Republican News Item. VOL. IX. NO. 11. C To Buy YouJt Je welry.C X Nothing in Town to Compare WithN ( the Quality that We are Giving / s Yon 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 C of this section. Many years here in business, always } Nwitbafull line of goods above suspicion; chosen C (with a care and judgment commensurate with its S \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ q our store a sale place to invest. 112 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X RETTENBURY, > I)USH( COL HARDWA^K^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnjshiug 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 Genera! Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAM SPORT, PA. Snowy at tract ive Muslin I' nderware that combines so much comfort and beauty was never offered at more attractive prices. All these garm ents arc full size and splendidly made of excellent Muslin and Cambric. LONG SKIRTS. ' DRAWERS. SHORT SKIRTS. CHEMISE. CORSET COVERS. GOWNS. Shirtwaist Suits. Women's Stock Collars. Nothing daintier, nothing prettier W'e.ve made a purchase of dainty nothing so economical as the two- gtock Collars, an endless variety of piece summer suit. \\ e have about styles among them. Some are plain, every style that is worn. These are otherß embroidered. We have made of Percale, Madras, Linen and bunched them in lots, other cotton fabrics and silks. 0.- H . 50C ANI» 75C. Wash Petticoats. G ° ol Summer Corsets. We believe thee Petticoats to be Nfiw '""dels. Come and see them, better value than you ever bought We can recommend several makes before. They arc mad,»of plain color at r, ° l ' to 81 that }U '° maen Thrasher, I). F. McCarty, Reuben Hunsinger, Thomas Cangley, H. RinelK)lt, Henry Johnson, George Huffmaster, Elmer Bigger, Jackson Williams, Frank 11. Farrell, John H. Yonkin, Edward Fiester, Chas. Little, Lloyd McCarty, Watson Speary, John Brown, Benj. K. Luther, Geo. W. Smith, William Walsh, I). H. Lorah, Frank Thai I Clarence Newell, A. J. Hack ley, Roland Martin. Grand Jikoks —John 0,000 damages. They liveatCen tralia and it was there a short time ago that in the middle of the night they were awakened by a crash and found themselves in a heap of debris on top of a freight car and some dis tance from their house. The freight car hat! dashed through and carried them off, besides wrecking the house. In the bureau drawer was $2500, the life savings of Cowich, and in the confusion this disappear ed. Not only did he lose his money and his house but his wife and chil dren were hurt, and some of them are still suffering from their injur ies.—liloomshurg Daily. The semi-annual meeting of the directors of the Central Pennsylva nia odd Fellows Orphan Home near Sunbury was held last week. C• rent interest centered in the meeting on account of the directors abandoning the plarts for a large new building which have been under discussion for a year. The plans provided for a $30,000 structure, with heating and lighting apparatus underneath, liut eareful thought convinced the direct ors that this would be dangerous and that tire, against which there would not be sufficient protection, might occasion the total destruction of the building, and besides that loss of life. The plan adopted is to build sepa rate buildings for boys' dormitories, girls' dormitories, administration building, and heating, lighting and laundry department. These plans will demand $50,000 to carry them through. While that amount is not available at once, it is pointed out that the administration building could be erected later, and the other work pushed to completion at once. The plan, after some discussion was unanimously" adopted. The orphanage is overcrowded, there are many applicants who can not be cared for, ami enlarged quar ters are necessary to carry on the good work. The LaKe Side Hotel on Fire Some excitement was caused on W r ednesday of last week at Eagles Mere when the roof of the Lakeside Hotel caught fire from the chimuey, but which was extinguished without calling out the tire company. V V *?. • # - * JUDICIAL CONFEREES REN * TO AGDEE. | Piatt and Scoutcn Men Hold Firm and No More Meetings Until Settlement Has Been Beached. The Sullivan-Wyoming Democrat ic Judicial Conference convened at Timkhannock Tuesday, and agreed on only one point which was to ad j journ to meet at the call of the two candidates James W. Piatt and J. (J. Scoutcn. An Answer to "A Communication." The article appearing in the News Item of last week describing the base hall game between Sonestown and Nordmont was a clever scheme. The article at first reads as though it had l»een written by some disinter ested bystander and the use of "hert" at the head of the article would in dicate a resident of Sonestown. Now as it