FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORK. I'ENNA. CAPTTA.II - " $50,000 PDRPI.UB - • *IO.OOO Does a General Banking Business. W.JKNNING9, M. P. BWART9. President. Cashier J. BRADLEY. Attorney at-Law. i iffice, corner ol Main and Muncr Sts. LA POUT K, PA. ! raving opened an office at IH2B Areli Si., Philadelphia, I shall still continue to practice in the several Courts of Sullivan County. When not in my office personally a compel nt person will lie found in charge thereof. Bonds of various kinds furnished. "112 RANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. office in Heeler's Block. LAPORTF, Sullivan County. PA. Rush -I. Thomson, Albert P. Heess, is; I. 1902. JHOMSON & HEESS, LAWYERS, MTSHOUK, PENNA. I.ong Distance/i'elephone. January I, 19M. J.T& F. H. INGHAM, ATTO HURTS-AT- I.AW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining eountiee PORTE, P A £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LA PORTE, PA. OPPIOK IN COUWTY RCILDINe WKA» COI'I'T ROUBB. J. H. CHUN IN, ATToaNKY-AT LAW, SOTAKT PUBLIC. orricx os *AI» stuitifT. |M —' 11<>K Q J. MOLYNEAUX, D.D.S. Graduate Universily'.of Pennsylvania. NEW ALBANY, PA. At Lopez, l\i., Wednesday and I hurnda) each week. LA PORTE HOTEL. I.'. w, GAIJIJAGHEK, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court Mouse square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber shop; also good stabling and livery, T J. KEELER. I . Justiee-of-the Peace. Office, in room over store. LAPORTh. PA. Special attention given to collections. All matters left to the care ol this office will be promptly attended to. M. Brink's New Albany, Pa. APPLES WANTED I am keeping near on track here to buy all the nice solid hand puked apples I can get. Come and get our m ney. M BRINK, Now Albany 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' How Are Your Eldu«ya t t f>r. Hobbs' Sparauus I'llls cure all kiilney ills. Ban> jXe free Add s?terllu*i Keinedy Co.. Chicago or N. V Mr. John Hassin, Sr. lost one of j his most valuable livery horses, Suu !day last. The many Laporte friends of Mr. Samuel Colt and family of Lancas ter, N. V. were grieved to hear of the death of Master Frederic Colt, October lie was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Colt, and has .spent many summers in this place where he is well remembered as a bright and manly little fellow. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Strohl and several other persons will be baptised in the Episcopal church next Sunday after noon at :»::»(>. This is the lirst of the afternoon services to which all are welcome. .Miss Margaret Heim of Lancaster, I "a., and Mrs. <'. N. Holden of Phil adelphia, who spent the summer at the Rectory, have returned to their respective homes. .Mrs. John (Jaris of New Columbia is visiting Iter sister, Mrs. \V. 15. Hit ter at this place. The little schoolmates iind friends of 1 lattie Schrader gave her a sur prise party on Wednesbay night of last week, in honor of her eighth birthday. She received many pre sents. Refrt shments were served and a very pleasaot time was enjoyed by all. Mrs. W- I!. Hitter and sister spent Thursday of last week with the for mers daughter, .Mrs. Leo Wrede, of Saterfield. Mrs. Jennie Whitbeck left here Friday morning for West. Virginia where she will join her husband. Last week we printed an article concerning the Republican candidate for sheriff of Sullivan county F. W Buck, who was alleged t< • have made a vicious and unprovoked assault upon the person of Robert McMahon while he (Buck) was intoxicated. We took the article or the substance of it in good faith from the Onshore Herald, but it now transpires with testimony based upon the sworn statement of Robert McMahon, the alleged victim of Buck's malice, that the w hole matter is a lie. We would be exceedingly sorry to injure an in nocent man, even unintentionally, and the report being contradicted in the strongest and most conclusive manner, we are convinced that the Herald's article and our extract from the same arc untrue. New Albany Mirror. Jtdgc Gansel Dead. Mr. Joseph Hansel, father of our townsman, J. IT. (iansel, died ;it the home of his son John, at Muncy Valley, Sunday October :t(t, at the advanced ageofss years. Mr. (ian sel enjoyed good health and the use of all his faculties until about a year ago when he suffered a stroke of paralysis while visiting at the home of his son at this place. For several weeks it was thought he could not recover, but his remarkable vitality conquered and ho so far re covered that he was able to return to