NEWS ITEM S Sensational Offer 112 •I ' READ THINK ACT Financial Statement of Laporte Township. Financial statement of Laporte Township Koad Funds ending Dec. Oth, 1911. To amt. of Indebted ness, audit of Mcli. ,6 th, 1911 <1,800.8(1 To temporary 10an... 900.00 By amt. paid on tem porary loan |700.00 To amt. due treasurer 44.98 By amt. of indebted ness $2,045.84 $2,745.84 $2,745.84 Minard Peterman, Overseer of Poor, in account with I-aporte Township ending Dee. sth. 1911: To amt. on hand last audit I 1>5.63 To amt. received Geo. Karge, ('oil. 114.10 By bills paid: Shed Petennan (rent) C. Broschart I 26.00 E. Kmig (stale hospital! 68:50 Auditing 2.00 Bal, paid P. Peterman, suc cessor 107.231 3 days service , $209.73 $209.73 Harvey A. Hess, Overseer of Poor, in account with Laporte Township, ending Dec. 5, 1911: . To amt. recived of E. L. Sweeny $ 36.00 To amt. received of Geo. Karge 101.71 To amt. received of Geo. Karge 287.49 By bills paid: Geo. H esslwork) C. Broschart $ 4.25 E. Speary ( Work > C.- Broschart 6.00 Xordmont Supply Co. (sup plies) C. Broschart.. 132.63 7 days service 14.00, Bal. due overseers from last audit 22.25 Bal. in oversets bands 246.07 $425.20 $425.20 Disbursements of Koad Funds of Laport Township ending Dec. 5, 1911: To amt. of orders drawn $2,775.28 By repairs and maintenance of road !" $952.03 By repairs on bridges and cul verts 145.00 By machinery, tools .etc 299.52 By salaries of roadmasters. .. 258.91 By expenses of supervisors... 96.00 By stationery, etc 12.65 By prothonotary fees 5.20 By auditing: and statement.'.. 8.00 By attorney fees 30.00 By temporary loans paid 700.00 By maintaining water trough. 9.80 By interest paid 146.55, By damage case, Fred Hunt sr. 87.00 By witnesses. Fred Hunter case 24.72 $2,775.28 $2,775.28 Morgan Gavitt, Treasurer of Road Funds, in account with Laporte Town ship ending Dec. sth, 1911: To amt. received of If. Flynn. Treas., March 6th, 1911. . $ 96.79 To amt. received of G. Karge, C 011... 16.00 To amt. received of Laport Bank .... 297.00 To afitt. received of L. R. Gavitt 200.00 To amt. received of G. Karge, C 011... 1,023.79 To amt. received of V. H. Ingitapi ..,. 100.00 To r«ceiyp4 of Laporte Buntt . .. 396.00 To amt. received of E. L. Sweeny .. 100.00 To amt. received of State appropriate 364.22 To amt. received of G. Karge, C 011.... 92.00 To amt. received of R. L. Sweeny 100.00 By orders redeemed $2,775.28 By Treas. and Sec. commission 55.50 To amt. dun Treas. and Sec 44 98 $2,830.78 $2.83*78 (leo. Karge, Collector of Road Funds, in account with Laporte Township ending Dec. stli, 1911: To amt. due town ship last audit... $ 386 61 To amt. of dupli cates of road and special road tax.. 1,925.34 By amt. paid, 5% off $1,023.79 By rebate on same 53.87 By commission on same $0.71 By amt. paid 1910 tax 16.00 By amt. paid even #92.00 By commission on same 4.50 By land returns 19.12 By amt duo township 1,071.96 $2,311.95 $2,311.95 We,- the undersigned Auditors of La porte Township, having audited the above accounts find them correct to the begt of our knowledge. • ' ERNSST H. BOTSFORD, K C. PKTKRS, Auditors. Rules of Boudman's Hotel. Smith Boudinaii Of the Sonee -1 town Hotel recently a looted the ; fbllowiug rules and wishes that 1 patrons of his holel TTOuld please observe sjfme : Inorderto prevent tin- guests from carrying | fruit from the table, there will be no fruit. Marrried men without baggage will leave their wives in the office. Old and feeble gentlmen will l>e not allowed to |>lay in the halls. Guests will not be allowed to tine Indian clubs or dumbbell* in their rooms. If they want exercise they can no in the kitchen and beat the steak. Guests will not be allowed to tip the waiter*, a* it is liable to cause them to break the dishes. Guests al this hotel wishing fine lioard. will pleas* rail for saw dust. Biscuits found riveted together can be opened with a chisel furnished by the waiter. The use of dynamite is positively prohibited. Guests needn't mind paying their Inmrd, as the hotel is supported by a good foundation. (..nests oil retiring at uigkt will leave their money with the night clerk, for he will get It anyhow. If you waat the tiell hoy, wring a towel. If you get hungry during the night, take a roll in bed. Base ball players wanting exercise will find a pitcher on the table. 