happens that the so called "eye witness" was not only a par ticipant, hut captain of the Nord mont team, the writer deems it hut fair to set the readers aright. Ex ception could be taken to nearly every statement in that "communi cation." Was it not "an unusually nice game" when a pitcher who "pitched an excellent game" per mitted 21 runs? Especially must this have been so since the 'com pound" was picked up ten minutes before the game. The team had no josition practice, but came on the field for a good friendly game. They had no pitcher and secured the servi ces of a man who was not objected to at the time. Again attention should he called to the fact, that Nordmout had all home talent from the mascot to the catcher. (>f course we are not say ing anything about the brilliant plays the members of the "coin pound" made as the exiellent team work of the visitors was above our heads. Members of the "compound" wish to thank the brother base-ball ist for the very sportsmanlike man ner in which he took his defeat. They regret to say that they will l»e unable to accept the carefully worded challenge until a manager and cap tain have been elected ami until we develope pitcher of our own. And now, brothers of the diamond from Nordmont, let us shake hands and make up. We have a Held and no team, you have a team and no Held. Now, we freely offer you the use of our Held any time you wish to play a matched game. Sonestown, Pa. W.L.L. County Sunday School Convention. The Annual Sunday School Con vention of the Sullivan County Sun day School Association will he held at ijopez, August Hi and 1". Schools will please attend to elect delegates and send contribution to treasurer E. T. Molyneux, Overton. HARRIET E. GUI MM, Rec. Secretary. SHVNK. Plenty of hay hut nohody cutting it. Telephone now from Shunk to Wheelerville. I)r. Parsons of Canton, is seen on our streets three times a week,attend ing Jackson Williams who had his leg amputated a short time ago. Bushels of huckellwrries, and how they rush to the patch. Corn crop will he short. < >ats will i he above the average. The days are getting shorter, cold weather is coming on. We had a frost on the morning of the 14th. Sergeant Isaac Shoemaker of the regular army,and Miss Lizzie 111-own | of this place were married in Elmira lon the 12 inst. We extend congrat ! illations. Death ol Mary Pardoe. Mrs. Mary Pardoe of Piatt, died ! at her late home on Saturday, July ! 16th, and was buried in the eeme- I tery near her home on Monday after ! noon. She wast e widow of the i late Richard Pardo.<, and is survived I by three sisters and one brother. - „ Si)NESfOWN. Mrs. TtS. Starr, Misses Agnes I Laird and Ada Simmons were in Eagles Mere Sunday. Mrs. Arch Morris visited her sis | ter, .Mrs. Edgar on Tuesday. William Kiess and family were at Eagles Mere Sunday. Miss Eva Keeler and mother of Wllliaimport have recently been visiting here. The former returned home Sunday evening. Charles Taylor of Hughesville called on friends here Tuesday. Miss Myrtle Edgar is again home after spending three weeks at Eag les Mere. Miss May Donovan is the guest of her brother here. Mrs. Harry Basley b: visiting in Bernlce. W. L. Lorah spent Tuesday at Eagles Mere. Miss Laura Allen of Bernlce visi ted Miss Nellie Basley last week. Miss Alice Pennington visited Mrs. John Converse last Wednes day. Mrs. It. W. Simmons was in Will iamsport last Thursday. Mrs. Esther White of Ithaca, N. Y., is visiting Mrs. P. E. Magargle. Miss Celia Magargle visited in Dushore over Sunday. Miss ltlta Armstrong has gone on a several weeks trip to places includ ing Johnsonhurg, Orange, New York City and other points of inter est. Misses Maud Russel and Eva Merts of Lewisburg, are guests of Mrs. Dane Corson, who gave a par ty in their honor Tuesday evening. Mrs. John Simmons spent a day in Hughesville last week. When our estimable friend "W. A. S." in last week's News Item re ferred to the ball game between Nordmont and Sonestown, he suc ceeded nearly as well in explaining the reason Nordmont was defeated as he did in showing his own par tisanship, misapprehension and ig norance. Sonestown did not have a "padded" team—bnt had she done so, it would have been justifiable in view of the fact that those pitted against her comprised the pick of two teams at Nordmont, that many of the so called Nordmont players are merely temporary workmen for the summer, who have no more right to a vote at Nordmont polls than has the one man whose home is in Picture Rocks, but who that day played with Sonestown because a Sonestown man dropped out of the game and somebody had to be found to make a ninth. And even grant ing this man from the neighboring town, Sonestown has as much right to invite her friends from Picture lioeks to participate as