VOL. X. NO. 29.
} This Is the Place I
To Buy Your Jewelry \
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Nothing' in I own to Compare Willi p
( the Gaiility that We are (Viving j
/ You for the Low Price Asked. j
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< Qualitv and moderate prices makes a force that S
S - draws into our st<.>rc the best patronage
( ' i{11. v, [; Many years here in business, always y
V,w \;i 11:'i lii eo! uoods above suspicion; chosen C
with .! care and judgm< nt civnm i; urate with its ■
\u, ■' r.ii-;!;t> and adaptability to reline laste, makes \
if our a sale place to invrst. C
/ Kcp iir v.-ork done on shorl notice and guaran-Q
\ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders ppreciated. \
S ivaiTTENBURY , $
*>!>! moRI-:. FA. The Jeweler.
COL E
HARDWAR
No Piace Like this Place
For Reliable
STO VES and R A NGES,
COAL OK- WOO D
HE A T
ONE OF 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. if :oncl lnad stoves and ranges for sale cheap.
Wo can sc 11 ycu in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease
Darner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing :..nd Spouting.
Hum' j» - rj %. # A)
Ol^5 112 l£r II^"OI \
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Some Stylish Dress Fabrics.
Com 1 " in and «>q them. They were bought for you.
Whatever \ our dtssLO' ds thoughts m:i\ be you can find
here.
BUOAIH'I.OTIIS Wool. HA I' IST K
We show in all the new shades. Meets all the rei|iiiretiierits lon home or
hi -vi.-I r.i \ .iiiiiL' We have hotli darker
li i*, .\ IS I I'. Ii A i .
evening shaat 8.
Silk tin>-111■ • I vool Henrietta in ail the [St'l'ltl \l, I'RKPE
popular .-hade-i. A lavoriie colored wool material, yet in
(i UA V Sl'lTI\OS • e.\|jeniiive.
We havi- lust it), in-.! a new 1»1 *»t SILK \Nl> Wiail, ' h'KL*K
materials lor ''<>ats. Suits which we think hark shade* liir the si reel, or liirht
are the hest in the citv . shade- lor ihe house dr«-Bses.
BLACK GOODS
An abundance of h;n dsoim fabrics in the new s
weaves.
STYLISH WINTER GARMENTS FOR WOMEN
Hi .res haidlv' a day g >cs bj but what we- :i sh \v
you something i:t w n the cloak room.
I. AI > I K-M i»A I S TA I I.OH K1» SC ITS
si.uii- ill the in-*t .-i \1 i -11 eloih font of In u new \arieiv «.i' In »••«* fiilfn. made
die have j•»"i heeii ree#i\eil, up of the inosl popular uiiicruiU.
W A I.K IN' i >lvl If l'> t 1111,1'UI S s .1 \< Kl'l-
We luiv. the he At Sk ii value )ou rtinl In plain coloree and l.inev mixed mu
nn\whc.-c p.ipnlar lalt i< -. m-H in.He leiial-. in...le in v arioii-—IV I". A httff
huil iMnderaiei* pri< ed. ; --orine in io elinu-e Irom.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY' PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1905.
i HE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW. Chavham, N. Y..
I*nss ('orrrsvmulf.nt .Ww Vork Mate
tiro wje
NATIONAL GliAAii 10.
VHIHTV-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING
HELD AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Malt r I'M of Inl'iMiuM tiou J'or Thone
Who I >|IITI |<> VMOIMI lirlnlirr to
Uutrl.H, I'Ai'iirsiim Ijitit'H ami llci'l
iiiKM l''or Coiifcrring' the NiKhi'r U«-
grei'N— L.iirK** Scvt'idli Decree (IHNM.
Tile executive commUne of lite New
Jersey stale grange lias made elabo
rate preparations for the entertainment,
of tlie members of tlie national grange
at Atlantic City in .November at its
thirty'-ninth annual session. We need
not say that Atlantic City is one of the
most interesting summer resorts in the
world, and even in .November the tem
peratvr v '"e is considerably higher
limn : —s in from the coast.
