Republican News Item.
VOL. XI. NO 28.
} This Is the Place
112 To Buy Your Jewelry C
Q Nothing in Town to Compare With \
112 the Quality that We are Giving /
x You for the Low Price Asked. S
C! Quality and moderate prices mnkes a force that\
3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r
( of this section. Many years here in business, always 3
S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen (
(with a care and judgment commensurate with its .
\ desirability and adaptability to refine *ast<\ rnakis \
112 our store a safe place to invest. C
P Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r
S teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X
> RETTENBURY, >
<, DUSHORE, PA. The J^weler^S
COLE
HARDWARE.?
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COJLXj O WOO D
HEATERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every
Descripticn, Guns and Ammunition.
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Coms and test the truth of our talk.
A. lot of second hand 3toves 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 andj
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Phenomenal Fall Selling
The reason, economical shoppers have re lized that
the most and best is given here lor their money.
Styish Winter Costumes. Fur Time is Here.
They're all here anil ready lor you to and I lie stocks nre complete. In clioos
admire and choose from. Let this hand ing Cuts—or nnvtliingelse for that matter,
some outfit of new costumes anil tailored select them ear'v when the stock is at
suits assist you in making up your mind its best. You get just what you want
as to the wanted style and material. This and pay no more fbr it. Fur Coats,
store never showed a better assortment. Mutts, and Neck I'ieces ol'all kinds.
New Dress Goods in Profusion.
The assortment is large and satisfying to anyone who
h is dress good needs. Here are all the popular plain shades
mixed suitings and fancy plaids, all of the very worthiest
weaves, and you pay only a moderate price for them.
Ladies' Rain Coats. Knit Underwear.
We expect this is to be a great rain for men, women and children. In no
coat season, as this useful garment grows section of the store does that word hones
in popularity. We show a special line tj apply more forcibly than to this winter
of new ones of mixed materials. They are outfit of underwear. We have all ipiali
liecoming styles anil excellent value lor ties ol garments in white or natural col
$12.01) ors.
McCair > Patterns.
Every pattern is dependable and practical. No-hard
to-understand directions, but everything simple and plain,
•'en the most inexperienced can ire McCall s Patterns
authora'ive styles are cut in this pattern. 1 hey
4 io and isc.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1906.
December Jury List.
The following named gentlemen
have been drawn to serve as jurors
at next December term of court.
Grand Jurors.—Adam E. Bartho
lomew, Smith Boudman. Perry
Beufield, Thomas Cangley, Charles
Cox, John W. Eaton, Henry Fell,
Charles Foster, Will Harrison, Jas.
Harrison, Frank Huffmnster, F. ().
Kulms,William P. Kelly, John
Lucas, Christian Murphy, Robert
Molyneux, John McCarrolf,- Boyd
Osier, Daniel Bicker, Peter Riordan,
1.. J. Robe, Wilson Star, Samuel F.
Thrasher, Ah in Rightmire.
The following are Traverse Jurors:
Monroe Bennet, Michael Broschart,
Lewis Brown, Norman Brink, Geo.
Brown, Martin Cavanaugh, John J.
Coyle, 1). K. Dleffenhach, R. C.
Frutehey, John Fries, Allen Hardy,
Bert Thomas llunsinger,
Boyd Heverly, Alvin Hill, Arthur
Herinnn, Sidgwich llo'tenstein,
Robert 11. 1 loag, Edward Henly,
It. I). Lancaster, James Morgan,
Berttes L. Meyers,- Joseph Miller,
I'. I'. Murry, Marvin Potter, Den
nis Ryan, John M. Rosencrans,
William Stiff, Benjamin Speary, |
Watson Speary, Martin Sweeney, j
Edward Small, Jacob Slaekhouse, i
Clinton Streby, Ilily steinback, Har
ry F. Smith, Phillip Tubach, J. J. j
Teevan, Charles Taylor, Wayne W. |
Warren.
