VOL. XVI. NO. 35 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEA.T OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. «-■■■ IIJIIJMMHW *** rmr EEH ffS j PROFESSIONAL CARDS, j 112 RANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. Office in Keeler's Block. LA PORTS, .Sullivau County, PA. |T J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. L<iK>KTl£. I*A urriul U UODDTT SOII.9I*S luit I'uiJMt huuis. j~ hTcrotsin. ATToaaar>AT LAW, JIUTAMT rUILIO. urrioa o» maib htksst. OUSHOKK. PA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capita/ - - - f£5,000.00 Trangaots a general banking business. J. L. CHRISTIAN Kl>W. LADLBY President. Cashier. 3 per oent intereat paid on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. Trial List, February Term. 1912.' Return Day, February 12, 1912. I.—C. D. Hood bv bis next friend, Ein uia C. Hood vs. Connell Anthracite Mining Company. No. 9 May Term, 1911. Plea—"Noi Guilty." Scouton. McCoruiick. Mullen. 2. William T. Fairchild vs. Lehigh Valley Kailroad Company. No. 68 May Term, 1910.' Trespass. Flea—"Not Viuiltv," Scouton. Thomson Kaufman. Mercur, 3. —A. T. Mulnix vs. Setli P. Shoe maker aud Wm. T. Moie.. No. 16 Feb ruary Term, 1911. Framed Issue. Plea '"Payment." Mullen. Scouton '■ J ... 4.—Alioe M. Putnam, a. d. b. a. c. t. a olLmioab Putnam. l)ec*as«d,' Assignee of N. N. lietts, Executor and Trustee of Mi*. U. Charlotte Ward, vs. C. F, Hu sincer And Liezie (or Elisabeth) Allen aud Jmass P. Allen, her hasbaud. No February Term, 1911. Scire Facias Sur Mortgage. Pie* —Thai Mortgage is not a lieu upon laud Ac. Thomson. Scouton. s.—The Township of Cherry, lo the use of Ui*-Treasurer of Sullivan County, tor Cherry Township School l>istrict vs. I Fred Frieder. No. 25 May Term, 1911- Defeiidaui's Appeal. Walsh. Mullen 6. H. J. Schaad, a Taxpayer of the Towuship ot Cherry vs. Thomas W. tta ban, Frank Hull master aud Henry Touschner, Supervisors of the Township ot Cherry. No. 66 May Term, 1911 Appeal from lownship Audit. Scouton. Mullen. ALBERT F. HEESB, Prothouotary. Prothonotary's Office, LaPorte, Penn'a January 1, 1912 ▲ppe&lNotice. To the taxpayers of the several boroughs and townships of Sullivan county: Take notice that the county com missioners will hold an appeal In their oltice at Laporte, Pa., February 14, 1912, at lo o'clock a. M, to hear such as may feel themselves aggrieved by the late assessment and to make such charges as may seem to them just and proper. CO. COMMISSIONERS. Commissioners' Offi£*e, Dec. 30, 1911. Up-To-Date HARDWARE wWHBT WHEN you think of buying bard wtwe you naturally ask yourself this• question: "What kind of stove, washer, cutlery, gun,"—or "3-caqsip whatever it may l>e— "Bliall I buy? Qon't ponder over tliene things nor spend your time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order oataloga. 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 o* COLE'S. SANITARY PLUMBING. We give special attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Ho? Air Heating. General job work and repairing In all branches, prompt y and skillfully executed Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa. Republican News Item. Court House News. i Sheriff Cott has had an inriepen-1 deut telephone installed in his re sidence which well be a co n veil i- [ encetothe people of the county! desiring to call the sheriff. Alphonsus Walsh repoesent ed clients at the Prothouotury's! office on Monday. Joseph Shippa, father of Mary Shippa who was murdered at Hillsgrove, has tiled his petition for naturalization. Gianimaria Forini of Dushore Borough, a subject of the King of Italy, on Monday tiled his petition for tiual admission to the citizen ship. J. G. Cott and wife on Monday drove to Nordinont where the Sheriff had offiicial business. County Commissioners, Joseph Sick and George Broschart held a meeting at the Commissioner's office Weduesda y. Republican National Conven- 1 tion. The Republican National Com mittee has issue a call for a Na tional Convention to be held at Chicago on June 18, lUI'J, to nom inate candidates for President and Vice-President. Jury List For February Court. : Liist of penknis with their occupation ami Flace of residence