US'."' NATIONAL BANK UF DUBHOKK P* V 1 CAPITAL - - »fiO.OOO BUBPI.TJS . - $25,000 l>oes a General Banking Business. 1). STKIUGKR E, M. D. 3WARTS. President. Cashier .! per font interest allowed on eertiflcates. pRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attomey-at-Law. office in Keelers Block. < uuniy, I'A. J7J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORN BYS-AT-LAW. Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _ A PORTE, PA [ J MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LA PORTE, PA OFPICB IN COUNTY BUILDING NKABCOPP.T UOUBR. J 1L CRONIN, ATTORWKY-AT -LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. orrica on MAIS STI-.KKT. DTisriOHK. PA LAPORTE HOTEL. P. W, GALLAGHER, Prop. Newlv erected. Opposite C'ouri House square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room,and barbershop; also good stabling and livery, Cbippewa Xtme ftilne* Lime furnished m car load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesvilla Penn'a. M. E. Reeder, MUNCY, PA. For a well Kept Up-to-date Stock of General Merchandise Far pries that are Right For curteous treatment goto Buschhausen' /"ONDFNCKIt KKl't >RI nl t In- condition of Tin. first National Hunk at Dushorc, in the State of Pennsylvania ut close of business Dec. 3d. 1907. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $2.01920 11 r. s. Bonds t<> secure circulation "JVOiiOOO l'.ond Securities 1K>.778.5R Furnimc 90000 i 'ash, and due from banks and Tims ury I'. S #9,901 09 Total },'ioß,ri99 01i LIABILITIES, apt»l ?.V),000 00 •urplus and undivided profits "xi ireulatlon 5U.00000 >iviiicnds um>aid 00 )i|«jsits 372,2805;; Total S~OS,. r >99 Oil late of Pennsylvania County of Sullivan ss. , I. M. I>. Swarts cashier of the above named aukdo solemnly swear that the above statement • tiue to the bixt of mv knowledge and U licf. M. I». 8 WARTS Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this .'ith ay of Dec. 1907. ALBERT I'. HFI>S. l\ commission expires Feby 27,'09. Notary Public. Correct Attest. J. I>. REESER I K. G. SYLVARA, '-Directors fcjAMIEL COLE, ) DAVE ATS, TR ADC MARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND DESIGNS.!! .end your business direct to WANLIIUKTON, I 1 SAVES time, costs less, better service. ( [ My offlte cloa* to U. 8. Patent Office. FREE prelimln- !» *y ex&MLO*tloni made Atty'T FEE not due until pate, t< l secured. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN-11 YEARS < 1 CTTTAL EXPERIENCE. Book "HE »to obtain RATENTI." < [ c.. tent free. Patent® procured through R C. bigger* 1 celve ■p•c Ia 1 notice, without charge, in the *, NVENTIVE AGE oatrated monthly— Eleventh year terms, sl. A year. «| HEYSKIDMEYCURE Malt.a Kldnty. and Bladder Right i | far »► A X li, | J Locnl and Persons! Events' Tersely Told. J I Prothonolary A. F. Heess war. a Dushore visitor Wednesday. Mr. Charles Faries of Milton, | spent several days of last week with Laporte friends. Mr. T. J. Keeler is improving (lie appearance of his residence by enlarging the porch facing Main street. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Snider of Nordmont are rejoicing over the birth of a son to bless their home. Miss Rachel Rogers of Lincoln Fall, is 1 lie gnest of her sister, Mrs. A. F. Heess. The Sulliyan county Agricultural society will hold the annual fair at Forksville Oct. <> 7-8 and 190.8. Victor Bird of Lockllaven Normal school'spent Tuesday with his bro ther C. O. Bird. Daniel Springer, a councilman! of Tamaqua, who sued the Tamaqua Courier for $10,0(M) damages because that paper called him "a robber of the tax payers," was Wednesday re warded six cents damages. Mr. Silas McCarty of Elkland township transacted business at this place Wednesday. Mr. Mc- Carty recently sold his farm in Elkland fo Fred Cott, son of Ex- Sheriff Cott. Mrs. Louise Barrows returned to Laporte Tuesday evening. She has been spending the winter with her brothers, Charles Lauer, of Lock Haven, and Fred Lauer, of Muncy. A young couple of Bradford county were married at Towana last week. The groom was 21 j years of age and the bride 13. F. M. Caossley was a William- J sport visitor last week. John Minnier and family have moved from the Cheney house on \ Muncy street to the Ballard house on Mai A street. If. A. Conklin of Picture Rocks was in town Saturday to attend a meeting in the Odd Fellows ball. A chicken and waffle supper will be served at the home of Mrr« Frank Ingham, on Tuesday even ing April 21, by the Village Im provement Society. Proceeds to go toward the grading and beauti fying of the park. The supper will be from 6 o'clock- until all are served. Price of supper 25 cents. Children under 12 years 15 cents. Icecream extra. All are cordially invited to help the cause. There will lje a work "bee" at Mountain Ash cemetery on Thurs day and Friday of next week, April !