Republican News Item B. M. VANDYKE, Editor- PUBLISHED FRIDAYS By The Sullivan Publishing Co At the County Seat of Sullivan County, LAPOBTE, FA. THOS. J. INGHAM, Proprietor. Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, ss second-class mail matter. | PROFESSIONAL CARDS. | a jaaaa pRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. Office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. J # J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORBKTB-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining oountiu _APORTE, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-'«t-L«w. LAPORTE, PA OrriOl IH COUHTT BUILDIRO HCAR COURT HOOII. J H. CRONIN, ATTORNEY*AT LAW, HOTART PUBLIC. OrriCß OH MAIN HTHIBT. DUSIIORE. PA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - - - #25,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. TIIOS. J. INGHAM, EI)W. LADLKY President. Cashier. 3 per cent interest paitl on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. J P. BAHL, TONSORIAL ARTIST Pool Room, Confectionery, Tobacco and Cigars. Opposite Hotel Bernard LAPORTE, PA. Detectives On Trail. Captain Booth and other officers of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. are spending considerable time try ing to run down clues in connect ion with the death ct Joseph Atello, whose body was found under a pile of ties at Bernice Sunday and who is said to have died from stab wounds. It has been learned that several days prior to Attello's disappear ance two strange foreigners called at Bernice and were seen talking to the section l>oss, Attello. It is the opinion of the Bernice foreign ers that the two strangere were agents of the Black Hand and that they attempted to extort money from the section boss. Failing to get the money, it is believed they killed Attello and then secreted his body under the ties in order to give the assailants plenty of time to make their escape. Attello was buried yesterday morning and in terment was'made at Bernice. The officers hope to make au ar rest within a few days. New Management. v The Hugliesville Mail which, since the death of it's former edit or, A. H. Slump, a few months ago has been edited l>y Mrs. Slump, has been sold to Edward E. Frontz a well known citizen of Huglies ville. Homer H. Martin, who for the past fiye years has been con nected with the Cunningham & Co. job printing establishment of Wil liamsport will act as editor. The patrons are promised by these cap able gentlemen that as soon as they get ''in harness" they will look forward to the result of their very best efforts to make the Mail a newsy home paper that the sub scribers will be proud of. Success to you gentlemen. Gas Kills Three Women. Mrs. Rebecca Robinson, seventy seven years old; her sister, Mrs. Jen nie Osborne, sixty-eight years old, and her daughter, Mrs. Ella Reyburgor, thirty-flve years old, were asphyxiated in their home on the south side of Kaston, Pa. The bodies of the three women were found in an upstairs room. In the cellar there was a mete:- used to regulate the supply of illuminating gas used on tl.e south side. This ma chine began tc leak and the gas got into their rooui. ! Looking for Bobby \ »l< .|i >|< >|« »|« >y< .y. >|« «|« i|i »112« »112 ■ «112« »112« «y« «|» >f«»|«'[«*|"f' »|« >|« "It's good to see a man around the place at last, even if It's only a boy," was the general comment on the ar rival of Robert Henderson Hillman at the Sherin home. Years had passed since men had been admitted within the sacred precincts of Sherin Hill. Mrs. Sherin's great love had come late in life, when she was a widow with five daughters. She had fairly worshipped the unworthy man who on the eve of their wedding had eloped with a chorus girl, Mrs. Sherin had turned recluse, and forced her daugh ters to follow her example. But somehow Kay, the eldest daugh ter, managed to meet and fall in love with Bob Hillman, a tourist, visiting the little town. She married him first and asked forgiveness afterward. The forgiveness was refused but she was very happy with Hillman. The shock of the tragedy of their double death in a hotel fire brought the belated par don and opened Sherin Hill to the lit tle 6-year-old who had been left alone in the world. Nearly a whole year had passed Ibefore Robert really began to miss his boyish playfellows and realize that even four very pretty aunts who adored him, were no fair exchange for one boy chum. Aunts, despite their prettiness, cannot climb trees or coast or whittle and so it happened that Bobby struck up a warm, though surreptitious, friend ship with Ned Huntington, who lived to the east of Sherin Hill and who had looked long and longingly after the pretty aunts with no happy results so far. A broken sled started the friend ship. "Going to fix it?" Ned asked, and Bobby nodded, solemnly. "It'll take a lot of time," he said, ruefully. And you'll have to wait three days before you can go coasting again Just because there is no man up at your house to use a screwdriver aii'l a hammer?" Ned