Ihe Bloonisburg Sentinel says '
that a demented man clad only j
in a dressing rol>e and a pair 1
of slippers is roaming aimlessly ;
about in the mountains in the !
southern part of Columbia county !
and unless he fortunately stumbles ;
onto some other person who will
care for him, it is probable that |
the severe weather and the man's
condition will result in his death. |
He is a native of Germany and
ennm to this country live months'
ago. His strange actions for some
time proclaimed him mentally ■ ; 1
balanced and Fiiday afternoon be
took a violent turn. The man |
with whom he boarded was stait
led to see him fleeing from the
house clad only in a robe and slip- |
pers. Unfamiliar with the moun
tains the demented man may roam
foi days without eneouhtcring hu
man beings.
Brvtal- Treatment.!
*
An unknown hunter attacked an j
eight-year old boy at Muncy and !
beat hiju so badly with a club that j
he cannot yet speak. The hoy, a
son of John Shafler of Money, was
returning from school through his '
father's woods back of the house
| when he encountered the hunter. |
The boy told him no hunters were j
allowed on that land, whereupon j
thi man turned on him with it club, j
The boy was able to make bis way j
home, but could only explain things j
by writing on his slate. The lad;
was in a terrible condition, his jaw
was fractured and stiff, several teeth
were knocked out, and his tongue so
cut and swollen that, he could not
move it, three stitches being requir
ed in the tongue. The assailant has
not yet been apprehended.
J. H. Fritz, of Caldwell, Clinton
county and Miss Mary M. Chit wood j
ofOakwood, 111., who some time
ago taught school in Clinton county,
were united in marriage at the Unit
ed Evangelical parsonage, LockHav- I
in by Rev. .MJ E. Fosselman.
The bride is well known to the j
teachers of that county and attracted |
no little attention during the annual j
teacher.-' institute held in LockHav- '
en last December. She is fair and i
buxom and tips the scale at ;it>7 lbs., |
though she is short of stature.
Her husband weighs 120 pounds.
Rev. W. C. Joins, for some time
I pastor ol the First Baptist church at i
: Bel wick, and who adopted the ''sen- ,
! sational" system of bringing people
! to -ervieesj has given up the minis- ,
j try, and will enter business at Nan
| ticoke, but will do occasional preach
ling. He says the frequent dissen
! tions in churches show there is some
i thing radically wrong, and that
j there are comparatively few congre
j gations that are not controlled by
live or six members.
Third Term Talk.
The following article is from the
New York Christian Advocate con
cerning a third term for President
Rohsevelt:
Various politicians, some in office,
others out, and some afraid that
they are about to be turned out, and
magazinists, who perhaps would
not despise a consulate, are writing
articles to show that President Roos
evelt's solemn and reiterated declar
ation that at the close of his term he
would under no circumstance be it
candidate for re-election to the presi
deney is not binding upon him.
Some wise and good men who can
not be suspected of desiring to curry
favor with the disposer of honors
and revenues are doing the saint-.
The arguments are that he was not
President while he was filling out
the term of President McKinley, and
that no man can place himself be
yond the call of"the American peo
ple."
As to the first, the length of time
was so nearly four years its to make
the whole very nearly eight year-
As to the second, is the desire of a
party to have him break his word
j "the call of the American people
i A situation might arise demanding
lit; but nothing else than general
alarm caused by evil probabilities
' and consequent general desire would
| seem to justify it. Otherwise the
| situation would put the president ii
the attitude of the man who said, "I
assure you 112 would not take the of
flee if elected—but 1 am in tin
bands of my friends."
All Arc Beneficiaries.
The storekeeper may say, "I an
not Protected by the Tariff,'' but hi
is one of the chief beneficiaries of
Tariff Protection. The ltrvyer, the
doctor, the dentist, the clerk aim
T 1 i
salesman and even the bootblack en-1
joys the benefits of Tariff Protection, j
Men engaged in the building trade- i
are signally benefited. If there were ;
no Protective Tariff l'. •!' 1 would be j
for them comparatively little work '
and a much cheaper wage. As it b !
they have an abundance of work anil j
the highest wage ever known before.
