Republican News Item.
VOL. XYI. NO. 29
THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OP SULLIVAN COUNTY.
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I COUNTY SEAT
I LOCAL AND PERSONAL |
I EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD §
B. F. Crossley of Dushore spent
Sunday with his parents in Laporte.
Dr. S. H. Scott ami family of
Coatesville arrived Thursday even
ing.
Misses Jean Pen nock and Evelyn
Francis spent Wednesday in \\ il
liamsport.
]\rr. S. Jones Philips made a
business trip to Kennett Square
last week.
Misses Marjorie and lona Mason
were Williamsport shoppers one
day last week.
Mr. John Voorhees of Kennett
Square is visiting his sister, Mrs.
S. Jones Philips.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Payne of
Athens arrived as the
House Tuesday.
Alpohonsus Walsh, Esq., of Du
shore attended to legal business at
the Court House on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Edmister
of Biughaniton have arrived at the
Cheney cottage for several weeks.
George Ilill, Lawyer Wilson of
Towanda and Ray Wilcox of New
Albany an toed to Laporte last
week .
Mr. Chas. R. Lauer and sou
Curtis of Lock Haven spent a day
or two last week with relatives
here.
Mrs. James Strohl and daughter
Eugenia of Meyerstow n are visiting
Mrs. K. E. Wrede, Mrs. Strohl's
mother.
Mr. Nelson Barrows of New
York City spent a few days with
his sister in this place, Mrs. E. P.
Ingham.
Messrk C. M. Pen nock, S. Jones
Philips and E. P. Ingham were
business visitors in Williamsport
Wednesday.
Larue Starr and brothers, Elery
and Bennie of Picture Rocks are
visiting their grandparents and
other friends.
Mrs. Albert F. Heess and daugh
ter Alberta, with friends from Pic
ture rocks, are spending a week at
Highland Lake.
Boyd Iligley of Roselle Park, N.
J. is visiting his grand-parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Higley in this
place for a few weeks.
Mr. Lyle Mahaffey of Sugar Hill
spent several days this week very
pl< msantly with his uncle, Samuel
Mahaffey and family.
Mr. A. C. Jinkins of Celestia
was a caller at this office Monday
bringing with him a pail of choice
cherries for the editor and family.
A. R. Conkln of Picture Rocks
took advantage of the excursion on
Thursday to call on friends and
transact some business at the
County Seat.
The Village Improvement Society
wishes to express its appreciation
for the two lamps erected on the
Court House square by contribu
tions from A. F. Hess, Sheriff Cott,
J. 11. Cronin, Albert Helsman,
Irvin Hottenstein,Geo, Brouschart
and Joseph Sick.
The latest arrivals' at the Moun
tain House arc the following: Mrs.
Chas. B. Lamborn, Mrs. Chas.
Carey, Frederick Carey, Duer
Reynolds, Miss Margaret Wicker
sham and Mrs. Wm. Voorhees
and daughter Sarah of Kennett
Square; Miss Josephine Moore of
Trenton, N. J., and Miss Nellie
Hoover of Cleveland, O.
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Mrs. Helen Boise Hunsicker pre
sented two large lamps to the Vil
lage Improvement Society one to
be erected at the corner of Cherry
and Birch streets and the other in
the centre of the park. The park
lamp was installed for the benefit
of the children who play much in
the park at night, and has a tend
ency' to remove the congestion from
the streets.
Among the guests at the Moun
tain House are Mrs. Lamborn and
Mrs. Caro\ of Kennett Square.
These ladies are sisters of the late
Bavard Taylor, poet, novelist travel
er and diplomot, whose writings
made the name of Kennett Square,
where he was born in 1825 and
spent a considerable portion of his
life, famous throughout the world.
The ladies express themselves de
lighted with Mokoma, which they
term a little Switzerland, and they
will 110 doubt return for another
summer.
SOWESTOWN.
Mr. D. 11. Loral 1 is staking off
the foundation for a very large
dwelling house on Main street.
Mr. Henry Richie has the job of
skidding the Breitmeier tract for
the Welliver Heading factory.
Mr. John Kiess was taken to the
Williamsport hospital last Monday
morning for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gardner of
l'ine Summit was over to visit, his
cousin, Smith Boudinan, at the
Sonestown hotel over Sunday.
Messrs. George Kiess and Hen
Speary went fishing back at the
Loyal Sock two weeks ago and we
heard that they would like to come
home I>iit they could not get their
shirts on on account of fish hones i
sticking out.
There was a man in town Satur
day last with a load of hay and he
said he had just sold cow for half
price as he only got $70.00 for her,
lie said many a time his wife
milked the cow and got a tub full
of milk and said after his wife would
let the milk stand over night and
churn it next morning she could
not get the butter back in the same
tub that she milked in. The man
is supposed to be a truthful man
and as he is a very large man 1
dont think I would he safe to tell
him I did not quite believe it.
