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HEATERS;
ONE OF 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 fire Jewel Ease |
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stovo.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting.
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The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAM SPORT, PA.
Ladies' and Misses' Ladies' Tailored Suits
Coats
At half price. Away down in price.
The <;reat r]-» tk s:iU> that he-jan here a
lew ;i'jr*« has ecriaiulv heen appre- \\\. have a ffew hull «.■*" fine Tailored
ciat 1 I •« i•»• 11• I .* rot ladies who have Suits lett*\vhich we will close out at lej-s
hou.iht s-tviish new winter <'oats at half than half the former priceH. The mater*
t he lenuhn* price ami less. ia 18 comprise the newest fabrics shown
\\ c believe the same ♦jun 1 i ties com- w j nter W ear: tliev come in plain. Mack*
himnj: fit, finish and materials are not to * . , ■ ,
he had in the eitv andjcolors, also fancy mixed materials.
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
We cater to your needs with a stock ot all ijuali'vies Irom the lowest to the
highest grades of Muslin I'nderwear. All are made ol good muslin and cambric
nea . 'trimmed with embroidery and laces: every garment is generous ir* propor
tioi fttt 1 cheap in price.
Good Wool Blankets
have sill been reduced. lietierjook them
Would you invest in » pair of good over
Wiinl Blankets. if they "ere very cheap?
Conic in nnd let us show you what we Men's and boys' woolen (ilovea.
have lc.t and how cheap'lyou can buy ~ i , • . i / i .
. ' .Mens ami bovi- scotch (iloves.
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(iiifij) 1 11 I.S I*. (,01 Jl' N I(i II IS. Ladies' Mini Misses' wool Mitten;*.
' _ i i Ladies' Jersey cloth Leggins.
urey Cotton blankets m cioth Le<r g in.«.
We have a few pairs of (iray Cotton Ladies' Knit'iolf Blouses,
blankets thai are being closed out at Ladies' Plautiel Skirt patterns,
much less than the former price. Ladies' Hilling Flannel tiowns.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1905.
THE GR.ANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW, Chatham, N. Y..
Press Correspondent New y *rrh State
Grange
i 1 j
MAINE STATE GRANGE.
There 1* 1jt7.'1,"00 Invented In tp»n«;e
11 aI In lii tlie I'lne Tree State.
The recent session of I lie Maine 1
state grange was the largest In num- ;
bers ever held. Ilou. Obadiah Gardner
Is master. His annual address was a
careful resume of the work of the Or- I
der In the state during the past year. |
His arraignment of the game laws pile- j
ited approval. Another point he laid ,
emphasis on is that no stale master ,
should ever accept political ollice of
any kind while holding otiiee In the j
grange, lie said that seventeen new |
granges had been organized during the ;
year and eleven reorganized, a gain in j
membership of 5,370. Eleven new I
; range balls have been dedicated dur- '
in,; tlie past year, making $73,300 in- j
vested in grange halls in Maine. Uela- j
th e to the road question he said. "The ;
mud tax levied on our people by the |
miserable condition of the common j
roads is the highest we Lave to pay." I
lie advocated government aid in road j
building and the bringing to bear tlie j
iutluence of the grange upon congress. 1
lie had an earnest word for the estab
lishment of a parcels post. The secre
tary's report showed the total member
ship in the state to be 45,-10(1 in 375
granges. Penobscot county has forty
four granges, with a total membership
of 5.831. and has gained 780 the past
yeflfr. There are two other counties iu
the state that have a membership ex
ceeding I,(KM). One grange—Houlton,
Xo. Hi -has 751 members, and five
others have over 400.
\cv* Hampshire Stnte t;rminre.
At a recent meeting of the New
Hampshire state grange the condition j
of the Order iu that state was report- !
ed to be very gratifying. The total j
membership at the eiose of the fiscal !
year, fcept. I.was 27,400, and In view I
of the fact that the population of New
Hampshire Is only 50u,000 and that 27,-
500 are members of the Order the
Oranite State can rightfully elalui to
be the leader iu grange membership,
the total population being taken as a
basis of comparison. The net gain
during the year was 522. The total
membership of the Pomona granges is
8.250. a train of 358. The grange has
to lis credit iii cash $224,400.78. The
sixth degree was conferred on 318
candidates. The Oberou quartet of La
conia furnished music for the occa
sion.
