Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 2. This Is the Place cTo Buy Your jewelry { Q Nothing in Town to Compare Willi S ( the Ouality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and - moderate prices makes a force that\ iiresivt bl I ,' draws into our store the best patronage 112 of this ;cti >n. Many years here in business, always 1 S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen c (with a care and judgment commensurate with its ! \ desirability and adaptability to retine taste, makes \ { our store a sale place to invest. C P Repair work done on shor' and guaran-Q *v teed, by skilled workmen. v Orders appreciated.^ S RETTENBURY, > DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. COLE HARDWARE ;''^/v n /VVV--^AA/ v -A | No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OR WOO D. HE A TERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing 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 Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Would you goto a horse doctor if you were sick? Why then for Clothing Do You Not Come to Us? We have the largest stock of clothing in Lycoming county to select from Lowest Prices. Come and give us a trial tor your next suit. Will save you from $2.00 to $5.00 on a suit and give you up to date styles. We are over loaded with Clothing and Shoes. Come and see for yourself. I'f you buy SIO.OO or over, will pay your car fare both ways. You are safe in buying of us; if not satisfactory will re fund your money. Jacob Per, HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, 11 MAY , 1905. BRYAN IN A NEW ROLE. ■ :»n Ahiindoneil I In* ICenlm ol" Thoor, ; Hint Come linn n to l-'aetn. William J. Bryan, tho former quad- ' rennhil candidate for the presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket, j again springs Into the limelight of the national stage, hut this time, abandon ing the role of heavy tragedian, lie ap pears in the vaudeville of an all around wizard, lie has advertised his new "turn" as that of a prophetic dreamer. No one who knows Mr. Bryan's emi nently practical and profitable way of dealing with his opportunities is likely to misunderstand his attitude. He is not a sentimental dreamer. He is not [ reveling in imagination tind giving 112 forth hopeful estimates of the advan- j tages the Uuited States will enjoy j when free silver coinage is in every \ man's mind and a tax on every | man's income. No; Mr. Bryan, as a j dreamer, lias abandoned the realm of | theory and lias come down to solid j facts. If he can foretell a tire, why can j he not give advance tips on nominees j and majorities? And will it not he a | "cinch" to nominate a man who knows | iu advance how the election is going'/ j If he did not know his calling and elec tion sure, his friends will say. he would not accept the nomination; consequent ly if he does accept the nomination it will he been use his prophetic powers have revealed to him his certain suc cess at the polls. ICrgo, he is as good as elected already. Mr. Bryan doesn't in tend to give any other Democrat a chance for that nomination three years hence, even supposing any other Dem ocrat would take it—which, in view of last November's election, is by no means certain.—Chicago livening Post. TAKEN A BACK SEAT. Turin' Tinker* Have (.one Into llr t Ireioent. The critics of the Diugley tariff are again upset by the.latest official report, which shows that the exports of domes tic manufactures from the I'nited States in 11104 for the first time in our history exceeded $500,000,000. Under the Dingley tariff, accordingly, we have increased our sales of manufactures to Kurope $175,000,000 above what they were when the Democrats had a tariff of their own which they enacted on the claim that it would greatly increase our foreign trade anil not harm our trade at home. I'iKler the Democratic free raw ma- j li rii.l tariff v. e suffered from industrial I stagnation at home and we lost much foreign trade. And yet. no doubt, free traders will continue to shout for free trade and such a bad tariff as they are easily capable of. Such little matters as facts of trade don't seem to disturb tinker contemplation of theories. By the way, the shout for tariff tinkering has strangely ebbed in the last two months, l.ewiston (Me.) Journal-. Still I ni'orruplfd. Considering that Senator Allison lias been in congress for forty years lack ing two weeks and has spent thirty one of them in the senate, he shows very little evidence of corrupting in fluences. Boston tilobe. Trial List May Term, 1905, Second Week. Return Day, May 29, 1905, at 2 o'clock. \V. \V Jackson and Blanche WSturdi vant trustees lor the devisses ol tlie Estat# ol'tieo DjJackson deed and \S' \V .lack son Admr, d. b. n. et. c t a ol the estate of t ico i> Jackson deed vs Walter 11 < iunton No 51 Sept term, 11)01, Trespass; plea not guilty. Mullen and Walsh | Mercur and Thomson 2 Isaac BrunervsCeo Corson, N0.48 May term, 1 'JCKt, Trespass: pica, not guilty. Mullen | Shoemaker. 