. issued by the
\ commit too it is
Mfeggs. \. stated that eu
money and
without price to
,ho visiti "S l ' a "
; trons, hut it is
. IM' ii"t merely for
' i / entertainment
that the I'a
110N. E. n. NOIUiIS. Irolls ,j 0 At .
lantlc <"ity, I>:11. rather, to attend upon
the proceedings of the national body
and listen to the discussion of some of
tlie vital questions that are now being
considered by the granges throughout
the i'uited States.
The sessions of the national grange
will be held in Music ilall-oivthe-Sea,
which is ;;u immense structure at the
end of the steel pier, about a half mile
out in the oeean. The hall has a large
sealing capacity and will be an ideal
place for the sessions of the grange.
The grange headquarters for registra
tion, information bureau, badges, etc.,
will lie at the entrance to the pier,
while the ho cl headquarters will be at
the Seaside House, ;i block distant.
A 1 >ng list of hotel* have granted ex
ceedingly low rates for this occasion,
none being higher than $2 per day and
someas low as 51..M1. Some of the near
by states are planning to have their
delegates secure accommodations at
one hotel. For instance, the New Eng
land delegation will have headquarters
at tlie Ilotcl Iroquois. New Jersey at
the Hotel Wiltshire New York proba
bly at the Hrand Atlantic. These ho
tels are all within two or three min
utes' wa 1 k of the pier. The New Kug
laud granges will run an excursion
from Ho<ton and another from Worces
ter, Mass.. via steamer lines from
Kali Itiver and New London, Conn.,
the two excursions uniting at New
York city, where they will combine
and proceed to Atlantic City. The rail
roads havV granted the usual one and
one-third fare. Purchasers of tickets
will pay tin 1 regular fare going, which
from New York <• ity Is $3.25, and will
take a certificate which on being eetm
tersignetl in Atlantic City, for which
a fee of 2o cents is charged, will en
title them to purchase return tickets
from Atlantic City to New York until
Nov. 29 at SI. 10. Tickets are sold via
Philadelphia. Simik;r arrangements
have been made with trunk lilies from
various points throughout the I'nited
States.
A very large attendance is antici
pated from all the nearby states in
particular. State Master Haunt of
Nc.v .1 rsey hopes t.« exceed the pre
vious records iu number of candidates
who -bill lake the seventh degree,
v ,ii. h will be conferred 011 Saturday
e cuing. Nov. is. Irtviug been preceded
by the conferring of the tilth degree
by tin- I'. •: lt.mi c unity degree team on
Saturd i\ 1 -nil HI. Nov. is, ami bj
the sixth i _ 'e. confer ml ' v the New
Jersey state giatme team mi the same
afterii i HI at a !..tcr hour, till Wedlics
day evening, Nov. I".. :i public recep
tion hi 1 l.eg. \eu tlie lleliiling Pa
tron- \\ lnl> 1.• 11 \ tin' 1 a.-ter nf a state
gran. • and bis wife are ul lowed the
privilege "I voting ill the national
grange yet n:l fourth degree members
can alloud and take part iu the discus
si>ns if lliej desire so to do.
Stale Master I' I! Norris of Soilus,
V Y reqiic-ts those who have resolu
-1 .us .111.1 other matters of interest to
l.e pivr.cnled t ■ the ualioiuil grange
I'roln New \ ork -tile to forward the
-nine to his ntiico al Sod us, N V.. at
their lilt be-l |. 1-- lile I >IH ellioll' e, and
1 0-1 n other I.He Inn ing matter* to
be referred |o the national grange
lioitld eoin>uunie:ite v illi thole respee
live -I.He u1 i —let— The programme for
'the 11. 1 11011:1 1 lira 1 -■ eel 11; V lint >et
-■4lle,|. bill Will follow the 11-llal form.
