F usr national kank or nrsnoßK. penna. CAVITA.II - " JBO.OOO PPRfIiUS - * #IO.OOO lioes a General Ranking Business. W. JKN'N'IXCiS, M. I). SWAHTB. I'reniilent. ("ashler I BRADLEY, Attorney at-Law. 1 Mlice, corner 4 ot Main ami Maucv Sts. LA POUTE, PA. Having opened an office at 132S Arch St., Philadelphia, 1 shall *til! continue to prnclicejn the several Courts of Sullivan < 'ouniv.c When not in my office personally a compel nt r person will he louml iu charge 1 hereof. Bonds of various kinds furnished. 112f RANCIS-YV. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. tlice in Keeler's Block. L/,PORTS'-, Suliivan County, PA. Rush .1. rhomson, Albert F. Heess, IST I.!«)•_'. JHOMSON & HE ESS, LAWYERS, MUSIII»UK, PENNA. bong 1 listance,Telephone. .liinuary I, 190M. J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, AT TO FN KVS-AT-LAW, Lpgu! Lusinesß attended to in this and adjoining counties _A I'OHTK, "A r J Will I EN, Attorney-at-L»w. LA PORTE, PA. OFTICK !» COOWTV BUILDING nkar ooirr.T ooitsk. j # H. ( RONIN" .JTTORNKV-AT LAW, notakv public. orru B c* nun mtkkht. DV SHOKK. Q J. M< I YNEAUX, D.D.S. Graduate Universitylof Pennsylvania NKW AI. BAN Y, PA. At Lopez. Pa., Wednesday and Thursday each week. LA PORTE HOTEL. F. \V, GALLAOHEE, Prop. Newly erected. Opposite Court House square. Steam heat, hath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barber shop; also good stabling and livery, M. Brin New Albany, Pa. 100 lbs. new corn meal, 1.15 " cracked corn, 1.15 " whole corn, 1.15 Same per ton 22.00 Corn.oats and barley chop 1 20 Same per ton 23 00 100 coarse bran, 1.10 Same per ton, 21.00 100 llis low grade flour 1.60 100 lbs flour middlings 1.50 100 lbs new process Oil meal 1 *'>•> 100 lbs oyster shells, 50 Lump rock salt '•> 140lbs common fine salt 50 2SO lb barrel salt 120 Buckwheat grain wanted. 100 lbs Glutton feed, 1.30 < )ats per bushel -13 f>o and 100 bushel lots, Oats, .4*2 Sellumackers Patent 1 '0 Best Spring Wheat 1.70 < >lll' own, a blended Hour 1 55 Extra, a pastry flour 1 30 Best Monroeton mills 1 55 Muney and Itummeriield flour 1 <i<» Veal calves and dressed poultry wanted every edncsday. M. BRINK. FREE! FREE! A Housewife's Delight, A NICELY ARRANGED TABLE. Buy your <ioods of us ;ind uet a set of this Hand Painted China Free! ASK FOR COUPONS. AT \ Buschhausen' ' Covnty Scat '■ J Local and Personal Events) Tersely Told. J Snow drifts are fast disappearing. Only four week* more until niov-1 ing day. Monday showed signs of a latgej attendance at court. Tiic act for the assessment of clops j in cities, townships and boroughsj was deft uted in the legislature last 1 week, Mrs. Raymond Meyers and Miss j ltutli Meyers of Mildred, were visi- ; tors at this place on Wednesday. j A sled load of jolly young people; from Eagles Mere drove to the home j of Hev. and Mrs. I. 11. Fisher at | this place last* Thursday evening, and spent a delightful time with ; the gonial pastor and his estimable | wir„ The entertainment at the Baptist! Church, Wednesday evening drew a large audience. Many persons who were in attendance at court, joined with the town people in help iujjr to swell the receipts of the en terta inmcnt which were for the ben 1 etit of the Baptist church. Delmer Cole ot Forksville is suffer ing with a severe attack of blood poison in his right hand. It war feared that amputation would br necessary but at this time his con hition is a little better. 1 >r. Wood i head is attending him. Charles MeCarty a pupil of th Forksville Iligh School wJio would j have been a member of this year graduating class, died Saturday of: complication of diseases following ai attack Of measles. This is a particu larly sad atl'air owing to the fact tine his father, Lewis McCarty died jus two weeks ago of pneumonia lot lowing an attack of measles. Tin j most heart-Celt sympathy of friends and accptaintainces goes out to th ! stricken relatives. Merchant Frank Magargh-, of} Muncy Valley, will close out his en tire stock and retire from the n>ei j cantile business in that place. Mr ; George Meyers lias purchased lii store building and it is understooi will conduct a grange store. Mr. George l\. Walker of Haney ville, was a county seat visitor tlii- 1 week. Mr. Walker has closed ou' ! his lumber business at llaneyvilh and informs the News Item that In is "taking things easy" just at pres ent. The surveyors for the new rail road have reached Forksville, aiu the residents of that pretty village; nestling among the mountains, have j every reason to believe that the\ | will have all the facilities lhat a rail, j road affords in the not distant fu I ture. A Williamsport hostler last wee!, was fined 8-0 for ill using a horse, j He was charged with knocking out an eye of the horse with a curry ; comb. The fine was not heavy con sidering the cruelty of the act. Rev. L. S. Squires pastor of the! Mughesville Baptist Church will conduct an Evangelistic service in I the Baptist Church here Friday. Saturday, and Sunday evenings. March .'I, 4, and sth. All are cord ially invited to attend. BERNICE ITEMS. Miss Lizzie Dugan of Sheshequin, lis visiting Mr. and Mrs, Barclay j Duggan. 