Mr. J. W. Laird and Mr. A. T.
Armstrong have sold their horse
lot it get away from them and it
went to Muncy Valley and from
there to Stone House toward Kagles
Mere and then came, over through
by Ben Worthington's and return
ing to Holiest own by way of Rabbit
street, and then very near running
over two or three men in Hones
town. They got it cornered head
first, I mean with the head toward
the men and caught it and took it
home and I think the men thought
they were getting something worth
a whole lot of money for a little bit
of coin, and they brought the horse
back and Mr. Armstrong and Mr.
Laird declared that they were both
afraid of it and they made them
take it home again. We think they
wanted it to peddle huckleberries
and the horse could not stand the
rattle of nickles and dimes and
went to kicking something awful,
now we don't know that it even
raised a hoof for Armstrong and
Laird for Mr. Armstrong said he
never saw anything wrong with the
horse, only he was afraid togo in
the field to get it and they sold it
just as it run.
MUNCY VALLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Charles of Wil
liamsport are visiting relatives in
this place.
Miss Pearlo Jillson of Williams
port is visiting her mother, Mrs.
L. F, Jfllson in this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palmatier
and daughter Elsie of Hillsgrove
are visiting the former's mother,
Mrs. J. Stackliouse.
Mr. and Mrs. William Moran
and little daughter of this place
were calling on Laporte friends on
Sunday.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN PA. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1912.
Misses Celia Dona von, Rosa
Scarback, Martha Jankousky en
joyed a beautiful walk to Laporte
Sunday.
Mrs. M. Donavon was visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Fries at
Laporte over Sunday.
Miss Pearl Jillson spent Sunday
at Eagles Mere with her sister
Nellie.
Mrs. Margaret Mapse and grand
daughter, Grace Hamilton, return
ed to their home at Marsh Hill,
after spending a few weeks at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. S. F.
Jillson.
Miss Murle Jillson is on the sick
list.
FQRDfviONT.
Mrs. Jane Masteller is visiting
her brother, T. J; Keeler at
Laporte.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunter have
returned to their home at Fair
mont Springs, alter spending some
time with friends in Sonestown and
this place.
Miss Edna Jones spent several
days last week with friends in
1 inshore.
Misses Clara and Edith Morris
spent Sunday in Sonestown.
Miss Ha /.el Newman of Williams
port has been spending several days
with Mr. Scott Wielnndand foiuily.
A. P. Wieland and family ar
rived Monday night from Harris
burg and are visiting the former's
brother. Mr. Scott Wieland and
family.
The body of Lucius Fritz, who
died in the Williamsport hospital
Saturday morning, was brought to
t his place Sunday. Funeral services
were held in the M. E. Church at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Inter
ment was made in Cherry Grove
cemetery.
Mr. Ernest Botsford has return
ed to Crosby, where he has em
ployment.
CELESTIA
Groat Excitement at 'Mike"
Walls "Hen Camp." Hons all
talking at once. "Mad as hornets"
at last they stopped for want of
breath. The-Boss Rooster says—
"Why ! what is the matter Bid
dies?" Every day laying "Mary"
replied. "A great monster, with
hair on his lip; told lis, he would
cut our heads oil, if we didn't stop
laying eggs nights and all around
on the floor, instead of in the nests,
"1 hope he will step on some more
and slip down agoin." We do lay
in the nests, but it is too hot work
for two at one time. Boss Rooster
—"the next time he does it, you
all rush at him and 'Hen Peck'
him.
Chorus —"You bet we will."
"Pet" sings out "But there is a
little angel, wears a robe reaching
to her feet conies in often and gives
us nice things to eat and drink we
call her 'allright."
B. R. —"I am proud of you Bid
dies—and our more than 500 child
ren, we must look out those line
chicks don't vanish soon. J.
Eating Own Children
St. Petersburg, July 22.—Canni
balism is prevalent in the famine
stricken district of Russia according
to ollicial reports, received by
government. Parents, >1 riven mad
by stravation, are eating the bodies
of their own children.
At a small village in southern Rus
sia one peasant killed his entire
family of four, one by one, and ate
his victims. He subsequently con
fessed an 1 was knouted to death.
Coats— Reibsam
Mr. Charles Coats and Miss Bessie
Reibsan, both of Lopez, were united
in marriage by L. J. Lowry, Justice
of the peace, at Mildred, on July (i
Sherman —Fawcett
At the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fawcett,
in Forksville, Tuesday, July I), at
4 o'clock p. in., occurred the mar
riage of their daughter, Mary Ann
Fawcett to Donald Bane Sherman
of Overton, by Rev. S. I). Wilcox
of Wosleyan Methodist church.