3 William 1.. Woodruff vs Walter B. Clinton, No. 6s May term, 1903. Assump sit. Plea— non assumpsit. Mullen. | Mercur. 4 James Tompkins vs Chauncey B Wheatley, No TO, May term. 1903. 'i res pass: plea, not guilty Mullen | Thomson and lleess. a Caroline IV Lyon executrix of Ed ward I.von, deed vs Hannah Breitmeier and Ceorge Breitmeier. No. 27, Sept. T. 1903. Ejectment. Plea—not guilty. Mulen. | Bradley 6 Eliza A. Iloagland vs Anna Pardoe Edson Pardoe and Silas McCarty. No. C>9. Sept. Term. 1903, Trespass. Plea, not guilty. Mullen. | Thomson A' Ileess. 7 F II Toinlin now to the use ot Ceo W Weaver vs John S Richard, No 72, September term, 1903; Issue. Walsh | Mullen s Win Walliser vs Kate l> Walliser, No 2, May term. 1904; in divorce. I ngliams | Bradley 'J Moses Lewis vs Mariani Lewis, No I. Sept term, 1904; In lunacy. Meylert | I ngliams 10 F. C. Sclianahaclier vs the Town ship ol For s, No. 5, S?pt. T. 1901. Tres pass. Plea not guilty. Meylert. | Mullen. 11 ('has liodtka vs Cotlicli Uerger, No 37 December term. 1904; Ejectment; plea, not guilty. Mullen ' | Scouten 12 John II May vs Ceo II Finan and wife, No 4, Feb term, 1905, Dell appeal; plea, non assumpsit payment with leave; | Mullen I Shoemaker I Protli's office, Laporte,Fa, April 10, 1905, 'I'IIDS, E. KENNEDY, Froth, The State Dairy and food Com j niissioner calls attension to the act of Assembly approved on March 2sth. j It is of special interest to those sell ing, shipping, consigning, offering or exposing for sale fresh meat, poul try, game, tlsh and shell fish. The act is as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted that if any i person, firm cor pororate body shall ! by himself, herself or themselves or by his, her or their or its agents or servants, sell, ship, consign, offer for ! sale, expose for sale or have iu poss ession with intent to sell, as fresh, ; any meat, poultry, game or shell ! I fish which contains any substance, j article or ingredient possessing a pre servative character of action, or' which contains any coal, tar, dye or any or any other substance, article or iugredeuts possessing a coloring character or action, shall be - decmt d ! guilty of a misdeamor; and, up< n j conviction thereof in the court of j quarter sessions of tlie peace of the] proper county, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than #IOO and i not more than S2OO and all costs, or j to undergo an imprisonment iu the county jail not less than sixty days, j nor more than four months, or both 1 or either, at the discretion of the I court, provided that nothing in this | section shall prohibit the use of ice as a preservative, or proper refrieg eration. Hicks predictions for May are not at all pleasant. He says the month will open with a phenomenally warm spell, which will be followed by a series of severe and violent storms. These will be accompanied by vic ious thunder and lightening, with downpours of thunder and hail. Tornadoes are also liable. Thej month iu general will be noted for | the great number of thunder storms, ! some of which will be of a most se-1 vere character. Many a girl of fifteen gets up in the morning, eats breakfast which her mother has prepared, goes up , stairs, takes care of her room and then goes to town, sometimes taking two hou/s to buy a spool of thread, She eats dinner which her mother has prepared, wears clothes her moth er has made, spends the afternoon reading the story books or gadding with her friends, eats supper her mother has piepared and spends the evening with her girl friends. She has done nothing wicked all day, and her mother is satisfied that she is bringing her up right. But is she'.' The Act of April 11, l!»oi,in regard to rebate upon timber land has been repealed and rcplaced„by the Act of April 8, lf)0">. The latter act pro vides a different method of proced ure for parties desiring to obtain the j rebate. The affidavits are to be made i before the assessor