I /.ST NATIONAL BANK
OF DDSHORK, PKNN V.
CAPITAL - - #50.000
enspi.us - - $25.000
Does a General Banking ISuxineßß.
S. 1). STERUiKKR, M. ]). SWAKTS.
President. Cashier
l>or ecut inti-ri'st allowed 011 ccrtifientes.
fRANCJSW. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-I iaw.
Jifice in Keeler'e Block.
I AI'ORT!'. Sullivan County, PA.
7 V. H. INGHAM,
A.'l'TO UN B YS-AT-L AW,
Legal business attended to
in ruis find adjoining counties
PA
[: J. MULLEN,
Attornoy-at-Law.
LAPOKTK, PA
op/ica Irt COUNTY BUILDING
KKAH COURT UOUBK.
j 11. CRONIN,
ATTOHTfEY*-AT -LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
OFFICS OK MAIN STH*ET.
DI'STIOHK. > rA
LAPORTE HOTEL.
F. W, GALI..AGHEB, Prop.
Newly erected. Opposite Court
House square. Steam htiit, bath rooms,
liot and coM water, reading and pool
room.anil barber shop; also good stabling
and livery,
Gbippewa
%imc Ikiliis.
Lime furnishea t n car
load lots, delivered al
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
For pries that are
Right
For curteous treatment
goto
Buschhausen'
fONPEVCED KEI'OKT ot the condition of The
National Bank at Dushore.in the State
of Pennsylvania at close of business Dec*. 3d,
31)07.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $2,0192911
I'. Bonds to seeure circulation.... ft).(MX) 00
Bond Securities 166,778.88
Funiiuji.' ,900uO
< u.-l'., and due from hanks and Treas
ury 0. s 89,991 09
Total 5508,599 09
LIABILITIES,
Capital $:>o.ooooo
>urplus and undivided prolhs :»o,:us *.c.
circulation fiO.OOO'K)
Dividends unpaid.... "0
D posits 872,28068
Total f608.699 09
State of Pennsylvania County of Sullivan ss.
I. M. I>. Swnrts cashier of the above named
bank do solemnly swear that the above statement
is ii ue to the best of mv knowledge and belief.
M. \). .SWARTS Cashier.
Snbseritied and sworn to before me this 6th
day of Dec. li»ft7. ALBERT F. HEESrf,
My « oimnlssion expires Feb)' 27, 'O9. Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
J. I). KEEPER )
h. (i. sVLVARA, >Directors.
KA.MUEI.COLK, )
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POUY>KIDNEYCURE
w Makes Kidneys and Bladder Might
112 Covnty Seat j
j Local snd Personal Events I
112 Tersely Told. J
The mere fact thai a man is idle
is no evidence that he wants work.
Mr. George Karge of Riugdale,
was in town Monday.
Carl O. Bird spent Sunday with
his parents at Estella.
Prof. L. L. Ford of Philadelphia,
lias sent out very attractive little
j booklets advertising his '•Outing
F. \V. Meylert, Esq. and wife
i spent Saturday at Williamsport,
j and Sunday at Eaglos Mere.
Mrs. Mike Collins and son of
■ Lopez, are guests of the former's
| brother, John Hassen, at the Com
| mercial hotel.
F. "NY. Buck of Muncy Valley
was a business caller in town on
Monday.
Nathaniel Tompkins of Eldreds
ville died Sunday after a short ill
ness.
Mr. Charles Faries of Milton,
is preparing to open a stone quarry
near Karge's point, and already
has several men there working to
get things in shape for the quarry
ing of stone.
Don't be in a hurry to get to
the trout streams, or you may
catch pneumonia instead of trout.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fries are re
joicing over the birth of a ten
pound boy, born Sunday April 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mason
have returned from English Cen
ter where they spent the winter.
for Boys," for the season of 1908.
Owing to poor health last summer,
I'rof. Ford was unable to take
charge of a large numhe.i of boys.
This season promises to bring quite
a. number of boys from the cities to
spend several months at this ideal
summer home.
Rev. W. 11. Norcross preached
iiis first sermon at this place in
the 31. E. church last Sunday ev
ening. A large congregation lis
tened to his excellent discourse
which made a very favorable im
pression on his hearers.
There will be preaching services
at tlie same church next Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock.
The Village Improvement Society
will meet at the home of Mrs. John
Gumble on Tuesday afternoon April
14, 1908.
.1. S. Scouten of Dushore who
recently purchased the large hotel
at Jamison Cicy is having the
structure torn down and the lum
ber moved to Scran ton where it
will be used in the construction of
hours.
Randall and Schaad Bros, have
opened a live-foot vein of coal be
low the one they have worked out.
