jn
charge thereof. Honda of various kinds
furnished.
pRANCIS W. MEYLERT," "
Attomey-at-Law.
.fficein Keeler's Block.
LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA.
Rush J. Thomson, Albert F. lleess,
1871. 1902.
JHOMSON & HEESS,
LAWYERS,
DUSUORIO,"PEN NA.
Long Distance/Telephone.
January 1, 190.'i.
J. J. & F. H. INGHAM,
attorhets-AT-law,
Legul business attended to
in this and adjoining counties
_APORTS, P A
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-L«w.
LAPORTE, PA.
ornci IN COUNTY BUILDING
NKAR COURT OOUBK.
J H. CROMN,
ATTORSEY»AT -LAW,
hotary public.
OK PICK OH MAIW STRBBT.
THISIIORE.
O'Tmolyneaux. d.d.S.
Graduate University ol Pennsylvania.
XEW ALBANY, PA.
At Lopez, PH., Wednesday and Thursday
each week.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE.
AVID MAHK. Prop.
I AI'ORIE - A
Thiß largo and v.-eli appointed if
the most popular hostelry int l, is section
LAPORTE HOTEL.
p. W, GALLAGHER, Prop.
Newly erected. Opposite Court
house square. Steam heat, bath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,ami barbershop; al«o good stabling
and liv ry,
T J. KHELER.
I - Juatice-of-the Peace.
Office iu room over store, LAI'OHTE, PA.
Special attention given to collections.
All matters left to the care of this office
will be promptly attended to.
M. Brink's
New Albany, Pa.
Glutton feed per 100 lbs 1.40
Cotton seed meal 1
Coarse bran 1001b sacks 1.10
« .} ton 11.00
k i ton 22.00
Buckeye wheat feed 100 lb sacks 1.10
100 lb corn oats and barley chop 1.2>
Cotton seen meal 100 lb sacks 1.50
lied Dog middlings 140 lb 2.:5!)
Fancy white " 125 lb
100 meat meal -""'J
Oats per bushel 45
Corn meal and cracked corn 1.15
Scorched wheat LOO
Wheat screenings 80
Oyster shells ">0
Schumacher's best Hour 1.25
"Our Own" a blended Hour 1.15
Best Spring Patent 1.25
Best Winter Patent 1 10
140 lbs. common tine salt .GO
Same per 280 lb 1.20
56 lbs of butter salt 45
Granulated sugar per lb 51
" " by the barrel 5
Veal calves and dressed poultry
wanted every Wednesdays forenoon.
M. BRINK.
FREE ! 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
IfCovnty Scat
Local and Personal Events
j I Tersely Told j
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John
Flynn, Dec. 24, a son.
Mrs. Krastus Yeagle who has been
ill is able to be out again.
Mr. John Whitely of Elkland, was
a county seat visitor last week.
Mrs. Joseph Gansel of Overton, is
vssiting at James Gansel's this week.
Mr- and Mrs. W. H. Rogers spent
Christmas with the former's parents
at Forksville.
Misses Bessie and Jessie Wrede
spent Christmas with friends in
Philadelphia.
Master John Osier of Bernice, was
the guest of Ellery Crossley last
week.
Prof, and Mrs. James Strohl spent 1
Christmas with the former's parents
in Carbon county.
Misses Jeannette and Mable Spen
cer spent Christmas at their mother's
home at this place.
Atty. W. P. Shoemaker returned
on Thursday from a visit to Phila
delphia and Baltimore.
Atty. A. J. Bradley spent several
days in Laporte, returning to Phil
adelphia on Thursday.
The Sonestown Manufacturing Co.
is turning about two car loads of logs
per day into a first class quality of
clothespins.
Hon. T. J. Ingham, who con
tracted a severe cold during court
week, and was seriously threatened
with pneumonia, is much improved.
Ellery P. Ingham of New York
City, has been spending the past
week with his parents, Hon. and
Mrs. T. J. Ingham.
Henry Bates, night fireman at the
tannery, who has been laid up for
the past month with a lame knee, is
able to be out again.
Mrs. Harry Spencer and daughter
Mable of Williamsport, spent New
Year with Mrs. A. E. Tripp and
family.
Mrs. T.J. Ingham who has been
in very poor health for several weeks
is slowly regaining her usual health
of the last few years.
Announcement is made of the ap
proaching marriage of Mr. Bert
Hamilton of Marsh Hill, to Miss
Amelia Mapes of this place.
Miss Winifred Keeler is visiting
her sister Mrs. S. B. Karns at Ben
ton, also hoping that the change
may prove beneficial to her health.
Miss Delia Bortree who has been
visiting at the home of Jas. Gansel,
will return to her home in Wayne
county, Saturday.
Mrs. Margaret Mapes is recover
ing from severe injuries about the
head and face that she received by a
fall down stairs on Christmas.
Services will be held at the Episco
pal church next Sunday morning and
evening at 11 and 7::10 respectively,
and hereafter every two weeks.