. 1 Mhci 1 w .'I he 1 |e. Ie | .1! llii- .e--ioi|
r'.,r 1 - o \o. 11 . 11 111 I oil" iiieuibei of the
, . ,0 vo 10' 11111111 • ■ 112 ;i term of
Uii'ee yi-.'ir- Hull I I! Nai ls I- chair-
Inuii ut tlie ejeclltlvu coiuiultlrv
I I
l>. A. Pope, a fish warden, of Pot- j
J ter county, was last week sentenced 1
topa f y a line of SIOO on the charge |
lof violating the state game laws It
was alleged that while lie was in
Hie woodson tlie night of October
' 20, Pope shot and killed three deer.
lie went to Cross Fork to get help
! atui with the nidof assistants, took
his rich quarry into town. Efforts to
'insure secrecy were made, but the
story leaked out, and Pope's 'arrest ;
followed.
While drilling for a vein of copper j
last week near Central, Columbia
county, the Pennsylvania Copper
and mining company, struck a series
of pockets from which was emitted
great quantities of natural gas. When
Hie drill had reached a depth of 2To
the gas was struck, and the volumn
! was so great that when released it
blew the dust and rocKS up the .shaft
with much force and into the air for
a great height. This came as a great
surprise and altogether unexpected
!by the workmen several of whom
narrowly escaped serious injury by
the sudden blowup and also ity the
flying rock. There has always been
a theory that there was a gas or oil
; belt between Jamison City and
j and Cambria. There has been a
great deal ol prospecting going on
through that section within the last
few years and some are of the belief
that some day there will be oil tlow
, in.' from the borings.
Michael J. Koran, a patient at lite
Daueville hospital for the Insane,
figures at present iu legal proceed
ings of a somewhat unusual nature,
I instituted with a view of protecting
his property. Koran was a pronii-
J nent citizen of!Susquehanna, lie is
a brother of lion. Johu P. Koran of
I South Dakota, and of Martin A.
j Koran, a Cleveland attorney. Some
| time ago he became mentally de
ranged. He is said to in a man of
; large means. In the proceedings to
j be taken a special jury will be sum
| moned and it has been decided to
I hold "the trial at tlie State Hospital
| instead of at tlie Danville Court
1 House. Such a case i- unique where
I a court tries its own ease beyond its
own jurisdiction.
Because liis neighbors are chop
ping down timber on a rocky tract
j of lot) acres near I niontown. Fav
j ette county, which he claims as
his properly. David Enfield arriv
ed in 1 larrisburg last Friday, after
j having traveled 011 foot the entii e
distance of about 'JOO miles from
! his home, to twice steps at the De
partment of Internal Affairs to
make his title clear. Enfield is a.
i sturdy farmer of 60 years. The
land lie claims constitutes all of
. his worldly wealth and his means
are >-0 limited that lie could not af
ford to pay car fare
rin re will be no polities in the
State constabulary. When this
I splendid body of men equipped for
l duty, commences its work of patrol
; ing Pennsylvania to insure protect -
J ion to the public the first order is
j sued by Superintendent J C. Oroomc
will be that any man in that depari
j incut who attempts to enter into
i politics iu any way further than to
least his vote as a citizen will be in
jstantly dismissed from the service
(iforge J Tn xler of Biekcfts,
I r if. Win. Slither-', C. M. Bender.
John Corhin, Misses [da /fillings,
i Florence Lilly, Harriet Brown and
| tiracc Hinl of this place, and Edilh
Musslcmuu oil K'crton, were enter
: tiiineil b\ T. A. Ixelder at the pleas
i nnt home of his mother Mrs. Joseph
Panloe, ut ( 'iinipbell-ville, last Frl-
I d i,\ night An elaborate lunch was
»« rvtil and a -ph udid time enjoyed
j t»y all. New Albany Mirror.