Pomona (iranKf to linn County K*'iiir.
Somerset county Pomona, Maine, has
purchased the grounds of the Agricul
tural society of Skowhegan and will
henceforth conduct the county fairs in
Somerset, 'this will be a novelty that
will be closely watched by the Patrons
all over the state. Tlie grange assumes
the indebtedness of the Agricultural
society, which is $l,lOO. The agree- J
mont further specifies that if at the
end of twenty years the Pomona does
not wish to renew the lease the prop
erty known as I'alrview park is to
lapse to the town or city of Skowliegan
fona public park.
SnlarJi's of ftnt lonnl Olßci'm,
The national grange committee on
finances recommended the following
salaries: five hundred dollars per year
and $3 per day and actual traveling
expenses for the national master, .<4OO
and $3 \) (, r diem for tlie worthy lec
turer. $1,200 and traveling expenses
for the worthy secretary, SIOO and
traveling expenses for the worthy
treasurer and $3 per day and expense-i
for the members of the executive com
mittee. It was also recommended that
$7,000 be set aside as a lecture ami
extension fund.
Pnroeln Pout.
Strong resolutions In favor of the
parcels post were adopted by tlie na
tional grange. The committee laid em
phasis on tlie fact that the rural mail
service now lias the machinery fur an
efficient parcels post system, and,
while It did not advocate a rate that
would drive the express companies out
of business, nevertheless they thought
the people had a right to demand of
congress :in extension of the useful
ness of this system.
Eligibility.
Any man or woman or child over
fourteen years old if living on a farm
or owning or managing a farm, wheth
er living on It or not; any person whose
interests are rural, like a minister in
a country community, a county school
teacher, etc., is eligible to membership.
A Gouil lilea.
The California state grange In recent
session passed the following resolu
tion: "Resolved, That in choosing our
representatives to congress we will
vote for those who will promise to leg
islate for the establishment of an ade
quate up to date parcels post."
The Troy (Pa ) "Mutual Fire Insur
ance company carries about $2,500,000
Insurance tor its members.
The national grange wants Indian
coru to be the national floral emb^m.
Towtmda, Feb. !).—The trial of|
Mrs. Sophia Men-it, one of the fumi-!
ly of five charged with the murder!
anil burning of Maggie 11. Johnson, |
her son's wife in September last, j
came to an unexpected ending this!
afternoon when the District Attor ,
ney announced he had no more evi- 1
denee, nnd the court directed a ver
dict of not guilty.
Higlar Johnson, the dead woman's
husband, pleaded guilty on Tuesday
to the general charge of murder and
and evidence is now being taken to j
determine the degree of guilt. The!
murder charge against Mrs. .Merrit'sj
twin children, Alan/.o and Naney, I
for complicity will, it is understood;
be dropped.
A proclamation "addressed t > the]
American people" was promulgated
last week fjom the various State]
capitds under the auspices of the]
National Grange, I'atrons ol If us
baudry and various national la hoi ]
and agricultural organizations, de
claring that Washington's birthday
be observed as ''Farm, home and
factory day." li advises that upon <
this day the people concentrate their
thoughts upon the conditions foi
the hetterment of the home, farm
and factory. The proclamation re
cites a number of reforms as the ob
ject of the movement; among tliein
being government authority over
railroads; sufficient t > abolish unjust
rates and discrimination, a parcels
post permitting packages up to elev
en pounds weight and a post check
currency system.
In the hope of restoring his
which became impaied twenty yean
: ago, Harry Murphy of William
sport, atone time a printer, fa*ted
for thirty days, and during that
time took nothing but water, and
now takes such nourishment ns or
anges, tigs, dates, eggs and milk.
During his thirty days' fast he lost
thirty pounds. Proir to the treat
ilient he is taking Mr. Murphy wa>
able to distinguish; indistinctly; tin
shadow of a form placed between his
eye and the light. Now he can, he
says, trace t'ie outline of a human
form. A change in the pupil of the
eye ts noticed, as it dilates and con
tracts as the light strikes it. Mr.
