vol. xvi. no. 24 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. I^O^^SWALTAPDIJ pRANCIS W. MHYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAL'ORXK, PA orrics in county builihnb NKAROOUKT HOUSE. J H. CRONIN, LAW, HOTAST tUSLIC. orrns or haih sir.«*T. DUBHORB. VA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - - - $35,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. J. 1.. CHRISTIAN KDW. I.AIU.KV President. Cnsbier. 3 per cent interest ptii'l on time deposits, ACCOUNTS, SOLICITED. The Best place to buy goods /Is olten asked by the pru pent house wile. Money saving advantages arealways being searched lor Lose no time in making a thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on IgXHjBITIQNj ?????? 777 STKP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HILLSGROVE, PA. Notice Bids wanted for hauling coal for Laporte Borough School for sea sons of 1911-12 or by the ton. Coal to be delivered at the school house. James C. Caven, Secretary. - Notice of Poatponement. The meeting of the Sullivan County Teachers' Association advertised to be held at Hernice Friday and Saturday of this week has. owing to a conflict of dated been postponed until Friday ans. Saturday, October 27-28. Buck Carpenter, one of 1 lie best base ball players Laporte ever pro duced, and Miss Clara Cornelison enjoyed a pleasant ride to Sones town last Thursday. COLE'S iggfe Up-To-Date HARDWARE WHEN you think of buying hard ware you naturally ask yourself W stove, washer, cutlery, gun,"—or .. - - whatever it may he—"'shall I lmy? (jon't ponder over these things, nor spend your time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order catalogs. Come to our store and let us solve the problem. We have a fine variety of standard goods to choose from When you think of HARDWARE »"" k O' COLE'S. SANITARY PLUMBING. We give special attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Hot Air Heating. General job work and repairing In all branches, prompt y and skillfully executed Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa. Republican News Item. JOSEPH A. HELSMAN. Joseph A. Ilclsinan the Republi can candidate for the bflice *of County Treasurer. ( ?s to be con gratulated upon receiving the nomi nal ion without contest or op position. From the time his can didacy was first announced, he was considered the proper and logical nominee. Mr. Helsnian is well known throughout Sullivan county as a man of integrity and excellent husi uoss oualiliciition*. H< l WIK born ,in Sci.mtun I'.i in I"''.' ;md i o£ (. j'liu'ii i <i! utHoi o e. lib. pat ients came to Bern ice over ->U \ears ago and fir. llelsmau lias resided fl'cre almost continuously ever ti nee, • Joe,"' as he is popularly known began life for himself when a lad of only 15 years l>y working in the, mines at Fall Urook, Tioga county. In the early seventies he came to Bernice where he continued work in the mines at that place. Later the State Line and Sullivan R. It. J •• • 1 company placed him in charge of! their barns and for many years lie held the position. Later he be came proprietor of the Helsman House," one of the best conducted hostelries in the'county. Mr. lielsman, by his honesty, industry, good habits and perse verance has won success. If elect ed custodian of the county funds in November, lie can be depended! upon to till the office with entire satisfaction to everybody, adv. TKKSPASS NOTH'KS, we have! .iheni for sale at I hi* office, the best that can be printed containing the .'vet of Assembly of April 14. DO"), j They i.re printed on tough card-: board and will last for a long time. Price only -5 cents per dozen, if by mail ten cents extra. Other Coun ty papers are charging 50 cents per dozen. This week we are giving our readers the, story of the l'cternnin murder with the tragic history of the Peternian home in Sugaiioaf tow nship, Columbia county not far from Sullivan county line. The Peter nihil brothers are not strang ers in Sullivan county, many peo ple in this section arc acquainted with tneni. It will be remembered that John was acquited for the murder of Abe at Bloomsburg a few weeks ago. FARM KRS AND MERCHANTS— Will pay market price for wool. Adress J. L. Wineinun, Lewisburg, l»a. WANTED:—Men to contract for cutting pulp and acid wood at once. Stony Brook Lumber Co., Lopez, Pa. ' 20t2 T. J. Keeler is shingling his house occupied by Thomas E. Ken -1 nedv. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 1911. SjWjHfHfe vfc" i ! rHi {'i v .vvjfvfc-v, c | LOCAL NEWS 112 i'i COUNTY SEAT NEWS TOLD $ I IN BREEZY PARAGRAPHS. Some beautiful weather this. Jas. I*. Mngargel of Masten was in Laporte Tuesday. Joseph E. Far re 11 of Lope/, was in town Saturday. Leo C- lleini was in town the |;l M«»v I'M ft i»f li»"t I ihui'i !»