FlitST NATIONAL BANK
OK IK'SHORK. HENNA.
PTTAh . . $50,000
purifi.ua - - »io.ooo
Does a Oeneral Banking Business.
S I) STEKIGffRE, M. D. HWAKTB.
President. Cashier
j. BKADLhY,
Attorney at-l>aw.
OtEee, corner 4 of Main and Mnncv Sts.
LAPORTE, PA.
Having opened an office at 13:28 Arch
St.. Philadelphia, I shall still continue to
practice in the several Courts of Sullivan
Count v.* When not in my otlioe personally
a competent person will be tbund in
charge thereof. Bonds of various kinds
furnished.
112 RANCIS W. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-lifiw.
rtice in Keeler's Block.
LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA.
J. & F. H INGHAM,
ATTOHHKTI'-AT-LAW.
Irfgal l>nsin«sß attended to
in Ibif and adjoining eocntiei
_A V'OKTK. PA
£ J. MULLEN,
Attorr>ey-at-Lav».
LAPORTE. I'A.
orric* is i-oohtv aoiLDiwe
ifKAHdOrVT noiJMK.
j H CRON IN,
ATTOBBKT-AT -LAW,
BOTAHY riIULIO.
OPriOB OB MAW sTR«KT.
DI-HORU, **
Q J MOLYNEAUX, D.D.S.
Graduate University ot' Pennsylvania.
NEW ALBANY, PA.
At Lopez, i'a., Wednesday and Thursday
each week.
LAPORTE HOTEL.
p. W. OALI.AQHEK. Prop.
Newlv erected. Opposite Court
llonse square. Steam heat, hath rooms,
hot and cold water, reading and pool
room,and barber siiop: mlsdjjik*! stabling
and livery,
Cbtppewa
Ximc Iftflns.
I
Lime furnisheo in car j
load lots, delivered at
Right Prices.
Your orders solicited.
Kilns near Hughesville
T^nn'a.
M, E. Reeder,
MUNCY, RA.
For a well Kept
Up-to-date
Stock of
General
Merchandise
Far pries that are
Right
For curteous treatment
goto
Buschhausen'
A MATTER OF HEALTH
iffv
&AKING
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
HAS K0 SUBSTITUTE
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County Seat N i
Local and Personal Events!
I Tersely Told. J
For the sake'of the consumer.s
the president should <!<» fill in li;h
power to prevent a coal strike.
Atty. and Mrs. F. W. Meylert
visited friends at Forksville over
Sunday.
Miss Margaruite Crossley was
the guest of Miss Ruth Hess at
Sonestown, the early part of the
week.
Mr. Samuel Mahaffey and fami
ly are moving to Rickets, where
they will make their future home.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Meylert en
tertained Supt. and Mrs. J. K.
Reese Kilgore and daughter Wed
nesday.
The two-weeks-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Miner of liernice,
died Saturday March 10.
Sheriff and Mrs. Uuck spent last
week in Philadelphia, the former
having conveyed the two Brow
chart boys to the House of Correc
tion.
Herbert Keeler is visiting at the
home of J. (J. Cote and family at
Lincoln Falls.
Jacob Hen the Laporte clothier
will move his business to Elk
land. Tioga county. Pa., (lie first
of April.
Miss lone Mason is visiting Mrs.
M. A. Watkinsat Towanda.
A few days ago Eva May Kar
schner, widow of the lire man. filed
her statement in her damage suit.
Five hundred thousand liar.els of
beer were brewed in Luzerne county
last year according to the official
statistics in the court house at
Wilkes Harre.
In the celebrated Johnson murder
casein Bradford county a new chap
ter has been begun and may result in
a trial in the Lycoming county court
in this city.
James Salerno, the Williainsport
murderer has, of late, refused to cat
and the jail authorities have resorted
to the expedient of stuffing him.
They hold his nose until lie opens
his mouth to breath and then feed
him lii|iiids with a spoon.
Mr. John L. Norton of Forksville
was at Hay re last week looking over
property with a view to purchasing. j
Mr. Norton contemplates making |
Sayre his future home.
March bids fair to be all that
weather prophet 1 licks recently
predicted for it. He foretold that
the month would be a stormy one
tl|led with cold, bleak winds, bliz i
zards, violent rains and othor con
ditions calculated to keep tlio blue
birds and robins away.