asked, pityingly. "You poor little chap. Pass the sled over here and I'll have it fixed in no time at all." Very unwillingly Bobby passed the sled over the low wall and followed it over himself. He trotted beside Ned as that long-legged young man sped toward the toolhouse, and he was lost in wonder at the display of tools in the little workshop. He did not intend to make a secret of his visits to Ned's, but some innate delicacy prevented him from telling the willing aunts that he had found a playfellow more to his liking, so it was several weeks befofe Dell Sherin, who, being the youngest of the pretty aunts, was Bobby's most frequent playfellow, began to notice that the boy no long er came to her with please that she coast or skate or throw snowballs. Wondering why he should suddenly find new amusements, she slipped out one afternoon to see what took him so often to the east lawn. Careful ly she parted the branches of the hedge to peer through. Bobby and a young man were pelting each other with the newly fallen snow, and she gasped with indignation as she saw the young man occasionally throw a snowball with what seemed to her to be brutal force. She was about to push through and demand that the game cease when Ned suddenly sent a ball whizzing toward Bobby's head with such force as to cause the youngster to duck. The ball sped on and struck the hedge. The branches broke Its speed, but with no light shock It broke against Dell's snug little fur cap. She gave a scream of terror that brought Hobby and Ned running toward the spot. Dell was more scared than hurt, but it was with a white, anxious face that Ned leaned over her, and sought to assure him self that no damage was done. "I had no idea that there was any one back of the hedge," he cried in distress. "It was very thoughtless of me, but —you all seein to keep away from this side of your property. Only Bobby ever comes here." "It was to see what he was doing here that I caine," she explained. "I was afraid that he might be getting into mischief." "He was only seeking his own kind," declared Ned. "A small boy has a right to a father or an uncle or some one masculine and since Hobby was not provided with any of these very essential relatives, I sought to supply the deficiency. "You are very good," she murmur ed, realizing for the first time that the young man was good to look upon. She struggled to her feet, swaying slightly, and Ned caught her arm to save her from a fall. "You must let me see you to the house,"he said with a gentle impera tiveness that was new and very pleas ing to the girl. Mrs. Sherin and the three elder girls regarded the appearance of a man In the Sherin grounds with shock ed surprise, but Bobby hastened to the rescue with an explanation. "Me and Uncle Ned was having a snowball flght," he announced, "and Auntie Dell came to look for me and he soaked her with a snowball be cause he didn't-know she was there. "I call him Uncle Ned," he explain ed, "but, of course, he ain't a real un cle —yet." He looked searchingly at his pret tiest aunt and paused expectantly. The soft color flooded Dell's cheeks, and there came a new look of deter mination in Ned's blue eyes. Bobby was only six, but somehow he felt content that presently his playfellow would be a real uncle. It wasn't such a bad idea either. Bernice Murder Mystery Now Comes to Light. Sullivan county's greatest mys tery has been solved, and as was suspected Bernice has been in the scene of one of the most brutal mur ders ever committed in Northern Pennsylvania. The chances are the guilty parties will never be brought to justice. Sunday a Polander while chas ing his hat which blew off, came upon the body of an Italian who has been missingsince Nov. 2. A crushed skidl and a gash in the throat which extended from ear to ear told only too well the story of his death. Squire Lowery acting as coroner held an inquest last night and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by vio lence at the hands of parties un known, and that he was murdered for the purpose of robbery. The name'of the Italian is un known. The body was found in a ditch near the old breaker in the West end of Bernice, where folks seldom go. On top of the body was a couple of railroad ties and a big rock which partly hid the re mains. They were discovered by the Polander when his hat blew in to the ditch and landed on the ties over the body.'