Republican News Item. JBL VOL. VIII. NO. 50. C To Buy You J jeweleryA > Nothing in Town to Compare 112 the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S \ Quality nnd moderate prices makes a force that\ draws into our store the best Cof this section. Many years here in business, always } N with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C (with a care and judgment commensurate with its 1 \ desirability and adaptability to retine laste, makes \ 112 our store a sate place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q X teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X (J RETTENBURY, > <> DUSHORE, FA. The Jeweler^^ COLE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OIR, 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 . I General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Have You Seen Them ? The handsomest Dress (foods we have shown. You'll find about! every material, design, color and style you can possibly want for spring or summer Gowns for both street and bouse wear. Come anil j see them. Sightseeing you know costs nothing and then there's the; chance of picking up just what you will want. We mention some of! the fabrics and their prices. Silk and Wool Crepes Are among the chosicst fabrics. We show them in tans. greys, cadets, reseda etc., at §1- to $1.35. French Voiles Plenty of these in tans, browns, greys. I navy, reseda, etc., at 75c to $1.25- Fine Sheer Batistes All the latest shades for street or house dresses, lift and 42 inches wide, at 50c and 59c. Nub-Voiles In Castor Brown, N'aw, and Black, 4K inches wide, at 51.25. Scotch effects and mannished materials in liglit and dark shades lor Tailored Suits, at sl. to $1.75 a yard. 42 inch all wool Cheviot in navy, tan, brown, blue, garnet, cardinal, myrtle. This is an extra good quality for 50c -36-inch Mixed Suiting in etlects of tan, light and dark grey, brown, navy, green, reseda, etc. Theft* have as much style as an expensive Scotch effects, but only cost 50c. a yard At 50c we show the quality ol Albotross for the money you will Hnd anywhere. Black. dark colors and evening shades. ■ Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1904. For White Wool Dresses; Here you will tind dainty wool matei als ot which Summer I'resses will be made, such as Silk and Wool Crepe, all Wool Crepe Batiste, Voile. Challies, Mo- I hair, Latisdowne, etc. Black Fabrics Of the most stylish kinds you can al ways get here at modest prices. Fine Black. Silk and Wool Crepe de Chine at 90c to SI.SS. Fine sheer Violers in plain and taney weaves, at 75c to $1.50. We show good lines ol Etamine Melroses. Soliel. Drap de Paris. Batiste: Cheviots, Unfinished Worsteds. Broadcloths, Granites and oth er fancy weaves. We want you to see the black imported Venetia i 50 inches wide, we are selling now tor §1.50 It's special value. Black Cheviots tor Coats. Suits and Separate Skirts, at 50c to $2,00. Black Mohair Is Que of the all the year around popu lar fabrics. We have a lirst rate assort ment of qualities now at 50c and up. Treasurer's Sale of Seated and Unseated Lands. Agreeable to the provisions of an Act of Assem bly entitled, "An Act directing the mode of sell ing Unseated Lands for taxes, passed the 20th day of March, 181f>, and the supplements thereto, 1, I,kk K. (iAViTT Treasuser of the County of Slilli van, hereby give notice to all persons concerned that unless the County, State, Road School and Poor Taxes due 011 the following tracts on Un seated Lands situated in said county aud paid before the day of sale, the whole or such 1 >art ol each tract as will pay the