Last Friday night two hunters
1 from Towatiila, who were camping
near < >vei 'oii. had tle-ir entire outfit
destroyed by tire. I lie hunter-' were
sleeping in their covered wagon, and
1 were awakencd only in time to save
llieni-elvi - from the luroing camp.
Ml tin ir clothing, includiug their
hoe-, and one id tl lir gnus were
hurtled tip They wire obliged to
wrap theui«elve- iu < laukets ami go
1 to a f.nnihou-c lor -help r for tin*
' r. ni.iiniler nt the ni. ht, and next
' looming they v»i lit to Overton and
bought o' W clothing
President Samuel Hompers of the
i American Federation of Labor has
j issued a warning to labor unions of
the country that an attempt will be
made at the coming session of Con
gress to open the country's gates to
millions of Chinese laborers, which
lie says will mean the ruin of the
country. Mr. Gonipe.rs appenls to
labor to take united action to compel
the rigid exclusion of the Chinese,
j The statel.lent says: There seems to
! be a well defined policy of interested
parties to induce Congress at its
forthcoming session t > let down the
bars to the hordes of Chinese that
they may come into the United
States and its posessions.
The Chinese and the Caucasians
cannot live, prosper and progress
side by side iu the same country.
The whole history of Chinese immi
gration to any country on the face of
the globe in appreciable numbers
has demonstrated this time and time
again. They have dominated wher
ever they have entered unless they
have been driven out by the force
of arms or excluded before their
numbers were permitted to attain
an overwhelming influence. Their
domination is not because of higher
attainments but because of their sub
tlety, their lack of wants, interests
or desires; because they are cheap
laborers and cheap merchants and
thus Industrially and economically
freeze out their competitors, the
! American workmen, and even the
American business man.
The telephone girl and the bill
clerk to whom she had promised
her heart and hand were sitting in
front of the fire place talking about
the happy days to come when they
should be one says the Great Bend
Register. From ont little detail to
another th.» talk finally drifted to
the subject of lighting fires in the
morning. He stated that it was his
emphatic opinion that it was a wife's
place to got up and start the tire and
let her hard working husband rest.
After this declaration there was a
silence for about the space of three
quarters of a second. Then the tel
ephone "irl thrust out the linger
encircled by her engagement ring
and iiiurmered sweetly but firmly:
••King oft', please; you've got con
nected with the wrong number."
The new tresspass law is likely to
react on the land owners who place
signs on undeveloped ground. There
i- a movement on foot now to make
a test case of it. John McCarthy of
Wcafherly maintains that it was the
intention of the framers of the law
to make it apply only to cultivated
lands or lands used for business pur
poses. If a laud owner puts tip a
tresspass notice he gives up the right
to have it assessed as wild land and
it i-< th<» duty of the assessor tore
| turn these lands as cultivated lands.
. 11 i.> necessary to have tlie affidavits
1 fa certain number of people that
they saw the notices posted. If pos
! -ible a photographic copy of the
| notices should be secured. It never
j was the intention of the lawmakers
I t 1 exclude the hunters from wild
' ' iids and mountain sides, liven a
' jjcrson walking over the bills is in
j danger of annoyance from these
! notic >. Toe tresspass law was
| meant to protect farmers and men
who hud cultivated land. It was
also meant to protect the coal com
| panics and industrial establishments
aI or near works. Both farmers and
corporations |my taxes on the devel
oped lands and thereby acquire tin
right to exclude the public. The
hills and mountains are held only
! for speculative purp< sos and unless
I their owners pay a higher rate of
j taxation they have no right to ex
' elude any one from any tract assessed
as wild land.
A sudden slump has occured in
potato priit»s in the upper cud of
Lehigh and Berks couutv anil the
tuber-ate now a glut mi the mark
et. The crop in the potato grow
ing tow nships aggregated nearl\ a
million bushel- this yeai and up to
a lew days ago the prices were
slcadilx on tlie rise, reaching To
, cents a bu-liel During the past
• few weeks, however, the New N ork
| market ha- been flooded and a big
diop in the price ha- followed.