11 you want to write take the sheet oB the bed. | If you And the bed a little buggy and you have a nightmare, just hitch tile mare to the buggv and drive on. Don't forget our Sensational Offer. Magar(4 Murray of Scranton and Mrs. Joseph McDermott of Mildred spent Wednesday and Thursday with Mis* Frances Murau. * h I Sonestown Department. Oontaining the latest news from that thriving village. Personals. Robert Simmon, shopman for the W. & N. B R. R. Co., wife and two nephews spent Christmas in Williamsport. 15raily Hodge was up fram IMc ture Rocks last Friday. Robert Simmons finished his butchering last Thursday by kill ing a very nice porker. Emory Worthing of Muncy Val- ley was a business man in town Thursday of last week. Our schools closed for a two j weeks vacation last Friday. Tell your neighbor about our 1 .Sensational offer, they will thank 1 you for it. GrifTeth Phillips left last Friday for a visit to his son Harry 1 at Clearfield. 1 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Asher Chrisman Thursday, Dec. 28. 1911, 1 a son. ' The light snow-fall qi mteek \ago Sunday evening caused a couplet of yotfng men to be roped off a steep ' grade, but both landed safely at the bottom. If one of them had ! not been such a tall guy the rope would have missed him, it jnst caught him on top of the head.* I tell you it, made him guy f in glish. Appeal Notice. To the taxpayers of the severa' boroughs and townships of Sullivan county: Take notice that the county com missioners will hold an appeal in their office at liajxirte, Pa., February 14, 1912, at lo o'clock a. M, to hear such an may feel themselves aggrieved by the late assessment and to make such charges as may seem to them just and proper. IX). COMMISSIONERS. j Commissioners' Office, Dec. 80,1911. J Wig Draaaing. Not everybody who can dross a head of real hair becomingly can comb a wig with equal success. There is a special knack In wig dressing. In some shops where wax figures abound ono or two of the employees are trained In the art of wig dressing and combine that with their other duties ut a slight Increase of salary, but in most places the entire business Is Intrusted to pro fessional wig dresser*. Fire Alarm. An accident that might have resulted in a disastrous fire occurred last Thursday evening on the farm of A. T. Armstrong below town. Mr. Armstrong was feed ing his cattle by lantern light when the lantern upset and exploded causing lire to fly, all around Mr. Armstrong, singing his eyebrows and mustache and one side of his face looks as though he had been playing a juice harp for six months without intermission. His hand and arms were badly burned and blistered. He extinguished the tire by smothering it with his coat. (Doth hang it,) Daffodils. If all the Shoemakers were dead but Bill would he go barefooted? If C. W. Sones gave the Blooms burg hospital 1000. would Ben Speary any? If someone should fall off John Converse's foot-walk would John Converse with him? If Wolf Socks should steal a sheep and try to sell it to the people of Laporte for all wool would they believe him? We don't need as much fire protection in Sonestown as we do irope, ask (»uy in English. THE JOYS WE MISS. How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy ! In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come; in old age we are looking backward to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear indeed to be tnoie occupied in things that are present, yet even that is too often absorbed in vague determinations to be vastly happy on some future day when we have time. —Colton. Highest Cathedral Tower. The highest cathedral tower in the world Is that of Ulm, in Austria. It is taller than the Washington monu ment and the {jryamld of Kbufu. at Ulseh. The Eiffel tower Is the only modern construction which surpasses It In height. FA KM Kits AND MERCHANTS— Will pay !ii:irkct price for wool. Adress J. },. Winenian, Lewishurg, I'a. The Best place to buy goods Is otten asked by the pru dent housewife. Money saving advantages are always being searched for Lose no time in making a thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on lEXHJjjjTIONI ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. AM answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HILLSGROVE, PA. I Dependable 0 t '!v .J II Goods. & s£? Sre WE handle goods that are cheap, but not •<wo>: i£fc*j cheap goods. We want our goods to become uj&i- your goods and our store your store. li' it is j^p^S ® Clothing, or gf **** *■•*** || Shoes or E M Anything 9 to furnish man, woman or child up in classy, ggSjii attractive and dapendahlo attire, then we have Egjjy jnst the articles you need. Give us a call now. J LAPORTE. g lip ° Talio Pain Pill. 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