taxes and such cosi charguble thereon will be sold at the Court House in Lo)iorte, said county of Sullivan on the 13th day of June, I»KM, being the sei-ond Monday ol June. The sale to lie continued by adjournment from day today if deemed necessary for arrear ages of taxes due, and assessed and cost accrued on each tract respectively. , Unseated Lands. ACRES. WARRANTEE. TAX Cherry Township 50 Eldred, William $7 0C 50 Getting, Christian 12 0C 100 Gray, William 12 0C 20 Holtzhower, Geo 4 St 75 Jackson, Jeremiah 18 0C 40 Meylert, William 9 6C 86 Norris, Jos. P 10 112 5 Reed, Collmson 2 4( 40V& Turner, William 1 Sf 70 Van Phull, William .... 16 227 Weitzel, Jacob 54 4i 93 Woodward, Ebenezer ... 11 If Colley Township 120 Anderson, John $22 5(1 300 Burke, Thomas 56 40 50 Conipton, Adam J 9 41 19 Campbell, Robert 3 51 325 Clark, John 61 I<] 444 Cook, John 83 47 150 Crispin, James 28 20 333 1-3 Carpenter, Casper J.... 62 60 400 Campbell, Gustavius 75 20 224 Carpenter, Charles 42 61 400 Carpenter, Elisha 75 20 314 Coddinger, Garrett 59 03 175 Fitzsimmons, John 32 90 487 Humphrey, Parley 91 56 104 Houseweart, Geo. W. .. 19 55 34 Kester, Jacob 6 39 202 Logan, Sheldon 37 98 50 Morse, William 9 40 400 Nicholas, Henry 91 00 361 Parley, Nathaniel 67 86 200 Goodheart, Elisha 108 10 479 Green, Willard 89 05 467 Graves, Rufus 87 80 350 Goodheart, James F. .. 65 80 314 Housewort, John 64 67 380 Pinco, Bezebel 41 04 192.43 Richart, E. G 82 35 300 Kerr, George Adolphus.. 56 40 50 Sparkhawk, Thomas .... 940 64 Shaw, David 12 03 215 Woodward, Ebenezer ... 61 43 233 Walliston, Seth 43 30 300 Whitford, Wilson 70 50 110 Tresaulthick, J. H 20 66 Davidson Township 84 Bradley. R. F $5 71 392 Balliott, John 56 02 379 Beasley, Johnson 56 09 156 Coates, Samuel 22 46 131 Colt William ID 38 325 Cope. Israel 48 10 436 Custard, Mary 69 98 436 2-3 Coates, Mary 34 92 50 Coates, Jacob 7 40 83 Coates, Mary 12 !>6 10 Dean, John 1 48 200 Evans, Job 30 60 201 Ewing, Jasper 30 76 150 Evans, Joel 22 20 427 Ewing, Robert 34 16 250 Evans, Paul 20 00 HS'/i Harvey, Peter 61 93 60 Hess Samuel & Wesley. SBB 450 Harvey, Nicholas 67 60 21 Hess Samuel or Wesley. 310 30 James, Grace 4 44 436 James, Mary SI 88 400 James, Mary 59 20 54 James, Grace 16 32 382 James, Grace 56 53 230 Miley. Martin 34 04 356 McMullan, Alexander .. 316 12 187 Montgomery, William .. 27 68 400 Patterson. William 59 20 80 Paschal. Joseph 11 84 358*4 Sample, Catherine 52 98 75 Straw-bridge, James 11 10 Elkland Township I 250 Cook, Stephen $l5 75 I 131 Carpenter, John 23 98 150 Carpenter, John 112 15 130 Cooley. Henry 5 89 j 286 Eldred Charles 52 33 16 Fritz. Aaron 8 11 |39 Spaulding, Hugh 10 80 180 Spaulding, Hugh 14 64 i 100 Turner. Samuel 32 02 j 100 Turner, Henry 46 53 j 8 Rogers, C. S 1 46 Forks Township 35 Atmore, William s^ ( ; "4 40 Harber, Uriah 6 96 60 Bankley, Edward 10 44 3 Dorsey, John f'l 437 Dorsey. Leonard 76 04 407 Dorsey, John 70 82 50 Eddy, George 4 30 25 Fox, Hannah 215 50 Fox, Eliza H 8 70 137 Fox, George 188 27 464 Hurley. Charles 82 90 97 Lloyd, Peter 54 54 80 68 Lucke, Henry 7 OS 50 Lownes, Joseph 8 70 I 146 Musser, John 25 40 402 Norris, Eliza H "4 57 43 Norris, Joseph P 'I "(I GO Pleasants. Israel 10 41 55 Roberts, Hugh 9 402 Roberts. George 72 05 168 Silsby, Henry M 29 23 266 Silsby, Joseph • 46 -8 469 Warren, Samuel 81 (ill 400 Warren, George M • 1 " 116 Miers, George 2 il Fox Township '3O Epple, Henry 22 !96 Gigga, Henry .......... 17 u? 407% Hughes, George 74 57 48 4-10 Kuhn. Peter , "15 1 3 May Warren 382 Simpson, John •• • 10 Shaw, Robert JJ; ;!83 Williams, Henry 7t Hillsgrove Township 80 Alberte, George *]4 0. 