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.
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and get a set of this
Hand Painted
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AT
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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!<l'f
] had an intervciw with Jerome
Mathews at hi -home in Forks Tw p.
relative to the letter to Judge D in
liam printed in the"News Item"
over the signiur< of Jennie Mat
hews. Mr. Mtlhews told me thai
he wrote the lei ier because he be
lieved it his duty to do so. Tnat,
there is no Jennie Mailn-ws in tin
family but that he himself w rote
the letter, that he me.mi every
word of it and would tell 1 he voter
on election day that he wrote and
signed the letter.
F. "W Meyleit.
Campbell "The Merchant"
SHUNK, PA.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY
FALL and WINTER STOCK of
CLOTHING.
Mens' Boys and Youths' SUITS and OVERCOATS.
SHOES for all; from the little tot to the old man. Also
the well known Wat son town Lumbermans Shoes.
Also RICH'S celebrated Woolen Coods. Always have
Up to date as well as Fresh
Groceries and Provisions.
Yours for Business,
A. E. CAMPBELL.
Extraordinary Showing
of Fall Suits.
for Men, Boys and Children
are now here for inspection.
Suits in black day and unfinished worsteds and I hibets
Homespuns, I rencli and English El; nnels, and Scotch
Goods.
Overc< a!s in Cjenuine West of England Coyer!s
Hundreds of Exclusive Trouserings.
BOYS and Childrens' Suits in all the new fabrics and
mak«. s.
Prices as well as variety are txtraordinary. All new
an I up to date line of Gents Furnishings. Hats. Caps, He
Also the only place where you can g-t the
"Walk Over" 3f>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