Republican News Item
B M VANDYKE, Editor-
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS
By The Sullivan Publishing Co
At the County Seat of Sullivan County.
LAPOBTE. PA.
Entered at the Tost Office at Laporte, ae
second-class mail matter.
THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
GENERAL OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
1 hereby announce ir.yf-eH as candidate
tor the nomination for the office of Slier
ill of Sullivan County, subject to the Re
publican rules,
W. H. BIDDLE,
Feb. 24, 1911. Elkland Township.
I hereby announce myself as candi
date for the nomination for the office of
Sheriffof Sullivan County, subject to the
Rules of the Republican Party.
FRED W. SCHANBACIIER,
March, 1, 1911. Forksville, Pa.
I hereby announce myself as candidate
for the nomination for the office of Com
missioner of Sullivan County subject to
the rules of the Republican Party.
FRANK STRICKLAND,
March, 17, 1911. Hillsgrove, Pa.
T. F. Kernan of Laporte town
ship was in town Monday. Mr.
Kernan set out over 1000 apple
trees on his farm this spring. He
expects togo into the fruit grow
ing business.—Dushore Gazette.
The picnic grounds at Lake Mo
komo are being cleaned up and put
in condition for the coming season.
The boats are being repainted, the
roads about the grounds putin
better condition and everything is
on the move toward an enjoyable
summer vacation for tlie visitors to
Laporte and the lake.
The tannery at this place has
been preparing for a close down for
some weeks and at present only a
few of the many persons e nployed
there generally are at work. From
appearances it will cease operations
for some time. Many of the for
eign workers have returned to
their home across the ocean or
gone to new lields of labor.
In the past certain marriage
licenses have been marked not to
bo publiclied, but Lycoming's
Register and Recorder, Frank V.
Myers, has just recently ruled
different. In two instances rela
tives ol' the girl called at the office
and gave expression to their wrath
when they found out that she had
been married. Mr Myers says
that in the future lie will not make
any attempt to muzzle the press,
but will make up his records with
out any requests for non-publica
tion and all licenses will have, the
necessary publicity. -Hughes vi Ile
Mail.
Williainsport may have a largo
amount of the best caterpillars in
the State but we are willing to
wager that this vicinity has her
stopped 011 potato bugs. Beau
tifully striped specimens of this
disturber may be seen in most any
number peerlied ou convenient clod
of earth in the various gardens
awaiting the first peep of the
potatoes through the soil, and
swarms are occasionally seen flying
through the air, resembling small
swarms of bees. Tomato plants
are being destroyed by the bugs
at a rapid rate and some other
plants that resemble meat and
drink to the undesirable boarder
are seized upon as a substitute un
til the potato leaves are in lit con
dition for bug salads. No reason
can be given for the unusually
large number of the beetles unless,
from the fact that so many pota
toes were left in the ground last
autumn when the early winter pre
vented the digging, they wore fur
nished sustenance throughout the
cold months and are consequently
on the job at this time in numbers
sufficient to cause extra efforts 011
part of the farmers to exterminate
them.
Improvement Society's
Tea Commandments.
At a meeting of the Towanda
j Village Improvement Society, the
following commandments were
adopted. With a few slight
changes they would l»e appropriate
for any village in this section:
I. Thou shalt not tear up and
scatter papers, nor throw anything
on the sidewalk or street. Find
the rubbish can.
11. Thou shalt not kill any
living thing, unless it shall be
germs, mosquitoes and flies, and
whatever tends to breed such.
111. Thou shalt not allow any
piles of ashes or rubbish to collect
in thy back yard.
IV. Thou shalt not mix ashes
and garbage in the same can. Pigs
don't eat coal clinkers.
V. Thou shalt not fill the ash
or garbage can too full. Only one
Sampson was created in this world.
VI. Thou shalt not chalk nor
bill the sidewalk, fence, building,
pole or tree.
VII. Thou shalt not permit
thyself or another to deface park
benches, school furniture, private
or public property.
VIII. Thou shalt not tolerate
smoke nuisances.
IX. Thou shalt not do nor suf
fer anything to be done that will
injure Towanda's fame.
X. Thou shalt not expect that we
can make this village clean and
perfect all at once; but it will be
come an ideal village only when
everybody does something every
day to help make tilings better.
Habeas Corpus Postponed.
The habeas corpus proceeding
which was to have been brought
before Judge Charles E. Terry on
Tuesday has been postponed to
next Wednesday, owing to the ab
sence of a witness in the case.
