VOL. XI. *NO 1.
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Q Nothing ill Town to Compare WithS
( the Quality that We are Giving /
J- You for the Low Price Asked.
\ Quality and moderate prices rruikes a force that S
\ bly draws into our store the best patronage
C ofthissection. Many years here- i < business, always 3
) with a full line <<l goods above suspicion; chosen C
( with a care and judgment comrn-nsunite with its .
\ desirability and adaptability to refine laste, makes j
/ our store a sale place to invest. C
f' Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q
S teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated.
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No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL WOOB
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTER'S 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 Base
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Fabrics for Easter Dresses
Whatever fabric you may favor—all Wool. Silk and
Wool, or fine Cotton, is here—so many weaves that wt
can't attempt to describe them
Fine, all-wool batiste, either dark or We have just opened a new lot ol
the new Pastel shades. It's a popular Serges with while ground and Mack
fabric for dressing gowns. They are checks and broken plaids, for
50, 05, 75c and SI.OO 50 cents
We show a handsome line of stylish and serviceable
rnateiials for Jacket Suits—s6 inch Grey Suiting lor
SI.OO a Yard
Silk Petticoats Tailored Suits
We have received another lot ol those Whatever vour requirement :i> to stvle,
stylish Silk Talleta Skirls, They come |jt or ~ 1a110r ,., ( puit or ,|^ sv
in «»'<l Rom, Reseda, lirev, rink. Alice •
nine, lire, Ml. Light Blue, <"ardinal. White «" WMO " r "toek « ill meet .1 Some hand,
and Biack. They are only (M) some Easter gowns are being shown now
New Veilings New Dress Trimmings
If voii want h stylifili Veil come ami
net* the new veiling*. \\ t* tifive plenty nt <>i all ki.ids I* »r gowiiH, Muitsaiid wtiinlM
the'.correct styles and they cost are here, mv kind, and different de
much. • ~ .
ttigitit that we can 1 mention tlictn here.
White Goods Underwear
For waist* or dresses we haven line «• -n 1 •• • . .
variety to choose trom-hardlv a kind ou wiH be wanting lighter Welgiil ki.,l
law the tine, ex.,uisii,•!».,«,tied s' w is* ' ' >'-nHb,e kind- lor men, women and
e- Will ton take a'lillle time and look chll «! WM - " he. her you buy the lea-, ex-
Hl t|, ileumve or the very nnem, you are a*i«ure«l
' tint it v» ill l>f right.
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Republican Newa nan.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, MAY 3, '*9o6.
ORDINANCE.
fill ANTING PERMISSION TO THE
SULLIVAN COUNTY TELEPHONE
COMPANY. OF PENNSYLVANIA.
TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN ITS LINE OF POLES,
WIRES AND FIXTURES UPON,
ALONG, UNDER AND OVER THE
STREETS AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
OF THE BOROUGH OF LAPORTE.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, PENNSYL
VANIA.
BE IT ENACTED AND OR
DAINED by the Town Council cf the
Borouph of Laporte, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania, ami it is hereby enact
ed ami ordained by the authority of
the same, that The Sullivan County
Telephone Company, of Pennsylvania
its successors or assigns, be and the
same are hereby granted the right,
privilege and authority to construct,
operate and maintain its lines of poles,
wires and fixtures upon, along, over
and under ihe streets, alleys and
public highways of the said Borough
of Laporte, upon the following terms
and conditions:
Section 1. All poles erected by the
said company shall be located under
the direction and supervision of the
Town Council, or a committee of the
said Council, and shall not be so
placed as to interfere with the ordin
ary use of the said public highways,
obstruct entrances to gateways, or
driveways, imped or interfere with
the flow of water in ditches or drains,
or unduly interfere with any shade
trees growing along the said high
ways.
Section 2. Said Company shall be
subject at any and all times to any
and all general ordinances or sesolu
tions now in force or that may : here
after be passed regulating the use of
public highways or other public places
in said borough.
Section 3. Said Company shall
hold said Borough free and harmless
at any and all times from any and all
damages caused by the construction
or negligent operation or maintenance
of said lines in said Borough and shall
at all times save, protect and keep
said Horough harmless from any and
all actions for damages for any acci
dent to persons or property by jeason
of the use, occupation and enjoyment
of said highways as aforesaid.
