VOL. IX. NO. 39.
d To Buy Your Jewelry C
V Nothing in Town to Compare WithN
112 the Quality that We are Giving /
s You for the Low Price Asked. S
Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\
irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r
I of this section. Many years here in business, always }
with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C
(with a care and judgment commensurate with its «
\ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \
/ our store a safe place to invest. C
112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q
\ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X
s RETTENBURY, )
DUSHORE,
CO_ HARDWARE^
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OIR, WOO D
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTERS 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 fine Jewel Ease
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Hoofing and Spouting.
Special Notice!
We are offering all our
Winter Goods at 50c
on the Dollar.
Will Soon Pack Them Away.
All the mens' sio and Sl2 Overcoats £4.90 All tl e
Mens' heavy 8.00 and 10.00 suits, at 4 75. Children's
short arm coats at 99c. All the I .adit s' s.oo ad 6.00
Coats for 1 ch>. All wool si.or> und' rwear at so,*. He avy
lletced undt-rshirts IHeavy Jersey Top Shirts 2qc.
La ies'si2 00 Taylor made Jackets Coats $»*. 99 I his is
your last chance lor season Come at once atul buy.
C* R FARE PAID BOTH WAYS.
Now, If your purchase amounts to l t.oj'or over, will
pay y nir car fare both ways.
We are receiving new good now, and must sell all
the win'er goods at once.
Jacob Per,
HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A.
Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes
at manufacturers' prices.
Subscribe for the News Item
Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1905.
; THE GR.ANCE
Conducted by
I J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y*
Prem Correspondent Few York State
Orange
GRANGE FIRE INSURANCE.
Report* of Severil %ew York: State
AssociationK For tlie Past Year.
One of the most profitable forum of
cooperation in the grange is in the
insurance organizations. Below are
given the significant features of vari
ous reports recently made:
The Dutchess and Columbia Patrons'
Fire Relief association, with headquar
ters at Millerton, reported on Jan. 1
J,390 policies in force, the amount of
risks carried being $.">,040,000. The
average losses for seven years have
been SI.OB per SI.OOO of insurance in
this company. The Patrons' Fire Re
lief association of Jefferson county re
ported losses the past year exceeding
those in many years, lightning alone
having caused SIO,OOO In losses, the to
tal amount of losses being £26,000.
Notwithstanding the large payments
required, there was a saving of over
$28,000 to the policy holders over stock
company insurance. This association
now has about 7,000 policies, with $12.-
000,000 of Insurance in force. The to
tal receipts for the past year were sll.
10-1.57. The Fire Relief association of
Wayne county reports over $0,000,000
of insurance on grange property in the
county, Newark grange alone carrying
sl."i,o(_mj of this total. The tieuesee Coun
ty Patrons' Fire Relief association, with
headquarters at Batavia, has 1.110
policies in force, covering $2,510,200.
The Chautauqua County Patrons' Fire
Relief association lias 3,820 policies In
force, covering $7,112,725 of property.
The Stcnlien County Patrons' Fire lie
lief association has 2.074 policy holders
and a total insurance of $.'1,015,100.
NATIONAL AID FOR ROADS.
Farmer* \id the Government* \rtw
Let the Government Help Them.
In a recent address before the Ohio
state board of agriculture the lecturer
of tbe national grange remarked that
he believed the movement to secure na
tional aid for good roads was equitable
and right.
The people most interested In better
roads, said he, ure those engaged In j
tilling the soil, comprising about one-1
third of our population. The farmers
of the country have by energy and in
dustry placed upon the markets of the
world such volume of the products of
the soil as to affect the balance of trade
with foreign countries, making us a
selling instead of a buying nation.
They have responded nobly to every
call issued in the name of their state
and nation. In view of these and other
facts that be stated they now
ask in the name of justice that the
roads upon which we all travel shall be
improved. Before the surplus now held
by the national government is distrib
uted to national banks without interest
or the erection of expensive govern
ment buildings in cities, which has be
come a fixed policy of the government,
proceeds further the 30,000.000 people
of the country engaged In rural pur
suits demand a recognition of their
rights in the improvement of highways j
by national patronage.
Hon. i'j rus <«. Lore.
The lion. Cyrus <l. I.uce, ex-governor
of Michigan, has been one of the most
.—-j—active grange
workers In that
ii'/ state for many
.\i years. He has j
♦j , -".V been a power In :
V vi**? 1 / the Order and Is j
i * ' revered by every I
W <•; "3 j member thereof. |
iIW ' las kwn a |
ife * successful farm
'&d b< methods and a
'' m ' 112 112 iv..rile ,-p.aker
at farmers'insti
\ 112 tutes. granges.
HON crura e. in.:. « dl MTU j
of farm topics j
As Michigan's farmer governor lie
made an honorable and valuable rec
ord. lie is nil! enjoying a vigorous
old age at hi- lucre in Coldwater. Mich
A ••IVofe%%tirl«l M timnsr.