96 Alberte. George I 335 Bontaam. Kphriam 1» j -129 1-10 Boyd, John " * 1100 Bates, Conrad ' ' '' '216 Hon ham, William ?hi ;44Vfc Carpenter. Samuel .} »' i 257% Delaney, Thomas J 1 150 llornkeitli, Jeremiah 4 R 100 Plotts. J. Q. ........... 17 w 410 Reese, Daniel 1 13 Ji 405 Seckler, Michael 45 0' Laporte Township 417 Adams, Kbene/.er $B3 4t 417 Adams, Zebediali 8:5 4t 3:58 Boyd. James 07 0( 200 Bond. Thomas 4o 0( 3ft Backus, Philip 7 8( 25 Brewster. Virginia (i( 40 Brewster, Virginia N (I Undivided % of 102 Franklin, Walter V 0. : 223 Kox, Hannah 23 3t 97 Kox. Sarah 0 7< 34 Fox, Samuel M:: ji 8 Franklin, Thomas 1 (it 30 Fox, Ann ;! C( 30 Fox, Sarah 7 o( 4o Franklin, Walter •; o< 03 Franklin. Walter 0 3< 57 Gardner, Richard 5 7( 14 Graff, John 2 8> 28 Graft, John 5 (J( 170 Graff, John 31 0< 87 Graff. Andrew 17 It 10 Gardner, Richard 10! 23S GrafT, John 47 G< Undivided of 10 Garragues, Susan W.... 10( 401% Gundecker, John 80 31 105 Gray, Robert 10 51 13 Gardener, Richard 2 6( 20 Same 10( 118 Harvey, Jonathan ...... 11 8« 417 Huntingdon, Benjamin.... 83 li 401 Heber, John 80 '>( 5 Hilling, Joseph 1 Oi 140 Harvey, Jonathan 14 Of 17% Same 4 7i 104 Hall. Charles 20 8( 40 Hart, Adam 8 ill 117 Harvey, Jonathan 23 4t 24 Hilling, Joseph 4 8( 5 Kidd, John estate 1 IK 113% Levi. Daniel 113; 402 Musser, Martin 80 4i 08 Morris, Richard H 6 8< 71 Morris. Richard H 7 1< 01 Morris, Jas. P 12 21 95 Pleasants, Samuel 19 0i 40 Parker, Thomas 8 0( 17 Parker, William 2 71 109 Parker, William 28 8: 00 1-3 Parker, William 12 01 100 Perkins, Joseph 20 Ot 99 Roberts, Elizabeth P.... 19 8( 00 Roberts, Tomazine 13 21 401 Roberts, Joseph F 8o 2< 417 Seargent, Erastus S3 4( 417 Swift, Cyrenus 85 4' 97 Smith, Daniel 9 ?( 130 Wright, Samuel R 20 Ot 45 Welles, Gideon 9 0' 86 Weaver, William 17 2( 9 Welles. Gideon 1 8i 119 Walsh, Richard 11 9( Shrewsbury Township. 56 Buschhausen & Ingham.. 3 5> 59 Boyd, John 8 2i Undivided V6 of 418 Benson, Peter 29 2S 100 Daughert.v, John 7Ot 10 Fox, Maria C 1 If <ti" Hepburn. James 7 40 355 Haines, Reuben 49 70 177 King. Ezekiel 07 97 437 Kentzeng, Abraham 27 97 401% Ixuig, James 50 21 01 Norris, Jos. P 3 90 380 Ogden, Joseph 54 0i 380 Same 51 04 385 Pleasants, Mary 53 90 190 Richardson, Isaac 20 50 114 Swain, John 15 90 Also, ai the same time and place, the following tracts and parcels of land duly assessed and returned on the seat ed list, prior to 1902, will be sold for arrearages of taxes in the names ot the present or former owners. In accord ance with the provisions of an act of Assembly passed April 29. A. 1). 1841: Acres. Names. Tax. Cherry Township. H. and lot Wood, James $7 01 2 lots Blight, W. H J 5 84 100 Dyer, John 11 81 50 Dunham. lx>t 4 S7 14 Quinn, John, Sr I 23 140 Spencer, Walter 17 01 20 Sylvara, B. M 1 79 93 Union Tanning Co 7 34 H. and L.and land and out buildings, Roe, William S 30 07 Hester, Jesse 1 8.1 20 Kisner. Mrs. Martha.. .. 2 19 39 Randall, W. F 1 29 118 Connor, Charles 3Go til Pendegrast, Anthony ... 2 90 50 Lavelle, Lawrence 83 H. and L„ Moltz, Lenze 2 20 Lot. Barron. John 110 27 Baum, Samuel 1 73 H. and L., Manning, Chilson... 1 38 House. Hecker. Charles 00 H. and L., Ratch, John 2 In 07 Hunsinger, Solon A 4 29 Colley Township. 100 Daddon, Mrs. E. L $-l 40 100 Ellinger, I. P. and G. P.. 000 50 Harris, Mrs. Ilarry 2 20 103 Kalson, John 227 54 Kozeu, John 1 19 05 Listock, Mieulus or Nich olas 2 73 50 McMullen, John 1 78 35 Rinebold. Dr. N. A 39 08 Union Tanning Co 2 28 42 l/ockwood, Charles 92 50 Quinn, James 2 15 50 Miller, William 1 54 Dusliore Borough. Lot. .lonian, Edward $3 22 Lot. Jordan. John M "31 Elkland Township. 