Republican News Item. VOL. XI. NO 18. C To Buy Your Jewelry s CNothing in Town to Compare WithN ( the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. p C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ draws into our store the best patronages Cofthis section. Many years here inbusiness always J S with a full line of goods above suspicion, chosen [ with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to reline taste, makes \ / our store a safe place to invest. v r Repair work done on short notice and \teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. A RETTENBURY, > COLE'Sawmnw HARDWARE.7 No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OIK- WOOD. HEATERS; ONE OF WINTERS 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. Samuel (^ole^usftore^a. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., > 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Summer Knit Handkerchiefs. I I nrlorVA/QCJ r Have you enough Handkerchiefs ? UllUt'l WtJdl • Few persons have too many! July is If you have thin Knit Underwear to n . « 0011 handkerchief month with slieer bnv, "see our assortment. Made from the u,c ll '"' '•' cc ' - v ''einst.tched ones beat yarns hy the best makers. ,or 5o - 6 for 2 ' ,c - Ladies low neck, short sleeve and sleev Fine all Linen Handkerchiefs, some less Vests lor are plain hemstitched, others are em 10c, 12-ic anil 15c. broidered and lace tiimmed, tor Ladies 1 Ribbed Swiss Vest extra value '* c '° '" > ®* for 25c and 50c Fine Mercerized Silk Vests for Children's Summer Knit Ready Made T'nderwear, in most all qualities you could ask for. " We're sure housekeepers won't hesitate about buying them when they see bow good and well made they are, plain hem ti/ • | . Sheets lor Summer Weight to 75c. Hemstitched Sheets lor (13c to 85c, Corsets. It's not enough that nt'orset be merely Pi||n\i/ PqCOC light weight, but must be perfectly shap- lIIIUW V^CtoGOi eil ami good fitting us well as light. You . won't find better models or a better range Pillow Cases with plain hem rjady lor ol styles or better value than several Uf<e '" r I®° "^ < t' makes we are selling for SI.IX). Less ex- Hemstitched pillow cases 1 LJc to 22c. pensive ones are here as well in ample Plain Holster Mips for .11c to .55c. variety. Hemstitched Bolsters for 40c to 45c. Linens and Towels. Have you tried us to,- Linens? Never Fine Damask Towels up to #2.00. a getter lime than now. I hey are reason able prices at Shopbell's these days when |[ uc k and P.ath Towels in all qualities we are showing an excellent line of new p r j ( . t . H< designs of Table Damask, Napkins and Center Pieces. It will pay you to spend a little time Plain and hemstitched Towels. at our Linen counter. 12jc to 50c. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1906. With only a shred of flesh and a small artery connecting his loft leg; I with his foot, Willie Drake, two and ; a half years old, was carried to Say re 1 | on train 7 late Friday afternoon, and i now with the leg and foot sewed to gether he is patiently waiting the ! result of the physicians' effort to preserve his leg. The little chap's father, Henry 1 Drake,is a farmer residing near Wy sox. Friday afternoon the father and grandfather, Edward Drake, ground an old sickle-bar, placed it in a mowing machine and, with the grandfather on the driver's seat,com menced cutting a large patc'i of weeds. They had gone around the patch when the grandfather noticed his four-year-old granddaughter run ning through the weeds toward them. He thought possibly the younger child was with her, but supposed 1 that the tot was behind instead of < ahead of his sister. The boy's head | did not reach above the weeds, so the grandfather had no warning of the little fellow's danger until liej heard a piercing scream and saw the : boy fall tor ward over the sickle-bar. ; The knives had cut through the j flesh,through both the leg bones and ; only left the foot dangling by a ! shred of flesh, through which passed the small artery that may finally 1 save the foot. The boy was hurriedly taken to i Towanda, placed aboard No. 7 and j hurried to Sayre. Dr. C. H. oft sue- j ceeded in uniting the ends of the' tibia but the fibula was so badly ! < shattered that a reduction could not j ; be made of that bone. The chances j are against the leg being preserved, : but the henefitof every chance is be ing given, and it is possible that the I boy may walk on two feet when he i leaves