Leslie Co well, last week under
went an operation of the throat, for
defective speech. Dr. Wright of
Dushorc, assisted Dr. Randall in the
treatment.
The New Year Ball at the Laporte
Hotel was one of the most enjoyable
occasions of the season. Seventy
five couples were present from vari
ous parts of the county.
Parker Lowe who wits for some
time assistant in the County Treas
urers office, has gone to the State of
Washington with relatives who re
cently returned to their western
home after a visit to relatives in this
section.
Mrs. E. M. Dunham returned
home Wednesday from her visit
with her niece Mrs. E. J. Pierson, at
Berkley Heights Park, N.J. Her
visit was sadly marred by the burn
ing of the Pierson residence. Fire
was discovered in the upper story
while the family were seated at the
breakfast table. Very little of the
valuable household articles was sav
ed, Mrs. Dunham and daughter
Eliza both losing much of their
clothing. The loss was over SGOOO.
Messrs It. A. Conklin and L. R.
Gumble have purchased the equip
ment and business of the Rosencrans
Mfg. Co., operated by the late W.
A. Rosencrans, and will engage in
the finishing of broom handles.
Extensive improvments are being
made by the new firm with a view
of increasing the capacity of their
plant. They have the best wishes
of many for success iu their new
business which promises well to de
velope into a large and thriving fac
tory of much benefit to Laporte.
|JytNOfSSTEimk
RIFLE AND PISTOL. jBH L
CARTRIDGES. Jr*Jj
\\ " It's the shots that hit that count." Winches- II t
1 ter Rifle and Pistol Cartridges hit, that is, I i
1 shoot accurately, and strike a good, hard, pen- 1
k etrating blow. They are loaded with great I
ly care and precision, and made in calibers fl
ijll suitable for all kinds of game, from rabbits llaj
mi to grizzly bears. If you want reliable ammu- iMj
rrF nition, buy the time-tried Winchester make. \|J|
Ru FOR SALE BY ALL. DEALERS. aJM
Mrs. Maud Rosencrans, widow of
the late W. A. Rosencrans, sold her
residence on Main street to Mr. 8.
Mead, and joined Mr. and Mrs. Hor
ace Cole on their return to Bingham -
ton, N. Y. where they will take up
their residence.
Mrs. Eliza Aim Keeler died Dec.
25, 1903, at her home at Nordmont,
of cancer of the stomach, aged 77
years and five months. She was Ja
daughter of John and Sarah Keeler,
and was married to Daniel Keeler
in 1850, and moved into the house
that year where she died, having
lived there for 53 years. She was a
woman who was esteemed by her
friends and neighbors for whom she
always had a kind word.
The toboggan slide, which afford
ed much amusement at Eagles Mere
last winter, will be built again this
year. A slide several hundred feet
long is built of blocks of ice, ending
at the edge of the frozen lake, and
the tobogganers slide down the sliute
and are carried half way across the
lake. The speed attained is said to
be nearly a mile a minute.
The inhabitants of Sonestowu were
thrown into a state of unnecessary
excitement last week when a physi
cian from Williamsport, who was
called to make a diagnosis of the case |
of Jube Darling, who was taken
quite ill with indications of small !
pox, stated that it was the dread ;
disease and placed Darling under ]
quarantine. On Tumlay of this j
week Dr. Wright of Dushore went
toSon&town and made a thorough
examination of the case and pro
nounced it to be chickenpox. Quar
antine was lifted and the public
schools opened on Wednesday.
Mercury Making History lor 1904.
King winter had its inning Mon- j
day night. The thermometers |
lowered to points that reached the
| record breaking notch in many
I localities. The severest cold seems
[to have been in the valleys. The j
j thermometer at Laport, the highest
I point in tlie county, registered 20
i degrees, while at the tanner the
| mercury went to 25. Nordmont
enjoyed a temperature of 28 de
i grees and at Hughesvillc it dropped
jto 33 and 34 degrees below zero.
Sullivan county stands foremost in
cold weather records througout
this section. Forksville thermom
eters lowered to 28 and 30 degrees
below zero, and at Lincoln Falls,
35. At Lopez it is claimed to have
gone to 40 degrees and Rickets 52.
There is a question about the fifty
two degree record being correct,
but at other points the reports are
verified and stated as facts. Twen
ty Ave to thirty degrees below zero
were the more common and just
ordinary affairs in the race for rec
ords about the county.
Mr. F. E. liowe will attend to the
wants of customers at Reeder's Lime
House.
Aitliner^.
I have now received my
new line of Fall and Winter
Millinery, embracing all the
season's best styles. A nice
display in rooms over T. .J
Keeler's store.
WINIFRED J. KEELER.
BRING THEM IN.
Your shoes need frequent
attention to last a long time.
1 will save you the expense
of a new pair. Rubber soles
and heels will prevent you
i from dangerous falls.
Call at E. E. Webb's store
Muncy Valley, Pa.
LEVI EDWARDS
Two Prisoners
Escape from Jail.
Succeeded in Passing Through
Feed Door.
WOMAN'S EFFORTS FAILED.