The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of Sonestown will give a
supper and entertainment on Fri
day evening, March 10. Supper
will be served to the Order at the j
| hotel of Harry Basley. Rev. S. li. !
Bidlack will address a public as
semblage at the M. E. church
where stereoptical views will also
add to the pleasure of the occasion.
All are invited.
Mrs. Lainellia Davis 011 Tuesday
filed her statement in her suit for
damages against the Williainsport
and North Branch railroad, for the
death of her husband, David Davis
the engineer of the locomotive that
blew up 011 October <», 11)05. En
gineer Davis was killed in the ex
plosion, and his' widow asks for
815,000 dainagi -
The Insurance adjusters met
[with the Laporte School Board |
1 Wednesday and sctlled the claim
Jon the destroyed school building.
| The full rr.te of insurance 93000 i
| was allowed. At the present pi ice '
of material it w.i-» figured to cost!
• 35000 to replace the same kind of:
building as was destroyed.
After all the big looting and graft
ing that has been going on among
the big life insurance couipaiiit*
! there have la-en no wreck* anionti
them, and there will not la-. They
are such immense concern* tlnaiiclal
ly that they -teemed to be able to
stand any amount of stealing 011 tin*
I part of dishonest officials. The loot
ers and grafters have either been
brought to punishment, or hooii will
be.
! A sk'ighinsf party from Dushon
took iidvuntHge of the Miowfall uiwl
J made a trip to Laporte and enjoyed
j a very nice-supper and had a nleaeant
1 mid etijoyiiole time at. the Lapyrte
I Hotel all then left for Dushore at
! eitfht P. Al., very well pleased.
The party consisted of Mrs. John
I), lleeser, Mrs. W. F. Randall, Mrs.
John Scher, Miss Maud Randall,
Mrs. M. H. Rtirns, Mrs. E. (J. Svl
vara, Mrs. C. Lilh-y, Mrs. John Ha- '
! iner, Maud Jordan, Mrs. Cias. K.
Pealer, jMollie('ummiskey and Jose
phine e. Swart/,.
Attorneys of Charles Johnson, con
victed and sentenced to death for
complicity in the murder of his[
brother's wife, Maggie I». Johnson, j
on September 1", ISMI-I, made appli- ;
cation for a change of venue, allejiiiK !
prejudice and that Hitler Johnson,
the woman's hushanil, before he was [
hanged in July for the same crime j
charged Charles with complicity and
for the reason that the widespread
publicity given the case has operated
to create undue prejudice.
The court has granted a rule oh the
commonwealth to show si cause why
a change of venue shall not be al
lowed.
Letters have been sent out by
State Highway Commissioner Hun
ter to the county commissioners
throughout the state, calling their
attention to the provisions of the
new road law, which makes it the
duly of the commissioners to furnish
tin? supervisors ol each township, on
the first Monday in March with she
latest valuation of the township
property for county purposes. It is
on this valuation that the supervi
sors are authorized to levy the road
tax for the ensuing year.
Five old soldiers have been hot -
ored by the people and court of
this county within the past year,
either by electing or appointing
them to ollices as follows: K. <'. R.
Kshinka, Associate Judge; Joseph
Pennington, Court Crier; Josiali
Ilenibury and Sargeant Fanning,
Tipstaves, and A. J, !laektey,Jan- ■
it< r ol' the Court House.
The Kvangelical Conference at
Milton last week appointed Rev. ,
\V. 11. Stover to succeed Rev. J.
O. l'»iggs on the Sonestown charge. 1
Rev. F. 11. I lower was returned to
Dushore, and Rev. Kellar to Lo- j
pez, much to tiie delight of their 1
respective congregations.
John D. Rockefeller was likened
by a member of his son's Rible
class to Moses, Washington and
Lincoln—and yet Moses led his '
people to the promised land. Wash- '
ington couldn't tell a lie and Lin- ;
coin abolished slavery.
A ■•moonshine" distillery was 1
discovered running full blast by I . '
S. internal revenue olUcers in a
thickly populated section of the
city of WilkesHarre Saturday.
