JL. XiV. NO 26 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, BIUGH'ES'VILLE CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 W. C. FRONTZ President. Surplus and FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier. Net Profits. 75 - 000 - DIRECTORS: Transacts a General Will. Front/.. John C. Laird, C. \V. Bonos, Banking Ni.siuGSST ' »&'«•/. Frank A.Reeder, Jacob Per, - Lyman Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Front/., j' A. S. Bull, Joltn Ball. |fiiuis and Finns solicited. Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year. 3 per cent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS vr<»w ■v;.'"nrc v TT"- ,-r •* No Placo Like this Place For Peiiabij STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HE A TERS: ONE OF WINTER'S QREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come 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 and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. THE TAILOR MADE SUITS We sell arc custom undo and of the newest materials. Every lino shows the effect oi a designer who knows Ins business. The trimming and style are high grade. You'll have to see them to appreciate the values we are offering. Underwear (hiting Flannels You will make no mistake it' you In the newest fancy stripes, checks will select your winter underwear and odd designs. We are selling here. We have all grades—men, some very excellent values for women and children. 7c, Bc, 10c. Silks and Velvets for Millinery Light weight Peon Velvets, just the wanted kind for hat trimmings, in all the light and dark shades for s|.oo a yard. Mescaline Silks in the new shades, for millinery use, also staple colors in Moire Silks. These are both special good values for 75c a yard. Misses' and Children's Winter Co.its. Black Taffetas 7sc to $1 2s per yard, Dress Trimmings, Dress Ginghams and Ribbons c 1 fCO, A \! 01VI' ALAIs II Light weight Velvets, just no better made. They are filled 'with pure white cotton and covered with pi liu or figured sateen or silkoline. Prices From SI.OO to $3.85 SHOPBELL DRY GOODS CO., 313 PINE: STREET, WILLIAMSPORT - PENN'A. Printing 0 That's right—always right— Promptly done at reasonable Trices mews 'litem ©fftce. Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11 ,1909. TELEPHONES ON RAILWAY TRAINS IS THE LATEST. Erie is Trying Out System Which May Prove a Boom to Railroading. The Erie Railroad company is test ing out a new automatic signal system. The company has 12 miles of track between Newark and South Paterson equipped with the third rail of the Electrical Automatic Railroad Safety Signal company, and yesterday a spec ial train containing railroad officials and Frederick Lacroix, the inventor, made a trip. The engine has a brush arrangement that connects with the third rail. In the cab are instruments that will briug the train to a stop the moment it enters a block on which there is an other train or a broken rail, or any other obstruction. The train is stopped automatically. Then the engineer takes down his tele phone and calls up the nearest station and asks what is the matter. He can also talk with the other engines on the line. A'tlme meter, similar t*o the paper disk time clock of the watchman in the big buildings, renders it impossible for him to make a false report as to the time he received the danger signal and what lie did. It is all written out for him in red ink. Mr. Laxroix called up Nutley while the train was south of that station asked to be switched to 'he long dis tance tfienhor- ytn his engine in co' the New York office. up Chicago as easily, find we could talk as plainly. It makes train wrecks almost impossible, and it makes it possible for a. New Yorker whose wife is speeding to Frisco on a train to call her up. Trains can have news tickers in the smoking can and every birth its telephone connected with the outside world." Another signal in the engineer's cab is a green light that burns as long as the track is clear, but goes dark as soon as a danger zone is entered. A push button in every station will stop any train along the track for miles. As soon as the station agent pushes this button the train comes vO a sudden stop. The engineer caiis back to find what it is all about. The agent explains and gives orders. HALLSTEAD MAN A HERO; HIS WIDOW PENSIONED. Michael Duffy Lost His Life While Saving a Woman. Michael J. Duffy, who, while acting as a special officer for the Lackawan na Railroad Co., at Halstead, Susque hanna county. lost his life In rescuing a woman from in front of a train, has now been declared a hero by no less eminent an authority than the com missioners in charge of the Carnegie Hero Fund. On the afternoon of January 11, 1909. Duffy was standing on the plat form of the Lackawanna station at Hallstead with several other people. A woman, who had just alighted from a local train attempted to cross