1 George F. Forest has moved his i family to Laquiu, where he has been employed for the last three months. John Fitzgerald of Hern ice will | move into the house vacated by Mr- Forest. Considerable excitement was caus ed here Saturday evening when a resident of the place was borrowing I tire arms from his neighbors to pro- J tcet his house which he thought Was I going to be blown-up by foreigners William Balir of Cherry, circula ted a petition among the voters of j this place and Bern ice to prove by | the court that Win. Bahr and Win. ' 1). Bahr is one and the same person, and that he is entitled to the vote I Which he William Bahr received 011 the Union ticket for the office of treasurer of Cherry township. By th.) looks of the licenses that were refused last week the parties must have failed to consult the Lo pez doctor, for that was the Demo cratic war cry. It is reported that the Connel Coal Co. have discharged 10 of their em ployees. Teachers Local InsUtnte. The wcoml Local Institute of Ln- t ' pitrlc Boro, Laporte Twp., Davidson, Shrewsbury awl Eagles Mere, was helil in the K. V. Church at Nonl niont, Fel). Is, 1905, with au enroll irieoi of in teachers, i The institute was called to order |at 10:40 by the Pres. Mr. Stroltl. After opening the institute with a .song "M.v Old Kentucky Home," t!n> morning session was devoted lo a question box. At 12 o'clock the I institute adjourned until 1:30 p. m. i The afternoon session opened by singing '-Star Spangled Manner." ! Mr. Welsh then read a paper on l "Literature," after which the insti ' disscussed "The Contents of a Child's j Mind." A paper on"The Teacher 'as a Character Builder" was read by | Miss Emma Karge, alter which the , following recitations were given by | sch< ol children: "One in Blue aid I One in dray," by Mable Muntei; j "My Mother's Bible," by Clara I Traughi "He's Scotch as lb-can be" | by 1 lattie Traugh. Miss Elsie Lawrence then gave a short talk on "Primary Language I Work." Fay Hess then recited I "Ilorothy's Mistake," nfu r which I Mr. Kernan talked on "Perpetuity |of the Teacher's Work. A chorus jof school children next favored the > institute with a song. Miss Hrtin ilagc read a paper on '-The Boyhood oftireat Men." After this Uena I lunter recited "The Little Black eyed Rt-bel," Miss Cook took up the ' ii"xt subject on "Manual Training land Drawing," a recitation followed this,, 4 What a Boy Can Do," by I Archie Worthington. Mr. Hazen i then talked on "Personal llabits of the T' ucher." County Superiiitend i iit Kilgore adilressed the instituti on "improvement of Public Schools, j | rhe following |»<ints were brought] : out in his talk: "When capable i | teachers are hired keep them. The I | too often < hange of teachers is det-1 ! rimental. A system of grading of ' ! schools. Careful disciplining by j teachers. Better professional <)tiali- ! ! tlcations." A vote of thanks was then extend- ! ied to the trustees of the church 112 r the use of the same by the institute, j j After sinking "America"the insti-l I lute adjourned. I' .Ikssie WitF.DK, Sec'y. ! Transfer of License. j Notice is l.ereby llnil an a'|)(>licn- > : lion lur a transfer of license granted to B.: j I>\ Wise of Shrewsbury Twp.. to William j 1 !,. I'arnieter ami the same will be present- \ eil to tile Court ot uarler Sessions on j ! I'ridav, March 17. 1905. at 11 o'clock a. i ' I hos. E. Kennedy, Clerk. I Clerk's office. L-tporte, Pa ,March, 1; jln the matter of thepetitton In theCourt J I lor tlie appointment ol a of Common | | iftiiirilian lor l'hos. Mark ot I'leas ofSul j j !>:iviilson, Twp.. Sullivan livun''o.Xo j j i Vmnty. Pa. | Feby.T 190."