The state constabulary will soon
begin to make themselves usful on
the 111 on 111:ti • 1 streams o'" the state
wherever trout are caught. They
will aid the tisli wardens all along
the line some two weeks or more
before the lisliing sea-ons opens.
The Annual Meeting of the School
Directors ol Sullivan County was held
in the Court House, Laporte,
Wednesday, March 1 I.
The following olUcers were elected:
President, Frank Mcgargle, Vice_
Presidents, Frank McGargle and
fjeorge McDonald, Secretary, 11. L.
Molyneux, Treasurer, R. May.
The meeting was a most interesting
tuid helpful one. Two-thirds of the
directors of (lie county were in at
t< ndancc.
(Full report next w«'ek.)
It 's li'.:>ile i-: tliat l;ntfi:ili(l presents 1
11>*. •••' ;.«st (•-.ticuies ol' pint ■••racy and
poverty, of luxury and deprivation, of i
"classes" und "uiaxse*," 01 lua anu
Rrowlnx foriii 'es f.»r tlie few anil of
Uxeilliess In their low estate for the
many We know, furilieruiore, that the
t niu-'l B;ates is liniiie.. ;nal)lj aliead
of Knulaud in opi».>rtunlti< s for arlsia.:
from lowly con htlous to the heights ot
Individual iliallii'llon and prosperlly.
from the workshop to the manager's
olttce, from tlie tin.* wuue to lar_c own
urslnp. froui uu iilalUiii to luastership
NN'hat folly, then, to he.ip on piol« ■-l 1-• ■ •
reproiiehcs which It doe* not di-sene
and lo charge It with iluwie liiciuaiit'c•'
which exist ton jtreutly Btfk'ravatwl d.
Kii-e In a country which makes the !>'••.
show iny that cull la* made for fn.
trade Uo. heitler Deutocmt ami Chroli
I k'le
Mercantial Appraisment.
To venders of domestic and foreign mereha
dise etc, in Sullivan county Pa. will take notic.
tthat appraised and classed by tlie under
1 signed Appruiser of Mercantile ut.d other Licen-
I for the yeur 190."» as follow?. to wit:
lleriiiec Btore (.'«» Clierry Mercantile .
( onm r, J. .1 - do do
j lJtMey Joftn do do
j l»eigun, J " .1 do do
lJempsey, John do do
FrombeiX. S do do
! Gotta, L do do
1 Gross. John do ......... do
; liefferan, Mrs. 1' do do
Htinsinxer l\\V do do
Hymau. Mori is do do
; i I \ tutin, It. B do do
llel Ismail,Joseph A do do
■ 1 !o| •4*. C. 1* do do
Juekson, C. K do do
MeGce, I'Htrick do do
Mui pity. J. 1* do tin
Meyers, Frank do do
Srluiad, 11. J do do
Sick. Charles do do
Schand, John t do do
•Sick, Joseph do do
• Hick, John . . do do
j Sick. Wendall do do
1 SutlilT, David do do
' Seltzer, George do do
: Haley, William do do
I Heaver, Theodore Collcy
j Uyer, AllH-rt 00 do
: iJicfenbach, G do do
I nitchy, K. G do do
I Hunsingcr, C. F do ... do
j Garey, K. A do do
lolinson, C do do
j Kellogg. 11. M do do
laihdback, («. 8 do do
j Lope/. Imig Co do do
MeGee, J. i* do do
Mekibhins, 11 do do
Slurry, I'. 1* do do
Khodes, J. F do do
-idanski. .1 do do
Yonkin, ,1 do do
Armstrong, A. T Davidson do
Buck. J. \V do do
Hash- •>". Harry do do
Ciist. Nora do do
nunii, Iru.N do do
Devaiincy. MJ do do
HoiVman. NV. L do do
iiopler, \Y. 1: do do
Unah. D. 11 do do
Uiiali, Mrs. D. H do
.MagarKel, Frank «t*» do
Miller, ('. A tio
Meyers. Geo. W do do
I'alinatier, Dennis do do
Simmons J. U. do do
>larr. ( ha- do do
Mvaiik, Kills do do
Sec ales, <', J do do
l ay lor «& liro do do
Wihton, Jaeolt do do
Webb, K. K.. . do do
Balir. ('. A Dushorc do
runimuskey, M do do
Cunningham. James.. do to
Connor. 1' do do
Connor, Mr». J do do
Croll. chaa % do do
Criuimins. J. II do do
1 arroll, I>. K do . <l*>
Carroll, John W do do
Cole, Samuel do do
cadileu J.J do do
1 >icfft nbach, W 11 cto do
Cieo. T do do
Daley, Patrick <2O do
rinan. Mary c do »!•»
Farrell. F. 11 do do
Farrell, C. J «lo do
!!ol?man F do do
llolla, (..'has. NV do do
UofTa iV Co do do
lolcomb A. Lauer 00 d.»