Captured Near Nordmont While Lost and
Trying to Reach Mildred-
Excitement ran high for a time
in Laporte, Christmas evening
when it was learned that two pris
oners had made their escape from
the County jail. Barney Sliwaski
and Lewis Wallase, the two for
eigners who at the December term
of court were sentenced to three
years and six months in the Eastern
Penitentiary, made a desperate at
tempt to escape the punishment
awaiting them, and succeeded in
gaining their freedom until the fol
lowing Sunday.
During the absence of Sheriff
Cott, Sliwaski rapped at the feed
door, and when answered by Mrs.
Q ries, he stated that he was sick
and wanted some medicine such as
he had been taking. As Mrs. Gries
reached to a shelf over the door, an
opening about sixteen inches wide,
Sliwaski forced himself through,
pushing Mrs. Gries violently to
one side. The second prisoner
immediately followed and the mo
ments were few until both were
out through the kitchen and into
the open darkness of the night.
The woman's screams brought her
husband from the basement of the
courthouse where he had been at
tending to the heater, but before
he co uld render assistance all was
over. The news spread rapidly
and a searching party were soon on
their trail. The fugatives were
tracked to the lake but from there
no further tracks could be found
by which to foll-nv them.
Nothing was learned of their
whereabouts until Sunday morning
when the Sheriff received a tele
phone message from Nordmont in
forming him that his prisoners
were at the home of Benj. Spearv.
After leaving the jail in was their
intention togo to Mildred, but not
knowing the way, started in the
opposite direction. They reached
the home of Amos Little about 10
p. m.and inquired of Mr. Little
the way to Mildred. In trying to
follow the directions given them:
they became confused and lost their
way entirely. They reached Ly
man Harvey's place in Laporte
Twp. and spent the day in his barn
without coats or hats, with the
thermometer nearly to zero. About
2 o'clock Sunday morning, after
another wandering they again
came to the point where they had
inquired the way to Mildred. Be
ing scantily protected with horse
blankets stolen from Mr. Harvey's
barn, they were nearly perished
from cold and want of nourishment.
They awoke the household of Mr.
Speary and ask f«r protection for a
few days. They were kindly re
ceived and given food, their badly
frozen feet administered to, and
were quite comfortable by the time
the Sheriff drove up and gave them
a surprise. Their attempt for lib
erty had cost them much suffering
and evidently they felt content to
return to their warm cells in the
jail. They were removed to the
penetentiary the following Tues
day. .
WANTED. —A house keeper. Mid
dle aged woman prefered, one that
is capable of taking full charge of
house. Good wages offered.
Address, HAKRY FIKSTER,
Sonestowo, Pa.
Campbell "The Merchant"
SHUNK, PA.
January Redaction 3ale
During this month our general Ine of Winte Goods
will be sold at a reduced price. The goods are all strictly
up to date and would be excellent values at the price from
which they are reduced. We thtieiore do not hesitate
to advise our customers to take prompt rdvantage of this
opportunity while the season is yet with us.
Yours for Business,
A. E. CAMPBELL.
Mid Win + ,i* Sale of
Clothing.
If you need an overcoat —come. It's your chance to
get one at an average half-price.
If you need a winter suit—come. It's your chance
to get one at a fraction of its worth.
If you need men's trousers—come, and g(t an all wool
pair at from $i to $2, that are $2 to $4 anywhere. Boys
pants at 75c to $1.50 that are good values at $1.50 to $ 3.
Boys' knee pants 15c to 29c, 39c and b3.
Fleeced Underwear
39 cents per garment.
Men's all Wool Sweaters
79 cents, all wool fancy l.*o, 1.50, 1.75, were 1.00 to 3 7s
Gloves at Just half of former price.
This sale is strictly cash,
J. W. CARROLL'S,
Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA.
LAPORTE
CLOTHING
January Sale of Women's
and Misses' Wear.
This season's favorite styles of COATS, CAPES,
FURS, SKIRTS and SUITS. re made very close lo half
price. Come and examine this fine stock before depletion
limits the choice. We exp et to break all records this
month, and believe that we have the extra values to do it.
A January Clearance Sale of
Men and Boys Clothing.
Greatly reduced prices prevail in this line embracing
all the latest styles and most dependable qualities.
Winter Uuderwear Reduced in Price.
JACOB HERR,
DEALER IN
Clothing, Shoes and Ladies' Cloaks
LAPOBTE, -JPJI..
BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED
Hand Painted Chinaware.
Absolutely Free.
We will give with each purchase, coupons which entitles
the holder to a set of High Grade China Dishes, irrespec
tive of the extremely low prices prevailing here.
Easy Foot Wear for All
Oh! No Trouble at all to Show Goods.
The Quality, p ice and style of our spring and sum
mer SHOES which are marked down for closing out arc
, the main attractions. Call and see them.
: Our Complete Line of Groceries.
Our new Grocery Department is growing popular.
You save yourself if you let us save your money. When
you think of true economy this is the place to come.
j. S. HARRINGTON, Dushore,Pa