A short l ine agy a gninge was or
ganiz 1 at the <>!ilo State university.'
tIn 1 tirst strl-.lj "professional" grange
ever Instituted. The olllcers were a* .
I' illows: Musti"*. Professor Homer C. '
I'rlee; ovr;-seer. Professor Alfred
Vivian: lecturer. Professor A I).
MeCall; steward. Profe or C. B i!al
breath; as-.l*tmt stew.ait, Profenur \.
F. linru * -s; eli.ipliiln. Professor J \V.
I'e. Uer, ■«*-r» , t*ry, \ 11. Purls: gate
ki e[>or, I rofi ss ir C. N Plumb; ('i res,
Mrs Homer •'. Price Pomona, Mrs. J.
Wan-en Smith: Fiora. Nits it ,\. Web »
er; In'y assistant slew.il I Mrs. J. W
pe.-ker The oltteer* in e iii--l.t!)el by
ex Uoveriior X. Ill* i helder of Xe*
Ham. -h :, e, n.it' 'tint gi.oiw" l«. tur«r. A
l>: input followed National >«i refnry
Freei >in made a hit w hen he said ut
tl.e t LINE of«nrg nl? tlon | betictv ><MI
v, 111 »u«"«*eetl Von uppi-ar to l>* us In
tellltffut a* the b >«;-**« urmumm '
Ten Thousand Visitors At New
Store's Opening.
The Reeser, Kcssler, Wieland Co.
department store at Way re, owned by
Hon. J. 1). Keener, of Dusiiore, A.
P. Wieland, formerly of Nordmont,
a brother of Mr. Ray Kesnler, and
I some of the department managers,
of the beautiful new Sayre store
was opened to the public Thursday,
of last week. A conservative est!-'
mate places the number of visitors
who inspected the new store on the
oi^eningday at over 10,000. During
the opening hours from .'i o'ekek p.
in. toll p. in , McG it tie's orchestra of!
seven pieces added to the enjoyment!
of the event. No goods were allow-:
ed to he sold during the inauguration
of the new store.
The management of the store hud
expe'ted that the visitors could le
taken to the upper sP'iies in tie' ele- i
Valor and could tin it walk down the
stairs, hut the dense crowd made!
such plans fail. At I o'clock the
three main floors of the building
were blockaded with people. There
was not room to move, or hardly i
turn and people were at the door j
i awaiting an opportunity to squeeze j
i inside.
j This department stpre i- the first i
jof its kind in Sayre and is not e\-j
ceeded by beauty ol interior by any
store in northern tier of IVnnsyl-j
variia or the southern tier of New i
York. The floor space exceeds that j
of tiny in the two tiers, with the ex
ception of one, the Boston store ofl
Binghamton, * hiclt equals but doe-1
nit exceed the floor space in Sayre's i
new department store. There i- not
a department store in Kltnira whi» h ;
approaches Hay re's new store in in
terior arrangement or in amount ol !
lioor -pace. Tlie size of the display j
windows is not equalled nor is the
store itself exceed by any between
! .Serait ton and Rochester. A stun
! exceeding J>"o,000 lay. been spent in
I sticking the store.
OBITUARY.
George \V. Giidcwell, sort of Will
iam and Mary Little Giidcwell, wn.-
born Sept. 7, 1811. in Klkland towt
ship then Lycoming county, fin thej
Chaffee farm near Ksteila, then owt -!
Ed by his father. liis youth was j
spent on the farm and in getting n |
good common school education, t n
February lit), ISO I, In- enlisted in I
Co. H. oStlt Uegiinent Pa. Yohin-'
tei rs, being appointeil corporal, lii !
was in the engagement at DruryV
Bluff May 1 <5, 18(31, and the battle of
Cold llarber June 1, tod, Peters- 1
burg siege from June l.j to J4, Fail
()aks (Ictober i'.v, and at tie- occupti- I
tion of Richmond April 18Co. |
lie received an houorahle -lisclt irge !,
jat City Point, Va. Jan. J-l, lst;c.
On January Is, istiT he was united i
in marriage to Caroline Kay« . who i
still survives. To them three ehil-J
(Iren have been born; Mrs. Aivu. I
Hightinire, Mrs. K. 1». Wriglit at d !
Mrs. Fred Shatter deccase-i Sot n j
after his marriage he purch. se 1 hi
father's large farm, lx ing one of the j,
finest in this country when- lie h i
since re-ided. ISesides firming In
was engaged in lumbering for man\
years, lie purchased a steam sa\>
mill which he handled -le ee—l'uily. ,
but unfortuiiately while Imnberiug
( 11' the Lemig track near Cold Spring
Ids and paetner'- mill with a largi
quantity of logs wet' de-!royed !> \
tire, entailing a sever' ''naueial loss. j (
Ile served as County ' inmi-sion
er with II C. McHrid« »td John
Votikin from IsTs to IHst. I lelu 'd |
many township office-, ti e nn.-| im :
port.mt being K'nul i "ii.mi—inner.