The vein they have been working
was from 30 inches to three feet.
The new vein is a harder and
better coal. Preparations will
immediately be made to mine the
coal in the lower vein.
A Forksville correspondent to
the New Albany Mirror says: The
road up the Loyal Sock creek from
Forksville to Laporte has for some
time been almost impassable, main
ly through neglect. The mail car
-1 rier, F. C. Sclianabaeher made re
i peated complaints to the Forks
: township commissioners but as no
! attempt was made to better the
i 1
j condition he caused their arrest
last week. The hearing was be
| fore Squire Rogers of Forksville,
j the result, payment of costs of
j prosecution by commissioners and
| giving of bonds to keep road in
I repair.
Pike county is keeping expenses
down, and the present year will
likely be a record breaker. As an
example of local economy the
Stroudsburg council recently elected
a pound master at a salary of $7. r >o
I a year.
The March term of court was held
r.H'ently. No jurors were summoned,
■ the jail is empty and there was little
' business to occupy the attention of
I the judges out side of the appli
cations for hotel licenses.
Tivasurer's Sale of Unseated
Lands.
Agrii'alile to the provision of nn Aft of Assem
bly entitled, "An Aet directing the mode ot sell
iiik I'n-eated Lands for tuxes," tnu>sed the JUtn
day of March. im.'i. and tlie supplement 1 - thereto,
J, Frank 11. Kartell, Treasurer of the county or
Sullivan, hereby give notice to all persons con
rertieii t at unless the Couuly, Uoad, Poor and
School Taxes due on the following tracts nl I it
tested Lands situated in said county are rti.il l»-
fore the day of sale, the whole or sui h part of
each trect as will pay the taxes and such cost
chargeable thereon will be sold at the Court
House in Laporte. said County of Sullivan, on
the Mb day of June, lsus. being the second Mon
day in June. The sale to be continued by ad
journment from day today if deemed necessary
for arrearages of taxes due, and assessed and
cost accrued on each tract respectively.
CHEKKY TOWNSHNK
4IS I'aker .lolm # 2;> 24
140 Baker John 16 98
418 Kpple Andrew 17t)2 S<'>
3>J4 l'jpple Hettrv 147:*> I 'J
10 Fox Justinance 680
1 52 Fox Samuel M 25 97
27 Getting Christian 2 - r >7
158 Getting <irov«r 10 17
40 Gray William 10 12
170 Gray William 50 01
20 Iloltzhower George 658
75 Jackson Jeremiah •'>!> 65
100 Kaiser John ofi 50
157 Jacoby Leonard 10 II
50 Lukens I'aniel 25 05
12 l.uskey Edward 748
98 Norris Joseph 1" 086
150 Quirk John 53 75
12 Reed Collins 170
185 Reed Collins 54 8S
285 Stein William 17 Stt
200 Stein Phillip 12 00
114 Stein Philltp 7 61
41 Turner William 12 B'J
32',) VanPhul William 39 84
70 VanPhul William 500
108 Wagner Phillip 720
COLLEY TOWNSHIP.
12 Brearley Benjamin 167
300 Burke Thomas 67 70
323 Chase Ileher 19 73
388 * 'has-e Dudley 23 50
444 Cook John 49 50
291 Carpenter Samuel 203 42
150 Crispin .laities 38 93
175 Fitzsimmons Thomas 39 32
134 Gillett Eliphalet 783
479 <ireeu Williard 22 83
407 Graves Ruins 51 97
218 lleister Peter 1173 64
122 lleister Peter 1505
04 Honseweart'ieorge W 11 75
04 llwusewcart George W 426
79 Honseweart Mrs. Win 503
34 Hester Jacob 563
202 Logan Sheldon 23 01
I' ndivided to!'
