VOL. XVI. NO. 22 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN OOUNTY. 'Covnty Seat Local and Personal Events Tersely Told. F. M. Crossley spent last Friday at. Dushore. Harry and Nellie Hunter drove to Laporte Sunday. L. 11. Minner of Unityville is visiting friends in Laporte. Fred FitzPatrick of New Albany spent Tuesday in this place. Edith Brunner of Mm icy is visit ing Fanny Meylert this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lot of Tunkhan. nock spent Monday in this place. John Hassen was a caller in Will iamsport latter part of last week. Enos Peters of Nordmont was a business visitor in Laporte Monday. Miss Amie Knouse left for Niagara Falls Monday of this week. Mr. Scott of Muney was calling on friends in this place on Tuesday. E. E. McNull of Muney was a business visitor in this place Tues day. Mrs. Amos Little, of Nordmont is visiting at Laporte for a few days. W. C. Mason acted as Cashier of the bank during Mr. Lad ley' ab sence. Mrs. N. C. Maben went to Les tershire on Tuesday to spend a few weeks. B. F. Crossley and Win. Deiffen bach of Dushore spent Sunday in Laporte. Lewis Sones of West Pittstown was a business caller in Laporte Tuesday. J. H. Cronin, attorney for Sulli van County, spent Monday in Laporte. H. M. Hess of Berwick was calling on friends in this place on Tuesday. T. J. Keeler has put down a very nice con create walk in front of the M. E. Church. Fred Heaton, who has been at Masten for some time, is home for a few weeks. Raymond Shaffer left Monday morning for Nolans Camp, in quest of employment. Jacob Withon and son of Muney Valley was a business visitor in this place on Monday. Edward Ladley returned to La porte Monday after a short visit to Kenneth Square. D. Vargisou of Elkland was call ing on friends in town the fore part of this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hess of Benton were pleasing visitors in Laporte on Monday. Marjorie Mason returned to West Chester to finish the school term at the W. C. Normal. Miss H attic Crocker of Sayre is visiting in Laporte, as the guest of Miss Fanny Meylert. Rev. Doupe of Laporte, held ser vices in the New Chapel at Nord niynt on May the .'{(). Miss Helen Carpenter has gone to Dushore Monday morning to at tend school in that place. Mrs William Hassenplugand son of Milton are spending some time in this place, visiting friends. Attorney A. A. Leislier of Lewis burg, spent Tuesday looking over records at the Court House. Mrs. Herman Jacoby of Sattcrs fiehl, is the guest of William Shoe maker and family this week. Boyd Van Fleet of Kingston is visiting at the home of his grand mother, Mrs. Cheney at this place. Willard Bender, former Principal of the Laporte High school, was calling ou friends in Laporte on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edniinster and Mrs. M. A. Cheney of Binghaniton ve opened the Laporte cottage •* the summer. Henry Upman has returned home from Rosella Park, N. J., where he has been for sonic time working at carpentering. Emery Snyder, wife and child, Howard Park wife and children of Brook Kedron spent Sunday with John Knouse of this place. Republican News Item. County Commissioners George Broschart, Joseph Sick and Irvin Hottenstein were attending to the duties of their office Monday at Laporte. Wanted—A competent girl for tbe summer to do house work. Good wages, no washing. For Mrs. E. I\ Ingham, address Mrs. F. H. Ingham, Laporte, Pa. Mr. C. K. Sober of Lewisburg, was a business man at Laporte Tuesday. Mr. Sober lias a State wide reputation as a grower of chestnuts. His chestnut grove has over 400 acres with no other trees in it. C. I'. Breining of Williamsport, has moved into one of the Associa tion houses on Mnney street. Mr. Brenining intends [tutting in a saw mill above Nordmont, where he has purchased a tract of hardwood timber. Mrs. E. Louis Barrows who has been spending the winter at Phila delphia, had the misfortune to fall and break' her leg, is improving, and now able to get around on crutches and will soon be able to return home. Have you notices that the News Item is giving you a chance to get a Vacuum Cleaner and the News Item for one year for So. 00? This cleaner is the real thing, and if you are not satisfied with it you can have your money back. If you intend