the tracks just as ihe Lackawanna Limit ed. No. fi. came Into view around a curve. The train was late and was traveling at a high rate of speed. Duf fy saw that the woman was directly in the path of the train and instantly sprang across the intervening tracks to rescue her. He succeeded in shov ing her from the tracks far enough to keep her from injury, hut was him self struck by the engine and ground to pieces. Now for the act he has been de clared a hero and his wife, Mary A. Duffy, has been voted a silver medal and a pension of S4O month. Bruin Is Too Gay. It is all right to talk about bears and to hunt for them when you are armed with a Winchester, but one wants something more than a lantern when he sees a big black bruin with not tiie pleasentest expression on his face coming down the path after the dog and making a bee line in your direction says the Canton World. While Barney Paul, of Cold Spring was going to the barn to do his chores on Tuesday night with lantern in hand a monster black bear took af ter his dog which was following him and chased t lie yelping canine past him within a few feet. Mr. Paul says that he did not like the expression of Mr. Bears face as the light of the lantern fell on him as he went by and had rather he would stay a little father away. Munson Can Have Place. The vote given by Lycoming county for C. Laßue Munson for Judge of Supreme Court was a history-maker. In Williamsport alone he has 3,091, as against von Moschzisker's 521, and in the coufaty as a whole he has a plural ity of 5.540 over the Republican can didate. One deduction from this over whelming vote is that it points directly to him as the candidate for Judge of Lycoming county next year, if he wants It. FALLING STARS WILL SOON BE NUMEROUS Earth Will Run Into the Leonids About the 12th of This Month. The Leonid sliowers of falling stars are due to fall on the nights of No vember 12, 13 and 14, and Bradford Countians will watch tlie skies for this beautiful display of meteors. Last year's display fixes the date for this year for many years to come. The November meteors will scarce ly be at their best this year. In fact the eartli outs their orbit at perhaps its most sparsely settled spot. This shower has a period roughly corres ponding to the generations of human life, computed roughly at three to the century. The last great display was due in 1899, but It'was a disappoint ment when compared with former manifestations of this periodic max imum. This year tli« earth crosses the or bit of this bolt of minuscule members of the solar system at a point ten years away from the maximum den sity, about a third of the circirit of that orbit. The prospects, therefore, are that the display will not approach anything like the brilliance that from lime to time has been observed. On the other hand the exhibition, chiefly in the early morniig hours of November 14, should far exceed the count of the wandering stars which blaze for a moment almost every night, silent flights of cold incandes cence. The pea size estimate is generally accepted as the measure of the com ponents of the periodic shower me teors. Only slightly larger is the esti mate made by Dr. Johnstone Stoney in his address te the British Associa tion upon the Leonids of 1866. "The meteors themselves," he said, "are probably little pebbes, the larger about an ounce, or perhaps two ounc es, in weight and spaced in the dens est part of the swarm at intervals of one or two miles asunder every way. The thickness of the stream is about 100,000 miles, which, however, is a mere nothing compared with its enor mous length. The width is such that the earth when it passes obiiquetly through the stream is exposed to the downpour Of meteors for about five hours." Judge Von Moschzisker's Nationality. What is Judge Von Moschzisker's na tionality? This is a question which was asked before election, and is still being asked by many. His name has been a handicap to him. but he was not ashamed of it and a few years ago when he was asked by friends to change his name as it would prove a handicap he said to them: "No; 1 will not change my name. It is the name of my father, and I am not ashamed of it. Succeed or fail the name stands." But few people outside of Philadelphia, know Von Moschzisker's nationally, and thus the question, "what is he?" The truth is that his father was a native of Poland aud fled his country be cause he loved liberty better than tyranny. The mother of the justice elect. was Miss Harrison, of Philadel phia. He was born in that city, re ceiving his education in the public schools and private Institutions. They who know him best hold him in the highest regard as a citizen and a jurist. Hope They Do. Some of the dairymen about the county have received communications from the city saying that if they wish to sell milk in that market they must provide light, clean and airy