30 Chilson, Mrs. Bertha.... $3 03 207 Sullivan. John 29 04 Forks Township. 10 Rineboldt. Eli $3 85 The sum of fifty cents must also be paid on each tract, lot or parcel of land advertised in addition to the amount named opposite each tract, lot or par cel of land for advertising. Also, in addition to the same interest will be charged ui>on the amount of taxes dm upon each tract, lot or parcel of land for each year from the first day of Jan nary of the year following until p:-;id, tinder Act of 1887. N. B. —No taxes will be received on the day of salo. LEE R. OAVITT. Treasurer. Treasurer's C.T.ce, Laporte. Pa.. April 2ud, 1904. ? LOPEZ NEWS ITEMS. Miss Mary lfanuon of Mildred ' spent Tuesday at Thos. Lundav's. , Mr. Carey ofScronton was a bust* i ness man in town Monday. 1 Miss OUie Brewer has gone to La , quin for the summer. Mrs. Georpe Cnnlhaugh of Bern ice 1 called on friends here Tuesday. , Mrs. Theodore I Hckerman of Peck i ville, is visiting her parents at this 1 place. , George Miller of Ricketts spent i Sunday in town. P. J. Finan spent Sunday with his parents in town. The Baccalaureate Sermon will he delivered in the Evangelical church Sunday evening, May Ist, by Rev. Mower. BERNiCE. John Sick visited Harry Baslcy atSonestown, Friday. G. F. Dampam was at Wilkes barre Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur White were at Bushore Friday night. Anthony Toushner and Miss Tres sa Burk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Burk, were united in mar riage in the St. Francis t'hurch, Tuesday morning, by Rev. J. A. iuiright. We wish them happiness in their journey through life. Harry Brewer is 011 the sick list with a bad throat. 1). G. Sachem B. Watson raised up the following chiefs in Katonka Tribe No. :>:?<> on Monday night: ■iac., F. Sornoski; S. S., W. H. Brown; J. S., Charles Cook; Prop., I J. P. Murphy; C. of R., C. B. Wat son. This Tribe has a record they ' can be proud of. A membership of seventy, and over eleven hundred j dollars in their treasury, an increase ! of over three hundred dollars the last year. Peter Pyne of Pittston visite is mother Tuesday. Alexander Collins and daughter uf Wilkeslmrre, visited his parents hereon Wednesday of last week, ESTELLA. Mrs. .John Brown is quite sick. Mr. Michael Bream of Ralston, called 011 friends at Kstella Sunday. There will be warm sugar served !>y the Grangers in the Hall Tuesday 1 evening. A party of young people had a surprise party at W. T. More's Sat- j urday evening. All report a good j time. i Miss Anna Wheatley is working j it Hotel Currie, at Forksville. Bath master W. K Wheatley is busy with a crew of men 011 the roads. Miss Dora Brown spent Sunday with Miss I.illic Wheatley. Mrs. W. T. More and Mrs. Geo. Brown spent Sunday with their rois ter, Mrs. Steve Yroman, at Hills grove. Miss Grace Wheatley was home from Forksville over Sunday. High School Gradvntcs. The various High Schools of Sul livan County are 111 out to close, all having accomplished results highly satisfactory and creditable to both the students and teachers. At Laporte a class of four have graduat ed with honor, their examination percentage ranging from!)."> to 100. The class consists of Messrs Hubert Mason, Joseph Wrede, Misses lone Mason and Vinnie Kddy. The Lope/. High School graduated ; a class of five—Messrs John Bee ! Johnson, Sedgewick Clinton Werk liiser, Misses Mary Josephine Lundy,l Alice Kathryn Smith, and Frances 1 Mary Walsh. At Forksville the High School 1 graduates a class <>f six students: | Messrs Halph K. Burgess, Nelson ('. Mullen, Misses ()live C. IMotts,(«race R. Wheatly, Myrtle S. Collins, and Pearl A. Bentield. The Laporte Graduating Exercises will be held in the Court House, Fr iday evening April 2!t, At Lope/. Thursday Evening, May 2, in the Evangelical church* The Forksville 1 class hold their exercises in tl>e M. E. Church, Tuesday evening May :l 1904. 