A-scsv.,r two terms, and \» a- -< r\ ing
his second term tts .lu-iev of tb<
Peace. Hut ilist i- plait d her fatal
luiud upon him and for ovi r four (
years he has Im n eontined to tin
house, a great •utlercr heath came |
Tuesday • veiling, March 7th HMt.'i
'I lie funeral was held at his late re
idence on Friday, Hex, .1. II R>w
e i n-si-teil by lt< v. It, K. Huntley ,
oiSleiatitig. The coffi i wa- draped i
with our nation's (lag and six of the
old Miltliers mi re pall is arer-, they I
were S. S. Hogers, J. I Molyiicn\.
Ilenry Itrowu, li. I>. VVarburlon, i
J \V. rs and W 11. Plotl-. lie
wa- a brnlher of 1 . "*• Glitlewell and
Mr-. Ksllier « I «rk of ForWsvllle
rj A man of great activity, respected
by all, his true christian character
shone forth through his busy life.
He was a member of the Wesleyan
Methodist church for many years.
May ive no" say with the lament d
| McKinley, "It is God's way, His
will be done." A FRIES D.
TOWANDA WHISKEY CAUSED HIM
TROUBLE.
Alliens News.
J Wearing an overcoat and with an
other overcoat over his arm a citi
j /.en of Bern ice walked into the I.e
--j high station late yesterday afternoon
and was promptly arrested by Station
; Master DeGrofl' on the charge of
: having stolen the coat he was carry
| 't'.g on liis arm.
I flie story of the two overcoats as
| developed later is H- follows: The
! citizen fron i Hern ice is a highly re
! spccted b'.-ines- man i i hi> native
| town and i-one of tin shining light.-,
j socially, morally arid financially,
i Yesterday mo'iiing he received a
dispatch from Cortland announcing
rite serious illness of his brother,
j He imuiidiately started for Cortland
jatitl while waiting for ;i train at To
j A'anda he met a few old friends who
i invited him to have a drink. Now,
jae wa- feeling disconsolate on at
count of his brother's illtnssnnd
| thought that a wi'e-little-nipof whis- i
I key would make things look differ-1
•nt. II did and they kept looking j
|dilK'rent until the man from Uertiicej
I had acquired a good -i/e I jag. .' t
| that time lie was wearing one of the!
[overcoats and when train No. 1271
: eartie al >ng he and the overcoat gut
I oil board. He sat in a seat just be- 1
I hind Felix l>evine, foreman of
j masons on the Lehigh. Devine hung I
I ins overcoat over the seat. When
J tlie train stopped at Athens the j
trainman's yell aroused them n \
from Bern ice from doozy dreamland |
and be grabbed I rvine's overcoat;
and started to stroll a round Athens!
in hopes of recovering from the!
effects of Towamla's-quirrel whisky.
I< iter in the afternoon with head
still buzzing, with his overcoat on!
Devine,s over his arm he walked
! into the Savre station. Now Devine
and the man from Beruice are old
j friends though the former did not
| know who took his coat. lie hail
| ivportcd his loss to the station mas-!
j ter and when the Bern ice man blew
i i DcGrotf promptly nabbed him as!
he recognized Devine's coat. The j
prisoner said "zats my coat ain't it?" j
[ Then he looked over both coats anil
aid, "w here did I get it?" No one 1
know- whether he referred to thej
coat or his jag. He .and Devine)
-hook hands but Justice Murray)
lined him lour dollars for pubiic in- 1
toxicution and then he continued his j
journ -y to Cortland. His name on j
the justice's docket i"Charles |
->iiipm in" but he is not generally
called by that nam • when he i- do- >
ing business down in Beriiiee.
Hcevy Diet Caused Death.
A lour inhand cravat, four hand ■
kerchiefs, a silver spoon, an old pair !
of -pectacli s, two pi* ies of rubber
tubing, such < physicians ti-e an<l a I
piece o[ -tispender webbing--thes»
were the strange articles of diet that j
,\ere found in the-torn eh of a dead ]
man who recently died at the Dan j
\ille Ho-pital forthe insane. Tin
person from u Iww stomach mi
st range assortment was taken was »
fi reigner who had been an iumati
of the institution for some time
The man had been ailing for -oiin
time it ml the medical -tt!" of tin
hospital could not under-tan I the
ailment owing to its peculiar nature.
When the patient died from the ail 1
uient it wasdrcided to bold a post
inorti m c\amiuation, and incredlbh
.is it may -eem the man was found
to have been a human ostrich. It i
-aid that all the phy«>iciaiis at tin
ho-pital will vouch for the tr.ithful
ue-- of the stoiy.