to get one order it now as we do not expect to keep this offer open but a short time longer. You cannot buy this cleaner or one as good for less then 810.00 in any other way. We want to impress upon you that if you want this clean er you must not put off ordering, for if we do not get enough orders within the specified time called for in our option the company will withdraw their offer. Do not be afraid to order for if not satisfied you can have your money back. EAGLES MERE. Mr- George ]{. Smith had his new barn raised May 31. Miss Nellie Wright mire is on the sick list. Mr. Thomas Booth has had the barn that used to stand on the Avery place moved to his own. The people from the city are com ing back fast. Mr. Walter Smith (if Lairdsville was a business caller in town Friday and Saturday. Mr. Hooper of Baltimore bought the Walter Smith place, and is hav ing his cottage repaired. The lailies have been very busy cleaning cottages for city people. I Phillip anil Llewellyn Smith spent Sunday in Lairdsville with their uncle Walter S. Smith Mr. Bert Bennett and family is visiting relativies here. Mr. 1\ rouse's dog has been hoard ing at Eagles Mere. The Kagles Mere Councilmen had so mueh business for June that they had to hold a meeting two nights in succession. CHILD WITH TWO HEADS Baby Born at Duryea Much Like the Siamese Twins A freak child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Delhoteh of Duryea, Luzerne county, ou Satur day, which in many respects paral leled the Siamese twins. The child had two heads, facing each other, four aijns and four feet and weigh ing 1 (impounds. It was dead when deleivercd. The attending physi cians at the birth were Dr. 11. L. Ransom of Pittston, and Dr. J. A. Burlington of Duryea. The extra heads and arms branch ed off one trunk. Both of the heads set on the shoulders, but instead of facing to ward the front, they faced each other. The feet also faced each other and the ten little toes almost touched. One set of hands grew out just above the other. The baby resembled the famous Siamese twins, other than the heads faced. Roth of the faces were ex tremely well shaped and rather pretty. All four of the legs were of the same size. The mother of the child has given birth to three children and all of them have been natural. Mrs. Delhoteh is doing nicely. Ihe doctors took charge of the child and it will be buried after photographs have been taken. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1912. BODY IDENTIFIED Young Man Killed Near Wyal using Proves to be Wil liam Jordon. William Jordon of West Pitts ton, was the young man who was killed by the cars near Wyalusing, one week ago last Sunday morning. His mother sister and aunt came to Wyalusing yesterday and establish ed the identity of the young man by the clothes, burial having been made in a shroud. Brothers of the young man were at work in the country twenty miles from West Pittston, read about the finding of the body on the tracks, reconized their brother as the un fortunate by the description and tato marks on the arm. Then they walked the 20 miles to West Pitts not and informed their mother. The relatives came to Wyalus ing, and completely established the indentity of the young man. Sol emn and impressive services were held at the grave, Rev. W. H. Deinorest officiating. It was one of the saddest sights that Wyalus ing people have seen in many a day, when the sorrowing relatives gathered around the grave for the last sad rights- William Jordon, the unfortunate young man, left his home in West Pittston togo to Corning, where he was to work for an uncle. His relatives supposed he boarded a passanger train, and are now of the opinion that he fell off the train. ALL TITLES CLEARED UP Transfer of Land for Peniten tiary Will be Made Soon Bellefonte, April 29. Every title for the land selected for the site for the new state penitentiary, in Benur township, by John Frances, war den, and the prison commission has now been cleared up, even to the release of the ore rights on one or more tracts, and everything is in readiness for the conveyance of the land: It is asserted upon good author ity that all the necessary papers have been passed upon by the at torney general, the warrants drawn for the payment of each seperate tract, and