> i To the next ot kin of Thomas Mark, j I'ake Xoiice: That the Court of Common ] I'leas of Sullivan County, has made an irder fixing Wediiewlny, March 15, 1905. j ti die Court Bouse in Laporte Pa .at 10 j i. m., for the hearing on the application j lor an appointment of a guardian for | -ihove named Thomas Mark, ui>on t lie al- I legation that he was of such feeble mind | dial he was liable to become the victim ! |ot designing persons, and to waste anil | diss'pate his estate, at which time you i may attend if you think proper, i W. BUCK, Sheriff. \ Sheriffs office, Laporte,Pa.,Feb. 21, 1905. j Lime at Reeder's Lime House, , ! In-low Laporte, Pa!, Should Ri- Kepi In Mind. The other fact to which attention j should be called Is that a reduction in the tariff which will result In very | much lower prices of American prod- j nets to tlie family consumer because <if foreign competition means a reduc tion of the wages of the American workman or the returns to the Anierl ! can sheep and cattle raiser to tlie basis | of those abroad. This is the old pro | teetion argument, to be sure, hut ft is ' one which appealed so strongly in the i recent election to the people who sup ■ j ported a national Republican policy of i no revision of the tariff.—Fall I'iver j Hera!d V IVojM-r HlMtaction. It is said that President Roosevelt "i will make marked distinctions in rec- I osnizing his party's organizations in the various southern state.?, showing preference for those that worlc for the good of the state and nation and com j maud the respect of the people and 1 giving little consideration for those • that are held together merely to con- 1 i trol and enjoy federal patronage. And | where his own party has not made progress and does not include men well i titted for public office ho will, as he already has in a number of conspicu ous instances, choose strong Demo- j crnts in filling federal offices. This is ' a very proper distinction, and It ought I to have a salutary effect lu several dJ . rections —Kansas City Times, j ' THE GRANGE j j Conducted by J. V/. DARROW, Chatham. N. Y.. ■ Prcw Carrct<i>orult'nt New York State 2 j Granye J j GRANGE WORK FOR 1905. An Excellent Programme SuKK+stetl I-'or Every lfoiitli In the Year. National Lecturer N.J. Raclielderhas ; prepared a very comprehensive and | profitable programme of grange work j for Any subordinate cranjre that will take up tlie discussion of these .piestions under the direction of an Intelligent lecturer will have a series of Instructive and interesting meetings. His programme follows: FIRST QUARTER—I.EOISI.ATION. January.—What natlonnl legislation In dorsed by tlie national grange is of the greatest importance to members of this grange and what can we do to promote it? February.—What state legislation is of most Importance to Hie farmers of this state and what can we do to promote it? March.—What is tlie most Important matter to come up for consideration in our primary caucus or local election and what is our duty in regard to It? BUPPI.EMENTAHY TOPIC—OUR SUBORDINATE OIIANOE. January.—ls it important to have the ritual work well rt ndered and will our olticers attend to it? February. —What features of the liter ary work are most helpful to members and how can those features be strength ened? March.—What grange events should be observed by our grange in addition to holding the regular meetings? SECOND QUARTER—EDUCATION. April.- What action can the grange take to . secure the introduction ot* nature studies in the public schools? May.—What action can the grange take to enable the farmers to secure their Just rights and receive full benefit from the agricultural colleges and experiment sta tions? June.—What should tie the position of the grange in regard to farmers' institutes and field educational work and in keeping the management of those in ti e hands ..£ I the true representatives of the farmers? SUPPLEMENTARY TOPIC THE POMONA GRANGE. April.—WJiat should be the relation of the I'omona in the subordinate granges in the jurisdiction? May —How can the meetings and exer cises of Pomona granges be made more j successful and more useful to members? J June.—What should be the work of Po | mona granges in securing recognition of : agriculture In public affairs and how can ; they best promote It? THIRD QUARTER— AGRICULTURE. July.—What crops are most profitable j in this locality and how can they be pro l dueed at less cost? . j August.—What are the prime essentials I in feeding animals for dairy or beef pur i poses and can it be done in this locality ] at a profit? September.—What improvement can be ! made in the present methods of market ; ing the products of the farm? | SUPPLEMENTARY TOPIC—THE STATE GRANGE. I July.—What should be the scope and purpose of the exercises of the state | grange'session? i August.—What policy should be adopted i by tlie state grange for Increasing the j membership In the state? September. What educational work ' should be undertaken by the state grange 1 for the mental development of members? j FOURTH QUARTER—DEVELOPMENT, I "October.—What action can be taken by j Individuals at their homes for promoting ■ their knowledge of their business and for their general mental development? ] November.