apart ments for the cows, the cattle must be curried every day, iheir udders clean ly washed before milking, the milkmen must wear white suits, aud a number of other requirements must be obeyed. The farmers declare that they will quit selling milk and goto butter mak ing rather than to be to all the ex pense entailed in such a proceeding. It is to be hoped they do, for it will mean more butter at a lower price for the consumer, and a severe jolt to oleo. Unselfish Man. "You can keep my wife, but bring back my fnrnlture," said William Dear in aldermanlc court at Wilkes-Barre, where he was prosecuting William Carl for larceny of furniture. It ap peared that Dear's wife had been living with Carl for some time and that the couple had taken some furniture with them. Dear insisted that he did not want his wife, but placed a higher value on hl's furniture. Planting Chestnut Trees. The Larrys Creek Pish and Oame Club, composed of Williamsport cit izens. which owns a 6,000 acre pre serve back of Sailadasburg, is plan ning to plant one thousand Paragon chestnut trees on the tract next Spring. Among the objects of the tj-ee planting is to shade the trout streams and provide food for game. . - INJURED PLAYING FOOTBALL. Was Playing With Cazenovia Semin ary Eleven Against Colgate Aca deny at Hamilton, N. Y.—Success ful Operation Performed. The brutal game of football as it has been played this Kail, has laid low a Bradford county youth, who like Cadet Byrne, and nearly 50 oth ers, may lose his life as result of in juries received in a game. The victim of this accident is Jos eph Pickering of Athens township, a son of the late William Pickering, who was well known in Eastern Bradford county. Pickering who is 18 years of age, is a student in the Cazenovia Seminary at Cazenovia, N. Y„ and a member of the football team repre senting that school. During the an nual game with the Colgate Academy eleven at Hamilten, N. Y., on Satur day, Pickering was found anconscious at the bottom of a pile of players following a lively scrimmage, aud was carried from the field. An examination by doctors disclosed the fact that a vertebrae had been fractured, and his entire body par alyized. His injuries are almost iden tical with those which caused the death of Cadet Bryne of the West Potat eleven two weeks ago. Picker ing regained consciousness soon after being carried from the field, but his condition is critical. Sunday morning in the Faxton hos pital at Utica, N. Y., lie was operated up on successfully, and his chances for re covery are very good. The operation disclosed 'lie fact that both sides of the arch of the seventh cervicular vertebrae had been broken and the spinal cord lacerated. The compress ing bone was removed, and following the operation the surgeon said that the lad had a fair chance to recover. Pickering Getting Along Nicely. Prothonotary W. G. Gordon and.l. N. C'aliff, Esq., returned Tuesday from I'tica, N. Y., where they went to see Joseph Pickering, the Athens town ship youth who was injured in a foot ball game last Saturday. Pickering has been placed in a plaster east, and is getting along nicely. The doctors believe he will fully recover. Picker ing was playing half back for the Caze novia semiuary team against Colgate academy eleven when injured. ILLNESS CAUSES DELAY IN DRILLING FOR COAL. Test in Colley Townehip, Sullivan (bounty. Has Been Stopped. Says the Dushore Herald: "William N. Moulter of Kingston, F. B. Walton of Plymouth, Martin I). Beirne and Stephen Jones of Wilkes-Barre, C. A. Johnson of Lopez, have been drilling on the farm of Lloyd W. Kinsley in Colley township, for coal. The drilling was in charge of Mr. Moulter. who is now seriously ill with typhoid pneu monia. and the drilling has been stopped after reaching a depth of 120 feet. No coal was found. "About five years ago E. .T. Billings of New Albany, and Edward Sherman of Ulster drilled on the same farm to a depMi of 300 feet finding several small veins of coal and at a depth of 180 found a good vein of coal but as the core was very mmeh broken up when coming to the surfact it was im possible to tell just what the depth of the vein was. Uhe sickness of the foreman of the gentlemen who are now drilling has prevented them from going on with the work. Mr. Kinsley says they have treated him well and he Is very anxious to have them goon with the drilling. The indications are that there is coal on Mr. Kinsley's farm, but at considerable depth, and it is hoped that the above named gentlemen will test the matter thoroughly." Prosperous Bankmg Institution. The Citizens National Bank of Tunkhannock celebrated their seventh anniversary by issuing a nently print ed folder showing their annual state ments since organization. The capi tal has Increased from $25,000 to $50.