drawn a* Traverse and Grand I Jurors for February Term and Sessions, begin I (ting Monday. February 12, ltfl2. GRAND JL KOKS, NAME OCCUPATION KKSIDfcNCE I Edward Bahl. farmer. Fork*; Daniel Bellas, laborer. ftiuketl* \Yilliam liurgess, farmer. Ik land Harry Higger machinist, KickelU, Luwieucv Couiior, farmer. Forks Edward Frey, teacher, Fox Jfccob H. Fri«s, laborer, Laporte twp. I Samuel Ualougn, barber, Hilihgrovei Ueotge Urime*. laborer, Klcketts Uftorge Hartzig. mill-man. Cherry John Hlleiuau, Jr.. plumber. Dushore; Janes l_avelle. miner. Lopes Thomas Lynott. miuer, Lopez Anthony Murray, bookkeeper. Lopez I liiiaui W. Osier. mat-hiueman, Beruice j Andrew O'Malley, mluer. Lopez James H. Spence. miner, Bern Ice Frederick Shaffer, farmer. Forks Nathan Persun, surveyor, Dushore Seib F. Shoemaker. farmer. Elkland William Sergeant. farmer. Fox Anthony Touschner. miner. IJemice James Wheatley, miner, Bern Ice John Wheatley, farmer, Davidson TRAVERSE AND PETIT JURORS William Cook, miner, lierulce Peter P. Murray, merchant, Lopez ( Donald Hughes, teacher, Dushore i Thomas H. Thompklus. farmer, Klklaud ! Edward L. Travelet, laboror. Jamison City Charles Uohe, farmer, Forks James Murphy, former. Cherry Harry Miller, laboror, Jamison City Lawrence Dunn. Justice peace, Lopez Andrew McDonald. machinist, Beruice Lewis liattou. miner, Beruice; James Morgan, farmer, Fox i John Schaad, coal opcrat'r. Beruice! Sylvauu* U. Morgan, farmer. Fox' Wendell Sick, farmer, Cherry Johu J. Murphy. farmer, Cherry Chauncey Wheatley. farmer. Klkland Samuel Darby. laborer. Hillsgrovel Emanuel Erie, farmer, Colley Jaiues Waples, miner. Lopez Charles Young, laborer, Jamison City John Coyle, clerk, Dushore Harris Collins, miner, Hernice Maynard Phillips, farmer, Davidson' Otto Bebr, farmer. Lopez, John L. Utz, drover, Dushore j Harry Gould. laborer. Lopez; Patrick Driscoll, laborer. Uernlce) William L. Dyer. blacksmith. Colley ( i Archie Brown. miner. Cherry j Thomas Cowley, farmer. Forks Daniel Pealer, shoemaker. Lopez Thomas Booth, laborer. Shrewsbury Johu C. Miller, sawyer, Hlcketts I Floyd Ketchum, farmer. Fox I Chauncey Cunningham, plumber. Dushore Kalph King, blacksmith. Davidson t William Kiess, farmer. Davidson. John Farley. farmer. Cherry I Samuel McCarty. farmer. Elklandj Foster Meyers, laborer, Mt. Vernon ; Maurice Duuu. clerk. Dushore i Walter Hazzeo, teacher. Davidson j Frank Bahl, farmer. Forks j Charles Cox, farmer, Davidson Henry Vogt. farmer. Klkland Joseph Mclutyre. laborer. Jamison City Wilbur Fritz, laborer, Davidson LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 19 12. if LOCAL NEWS I II COUNTY SEAT NEWS TOLD 1 !§ IN BREEZY PARAGRAPHS * j Julius Bald visited his family at j Dushore Sunday. | F. M. Crossley was a business 'man in H ughesville Saturday. Miss Olive Keeler, who has been ill for some time is greatly improved. H. F. Obert and wife of Dushore j visited Michael Flynn and family Sunday. A robbin was seen in Laporte last Sunday, which is a sure sign of spring. Nelson Laureuson, who is em ployed at Masten spent Sunday in Laporte. Sheriff J. G. Cott was a business ! man in the west end of the County last Friday. Deputy-Treasurer, Albert Hels mau visited his home at Mildred ! over Sunday. "If the pen is mightier than the sword, what can withstand the printing press. Rev. J. A. Enright of Mildred held services at the Sacred Heart Church Sunday. Alphonsus Walsh Esq., of ! Dushore was a business man in I Loporte Monday. M. J. Clemons and James Shovlin of Murray were business men iu town Monday. | E, J. Mullen aud wife attended the funeral of P. Monroe Taylor at ! Muucy Valley Monday. i That Alabama woman who kill ed her daughter's husband was 110 joke of a mother-in-law. Frank Stackhouse and Mr. Brown of Ricketts were in town | the latter part of last week. j George llotteusteiu and Philip j Shaffer of near Overton were in j town the latter part of last week. Gust Olson, Superintendent of I the Columbia tannery at Jamison City was the guest of James Mor jau Sr. and family Sunday. ; An optimist is one who enjoys I a good snow storm without, worry ing how sloppy the front yard !l will be when the thaw comes. ■ The New Yorker who