that it is likely that the deal will l>e closed within a week or ten days. As soon as this is done work will IM> started on the building to l>e used as a temporary home for the convicts, who will be used for most of the work in erect ing the new institution. SONESTOWN. The State Road Surveyors, seven in number, just left the Sonestown hotel where they have been stop ping for the last week, are now on their way to Laporte. Mr. and Mrs. Lot of Lunkhan nock, were stopping in Sonestown over Sunday. Miss Opal Watson is on the sick list at. this writing. Mr. James C. Deinninger along with two other gentleman from Harrisburg are stopping a week at the Sonestown Rod and Gun Club shanty on Loyal Sock. The Welliver Heading Co. has l)Oiight the Breitmeyer timber be low town, and Mr. John Temple is the contractor that iscutting off the timber, with A. L. Armstrong stocking it. Mr A. L. Armstrong and Hon. Judge Welliuer of Exchange were out to Celestia and moved part of a saw mill to our town on a road wagon and one horse. ♦ ♦ ♦ Wanted, Rags, Scrap Iron, Etc. I pay highest prices for Rags, Scrap Iron, Rubbers, all, kinds of Metals, etc. Drop me a card and I will call. Morris Shelnelz, La porte, Pa. ACT OF ASSEMBLY Supplementary to "An act for the taxation of dogs and the pro tection of sheep," approved the twenty-fifth day of May, Anno Do mini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; requiring all dogs to wear a collar to be provided by the owner, together with a tag to be attached thereto showing pay ment of tax, said tag to be provided by the commissioners; imposing certain duties upon constables, tax collectors and county commission ers: and providing for the killing of dogs whose owners fail to comply with this act and the act to which this is a supplement; and providing penalities for failure to comply with the provisions of this act. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter all dogs, made tax able by the act to which this is a supplement, shall be required to wear, at all times, a substantial collar, ti> which shall be attached tag hereinafter mentioned; said collar to be furnished by the owner of said dog or dogs; and said tag to he furnished by the county com missioners, and to be paid for by them out of the fund realized from the taxation of dogs. Section 2. The county commis sioners of the several counties shall prepare and furnish, annually, to the several tax collectors of the county metal tags, to l>e given by said tax callectors to the owners of dogs when said owners shall pay the tax assessed upon said dogs. Upon one side of said tags shall be stamped, in raised letters, the fol lowing, "Dog taxfor (naming the year): paid." Section 3. At the time of pay ment of dog tax by the owner of such dog, the tax collector shall give to said owner one of said tags, prepared for the year for which said tax is paid; which said tag shall thereupon be attached to the collar of the dog for which said tax was paid by the owner of said dog. Section 4. Should the owner of any dog or dogs neglect to pay the tax assessed for said dog or (logs, and to comply otherwise with the provisions of this act, it shall im mediately thereafter be the duty of the proper tax collector to give written notice to said owner that if lie fails to pay said tax, and also to comply with tl/e provisions of sec tions one and three of this act as to the collar and tag required to be woren, within ten days, or kill his dog himself within said time, that saiil dog will thereupon l>e killed by the constable of the proper dis trict: Provided, That for the notice written and mailed or delivered, under this provision, the said tax collector shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-live cents, which amount shall be paid to him by the county commissioners at the time of the next settlement of accounts between said officer and the county commissioners. For failure of the tax collector to perform his duty under the requirements of this sec tion, he shall be liable to a penalty of two dollars in each case, which amount shall be deducted iu any settlement occuring between said officer and the county commission ers. Section 5. In cases of default by any such owner as to comply with the requirements of this act, and , particulary with