Section 4. The permission hereby
granted shall not be construed as
precluding the liorough of Laporte
from granting similar permission and
rights to any other person, firm or
corporation.
Section 5. 111 case the said Com
pany shall fail to erect poles and con
struct a working telephone line with
in a period of one year from the date
of the passage of this ordinance, all
rights and privileges granted herein
shall be declared forfeited. And if
the said Company shall fail to keep
and maintain a proper telephone pay
station or stations within the said
Horough, for the use of the said
telephone line by the public, then and
in that case all privileges and rights
herein granted shall cease and deter
mine and be declared forfeited, and
the said poles, wire and fixtures may
be removed by said Town Council, its
agents or employees.
Section 6. All expense of the pub
lication of this ordinance, as required
by law, shall be paid by The Suilivan
County Telephone Company aforesaid,
its successors or assigns.
Section 7, This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
the earliest period allowed by law.
The above ordinance was passed at
a regular meeting of the Town Coun
cil cf the Horough of Laporte, Penn
sylvania, on Monday, April 2, 19(16.
Approved April 2, 19(16.
\V. H. RANDALL,
Attest: Chief! Burgess.
F. H. INGHAM, Secretary.
Administrators' Notice.
Notice is hereby given that 1 have
taken letters of Administration on the
estate of Frederick Arthur Bennett, late
of Shrewsbury township deceased. All
persons having claims against said de
cedent will please present them duly
authenlica.dd lor payment, and all who
know themselves to be indebted to him
will please make payment to me.
BO YD* P. BENNETT,
T.J.&F 11. Ingham,Attys. Adinr.
Administrators' Notice.
Estate ol Sarah Whittnire, late'of Dav
idson To unship, Sullivan countv, I'a.
deed.
Notice is hereby given that letters ot
administration c. t. a. upon (he estate of
said decedent have been granted to the
undersigned. All perxons i idebled to
said estate are request d to make pay
ment; and those having claims or de
mands against the fame will make them
know without delay.
JOHN W. PA XT' IN,
Administrator, c. t. a.
Austin, l'a„ Jan., 2C. l'.Mtti.
Ki nd your raw fnr-« ttnd skins to
l.ichtenstciu y/r<M., ami get the very
highest market prices for skins in
your vicinity. A first shipment will
■ convince you. Write for our new
price list., MCHTKNSTKIN IIHOS.
IHi lllv< rStreet, I'utcrson, N. J.
I
| There are busy times at the Slate
I fish hatcheries and it is stated it the
I Department of Fisheries at Harris- :
! burg that during the next six weeks
| more young fish will be taken from \
'■ the hatcheries and distributed to 1
various points in the State than there
are inhabitants of the United States.
At least it is estimated that 80,000,-
000 will lie distributed. This vast
| number will consist principally of
pickerel, yellow perch, wall-eytd
j pike, and muscalonge, but other
j varieties will be included. Five'
hundred gallons of frog sp:.w.i have ,
been secured. Reports from fish 1
wardens are that streams nil over the
State are full of trout and that catches
are large.
Two hundred high school girls of
Vermont, who will graduate this |
year, have taken the most sensible ;
action in this connection yet report- i
ed. They have pledged themselves
to spent! no money for new gradua
tion gowns, engraved invitations,
etc., on which most high school
graduates spend a good deal of mon
ey which they can ill afford, but in
stead will take the money and make
an excursion trip to Washington.
No more sensible action than some
thing like this could be taken by
the graduates of any school.
An Oxford, Chester county, boy,
10 years of age, committed suicide
the other day for a singular reason.
As a member of the prospective high
school graduating class he was the
only boy, and the enibarassment of
appearing upon the stage with a lot
of girls so preyed upon his bashfu
sensibility that he went to a neigh
boring creek and drowned himself.
It is the most remarkable case of be
ing afraid ct""ie that can be
found on record. There are hoys
who instead of being embarrassed by
such a "bunch" would glory in it
and wouldn't think of drowning
themselves.
An exchange says:"The gayest,
lightest hearted, most pleasure lov
ing city of thiscontinent" is the way
S.m Francisco is described before the.
great calamity visited it. Twtnly
four hours a day ami seven days a
week the merriment was kept up.