When manufacturing industry i- j
depressed wages decline or cease and j
and the purchasing power of the |
multitude is seriously curtailed. The
trade of the storekeeper falls off aim |
he reduces expenses by discharging j
employees. Occupation for profes- j
sional men of all kinds pays less in j
come and accounts more difficult to !
collect, and the bootblack feels the i
pinch in that his customers do their
own blacking. All wealth comes j
| from productive industry and when !
j that suffers everybody suffers. When
i that prospers, as now, everybody !
i prospers.
Wages Continue Going Up.
The wages of all employes of the
| Pennsylvania Railroad system, num
! berihg nearly 200,000 men on ali
lines east and west of Pittsburg are
to he increased. Details are being
worked out, and official announce
ment will lie forthcoming within
the next thirty days. It is planned
to have the raise made effective De
cember 1, but on account of the
great amount of detail work to be
done before such a sweeping order is
■ placed in effect, it may be deferred
until January 1.
Jeremiah Ilader, formerly of For
i est Hill, Pit. who had been missing
j since the famous battle of Antietani,
| December 17, IHO2, returned to his
j home last week after forty-four years
jof wandering. So greatly had hi
1 changed that his relatives failed to
I recognize him. He had been eon
i sidered dead by his family and they
! never expected to see him again.
After the great luittle instead of re
i turning home, he wandered through
California and Europe.
, At the Reading Teachers' Insti
tute on Wednesday President Roose
velt's simplified spelling was given
a round of applause. Prof. W. N.
Ferris, one of the lecturers, declared
j that the President had the courage
to simplify spelling to make it com
mon sense. The business world
wanted it, while carved students
j spoke of such a move in the future
l without taking action
Boy Robbed Mail Boxes.
Ilerold Lupo, a 14 year-old boy of
Renovo, has been arrested by Gov
ernment Inspector W. A. Rose, of
Washington. For two weeks the
Renovo post office authorities have
been in a dilemma. The business
men of the place had been entering
complaint about the irregularity of
receiving their mail and the matter
was referred to Washington for in
vestigation.
In twenty-four hours after the in
spector arrived young Lupo was de
tected opening one of the combina
tion boxes and was placed under
arrest. He had consented in the
lining of his coat checks to the
amount of over S2OOO besides a note
for #I3OO and a money order for S2O
were found. He admitted that he
had destroyed a number ol checks
and notes. He was given a hearing
and in default of bail was taken to
Wilkes Barre and placed in jail.
The boy had been making a prac
tice of extracting letters from the
mail boxes for some time and while
there is no loss financially it has
caused no end of trouble to nearly
every bank between Philadelphia
and Erie.
The National Divorce Congress,
which opened its three days' session
Tuesday at Philadelphia, definitely
established, with a recommendation
for adoption by every State and Ter
ritory in the Union, six causes for
absolute divorce, and seven causes
for annulment of marriage.
The causes for divorce, as laid
down, not without some discussion,
are adultery, bigamy, conviction
and sentence for crime for at least
two years, extreme cruelty on the
part of either husband or wife, will
ful desertion for two years or habit
ual drunkeness.'
j The causes for absolute annulment
i of the marriage ceremony must have
1 existed at the time of marriage.
| They are as follows: Incurable phy
sical debility, at tlv> suit of wither
j party, consanguinity or affinity, ac- '
I cording to the table of degrees estab
lished by law, at the suit of either
party. When either of the parties
! had a husband or wife living at the
! time of the marriage. Fraud, force
j or coercion at the suit of the inno
cent party anil injured ptrty.
When such marriage was contract
ed when either of the parties Inula
husband or wife living, at the suit
I of either party.
Fraud, force or coercion, at the
suit of the innocent and injured par
j 'y-
Insanity of either party.
At the suit of the wife, when she
was under the age of It; at the time
i ol the marriage.
|
At the suit of the husband when j
he was under the age of 18 at the
time of the marriage.
Representatives of the State boards
of health of Pennsylvania and New-
Jersey held a conference with oyster
planters at Maurice River N. J. The
object of the meeting was to make si
searching examination into the
oyster industry and see if it is pos
sible for the oyster to become con
taminated and carry typhoid germs.