417 McMtillen Alexander 18 47
55 Nicholas Harvey .181
151 Odion Thoinai -63 70
liMO Pinco I'olly 12 OU
487 l'arley Humphrey 108 60
361 l'arley Nathaniel *1 06
Undivided A of
380 Pinco Bezabel 10 69
75 Persona Edward 10 03
313 Keitzer lacoli 16 '.'6
12 lteitzer Jacob 446
81 Reitzer Jacob r > 13
64 Shaw David 15 'JI
60 Sullivan James 842
310 Tatam Joseph 22 87
21 Tatam Joseph 182
12 iatain Joseph 722
150 l'omlinson Hichard 263 70
150 Woodward Beza 34 85
233 Woolaton Setli 53 02
215 Woodward Kbenezer 48 9!>
111 /.eigler David 566
24'J /eigler I'avid 28 64
DAVIDSON TOWNSHIP
401 Heatlv or Baity Paul 80 32
375 Brady John 15 00
629 Colt Klizabeth 41 17
435 Colt Nathaniel 136 00
156 (.'oats Samuel 24 96
131 ('olt William 20 96
103 Colt William 32 96
*lO Dean John •'« 20
(jSO Kvans Sarith 400
201 Kwing Jasper 32 52
150 Evans Joel 48 0O
364 Epple Andrew 14 56
451 Epple Henry 20 04
35 Evans Benjamin 140
92 Evans Elizabeth 368
98 Evans Jane or James 382
301 (iearheart Anthony 12 05
434 (iearheart George 17 34
434 Gearheart Mary 17 34
327 (iearheart William 13 08
436 Grant Thomas 13 44
390 Gritiin Mary 15 60
rlO Hunter Alexander 40
402 Meager Philip 104 28
22 Haines Josiah 88
400 Hamilton Thomas 16 00
400 Irwin Charles 16 00
457 Irwin Robert 18 28
8 James John 32
400 James Levi 16 00
417 Jackson Jeremiah 16 68
417 Kirk Isaac 16 68
166 Lebo Henry 33 imi
150 Levi Daniel 30 00
230 Miley Martin 40 1)0
343 Montgomery Hannah 109 76
2K(J Musseskope Adam 22 40
434 Meylert Ann 17 36
399 Meylert Michael N0.4 15 96
195 Meylert William 780
31)0 Meylert William N0,2 15 72
284 Mcllenry E - Me Daniel 15 36
418 Nicholos Francis 16 72
410 Patterson William 98 00
312 Parker Richard 15 68
400 Koss Thomas 48 00
390 Sample .lames 107 14
86 Smith Daniel \ 17 20
301 Stead man William 20 04
358 Sample Catherine 57 28
300 Tower James 12 00
354 Walker Jonathan 14 16
3SB Williamson Charles 21 60
112 Woodside John 98 88
369 Woodside John 29 44
2 Wilson Mary 16
i ' W iodside Archibald 12 16
431'. Woodside John Jr 139 52
J» W.iodaide Archibald 384
2().-i V >ung Samuel 832
IXKI.AXD TOWNSAIP
139 Bryson Samuel 629
92 Bryson Samuel ' 19 11
156 Comeley Robert 7 IS
44 ("omeley William 202
32 <'oolev Henry 736
126 Fritz Aaron 17 39
46 Fritz John 10 98
46 Fritz Aaron 10 98
245 llunsinger Aaron 57 96
35 Hortou Nathaniel 12 8S
8 Rogers C, S. 74
107 Turner Samuel 14 12
FOKKS TOWNSHIP.
407 /MJ.i t Cm i t f 19 15
19 Horsey John ft 16
148 Fox Eliza 607
237 Fox Eliza M 902
25 Fox Hannah 103
35 Fox luetina 144
425 Hurley Henry 1240 25
425 Hurley George s" 13
200 Ualowell Edward 1060
80 llatton James 328
97 Lloyd Peter Z 771
14 Lueke Henry 172
352 Lloyd Peter Z 14 43
10 Maier Georg* 197
402 Norris Elizabeth 10 48
87 I'eters Hie hard 88 48
434 Pleasauts Samuel 4247 60
00 Pleasants Israel 12 30
55 Roberts Hugh 18 07
EOX TOWNSHIP.
50 Baker John 570
74 E«k Catherine 12 65
408 Hughes <ie*rge 84 33
300 Johasos James 45 10
408 Lewis Joseph 46 93
382 Simpson John 72 58
HILLSGROYK TWP.
436 Beates Henry 98 38
90 Beck Henry 405
335 Boalium Ephriant 01 14
290 Boyd John 103 40
210 Bo'nham William 20 53
80 Bingham William 29 80
30 Bird Ulysses 675
257 Delaney Thomas 127 27
407 Fullerton Richard 87 08
50 Hornkeith Jeremiah 19 00
198 Jackson William 7228
350 Rogers Richard 64 00
410 Reese Daniel 59 50
405 (1900) Seckler Michael 48 94
305 (1907) Seckler Michael 42 27
105 Spade William 29 36
407 Sheaf William 45 32
LAPORTE TOWNSHIP.
