r IKsr NATIONAL BANK | * OK DUSIIORE, PENNA. CA» j TTAI. - - #50.000. t'i'HPJ.US . . 8*20.000 I>OB6 a General Hanking Business. ? I'. - ri:t!l(! Kliß .V D.SWAHTS. President. Cashier j \ J- BIvADI.IvY, Attorney at-Law. OlKcr, conier.ot Main unci Muncv Sts. LA PoRTE, PA. Having opened an ottiee at 1328 Arch Si.. I'liiladciplii.l. I shall alill continue to l>::iclice in I lie several Courts ol Sullivan 1 ouiuv. Wlien not in my ollice personally a competent person will In' found in ch irge .thereof. Bonds ol various kinds tarnished. FRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Tinw. iliee in Koeler's Block. I.APORTbV Sullivan County. PA. J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, AT TO UN KYS-AT LA W, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _APOKTE, ''A j [ 1. MULLEN, Attomey-at-Law. LA PORTE, PA OPPIC K IN COONTY building NKAII OQURT UOUBR. J H. CRONIN, ATTonMEY»AT I.AW HOTARY POBI.IC. OI*lfIC« OK MAIK STtIKKT. DI I>A | LAPORTE HOTEL F. W, aALLAtfHEB, Prop. Newlv erected. Opposite Court | House stpiare. Steam heat, bathrooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool j room,and harber shop; also good stabling j and livery, Cbtppewa Xime ftilnd* . Lime furnished .n car load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesville Penn'a. ■ M. E. Reeder, MUNCY, l'A. For a well Kept Up-to-date Stock of General Alerchandise Far pries that are Right | For curteous treatment goto ' Buschhausen' / i>M>l V l-.l> Itl l'oKi ot the condition of I lie V". .;-t .National Bank at l>u*hqre. in the State of Pennsylvania al close <»f i»u.-im» Mar 22th, iyoT, Hi sol licks. LO.MI> and discounts .. .$2,U52&*» 04 ' i . I'M nds !<• stviuv eircnlation W.ftuiou | I'rt iiiimn <»n I. - Hond> I.'jOOOO Stock xM'ftritic< 11;.;'.»2H o8 l'unutun t .'.>oo 00 ])u. from Hank- and approved Kes. A»rl. 7::i r»7 i;o<ienipl >>11 fund '. >. Treasurer j.. r »oouii Special and Legal Tetid< r note> -V. <»2O Total* 4501,181 r I 1.1 lllll.lTlF.S, - iH'itiil 130.00)Oi j .-urplu> and undivided profit:*.. . 2H,7'J" "»fi j « irculation 50,0u0 00 Dividends unpaid JU-jonilp 072,40t»91 I Total *V)].I3I 47 i .-tat. ■• • 11 va». la « ounty of Sullivan »?*. j i, M !» -warts* «*a-l»ier of the above named! Sunk do Miiviuniy sm-ar that the alioVe statement :> tiuetotl ! I't. ■»! «>i !•!«■ knowledge and belief. M. l>. .nWAKTS. cashier, suhsei incd andorn to before me this 28th ' 'lay uf Mi l. l;M»7. ALHKUT F. lIKESS, My expiriv Peby JT.'OH. Notary Public. < :orreet Attest: J. I>. I. KKSKU ) K. <i. sVLVAJiA. -Directors. .AMI'KL ( OLh, » N. V. BAXKINO'norSR Offering pri mi NT KA M H All -KO A D lION 1»H wi 11 viigiuv th»* service* of sab-sin'ii who can con trol inventmei.t business within their neigh borhood. Add re am I.ock Box 2057, New York City [Covnty Scat ' Local and Personal Events Tersely Told. .Mr. si ml Mrs E. V. Ingham will rot urn l'roin Atlantic City this week and opt'ii tin' Hotel Eagles Mere for the summer season. The eoudirimi of Mrs. 11. A. Conklin. who has li en ill for the past month is very serious at thi* time. Mrs. 11. 