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
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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.
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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,
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Also copper, brass, bides and furs.
Wolf Socks, Laportt l , Pa.
FOltSALK.—Span of Pay horses!
Weight, 23f>0; (i years old. ('lias.
McGuire, It. F. 1). Forksville, Pa.
WANTED—Experienced yirl for
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single or double eoinb. SI.OO per
setting of 15. M.J. Walls, P.ox 175,
Laporte, Pa. Jul i
EGGS FOR SALE—The famous
E. 15. Thompson strain, Kinglet
Barred Rocks. SI.OO per setting <»f
15. S. lv. Brown, Ricketts, Pa. J*
Anybody needing llooroil should
inquire of John lassen, Jr., at
Hotel Bernard. Jn order to secure
reduced rate on oil for his own use
he ordered a half-barrel and will
sell the balance in gallon lots ab
cost. This is an extra quality oil
which he will guarantee to give the
best satisfaction to every buyer, ad
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