HonnetterG.il do do
!f«rrlujfi"ib J. H do do
K rails. NViji. 11 .. do . do
Kline, Bernard do do
Keef. D do do
Kennedy. J. I' do do
Lllley & ilavcrly do <'o
Leverton. Morris do do
MeUee. Robert do do
oneil. NVin t.. do »lo
Dnctl. jamcs K do do
obert.jl K do do
I'caler, Cha.-. F. ... do d«»
Kou.-e. Anthony do do
I tether. J. D do do
Kettenbury. J. V do do
.-ylvara. K. i» do do
Yotikin, & Co.J. 11 do do
William- C.M. do . . do
Roth. John d»» do
Kherer. Daniel.Katies Mere do
Yanßuskirk, NV do do
watts, 11. L v do do
Kies.s, Kdtfar do do
Laird Heeiier do do
Little, A. C do do |
) einlieh, T. C" KlklandTwp do
liutfo. (iei.rge do do
llarturu. August do do
llart. NVilliam do do !
Jennings. K1 Is worth do do I
Mulnix, A, T do do
Snyder. J. L do do
Jennings, c. B do do
Norton A: Hotteiistcin, Forks Tvvp do
Fawectt B. NV Forksville do
< alkins, NN'm <lo do
l-uua>ter, B do do
i .lidewell & Fleming.... do do
Rogers. M. A do do
Snyder, Geo. NN do do
Seanlin. K M. do .. do
Smith. J. B do do
Matin 's. Mrs.Sadie... do .. do
t ainpltell, A. F Fox Twp. ...... . do
1 anipbell. L. I . do do ,
Fanning, NV. 11 .... do do
v ascman. c do do 1
Kilmer, J. R do do 1
Kilmer, Z.T do do
Morean. I'ranees do do
l'ari-h. J. M do do
W illiams.o .l ..." do do
Williams, NVm.L do do
Riddle, NV. 11 Hillsgrove do
' axeman. Jacob do do
1 alough. S. T do do
Hull. Vernon do ... do
Hoffman, NV. L do do
I.aidacker. Daniel do do
I 'tester, G, M LaportcTwj. do
Nordmont Supply (Jo do do
lea. Geo NV do do
BusehhuuFcn A.II Laporte Boro do
Colt, Kraus do do
irjH titer. Joseplt do do
Smyth. John 1 do do
Gallagher. F. NV... do do
MeFnrlanc, J*is... do do
Miimh r, John do do
llerr. Jacob. do do
I'armcter. NV. L.. Shrewsbury. do
8 »nes, C. NN do do
F.J. Rhoads, two |X)ol tables.
ruks, c, J. one |»<»ol table. Money Valley.
Lies.-. F. It. one jhmil table. Kagle- Mere.
Warner, NV. Y two ten pin alleys do
Atlantic Retining (o„ wholesale, Dushorc,
And that sin ap|>ea! will be held in the oilice «>f
Hie county Treasurerin Lajiorte, Pa., o" the mih ,
day of Apiil, 190t». at luo'chak a.m. when and j
wliere you may attend if you think j roper.
C. E. RIU(iSEU t Mercantial Nppmisor
Auditors' Notice.
In tin-Or|)linnc' Court o!'Sullivan Co.
IN re: Ksiiitc of lieiijaniin i I r;i.sher ilwd.