section four as to ' payment of tax, wearing collar and tag, and killing his said dog, it shall thereupon be the duty of the : tax collector of said district, and shall also he the right and privilege , of any citizen of the proper district ' to notify t he proper constable of the said district of such failure and de fault, and that it thereupon be- : comes the duty of said constable to kill said dog. And in either case, . it shall thereupon be the duty of such constable to kill all such dogs; ! ai d for such service said constable ! shall be entitled to receive for each i dog killed and buried, cremated, or otherwise legally disposed of, by , him,, from the county commission ers, out of the fund realized from ' the taxation of dogs, the sum of one dollar. For failure to perform 1 his offical duty under the provisions of this section, the constable shall be liable to a penalty of two dollars for each offense, which said amount shall be deducted from any amount due such constable from the county at the next settlement between such officer and the county commission ers. Section 0. Every person keep ing a dog or dogs about his house or premises, permitting such dog or dogs to stay al>out his house or premises, shall be taken and (leem ■ ed to be the owner of such dog or dogs, for all the purposes of this act; and shall be liable for the as sessed valuation of such dog or dogs, as the case may be; the same to be recovered as are other taxes imposed in this Commonwealth. Section 7. All dogs not wearing the collar and tag required by the provisions of this act are hereby de clared to be a public nuisance; and such dog may be killed at any time Iby the owner of lands within the Commonwealth, or the bona fide tenant upon lands within the Com monwealth, or by the employe of either owner or tenant upon whose lands such dog may be found, and the owner of such dog so killed shall have no recourse at law what ever. Section 8. All acta or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved—The 15th davof June, A. D. 1911. JOHN K. Tknkii. Hughesville—Milton Couple to Marry Milton, June 3. —Invitatios have been issued for the wedding of Miss Alice Reiland Andrews, daughter of Mrs Ida F. Lainine, of East Broadway, and Clinton W. Swank, of Hughsville, Wednesday even ing, June 12. Miss Andrews has been a teacher in the Milton public schools for a number of years and has many friends at this place. FOR SALE One team of Matched Black Horses 4 and ,'> years old, weight, 2,000 lbs. Will sell t'"'ether or single. Inquire of John Hassen, Hotel Bernard, Laporte, Pa. Pecular Insects Visit Eagles Mere Residents at Eagles Mere are be ing troubled by a species of lly which they are unable to locate in books on zoology and would welcome any one who would Ixs able to classify these insects which make walking dangerous without a helmet and in sect guard. Starting at the Valley from Sones town to Eagles Mere along the Eagles Mere railroad, the bugs can be seen and as one approaches the town of Eagies Mere they l»ecome more plentiful. One resident of that section described the mass be ing a cross between a dragon fly and a Curtiss biplane. The bugs are the color of dust and have long beaks that resemble somewhat those of the New Jersey mosquito. The mosquito contents itself with sucking blood but this new insect is more active. It takes its prey with it and iu a quiet spot eats its fill and then returns for more. FEARLESSLY ATTACKS PERSONS The bugs fly directly at a person and in a quick move sinks its beak in the flesh and with a movement not unlike a dog when it tears meat from a bone, it pulls its bit of hu man meat from the body and gets away with it before the attacked party has time to retaliate. The holes left by the bug's in roads are being plugged with tal low, so deep are they. Sores have resulted from the bites and phy sicians are keep busy perscribing salves and ointments to counteract the action of the sting. One man was seen with his arms covered with these bite and he said the pain is severe at times Fortunately none of the insects have made their way towards Laporte. Will Buy Wool I wish to announce that I am buying washed and unwashed wool. I am paying 22 cts per lb. in trade, 20cts per lb. cash. Washed wool 1 28 cts per lb. Wolf Socks, Laporte, Pa. 75C PER YEAR C. S. DAUBERMAN, EDITOR Laporte Borough Audit Auditor's report of the tinanclal standing of Laporte Borough, roa<l and |ioor districts, lor the year ending March, 11, 1912. T. J, Keeler, Collector, for the year ending March, 11,1912. Road Kunds. Dr. Or. 1911 To total amount of duplicate &1tM.79 Amt, due from T. J. Keeler, 1910.. . 