The writ was secured by Attor
ney Schnerr of Wilkes-Barre, act
ing in behalf of the Italian
prisoners, Antonio Sharrone and
Charles Belli, now confined in the
county jail awaiting trail in Sep
tember court as the alleged mur
derers of the Italian section boss
at Bern ice some months ago. The
writ provides that the prisoners
shall be brought before a judge and
the reason of their confinement
stated. The judge will then deter
mine whether or not to admit them
to bail. The guilt of fhe accused
prisoners will finally be decided I>3*
jury trial.
State Road Routes.
Two routes under the Sproul
highway bill that will connect with
Laporte are the following:
Route No. 17—From Laporte to
Towanda. Commencing in Laporte
and running by way of Bernieeand
Dushore to a point on the dividing
line betweeh Sullivan and Bradford
counties; thence by way of New
Albany into Towanda.
Route No. 217—From Tunk
hannock to Laporte, beginning in
Tunkhannock and running over
route No. l.'i to Mehoopany; thence
following the north branch of Me
hoopany Creek by way of Lovelton,
to a point on the dividing line be
tween Wyoming and Sullivan
counties; thence by way of Colley
to Dushore; thence over Route No.
17 into Laporte, Sullivan county.
July 4th at Laporte.
The season of 1911 will be open
ed at Lake Mokoma on July 4th,
with a big excursion and picnic.
There will be a full day of sports
and amusements. The beautiful
new power boat, capable of carry
ing 100 passengers, will make her
first trip on this occasion. There
will be base ball and all amuse
ments at the park and a fine dis
play of fire-works at night from
the lake. Full particulars will be
given later in the papers and by
hand bills.
The Firemen of Ilughesville will
run an excursion to Lake Mokoma
on Saturday, June 17. Passengers
will be taken at all points along
the line. This is the first excur
sion of the season and will no
doubt be largely attended.
Taxables Must be Notified.
An important new law relating
to the collection of taxes and
which is of interest to the people
of Sullivan county is as follows:
AN ACT providing for notifica
tion of taxables by tax collectors,
in boroughs and townships; pre
scribing the contents of such no
tices, and providing for the pay
ment of the expenses thereof.
Section 1. Bo it enacted, &c.,
That each tax collector of the
several boroughs and townships of
this Commonwealth, within thirty
days after receiving the tax dup
licate. shall notify every taxable
whose name shall appear on such
duplicate. Sueli notice shall con
tain the rate of taxation, the
valuation of the property of such
taxable, the occupation of such
taxable, the full amount of taxes
for which said taxable shall be
liable for the current year. Such
notice shall further state that such
taxes are payable, shall designate
a place and time, or times, and
when they shall be paid, and shall
further state the time within which
an abatement of tax will be allow
ed, when the full amount of tax
will be collected, and when an ad
ditional percentage will bo added
as a a penalty. Such notices shall
be mailed to the last known post
oflice address of each of said
taxables.
Section 2. It shall be lawful for
the said tax collectors to retain,
out of the respective taxes collected
by them, such actual printing and
postage expenses as shall lie incur
red by them in performing the
duties herein prescribed. Such
amounts so retained shall be ad
justed by the respective boards re
ceiving such taxes.
Section Before any .allow
ance is made by the respective
boards, receiving taxes, for com
missions due to the collector for
taxes collected, an affidavit shall
be made by the collector, setting
forth that he has complied with
the provisions of this act.
Section 4. All acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with the pro
visions of this act are hereby re
pealed.
Approved the sth day of May
A. D. 1911.. John K. Tcner.
"Practical Joke."
"A practical joke" of placing a
bottle of acid on a table instead of
a bottle of beer resulted in the
death of Charles Tucker, 7.'l years
old, of Childs, in May field, Lack
awanna county. The death of the
old man was not reported to the
coroner and it was not reported to
Lackawanna county detective M.
A. Rafter until after the funeral of
the man.
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The Mandarin's Robe.
The author of "Recollections of a
Society Clairvoyant" tells of the case
of a lady who was haunted by reason
of a garment she wore. It was a
mandarin's robe from China, stated to
be part of the loot from the sack of
Peking. The owner, who lived in a
flat in a London suburb, first began
to be alarmed by "a smell of decom
position in her bedroom" and heard
"stealthy footsteps paddling along the
tiny passage in and out of the sit
ting room." She changed her house,
but the obsession continued. The
dreadful smell recurred, her cats died
in great agony from some unknown
cause, and uncanny, footsteps were
heard at night. According to the
clairvoyant's diagnosis, the robe had
belonged to "a man who had worn It
when he engaged in the mystic forms
of ceremonial magic known to the
Chinese. lie had mot with a violent
death, and certain malignant forces
were still imprisoned in his robe,
which, from the bloodstains on it, ho
must have been wearing when be was
killed." The curse was eventually
dispelled by the robe being burned.
He'd Have Revenge.
Juggins—Who was it that said if he
could make the songs of the people
ho wouldn't care who made the laws?