25 Brewster Virginia 687
160 Bowsman William 072
116 Bachin Phillip 24 36
389 Cleveland Moses 49 44
79 Evans Caldwalder 21 53
SO Franklin Thomas 088
58 Fo.x Sarah 499
120 Fox Samuel 21 92
35 Fox Sarah 009
40 Franklin Walter 504
223 Fox Hannah 13 23
34 Fox Samuel M 141
97 Fox Sarah 407
20 Fox Samuel M. I 09
87 Grati Andrew 365
10 < rarrigus Susan W 174
25 Gardner Richard 4 35
10 <+ardner Richard 68
118 Harvey Jonathan 24 78
5 Huling Joseph 88
117 Harvey Jonathaa 25 57
140 Harvey Jonathan 2'J4O
48 Harvey Jonathan 987
183 Jackson Jeremiah 47 77
tiO Kidd John Est 5 10
174 Levi Daniel 36 23
190 Levi Daniel 39 90
OS Morris Richard H 14 28
71 Morris Richard H. 298
8 Morris Richard 11. 1 40
164 Musser (ieorge 56 09
5 North Richard I 28
119 North liichard 33 91
63 North Hichard 10 97
300 Pleasants Israel 52 2o
43 Pleasants Israel 7 53
165 Pleasants Samuel 28 71
96 Pleasants Samuel i<> 53
80 Parkt»r Thomas 36
37 Parker William 7 7O
61 Parker William 15 51
100 Perkins Joseph 44 2D
10 Pleasants Samuel 2 10
401 Roberts Hugh 103 37
09 Roberts Elizabeth 18 23
67 Reynolds Thomas 17 07
21 4 Roberts George Jr. 903
106 Scott Samuel 18 44
220 ToplifF John 6550
9 Wells Gideon 1 89
95 Wells Gideon 19 95
5o Wells Gideon 6 60
BHRKWSBCKY TWP.
r>9 Bovdjchn 16 28
20i; Benson Peter 30 10
V> Bentoiw v Villi:im 2759
100 Doughtily John 20526
364 Fox Mariali C. 252 12
lit Fox Mariali 276
4oi Gordan John ">9 46
97 Hoover Job 36 21
25 Irwin Robert 6 9I
177 King Ezekiel 132 53
401 Morrison John 3963
386 Ojjden Joseph 106 54
38") Pleasants Mary 106 26
114 Swain John 31 46
318 Spade William 35 47
The sum of Fifty Cents must also be a.lde<l on
each tract, lot or parcel of land advertised In ait
dition to tin- amount named «-,>i- site each tract,
lot or parcel of land for adveni- .m. Also, in ad
dition to the same interest will 1 > charged upou
the amount of taxes due ujion ci.eli tract, lot or
parcel of lam! for each year from t!;< (last day of
January of the year following until ] Lid, under
Act of 18s".
N'. K. No taxes will he received on the day of
sale.
FRANK 11. FA'iKELL. Treasurer.
Treasurer's ofliee, Ltijxvto 1 u„ April Ist, 1 yu S.
Atameetiug on Tuesday of the
Village Improvement Society, the
following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Mrs. T.
J. Keeler; Vice President, Mrs. F.
W. Meylert; Treasurer, Mrs. J. L.
Smyth; Secretary, Mrs.F. H. lug
ham, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs.
J. V. Finkle;
The Committees wore as follows:
Executive committee, Mrs. F. W.
Meylert; Mrs. Carl \Vrede and Mrs.
F. 11. Ingham.
Council committee: Mrs. T. J.
Keeler, Mrs. J. Lr Smyth, Mrs. N.
C. Maben.
Membership committee: Mrs. J.
V Finkle, Mrs. N.C. Maben.
Lime sulphur washes for San
Jose Scale are suitable only for
trees in a dormant state. Experi
ments indicate that the best results
follow applications in spring just
j before the growth of the tree be
' gins.
)ampb I . . _ .
Ciood Old (Dinter Tii»e
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We are showing an elegant line of Winter ooods 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. E. CAMPBELL.
SHUNK, PA.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
HUQHESVILLE, :F_A_.
CAPITAL STOCK j
$50,000 ; 1
Surplus and
Net Profits.
65.000.
I
Transacts a General ,
Hanking Business.
Accounts oflndivid- I 1
uals and Firms 1
solicited.
DeWITT BODINE, President.
JEREMIAH KELLY, Vice Pres.
W C. FRONTZ, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
DeWitt Bodine, Jacob Per, Frank A.Reeder,
Jeremiah Kelly, Win, Frontz, W, C. Front/,
W. T. Reedy, John C. Laird, Lyman Myers,
Peter Front/. C. W. Hones, Daniel IJ.Poust,
John Bull.
3 per Cent INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
-A.T THIEt!
GENERAL STORE
gd Isaporte Tanner. ©
You can find a genera! 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.
PAIRBANFj3
GAS or GASOLINE
ENGINES.
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 Arch St., Philadelphia.
CHARLES L. WING, Agem, Laporte.
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