Murphy feels confident that his sight
will be restored.
Mrs. Lester Larimer, wife of a
bank cashier of Kbensburg, recently
gave birth to a son, the seventh one
in succession. The family have been
informed that President ,11 >oseveit
said he would give SIOOO to the fath
er of a family of seven sons burn in
succession, and friends of Mr.-. Lar
inter have requested the President
to forward his cheek-for the amount
to )l.e Ebenshurg winners.
The president's recommendation
that congress provide for the collect
ion of statistics ot marriage and di
vorce is an important step toward a
remedy for what has become recog
nized as one of the most degrading
evils of this country.
No official census of divorce has
been taken since lssti. When Car
rol I>. Wrighs made his report on
marriage and divorce for the twenty
years between 18(»(i and IKSi; he di--
eovered Jthe disagreeable fact that
the divorce rate had increased b.7
per cent, while the population had
increased only 00 per cent, In LSt>7
the tiumbej of divorce cases in the
United States wa.-. in 1 ssi» no
less than :!o,<i:ts.
This showing is bad enough, but
there is reason to fear that the new
investigation will show a still worse
condition. The number of Ameri
can divorces is now unoffi ially esti
iniat'dat 50,000 annually an increase
of 100 percent in the last 10 years.
Taking the country as a whole,
in 1000 if is estimated that there wa-.
i one divorce to every tifteen mar
riages.
A Forest City women was married
Monday, eloped next day, was ar
rested on the third, brought back
home on the fourth, forgiven by her
husband on the fifth and went back
to live with him on the sixth. It
is not stated but it is pr -sumed, like
the creator of earth, she rested on
the seventh*
Ik-lore the pres lit legislature tin
islies work an net will lie introduced
pensioning school teachers who lutve
served continuously for thirty years.
The provisions in section I are as
follows:
He it enacted by tlie senate and
house of representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, that from and after
the passage of this act, public school
teachers who have taught in the pub
lic schools for thirty consecutive
years shall be retired upon reaching
the age of sixty years, upon a pen
sion equal to one-half the salary re
re-cived by such teacher during the
last year of-his or her actual teach
ing.
Warrants were served on eight
Scran ton meachatits last week charg
ing them with selling oleomargarine
for butter anil selling it without a li
cense. The warrants were sworn
out by the agents of the pure food
department of 2he State, who for the
last few weeks have been going
over this territory and securing ev
idence against dealers vciio are using
adulterated food in place of.he real
article.
The Pennsylvania Odd Fellows
Anniversary Association will hold
their twenty-first annual session at
Sunbury, on Wednesday, April 2(!th
next, whereby appropiate exercises
and ceremonies they will observe
the eighty-sixth anniversary of Odd
Fellowship in America. At this
session the Shamokin contingent
will make a strong ell'ort to have the
association meet there in P.iotj. The
annual session of the association will
be held in the Hall of tlie Sunbury
Lodge 203, 1. O. O. F., at eleven
o'clock A. M. There will be a mon
stej parade, participated in by Odd
Fellows Lodges from every nook
and corner in Pennsylvania,
i'he Fourth Regiment of the Second
Brigade. Patriarchs Militant, 1. O.
o. F., will participate in the parade
Addresses will be delivered by
prominent members of the order.
A number of the Grand Lodge
will be iu attendance and there wili
be a special session of the Grand
Lodge in the evening to admit new
members. The entire program for
the day is not complete, but will be
announced later. The Od 1
Orphans' Home of Central Pennsyl
vania, being located so near Sun
bury, w ill no doubt cause an un
usual large number of Odd Fellows
to attend the universary.
It is not avery town that can
boast a "lady d >g catcher," but To
wan la enjoys that unique distinction
When the ordinance requiring the
iiiu/.zi ling of dogs was passed on ac
count of the recent mail dog scare,
Conrad Knowles was made the olfi
eial supervisor of canines. u Co >ney"
appareutly did not perform his viti
ties iu that strenuos spirit that
would make the law a living force
and incindent l'y cause the fifty cent
pieces to accumulate in the pockets
of his jeans, or at least his wife Katie
Jane took th \t view of the case, for
■ when her man's am'iitioii dropped
| to low-ebb -.be took the official noose
in "hand and sallied forth.
