VOL. XVI. NO. 36
THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OP SULLIVAN COUNTY.
| PROFESSIONAL CARDS. B
fRANCIS W. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-Xjkw.
Office in Keeler'a Block.
LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA.
£ J. MULLEN,
Atto 112 n ay-at- La w.
LAfOKTK, PA
OVriOßl* OOUMTT IDUDIII
IHAMOUUMT fIOUBB.
I H. CRONIN,
attobmt-at law,
■OTABT rOILIO.
orrica OB MAUI UTUBT.
DUSHORK. PA
First National Bank
OF LAPORTE, PA.
Capital - - - $*5,000.00
Trauaactt a general banking buaincsa.
J. L. CHRISTIAN Bl>W. LAIH.EY
Preside**. Caabier.
9 par cant mtaraat paid on time deposits,
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
Trial List, February Term, 1912.
Beturn Day, February I*2, 191*2.
I.—C. D. Hood by Lis neit triend, Eui
mi (J. Hood vs. G'ounell Anthracite
Mining Company. No. y May Term,
lyil. Plea—"Not liuilty."
Scouton. McCormick.
Mullen.
2.—William T. Fairchild vs. Lehigh
Valley Kailroad Company. No. 68 May
Term, 1910. Trespass. Plea —"Not
Uuilty."
Scouton. Thomson
Kaufman.
Mercur,
3.—A. T. Mulnix vs. Seth P. Shoe
maker and Win. T. More. No, 16 Feb
ruary Term, 1911. Framed Issue. Plea
••Payment.''
Mullen. Scouton
4.—Alice M. P«toam, a. d. b. u. c. t. a
of Luwaii "Putnam. Deceased, Assignee
of N. N. Belts, Executor and Trustee ot
Mrs. H. Charlotte Ward, vs. C. F, lluu
eiuger and Lizzie (or Elizabeth) Allen
aud James P. Allen, her husband. No
31 February Term, 1911. Scire Facias
Sur Mortgage. Plea—That Mortgage is
not « lieu upon land ike.
Thomson. Scouton. j
s.—The Township of Cherry, 10 the
use of the Treasurer of Sullivan County. 1
tor Cherry Tow uahip School District vs.!
Fred Frieder. No. 25 May Term, 1911. j
Defendant'* Appeal.
Walsh. Mullen j
6. —If. J. Schaad, a Taxpayer ot the
Township ot Cherry vs. Thouias W. Ua
ban, Frank liuttuiaulec- and Henry
Touschner. Supervisors of the Township
ot Cherry. No. 60 May Term, 19! 1
Appeal from 'lowuship Audit.
Scouton. Mullen.
ALBERT F. HEESS, Prothonotarv.
ProthouotaryV Office, LaPorte, Peuu'a
January 1, 1912
Appeal Notice.
To the taxpayers of the several
boroughs and townships of Sullivan
county:
Take notice that the county com
missioners wilt hold an appeal in
their otttce 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 aud proper.
CO. COMMISSIONERS.
Commissioners' Office, Dec. 30,1911.
c ° le ' s : '
Up-To-Date
A v, t --
HARDWARE —jSHßlil
wafe you naturally ask yourself
thi« question: "What kiud of
whatever it may l>e —"shall I buy? gon't ponder over these things
nor Bpend your time looking at pictures in "cheap goods" mail-order
oatalogs. Come to our store and let us Bolve the problem. We have
a flue variety of standard goods to choose from When you think of
HARDWARE think of COLE'S.
SANITARY PLUMBING.
We give special attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Ho?
Air Heating. General job wurk and repairing In all branches, prompt
y and skillfully executed
Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa.
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Republican News Item.
Court House News.
Geo. W. Mosier, Tax Collector
for Cherry Towuship transacted
ottical busiuessat the Court House
Tuesday.
George Karge Tax Collector for
Laporte township transacted
business at the Court House Wed
nesday.
Sheriff, J. (J. Cott was at
Hillsgrove the fore part of the
week subpoenaing witnesses in the
Heckner ease.
Violating Liquor Law*.
John Chafie was lodged in the
County jail by state police last
Tuesday charged with violating
the liquor laws.
While working on the Heckner
case at Hillsgrove last fall, the
state police became aware of the
illegal selling, but before an arrest
could be made Chafie hail departed
for parts unkuowu and was recent
ly located at Masten where tin
arrest was made. 11c is charged
with selling liquor and beer con
trary to law and without license by
sale aud gift on Oct. 14. Mil I aud
other days and on Sunday Oct. 1T».
Adminatrator's Notice.
Letters of Administration on the
estate of John W. Heaton, late of
Laporte Township, Sullivan County
Pennsylvania, having been granted
to the uudersigued, all persons
indebeted to the said estate are re
quested to make payment, and
those having claims, to present J
the same without delay, to.
JAMES C. CAVEN, Aduiinis'r.