* The horrible sight completely unnerved the finder and he tied from the spot shout ing as he ran. The body was identified as the Italian who strangely disappeared on Nov. 2, shortly after receiving his pay and that of his 1 (5-year-old son. The boy was left destitute, and kind friends provided for him for a few weeks while ho waited for his father to return. Not hear ing from the parent, he gave up in despair, and like the rest of the people in Bernice came to the con clusion that the father had been murdered and his body made way with. The boy'was sent to Pitts burg where he had friends. Searching parties scoured every nook and corner in Bernice, search ed old mine workings but found no trace of the body. They re mained firm in the belief that the man met with foul founded. The missing man was employed with a gang of Italians on track work at Bern ice, aiul it was believ ed that he was murdered for his money by his fellow workmen. They stayed in Bernice for a coup le of weeks after he disappeared, and \yhen the work was finished they went away to no lx>dy knows where. When the clothes on the body were seraehed 45 cents in money and a watch were found. Al>out 880 which the man drew a short time before he disappeared could not he found. When the clothes were stripped from the body, a belt was found around one of the lower limbs, and in this receptacle, was slll. This had been over looked by the murderers. The watch was left on the person as the assasin did not dare take it for fear that it woidd lead to his detection. Italians usually carry their wealth in a belt'worn around the waist un der the clothes. This man chang ed the plan and put it in a belt which he wore around one of his legs. That was how the murderer came to overlook it. The body was in a fair 'state of preservation. Snow fell deep shortly after the Italian disappear ed and did not melt until a few days ago. The lx>dy has been covered with snow and iee since the murder and this accounts for the condition.—Towanda Review. Child Undergoes Operation. Margurete, the 5 years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rol>crt Little, of this place, was operated upon Sunday for an al>cess on her neck. The child had been suffer ing for several weeks with what was supposed to be mumps, bat her condition gradually became worse until the alarmed parents summoned Dr. Randall of Dusliore, who pronounced it an abecss, and with the assistance of Dr. W. H. Kandall of Laporte, performed the operation. The child is getting along nicely. Judge Dunham Stops Runaway. Says' the Sayre Times-Record: "The voice that had often meted out sentences yelled "whoa" and the hand that for years represent ed the law, clutched at the bridle and a horse came to a standstill this morning. .Hon. E. M. Dun ham served for ten years as presi dent judge of the courts of Sullivan and Wyoming counties. He now resides in Sayre. This morning he was going to his office when he saw a white horse with a raggety m all's wagon behind, dashing southward on Elmer avenue. The judge calmly walked to the center of the street yelled "whoa" clutch ed the bridle and that ended the incident, except that Judge Dun ham says lie nearly froze while waiting the arrival of the owner of the horse.—Towamla Review. Tanneries Will Resume Work. Says a Willianisport Daily: A representative of this paper called on President Beach of the Elk Tan ning Company, Tuesday morning, and elicted the information that a number of the tanneries had put hides*to soak and were going to run 80 per cent capacity. It is understood that this only applied to what is known as "crop" tan neries, which include the big Eagle Valley plant in Ridge Way, also Instanter, Wilcox and Fall Creek. Now that conditions in the leather market are brighter, it will probably be no distant day when all the plants will be running to their fullest capacity. To Do Away With a Holiday. Although the amendments to the constitution adopted last year abolished the February election the first Tuesday after the second Mon day of February is still a holiday by legislative enactment. A bill has been introduced in the legis lature to repel the act creating this holiday, and it is expected to pass and receive the governor's signa ture before the date rolls around. If it fails of passage, we will con tinue to have three holidays in the shortest month in the year; Lin coln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday and what used to be elec tion day.—Canton Sentinel. Howard Ileess of Nordmont was a business caller here Wednes day. County Commissioner Valentine Robe and son Frank were in La porte Wednesday. The latter gen tleman has l>ecn appointed Mercan tile Appraiser for Sullivan County for 1911. A Card. Ilillsgrove. Pa., Jan. 2.'>, 1911. To the School Directors ol Sullivan Co.: I hereby announce myself a« a candi date for the i.flice of Superintendent ol Schools. Respectfully submitted lor your decision. Klection. Tuesday, May 2, 1011. J. Robert Molyneux, Ilillsgrove, Pa. I QOURT PROCLAMATION. WHKRKAS, HON. OHAS. E, TERRY President Judge, Ilonorables Henry Richlin and R. C. R. Kskinka. Assoc. Judges of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans' Court and Com mon Pleas lor the County of Sullivan, have issued their precept, bearing date the 2nd day of Janu ary, 1911, to me directed, lor holding the several courts in the Borough of Laporte, on Monday the 19th day of February, 1911, at 2 o'clock p. in. Therefore,notice is hereby given to the Coroner, Justices of the Peace and Constables within the county, that they be then and there in their prop er person at 2 o'clock p. m.of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and other rememberanees to those things to which their offices appertain to be done. And to tlu&e who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of the raid county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to be then and there to prosecute against then l as will be Just. JIJIISON BROWN, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Lal'orte, Pa., Jan. 2,1911. 