Saloons, theatres and business houses
ran a mad race with each other, and
Sabbath, a day of rest, a thing un
known. Some think that the past
horrors were sent as a judgement
upon them. Possibly it was. At
any rate, it ought to and will sober
them. Man was not born for mere
enjoyment. "Eat, drink and be
merry, for to-morrow we die," is !
the jest of mere fools. S:tn Francis- j
co seems to have missed or ignored \
the real object of life. Out of the I
a-dies ami ruins of the old city should j
a ise one whose people are not less j
happy, but more noble and thought- j
fnl, and fulfilling the mission for i
which they are created.
During the electrical storm that
passed over this section Sunday
night, lightening struck the resi
dence of James Russel in Laporte 1
township doing considerable dam- j
age but fortunately injuring none
of the occupants. Every room, ex
cept one, in the house was visited
by the distinctive agency. A light
was burning in the room in which
Mr. Russel was sleeping which was
put out by the shock ami a quantity
of plastering was knocked from the
wall at the foot of the bed. The
straw tick on the bed in which their
daughter, Anna was sleeping
was set on Are, yet she says
she did not feel the shock. In
another bedroom the bed was com
pletely demolished and theclothiug
set on fire. liy prompt action the
fire at diHerent p »rts of the house
was extinguished before much dam
age was done. The ladt entered the
house by the way of the chimney
and tore up things alatut the kitchen
A tin milk can that was near the
stove was pierced through ami
through as th mg!» a rifle shot had
struck it. In another place the
j lightening penetrated the wall
1 tearing a hole completely through
J the ~ide of the building. It seems
j luir.i 'iilotis th it Mr. Ituwel aud hiti
j family escaped without any injury.
I Sunday School Convention.
A Sunday School Convention
, will be held at Eagles Mere on May
,9, 190(5, in the Baptist church.
1 This Convention is to be hell
especially for the enjoyment an 1
benefit of the Sunday School peo
ple of Eagles Mere and Shrewsbury
; Twp. and they extend a cordial in
vitation to their friends and neigh
! bors and all others who desire to
| attend to be present. The sessions
will be held in the afternoon and
| evening, commencing at 2 P. M.
I and 7P. M. The programme to be
used will be the same as the Tour
Party Programme used in the w in
ter and was to have been followed
out at Eagles Mere at that time but
; which, for reasons that then seemed
! sufficient, was laid over until a la-
I ter * date. The county Sunday
School chairman will be present and
expects to be accompanied by some
interesting S. S. workers and speak
ers. A large attendance is looked
for both at the afternoon ami even
ing sessions. Don't fail to ba pres
ent and manifest an interest in the
work.
There is a movement on foot in
Pennsylvania to abolish the school
tax 011 farms and homes and have
the state pay the entire cost of the
schools.
How many of our people know
just what this agitation means. It
means that it is the intention that
the state shall pay the entire costs
of the schools, and pay said cost
from an increased taxation 011 cor
porations. That is a proposition
which probably ten out of every
eleven people will agree to, with
the exception of the corporations
that at eto be taxed. Now, conies
the other phase of situation. If
the state pays the entire cost, the
state pays over the entire super
vision. Instead of a local school
board we will have a school com
missioner or superintendent, ap
pointed from Harrisburg, and hold
ing complete power over the schools
of a county or district. When a
new school house is needed or we
tliink wo need one, wires will have
to be pulled with a state school com
mission. The positk u of county
superintendent will be a very nice
political plum for the state authori
• ties to dispose of, and the selection
jof teachers will inevitably come
I more or less under the same head,
j The present system has its defects,
I serious defects, and wt are not say
| ing but that the proposed system
j would be an improvement, but it
1 must be remembered that it would
! i>e in ihe nature of a revolution,
I aud revolutions always upset things
and when once upset thev may
i never get entirely righted again.—
1 llughesville Mail.
An appeal to congress for a loan
; ol many millions of two
percent interest and to be .s«curul
by mortgages is to be made by busi
ness 11; en of what was San Francisco.
()ne of the greatest tasks yet to Un
performed is in that portion of tin
; city which escaped the Haines.