Sayre hospital. i Car No. G8,K33 known as the | "leper car," is now ornamented i with a new coat of paint, but in spite of rumors to the contrary the ;, number of the car has not been . changed by the Lehigh in order that car may lose its identity. The fresh ] coat of paint was put on with a | spray, but it was not re numbered, j The car was properly fumigated af- i ter the leper was removed. Much progress is being made on 1 the P. B. &K. A high trestle is be- ] ing built at East Canton from a point < near the school house across the highway, the track has been laid on ' it and the steam shovels will fill up j the frame work with dirt. At a political meeting at Altoonn, i Caspar Mateueh, one of the lead- j ers of the Lithunian Political Club of the Sonth Side, became too loud in bis denunciation of President Roosevelt at the usual Sunday night meeting of the club and a fight re sulted in which Mateusch was badly hurt by his fellow club members, I who are loyal to Mr. Roosevelt. There was so much of a row, how- | ever, that the police broke into the j place, arresting a wagon load of the j trouble - makers and they were ar- ; raigned before Magistrate Kimmell, ! who gave Mateusch a severe lecture and sent him to the Altoona Work ' House for :s(> days. Those who whipped Mateusch for scolding about the President were discharged. ; No Democrat in public life at 1 Washington since Bryan delivered his speech in New York Thursday : night is willing to espouse the cause , of government ownership of rail- \ roads, as proposed by the Nebras- j kan. Senator Simmons of North Caro lina, in an interview places himself in opposition to government owner- ■ ship, just as Senator Bailey, of Tex as, Representative Livingston of: Georgia, and others in the city have 1 jione. Governor Glenn of North Carolina, who accompanied Senator Simmons,also went on record against it. Senator Simmons says : ' "1 don't think the Democrats of the South will stand for government ownership. Neither do I under | stand that Mr. Bryan did more than j to express the opinion that railroad "rate regulation would prove inef fectual and that the needed relief could be secured only through gov ernment ownership." Mrs. Homer Rathfon, a resident | of Middleburg, Snyder county, died ■ at her home at that place early flat ' unlay morning, as the result of a • most distressing accident. Some time during Friday morning | Mrs. Rathfon prepared bread for baking and with a good hot tire ! placed the baking in the oven of the ' stove. A short time afterward she I thoughtlessly placed a lamp on the back part of the stove and taking the oil can, started to till it. Suddenly an explosion occurred and the oil, which ignited, was thrown all over the woman's clothing and she in | stantly became a mass of flames. Her screams for help attracted the i ' neighbors, who hurriedly ran to her, but before the flames could he be extinguished the unfortunate woman was terribly burned and suf i fercd untold agony. : There was hardly a spot on her j body that was not burned and from ! the waist up she was burned almost to a crisp. Her hair was burned en tirely oil'her head. Everything was done to make her as comfortable as i possible under the circumstances, but after lingering until Saturday morning death came as a relief. Mrs. Rathfon was aged 24 years and is survived by her husband and one child. Following the wholesale sampling and other works in progress in this part of the state Dairy and Food I Commissioner Warren has an nounced that he will have suit en-' tered against a large number of can-; dy dealers for the sale of impure goods. During the last thirty days 025' samples of candy were purchased in Allegheny county. A great num-j bcr were also obtained in Westmore land, Fayette, Washington, Indiana, Cambria, Warren, Venango, Jefl'er-1 son, Clearfield and Lycoming coun- j ties. The supplies are analyzed by Dr. F. T. Aschman of Pittsburg, and j Dr. James A. Kvans of Erie. The j candies consist chiefly of penny j goods, usually sold to children. Eighty per cent of all the goods purchased and analyzed were found to contain one or two or more eliem-; ieals and some of them contained j three chemicals. Dr. Warren has is-, sued strict orders to the agents to j keep up the crusade until every pound of candy containing poison is ! driven from the markets of Pennsyl vania. In Allegheny county alone there will be 150 prosecutions, to gether with a number of prosecu- j tinos in the other counties. As the result of an investigation instituted by the Bureau of Forestry > at Washington a report will soon be j published which in some ways up set.