- 000 and the deposits are now nearly $500,000. The total earnings are $59,- 582.31. Dwelling Burned. At 6:30 on Tuesday morning of last week the dwelling of the late H. Browning Taylor of Brushville was burned to the ground. The cause was a defective chimney and the owner, Stephen Trowbridge, was able to get his household goods out of the burning building. There was an in surance of SSOO on the property. Bolts Return to Church. Lightning Thursday afternoon struck the First Italian Presbyterian Church, at Hazleton causing the de struction of the steeple and a portion of the roof, and entailing a SIOOO loss Two weeks ago the residence of Rev. Brunn. pastor of the church, was struck by lightning, and ihe loss was about the same. 75C PL R YEAR WELLSBORO MAN DIED AT POSTOFFICE DOOR. Assistant Postmaster Sullivan Suc cumbs to Heart Disease. William Sullivan, assistant postmas ter of Wellsboro, died very suddenly Thursday night of last week. He had just left the postoffice after conclud ing the work of the day, and was on Ills way to a meeting of the hose company, when stricken with heart diseaes. Friends found him leaning against the building outside the rear door of the postoffice, and he was carried into an adjoining store and several physicians summoned. Life was extinct, however. Mr. Sullivan was fifty-throe years of age. He was employed for a time in the freight office but for over twenty one years he has been deputy post master in this borough serving dur ing the terms of Postmaster Dou maux, a part of the term of James L. White and also with Postmasters Wright, Roy and Champaign. Mr. Sullivan in politics was a Democrat but had served under four Republican postmasters which was a proof of the competent manner in which he kept the affairs of his department. lie was an authority on postal affairs and was the secretary of the Deputy Post masters - Association of Pennsylvania. He took a lively interest in the work of the volunteer firemen of Wellsboro, and was prominent in the affairs of the Seven County Volun teer Firemen's association. He has visited Towanda several times, the last time to attend the firemen's con vention. HUNTING ACCIDENT MAY COST FOOT. Charles Ward Received Load of Shot In Ankle. As the result of an accident while hunting near Meshoppen Tuesday Charles Ward, a Lehigh engineer may lose his right foot. A charge ol' shot e4itered the ankle and the phys icians at the Packer hospital whore lie was taken fear half amputation of the member will be necessary in or der to save the patient's life. In company with Harry Clendenm and another man. Mr. \\ ,u d was scouring the woods near Meshoppen for game. After several hours tramp ing the party sat down to rest, Mr. Clendenny kept his gun in his lap. Mr. Ward who sat on Mr. Clendeuny's right was playing with the dog, when Hie animal in jumping about struck the gun with sufficient force to dis charge the weapon and the ckarge struck Mr. Ward in the ankle. The injured man was carried to Meshop pen by his companions and brought to Sayre 011 a Lehigh train and taken directly to the hospital. An examin ation of the wound showed that the leaden pellets had torn away the flesh and injured the bones badly. Malicious Work. On September 29th the Hall auto matic signals at Meshoppen refused to work and when W. C. Long, the, local maintainor made an investiga tion. he found that one of the bat teries had been broken open, the working parts removed, and bond wires which carry the current from rail to rail had been cut. The matter was .at once taken up by railroad de tectives Hillebrand and Booth and as a result Harry Spencer and Clinton Spencer were taken last Saturday, charged with tampering with the sig aals. They were taken before Squire Bossard and gave bail in the sum of S2OO for their appearance when want ed. A warrant was also issued for the arrest of Charley Branihall, the Spencer boys claiming that Bramhall is responsible for the damaging of the signals. The Spencer boys have never been accused before of doing criminal acts, and it seems to be the general opinion that another party was the chief offender. —Laceyville Messenger. Meet by Chance and W«d. A news dispatch from Bethlehem says: "While visiting friends here, unknown to each other, Miss May Carey and Norman Swartwood, boih of Tunkhannock, and former sweet hearts, yesterday unexpectedly met on the street. The old flame was ro krindled, and deciding to lose no time, the couple hurried lo the Lehigh county seat alii secured a marriage license. They then went to a 'Squire and were married." Peculiar Accident. Near the same spot where his fath er met death by being run down by an automobile over a year ago, Martin Nolan, a 12-yerfc-old North Scrantoii boy, was struck by an automobile Tuesday and received injuries of a serious nature. Several of the youth's ribs were broken, his legs were badly lacerated and he is suffering from severe bruises to the body.
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