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.
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Money saving advantages
re always being searched foi
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horough examination of tht
New Line of Merchandise
Now on
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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.
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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,
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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.