>, and 10, for the purpose of cleaning of the brush and stones from the new addition to the cem etery. All interested are urgently requested to donate at least one day's work to this worthy enter prise. The friends of Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Ripple surprised them on Wed nesday evening with a tin shower, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Eddy. Although the affair was gotten np on short notice, it was none the less a delightiul event. They will leave to-day (Thursday) for their new home at Blooming dale. They carry with them the best wishes of many friends, espec ially for the same success to Mr. Ripple in his chosen work, as has been his during his pastorate at this place. Mrs. Mary Yaw Soper, wife of D. M. Soper, formerly principal of the New Albany schools, dietl at her home in Breezeport, N. Y., Monday March 30, aged 21 years j and ten months. She is survived by her husband and two small I children. Mr. Joseph Newman and fami ly, former residents of Nordmont, have moved from Hughesville to i Williamsport where Mr. Newman has accepted a position in the of fice of the N. Y. & S. railroad company. | Mrs. Keeler on Tuesday afternoon i April 7. Be sure and remember 1 that at this meeting reorganization ' for the coming year takes place. A j I fill I meeting is resived. ! The bar mill of the Milton manu- I factiiring company was burned to i the ground Monday evening, entail i ing it loss of $25,000, and will throw fifty people out of employment. tieneral solicitors of all the Miss ouri railroads met recently and de cided to renew the fight against the two-cent rate law in Missouri. In junction proceedings to prevent the further operation of the fare law are to be renewed before Federal Judge MePherson. The Laporte Athletic Associa tion is arranging for a big celebra tion at Laporte on July 4th. The new grounds of the association will be opened and re-dedicated upon that date. There will probably be no liner grounds in the State out side of the big league grounds. There will be a general celebration of tho day and with cheap rates 011 the railroads there will undoubted ly be a big attendance. A line program of events is being prepar ed. At a meeting of the Columbia County Fair Association it was de cided to hold the lUooinsbnrg Fair this year on October U, 7, 8 und 9. The total amount which will ho of fered as purses for the different ra-- ing events SI2OO, SIOO more than last yanr. Mine. Anna Gould is ill as a re sult of a conference with her broth ers and sister regarding her talked of marriage to another titled French man. Should Mine. Gould insist 011 marrying this foreigner she may be called upon to forfeit $7,000,000 of her fortune for marrying against the wishes of the executors of her estate. It is to be hoped, however, that no American born woman, af ter such an experience as Anna Gould has> recently gone through, would be willing to sacrifice her dignity the second time for a degen ate nobleman. With 17,000 Missouri Democrats cheering them to the echo, William jjenninj;" Bryan and Justin Harmon (in Monday night opened the 1908 campaign of the middle west. They were the principal quests of honor at a dollar banquet at Kansas City. 17,000 people thronged the hall when the Nebraken rose to speak. The rotator, is the name of a per fect nickle alarm clock. Whether you are required to rej port for work "on the minute" or a person of leisure, a good alarm clock ir, often a necessity. The liOTATOK is dependable and is recommended to both light and sound sleepers as positively the safest and surest guar antee of bring aroused at the time; desired. I'ltra sound sleepers, after using the common, continuous old time alarm clock a short time, have found that the alarm awakens them momentarily only, and they again lapse into slumber, the alarm having failed of its purpose. The alternate noise and silence of the "Rotator" is so irritating in its effect and so per sistent in keeping at it that it never fails of its object. The retail price of the clock is $2, .