••*>u v. .s.v a buuue&v uiuu in Dushore eduesday. W. W. Jackson of Williaujsport autoed to this place Wednesday. James F. Lang of Murray uasa business man in town last Satur day. M. Sehneer of Wilkes-Karre transacted business in Laporte Saturday. Dr. Herman of Dushore was a professional caller in this place Thursday, Jessie E. Camp, the New Albany Milliner was in town a week ago Thursday. FOB SALK— -Second-hand cook stove. Inquire of J. L. Smyth, Laporte, Pa. Port McConnel of Pcnsdale was a business uian in town a couple days this week. • - - Ellerv I'. Ingham of New York City is visiting old friends anil relatives in Laporte. Alphonsis Walsh Esq., of Du shore was a business man in the County Seat Monday. There is a place in North Caro linia by the name of Kill Devil Life Saving station. C. A. Starr of Sonestown candi date for County Treasurer was in the County Seat Monday. Win. Moran of Muncy Valley. Democratic County Chairman, was in Laporte last Saturday. > J. (i. Cott of Elkland, candidate for Sheriff was in the County Scat the latter part of last week. George liroscluirt of Dushore. candidate for County Commission er, was in the County Seat Thurs day. Mrs. Phillip Houseknecht and daughter of Eagles Mere, were the guests of Mrs. L. K. Bussler Satur day. John llassen Sr. is recovering from injuries received from being kickedliy one of his horses a couple vveck^ago. Michael McNellan Jr., and wife returned to Waverly Monday after spending a few days with the gentleman's parents at this place. A. B. Kilmer of Wheelerville, candidate for Associate Judge was patching up his political fences in the County Seat the latter part of last week. County Commissioners, F. M. Crossley, W. 11. Rogers, Valentine Robe, and solicitor, Alphonsus Walsh made a trip to Athens Wednesday. Tlul Village Improvement So ciety is again prepared to sew one afternoon every week to raise mon ey on the improvement fund. Will do plain sewing from 3 to at the low rate of 15 cents per member. Orders taken and further particulars given by 11. O. Ingham, Secretary. SraiORMW Scene of Fatal Duel Between Brothers Long Noted for Deeds of Blood. Bloomsbury, Pa. —The spell of trag edy hangs so ver the I'eterman home ii Sugarloaf township, where, only a few dfiyfl ngO. 112 bom r>«= tho flu/. Hiit . nil' 111 11|. <1- .nli «.! ..!»• ! « ' . » • ! • a.'.' i Vr; 1 be trifei .'or inurd v. Since tbe hour when the sews cf the terrible affair at the Peterman far., became circulated over the i|uiet countryside the History of the Veto mail homestead, with its tragedies began to be recited over and over. Fifteen years ago, when the Peter man family was augmented by th< marriage of John Peterman to a widow of the Sugarloaf district and the bring itig of her three children under tin i'eterman roof tree, the family was one of the happiest of that picturesque section. One day Mrs. Peterman wa boiling soft soap in a large kettle that swung from a crane in the old log house. It was a ponderous cauldron holding many gallons of the greasi from the annual hog butchering, and the soap was to be of such qOantitv that it would answer the household all winter. Somehow —just how nobody seemed to know—one of the widow's children in playing about the blazing tin, knocked the boiling ketlle from its fastening, and the mass of siKzlinr grease spilled over, and not only that particular child, but rhe two oilu children of the woman. s<al!:iU" .>'l : badly that the} diiil in a few hour# Tin tr.i.4<d> so appalled tin; inolliei that for a h>ng time it was feaivd sh. 3P m ■|r 1 ■ "x, i : Illfli l< Duel Between Brothers. would lose her mind, and for a long time the old loghouse was shut up, not even used as a storehouse, the mem ory of the kettle tragedy being so poignant that the place was aban doned. Today it stands as a link be tween the hideous past and the more hideous present. One day a few years after the ter rible wiping out of Mrs. Peterman's little ones, her husband was at work In the iields not 200 yards from the house. A high wind, an accompani ment to a terrific storm, swept over the countryside, and just when Peter man was passing at a distance in which the limbs of the monarch caught and pinned him to the ground, a ponderous tree on the knoll was blown over and Farmer Peterman waa killed. His grave was added to the row of little graves in the Sugarloaf cemetery, and alongside that of the ilrst wife. Always the history of the Peterman farm was referred to in tones of sad ness, and the place grew to be asso ciated with the community in sort of a weird way. But the capsheaf of its tragic history was that enacted some where In the house or out of it, with knife and a stone and fist, in the dark ness the other night between the two brothers, who were equally interested in the property. There were two-score knife wounds in the body of Abram Peterman when the undertaker came to lay out his body for burial, and the face