11. Spencer, who was taken to.the Williamsport Hospi tal last week suffering with a brok | en hip is reportetl as getting along nieelv. ' Mr. Kdward Sweeney of Cherry i Mills who has spent the last eight I months in the sanitarium, "White Haven.spent Monday and Tuesday j in town. May '_'N, has been set as the day ion which Charles Johnson, the \ murderer will he executed. The Williamsport Sun says "If i that Sullivan county murder trial | were to he posponed until lit 10 the ■ poputation would he counted as j double its actual citizenship hy | enumerating the outside witnesses j who have been subpoenaed in the case. MrF. P. Miller ami daughter Mrs. | I'. Ilivit.s have returned from | Xew Vork City, and taken posses ion of their cottage on Muny street where they will spend the summer. There will lie a DiMrict Sunday School convention held in the Evangelical church at Nordmont ion May 17, all S. S. workers in the district should be present. \ <'hicago woman has sued her husband for a diverse because he husen't spoken to her for sixteen years. Possibly the man hesen't had a chance.. X. J. has resolved to fine the trusts S'_'.")U each. T his will almost ; bankrupt such corporations as | Standard Oil and the American Tobacco Co. The directors of the Sullivan j Countv Telephone Company held a meeting at Onshore Saturday and decided to submit a proposition to the stockholders of the company at the annual meeting to increase [theeaptal stock from So,ooo to #IO.OOO, The Village Improvement So ciety will meet at the home of Mrs. Katharine Smyth, on Tuesday eve ning May the 14. For allowing a horse to stand in a barn three days with a droken Jeg I without caring for him, a wealthy 'contractor was lined £-">u. Over 100 men are at work on the P. 11. and K. between l'owell and | Canton, notwithstanding the many wild rumors of a suspension of oper i ations. , When Mr.Harriman said he would ratlu rgo to the penitentiary than to the poor house he evidently did not consult the wishes of the convict. ' l'.very kind word you say to i dumb animal or bird will make | you happier. Cheer up !f the weather were no I as it is now and has been for some time, you u> be running a lawn mower. Mr. Hoy Kessler of Plttston tran sacted business in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. \V. H. Hitter and daughter Adda, spent several days jut Xew Columbia to attend the dedicatory services of the New Luth eran church at that place. The burning of the Luis Lumber j company's sawmill at Stull, Wyom ing (•ounty, has resulted in the prac tical desertion of the town. (>nt of lo tenement houses only 1(1 are occu pied. I Wyoming county is to have a Orange National Hank which will be Moulted at Lnoyville. Stocks to the amount of $40,000 were subscribed but it was deemed prudent to start the bank with a capital of s2"i,oiiii Last week while freight cars were being shifted about in the Pennsyl vania railroad yards a cur load of eggs maple sugar and butter was Jarred so heavily that it toppled over and as a result there was a great mixture of these products. Thousands of eggs wese broken and the butter and sug jar was badly smeared with eggx. Notice. To the delinquent tax payer* ol Laporte Township: Under the new school law, I have to settle up my school duplicate in lull on the firm Monday in June. 1 will call on you about the 25th day ot this month; so | try and he ready and pas up your taxes. (JKOROE Kaß<t. Collector. For Stile —An EXTRA FINK j TIEIFER CALF three weeks old, | ■ from :t. valuable cow, sit ed by afull | blooded Jersey. A. G. Jenkins. ! Sunday School at 10:00 a. in. Preaching at 7:00 p. m. Sub ject—"Protical Evidence of Con vert ion " Epworth League 7:45 p. in. This is the order of services .at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday. Wanted—to rent during summer months from May until October, a small sized piano. State terms. \V. F. Miller Laporte, Pa. Register's Notices. Notice is hereby given that the follow ing accounts have been filed in my office viz: First and final account ol K* W. Yon kin Adinr. ot'Susan 1 lart/ig deed. Second and final account of Oeorge P. Wilson. K.