REPUBLICAN TICKET.
STATE
Governor
John K. Tener. Washington Co.
Lieutenant Governor
John M. Reynolds, Bedford Co.
Treasurer
C. Fred Wright, Susquehanna Co.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Henry llouck, Lebanon Co.
COUNTY
Slate Senator
Clyde Clias. Yotter, Bloomslnirg.
Representative in Assembly
M. W. Reeser, Colley,
Election Day, Tuesday. Nov. 8.
Local Items.
Brink's ad is corrected weekly.
F. 11. Ingham transacted busi
ness in Lock llaven Wednesday.
Nellie Gilson of Titusville visited
Mrs. Edw. Potter over Sunday.
Chas. R. Lauer of Lock Haven,
was a visitor in this place the fore
part of the week.
Airs. Mapes and grand-daughter
of Marsh Hill, spent part of last
week with Ers. E. C. Potter.
St. John's Church, (Episcopal.)
Holy Communion. 8:30 a. in.
Evening Service, 7:.'50 p. in.
Mrs. J. W. Murrclle of Athens
and Miss Elizabeth White of Bal
timore, are guests of Mrs. Frank
Ingham.
Mr. E. Parker Hirst, who has
been visiting his aunt. Mrs. A. C.
Parker, returned to Philadelphia
Monday evening.
Irvin W. Anthony ol Philadel
phia, for the past summer a tutor
at Camp Mokorna, on Saturday
won the Atlantic swimming cham
pionship in the half-mile and mile
races held at Philadelphia.
The following from here attended
the base ball game at Eagles Mere
Tuesday: F. AV. Meylert, E. J.
Mullen, F. M. Crossley, Thou. E.
Kennedy, Edw. Sweeney. C. 11.
Doupe, 10. P. Ingham, John lias
sen, J as. Mora n and Win. Cheney.
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Eagles Mere Beaten.
One more victory was posted for
the ever winning Laporte team
on Tuesday when t hey crossed bats
with the swift Eagles Mere aggre
gation on the athletic grounds at
place, making a record of .S games
won out of !l play ed during tins sea
son, one having been lost to Eagles
Mere.
An enthusiastic crowd of fans
from both Laporte and Eagles Mere
witnessed the interesting game
with a line vocal display of appre
ciation for the excellent playing of
both sides. Swift work was done
at bat and in the field numerous
batted balls diflieult to capture
were pulled in putting the batters
out.
When Eagles Mere came to bat
in the ninth inning the score stood
4to'J in favor of Laporte. After
two were out Pierce was let home
from third by a past ball and it
was thought the score would l>e
tied but Carpenter passed in a few
of those non-liittable strikes to the
next batter and ended the game
with the score 4-.'5. The general
verdict is that this was the best
game of the season all points being
considered.
The line up of the Laporte team
was as follows: Carroll c, E. Car
penter p. Miner lb, Cunningham 'Jb
Thayer lib, O'Neill ss, Pennock cf,
Tipton If, G. Carpenter rf.
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\V. C. T. U. Convention.
The County Convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held in the M. E.
church iit Forksville on September
14 and 15. Special features of the
convention will be the presence of
State President, Mrs. Ella Martin
George and former County Presi
dent, Rev. Anna A. Rathbum.
County Superintendents of De
nartments are requested to have a
•esunie of the year's work ready to
•port. Further notice will be
veil next week. Everyone is cor
illy invited to attend.
Sara A. Iluckell, Co. Pres.
DISCOVER GEMS
ON MAINE FARM
Tourmaline Crystals Worth
SIOO,OOO Found.
A notable discovery of gems was
made at the old Drown farm on the
road from Marston's Corner to Mlnol,
about six miles out of Auburn, Me.
In one pocket in a tourmaline mine
on that farm, uncovered by a single
blast, were found 6000 carats of the
finest tourmaline. As they are worth
sls a carat cut, this means that the
pocket contained* from $40,000 to $75,-
000 worth of the gems.
Two weeks ago two other pockets
were struck in the same mine which
yielded not less than 2000 carats of
rough crystals, so that in the last two
weeks gems which will run up over
the SIOO,OOO mark have been taken out
of this mine.
The owner of the mine is Forest L.
Havey, of Ash street, Lewiston. By a
curious coincidence Mr. Farrington
collector for the Field museum in Chi
cago, was present when the pocket
was opened, and the figures given are
made up on his estimates.