Practically every house standing lost
all chimneys, necessitating the issu
| a nee ol an order prohibiting the
1 building ot tires until chimneys are
rebuilt.
During a ball game at Say re to
oenetU Sun Francisco sufferers the
; grand stand collapsed last Friday.
Mrs. F. S. Mitten was rendered un
conscious and probably fatally hurt.
Otherssustaine<l less serious injury.
The sixteenth Annual meeting
and bant |uet of the Alumni As
sociation of the Forksville High
School will be held immediately
following the graduating exercises
on Tuesday evening, May X. luutl,
at the residence of J. L. Snyder.
Constitutional An endment al
\ lows that each meinlter take one
t person. Price per plate fifty cents.
Pearl Uenficld, See.
•75C PER YEAP
BERNICE iTEMS.
Dr. J. A. Campbell of Mildred was
a Williamsport visitor Saturday and
Sunday.
Dr. J. L. Brennan of Mildred
phoned to the Williamsport hospital
for a nurse to take care of Mrs. Win.
McGee who is in a dangerous con
dition at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Little of
Avoca, Pa. called 0:1 Mr. and Mr*.
Patrick Hannon, of Mildred, recent
ly.
When we are writing about visi
tor- we must mention that tlure was
an unwelcome one for the business
men at this place and Mildred last
Thursday lie went away s'<7s
richer than when he struck town.
Sheriff Buck has in his possession,
one of our undesirable citizens, who,
it is claimed, h;is committed ail the
postolflees and depot robberies which
have taken place the last six months.
How can a teacher lie secretary of
the School Board when the law says,
'the secretary is to receive the month
ly reports from the teachers, he ex
amines them and if found correct he
signs them and if not correct, lie is to
have tliein made so before issuing
the monthly orders for the teacher's
salary. If the school directors are
not qualified to till the office of sec
retary, let them get some that are.
Mrs. F. F. Schaad and Maggie
Watson were visiting the former's
parents, Sir. and Mrs. Saxer of Cher
ry, 011 Sunday.
S. A. Dieffenbach of Mildred spent
Sunday with his parents at Dushore.
We would like to see the school
directors, when they organize, do
their own work and not be dictated
to by one man. It is time this "one
man rule" was knocked in the head.
If six has to be ruled by one, the
quicker they get out of business, the
better it wili be.
Though in business only since the
third day of April, the Grange
National Bank at Tioga, of which
John G. Mcllenry, of Benton, is vice
president—the lirst one of its kind in
the world—commands a business not
to be dispisep. Storekeepers, grist
mill owners, grain sellers, railroad
and nearly every other avenue of
business are daily receiving checks
of the Grange hnnk and the deposits
now amount to about SIOO,OOO. A
feature in the new bank's business
is a system-of safe deposit boxes.
Already Grangers who heretofore
kept their insurance policies, deeds
and receipts in insecure drawers or
boxes at home, have rented these safe
beposit receptacles.
The success of the ftrst Grange
hank is a matter that is receiving the
close attention of Grangers in this
and other states as a clean-cut busi
ness proposition. The price of the
bank shares i.-» low, and the number
to lie held by one person is limited.
It is the desire of the officers and di
rectors of the new bunk to have bank
stock in every Granger's family.
Dr. F. S. Dobbins of Philadelphia
had the first swim of the season at
K.'g '-s Mere on Monday April 2.'!,
\\ i i snow was on the ground. The
wea'her was warm when ho lelt
Philadelphia and he anticipated an
early swim, and was not content to
no iiome without it even though
the water whm icy.
Constables Hi'e matte tire wardens
by an act approved March :U, I!KC»,
and are empowered to call out their
neighbors to tight forest fires They
must act under this law on pain of
prosecution for failure, and are en
tilled to be paid fifteen cents an hour
for this branch of their work. I bis
•aw is a move in the right dirtction
in that it makes it > unebody's bu-i
ness to try to prevent and extinguish
I forest tires.
By the action of the Board of
Pardons on Wednesday the death
sentence of James Salerno, William
sport, the insane murderer, was
committed to life imprisonment.
The confinement required by this
change will have to lie enforced in
home lunatic a-vlnoi if Salerno
should survive his prostrated eon
, dition in tin* Williamsport jail.