\ ecu tor of the (state ol John < •. Wilson late of Havidson Township, deed First and final account ot' .lolin VV. McMahon mid Francis McMahon, Kxe cutors ol the last will and testament ol .lames McMahon, late ol Cherry Twp„ decepseil. The same will lie presented to the Or phans' Court of Sullivan County on Mon. day, May -7, 1906. at 3 o'clock p. m. 1 lor confirmation. TIIoMAS E. KENNEDY. Troth Prothonotarv's olllce. La porte. Pa., Apr 20, 1900. SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE COAL i.ani>S. By virtue ol a writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the Court of Common Pleas ol Sullivan County, and to me directed and delivered, there will lie exposed to j puldic sale at the Court House in Laporte. Pa., on Wednesday, May 15th, 1907, ai ! !(• o'clock a. m.. ine following described j real estate situated in the Bernice coal ! lield bounded as follows, viz: Lot No. I. All that certain lot. piece or parcel ol j land lying and being in the Township ot j l.'olley. County ol Sullivan and State oil Pennsylvania, and bounded and deserib i ed as follows: beginning at a corner in j the toad leading from I inshore to Lee j Settlement, thence by said road, south Is degrees east. 111 perches to a corner in >aid road: thence bv lands of John «>bert. north -17 degrees east. 14 perches to a •orner; thence north degrees east, 14 perches: thence north 75] degrees, nine iiiill two-tenths perches to a corner in the i road leading to < 'olley; thence by ihe said j road north t degrees cast. 21 perches to a j corner by said road; thence by lands : known as the Francis «ibert place, south i S-VJ degrees east. 22 perches to a corner, I ihence south 4.} degrees west, 100 perches j to corner on the line of land of the estate ! ol Peter Parr; thence by the same, north ; k5; degrees west, 39 perches to a birch \ corner; thence south lj degrees west 24 perches to a corner: thence south .'>ol degrees, east, •> I perches to a corner; thence south 331 degrees west, 35 perehes to a corner in north line ol "'Joseph Tatein" warrant; thence by said line north 50] degrees west, 102 perches to a jiost corner; thence by lands of John Obert north 4( degrees east, 40 perches to a post and stones corner; thence south 50 12 degrees east, 40 perches to a stone corner; thence south S5 3 4 degrees east <S perches; and thence north II 1-2 degrees cast, 121 per ches to the place of beginning. Contain ing 84 acres and 20 perches of land, be the same more or less. Lot No. 2. Also another lot, piece or parcel of land situated in the township, county and state •tloresaid and bounded as follows: begin ning at a stone corntr in the road; thence south S7 degrees east 1 10 perches to a post and stones corner; (hence by other lamb ol which this is a part, south 3 degrees west SO perehes to an old beech stump corner: thence on the warrant lineot the "Thomas Sparhawk'' north S7 degrees west IIS perches to a post corner in tin aforesaid road; thence by said road and mi line of lands lately deeded to Ootlieb Kinnemau, north 7 degrees east 08 per ches to a corner in said road: and thence north 5 degrees west 12 perches to the place of beginning. Containing 57 acres strict measure. Lot No. 3. Also another lot in said township, bounded as follows: Beginning at a cor tier in the road on the line of lands ol John Obert, thence by the mine and landsot Maihias Obert, south 4 degrees west 170 perches to a pos' and stone cor ner on the "Joseph Intern" warrant line; thence by the said line, north 57 degrees west, so