60 YEARS' TRACK MARKS DESIGNS r COPYRIGHTS Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention la probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patent* tent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive special notice* without oßarge, In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest cir culation of any scientific Journal. Terms. <3 a year. four months, »L gold by all newsdealers. "I had been given up to die by three of our best doctors, I could not stand it to be on my feet and I was so swelled in the abdomen I could hardly breathe. But thanks to Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy and Nervine I am able to be about the streets, a walking ad vertisement of the curative qual ities of your remedies, although I am 70 years old." * JOHN R. COCHRAN, Lewistown, 111. Better than any statement we could make regarding the value of Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy are these words of Mr. Cochran. He speaks from experience, the highest possible source of knowl edge. If you have any of the signs of a weak heart, such as pain in the left shoulder or arm, fainting and hungry spells, short ness of breath, smothering spells, fluttering or palpitation of the heart, you need Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy which for over twenty years has been recognized as the best prepa ration of its kind to be had. Sold under a guarantee assuring the return of the price of the first bottTe if It fails to benefit. AT ALU DRUGGISTS. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. Trial List, February Term, 1911. Return Day, February 13,1013. I.—Thomas 1). Rouse vs. The Le high Valley Railroad Company; No. •!(! December Term, H>lo. Tres pass. Plea—"Not Guilty. Scouten Thomson 2.--William Latulhack vs. W. J. McCartney; No. 2 May Term, 1910. Defendant's Appeal. Plea—"Non Assumpsit" and "Set-Off". Scouten Mullen Walsh !s.—William Landbaek, Jr., by his next friend, William Lanilback vs. \V. J. McCartney; No. I! May Term 1910, Defendant's Appeal. Plea— "Non Assumpsit" and "Set-Off". Scouten Mullen Walsh 4.—Patrick Connor vs. Margaret Connor, Administratrix of John Con nor, Deed. No. 88 May Term, 1910. Assumpsit. Thayer Walsh s.—George B. Sellers vs. M. J. Devanney; No. May Term, 1910. Defendant's Appeal. I'lea—"Non- Assumpsit.' Meylert Scouten (i.—Thomas Knecht vs. The Le high Valley Railroad Company; No. 8 September Term, 1910. Trespass. Plea—"Not Guilty," Stouten Thomson 7.—George Terry, by nis next friend, Sylvester Brown, vs. John N. Walker and Ada Walker. No. !!"> September Term, 1910. Trespass. Plea—"Not Guilty." Mullen Walsh 8. —John F. Hunter vs. The Town ship of Laporte; No. 41 September Term, 19)0. Trespass. Plea—"Not Guilty." Scouten Mullen Prothonotary's Office. LaPorte, Penna. January 2, 1911. ALBERT F. lIERSS, Prot'y. NOTICE OF APPEAL. To the Tax Payers of the sever al boroughs and townships ot Sulli van County: Take notice that the County Com missioners will hold an Appeal in their office at La Porte, Pa., on Feb ruary (>, 1011, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to hear such as may feel themselves aggrieved by the late assessment and to make such charges as may seem to them just and proper. County Commissioners. Commissioners' Office, Dec. :10, 1010. ADM IN IST RA TOR'S NOTICE. Letters of Administration hav ing been granted the undersigned on the estate of Hannah Ruck, deceased late of Davidson Townhip, notice is hereby given to all persons owing said estate to make payment to, and all persons having claims against the estate to present the same to L. 11. RUCK, Administrator. Sonestown, Pa., Jan. 2, 1011. j 3 CENTS A LINE ADS. j FOR SALE —Yoke of Oxen; part ly broke; well matched; Holsteins; coming •'} years old. Will sell, or trade on cows. Address llox KM, Ilillsgrove, I'a., or call and see them on my farm near the splash dam. Charles Chilson. A Classified Ail will sell it. M. BRINK'S PRICES For This Week. ton 100 lb Coin Meal 20.50 1.05 Cracked Corn 20. 50 1.05 Corn 20.50 1.05 • Sticks each Oe witli privilege of returning without expense to me. Schumacher Chop 24.00 1.25 Fancy Bran 2G.00 1 .'{s Fancy White Midds. 30.00 1.00 Oil Meal 37.50 1.00 (Jluten 20.00 1.35 Brewers Grain 25.0) 1.30 Oyster Shells 10.00 00 Choice Cottonseed Meal 32.50 1.70 Beef Scrap 3.00 Oats per bu. .45 Charcoal 50 lb sack .00 Oyster Shells " 35 140 lb bag Salt coarse or fine .55 50 lb bag Salt 30 Buckwheat Flour 2.20 Slluiniacher Flour sack 1.50 Muncy " " 130 Spring Wheat '• " 1.00 Potatoes per bu .45 11. liIIINK, New Albany, I'a. 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