—What can be done by farm ers of (his locality to develop there- I sources of their farms in the most protit able maimer? December.—What ran be done to in : crease the attractions of the farm home I to make It the brightest and happiest spot on earth? SUPPLEMENTARY TOPIC--THE NATIONAL GRANGE. ! October.—What are the relations of ' fourth degree members to the national ! grange and their dut> in utter, ling its • ! sessions and promoting Its lnt- rests? i I November. What can the national ' grange do in addition to what It is now j doing to advance the Interests of tlie ! American farmer? ' December.—To what extent should the national grange urge the interests of ag riculture before the national co.igress? MASSACHUSETTS GRANGE. There Are 1 s.-Ml lira nicer* In tbe j Old Ituy State. j The thirty second annual session of ' the Massachusetts state grange met this year at Greenfield, Miss., lion. | George S. I.add, master of the state | grange, presiding. One afternoon a j public session was held, at which time ' ! addresses were made by Lieutenant ' Governor Guild of Boston. Worthy j | Master 11. O. Hadley of the New | I Hampshire state grange, George A i ! Fuller, overseer of the New York state | grange, and O. S. Wood, muster of the | Connecticut state grange. The sixth j degree was conferred on i!«K> eandi dates at a later session. The state or ganization now consists of JO Pomona granges, 17."» subordinate granges, with a membership of IS,'J"o, a net gain of 1,417 since the last session. In the matters of legislation Mr. I.add asked for the enact men l o.' such laws as shall compel all prope: t\- bear its just proportion of taxation, more striu ! gent pure food laws and a law secur ing better protection for the farmers consigning products to commission merchants, lie recommends the ap pointment of a state forester. He spoke against the repeal of the ten ! cent oleomargarine tax. advocated na tional did to prevent further ravages , of the gypsy moth, and tlie state legis lative committee was urged to aid the national legislative committee in secur ing as Targe an appropriation as possi ble for rural free mail delivery. State Secretary W. N. Howard re ported a total of $17,302 cash ou hand and nearly fBO,OOO worth of other property held in the name of the grange. The granges not reporting would bring this value into SIO'J,OOO. The secretary of the grance fire insur -1 auce company reported 1.517 policy I holders, carrying sl.!>2o„'Soo in Insur- : iince. a net increase of $317,252 during the past year. The New York state grange meets early in February at Ogdenaburg, N. Y. Campbell "The Merchant" SHUNK, PA. HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY FALL and WINTER STOCK of CLOTHING. Mens' Boys and Youths' SUMS and OVERCOATS. SHOHS for all: from the htilc tot to the oki man. Also the well known 1 unibermans Shoes. Aiso RICH'S celebrated Woolen Goods. Always have Up to date as well as Fresh Groceries and Provisions. Yours for Business, A. E. CAMPBELL. Extraordinary Showing of Winter Suits. for Men, Boys and Children are now here for inspection. Suits in black clay and unfinished worsteds and 1 hibets Homespuns, French and 1 nglish Fl nnels, arid Scotch Goods. Overc> a!s in Genuine West of England Cover: s. Hundreds of Exclusive Trouserings. Bo>s and Childrens' Suits in al! the rew fabrics arid mak s. Prices as well asvariet\ are < xtra< rd nary. All new in ! up to date line o' Gent> ( urni>hin<;s. Hats, Caps, ttc. \lso the < nly place injtown whne you can g t the "Walls Over" Shoe. J. W. CARROLL'S, Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA. Mid-Winter Sale. Having in stock a supply of Winter Goods \shich .must be sold by February 15, I propose to sell Men's Suits worth sl4 00 and OO OO at $7 5* B >ys' Overcoats 10.00 to I2 00 at 4 to soq Boys' uits 800 and $!o. >0 niw at 5 so i adies' Co ts Slooo and 1200 n. w at 5 so JNDhIvWtAR at greatly rcducitl pricts. Caps, Mil tens and, Gloves for I adies and Gen's, at very low pricts. Felts and Rubbt rs at halt price; Me i'S and B Sweateic it half price. JACOB HERR, DEALER IN Clothing, Shoes and Ladies' Cloaks LAPORTE. I? GENERAL STORE V ~ '= ® iDapoiie Tannery. ® FULL AND COMPLETE SToCK ALWAYS FOUND HERE. Just received a special purchase ol ' Riches" Flannels, umbermens' Shifts and Drawers, Men's, Ladies' and Childr ns' Mitts, Gloves and Hosiery. There's Lots Here to Show You From the City. Fresh s'o.k of Diy Goo is and Notions, Boys and Men's Hats and Caps, full line of Snagproof Shoes and Rubbers. Ladies', Gents' and Children's Goodyear Rub ; rs Woodsmen and Boys Shoes to suit all. Our Usual Quality of Groceries and Provisions are Equal to the BEST. I JAMES McFARLANE.
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