Local Items. Read M. Brink's ad. E. J. Mullen made a business trip to Ricketts Tuesday. Ira Cott and Frank McMalion were businessmen in Laporte Tues day. A. B. Wright of .Williamsport called on Mr. James Mclntire on Tuesday. If you tell anyone Winter is not over be sure you are the better mam. Fay Hess and Esther Vough spent Sunday at the home of the hitter's parents near Overton. Colley Donahue and Miss Nellie Galleglier of Bernice were callers at A. H. Busehhausen's Wednes day. W. J. Higley and wife returned to their home in this place Tues day evening after spending the winter in Roselle Park., N. J. A. H. Buschhausen forbids the dumping of refuse in front of the entrance J his pasture lot, as that is not the place designated by the Council for that purpose, and con stitutes a nuisance. ad. The Electrocution Bill was defeated in the Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 21 to 11. As this is the second vote ou the bill it can not be reconsidered, and condemned murderers will continue to hang by the neck until dead for a few years at least. After once meeting defeat by a big margin, the bill to increase the salaries of the members of the State Constabulary passed the House Tuesday night by a vote of 110 to M. The bill calls for a general advance in pay as well as a larger force. The Laporte Borough School Bonds will l>e ready May 1, 1911. All having engaged bonds may have same forwarded to them by remitting the amount direct to the National Bank Laporte, Pa. Those desiring bonds who have not engaged same should im mediately write F. 11. Ingham, President, or Jame C. Caven, Sec retary, Laporte, Pa. On Tuesday next the directors of the various school districts of the county will meet in Laporte, at which time an election will l>e held for the purpose of electing a Coun ty Superintendent of Schools for the ensuing three years. The can didates in the fiield are Proffessors J. E. Reese Killgore, the present superintendent, and J. Robert Molyneux, of Hillsgrove, principal of the Sonestown schools for the past term. Both are gentlemen of ability and experience in school work. We note that Editor Taylor of the Dushore Review in the columns of his paper states concerning the story of the murder of John Veit engrul>er, that the Review's story published thirteen years ago was deliberately stolen at that time by a Williamsport paper and now is again published by a Philadelphia paper. In this issue of the News Item we have published an opening installment of this interesting story as it appears in the Williamsport and Philadelphia papers which we think will bo of interest to our readers. We wish to place credit where credit is due, however, and herewith acknowledge the Review as the originator of the story in stead of the Philadelphia North American which paper we have mentioned in the opening of the story, as the writer. Church Supper. The Ladies' Guild of St. John's Episcopal church of Laporte will hold a supper in the Odd Fellows' hall on Saturday evening of this week. An excellent supper will be served from six o'clock until all are fed. The price of the supper will be twenty-live cents; ice cream extra. All are invited. Ladies' Guild. Another Murder Suspect Arrested. Tony Sharrone an Italian with a bad reputation was arrested in South Wa ,'erly on Wednesday of last week and after a hearing at Bernice was brought to Laporte Tuesday evening of this week and lodged in the county jail. He with Charley Bell, also held in the jail, are accused of the murder the Italian section boss whoso body was found under a pile of railroad ties at. Bernice sometime ago. Sharrone was traced to Elmira and from there back to Waverly from which place he was induced by officers to come over the state line into Pennsylvania where the arrest was made. Albert Seron of Waverly claims to have witnessed the crime with which Sharrone is charged and recognized the man as the guilty one. Sharrone is a relative of Dominic Sharrone who was acquitted of the murder of Eugene Messenger of Athens in the Bradford County courts three years ago, and is sup posed to be the man who slashed another Italian in Waverly when he refused to give him money. It is alleged that Sharrone and Charles Bell struck the Italian on the head with a club and carried him to a pile of railroad ties, tlieu cut his throat and robbed him, af terward covering his body with railroad ties. Bell was taken from the jail to Bernice Tuesday morning for trial and both prisoners were brought to Laporte Tuesday Evening. SONESTOWN. R. S. Starr was a Williamsport visitor Saturday. Frank Sheets of Muncy spent Sunday with his