perches to a corner on Pigeon Creek: thence up said creek, N.40 degrees east, 20 perches: north 19 degrees east. 9S perches: north 4 degrees east, 24 perches: north 9 degrees west. 21 perchps: and n< rh 28 degrees east 7 perches tot he center ot the bridge across said creek ot the road leading to Lee Setllfinent;thence by said road, south 12 degrees east 37 perches: and south 71 degrees east. 10 perches to the place of beginning. < 'on tain ing 50 acres more or less and being partly improved and the balance wood land. The above three parcels ol land are contiguous forming one body, and are supposed to he underlaid with a vein ot anthracite coal under entire property. Seized and taken in execution and to be sold as the property ot A. Walsh ai the suit ol E. A. Strong and others. F. W. BUCK, Sherjtf. | Sheritl's ollice, Laporte, Pa., April 9,1907. House and Lot ? 112 > S lo . The properly known h» ihe C'ihih House on Main Street in f/iporte Borough Sullivan Counly, I'm., will lie wold at Pulilic Sale on the f>reini>es on FRIDAY, MAY 17. I'.itiT. ,at 2o'clock p. m. A great opportunity ito buy a commoilioiip home. Four : lots x '>•> (net each. (,'lioioe fruit (reef : Mini good water. A hum ntul out houses | erected thereon. A fine view from the j porch on Main Street. Must he wold to I close an estate. Sale positive. Xo putl bidders. The property must go at an\ sacrifice. Terms, two hundred dollars down, the balance to he paid within six months with interest, to be secured on the prop erly. Also will be separately sold- One l.ot not connected with above lots. Tillie M. Aldrich, | Kinma Aldrich. Ileir.- ol Kntli Powers, Ester and Florence Small. Mary Esther Foust, ('lark A. I>. (iritinan, kDecd. Attorney, Thos. .1. Ingham. Auctioneer, Fllis Swatik. AN < >l! I>l X A NCK to adopt and eon 's stnict a systen of public sewers for Pennsylvania and Prospect Avenues to •onnect with sewer system No. 1. where ilie same crosses Prospect Avenue. Section 1. He it ordained by the Town I'ottiicil ol the IJorotigh of Kagles Mere, i'ennsylvania, and it is hereby enacted iml ordained that a system of pulilic ■ewerage be adopted and constructed as prayed tor in a petition tiled with the Secretary of the Council for a part ol Pennsylvania Avenue and a |>art of Pros pect Avenue to be called System ol ■sewerage No. '2, as follows: Beginning 't a point in center of Pennsylvania Ave. •wo hundred feet from the intersection ol Pennsylvania Avenue with Eagles Men Avenue, thence following Pennsylvania Avenue lo Prospeet Avenue, and thence Eastward along Prospect Avenue to, and intersecting with the Eiigles Mere Boro Ugh Sewer No. I. Full distance of seven ! hundred and eighty feet, in accordance ' with a survey thereof made bv E. S.i'hnse Civil Engineer, and filed with the records of the said Borough. Section 2. The said sewer shall be con structed of terra cotta pipe eight inches in diameter according to a plan approved by the Borough Council, and laid in H workmanlike manner under the immed iate supervision of the Sewer Committee j mil Assistant Secretary, ■ Section 3. The cost of said sewer svs em shall be paid by the assessment ol a j -ewernge tax upi n the pr >perty adjoining ir adjacent thereto according to the I -|iecial benefits derived, to be assessed i end collected as provided in the second [ iid third sections of an act entitled. "An I Vet to enable Boroughs toidopt and con •ti uct a sewerage system, and to assess j ind collect the cost thereof."' approved ! he fifteenth day of May 1889. A LVICE I>l' N HAM. Acting Chiet Burgess. Approved, April 12, 