Muncy Valley. lie was much respectd by a large nu.nber of friends throughout the county. A sketch i)f his life will appear in a later issue of this paper. DR. M E. HERRMANN. The situation in Sullivan county in the canvas for Representative, reveals the fact tdat l>r. Herrmann's election is a foregone conclusion. In fact it is intimated that even the act ive supporters of his opponent can didly admit the Doctors' election. l)r. Herrmann's hold upon the people of Sullivan county has been pained by years of good service among them. Wherever lie has been tried as physician, friend or neighbor, he has not been found wanting. lli- opponent is both a hustler and a politician and is riding the country over in a frantic effort to convince the voters that he isa bet ter qualified man for the position than Dr. Herrmann. But the vot ers have known both men, for many years, and are well able to make the choice for themselves. Mr. Phillips lias frequently asked, and once received honor in the way of public office from the citizens of Sullivan County Dr. Herrmann on the other hand, although lie has spent most of hi life here and has always been regard ed as a representative citizen has never before asked fur political hon ors. The people will this fall do honor; to themselves as well as to the Doc tor, by sending him to Harrishurg, to look after their interests in the j General Assembly. Many Supporters for BucK. From llie Sullivan Review. Tin- editor of the Review had not intended to take part in litis I'lim paign, but our natural love of lan play lias impelled us to defend nnr friend and neighbor. Had Frank Ruck been as well fixed financially as his opponent, had l>e two good hands with which to make a living, we would probably have kept out of the light and let him do hattle for himself. Others feel the same way. A lifelong Democrat told us the oth day:"l am for Frank Ruck. 1 re member when he climbed out of a wagon on Main street bridge, hold ing the bleeding stump of his left arm gripped in his right. I asked him what I could do for him, and lie simply said: 'Tell my wife,' and sat down 011 the window ledge of the corner drug store until word had been carried to her of his mis fortune.'' Another man asked "What will you do now, Frank," and with that grim smile through his stubby beard lie replied: "Hod only knows, but I w«.nt starve." Rater 011 he refused the present of a purse raised by his friends, saying: "I am not a beggar. When this >tul> gets well I can do something." Then he went bravely to work ami has been "doing something" ever since. He has literally "played it alone." When lie was nominated for sheriff he said "I'll fight my own cam paign," and he started out on foot and across lots to see the voters. Not a word has been uttered against "the other fellow." lie has been treated like a gentleman. Mr. Ruck has been met with theeruclest abuse. Ile has been lied about. His polit ical enemies have sought to ruin his private character. II makes our blood boil to comtemplate it, as it will the blood of any man to whom fair play is dear. Men who have boasted of their wealth, their power and influence, have defended to low est trickery, and vilest vituperation against a man, compelled by misfor tune, to earn a living with only one hand. If they knew what shame is they would be unable to show their heads. I inshore K"view. Communication. The Sullivan Herald repeatedly asserts that during the trial of John («. Scouten for libel, 1 used my in fluence to secure his conviction. The facts are that during his first trial before JudgcMctzger, I was out of town almost the entire time of the trial, and was not around the Court House, but a few minutes (tar ing the whole trial. In no way did I use any influence whatever against him. During his second trial be fore Judge Mitchell, 1 was out of the county during the .whole trial and did not reach l.aporte until the trial was finished, and in 110 way did a thing to influence anyone. At the time Mr. Scouten was sen tenced, I did not, as asserted by the Herald, come into the court and ar gue the case; while in my ofHce Judge Mitchell asked me to come into court and there asked me a question in regard to the authority of Associate Judges, which I simply answered to the best of my ability, and then went luck into my office and obtained a book which 1 handed to the Judge, which 1 thought bore upon the nuestion asked me. This wasall I did in the case, and it was entirely at the request of Judge Mitchell. K. M. Di WHAM. COMMUNICATED. ('anipbellsville. Pa. Nov. HM>4. I'ditor News