Nordmont has to depend on a man trom Ber uiee. Had the writ r been careful as to his source of information he would have seen that the Muney Valley boys spoken of have been a part of the Sonestown team for years (luring their residence here and saw no reason for resigning because their father moved to Muney Valley, when the boys themselves spend more time here than there, and one holds his residence here. Add to few facts the additional one that Sonestown played three games that day and Nordmont one. Also that a Nordmont man lost #2O that day because his home team failed to win, and we have a pretty good con clusion why the score was not great er in favor of Sonestown, and like wise why Nordmont feels so sore ; and shows it in so public a manner. A prominent citizen of Berwick was called upon last week by Postal Insptclor Gorman to pay a ten dol lar tine for the violation of the pos tal laws by enclosing correspondence in a package going as fourth class matter. The provision violated is in section 484 of the Postal laws and regulations, which says: "Any per son who shall knowingly conceal or enclose any matter of a higher class in that of a lower class and deposit or cause the same to be deposited for conveyance by mail at a less rate than would be charged for both such higher and lower class matter, shall for every such offense be liable to a penalty of ten dollars." 75 TS. PER YEAR SAMUELS I iFor Congress in the Sixteenth District. 1 THREE CANDIDATES, SIX BALLOTS. ! The Republicans Place a Strong Man in Nomination. The sixteenth district congression al conferees' meeting was held .Mon day at the Montour House at Dan ville. Chester Steafather of Lopez, and 11. W. Osier of Hern ice represented Sullivan county, County Chairman William P. Shoemaker also present. Mr. Steafather acted as secretary to the conference. Three candidates were placed before the conference, A. \V. buy, Blooms burg; E. \V. Price, Montour, and Dr. E. \V. Samuels, Mt. Carmel. Six ballots were laken at which time Dr. Samuels was unanimously nominated. The chances for winning a Repub lican congressman were never bet ter. Dr. Samuels is conceded by opponents to be an exceptionally strong candidate which combined with other conditions makes his election quite probable. HILLSGROVE. The Hughesville Independent of last week gave an account ami score of the game of base ball played hen last week, but got it rather mixed. They have it (i—f> in favor of Hughes ville. At tlu, close of the last or nineth inning the score stood (>-(>, then the pitcher for Hughesville team was all in and knew if he finish ed, the tie oft'would ascend, he left the Held followed by the aggregation. Then it was up to the umpire to de clare the game li-li in favor of Hill grove. Ralston's crack base hall team came over here Thursday last and prepared to eat up our light weights, but when we had finished up on them they were sick. (Why, Johny had the goods and delivered them.) Barton done the twirling for Hills grove, and Priestly for Ralston. Six hits were made oft' Barton and twelve off I'riestly. A return'game will be played at Ralston this week. John Barton has jumped the Aus tin team and is back on the slab for Hillsgrove. August Brombeck i> the owner of a tame bear and gives nightly exhi bitions with it at bis residence. The other evening while Charley Ilerley was there visiting the bear broke loose and it was quite a tussel before Mr. Brombeck and Hanly could conquer the animal and get him in the cage. Fred Moulthrope, one of Hills grove's old hoys, now of Sidney, X. V., is here on his vacation fishing and having a general good time. W. L. Hoffman, wife and son, Carter, are visiting friends in Bloss luirg, Iloytvilleand Willianisport. 'Squire Kilmer of Shtink, was a caller in town last week. Vernon Hull and family of King ston, N. V., are summering here. Jack Clegg has bung up work at the tannery and gone to Kmporiem to work. Jack was a right good hand and a good fellow but was an noyed so badly by one of those little animals called a skunk, that he quit. John Barton and Russel Harring ton went up and played with Forks ville against New Albany Saturday. The score was Hi-i' in favor of Forks ville. If some of the Forksville players had not fumbled the ball Barton would have shut New Alb any out; "only one safe strike being made. N. L. Clark of Ralston, is visiting at Steve Vromans. The work on the railroad which is being built by Sones is progressing very fast. It is now graded within two miles of town. Ed. Holcomb Sundayed with Mr. | Davis and family on the hill. Michael BvrKe Dead. Michael Burk an aged resident of Lopez, died at his home in that place I Friday, July l"»th. The funeral was held Sunday, and interment made jin St. Basil's cemetery at Dushore.