parents here. The social given by the Senior Class Friday evening was a success in spite of the storm. Clyde Sheets and wife spent Sunday with the lady's parents near Unityville. Ada Simmons was a Hughes ville caller Tuesday. Mayme Freas, who spent the winter in Altoona, returned home Monday, R. S. Starr was a Ilughesville caller Tuesday. Mrs. Brad} 1 Hodge is visitiug her parents at Picture Rocks. Opal Watson was a Ilughesville visitor Monday. SHVNK. The death of the infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beck horn, occurred at their home near here early Monday morning. Elmer Brown of New York State visited his parents in this place over Sunday. Fred Williams and sister Helen are spending the week in Canton. Jethro Battin visited his cousin, A. B. Kilmer, at Wheelerville Tuesday. Hazel Voorhees is in Canton this week having some dental work done. Ella Brown is visiting relatives in Williamsport. Jesse Kilmer of Williamsport attended the funeral of his Grand mother here Sunday. Mrs. Anna Marie Williams. The Funeral of Mrs. Anna Ma rie Williams was held at Shuuk Sunday. Mrs. Williams was the wife of Henry Williams, and was a former resident of Sluink, but for some time prior to her death she lived in Elmira, N. Y. She was well known and highly respected in the community. She is sur vived by two sons, Homer and Everett Williams, and a step-son, Mortimer Willams, also two daugh ters Mrs. A. R. Fuller and Mrs. J. H. Bohn; and two step-daugh ters, Mrs. F. A. Boyle and Mrs. J. P. Kilmer. The berieved family have the sympathy of the entire co umunity. H. D. Harrison of Merry-go round fame was in Laporte part of the week. |'"n "bygone days*T ■ Extracts From the Columns of the • j ¥ News Item Fourteen Years ABO. 9 I <♦>♦•♦>♦•»»><•<•«•»■»•«•♦ j Hiram White an aged and re spected citizen of Elkland Town ship, departed this life on Friday Morning, at the home of his son in-law, A. B. McTntire in this place. Fire was discovered in the cupo- j la of the leach house at the tan nery on Monday but was ex tinguished in time to do no dam age. Married at Mill view, April 20, 1807, by Rev. Frazier, Miss Han nah Wagner of llillsgrove and Frank Bryan of Fairfield Center. The funeral of John Anders took place at Laporte Saturday after- j noon and was very largely attend ed. Meets Terrible Fate in Towanda Jail. James Vanderpool, better known in Towanda and vicinity as ''Mon key Faced Jim" died in the Pack er Hospital in Sayre on Friday morning from burns received in the Towanda jail a few hours before. Vanderpool had been on a spree anil after a trip to the East Side Hotel which is now occupied by a Vanderpool family at which place he created a disturbance, he re turned to Towanda and was im mediately nabbed by an officer and placed in the jail. After a short sleep on a cot in the cell he arose and proceeded to make things live ly by tongue lashing a gang of ho boes who were lodging in a part of the building. Not being satisfied with this he desided to burn them up and set fire to his matress. He stood by and calmly surveyed the fire until it became too hot for him when lie pulled it from the cot and climbed up on the bed. The flames set fire to his clothes on which it was thought he had spilled alcohol, and soon enveloped him in flames and he fell to the floor with his feet in the lite where he lay writhing in pain. The screaming of the tramps fin ally brought help and the fire was extinguished and a doctor sum moned. The man was placed on a shop train running to Sayre and taken immediately to the hospital but too late to save his life. Vanderpool was a native of To wanda township and has a crim inal career which has been the cause of much expense to Brad ford County, and much trouble to officers. Sproul Bill Highways. The Sproul Road Bill provides for a road connecting Ttuikhan nock and Laporte by the way of Mehoopany, Lovelton, Colley and Dushore thus connecting the two county seats of the Sullivan-Wyom ing District. It also provides for a road from Towanda to Laporte via New Albany, Dusliore and Bernice; from Laporte to Bloonis burg and from Laporte to Wil liamsport. Throw Out the Stones. The time has come when road supervisors are admonished to see that all the LJOSIJ stones are re moved from the roads. If it is done as the law requires, the work will not be hard and the road will be much better. The months mentioned in the law are May, June, August and October, and the stones are to be removed at least once a month. —Exchange. Leonard —Wilson. Mr. Judson Leonard and Miss Martha Wilson, both of Hillsgrove were united in marriage on Mon day, April 24, by Esquire James C. Caven, in his office in the Court house. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, formerly of Laporte. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mullen spent Wednesday in Williainsport. AUDITORS'REPORT. Annual Report of Auditors of La- Forte Borough. T, J. Keeler, Collector, 111 account with Laporte lli>rnii£h Komi District for year ending March 6 ( 1911, To total amount of dupli cate for 1910 295 27 To Amount due Lii|>»rte Borough at last audit 11 51 By amount overpaid as shown by re|H>rt of 19UH .IS By Treasurer's receipt for balance due foi 190U 12 23 Sept 27,—8y Boro Treas urer's Receipt 17:! 27 By 5 per cent rebate oa JISSOO collected 9 10 By 8 per cent <'oinuilssiou on BI7S lio collecte.l f>3s Hec :tl, —Heal Estate re turned 12 34 By f> per cent commission for returning stone 62 Jan 5, 1911,—8y Borough Treasurer's Receipt 30 00 By ft ber cent commission on amount collected 1 50 Feb 28, —Exonerations al lowed 4 28 Mar 10, —Borough Treas urer's Receipt -10 00 By 5 per cent commission on amount collected 2 00 By balance due from T.J. Keeler, Collector 15 49 306 81 306 81 Thomas J. Ingham, Treasurer, in account with l.aimrte Borough Poor District for year 1910, oflle ially ending March 6, 1911. To balance in hands of Treasurer at last audit IS 89 By unit paid John Mlnni er, Overseer, services, etc 8 20 By unit paid John V. Ki il ls fe. Overseer, services, etc 5 oo By ami paid I'. J. Ingham Attorney, for services 5 00 By aiut paid John Hassen Sr., for dray work 7f> To balance duel'. J. lug ham, Treasurer 06 18 95 18 95 A. 11. Busehhausen, Treasurer, in account with Lajiorte Borough lload District for year 1910, of ficiully ending March 6, 1911. To balance in hands of Treas. by Inst audit 262 24 To unit, rec.d from (5. S. Eddy for hay 5 00 To unit, ree'd from Alice Dunham, use stone-crusher 24 SO Amt. ree'd from Jos. Car penter for hay 600 Amt. ree'd from W. c. Mason :)00 Amt. ree'd from T. J. Keeler, Collector 12 23 Amt. ree'd from sauic 17;! ■>! Amt. ree'd from E. L. County Treas., Lands re turned, $.">0.14; License money. $2 :2.80 282 91 Amt. ree'd on Foreign In surance 5 09 By unit of Borough or ders redeemed 382 74 By 2 per cent commission on $382.74 7 65 ltv balance In hands of Borough Treasurer 454 is 844 57 814 57 Statement show ing Resources and Liabilities of Laporte Borough Road District for year 1910, of ficially ending March 6, 1911. Resources: To amt. due from A. H. Busehhausen, Treasurer 454 ]g Amt. due from lands returned for veaiii 1906-'O7-'OB-'O9-'lO J 29 88 Amt. due from lands returned, 1910.. V>34 Amt. due from Alp OIISUS Walsh for .Mu nicipal Line on sidewalk 45 05 Amt. due from T. J. Keeler, Collector..... 15 49 556 89 Liabilities: By amt. of Orders outstanding 18 87 Resour.es in excess of Liabilities 538 02 556 89 Statement showing Rcsoruccs and Liabilities of Laporte Borough Poor District for year 1910, i.tTc ially ending March 6, 1911. Resources: To balance due from R. A. Conklln, Col lector for 1902 •> Balance due from A. E. Tripp, Collector." for 1903 2 90 Balance due from County Treasurer for lands returned 10 29 Liabilities in excess of Resources 26 92 42 97 Liabilities: By balance due T. J. Keeler, Collector, Overpayment 22 Balance due T, J. Ingham, Treasurer 1 iverpnyment 06 To ttuit. of Orders outstanding 42 69 42 97 WE, the undersigned Auditors of La{iorte Bor ough, Pennsylvania, hereby certify that we have aldited, adjusted and settled the several accounts aUiveset forth, and find the same to be correct, as same appears fully set forth ami itemized in this foregoing re|ort WITNESS our hands thisj fourteenth day of March, A. D. 1911. W. R. MASON,) Wm. W. LOEB, -Borough Auditors L R. BI'SSLER,) QOVRT PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, HON. CHAS. E, TERRY Prcsiden Judge, Honorable* Henry Riclilin and R. C. R. Ksklnka 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 loth day of April I'.tll. to me directed, lor holding the several courts in the Borough of Laporte. 011 Monday the 15th day of May, 1911, at 2 o'clock p. m. 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 |iersoii at 2 o'clock p. m.of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions examinations ami other rememberances to those things to which their offices api>ertaiii to lie done. And to those who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail Of thesaid county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to be then and there to prosecute against them as will be just. JUDSON BROWN. Sheriff. Sherin's Office, LaPorte, Pa., April 10,1911. A Card. llillsgrove. Pa , -lan. *23, 1911. To the Scliool Director* o( Sullivan ''o.: 1 hereby announce my sell as a candi date for the office of Superintendent ol Schools. Uippectfullv submitted lor your decision. Election. Tuesday, Mat 12. 