15 49 By Treasnrer's receipt 511577 5 per cent Rebate on $126.06 6|so 5 i>er cent Commission on 119.76, Collected 599 Treasurer's receipt 40 27 Exonerations Allowed 1/25 Reul Kstate Returned 5 50 5 per cent for returning 85.50 *2B Baianoe due from T. J. Keeler, Col. 26^92 *200.28 J2OO/ A. H. Buschhaiwen, Treasurer for the year t ing March 11, 1912. Road Funds. Dr. Cr 1911 amount due from A. H. Buschhauseu shown by last audit 8454.18 Received from T. J. Kueler, Col 113.77 Auditor Gen 1.99 County Treas 232.80 " T. J. Keeler, Col 40.27 By Borough Orders Reedemed §428.28 " Treas. Com. 2 uer cent ob $428.23, 8.56 " Bal. in hands of Treasurer 406.22 $843.01 Laporte Borough in account with T. J. Keeler, Collector, for the year ending March 11, 1912. Poor Funds. Dr- Cr. 1911 To total amount of duplicate, $73.76 " Treasurer's Receii* $44.98 " 5 per cent Rebate on $49.84 2,49 " 5 |H-r cent Com. on $47.35 Collected, 2.87 " Exonerations Allowed .50 " Real Kstate Returned 2.18 " 5 per cent. Com. for returning s2.lß .11 '• Treasurer's Receipt 10,00 '• Overpayment as shown by audit .22 " Amount due from T. J. Keeler.. 10.91 $73.76 73.76 F. H. Ingham, Treasurer, for the year ending March 11,1912, Poor Funds. Dr' Cr To Amount reed, from T. J. Kee1er...544.98 •' County Trea-. ...7.49 T. J. Keeler 10.00 By Orders redeemed $54.37 " Interest paid K. L. Sweeney .50 " Amount due T. J. Ingham .06 •' Balance in hands of Treasurer 7.54 $62.47 $62. i7 Statement showing resources and {liabilities of Laimrtc Borough Road and Poor District for the year ending March 11, 1912. Road Funds. Rescources Liabilities. Due from A. H. Buschhausen $406.22 Real Estate Returned 47.67 " Alphonsus Walsh 45.05 T. J. Keeler, Col 26'92 Amount of orders outstanding ' $ 6.3S Resources in excess of Liabilities 518.53 $525.86 $525.86 Poor Funds. Resourses Liabilities Due from F. H. Ingham Treas. $7.54 " T. J. Keeler. Col 10.91 Real Estate Returned 4.78 " R. A. Conklin, Col. 1902 ..2.86 A. E. Tripp, Col. 1903 2.90 By " to T. J. Keeler, Overpayment .22 By Resources in excess of Liabilities 28.77 $28.99 $28.99 We the undersigned Auditors of Laporte Bor ough, Pennsylvania hereby certify that we have audited, adjusted and;settled the several accounts above set forth anil find the same to be correct, as the same ap|<carx fully set forth and itimized in this foregoing report. Witness our hands this twelfth day of March A. D. 1912. wmain h k! Sason. } Borough Auditors. MUNCY VALLEY Mrs. J. Stackhouse wa i a Ilughes ville caller Friday and Saturday. Misses Nellie Jillson, and Tressa <iansel has gone to Eagles Mere to work for the summer. Mrs. William Bay and Mr. Jor dou of North Mountain called at the home of their sister, Mrs. Joseph Harris at this place. Miss Martha Jawkouskey who has been at Newark N. J. for the past year returned home last Mon day. Mrs Scarbaek and children of Newark N. J. are visiting at the home of Peter Jawkousky. Mr. Lynn Stackhouse and Murle Jillson were visiting relatives at Hillsgrove over Sunday. Miss Margaret Jillson has return ed to her home at this place, afte spending a few weeks at Hillsgrov Childrens, Day Services will l»e held Sunday evening, June the 9. Miss Elsie Palmatier returned Saturday to her home in Hillsgrove after spending a few weeks with her grandmother in this place. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Brady Houseknect a daughter Saturday. Ice cream, Peanut Candy, Pine Apples, Oranges, Bananas Lemons, etc. at the New Confectionary store, -Saturday evening at Muncy Valley. Broke His Leg. Joseph Vitka,of Bern ice, is at the Williamsport hospital suffering from a fractured leg, sustained Monday morning when he went to part his two brothers from who were lighting. One of the brothers pushed Joe, who slipped and fell down a bank breaking his right leg. Last night he was resting quietly, the member having been set.
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