Item, Hear Sir. —The letter writ ten by Jerome Mathews to Judge Dunham has explained in a satis factory way how Mr. Scouten was able to get the affidavit be publish cd a. few weeks ago. The Herald and the (sazette are making t big fuss because «112 the mistake in printing it "Jennie Mathews'' instead of "Jerome Mathews." but 1 have talked with Jerome Mathew sand he says that hew rote the letter and will tell the voters so election, and that lie meant all he said. Mr. Scouten's doing w hat he has and trying to hurt Judge Dunnain does not go well with a great many people here who have known Mr. ' Dunham a great, many years, and he will get agood many more votes! en account of it. A Citizen. I Hon. Edwin M. Dunham. Con! in tied from pajge Ore. learned of bis • liberality and free heartedness from those whose >»«*uo t'aetor IK* lias been- In the campaign now closing Judge Dunham lias befen most 1 >it terly maligned from certain quar ters. for political effect. lie lias been slandered, misquoted, misrep resented, abused and! basely and shamefully assailed. The most open and bare-faced lies have been circulated with an energy, persist ence and liendishnesjs character istic of the source front which they have originated. But in spile of it all the fair name of Junge Dunham will live in the annals of this county and will stand for integrity, honor and manhood when (ho cun ning ai.il crafty traduefcrs \\ ho ha ve tried t«» work his ruiiihave been long consigned to ignominious *»b livion. The people have awakened to a sense of the injustice that il being done. What they at first took only as "campaign jokes" they have now become indignant about. The hundreds cf neighbors and friends t>f Judge Dunham, regard less of their party al't'illial.ions, are coining to his support with a de termination thai' bids fair to syeep this county. Fair minded citizens of every party have been arous ed by the cruel and contempt ible falsehoods that have becu sent out anil will work until the closing of the polls tin election day to show their condemnation of such meth ods. From every section of the county are daily coming letters and assurances of support from those who have hitherto been indifferent or inactive, pledging their votes, their influence and their time from now until the battle is over. The outlook in the whole district grows brighter every day and We predict, with all confidence, the're-election of Hon. Edwin M. Dunham, by a large and emphatic vote. As there is no Republican candi date for Prothonotury many of that party may desire to vote on that of fice. If so, alia Republican has to do i< to mark a square (for a straight ticket)ami then mark a cross oppo site the name of the person he de sires to vote for I'rothonbtiiry. This has been decided a good ballot hy the Supreme Court of this state in Pa., page ttii. Remember that this can only be done 011 Proth onotnry for the reason that the lie publicans have no candidate. THE MATEWSLETTER PULL VINDICATION. Signature Look.s I ike "Jennie' tj Everybody. We. tit* undersigned, have seen the leiier addres.-ed i<> Judge Duo ham and printed in the \ewslbni over ihe signature of "Jennie" Math. ws. We have carefully examined the signature and certify that it bears more resemblance to "Jennie" than to "Jerome" iml that any one not acquainted with the family would naturally assume the signature to be "Jennie:" Thos. J. I unburn, Joseph Carpen ter, A.J. I lack ley, Dr. \V. IT. Ran dall, S. Mead, F. W. Meylert, \V. J. lligley, David Mark, John (iumble, K. I*. Ingham, \V. C. Mason, C. L. Wing, J. i i. Culver. I.aporte, Pa.. Nov. M, 1904. Kditor Mews 11em. 1 >ear Sir: On Wednesday Nov. . l!oe. J. W. CARROLL'S, Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA. Better Bargains for Less Money. New Fall Goods. Mus: beautiful and modern in style goods lor Fall and Wii ter wear are arriving daily. Having been very fortun ate in the buying ol these high class good and not now obl'ged to pay a n iddle man's profit I insure you receiving high value for smallest possit le cost. Come and take a look at my large and complete line of Suits and Overcoats. A Creat Reduction in SHOES. New Line! SHOES. JACOB HERR, DEALER IN Clothing, Shoes and Ladies' Cloaks LAPOBTE, PA. BBAUtifrOLLY 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 theextremelv low prices prevailing here. Easy Foot Wear for All Oli! No Trouble at all to Show Goods, Trto Q; l.i litv, p ice -.id style of our spring and sum mer SHOES which are marked down for closing out are 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