Toadstools Poison Family.
George, the eight-year-old son of
Frank Filler, of Laveile, near Potts
ville, Pa., died as the result of eating
toadstools in mistake for mushrooms.
His parents and an older brother and
sister are in a critical condition from
the same cause.
Bather Attacked by Dogfish.
Fred 11. Melloy, of New York, is un
der treatment at rtangor, Me., for se
vere wounds received in an attack by
dogfish.
Malloy and John Wallace, also of
New York, have been cruising in their
motor boat Conqueror along the Maine
coast. Diving off the boat while two
miles off Islesboro, Malloy was sur
rounded by dogfish. His cries attract
ed Wallace, who put out after him
and brought him ashore bleeding bad
ly and nearly exhausted from his bat
tie with the fish.
Shot His Mother With New Rifle.
Lewis Thompson, a twelve-year-old
lad of Pittsfield, Pa., received a pres
ent of a small ritie from his father.
A few moments later he called to hi*
mother, saying: "See. mamma, how
I'd shoot a burglar if he tried to get
into our house."
As his mother looked at him the hoy
aimed the rille at her and pulled the
trigger. The bullet entered Mrs.
Thompson's brain from a point just
below the left eye and the woman fell
dead at her son's feet.
Attempt to Kidnap Heiress.
Miss Ruth Shepperd, of Scranton.
Pa., heiress of the big Crawford estate,
worth several millions, and the daugh
ter of James CI. Shepperd. of Scranton.
president of the People's Coal com
pany, has returned from Martha's
Vineyard, Mass., with her nerves
shaken by a daring effort to kidnap
her, which might have succeeded but
for the presence of mini of Kt>v. Dr
Dorchester and his wife.
A short time ago she an 1 Planch*
Reynolds, of Scranton, went to vis!'
Dr. and Mrs. Dorchester at Martha':
Vineyard. A few days ago as the fou
were out walking, the two girl* beinj
ahead, a well dressed, heavy set mar
stepped from the bushes alf ng a line
ly road and seized Miss Shrpjiord. Tin
girls shrieked for help and Rev. Dr
Dorchester and his wife rushed up
The man was dragging Miss Shopper,
down the roaa and refused to relets*
her. He said he was a detective am l
that Miss Shepperd was a girl foi
whom he had been looking.
Drought Makes Wild Animals Bold.
The severe drought in the west Is
causing panthers and wolves to be
come* unusually hold. Word has been
brought to Marathon, Texas by James
Walker that a big panther attacked
and killed two cows and l a horse near
his residence :i low miles from town.
Frank Rea and B. L. Dewald of
Sinestown, spent Sunday in La
porto.
Mrs. Michael McDonald of Pn
shorc was a Laporte visitor Mon
day.
George Derrick of Picture Rocks
and Miss Lena Fiester of Nord
niont, spent Sunday in this place.
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$38.00. Will sell for SIB.OO cash ac
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Also B quality linoleum; enough for
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THE YOUNG MAN FROM
WYOMING
AT EAGLES MERE.
A SULLIVAN COUNTY NOVELETTE.
BY THOMAS J. INGHAM.
CHAPTER SEVEN.
"After father hail been gone about one year, on a summer
day, the two girls and I were in the field with the man raking
hay. Ihe girls raked the hay into winrows, the man drove
the horse and pitched in the hay, wnile I raked after.
"Suddenly mother came hurriedly into the field and said:
'You may all quit work and come to the house. The settlers
from above are passing our house on their way tb Forty Fort,
and they say the Indians are already in the valley. Your
mother knows it by this time, Mattie, but she will want you.
John,' she added, 'drive the horse and cart to the door; we
must take some things with us.'