Jan. 29, 1912.
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Heckner Case.
At February Term of Court,
George Heckner, a young man now
confined in the county bastile, will
be placed ou trial for his life.
Heckner is charged with the
murder of Mary Sliippa, a young
Polish girl whose lifeless body was I
fouud in the Loyal Sock Creek
near Hillsgrove October 1 •"», 1911.
For the past three weeks two
state policemen, Harry Smith and
Louis (Jordan of Wyoming have
been working on the case and last
Friday they took up the body of
the dead girl buried at Overton
and examined the remains for new
evidence, the result of this investi
gation is not known.
Birthday Party.
Henry Smith and wife of Eagles
Mere gave a party Thursday even
ing, Jan. 25, 191 2, in honor of
their daughter Martha's twelveth
birthday. Those present were:
Marion and Ruth Peale, Bernice
MeCarty, Enza Monroe, Jessie
Smith, James Philips, Richard
Smith, Lena and Grace Ellison.
Josephine Emerson, Paul Charles,
Llewellyn Smith. Morgan and
Clayton Suiith. The evening was
spent in playing games. Refresh
ments were served.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1912.
J LOCAL NEWS j
| COUNTY SEAT NEWS TOLD I
§ IN BREEZY.PARAGRAPHS *
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February.
Subscribe for the News Item.
It is a long cold spell that never I
warms tip.
George I'pman visited friends at|
Satterlield Sunday.
Win. Moran is visiting his
parents at this place.
Wolf Socks visited his family at
Steelton over Sunday.
Born to Mr. and Mr.s. Michael
Flyiiu, Jan. 2t>, a girl.
M. J. Clemens of Bernice was a
business man in town Tuesday.
Miss Nellie Hunter spent Sun
day with her parents at Nordmont.
Our High School enjoyed a
sleigh ride to Eagles Mere Wed
nesday.
11' a cold wave could only know
when a hard-hit country lias had
enough.
Ellen Swank of Hughesville was
in the county seat of Sullivan
Monday.
Frank Osboru of Rochester. N.
Y. was in town the fore part of
the week.
Miss Jean Kpler of Quauertowii
was the guest of Mrs. T. J. Keeler
last week.
The V- I. S. will meet with
Mrs. F. H. Ingham Monday even
ing, Feb. 0
O. 11. McCarty aud C. W.
Heinz of Forksville were in La
pjrte Wednesday.
W. I*. Shoemaker was a business
mau in Williaiusport tlie latter
part of the week.
J. Clinton Kline Esq., of Suti
bury was greeting old friends in
town Tuesday evening.
Merchantile Appraiser, .lames
C. Caven, is engaged in making
l he county appraisement.
On Saturday afternoon, Feb.
the hake sale will he hell al the
residence of Mrs. T. J. Keeler.
Miss Olive Keeler left Wednes
day evening for New York City
where she will spend several months
with relatives.
Twenty-eight students of the
Sonestown lligh School enjoyed a
sleigh ride to Laporte Wednesday
Mid ate dinner at Hotel Bernard.
A California girl tore up her
license to marry after the man had
told her she was uhout to lieeome
stepmother to eight lovely children.
Rev. Doupe and wife, F. W.
Meylert and wife and Miss Jessie
Wrede attended the Bishops' Con
vention of the Episcopal church at
Williamsport Monday.
The foV .. >, g officers were re
cently e • by the Senior class
of the .te High School for the
ensr year: President. Hattie
Traugh ; Vice President, Fay
Hess ; Treasurer, Freda Amies;
Secretary, Ester Vougli.
Hotel Licenses Granted.
Judge Maxwell Wedneday grant
ed the application of 11. R. Wells
for a hotel license for the Wells
House at New Albany, also for
the Hiniuan House at Mouroeton.
The llinman House has had a
license for years past but the Wells
House license is a new one, the
application having been refused
four years ago.—Towanda Review.
ASKS STATE AID TO
DRIVE OUT SNAKES
Kansan Has Killed 200 Reptiles
and Sees No Hope of
Victory.
HIS FAMILY IS ROUTED
State Board of Health Instructs Chem
ists to Devise Something That
Will Rid Farmer's Home of Pests—
House Infested With Blacksnakes.
1 Topeka, Kail. —Chemists have
worked out medicines which will drive
rats and mice and insects out or a
house, but none ever developed a
scheme that will drive snakes out.
The Kansas board of health has asked
the chemists of the State university
and Agricultural college to see if thty
cun find sometliing which will drive
blacksnakes out of the home of Theo
dore Herman at Beloit.
Herman has appealed to the board
for something which will let him live
in the house. He was driven out of
his home two weeks ago by black
snakes and has not been able to ex
terminate them yet, although he has
killed more than 200. The snakes are
apparently as thick as ever.