->O. on account of the universal de pression, the manufacturer waseoin | pelled to have ready money, and "The Philadelphia press" made an arrangement direct with him that en ables them to offer "The Press" Daily, one whole year, and one of the "Rotators" delivered at your door, both for four dollars and tweny-rive cents. The saving is yours, but hurry, as the demand is greater than the supply. Twenty pretty girls of the Epworth League, members of the "society congregations" of the Fast End, Pittsburg, created by an organized descent on the license court the other day. '1 ho credit of calling into play this new implement of warfare is given to the \Y. C. T. L\ committees, who recently visited the Epworth League meeting and planned the odd protest. Every applicant for a licen.-e in the residence district of the Xine ! teenth and Twentieth wariis had to face six or seven charming, determin ed girls. 111 a spirit of "sweet reason j ableness" they told Judges frazier and Shafer why they objected not to the applicant, but to the application Three of the new applicants refused to present their applications at the court. ci 'lhiK .rfurc. J, | T. J. collector, In acequat. with Laporte Borough for the year 1905. Road Tax. I»r. or. Aint. overpaid T. J. Keeler, Cot. shown by last auftit .70 Refunding order to balance.. To TO 10 A ■kliiii.nal Road Tax. A nit. overpaid by Colloetot .30 Refunding order to balance 0.30 o.ao 0.80 Roail Tax for the year 190ti. Ami. due from Col. by lout audit H9O Anit. overpaid, due Collector 2 94 Hy Treas. receipt IT 84 17 34 17 *4 Additional I owl Tax. for the year 1006: Atnt. due from Col. last audit " ]."> 17 Hy Treas. receipts 15 17 10 17 15 17 T. J. Keeler, Collector, in accouut with Laporiu Borough for the year 1907: To amount of duplicate 39T 53 Hy Anit. overpaid for year 190 C 294 ft IHT ct. rebate on J307 90 15 39 Collector's commission 7 TT Treasurer's receipt 284 74 5 per ct. commission oil It 1.08 2 oi> Treasurer's receipt ."BUS 31 00 Exonerations allowed 5 41 Lands returned 4 32 Balance due from Collector 1 S3 307 53 397 u3 John Miuniermid John V. Finkel, Oversocraof l'oor, in account with Laporte Borough Poor lii»- trict for the year 1907. To luilance in treasury as shown by last Auditors' reiort 64 89 Ree D from F. JJ. Karrcl Co. Treas. omitted by mistake at last audit 19 43 Paid T.J.lngham, Atty. and Set'y. 1500 Paid J(Jlin Mfnnier. services 10 00 Paid John V, Finkel " 1000 Wllllatnsport Hospital for keeping Valentine Klotz and treatment J1 00 Railroad fare for V. Klotz 1 45 Frank Buck, keeping tramps 4 So By balance in treasury 22 37 S4 32 M32 A. H. Busehhuusen, Treasurer, in account with Laiiorte Borough for the year 1907. Balance In Treas. at last audit 32.1 51 Rec'd from T. J. Keeler Collector 32T 75 Auditor tieneral of Pennsylvania ;> 10 F. 11. Kartell County Treasurer 10 00 232 SO T. J. Keeler, Collector TH OB Bonds with interest redeemed 213 40 Commission at 2 per ceut 10 07 Total atnt. orders redeemed 290:16 Bal. due Boro. In hands of Treas... 4*o 12 1 J94 2d 994 2ft Statement showing Resources and Liabilities <>f Laporte Borough for the year ending March 9. 1908. Resources. Liabilities. Aim. due from Treasurer 4*o 42 A. K Tripp, Collector 4» T. J. Keeler, " 1 88 Land returns. taxes of pu> 30 00 P.tOT 4 82 Orders outstanding. 2T 3B Resources in excess of Liab. 5)0 39 Otis 15 fitiJi lj Statement showing Resources and Liabilities of Laporte Borough Poor District for year endiiiK March 9, 1908. Balance in hands of Overseers ... 22 3T Due from R. A. Conklin < 01. 1902 2S»; A. K. Tripp, Col. 1903 290 County Treasurer, land returns 10 92 Resources in excess of Liabilities 39 Or, We, the undersigned. Auditors of Laporte Boro. Pa., hereby certify, that we have uU'lite-l,adjust ed and settled the several accounts above set forth, and Hnd the same to be correct, at l tin same appear* in this foregoing reiort. Witness our hands this 14th day of March, 1908 WILLIAM \V. LOKB.) J. T. FAIKBAIRN, Auditors. ALBERT F. HEKB i QIIEKI FK'S SAI.K. By virlue of h writ of Venditioni Ex ponas (Heal Estate) issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of' .Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, and to me directed and deliver.,d, there will he exposed to public Male at the Court House in the Borough of Laporte. Sullivan County. ! Pennsylvania, o» SATURDAY, APRIL IS, 1908. at eleven o'clock a. in., the following de scribed real estate situate partly in the Township ol Cherry, County ot Sullivan. I •State ot Pennsylvania and partlv in the j Township of Albany, County of Bradford. J Pennsylvania, upon which an inqu-l isition has been held and a jury of ii»-1 quest lias returned that the part lying in Sullivan County can not be sold sepa rate and apart from the part lying iti Bradford County, without prejudice to or syoilin>r the whole: which said inquiaitior atiil return liav.' lifcn approved by the t'ourt of Common Picas ul Sulli van Coun ty, and the aforesaid entire piece or par cel ol lat.d is bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a beech in line 01 lands ol Isaac W. Morris, bdng a corner of lands granted or intended to be granted to John Harney thence east by the same 152 perches to a post, another corner ol said lands; thence south, 29J degrees west, fi2 perches to a stone corner of lands ol Patrick Martin's hell's, now occupied by John W. Karrell; thence by the said lands west, 152 perches to a beech in the line of the aforesaid lands of Isaac. VV. Morris; thence by the same north, 29 1-2 degrees east, 62 perches to the place ol beginning. CONTAINING about fifty eight acres and one hundred forty-four perches ot land, be the same more or less: and being the tame land sold hy Thomas Mabaffev, lute Sheriff ofSul.ivati County, to Mary Harney, by deed acknowledged in open Court, March I, 1893 and entered in Sheriff's ami Treasurer's, Deed Book, at Laporte. Pennsylvania, March 1, 189.! in Deed Book No. 2, page 515, The part in Cherry Township in Sull ivan County, Pennsylvania, is bounded on the east or south easterly side, hy the public road;on the southerly sidebv lands now in possession ot Johu W. Farrell; on the westerly side by lands of Bryan Bennett; on the northerly side by lands of John Harney's heirs and the county line between Sullivan aud Bradford Couuties. containing about forty-eight acres. The part in Albany Township, Brad lord County is bounded' on one side In lands belonging to the heirs of John Har ney; on another side by the public road; and on the other side by the county line between the Counties of Bradford and Sullivan, containing about ten acres ol land. The above entire tract ct'about fifty eight acres, is all improved and in a good state of cultivation, well watered and a valuable farm property. Seized, taken into eaccution and to he sold as the property of Mary Harney and Joseph P. Harney, terre tenant, surviv. ing defendant at the suit of John Utst, to the use of Mary E. Hill, now to the use of John \Y. McMahon. JUDSON BROWN, Sheriff of Sullivan County. Sheriff's office, Lajiorte, Pa., March 21, 1908. Good Old (i)inter Time ANNOUNCEMENT. We arc showing an elegant line of Winter L»oods of every description. Everything for man, woman or child. Come and look over our stock before buying your winter supply. We will save you money. A Large Line of NEW Goods. Useful as well as ornamental. Let us show you. Yours for business, A. a CAMPBELL. SHUNK, PA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HTOHESVILLE, IEVL CA SSO.OOO° CK I DeWITT BODINE, President. Surplus and ! JEREMIAH KELLY, Vice Pres. Net Profits, j W. C. FRONTZ, Cashier. 65.000. | Vnm . „ J DIRECTORS: Transacts a General Basking Business, i ? *s* l"' Kl '*" k A.R«wiw, i Jereiuiali Kelly, M in. Frontz, W C. Frontz, Accounts oflndivid- : W. T. Reedy, John c. Laird. Lymau Myers, uals and Firms j Peter Frontz, C. W. Bones, Daniel H.Poust, solicited. I John Bull. 3 per Cent INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS -A.T THIS GENERAL STORE GD Tanner, GD You can find a general stock of Lumbeimen's Flannel Shirts, Drawers and Socks. Woolen and Gotten Under wear and Hosiery. MEN'S and BOYS' HATS, CAPS and MITTENS. Also a Full Assortment of Boots and Shoes of the Usual Variety. The Grocery and Provision Department is second to none in the county. Also a fair stock of HARDWARE, WILLOWARE and CASTINGS for the farmer. Prices are consistent with quality of goods. JAMES McFARLANE. PAIRBANISS CAS or GASOLINE ENGINES. I There are [many Gas and Gasoline Engines and ONE "FAIRBANKS" Some resemble it in construction, others in name BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE FAIRBANKS ENGINE. Engines that excell in quality and moderate in cost. Vertical from one to ten horse power. Horizontal three horse power up- THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY, 701-AifhSt., Philadelphia. CHARLES L. WING, Ageni, Laporte. Try The News Item Job Office Once; Fine Printing I ■■ » 9. W-'Jt •' • -T—r-.-t * » MOfrSRN FAC?LTTTE& We Print To Please. r • 112.
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