Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 5. } This Is the Place rTo Buy Your Jewelry < s Nothing in Town to Compare WitliS ( the Quality that We are Giving y You for the Low Price Asked. C Quality and moderate prices J MtronaSe P )irresist,bly draws into our store he best pa tronage r cOf this section. Many years here inbusiTOSS, always 1 X with a full line of goods above suspicion, cnosen i ' with a care and judgment commensurate with its 1 \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes q our store a safe place to invest. 112 Repair work clone on short notice and £ L \ teed by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. \ S RETTENBURY, S <j DUSHORE, COL. EL HARDW jtf^X No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD ME A T ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Ever> 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. Soifiiuel tJole^Uusftore^a. Would you goto a horse doctor if you were sick Why then for Cothing- Do You Not Come to Us? We have the largest stock of clothing in Lycoming count> to select from Lowest Prices. Come and give us a tria for your next suit. Will save you from $2.00 to $5.00 or a suit and give you up to date styles. * We are over loaded with Clothing and Shoes. Com c and see for yourself. If you buy SIO.OO or over, wil pay your car Hire both ways. You are safe in buying of us; if not satisfactory will re fund your money. Jacob Per, HUC::ESVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905. ' A blow to accident insu ranee j companies was dealt in eo irfc la?t ' week at Wilkesbarre, when the jury gave a verdict against tie Maryland Causuality Company, , and in favor of the estate of James (jiilespia for $:>000 and interest for four years. Gilespie contracted with an agent in January, lttOl. for a £3OOO policy, and paid $5 down on the transaction. The same day he fell down a iiight of stairs and five days later he died from the injuries. The company claimed that, though an install ment had been paid on the first premium, the policy had not been delivered, and that the contract had not been consumated. The plaintiffs showed, however, that the agent of the company had told Gilespie that the insurance would begin with the first payment. Burgese John Doll, of Pine Grove, Columbia county, is anx iously awaiting a decision of the treasury department on the value of &fl,ooo in incinerated greenbacks which represents the money he placed in the oyen of a cook stove for safe keeping while he went to a circus a few weeks ago. Mi s. Doll, in the meantime decided to bake some bread and started a brisk fire. When she tested the oven for bak ing. she found the tin box contain ing the ashes of the money. A fatal accident occcured on C. W. Sones' narrow gauge railroad near llillsgrove, Wednesday evening of last week, and it was only by the hasty action of some of the men that prevented a greater loss of life, van county border. Two Italians lost their lives. They were members of tin* construction crew on the extension between Eagles Mere and Uillsgrove. Fif teen of the men boarded a truck to goto the camp for supper, when at the head of a grade they discovered they had forgotten a brake stick. A number jumped olf but three stayed on the truck. A work train was standing at the bottom of the grade and the truck collided with this. It had gained o freightful momentum and the men were hurled into the air alighting some distance from the truck. Two were instantly killed and an other had his skull fractured and was otherwise injured. CONNECTICUT GRANGE. The Tnrntirth Annual Inaloi at HartfurU a Sncrrmfol One. There are 120 active subordinate granges in the stute of Connecticut and ten Ponionus. the aggregate member ship being about W.OOO. The Invented funds of the state grunge now amount to $lO.-MO. A resolution that (tailed out considerable discussion was on the (juration of Rumbling and liquor ceil ing lit the fairs. The committee on legislation reported favorably on tha bill providing tbat It shall be the duty of the state police to visit the agricul tural fairs anil make arreats for liquor selling and gambling where such Is fnund. The resolution was adopted. The grange favors the passage of the pure food bill now before congress and favors the appropriation of ST>OO for a circulating library of agricultural and horticultural books. P. B. Sibley of Panleleonv'Jle was re-elec'nd a member of the executive committee for three years. Injury to the grange In the future. If it ever come*. will come from mistake# upon the InMse and not from opposltlou ! upon the outside. In a caramel factory In Lancaster. 1 where there are five hundred employes. I the girls pass constantly during the day from a refrigerating department, possibly of 20 degrees P.. to another, possibly 90 (Purees They suffer from bronchial trouble. The physicians of Ijtncaster were strong in their denun ciation of the employment of girls in the factory. The horse breeder will work a colt until bone, muscle and brain sufficient to the task shall have matured. He knows that a worthless horse would be the result of premature work Par ents. employers, legislators citizen* of Pennsylvania iceneially are leas re gardful of the mental aud physical wel fare of the chlUren of this state Meeting cl Grangers. ■ Pomona Grange, No. 23 of Brad-; t ford and Sullivan counties met with j Ora:.vi!le Centre Grange, May is and ; ! l!t. i'he sessions were all interesting I and instructive. In the absence of I the Mf.