1011. .). Uolieit Molyneux, llillsgrove, Pa, t "I was Crippled, could hardly walk and had to Crawl down stairs at times on my hands and knees. My doctor told me I had an acute attack of inflammatory rheumatism. I was in the hospital for weeks, but was scarcely able to walk when I left it. I read about Dr. Miles' Nervine bought a bottle and began to get better from the start, and for the past six months I have had scarcely any pain and am able to walk as well as ever." J.H. SANDERS, .P. O. box 5, Rockaway, N. J. Few medicines are of any benefit for rheumatism, but Mr. Sanders tells plainly what Dr. Miles' Re storative Nervine did for it. One ounce of salicylate of soda added to one bottle of Nervine makes an ex cellent remedy for rheumatism, which is now known to be a nerv ous disease and therefore subject to the influence of a medicine that acts through the nerves, as does Dr. Miles' Nervine Sufferers from rheumatism seldom fail to find relief in the use of Dr. Miles' Nervine, with salicylate of soda. Sold undar a guarantee that assures the return of the'price of the first bottle If It fails to benefit. At all Druggists. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. TO THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS I OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. Gentlemen:—ln pursuance of the forty-third section of the act of May S, 1854, you are hereby notified to to meet in convention at the court house in Laporte, Pa., at 2 o'clock, 1' M., on the first Tuesday in May, A. D. 1911, being the second day of the month and select, viva voice, by a majority of the whole number of directors present, otic person of liter ary and scientific requirements, and of skill and experience in the art of teaching, as county Superintendent, for the three succeeding years; and certify the result to the State Superintendent, at Harrisburg, as required by the thirty-ninth and fortieth sections of said act. J. F.. Reese Killgore, County Supt. of Sullivan, Co. April 3, 1911. Trial List. May Term. iuii. Return Day, May 15, 1011. I.—(i. W. Bigger vs. John Manuel. Mo. 49 May Term, 1900. Framed Issue. Plea, —"Non-Assumpsit" etc. Scouton Mullen 2.—lra B. Yonkin, Adininstralor of .lohn Yonkin, Deceased, vs. J. Lit'/leman. No. 34 September Term, 1909. Scire Facias stir Judgment. Plea, —Payment. Cronin. Scouton 3. — Thomas I>. House vs. Ihe Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. 4ii Decent her Term, 1909. Trespass. Plea, —''Not fluilty." Scouton. Thomson. 4.—Patrick Connor vs. Margaret Con nor, Administratrix ol John Connor, lie ceased. No. 38 May Term, 1910. As sumpsit. Plea.—'-Non- Assumsit." Thayer. Walsh. 5. —Sillick J. Steinback vs. E. <"! Trex ler and 11. C, Trexler, trading as the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company. No. 67 September Term, 1910. Tres pass. Plea, —"Not Guilty. ' Scouton. Mullen. f,.—John 11. Crimmins vs. W. F Randall. No. 94 September Term. 1910. j Assumpsit. Plea,— 1 "Non-Assumpsit." i payment, set-oil', and the Statute ol Limi tations, with leave to give special mut ter in evidence. Mullen J. C. Ingham, j 7. —Caroline Brink vs. Curtis St roup. | No. 1 December Term, 1910. Delend-i ant's Appeal. Plea, —"Not (iuiltv. Scouton. Mullen. | Prothonotarv'fl Office, Lajiorte, Penna., April 3, 1911. ALBERT F. HEESS, Prot'y. Subscribe for the News Item. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that let ters of adminstration upon the es tate of Joe Atelio, also known as Peo Quirri, late of Cherry Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, tie ceased, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or demands against the same shall make them known without delay to JAMES ('. CAVEN, Adm'r.. Mar. 17, 1911, Laporte Boro, Pa. iI^ESS^I^CARD^I S2B22HaaHaSSEBB3=£ H22 HE HHay fRANCISW. MHYLERT, Attomoy-at-Ijnw. Office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, I'A. £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTK, I'A OFFICI llf COUHTV B " I Ij n : **i; If BAR CO UUT n()U 8 (£. J # H. CRONIN, ATTORNKT«*AT LAW, VOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICI ON MAIN fITItIRT OUSIIOHE. f-'A First National Bank OF LAPORTE. PA. Capital ... $25,000.00 Transacts a general bauking business. TIIOS. J. IXOHAM, K!>\V. I.AIII.KV President. Cashier. 3 per cent interest paid on time derosils, ACCOCNTS SOLICITED. 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