"After we got to the house mother said: 'We can't
take much, but we will take what we need the most. We
won't get back here soon. Some folks have made very light
about the talk of the Indians coming, but I have been afraid
of it. I noticed awhile ago that some of the I'ennamites had
turned to be Tories and gone up the river, and I heard they
went to Canada. They aren't any too good to bring the In
dians on use. We'll putin provisions, and our clothes and
some bed-clothes. Putin a bag of old potatoes, John; we
haven't time to dig new ones; and, 'Cretia, bring the ham
from the smoke-house. I've been saving it thinking your
father might get home on a furlough, but the Indians shan't
have it. We'll take what's left of that bag of Indian meal;
and here's the bake-dish, and frying pan and stewing kettle,
knives, forks, spoons, cups, and a water pail; there is the salt,
too—l nearly forgot that. Now roll up the clothes and put
them in and pack in the bedding. We won't stay in the fort
long. The ['cnnaniit.es took Fort Durkce, and Forty Fort is
not any stronger; besides, women and children are not wanted
in a fort where they're fighting. We will stay in the fort to
night, and then we will get out of the valley as soon as we
can. I had rather be up the mountain and on the road to
Easton than in either of the forts. There are no Indians on
that road; the Indians come down the river.'
"Mother did not say all this in one breath as I have re
lated it, but in detached sentences while she was hunting up
and handing out things to be putin the cart. When all was
loaded she said: 'Now, John, do as I tell you. Don't stop
at Forty Fort; drive onto the \\ ilkes-l'arre and Kingston
Ferry and stick to it until you get the horse and cart over.
Then go right on through the village on the Easton road and
keep on until you get to the top of the mountain. Then find
a. place to camp among the big rocks up there and wait for us
to come. We will get out of the fort as soon as we can and be
at the top of the mountain at eight or nine o'clock.'
"John did his share of the talking, for he was not a silent
man, but I have not repeated his remarks, because mother
was clear and decided in her orders, and" John was sure to
obey her. lie looked up to her, as 1 have heard him say, as
the 'smartest woman that ever trod shoe-leather.'
"When John was fairly on his way, mother observed her
favorite cow standing under a tree near by, chewing her cud,
and said, 'Poor Urindle! I'm sorry we can't take you. The
Indians won't spare you, but it can't be helped.' Then she
turned to us and said: 'Now, children, we'll go down to the
creek, and along it to the river. You know it runs almost in
the direction we want togo, and 1 want to take our canoe from
the mouth of the creek down the river and leave it as near as
we can to the fort. We shall want it early in the morning.'
"It was now near noon. Mother had not forgotten to
put up a dinner basket for John, consisting chiefly of jolumy
cake and butter and stewed veal, which she had over the
fire cooking when the news of the Indians first came. She
took some of the same kind of provisions for us, adding some
garden vegetables and a small jug of milk. She said: 'We'll
carry tjiis along and eat at the spring at the head of the eddy.
I can eat better when we get near the fort and do not feel in
such a hurry.'
"As we started I thought of Mattie, and inquired, 'How
will Mattie get to the fort?'
" 'Why, you know they live nearer the fort than we do,'
returned my mother, 'and most likely they arc there now.
Widow Orrison will not stop to think before she starts, when
she hears the Indians are coming.
"We then followed the creek known as Abraham's Run
to the river, there took the canoe a short distance down the
river until we came to the spring, where we landed and ate
our dinner.
"How quiet it was at that place! All seemed as peaceful
as if there were no savage Indians in the world. The water
was so clearwc could see little pebbles far out in thedecp river.
Along the curving shores were Continuous lines of beautiful
trees of many varieties, with all tints of color that summer
lavishes upon a landscape. In the distance, far above the trees
along the opposite shore, toward the forest-crowned moun
tain.
CHAPTER EIGHT.
"After we had finished our dinners we drew the canoe
into a little cove among some water willows, where it was
pretty well concealed; and then climbed up a steep bank forty
or fifty feet high, and the fort was in sight. Heavy squared
timbers stood up endways close together, sharpened at the
top. ,
"What a scene it was! I beheld what seemed to me a
host of soldiers. They were forming in lines, with officers
stepping around and giving orders. They had no uniforms,
and their arms were guns of all kinds. A great many women
and children were standing looking at them. In the crowd I
soon perceived Mattie, and running to her I exclaimed, 'Oh,
how glad I am that you have got here. I was afraid you
would be too late.'
"Mattie smiled as she answered, 'No danger of our being
late. Mother was in such a hurry to get away from tlie In
dians that we did not put up anything for dinner. We have
been here over two hours.'
" 'And no dinner?' I asked.
" 'Not a bit,' replied Mattie.
" 'There is plenty left ifi our basket,' said I, and ran to
get it. We sat down together by the side of the stockade,
and while Mattie was helping herself from the basket, I asked,
'Do you tliink there is any danger?'
" 'Mother says we're safe here. There seems to be men
enough.'
" 'Mow many Tifdians arc coming?' said I.
" 'llow should I know?' said Mattie. 'Mother don't know
any better than ] do, but says she believes they're making too
much fuss about it. She says the Indians will run away as
soon as they see our soldiers, and we can go back to the farm
in a day or two.'
"'Have you heard the men talk?' I asked. 'What do
they think?'
" 'Yes, I have heard the men talk since I came,' she re
plied. 'They disagree very much. Some say there are but
few Indians, others say there are a great many. They had a
regular debate this morning on the question whether they
would go out to fight the Indians or wait for the Indians to
come and them. Some said if they stayed in the fort
the Indians would not attack them at all; they would go round
the valley stealing, plundering, and burning houses. Others
said there was an army of them with 1 iritish and Tories, and
they would be too strong for our men in the field; so they said,
stay in the fort. At last Captain Stewart called them cowards,
and said if they were afraid togo out and fight, he and his
men would go alone. Then they all agreed togo; and now,
see, they are getting ready to march.'
(To be continued.)
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[ THOMAS E. WATSON.
Accuses Congressman Hardwick
I of Planning to Murder Him.
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Pa
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Says He'd Murder Him.
The climax of the fight which ;
Thomas E. Watson, once the candidate
for president on the Populist ticket,
has been making on Congressman
Hardwick at Thomson, Ga., came when
he made the charge that Hardwick is
planning Iris assassination in the be
lief that Hoke> Smith, after he is in
augurated governor, will pardon him.
as Governor Patterson pardoned the
slayer of Senator Carmack in Ten
nessee.
"Hardwick purposes to take me at a
disadvantage some day when 1 am not
prepared for him, get the drop on me
with a pistol or gun and shoot me,"
says Watson.
Mother Sees Son Murdered.
Near Wadeaboro, in Anson county.
Va., Jesse Edwards shot and instantly
killed his brdiither Peter without pro
vocation.
Peter had just returned from chruch
and was sitting on the porch, when
Jesse emerged from the house with a
pistol in his hand, and pushing aside
his mother, who stood between them,
he shot Peter three times, killing him
Instantly. There is said to have been
bad blood existing between the two (
brothers for some time.
DYING IN ASYLUM
End Near For Major Rathbone, Once
Lincoln's Aide.
Major Henry Reed Rathbone, who
was an aide to President Lincoln and
received a stab wound in attempting
to save the life of his chief on the
night of the assassination, is near
death in the criminal ward of the in
sane asylum at Hildesheim, near Han
over, Germany, of which he has long
been an inmate.
Many years ago, while occupying
the post of American consul here, Ma
jor Rathbone murdered his wife. He
was convicted but declared to be in
sane, and was committed to the insti
tution where he has since remained
and lived in luxury.
For a long time he made periodical
attempts to secure his release, but
finally gave up hope of securing his
freedom, ami is awaiting the end with
j some tranquility. The physicians of
j the asylum state that the major is fail
j ing rapidly and cannot survive long.
GIRL BLINDS TWO MEN
Jealousy Caused Her to Throw Acid
at Them on the Street.
Thomas Price and John Urganis, of
Plymouth, Pa., were burned and prob
ably blinded by Mi?/, Barbara Walton.
! a pretty twenty* ear-old girl. She
! dashed carbolic acid in their faces.
I It Is said Walton was jealous
because Price, who had been devoteiA
to her, was paying attentions to an
other girl. She met him on the street
and threw the acid in his face. Ur
ganis was walking with him and the
acid splashed over his head also. The
men were frightfully burned on the
face, neck and arms and were taken
to a hospital. The girl was arrested.
Hand Blown Oft by Dynamite Cap.
Alexander Hurkitt. aged seventeen.
| found a dynamite cap and with it he
tried.to remove a large stone in the
front yard ot his home at Kittanning.
Pa. He placed the cap on the stone
and hit it with a hammer. The stone
is still there, but Durkltt's right hand
is gone.
Two Killed by Tornado.
H. O. Thorbinson and the infant'
child of Albert Alsson are dead as the
result of the tornado which nearly
wrecked Heaton, N. D. A. R. Hubert
was seriously hurt and Bcores of oth
ers injured. The property loss will ex
' ceed SIOO,OOO.