1907. \ttest: C. PEALE. Ir. Clerk ol Council. <o»» The Best place to buy goods Is otten asked by the pru >ent housewife. Money saving advantages re always being searched foi Lose no time in making a horough examination of tht New Line of Merchandise Now on ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HUlagrova, Pa. Eyes Tested. Free. W.H.TYLER, Opt.D Eyesight Specialist 207 Main St., Towanda. Pa. At Laporte Hotel third Tuesday of each month. Eyes tested evenings as we'i as day time. Calls r.ade at residence to test ) our eyes when requested. Office Days in Towanda: Every Saturday Monday At Laporte, May, 2i, 1007. i ' T fJIT A C A\!C WHY YOU SHOULD . . CV 10 VptYElllL KtA-ONS ATffNDTHt ft Q The Bc-r.t Course of Study. v fj L--rge iuculry of l.xperionced Specialists. P{ iff I :i" i}.>•_ .■ Aiifhoi-j. yt the .t Commercial Textbook.-' W !H Fr«*C' .-y Of His h-i.'T-.' ctuteamadESu rtaiiua'en'' Ml !; A ( t »;.r IM> jN?w 1 yrtwi'.krj, an-1 latent i • v. Jdii C-UUB 1... .ruiiunh-s to t.i! jjocd places e.cce -«1 i.nti.e .Student Enrstt> kj i □ .. n.fist hy more flaw "iv p*r cent. M ' n £•*"" Jhisctr.!!!, i? • ketball. e.ij l'ktd ».•>• Exercises. U K fcrthus;asßi in Every Di-purtmeiit SeuJ Iqr Catalorfbe. Q 6 hochsstek business institute, ft 'iQL K;»'. atRSTFII, N. V. SJ A. E. CAMPBELL'S Cash Department Store. Winter Announcement Every Department is full of stylish and up to date Fall ind Winter Goods and n ore arriving daily. Our Men's, Boys' and ( hildrens Clothing, Overcoats, l T inlerwear, Shoes, Kithher.s etc. I.AIHKS' Mlssl'.S and t'll I LI)|fKN Shoes, Dress Goods, Wool and ' luting l-'laimeis. Our stock is complete and veadv for your inspection. A new line ol I I lis at 'J.'i to 50 per cent less ihan'ciiv prices. Ladies' call and see what we have to offer we can please ,'ou. It will pay you to look over our our stock before •>uying>our winter supply. We meet all competition $l!0 worth Tickets SI.OO in trade Free. Is that not worth looking alter. Yours for bu-iness, A. E. CAMPBELL. SHUNK, PA. FIRST NATIONA^ HETJaHIESVIL-LE, FJL CAS3OOOO HK DeW,TT BODINE, President. c . . JEREMIAH KELLY, Vice Pres. Surplus and Net Profits, W C. I'RONTZ, Cashier. 65.000. DIRECTORS: transacts a General .... . lii-Witt Is<»<lino, Jacob lVr, Frank A.Render, Hanking Business. Jri .,. l>lil(ll K< llv . w ,„. r.crtz, \v. (MV„„u. Accounts of 1 ndiVill- .James K. Uiwik. Jolm Laird, Lyinan M vors, aals and Finns IVtor Krontz. ('. \V. Son en, Daniel H.Ponst, solicited. Bull. Spring Soils for Men, Boys and Children are now here for inspection. Suits in black clay and unfinished worsteds and I hi bets lomespuns, French and Fnglish Flannels, and Scotch loods. Boys and Childrens' Suits in all the new iabrics and nakes. Prices as well as variety are extraordinary. All new n 1 up to date line of Gents Furnishings, Hats, Caps, etc. \lso the only place in town where you can get the "Walb Over" 3f)oe J. W. CARROLL'S, Hotel Carroll Block. DUSHORE, PA. GENERAL STORE od Tannery,, c® FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK ALWAYS FOUND HERE, lust received a special purchase ol "Riches" Flannels, umbermens' Shirts and Drawers, Men's, I adies and ohildr« ns' Mitts, Gloves and Hosiery. There's Lots Here t Show Yn From the City. Fre->h stock ot Diy Goods and Notions, Boys and Men's Hafs and Caps, full lino of Snagproof Shoes and Rubbers, Ladies', Gents' and Children's Goodyear Rub bers Woodsmen and Boys Shoes to suit all. Our Usual Quality of Groceries and Provisions are Equal to the BEST. JAMES McFARLANE.
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