killed a > bear with his lists in Colorado : should go back home and get on lithe trial of the Tammany tiger. i| ■ Thomas S. Tompkins and wife 1j of Elkland were in the county I seat last Saturday. Mr. Tompkins t ! has purchased the hotel at Hills- J !grove. The ladies of the Episcopal church will hold a social in the j Odd Fellows Hall Friday evening, [Jan. 20. Admission It) cents, j Refreshments will be served. It was no hoary looker 011 the ; dark side of things, 110 green and ! yellow pessimist, but a little ! wanton l>oy who who said : As ! soon as the ice is hard enough for 1 skating it snows." I A small tire broke out at Hotel > Bernard last Tuesday. The little daughter of the proprietor acciden tly set fire to the bed clothes in one of the second story rooms while playing with matches. For tunately the tlames were discover ed by one of the boarders before it gained much headway. Prompt I I action averted a disastrous fire. HP HHKfIHR John W. Heaton. The above picture is a port rail J of John W. Hetiton whose obituary | was published in last week'.- issue, j Golden Nugget. Is Sullivan County Rich in the Precious Metal. The other day a certain person who requested us not to metion j his name came in our utlieo and 1 laid upon our desk a shinning nugget of gold, gold which lie claimed he found in a certain un named spot within the boundry lined of Sullivan County. We could not dispute his word, there fore there was nothing left for us! to do but trust and believe. Gold for which in the early days of the Wild West men and even women endured the greatest ol hardships and labored amid great peril to secure. As that small particle of gold lay on the desk befoie u> \w' could not help but imagine ilutl pcih.ips these valleys and hills of old Sullivan might he j rich in the precious metal. We | even pictured the gold fields of I Sullivan, mii.i:;g i \vn.- springing into existauce in a day or night, j prospectors wandering amid ilicl mountains with pick and shovel on their Liu - ...- and the eyes and foot j steps of a nation directed towaid us. Is the valleys ond hills of Sullivan County rich in thetioldeu nuggets, only time will tell. Mabel Ford. In the Larchwood, on South Walnut street. Mabel Cord, daugh ter of L. L.and Vvis Ford, died at the age of IS years. She was the only child living, a son having died some y ears ago. Mr. Ford is a teacher of manual training in Frankford. and his wife and daughter came here in j the Fall so that the daughter might attend the Suite Normal School. When examined there she was found to have a weak heart, and this opinion was continued by the family physician in Fraiikford. Two months ago she was taken out of school, and she grew grad ually weaker until death came. The family is well esteeueil, and mother and daughter both held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. -West Chester Local News. Miss Ford has s ; >ent several summers at her father's cottage at Laporte, she has a host of friends in this place who w ill be sorrow to learn of her demise. Thieves at Powell The Postotliee and the S. & N. V. R. li. Co., depot at Powell were both burglarized early Sat urday morning. and the thieves were poorly paid for their trouble, as they secured less than s'J.oo from both places. In each instance entry to the building was made by forcing open the door with a jimmy. Miss Dora Crist was operated up 011 for appendicitis at the William sport hospital last Friday. She is etting along nicely. Mildied and Beinice. NEWSY PARAGRAPHS FROM j THE. TWIN TOWNS. MissCelia Frumberg of Mildred j is visiting New York friends. Miss Bessie Hymen of Hrocklin, N. Y.. is visiting her brothers. Hen, Art and Joe of Mildred. Three accident-' occnred at the I'.oyle and Foy Colliery Monday. l>an Casey was caught between 1 the, cars and a prop, no bones were broken. Michael Lavello had the I misfortune to have an empty miii | ingcar run over his foot. ■Hurley Smith fell in front of a ; mining car which run over his leg above the knee. We cannot say I at the present writing if any bones I were broken. One of the Council dwelling houses was reduced to ashes last Thursday. It was occupied by a foreigner. The woman was sit ting at the sewing machine doijg some sewing and did not know that the house was 011 lire until a passerby gave the alarm. The lire I had got such headway that it was impossible to stive anything. The family is left iu distitute circum-1 stances. At S:IM) a. 111., Wednesday morn ing Edward Pen dell of Philadel phia and Miss Winlield Diefl'en ! bach of Mildrct Were united in I marriage at the parsonage of the i Ha pies church by Rev. J. 11. llos tan of Philadelphia. The ceremony ! was witnessed by the immediate relatives of the groom. The groom is a brother of Mr. Pendell of Phil adelphia and are contractors. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Dcffenbach of Mildred aud., lis >ue of Mildred's most popular ! young ladies. The couple left far an extended wedding tour Wednes | day evening and upon their return j will begin house-keeping at 1408 Ninth Street where their friends | will always be sure of a warm welcome. 11. J. Sclmad and Thomas Shell of Mildred were 11 ughesville visit ors Monday. Charles V. Ilelsinan of Mildred is visiting Wilkes-Rarre friends. Jan. IL', at Kicketts and all was well until someone looked at the thermometer which registered 4t» degrees below zero. Then every body shivered. Pour Negroes Hanged. A 1110b of lot) men broke into the i Ilarris County jail at Hamilton, <!a.. last Monday evening, over powered jailer, F. M. Robinson and took four negroes, three men and one woman out and hanged them to tieos one mile l'roui town. The bodies were riddled with bullets. It is estimated that three hundred shots were fired. The negroes were arrested Monday charged with the murder of Nor man lladlcv, a well-to-do farmer. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HIXJC3-I3CESVXII.IL.3i], IP-A-- CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 W C. FRONTZ President. Sur i» lus and FRANK A. REEDF.R, Cashier. Xet Profits Qo,oo °* DIRECTORS: Transacts a General . C.Froutz, John C. Laird, C. W. Sonee, Banking Business. L y uian M y er8 ' Frttnk A - Reeder > n Jac ° b Per > J. A. S. ball, Johu Bull, Peter Front*. Accounts oflndivid uals and Firms solicited. Safe Deposits Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year, i 3 percent. INTEREST PAID ON/TIME DEPOSITS, 75C PER YEAR JOHN B. ENGLISH, EDITOR. VWww W^WW VfrVfVfVVf 112 1 QUALITY :; # When people realise. that it i » 2 is not the quantity for the J J 2 money, so much as the quality j | X tlmt counts, then they will j [ ♦ patronize the store which does 1 ■ ♦ business in good pure goods. • • m Cut prices often mean cut J [ 2 qualities. Our prices are as j | x low as good goods wil allow, j | # Our goods are not of the cheap j > • mail-order variety. When <> • comparing prices do not for- <> • get to compare qualities. It !! X you find the prices lower than j J £ ours, then you will find the j[ 1 qualities inferior—generally jj "bargain house" job lots. O Ask us to show you why <. our stock is superior. !t (> Busclihausen's. if \ . 1! A *iaiaia»aai k M. BRINK'S PRICES For This Week ton 100 lb CoiuMeal 28.00 1.40 Cracked Corn 28.00 1.40 Corn 28.00 1.40 Sacks each tic with privilege of returning without expense to ue. Schumacher Chop 31.00 1.60 Wheat Bran 29.00 160 Fancy White Midds. 33.00 1.70 Oil Meal 42.00 2.20 Gluten 34.50 1.76 Alfalfa Meal 28.0'J 1.46 Oyster Shells 10.00 60 Brewers Grain 2K.00 1.40 Choice Cottonseed Meal Luxuty Flour sack 1.20 " Vl ' '■ per bbl. 4.66 Beef .Scrap ... , , V ?MK* Oats •■it per bo.' .60 Charcoal 50 lb sack .60 Oyster Shells " .86 140 lb bag Salt coarse or fine .60 50 lb bag Salt .26 Buckwheat Flour 8.00 Slhumacker Flour sack 1.60 " " perbbl. 6.20 Spring Wheat,,(Marvel) " 1.70 Veal Calves wanted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Live fowls and cliickeus on Wednesday. M. BRINK, New Albany, Pa. RHEUMATISM Dr. Whitehall's RHEUMATIC REMEDY For 15 yitrt a Standard Rwife for all form* of Riwaaiiiiiß, limny, gout, sore mueciee, stiff or iwouan joints. It quickly relieve* the mni* pains; reduces the fever, aad elhninates the poison from the system. 60 cents a box at druggists. Write for a FjM Ma# Sax Dr. Whitehall M«crfmlna Co. 188 S. 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