Many farmers are rounding up
their turkeys in order to fatten them
for Thanksgiving. Despite rumors
to the contrary there will be an
ample supply of turkeys for the
national feast.
Final settlement has at last been
effected between the Auditor Gener
al and Atty. W. C. Johnson for
work as special auditor on account of
ex-Register 'and Recorder Rut tor,,
and the following receipt given by
Mr. Johnston explaining the matter
j fully.
Being thrown from the third
| story scaffolding to the ground at
the new distillery building at Ben
ton, Tuesday morning, one of the
workmen, Charles Breisch of Ilar
veys Lake was very badly injured
and the outcome is still in doubt.
He was picked up unconscious and
in a badly battered condition and j
' i hurried to the Bloonisburg hospital
where the physicians were not
,' able to say whether or not the man j
' would recover. I
75C PER YEAP
BERNICE ITEMS.
Thomas V. Mclouyhlan \v:is a
New York vi«Uor iu.-t \tci !;,
James J. Connois was at Wilkes
Barre Friday visiting his wife* who
underwent an operation and is im
proving as well as can he expected.
Thomas O'Brien is visiting Pitts
ton friends.
Michael O'Boyle of Pittston, was
a business man at this place Friday.
Dr. J. L. Christian of Lopez, was
at tins place on Wednesday.
The revival meetings held in the
Presbyterian church for the past two
weeks were well attended and has
done a large amount of good among
the young people of this place, it is
a sad regret that the older people
could not be persuaded to take an
equal interest in the good work.
Mrs. F. F. Schaad of Mildred, is
on the sick list.
HEMLOCK GROVE ITEMS.
Mrs. Albert Myers and son, Els
ton, were Ilughesville visitors Sat
urday.
Mr. 11. A. Kemp of Benton, tran
sacted business at this place last week
Misses Mazie ami Helen Phillips
spent Sunday as the guest of friends
at Benton.
Mrs. Thos. Swank called on friends
at North Mountain last week.
• Miss Vergie Bennett of Mt. Ver
non, has returned home after spend
ing some time as the guest of friends
at this place.
Mrs. Edward Phillips spent part
of last week with friends at Ilughes
ville and Muney.
Mrs. Win. Shires of Strawbridge,
called on friends at this place on
Friday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mostellerof
Newberry, are spending some time
as the guest of the former's parents.
Mr. G. S. Swank of North Moun
tain, called at the home of T'lomas
Swank last week.
Sunday services at the churches as
follows: At the Methodist Episco
pal church, Sunday school at 2 o'-
clock; preaching services at 8:00.
At E. V. church, Sunday school
at 2 o'clock.
The following were Muney Valley
visitors Saturday: Mrs. EdwurdPhil-
Edna Bay, Albert Meyers, Lester
Bay and (leo. Brown.
On Monday night the farm barn
of John Allen of Evergreen' was
found to be on fire which was then
burning so fiercely thr.t none of
the machinery in the building
could be saved. All the bay and
grain of this year's harvest and
! a yearling colt were also burned
with the building. There was an
insurance of SSOO on the barn.
Hereafter clergymen performing
marriage ceremonies cannot "keep
it a secret" for a little while when
requested to do so by the contracting
■parties, without violating a ii'iw law
which recently went into effect.
This law compels every clergymen
within twenty-four hours after per
forming a to record the
names and other specit!«> Ijwirticiilars
in city or town cier' , iM'f-e. The
law was passed- to prevent s( eret
marriages.
J. C. Steck, a former resident of
Sonestown, was in towiifSaturday,
having just returned from Alaska,
where he is interested in gold min
ing. Mr. Steck will goto Virginia
where his family is located, in
February he will return to Alaska.
—Williamsport News.
Mrs. Lizzie Bardriiun, of Jamison
City, who has been lying seriously
ill with appendicitis at the home of
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter,
at Benton, is now greatly improved.
The excursion of Bradford coun
ty school teachers to Washington,
I). C. seems to be an assured fact
; for the week beginning Dec. 17.
at the recent county institute in
i Towanda between DO and 100
teachers signified their intention
i of joining the party.