Herman is a prosperous farmer and
lives two miles from lieloit in a stonc
liouse, built many years ago. One aft
ernoon Mrs. Herman put her baby in
the go-cart preparing for a walk. Tlx
baby had broken its bottle that morn
ing and Herman was going to bring a
new one home that evening. A bowl o(
milk was placed in the bottom of th»
Snakes in Her Hat Box.
go-cart and the baby ate through a
long rubber tube.
Mrs. Herman left the baby in tht
hall while she went to the living room
to get her purse and hat. She heard
the baby laughing and thought some
of the neighbors had dropped in for a
visit. Site walked into the hall and
found two big blacksnakes eating the
milk in the baby's bowl.
.Mrs. Herman ran to the baby and
carried it in her arms while she went
back to get iter hat. Site found twc
more snakes in her hat box and an
other crawling up.the leg of the dress
ing table. Mrs. Herman was afraid tc
leave by the front door where she luwl
Been the two snakes eating her baby's
milk so she started out the kitchen
door and found three snakes hanging
from the sill. Mrs. Herman escaped
through a window and went to bet
mother's home.
When Mr. Herman came by his wife
stopped him and told of the snakes.
He went home, accompanied by his
wife's brother, to exterminate tin
snakes. Herman picked up what In
thought was a stick and the iirst thinj.
he knew he had a snake coiled around
his arm and hissing in his face. They
killed 20 snakes that night and havt
killed from six to thirty every day
since, but each day they lind the
snakes as plentiful as before.
No one knows where the snakes
came from or how they happened to
appear in such numbers and in this
house. Killing them does not erudi
cate them, so the state's chemists art
trying to find something that wil'
drive them out. Fumigating the house
with strong formaldehyde candles and
with sulphur failed to keep the snakes
out more than an hour. The Hermans
are living at the home of Mrs. Her
man's parents.
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LATEST NEWS OF
SONESTOWN.
A very pretty wedding \va s
solemnized in our town. Benjamin
Wilson marrying Mrs. Joseph
Bradley.
Lester Bondman, sister and Ester
Hertz took a sleigh ride last Sun
day. going to Muncy Valley a
i'ound by Worthington Hill and
returni.ig by way of Rabbit St.
Smith Bondman visited his
brother. Win. F. Bondman at Opps
last Tuesday.
A. Staii- drove to Hughes
ville last Sunday.
Everybody using ice should till
their ice house for the coming
season, | >nt in more than the aver
aye amount on account of Presiden
tial year—Hot Time.
Frank Sheets of Muncy drove to
t his place and visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Washington Sheets.
Daffodils.
If Jerry Laird lost his pocket
book would Helen Hunt for it?
If George K. Smith would stick
in the mud would Sam Kightinire ?
If the Mrs. quit, cooking would
Mart Shoemaker?
If John Steven's horse would
Buck would Bert Rider?
A Story is Told Like This.
A witness inn [railroad case was
asked to tell all in his own way
how the accident happened.
"Well Olc and 1 was walking
down the tiack, and I heard a
whistle and got oil' the track and
the train went by, and I got back
on the track and 1 didn't see Ole,
but 1 walked alongand pretty soon
1 seen one of Ole's legs, then 1
seen one of Ole's arms and then
mother leg. and then over on one
side Ole's head, and 1 says, my
<•«..! something must happened to
Ole." .
Her Drunken Papa Killetl By
Cars.
\\ fthiu sight of his little daugh
ter. who had failed to persuade
him to return home Wilson Mc-
Farlane. aged of Green Hiilye
street Scranton, was run down and
i list a II I y killed about 4 o'clock Mon
day afternoon by a Lackawanna
passenger train a short distance
from the Green Ridge station.
Wilson was a machinist by
trade and returned last Saturday
from a visit to the west. He had
been out drinking when his daugh
ter, aged l'J found liiin and plead
ed that lie return home. He
brushed her aside and a minute
later was struck and killed. The
gill threw herself on his lifeless
body, and had to he forced to
up her hold upon him. "A drunk
en brute," a bystander remarked
and the little girl screamed in
reply "lie's not : he's my papa."
Towanda Review.
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Clacked Corn 28.00 1.45
Corn -28.00 1.46
eaeli 6c with privilege of
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Wheat Bran 30.00 1 50
Fancy White Midds. 35.00 1:70
Oil Meal 42.00 2.10
(iluten 34.50 1.75
Alfalfa Meal 29.00 1.50
Oyster Shells 10.00 60
Brewers Grain ' 25.00 1.40~
Choice Cottonseed Meal 32.00 1.65
Luxury Flour sack I.UO
" . per bt(l. 4.05
Beef Scrap 3.00
Oats per bo. •; .60
Charuoal 50 lb sauk .60
Oyster Shells " .35
140 ll» bag Salt coarse or line .30
56 lb bag Salt .26
Buckwheat Flour 3.00
Slhumacher Flour . - sack 1.60
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Spring Wheat,,(Marvel) 1.70
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