Muggins—Don't know. Rut if he's the
chap who's making the songs of the
people nowadays I'd just like to have
the making of the laws a little while.
That's nil.—Red Hen.
Reopeni Lorimer Case.
Ry a vote of 48 to 20 the senate
adopted a resolution to reopen the
investigation of charges of bribery in
connection with the election of Sena
tor Lorimer, of Illinois.
The resolution directs the regulat
elections committee to make the in
quiry.
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MUNCY VALLEY POST
OFFICE BURGLARIZED.
Early Sunday morning burglars
forced entrance into the post office
at Muncy Valley and blowing open
the safe, escaped with the contents
including about S.loo in stamps and
currency and a large number of
checks and notes.
The burglary was discovered on
Sunday but postmaster J. 13. Mil
ler did nothing toward ascertaining
the loss until the arrival of an in
spector from the government. Two
members of the State Constabulary
were sent from Ilughesville, who
took charge of the situation until
government detectives arrived to
take up the case.
It is believed that the explosion of
the safe took place about 2:3f) as
a meeting of the Grange had been
held in the hall over the post otliee
the evening before and the robbery
must ha.e occurred after the last
person had left the hall. Inquiry
developed the fact that this was
about one o'clock Sunday morning.
The checks and notes were re
covered Sunday. They were found
in a wagon shed belonging to Dav
id Miller, where the burglars had
no doubt stopped to sort their loot.
Extended Terms Unconstitutional.
The new election law provides
that law court judges must be el
ected in even numbered years. In
making this change it was discov
ered that the terms of about thirty
seven judges now holding office in
the State will expire in odd num
bered years, which will leave a va
cancy of one year before a new
judge can be elected. In order to
li\ the matter the Legislature
passed a Jaw extending the term of
all such judges for one year, but
the Supreme Court has just de
clared this act unconstitutional.
The court points out as a remedy
that when a vacancy occurs the
Governor may appoint judges, who
will serve until the proper time to
elect arrives. Judgo Charles E.
Terry, of this district, is one of the
men affected by this decision, his
term expiring in 1915.—Tunkhan
nock Republican.
Lockjaw Threatened.
Constable Miner of Luzerne bor
ough is threatened with lockjaw as
a result of a fish hook penetrating
his tongue. He was running to
catch a street car and in passing a
fisherman carrying a pole and line
met with the rather unusual acci
dent. A doctor succeeded in re
moving the barbed piece of steel
but the officer's condition is quite
serious owing to blood poisoning
developi ng,—Towandn Review.
Frank McMahon of Bernice was
among the business visitors to La
porte Tuesday.
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matism, Sciatica, Kidney Pains,
Lumbago, Locomotor Ataxia,
Backache, Stomachache, Period
ical Pains of women, and for
pain in any part of the body.
"I have used Dr. Miles' medicines for
over 12 years and find them excellent. I
keep Dr. Miles' Anti-I'ain I'ills in the
house all the time and would not think
j of taking a journey without them, 110
matter how short a distance 1 am coins;.
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Miss I.ou M. Churchill.
63 High St., Penacook, N. 11.
At all druggists. 25 doses 25c.
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A Saving Scheme.
"Coeducation is n gotnl thing. The
boy gots bis study and his courting
Mulshed simultaneously and is then
ready for work."
"Just so. While the girl can save
dad lots of money by marrying in her
graduation gown."—Hxchange.
Sister of President Garfield Dead.
Mrs. M. G. Trowbridge, as:ed ninety
years, a sister of the late President
Garfield, died in Los Angeles, fal
Mrs. Garfield, the president's widow,
was notified by telegraph.
M. BRINK'S
PRICES For This Week.
ton 100 ]h
Corn Meal 25.00 1.25
Cracked Corn 25.00 1.25
Corn 25.00 1.25
• Sacks each tic with privilege of
returning without expense to me.
Schumacher Chop 20.00 1.35
Wheat I'ran 28.50 1,50
Fancy White Mnl<ls. 30.00 l!(i0
Oil Meal 30.00 l.!> 0
Cluten 26.00 1.35
Alfalfa Meal 25.0 t 1.30
Oyster Shells 10.00 <><>
Choice Cottonseed Meal .'51.00 I.GO
Beef Scrap 3.00
Oats per hu. .45
Charcoal 50 lb sack .00
Oyster Shells " 35
140 11) ling Salt coarse or fine .50
56 lb hag Salt 25
Buckwheat Flour 2.20
Slhumacher Flour sack 1.50
Muucy " " 115
" " per hlil. 4.-10
Spring Wheat " " 1.60
Potatoes per hu .50
Veal Calves wanted on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. Live
fowls and chickens on Wednesday.
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