and head were battered in as though done with a stone. liis body had been .found at the foot of a wall, or over shot, near the Peterman farmhouse, and in the latter the brother, John, himself terribly wounded as though he had been attacked by a veritable madman, was found in a semi-uncon scious condition. He acknowledged having slain his brother, but declared that If he had not killed Abram he i himself would have forfeited his life. KICKS CHILD OFF TRACK Engineer Runs Out on Pilot and Saves Little One Just in Time. Glenwood, Minn. —While running his train out of Dent, W. A. lleardsley, en gineer on frieight Xo. 71, saw what seemed to lie a lilue parcel lying lie tween the rails about twenty car lengths ahead. lint it turned out to he a child, who arose and sat down on one of the rails. The emergency brake was applied, but it was impos sible to stop in time. Beardsley ran out on the pilot, intending to pick the Kick Saves Child. child up. He reached the pilot too late, but had to extend his foot and kick the child off the rail and down the embankment. The ti: in was stopper', the child pieke-.l i:)i and brought back to the lio (i I at Pen". A doctor was stiruuiGued ind it v.iu found tl.at the child waa unhurt except that ii had a I raise where the eugiiiet-r's shoe had struck it. LOCAL ITEMS. Says tlie New Albany Mirror: Laporte lias a clothing dealer by tin; name of "Wolf Socks'' that sure sounds like warm feet"' Xo one around Laporte ever gets cold feet Freem. Soon those beautiful(?) little snow Hakes will come drifting - down, dropping, softly dropping, on the frozen ground. Then you will hear all good men say: "Is it cold enough for you today?" Thomas Cavanaugh returned Saturday Evening visit to his brother James at Davis. \V. Ya.. who has been suffering with typhoid fever, lie reports his brother on the way to recovery. Miss Iva Hess, a student at the Laporte High School, is ill at her home near Nordmont wi|h append icitis. She is under the care of Dr. Davis of Sonestown, who re ports bet 1 condition favorable at present. We would like to have a corre spondent in the following places: Muncy Valley, Sonestown, Nord mont. Forksvillo, llillsgrove, Lo pe/.. Rernice and Mildred. Will send stationery to to the first per son sending us their name from the above named places. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HUGHESTILLE, \ CAPITAL "STOCK $50,000 W. C. FRONTZ President Sur P lus » nd FRANK A. REEPF.R, Cashier. Net Profits 75,00 °* DIRECTORS: Transacts a General Wm. Front*, John C. Laii<l, C. AV. Soner Banking Business. w - C.Fmntz, I ; Va, ' k T> , Lyman Myers, W. L. Reedy, Peter rroutz, Accounts oflndivid- j. A. S. lia.ll, Juhu Bull, uals and Firms solicited. Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Yenr. 3 per cent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEFOSITS. 75C PER YEAR JOHN B. ENGLISH, EDITOR. REPUBLICAN TICKET. Prothouotary. Albert F. Heess. Treasurer. Joseph A. lielsman. Com mission er.t. Joseph Sick. Irvin Ilotten.stein. Sheriff. Lloyd McCarty. Associa Ie fhi (Joe. Anthony It. Kilmer. James I'. Miller. Audi! or. < >1 i ver S. Bender. 1 homu li. »'l'lMuaHts. ( orot. er. (J. 31. Bradford, M. JJ. I M.MMHII | SUIM'I MS. For Spark Plugs, Batterys, Pre»t- O-Lite Tanks, Carbide, Automobile tires, Patches, Cement, BtassPolish Automobile Soap, Sponges, Cham oise, Gasolene and Greeses of all kinds, etc . call at Murray Brothers Gar;*ge, Lopez, I'a. Mail and phone calls promptly attended to. Advertise in the News Item. Last week two fine wild geese were killed at Lake Mokoma. \V. B. Mason secur ing one, while Law rence (iiiinble shot the upper story off the other. Sheriff Brown was also mixed up in the affray, wounding the goose killed by Mr. Mason. These are the tirst wild geese killed here in several years. \ 3 CENTS x LINE,ADS. j roll SALE—Brewster Block on Muney Street, Laporte, I'a., in build ing lots of ivl x 2(10 feet, or would sell to .syndicate. Busy terms. Jient of houses would more than pay in terest on money invested. Apply to I' 1 . \V. Meylert, Laporte, Pa., or address Alice Brewster Cassidj, 12;i7 Tea St., X. Washington, B.C. lOsepl i QUALITY \ S Whenjpeople realize that it Z J is not the quantity for the { * money, so much as the quality T ♦ 'that counts, then they will # X patronize the store which does ♦ X business in good pure goods. X 5 Cut prices often mean cut 2 SJ ipialiiies. Our prices are as X J low as good goods wil allow. X '• Our goods are not of the cheap * • mail-order variety. When ♦ I 2 enmparing prices do not for- 2 m get to compare qualities. It z ± you tind the prices lower than J J ours, then you will tind the J i# qualities inferior—generally • ♦ "bargain house" job lots. • £ Ask us to show you why 2 | j our stock is superior. ij Buschbausen's. I
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