Mr. Sherman has secured a good
position in Fayette, lowa. They
left New Albany Wednesday morn
ing for their new home in the west.
A few of their relatives attended
the wedding and enjoyed the sump
tons supper that followed. Their
many friends wish them a prosper
ous journey and happy life.
Brown —Helsman
On July IS, 15)12, Mr. Sherman
V. Brown and Miss Lucy Helsman.
both of Mildred, were united in
marriage at the Episcopal Rectory
by the Rev. Charles H. Doupe.
Mr. Brown is an employ of the
Council Mining Company, while
the bride is a daughter of County
Treasurer Joseph A. Helsman.
HELD UNDER SSOO BAIL
Montgomery Man Charged
With Polluting Waters
of Black Hole Run
Aid Sliick, of Montgomery, was
held under 8500 bail for court on a
charge of polluting the waters of
Black Hole Hun, by Alderman
Batzle, Monday morning. Sliick
was arrested by Constable Zealor
Sunday upon information of M. E.
Sliaunghenessy, special officer and
inspector of the state department
of health.
Slack's home is along the banks
of a small stream that runs into
the larger body of water. It is
from this that a portion of Mont
gomery's supply of water is taken.
The borough has recently under
gone a typhoid epidemic, at which
time state authorities ordered a
careful treatment of all drinking
water. It is believed that some of
the infection may have come from
Shiek's place.
Death of Patrick Walls
Patrick Walls, of Cherry, was
taken suddenly ill on Monday of
last week, at about 1 o'clock a. in.
with heart trouble and died before
a doctor could reach hint. Mr.
Walls was a son of Patrick Walls,
one of the early settlers on Ringer
Hill near Cherry Mills. I'he de
ceased was a single man 35 years
of age. He was the only surviving
member of the family, an aunt kept
house for him. The funeral was
held last Wednesday morning. In
terment was made at St. x Basils
cemetary at Dushore.
Railroad Cop Kills Boy
John Kries, aged 25, a special
oflicer for the Lackawanna railroad
company, shot and killed 15 year
old John Henighan, of North
Scranton, at Chinchilla, aScranton
suburb, Sunday night, July 14.
Young Henigan was one of a party
of fifteen boys returning from a
swimming pond near (Jlenburn.
They stole a ride on a Lackawanna
freight train and when it slowed up
at Chinchilla, Kries, who happen
ed to see them, ordered them off.
One of the boys resisted and ac
cording to Kries' story, he pulled
his revolver and at the same time
drew his billy. The gun was ae
cidently discharged, he declares,
and young Henighan was shot
through the heart. Ths other boys
overpowered Kries, handcuffed him
and took him to the North Scranton
police station at the point of his
own gun.
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Flames at Sunbury Destroy
Brewery, Loss over $15,000
Sunbury, July 22. Fire at 2:15
; o'clock this morning at the J. it A.
I Moesclilin Brewery at Sixth and
! Packer Streets here destroyed the
power plant and partically consum
ed the ice house and old ferment
| ingplant,entailing a loss of SI S,LOU.
The loss is not covered by insur
| ance as the policy carried by the
company had expired Saturday and
was to have been renewed today.
Frank Haugliton,a fireman, was
badly cut on the left wrist when
broken glass severed one of his art
eries. He was taken to the hospi
tal.
The fire was discovered by the
night watchman in the boiler room
and an alarm was sent into the
local department sit about 2:o0
o'clock, but owing to the alarm
system being out of order the de
partment was misinformed of the
location of the fire and did not
reach the scene of the conflagration
until nearly an hour when Julius
Moesclilin, one of the proprietors
succeeded in reaching the depart
ment by telephone.
When the fireman finally arrived
the flames had such headway, de
spite the fact that brewery em
ployes had fought them with hose
kept for that purpose at the brew
ery. that the ice house, in which
the brewery made its own ice, was
entirely destroyed when a tank of
ammonia exploded,aiding the flames
in their work.
The plant will be rebuilt immedi
ately.
Cloud Burst and Lightning
Worst in Half Century.
Sunbury American, July 1 9. •»
One of the fiercest rain and
thunder storms in years pessed over
this section Wednesday afternoon.
The rainfall was next thing to a
cloudburst and water fell in torrents.
The lightning zigzaged across the
heavens in long streaks, and the
thunder, deep-toned, was almost
continuous in volume.
Thousands of dollars worth of
damage was done to fai niers' fields,
the railroads, trolley, telephone
and telegraph companies. Many
people said it was the worst storm
in many years.
At Dornsife, in the agricultural
section, south of this place, it is
said, hail fell in large quanities
some being pieces of ice as big as a
base-ball.
Many fields of hay and corn were
ruined and several houses were
badly damaged.
The storm seemed to be a veritable
cloudburst so heavy was the fall
of rain. At times one could
bareley see across the downpour.