-'er, Myrt Ferguson, the Over seer, J. i . Bird presided. The Thui -ulay morning meeting: op ened in regular form. Minutes of last meeting held at West Burling ton were read and approved. Re ports from subordinate Granges were read and show a continued increase in membership and interest. By comparing the reports of several years ago with these, the outlook for Grange work at the present time is very flattering. Master appoints the following com mittees: Resolutions; Bro. A. M. Cornell, Bro. J. It. Vannoy, Bro. W. B. Pack ard, and Sisters, C. F. Whortenby and W. W. Brooks. Applications; Sister Eva Moore, sis ter Grace Packard, Bro. J. 11. Bailey. Obituary com.; Bro. A. T. Lilley, Bro. John Hunt, Sister Emma Cor nell. Thursday afternoon. Sesssion opened by singing "The Good Old Farm." Bro. Seth \V. Baxter in behalf of Granville Centre grange, extended to the visitors a most hearty welcome which was re sponded to by Bro. W. B. Packard, a well known farmer and Granger. A song "The Dream Hose" by Miss Anna Beardalee, and a recita tion by Miss Edna Hubert weie thoroughly enjoyed by all. Bro. Clysses Bird of Elklatid Grange then read an interesting pa per comparing city and country life, with the advantages mostly in favor of the latter. Miss Grace Packard r« - cited in an attractive manner a > a touching pathetic poem entitled "Tommy's Prayer." Bro. A. M. Cornell, state lecturer, g|Hikeon "Some Duties'of a Patron." The teachings of the Orange faith fully will lead to the highest d<- velopment of true manhood; to the possession of character illustrating | the old saying so true "An Honest Man is the Noblest Woik of God." All werefpleased to have Bro. Cor nell with us again as while a mem- ; her of Pomona Grange, he is away in different parts of the state on of ficial duties a large portion of the time. Select reading by Mis. Martha Bax ter, "The Croakers" showed how lit tle that class of individuals i- needed. The contents of the question box oc cupied a short time and provoked some lively discussions. Adjourned for fifth degree session. Thursday Evening. Song by Granville Centre choir j "Consider the Lilies." Prayer by Rev. B. A. Bower, duet by Mrs. Encell Taylor and Miss Pearl Bower,; "When Swallows Homeward l f ly." j A recitation by Anna Loomis follow ed. Hon. W. 1). Morse of Troy was in troduced and spoke on the history of the last session of our State Legisla ture. Recitations by Margaret Loo mis and Miss Carrie Dodge were fol lowed by a duet by Miss Helen and Lora Sellick, "Grandmother Brown" and a recitation by Miss Cl ,ra Rock-' well! "The Brindle Cow," ad of which : deserve special attention. Mrs. Eva Moore was next 011 the i programme with a carefully prepar ed paper, Higher Education for the Farmer." The farmer must be edu cated to keep up with the procession. No calling requires as nut h know ledge as agriculture. The farmer's home is the best place to develop the : highest type of manhood. The spirit of the day H more intelligence, i The aim of the farmer is onward I aud upward; he is on the macada mized road tc success. Recitations by Misses Elsie Taylor and Orace ! Packard were heartily applauded. Rev. T. A. Hughes uf Troy was then presented and spoke on the sub ject, "The Life That Wins." Friday Morning, opening song by Orange. Bro. A. Lilley read th<- following re|>ort: Worthy Master: Your committiv : appointed to consider the advisabil ;ty of the division of Pomona Dis trict, No. resp< ctfully report. That, We believe the IM'SI interest the Order would ivngtliet ed by ! the formation of u l'uiuona Grange l to be composed of Sullivan County, and if desired the addition of the' township of Overton, Wilmot and 1 New Albany of Bradford county. | We would reccomend that if a (lis- j trict should thus be formed that this; Pomona divide the funds in the treasurer with the new district in proportion to the number of mem bers in good standing at the time of charter of same is granted: Albert M. Cornell, A. T. Li I ley, J. It. Vannoy, Ulysses Bird. The report was adopte d as r< ad. The obituary committee reported resolutions on the death of A/.or Rockwell, who was for many years an active and highly respected mem ber of the grange. The report was adopted. Court Notes, Clarence E. Dunham appointed tax collector of Eagles .Mere. Stephen Murphy discharged as an insolvent debtor. Charles Warren appointed auditor of Fox township. George \V. Weaver vs. Lesly Brown; answer of John \V. Norton tiled. John 11. Cronin vs. Chas. W. Ilof f;t. Petition for rule tiled, argued C A V. Comtli vs John Lawler. Defraud ing boarding house keeper. Jury find a verdict of not guilty and cost to be divided between prosecutor and defendant. Geo. \V. Ilottenstein vs. Winifred Hottensteiu in divorce, supoenaed awarded. Comth vs Thomas Mcnermot, de frauding boarding house ktepcr. True bill. (bmth vs Frank Sr. Frank Jr. iind Frederick lvammsky, assault antl battery. Jury rendered verdict guilty a* indicted. Comth vs l'eter Transue, desertion Grand Jury find a true bill. Court appointed Lyman B. Speak er, Charles Warren, Watson Fawcet ltev. J. A. Enright, Jacob L. Sny der and 1). E. Carroll, a board of visitation whose duty it shall be to visit once a year all institutions and societies into whose care and custody neglected children shall be committed. Comth vs Marcus Horn, assault and battery. Grand jury find not a true bill anil prosecutor C. E. Fritz to pay the cost. Jerome Laird appointed constable of Davidson township. AbiaJ. Allen vs Yastel F. Allen. Divorce decreed as prayed for. James Jordan vs. Howard Lyons, Jury find for the plaintiff the sum of #H>2.Ol, not including the:» 7,1 I s feet of timber hauled in December, or the "> per. cent allowed until the lumber was counted. Rule grant ed for new trial. In re petition of David Mark. Court ordered that E. M. Dunham as trustee mak" sale of real estate. 