The Coiuiel Anthracite Mining
company ol ll< rnice, are discharging
many of the fort igu mini r-, tno-tly
Italian-and Hungarians, who have
bis II working in the Heruici* mines
-illee the -trike. It i- -IIId that they
do not unih'iMaiul miiiiii.; the Her
nice coal to advantage. The coin
pany w ill hire more i x}M-rieucei|
Hien lo take tin Ir | I ice-
75 TS. PER YEAR
BERNSCE ITEMS.
I George F. Pampman who tins
. been in poor health for some time
J has gone to the Wilkesbarre Hospit
! al for treatment.
I Mrs. Thomas Keliehor was found
dead in her hed Saturday morning.
A foreign miner met instant dealli
in the. mines on Monday by being
caught between Fouie «-tj r-> thai
were run back into the n.irie cbum
her ami t he cal face.
Patrick White went to Laquin on
Tuesday, to look over the \V. 15.
Uunton new ocal field.
Mrs. John Sehaad Sr. is visiting
at I'arsons, I'a.
'l'he (jiunton mines are still shut
down.
John Fitzgerald was a btisine.-.s
man at Wilkesbarre last week.
Sheriff Ruck wa- at this place and
Mildr< d snpoenai!;g witnesses on
the the elect lou -lit«* -t betWe, a.
Win. 1). liahr and I'a'.n.l. Quiit.
BSLLSGROVE.
W. L. Hoffman and Robert Mc
hiWen were visitors at l.aipiin Su: -
day.
Mrs. Cora Stall exchanged her
farm, at Shunk, for Mr-. Klizabelh
Kresge's home at this place. Mrs.
i Htull and .'Mrs. took posses
!sion of their new abode.-. March It).
Mrs Lucy A. Creeii is the guest
|of heß daughter Mrs. L. It. (Jumble
' of l.ajiorte.
Motnlay, March 111, was settlenienl
I day. l'he commissioners and audi
j tors met at t lie Ilillsgrove Mouse,
The -ports of town organized a
ita.se Fall Association Much I, an !
"lected the following ollieers: Mgr.
and ( 'iplin, Charles Subivan; Asst.
Manager and Secretary, ! >r 11. I{.
Mervine; Treasurc>r, Lewis <i. Rin
•<er. Lite Association with the help
ol t ! »• young ladies gave an icecream
J festival at the Ilillsgrove House
| Saturday evening which was a suc
cess both socially and financially.
An Italian employed on the Sot es
railroad was badly hurt by an ex
plosion of dynamite, Friday last.
Dr. Mervine dressed the wounds
ind took the injured man to the
hospital at williamsport.
Miss 15essie Vogel, who has been
visiting friends in town returrn d
Monday to her home at Monlours
villi*.
Mi.-s Alice Klder of Proctor, vis
ited at Joe Hackles, Sunday. Miss
Flder is about closing a wry success
ful term of school at the Mountain
school house iu this district.
K. It. surveyors,"engineers and
contractors are numerous in this
burg just now, and they are all good
fellows, o.k.
Mrs. Margaret (Jalough returned
Friday from an extended visit with
her son Rev. John lirvan at Jersey
Shore.
Uev. Merritt Wood . 112 Say re, will
coudiit ■ a scries of revival meetings
iu the < hnreh of Christ, beginning
March Ju.
Ihe !ir-t class of the Hill-grove
High School will gin iuate this year.
Member- o| tiie el >s» are Miss -
Nellie Harliy, lie—ie Fiddle and
«-!thvl N'irti n. Ci-i aie j -emi nt ex
ercises w ill be held \pi il •!.
s:wm.
W ell it looks as if spring wa- com
ing. llnre i- plenty of snow yet
•ut no sh ighing.
Our weallu r man says look out for
a big snow storm next week or week
after. We would thank him very
kindly if he would pui it oil' until
next January.
We -ee that W. 11. Fostar In -
been taking .dv ml <>| the line
We ither by taking iii- lady friends
out for a drive. W'e think theie
w ill be more new - next week than
at present.
The young man i m June wlm
was kiihd at i.lhntoii la-t week,
was a eou-in of out hoot leaclu r
w ho attended Ihe fuuend.
A Prcmliunt iVuc-lor Will Addrcw (i.
Ibrcctur*' Couvm a.
Tlii' ailiiris* |n the Si hou 1 IMriv
tors < on vi ntioii u hich v ill eonvi n •
111 the I ' lirt lloil-e, TliriiMl iy,
March . will be deliveieil by Sii|
Win. W. I.Valis n| Clilllilibi.i collli
ly, *lll'jei tme Important Fdn
citioiailol llir.il Commutiitic*."