and tiled with) him and returned by him to the commissioners' office, where they are placed upon the duplicates before they go out to the collectors. This is likely to cause some diffi culty in obtaining rebates this year, as the act of 1905 was not passed un til too late to permit of a compli ance with its provisions. The name of the new hospital at | Bloomsburg has been changed from j the Bloomsburg Hospital to the Jo- j seph Itatti Hospital, ro named in honor of the gentleman who founded the hospital and then presented it to the town of Bloomsburg, fully e quipped and ready to hegin its hu mane work. It is absolutely free to all who are unable to pay for treat-j ment. The l'enn Tanning Company and the Elk Tanning Company, two of the largest companies of the Fnited J States Leather Trust, w ill merge ! their interests and the main offices ! w ill be moved from Sheffield to j liidgway. The Penti company by i this merger turns over thirteen tan ! neries to the Flk Company, and the latter will have jurisdiction over forty-seven plants, in Forrest, Wai- I ren, McKean, Potter and Elk coun ties. A. E. Campbell was in Elleton, j Wednesday, looking after the luni ; her interest of Camdbell A- Brenchley. j They expect to complete their 800,000 | feet job this week. —si i.i.ivax star Death of Mrs. Mary Phillips. Mrs. Mary Phillips, wife of Mr. j Griffith I*hilli|>s, dii<l at her homeut | Sonestown, Thursday -May fth, | after an illness extending over a per- j iod of several years, of nervous (lis-! order and stomach trouble, during j whith time she endured intense suf fering. Mrs. Phillips before hei i marriage was Miss Mary Seilars. Early in life she became united with the Methodist and ever after led an exemplary Christian life and up to the time of her illness was a faithful attendant at church. She was a woman of fine character and was beloved for her real worth, a trait that she was quick to perceive and admire in others; as devoted wife, a fond mother and true friend she will he sadly missed. She is surviv ed by a husband and three children: Mr. Hurry Phillip* of Jersey Shore; Mrs. Will Kiess and Mrs. Charles llazen, both of Sonestown; two brothers and two sisters, Miss Sue Seilars and Mrs. Benjamin Taylor of Strawbridge. The funeral servic es were held on Sunday at the M. E. church at Sonestown, and were conducted by Uev. S. 15. Bidluck, who preached a very impressive sermon. Several beautiful selection were rendered by the choir, after which the remains of the deceaed were laid to rest in the Sonestow n cemetery. LaPortc Tannery at WorK The familiar sound of the tannery whistle was again heard on Wed nesday morning after a silence of several months, and has again re sumed operations, thus giving em ployment to a number of men who have been in forced idleness since the shut down. Several important changes have taken place in the management of the Tanning Co. at this place. J. W. Flynn, who for many years lias been superintendent of this tannery, foitnd it necessary to resign that position in order to devote his entire time to the duties required of him assuperintl * of the Central Pennsylvania | ,er Co. lie is now in Temi"* the interest of this corporate ill iam A. Kennedy who ha o.»s tanner has been promoted to , er intendent to till the place left by Mr. Flynn, and the tannery is now running under the supervision of Mr. Kennedy. Fnder a law which has just been signed by Governor Penuypacker, hunters, fisherman, berry-pickers and any others who like to roam through woods and fields, will have to exercise considerable care as to where they go; otherwise they will be liable to a fine of #lO for trespass. The new law gives the owner of any property the right to put up tresspass signs, and provides punish ment for anyone who enters on the property when such signs are di«- plnyed. Under the present law the only recourse left to the owner of land has been a civil suit to cover damages from those who trespass on lands where signs are posted. Be cause it was in most places impossi j ble to collect such damages trespass notices have not been very common. : The new law is far reaching in its I ; new effect. It provides that any | person who as much us enters on land where tresspess notices are ! prominently displayed, whether damage is done or not, is liable to be lined, before any alderman or justice of the peace. The fine cannot ex ceed *lo for any one oll'ense, and the costs of the prosecution. !t provides that in case the fine is not paid, the person convicted shall spend a day in jail for each dollar of the tine. The act further provides that moneys collected for such tines shall goto the school fund in the district in which the offense was committed. | The Overland Limited leaver Chi cago, daily at 8.00 P. M. via the Chi cago, I'nion Pacific A Nertli Western Line. Klectric lighted, Less than three days enroute over the double ; track railway between Chicago and j the Missouri ltiver. The best of 1 everything. Booklets, maps, hotel I lists and full information about Cali i fornia sent on receipt of four cents in stamps. \\*. B, Kuiskten, P. T. M. A N. W. By., Chicago. 1.00 PER YEAR HILLSGROVE. Nellie Brong gave a social dance | i»t her home on Main St. Thursday j evening which was well attended. Among those in attendance at the i Forksville Commencement from onr ; her}? we noticed Dr. Mervine, H. A ! Mcßride, H. I£. Green, Nellie i)ar- ■ ! I>y and Fofela Lucas. The Tan Hark Kings met defeat in ! a well played game on the Local Dia- I mond, Saturday p. M. at the hands | ol the Williamsport Atheletics, score Sand The home ol' .Air. and Mrs. A. A. Ludy was the scene of a' very pleas ant and happy event on Thursday evening May -Ith,, it being the occas ion of the marriage of their daughter, Kdna Irene to Benjamin F. Miller of Wilkesßarrc, Pa., ltev. F. H. Snvles of Christ's Church officiating. l'he bride was attired in a gown ol blue "ilk and carried orchuds, was attended by Miss Dolly Mourean as bridesmaid and Mr. Lester Wood ley acted as groomsman. The happy pair started for their tuturc home Saturday morning at \\ iikes-Barre where Mr. Miller holds a responsible position as Viae Presi dent of the Republic Fire A Life In surance Company. KiCKETTS. i The P.O. S. of A. are clearing ground above the church for a place to build their new hall. Mrs. Mathews is gaining slowly and is now probably out of danger. Messrs. Mott A Ilallister, general agents for the Kansas City Life In surance Company were doing busi ness here the past week. Several sorest tires started here ! I ist week but fortunately they were all extinguisued. | Mrs. Arthur Knowles returned from the City Hospital at Wilkes- Marie on Tuesday, where she has been under treatment for sometime. Miss. Streevy of New Albany visited her sister at this place one day list week. Mrs. John Bates is visiting her brother near New Albany. Persons interested in the human treatment of cattle and other stock, and there are probably few who are not, will be glad to learn that the at tempt of certain railroads to evade the law requiring that stock in tran sit shall be unloaded, fed and water ed at intervals of not less than 2S hours, has proved fruitless. The Secretary of Agriculture has been at tempting to secure a strict observance of the law but certain terminal rail ways claimed that in the landing of stock received from through lines they were exempt. The Secretary of Agriculture appealad the case to the Attorney General who has just rendered an opinion sustaining the Secretary. There have been four ' hundred reported violations of the law within the past three months and the Department of Justice will now undertake the prosecutions of the guilty persons. Some of the leading railroads have already signi fied tneir intention ol pleading guilty and paying thtir tines, which prob ably indicates that they will not risk another violation of the law. The tirst message by wireless tele, graph between Wilkes-Barre and Scrauton was sent last week. The apparatus is the invention of Rev Mugas, a Catholic priest. While it did not work perfectly, he expects to get better results after further adjust ment of the parts. Wireless telegra phy overland is attended with much more dilHculty than over the sea, and no apparatus is completely satisfact ory for that sost of work as yet- The Hock Island System will glad ly furnisn illustrated literature about California and the service thither to any one contemplating a trip to the Golden State. Greatly reduced rates in effect daily, March Ito May J.">. California offers attractions as a home I that will surely interest you. Two | families, by going together, can . share the expense of freightage on I household goods, besides locating as I neighbors in their new California | home. Living is cheap there. ; Write to John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Lock Island System Chicago.
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