'F. McCarty vs C. B. Jen nings. Prothonotary directed to is sue an attachment against tin-de fendant. Daniel Suiter vs Emma Suiter in I divorce, .lames Cavcn appointed commissioner to take testimony. Both Democratic anil Republican ! conventions will have to be recoil veiled to nominate candidates for the i Supreme Court bench to till the va cancy caused by the death of Justice Dean. Justice Dean's death having occur eil more than three months prior to the November election the law pro j vides that hi- succe—or -hall be elected at that time. Had lie died within the three months' limit the Governor would have appointed a Supreme Justice for a year and a half. It is the opinion of lawyer* familiar with party rules, that both the convention- will have to recon vene ill HiirrMiurg to nominate su preme Court Candidate-. Rule- of IHIIII parties authorise the state committee tu till vacancle- <>n the ticket for Supreme Justice it i- nr glied that the nomination- ran be utaile only by the convention-. 1.00 PER YEAR RECKETTS. * Ono of Trex 1/.T and Turell's log trams had a wreck near Sones'Camp last week. Fortunately no one was hurt. Mr. John Miller and his two daughters, Laura and Erma went to Xiagra Falls Saturday. Mr. T. (). Khunsstarted for Allen town Saturday to visit his father and brothers. Mr. C. A. M. Boyd is spending some time with his uncle, T. S. Boyd at Alderson. Mr. Ed. English of New Albany cut his foot quite badly while work ing for Colonel Ricketts at GAnoga Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Adan^Bartholemew are rejoicing over the birth of a son. It is evident that the prospects about Wyalusing, for the con struction of the new railroad are not as promising as they were sev eral months ago ? if we are to judge by the article in this week's issue of the Wyalusing Rocket, which says.- Is the Colonial Construction Company preparing to give up the attempt to linauee the N. Y. I'. & S. \V. railroad? Although the lo cal managers continue to make op timistic statements and report pro gress in the financial deals so long pending in the metropolis, there is much to indicate that this com pany is ready to step down and out. From some of the insiders o r the deal it is claimed that they will be forced out and other interests shove the deal to completion. If this is true the new promoters back of the scheme will doubtless have to"put up" rather heavily to the Colonial crowd before they obtain the contracts, charter, etc. in their possessson. The work of the en gineering corps ended Thursday and with the exception of a few members, who have been retained to do otlice work at Binghamton, there is no longer any surveyor in the employ of the company. It is said by the men that none of them have received their full pay since tiiey entered the employ of the company. The company admits that they owe large amounts in board bills and traveling expenses of the engineers in Pennsylvania. Russel Hitter of Glen Mawr, a lumberman employed at the lumber camp of Charles Sones, near Ea gles Mere, was found dead in bed in one of the rooms of the Hotel Savoy, at W'illiamsport. last Fri day morning. On Thursday he went to the city to attend the ball game and circus, and in company with a friend went to the Savoy where they secured rooms for the night. The two men occupied ad joining rooms on the third floor, and as tlnn were to return home on the 7:30 train Friday morning, the clerk went to arouse 1 titter at (i o'clock, but failing to receive any response be forced open the | door and found him lying lifeless |on the bed. I'he room was tilled • with the odor of gas and the gas I jet was found to be open. The ! unfortunate man had upon retiring apparently turned the co k com j pletely around, shutting oil and I again opening the jet, or had ! thoughtlessly blown out the gas. He was years of age and leaves a wife and three children. < »n June Ist, when the presidents lof the different school board* take otttce, they will tie obliged to sub scribe to an oath different from that ol former years. I hey mu-t take oath that the coinpul-ory attendance law ha* been couiplitd with; that no tcsn her ha- lui n employed at a -ala ry of le-i than #:l*i per month, and that no teacher has twin employed i'ir, or had charge of, any of the *ch<M»l!> <>f tli»* districts during the year w ho hail not .it the time a valid certiorate The old ft>rui of oath did n«>t ciiuipcll I In-ill ti -wear that -ahirifM l< than |» r month were paid
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