The Susquehanna raised percept-'
ibly in side of an hour, and all of
the smaller streams were bank full
and some of tlieni overflowed.
It start to the west and seemed
to confine itself between Winlield
and Herndon, there being but little
rainfall at either of these places
East to a point above Snyder
town,went down through the valley
valley to tin* right where it spent
its fury. The oldest residents say
that it was the worst thy have seen
iinnany years.
Drives 20 Miles For Life
in Vain
Bloomshurg, July 23.—Amos
Johnson, a well known farmer of
Deny Church, Anthony township,
Montour county, died at the hos
pital here of cancer of the liowels
soon after a 20 mile drive taken
with the hope of finding relief when
arriving. Even before starting it
was realized that his condition was
critical, but he insisted on the
journey. When the cot. on which
he laid was lifted out at the hospital
it was plain that death was near.
He expired shortly after.
The trouble made itself known
about a month ago.
New-York's vote may be spurned
in a convention, but it will loom up
as a most important quanity in an
i actual election.
75C PER YEAR
C. S. DAUBERMAN, EDITOR
SAVES HUSBAND PROM
WILD OAT
Lock Haven, July 19. Mrs.
Frank Watt, who, with lier hus
band, lives in the wilds of the
Kettle Creek county, eight miles
up the mountain from Westport,
Clinton county, is being acclaimed
a heroine as a result of an adven
ture in which she saved her hus
band's life in a hand-to-hand en
counter which he had with a huge
catamout in a clearing in front of
their mountain home.
A party of Lock Haven Elks are
camping in tents a short distance
below the Watt cabin. Mr. Watt,
familiarly known as "Pokey," has
been a frequent visitor to the tents
of the campers. He left camp about
dusk last night and shortly after
wards the campers were startled to
hear two reports of a rifle from up
the creek. Then came a fusillade
which started the fishermen on a
run up stream.
As the men came in sight of the
Watt home they saw Watt lacerat
ed and bleeding, 011 his back.
Laying across his chest was a huge
catamount in its death throes.
Mrs. Watt was found unconscious
on her door step with a Winchester
rifle clutched tightly in her hand.
The woman was the first to re
cover. She said she had gone to
front door just in time to see the
animal spring from a tree as Watt
stepped into the clearing. She
seized the rifle and fired. The ball
struck the catamount, but with a
cry of rage and pain it renewed the
attack with increased fury. A
moment later she fired again, but
feeling her strength waning the
woman fired several shots wildly
in the air, hoping to summon help
from the Elks' camp. Then she
fainted. The second shot had en
tered the eye of the catamount. A
messenger was dispatched to West
port for a physician who made the
trip up the mountain on horseback
and cauterized Watt's wounds.
Racing Dates In Pennsylvania
The 1912 horse racing dates have been
claimed aw follows in Pennsylvania:
Bradford, July 15 to July 19
Krie, July 22 to July 2(1
Corry July 29 to August 2
Oreensburg, July .'>o to August 2
Pittsburg, August 5 to August 10
Belleveron, August 6 to August 9
Kittanning, August 13 to August 10
Titusville, August 19 to August 23
Butler, August 20 to August 23
Dawson, August 20 to August 24
Conneaut, August 26 to August 30
Apollo, August 27 to August 30
Lebanon, August 27 to August 30
Wavnesville August 28 to August 30
Indiana, September 3 to September 6
Pottsville, September 3 to September 6
Washingtout September 5 to Sept. 7
Punxsutawney, September 10 to 13
Wilksbarre, September 10 to Sept. 13
Brookville, September 17 to Sept. 20
Carmichaeis, September 17 to Sept. 20
Hanover, September 17 to Sept. 20
Nazareth, September 17 to Sept 20
Allentown, September 24 to Sept. 27
Clarion. September 24 to September 27
Dayton. October 1 to October 4
York, October 7 to October II
Dubois, October 8 to October 11
llughsville, Octobers to October II
Newport, October 8 to October II
Bloomsburg Officer Quits Job
Before Case is Heard.
Bloomsburg, July '24.—Throw
ing his budge, keys an«l hand-cuffs
011 the council table with the re
mark. "There's no reason to make
a fool out of any one, by chewing
over the affair. The job isn't
worth it,'' former police officer,
William Lei by, resigned from the
force in council meeting Tuesday
evening before Peter Kline, chief
witness in the prosecution of the
charges of evasion of duty against
the officer, had time to testify.
Recovering From
Rattler's Bite
St. Mary's, July 215.--Kay Trum
bull, the young Elbon man who
was bitten by a rattlesnake last
week and has Iteen in a critical
condition since, is somewhat im
proved and unless some unforeseen
developments set in he has a chance
for recovery. The swelling in his
leg has begun to subside and he is
now able to move it slightly. His
mind, however, has not entirely
cleared and he is still subject to
attacks of delirium.