Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-10-03
Mrs. Maria Watkins and daught-

who has been i'll for several weeks,
is slightly better.
| Congress adjourned on Monday.
The vote on the tariff bill report
which was passed on Saturday stood
152 for to 81 against.
! Mrs. p. Z. Armstrong of Phila-
delphia, is visiting friends in Sulli-
van county. She paid her many
friends Of LaPorte call last week.
A little son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Rose of LaPorte, died on
Thursday of last week. Interment
in Mountain Ash cemetery, on Fri
day, Rev. j. F. Glass of Muncy
Valley officiating.
| That Mckinley tariff bull hurte
the English and when it gets through
on the Federal lines intended to be
protected by its ample provisions
there will be more than English
howl to account for.
Mr.. E. Phillips of Davidson twp,
caught a large black bear on the
mountain one day last week, the
largest that the oldest inhabitant of
that vicinity ever saw. He captured
him in large spring trap.
W. M. Keller of Williamsport, who
has accepted situation in the black
smith shop at this place, will take
up his quarters at LaPorte the lat
ter part of this week, and will oc-
cupy the Clark house, on Main st.
The Athens Neaos is an advocate
of the political kickers Of Bradford
county. The Republican party
does not apprehend, however, that
the Neaos will make striking change
in the result OF the count in No
vember.
| Capt. Chase's mother, Mrs. Chase,
of Wyalusing, has been spending the
Ipast few weeks with her son at
Eagles Mere. Mrs. Chase visited
friends at LaPorte Saturday and
Sunday returning to Wyalusing on
Monday.
Thomas Taylor, a respectable
colored man died at Lewisburg lately,
and his remains were borne to the
grave by six prominent lawyers,
among Others Hon. A. II. Dill. of
Philadelphia, in whose employ Tay-
lor had been for some time past.
Tie next thitig LaPorte needs is
a walk to the school house. 1t is
too much to ask the scholars to walk
the distance they will be compelled
to through mud and snow. We
have now school building that re-
fleets great credit on our town. Let
). the side walk be built and our school
facilities will be complete.
| A mishap occurred to Thos. Kang-
ley and Henry Donahoe of Lopez,
while driving out of town on Satur-
day. They were going at full speed
down the tannery hill when their
horse, which was young, kicked and
came down back of the cross piete.
The horse surged to get loose and
broke one fill and bruised its limbs
considerably. It was found to be
necessary to cut the harness before
they could losen the animal.
| We informed our readers some time
since that Lee Gavitt Esq, of La
Porte twp, would move to Philadel-
phia where he would attend medi-
cal institution this Fall. Last week
Mr.. Gavitt and family took the train
to the city, and after inqhiring the
lprice of rents &C., they concluded it
was to expensive and returned home
the next day. