REPUBLICAN TICKET.
STATE
Governor
John K. Toner, Washington Co.
Lieutenant Governor
John M. Reynolds, Bedford Co.
Treasurer
C. Fred Wright, Susquehanna Co.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Henry llouek, Lebanon Co.
COUNTY
State Senator
Clyde (/has. Yetter. Bloomsburg.
Representative in Assembly
M. \V. Reeser, Col ley,
Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. S.
Local Items.
A Classified Ad will sell it.
"i©>Brink's ad is corrected weekly.
Attend the Hiighesvillo fair next
week.
St. John's Church, (Episcopal.)
Evening Service, 7:30 p. in.
John Hansen Jr., and family are
taking in the Rlooinshurg fair this
week.
F. M. Crossley was in Blooiiis
bnrg part of the week attending
the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hitter will
move into the Higley cottage for
the winter.
Mrs. Wm. Cheney gave a tea
part)' to about twenty of her lady
friends last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Iligley will soon
leave for Roselle Park, N. J., to
spend the winter.
Henry Stepp has gone to Bing
liamtoii, N. V., where he has a
good jolt at carpenter work.
Mary Shatter, who lives with her
grand-parents in Laporte Township
is quite ill with typhoid fever.
Wm. Ritter accompanied his
fat.her-in-l.iw, Mr. Custerborder to
the Willianispo. t hospital Satur
day.
Harry Deilfendcrfer, wife and
daughter Helen visited their graml
mother, Mrs. Amanda Cheney, last
week.
\. 1:1. Cheney and wife left for
their home in New York City 011
V. aiday after spending the summer
in this place.
Michael Flynn has rented Judge
Dunham's house on Mnncy Street
and will move his family there in
the near future.
Frank Brey of Ilillsgrove and
Lawrcnct; Gullible of this place left
Monday for Michigan where they
expect to secure positions.
C. L. Bennett, who has been
spending his vacation with Miss
Edith Giimhle, has returned to his
home in New York City.
Harry Amies of Sonestown,
brought his threshing outfit to this
place Friday and did some lively
work for nearby farmers.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Meylert en
tertained a large company of their
friends on Sept. the day being
their twentieth wedding anniver
sary.
Miss Esther Vougli was operated
upon for appendicitis, at the Sayre
hospital on Tuesday, Sept. 20. 011
last reports her condition is favor
able.
Frank Carr, who has been work
ing in the tannery for the past
month, was forced to quit his job
011 account of rheumatism and has
returned to his home in Galeton.
Edward Ladley and family took
possession of their new home in the
Bank building on Friday, and on
Saturday evening a large number
of their friends surprised tliein and
gave them a house-warming.
The passenger service on the
Eagles Mere Railway was discon
tinued for the season on Monday.
Until this service is again resumed
011 Juno 1. 1911, the Star Mail
Route between Laporte and Eagles
Mere will !*>, in operation.
Miss Edith Manuel is reported
quite ill.
G. S. Eddy lost a valuable cow
011 Thursday.
Ansa Wood of New Albany was
in Laporte Friday morning.
T. J. Ingham is spending a few
days with his brother in Wyaltis
ing.
Miss Olive Barrows left Saturday
for New York City where she. will
spend the winter.
When you feel like treating
yourself to something good sub
scribe for the News Item.
The post oflice lias lieen moved
from the Ingham building to one
on Main Street owned by Robert
Storniont.
T. J. Keeler left Wednesday ev
ening for Rosello Park, N. J.,
where lie will remain for some
time doing carpenter work.
Mrs. E. S. Chase, who has been
spending a few weeks with her sis
ter, Miss Fannie Meylert, returned
to her home in Eagles Mere Satur
day.
Raymond Kelirer and wife of
Eagles Mere an toed to Dushore 011
Sunday and on their way made a
pleasant call on Miss Agnes Up
iiiann.
Miss Dorothy l T pmann who has
been spending a week with her
mother at Unityville, has returned
to Laporte and will spend a few
weeks at home.
A bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush but a News Item in
the. hand is worth more for solid
entertainment than a dozen birds
in any manner.
L. R. Busier and family, accom
panied by Miss Louise Upinann,
drove to Lairdsville Sunday and
spent the day with Mrs. J. G.
llartiaple at Unityville.
We are a little late getting out
this issue of the News Item owing
to our attending the fair, but we
think our subscribers will pardon
the delay as a goodly number of
them were there themselves and
think as the urchin did who spent
his last nickel for a "hot dog''
sandwich: that it was "wort' do
cash."
Says the Towanda Review: Hon.
E. M. Dunham of Sayre, who is
master in chancery, for the pur
pose of taking charge and settling
the affairs of the defunct P. B. &
10. railroad left yesterday afternoon
for Boston, Mass. where he will
take evidence in an equity action.
The case arose out of an application
of some of the creditors of the com
pany to have the affairs of the com
pany which amount to over a mil
lion dollars wound up, and the pro
ceeds appiled to the debts of the
company.
••There is a minister at least who
appreciates the editor," says the
American Press. "At a recent
banquet lie offered the following
toast." "To save the editor from
starvation take his paper and pay
for it promptly. To save him from
bankruptcy advertise in his paper
liberally. To save him from des
pair send him every item of news
of which you can get hold. To
save him from profanity write your
correspondence plainly on one side
of the sheet and send it in as early
as possible. To save him from
mistakes bury nim. Dead people
are the only ones who never make
mistakes."
Ropes and Throws Steer In 21 Seconds
By roping and throwing n steer in
twenty-one seconds at Hugo, Okla.,
.J. Ellison Carroll retained his title ol
champion of the world. C. H. Johnson
Carroll's nearest competitor, threw <1
steer in twenty-seven seconds.
Lost Arm In Fodder Cutter.
Earl, the six-year-old son of Wit
liam Heading, of Point Pleasant, neai
Doylestown, Pa., lost one of his arm?
at the elbo\- by getting it caught In a
fodder cutter.
John Brown's Sister Dies.
Mrs. Martha DaviH, seventy-eight
years old, the only surviving sister of
John Brown, the abolitionist, died at
Bendon, Mich.
THE YOUNG MAN FROM
WYOMING
AT EAGLES MERE.
A SULLIVAN COUNTY NOVELETTE.
BY THOMAS J. INGHAM.
"Instead of passing a confirming law, the Legislature
sent a committee to investigate and report. They came to
Wilkes-1 Jarre and took evidence. Father and other old set
tlers appeared before them. When father returned from the
meeting lie told mother that Swartz was there conniving with
an agent of the landholders named Alexander Patterson, and
in his opinion the committee was 'packed,' and would not
make a fair report.
" 'The plan of the land grabbers,' said he, 'is to drive us
off, but they won't find it so easy as driving sheep. There
are soldiers among us.'
" 'I pray to God,' said mother, 'that we may be spared
more fighting, but we should be craven indeed if we would not
defend our homes and firesides.'
"Poor Mattie was between two fires in this controversy.
She was heartily in sympathy with us, but she had to hear ad
verse talk continually from Swartz and her mother. She tried
to shut her ears and keep still, and in reality she did not know
anything about the merits of the question. She always said
all she wanted was peace. Her voice was always tender and
sweet and she made every place pleasant where she came. 1
missed no opportunity of meeting her; and her mother, and
even Mr. Swartz, made me feel at home in their house.
"On a bright afternoon in autumn 1 was in the field alone
cutting corn. Father had gone to Wilkes-liarre. Mattie and
'Cretia came into the field to see me. There was to be an
apple-cut at Atherton's that night; Mercy Atherton had been
over to invite us. 1 must quit work early and get ready to go.
I bound a sheaf of corn and throwing it in a pleasant shade,
invited them to be seated, and we sat down together. After
we had talked a little 'Cretia said:
"'Excuse me a few minutes. 1 want togo down the
bank and get some rushes to scour knives and forks. 1 used
ii]) the last bunch we had in the house this morning.'
"She tripped away out of sight. Mattie and I were sit
ting very close, and my heart was so full of love that I put my
arm around her, and—it is hardly necessary to rehearse a
scene in which there is nothing original. The coming together
of two loving hearts is for them always original and full of
happiness, but words are weak to describe it.
"1 think the time must have passed swifter than we
thought, or perhaps we forgot 'Cretia; at all events she came
in sight before we saw her, and probably saw Mattie clasped
very close to my bosom. Very likely Mattie's cheeks were
rosy with blushes. Certain it is that 'Cretia understood the
situation, for she said : *•
" 'Ain't that pretty, now?' You've been making love.'
" 'No,' 1 answered boldly, 'not making love, only c.r
prcssing it.'
"'That's a nice distinction,' said 'Cretia, laughing; and
Mattie, putting her arm around 'Cretia, confidingly whis
pered, 'Don't tell anyone.'
"After the girls left the field I took the corn with a firmer
grip, and struck with a stronger blow. I quit early, eager to
meet Mattie at the apple-cut and 'go home with her' after
wards.
"While we were at supper father returned from town.
Said lie:
" 'The Pennsylvania Legislature has resolved that we
must leave our land on the first of April.'
"'What,' said mother, 'without any pay for our hard
work in making improvements?'
" 'Oh, yes,' replied father, bitterly, 'we are to have com
pensation in wild land west of the Allegheny Mountains.'
"'A picked bone to a dog!' exclaimed mother. 'Anybody
can get land by going into that barren wilderness. We won't
leave our broad flats; we'll fight first.'
" 'We'll have to make our choice soon,' said father, 'for
two companies of trained soldiers are coming. Col. Ltutler,
who has just returned from service in the Continental army,
has been scut to Sunbury jail, and half a dozen settlers were
arrested to-day and Patterson's tenants put on their farms.'
"Mother paused and considered awhile; then with her
practical manner asked:
" 'How many Connecticut settlers have we?'
"'lt is thought we have about six thousand in all the
seventeen townships,' father replied.
" 'lt is time we began to enlist soldiers, too,' said mother;
'there is no argument these land-grabbers will listen to except
bullets.'
" 'You have hit the nail on the head, as you always do,'
replied father; 'but we must talk little and act a great deal.'
CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
"With the opening of spring came writs from Justice
Pattrcson, which lawyers said were illegal and never heard
of before; and there came tenants with leases from pretended
landowners to take possession of lands they had never set foot
on before; and then came soldiers putting settlers out of their
homes to make room for the greedy hordes of the Pennamites.
Pretty soon an order came for us to leave. It was a bitter
night to us after we got the notice. I shall never forget the
awful sense of injustice that impressed itself upon me. 1 felt
like killing all who came to put us out until I should be killed
myself; and I am sure the same feeling was burning in the
hearts of my father and mother, but cool, practical sense pre
vailed over passion. Father said our time to fight had not
come; we must wait until the settlers could organize a mili
tary force, and then we could drive the usurpers out of the
valley.
"Our horses with the wagon were driven to the door, and
movables and provisions packed into it, until there was no
room for us to ride, and on foot we moved slowly and sul
lenly up the river until we got a few miles above the head of
the valley. The same day, as we heard afterwards, two young
men who had refused to leave their farms were killed by Pat
terson's men.
"Father was familiar with the place we were going to,
having been there more than once hunting for deer. A hun
ter's cabin had been built some distance up a small stream,
and a very poor road cut to it. By unloading half of our
goods, and considerable cutting and some digging, we reached
the place, and made a second trip for the rest of our things.
We used the hunter's cabin temporarily, but soon built a bet
ter one in a pleasant grove of young pine trees near a large,
cold spring. As a place of refuge for the summer it was all we
could desire. We could easily catch all 1 lie trout we wanted in
the creek, and deer, partridges and other wild game were al
ways within reach. •
"It was not, however, for hunting that my father had
brought his family tolliat retired place. It was for safety from
the Pennamites, while he was organizing forces to maintain
our rights and repossess our farms, lie only remained with
us long enough to sec us fairly established in our mountain re
treat, when he went to counsel with other leading men of the
seventeen townships about collecting a military force, We
had reason to appreciate the cool judgment and foresight
which induced father to move in time, when we learned that
the soldiers had driven hundreds of families out of the valley,
compelling them togo through the 'shades of death' on the
road we traveled when I was a child, where they 'suffered all
the miseries which human nature seems capable of enduring.'
(To be continued.)
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Ladies' low neck, short sleeves and sleeveless vests, 10c, 12}e, 15c, 25c.
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Mens' Imlhriggan shirt and drawers, shirts have either long or short
or long sleeves, foi 25e to 50e.
Children's summer knit underwear in all qualities and at right prices.
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