75 TS. PER YEAR SCNESTOWN. i The two-year-old baby of Mr. and j Mrs. Dan Miller is quits sick with . I pneumonia. Harry Phillips and wife of Jersey Shore, are visiting the former's j mother who is in poor health. Miss Lottie Wilson of Newberry, is visiting at the home of H. P. Hall and other relatives. Mr. Bert Ilazen and bride are spending their honeymoon with his brother Frank at Harrisburg. About twenty from this place at tended the < )dd Fellow's parade at Montoursville, on Tuesday, but they j did not appreciate the rain, as some of them returnded 011 the first train. Ed Boatman and wife visited rel atives at Mapleton, Sunday. Jacob Fries and wife of Laporte, visited the hitter's brother, Wm, Donovan, the fore part of the week. Hoilis and Emmet Look wood are spending this week with their moth er at Elimsport, and expect to goou a fishing trip before returning. Miss Jennie Hazen is visiting at Eagles Mere. Mrs. (j. Mencer and her Sunday School class of young ladies spent last Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Gladys Sheets, and enjoyed a treat of warm maple sugar. Mrs. McCartney visited friends at Muncy, over Sunday. T. S. Laird was in town on busi j ness Friday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campbelle, a daughter. H. C. Boatman had his cow killed on Monday, as it had some kind of a lump which lately began spread ing like cancer. HILtSGROVE. The Ball Team have rented a field of James Dutter for the season and are cleaning ajdiamond and erecting bleachers. I'eter Huft'smith has a force of men opening his coal mines. (>us has accepted position with the B. &S. K. It. Henry Darby lost a valuable horse last week and is now in the market for a new one—a horse well ac quanted with the road between here and Forksvillo is preferred. Sam Darby and family returned from a weeksjvisit at Pennsdale Fri day. liussle Biddleis on the sick list. Among the business and social vis itors to our thriving burg last week were A. S. Buckley of Williamsport Messers Bende and Wilcox of On shore, Prof. Charles Warberton of Davidson, and Lafi'ette Softer of Proctor. School closes Friday with the cus tomary exercises. The Maccabees gave a Phantom Party at William (Jumbles Saturday evening which was a success both socially and financially. Fred Rinkcr met aud couqueeed j 1 hungry bear while fishing at Slab ! Hun Monday. ; The Sun Light Orchestra of this ; place will furnish the music at the | Commencement Exercises at Forks ville May -i. S. F. (ialough is on the sick list. Commencement Program. Commencement Exercises of the Laporte High School, in the Laporte Court House on Friday, April L'Hth, 190-1, at s o'clock p. m. Program. Music, Mrs. E. M. Dunm. Rev. E. A. Heim. Prayer, Rev. S. 11. Epgler. j Essay, "The Boyhood of Abra ! ham Lincoln," lone Mason. ( Vocal Solo, Miss E. Jessie Wrede. j Oration, "Victory in Defeat" Joseph J. Wrede. | Music, Mrs. E. M. Dunham. Rev. E. A. Jleiiu. "The Value of Education," Vinnie Eddy, i Oration, "The Hudson River and ■ its Discoverer," W. R. Mason. Vocal Solo, Miss Alice Brewster. Address, Co. Supt. M. R. Black. Presentation of Diplomas by i James MacFarlane, Secretary of Board of Education. Benediction, Rev. I. H. Fisher. Music, Mrs. E. M. Dunham. Rev. E. A. Heim.
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