Notice if liereliv given tluit tli••
ill has been it|)|'oinled Itv tlie Or|ilion"'
Court of Sullivaii County' ii- Aiuliior to
|i.(.«s upon exceptions tileil to the account
of Hannah Thrasher l-'xecirrix of the
In-t will ami I,'sininent of Henjamiu
I hrnsher iKcil., und to make ilistrihution
oftheluiui louuil in the lmuil* ol said
ncountatit alter dif|» >in<; ol the excep
lions. A hearing \\ ill he •..■u cn hv the
>- lid Ar.ditot to all persons inieristed at
the oHlce of \ pho. mi* NV 1 -h l"-ip, in j
Dushore on riuir»<hn, iln Il'ili ilay ot
April I'.l'ii al 10 oi'i.M'k a. in at which
lime all p.-r>.oiii. shall he reipnred to make
th< ir elaiuif hi l..ie caid Amlitor or l>e Je
l arred lr.nn .111iiin upo said Innd.
'I I! 11 -• I IN»i 11 A.M. N uditor.
Foley's honey and Tar
{.urcs CP lds, prevents pneumonim.
I
A. E. CAivii- BhLL o
MIDWINTEk CLEAR\NCH IS Still On. I
hive a few of tt:e odds and ends left, you can see them
■on the B\KGMM COUN IFFtR t During ihis salt 1 I have
I marked down a lot o r (rum the general stoik tfr t
arc bargains you can not get ds< where. Btlow we give
pries as lar as space will permit.
Men's Heavy Winter Suits was 5.00 now 3.75. war 6.00 now 4.50.
'' " was 75° now 5.50 was 10.00 now 675.
B °.y s " " " was 12 00 now 77 "> was "> 00 now 3 75.
*' " " " was 600 now 4w was 2 f>o now 2 00.
!! x rC,l f H „ " " Bto 12 years ISo and 200 now 100,
.Norfolk " " ,) tog Xears 200 now 1 50.
I.ot Men s bine Shoee was 3 to 3 1 00 was 2 00 now 7oe
" Ladies •' " was 300 now 1 sowas2 "to now 125
' •' Fur Top Slippers was 1 00 now 1 00
" Cliilds Solar Tip Slioes was"l i."> now "»0c
Lot Ladies Fleece Lined Underwear was 50c now 39c
•; ( hlidrens •• " " 4'to ujwas 25c now iOc
Indies Flannelette Wrappers was 1 00 now 79c
A. E. CAMPBELL
SHUNK, PA.
Pall Suits
for Men, Boys and Children
are now here for inspection.
Suits in black cl.iy and unfinished worsteds and 1 hibets
Homespuns, French and Fnglish Flannels, and Scotch
Goods.
Bovs and Childrens Suits in all the new fabrics and
nakt s.
Prices as well as variety are extraordinary. All new
n tp to date line ot Gents Furnishings, Flats, Caps, etc
the only place in town w here you can <'- j t the
"Walk Over" 3f)oe.
J. W. CARROLL'S,
Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA
Tf)ts is Moor Isast
Chance in Laporte
To Buy Goods at 65c on the sl.
MEN'S and BOYS' SUITS and OVERCOATS
it less than hall price. Childrens' Suits and (-vc; coals,
Men's and Boys' Flats, Caps and Pants at bsc on the £I.OO
All ot my large stock of Un .ierwear lor Men, I adies
and Children must go at 50c on the dollar. Sweaters,
-vershirts, Mit'ens and Gloves at soc on the dollar. Sus
pend- rs, Socks, Handkerchiefs, Mackintoshes all at half
price.
SHOES. SHOES.
Ail m\ large stock of Shoes must be sold al once*
COATS and CAPES.
M of mv large line ot I adies' Goods—Coats, Skirts, Capes
Wrappi rs, and Its oi other articles too numerous to men
tion must go at 65 c on tne dollar.
JACOB HERR, /
LAPORTE, PA. /
GENERAL STORE
® Isaporte Tannery.
FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK ALWAYS FOUNr
lust received a special purchase of '"Riches" '
t.umlvrmens' Shirts and Drawers, Men's, 1 :
Childr ns' Mitts, Gloves and Hosiery.
There's Lots Here to Show You
From the City.
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a»'*
I re<h s'.Ov'k ot l)i> (IOIKIS Mid Not /•>!■
Mai s Hats and Caps, lull line <>! Sn 'if /' ■£
!\ub » is. 1 adies', Gents' and Children'
'vr> Woodsmen and Bov* Shoes
Our Usual Quality of Grocerir
are Equal to the BESI.
JAMES McFAF