-, old ideas with reference to the strength of various woods. For instance, this report will aver j that, contrary to the widespread opin-; ion, kuots, even when sound and tight, are one of the most detrimen-; tal features of timber for either | beams or struts. The committee re- ! sponsible lor the report further de-1 ! clares that, except in top logs or ; I very young timber, the heart wood j ! is, as a rule, not so strong as the. i wood farther from the .heart of the tree. Butt logs, if sound,are strong ! er than top logs. Muncy Methodists are laying plans for a village campmeeting and a harvest home meeting to be held during the first moon in the month ;of < >ctoher. The village campmeet ing is a series of services of living interest to the people. Former pas- j j tors of the church have been asked ! | to take part in the jubilee, and Dr. W. P. Eveland, of Willianisport, j will speak one evening. The ser vices will be held in the church. II j ' the heat is too intense outdoor ser ! ' vices will extend through the week. | The harvest home meeting is a dei parture that will benefit the poor of] the community. Everyone attend ing is requested to bring fruit. This will be donated to Muncy's poor people. The Ladies' aid society of this church, too, is planning an out ing. _ • \ Edward C. Clay of Philadelphia, who has been spending the latter part of the summer at Hotel Eagles Mere, Eagles Mere, with his family, died at midnight Saturday of brain i ever. HILLSGROVE. < >ue of the best games of the sea son was played at Hillsgrove last Friday when the Home team defeated the League team. Score, 5 to 4 in favor of 11 ills Grove. League started into play for scoring the first part of the game. It never had a look in after that. Woodley pitched a full game, and Foyle, the nesting pitcher, held the co-champi ons three to seven hits, and every run Hillsgrove made was an earn ed run. The features of the game were ltinker's free stick work and Sullivan's fielding. Some fine work was also done by the league, and they were the best and manliest bunch ever seen here. Hillsgrove has not been defeated on the home grounds this year. They have just been fitted out with new, white uni forms. Fred Jenkins was killed by a log loader at Laquin last week and was buried here last Friday. He was a resident of this place, being born here, but of late was living with his mother at Canton. His death came as a shock, as everyone here knew him well. The schools at this place will open on Tuesday with Prof. Mulno, Miss Dewar, Miss Biddle aud Miss Snell as teachers. Miss May Smith of Plymouth, is visiting at her uncle Steven Harri son's at this place. Garfield Harrison of Laquin, Sun dayed with his parents here. Joseph Baehle has resigned his job with the tanning companv at this place and has went in as foreman for C. W. Sones. The National Protective League of this place have organized a concert hand. Some of the instruments have already arrived. Fred Rinker called on Estolla Friend last Sunday. Henry Mcßride, an old-time resi dent of this place, was calling on friends here last week. There is strong talk of installing an electric this place. Why not? It would pay, as there is lots of natural power to run one. Hillsgrove will like'y play either Hughcsville or Picture Rocks at this place next Saturday. A terrible and fatal accident oc curred at the Junction Friday last when a Slav who was was using dynamite to blow out stubs on the grade of the S. & N. became impa tient at the delay in the (Kscharge of one of the blasts he had light ed. He approached the orifice to take out the fuse, and while doing so the powerful ntuff exploded blow ing him more than a hundred feet in the air and breaking every bone in his body. He was buried at Ral ston Saturday. He leaves a wife and two children in this country and two in Europe. In a recent speech Speaker Cannon | among other good things said : "In j 185)2 this country was prosperous, j but in that year a Democratic l'resi i dent and a Democratic House wen elected on a platform against protec tion. In that Congress William J. Bryan was a member, and in thai | year the laboring man went out of employment. "Roosevelt is a great President. He has great ideals and he is enfore ing the law. The President wants a a Republican House of Represent!