I 75C PER YEAP
BERNICE.
James l>et>ll n met with an acci
dent in the Murray JMines last Fri
day. While attending to his duties
a rock fell from the roof and mashed
his heal. Dr. Hrenning who is at
tending him thinks he can save the
injured member.
A. J. Quigley who went to a Xew
York hospital about three mouth*
ago returned ou Wednesday after
undergoing an operation for an ab
scess under the left arm, aud the
amputation of the arm in |r»rder to
save his life.
Mrs. N. Cunningham of Mildred
fell of Meyer's front porch Saturday
night and sprained her aukle which
will confine her to the bous« for
some time.
James Spence Sr. was a William
sport visitor Friday.
Mrs. D. Schoonover who has been
visiting friends at Greenwood Pa.,
returned home on Tuesday.
The tuneral of the late Alexander
I Spence took place ou Thursday after
noon. The services were conducted
by Rev. Itufus Bent. Few boys
I were better known or more highly
[respected than Alex. Spence. lie
was born iu Long Valley, Pa., six
teen years ago He was a student
of the high school and a bright,
splendid Imy with marked affection
for his home and those who made
the home. The schools were closed
during-the afternoon to give his
class mates the privilege of attend
ing the services and pay their last
respects to the deceased. Poll bear
ers: T. Ramsey, 11. Weed, J. Cun
ningham, A. Andy, J. & W. Cuole
jbaueh; flower bearers— F. Itauisey,
I \V. White, I>. Dieffenbach awl Mi
I Connors,
; Fred Sickler a resident of Luzerne
I county, has been arrested antl gived
a hearing and was held in #4(*i bail
for his appearance in the I'nited
Stab's court, in Scran ton, next Feb
ruary. Sickler was arrested on in
formation given by a |<os'
speetor, the charge is that of tiring
ot a wooilen mail box, damaging the
box and some mail (contained there
in.
Judge Fanning last week 6sed
the compensation for boarding and
robe allowed the sheriff of Brad
ford county at 25 cents »«>► to
take effect Jan. 1, 1006. In coin -
! inenting on it Judge Fanning says
| that this is approximately the price
j paid to the House of Refuge at
jtrlen Mills, the Reformatory at
! Huntington and the Eastern Pen
j itentiary at Philadelphia. for the
1 maintenance of prisoners eoinniit
; ed from that county.
The postofficv department at
: Washington, has adopted a ue» and
1 improved form »112 money order
j which will !>»• sent to the different
postoffices throughout the 4-utuitry
a- soon as. the present supply of {lie
| old oillers Is exhausted. This ttlls a
I long felt want of the fmstal depart
uietit and will check all further rais
; ing and forging of money orders by
1 crooked people. Special interi'st Is
j attached to the new form and that is
the fact that it cannot be raised more
' than 1.99, and that would be a diffi
cult matter for even the most ex
; pert forger to perform.
The Commissioner of llfalth,
| Samuel <l. Dixon, has established
the following stations iu this conijty
1 for the free distribution of Antitov
in, at the drug stores of P. D. Voor
liees, Soncstown: I harU» W. lloft'a,
Dtishore; Christian A Kel log, Lope/..
The Antitoxin in curative and lm
niutii/.iug <los»-s may l«e secured by
pliysiciitns at these depotn after they
have certified to the distributer that
no charge is to be made for the scrum
ami that the financial < i:rcurusUt,ccs
of ihe |>:>iicnt- are such MS i.) make
the e\pen-c of Antitoxin burden
-ollle.
With his hack almost touehiug
the miiy/.h* ot the gun which was ac
cidetttly diM*hargis| in thi I.anils of
a coiiipauioii, John Kitchen of Col
umbia county, lust week had bis
dotlies -tripped from hi- liack hy a
full i barge el' \>) s