What is more she proceeded to do
business, and on Wednesday she
came up main street with a most un
willing dog following at the end o!
a rope thrown over her sh nilder.
She asked for the key of th > p »tin 1
and unaided thrust into durance vile
and in danger of death the unmuzzl
ed bruta. Next day another victim
was added to h"r list, an I u>w she
tarries the official rope an 1 th i keys
to the dog jail. It is thus some
i towns have fame thrust upon them.
- -
Wilson Xevil and bis wife Clara
Nevil, have instituted a damage suit
proceedings against the borough of
j Picture Hocks, asking £15,000 for al
! legtd injuries which .Mrs. Nevil re
leelvedon Febru iry 11, 1001, by a
| fall on lClin street. Picture ltocks,
caused by ice on the sidewalk.
She claims fcIO.OOO for her injuries,
and Mr. Nevil asks $">,000 for the loss
of her services. Walter C. Oilmore
j Esq. appears for the plaintiffs.
75 TS. PER YEAR
That President Roosevelt and
John Mitchell, the labor Jleader,
liavr an understanding as to tho
course to be pursued when the pres
ent wage scale in the anthracite reg
ion expires, is believed to be evi
denced by the advice given by the
piesident to the wine workers who
called on him at Washington on
their way home from the national
convention. To these miners the
president eulogied Mitchell very
highly, ami strongly counseled them
to take his advice in any emergency
which may come up. It is now be
lieved that Michell will urge the
miners not to insist upon the recog
nition of the unions by the operators,
nor that the collection by the latter
of the dues of the miners be turned
over to their organization. It is
known that the anthracite operators
have informed President Roosevelt
that they "will never consent to the
closed shop". The operators are
confident the miners cannot win on
this basis, and that there would be
a strong revulsion of public senti
ment in the operators' favor if
the miners should begin another
titantic struggle, such as was wit
nessed in 19J2 on th s issue. The
operators will consent to a renewal
of the present wage scale for another
term of three years and it is now be
lieved that Mitchell will urge the
miners not to attempt to wring the
last possible concession out of the
operators, but to be content with
present conditions. President Roost)
veil, taking time by the forelock is
known to be urging a continuation
it' the scale fixed by his strike com
missionor
ll is a serious question, however,
whether Mitchell can control the
tetion of the miners. It is known
that the strike of 1902 was begun
tgain«t his ad vice, and next yaar
may see history repeating itself.
William Lieb, of Hazelton the
mercantile appraiser of Luzerne
county district, who was going to
collect a mercantile tax from persons
who are soap club agents, has receiv
ed a letter from the Larkin Soap Co.
in which the law is clearly detined
and shows that a tax on such persons
cannot lawfully be levied.
Representative Morrell, of Penn
sylvania, introduced in the house a
bill providing that no person shall
hereafter be appointed to any po
sition in the government service who
at the time of his or her nomination
is, or who at any time antecedent
thereto has been divorced for any
cause save where th- person divorced
is the innocent party in a case of
adultary.
At the approaching election Will
iamsport will vote on a proposition
to abolish the curb stone market.
It is contended that the curb stone
market is not patronized bv farmers,
but by hucksters, that it is a nui
sance to the business section of the
city, an 1 that higher prices for veg
tables prevail there than where they
have no curb stone market.
' Following a custom that has pre
vailed in his family for generations
Councilman Peter Sersholtz, of Potts
town, made a test to discover whether
the snow now on the ground will be
thawed by sunshine or rain.
Propping a big snowball several
inches above the ground, he placed
a lighted candle under it. Soon the
flame pierced a hole through the
snowball and it was observed that
every drop of the water had been ah
sorbed, none falling to the ground.
This indicates that the snow will be
thawed by sunshine alone. Had
water fallen from the snowball it
would have indicated rain. Council
man Seasholtz maintains that the
test is infailable.
Carbon county is reported full of
I detectives who are buying spices,
syrups and butter from merchants
and butter and milk from dairymen
to learn whether any of these arti-
I clcs have been adulterated.
Laquin has won considerable dis
tinction, uot the least of which is
that of having the largest slack bar
! rel cooperage plant in the world.