-: - , tive during the two last years of hi i administration. If a Democrats House is elected in November, oui | Demoeratie friends would think it a reasonable prophecy that they might ! come into power two years later and I they would have every reason to think they might." < )f protection speaker Cannon said : "The tariff is the best revenue law ever written under the lead of that i gr»>at statesman Nelson Dingley. He believed as I do, that whenever we can produce under protection it i> our duty to do so. The Republican party is a party of faith, hope, trust and confidence. When the party has been giveu full power from Lin coln down to Roosevelt it has never failed to deliver the goods and al j ways stood by the people." 75C PER YEAR DERNICE ITEMS. Patrick White of Wyoming, is , visiting his parents at Mildred. | Peter Wright of Sayre, was call ing on friends at tins place. Samuel Ilerst of Wilkes-Barre, is calling on friends at this place and Mildred. Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Weaver of Mildred, were Laporte visitors on Sunday. Misses Wini'* Persian and Fflle Hoffa returned home Saturday after spending two weeks at Wyoming, Pa. A party by the name of Dr. Sho maker is negotiating to purchase the W. B. Gunton Breaker and nil the rolling plant to open up a new coal field adjoining the Gunton property. He expects to ship coal by October Ist. Mr. and Mrs. John Crowley of Sayre, are visiting their parents at Sugar Hill. Mr. and Mrs. David Cook of Du shore, were visiting the former's parents at Mildred. Miss Mary Watson ofScranton, is visiting her parents at Mildred. The following were at Col ley at tending the funeral of Uncle Bill Beeser: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hood, Mrs. J. A. Helsman, Mrs. Ben llels man, Mrs. Win. Allan, Mrs. Frank Allan, Mrs. Vailentine Morter, Mr. ami Mrs. John Harney. Miss Dora Vought of Wilkes- Barre, was spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. .S. A. Dieffenbach of Mildred. Mrs. P. K. Schaad of Mildred, is spending a week at Binghamton, X. Y., visiting friends. Harry Brewer of Mildred, was visiting Klmira friends last week. Two of our leading citizens got in to a heated argument regarding base ball playing. The result is that both cj.es drring the conflict. One man who thought that running was ahead of fighting, fell over the embankment of the new road and was somewhat bruised. He kept shouting as he ran,"l am not afraid." Harry and Stanley Brewer, of Mildred, left on Monday to fill a position as firemen on the Northern Central railroad at Klmira, N. Y. The following were Scranton visit ors this week : Thomas V. Me Laughlin and John Bega.n Richard K. Webber as resigned his position as postmaster and went to Scranton. 11. W. Osier is circu lating a petition for postmaster. The Mildred Scrubs and the .S'emi Professionals played a game of ball on Monday which was a one-sided affair. The score was Mildred I" to nothing. Any nine in Sullivan county can be accommodated by writing to Robert Watson. Mildred, Pa. Levi M. Smith of Denver, Col., who was born in Plymouth, Penn., SI years ago, and Mrs. Luella Cook, of Factoryville, Pa., who was horn at Tunkbannock tin year* ago, visit ed Wilkes-Barre Thursday, secured a marriage license and were at once married in the court bouse by Alder man Perkins. Mr. Smith is in tin best of health, despite his advanced age, and does not look to be a day over CO. Some .'lO years ago he was widely known in this valley and throughout the state owing to bis prominence in horse racing circles. He used to have largo strings of fast horses at Lee Park race track, when that place was in its palmiest davs. In his younger days be courted Miss L'ttok, but like many cases of love, something came between them and iie married some other sweetheart, lie then went west and settled in the neighborhood of Denver, where he lias an extensive cattle anil horse ranch and amassed a large fortune. His wife died and after several years he became lonely and his thoughts drifted back to his tirst sweetheart, Miss Cook. He came east and v:-i,- ed his daughter, and then went to Factoryville and met his old sweet heart, who of course, had grown old but was still possessed of her pleasing and youthful spirits. He at once re newed his wooing by telling why he had come east and she consented to the marriage.—Wyoming Democrat.
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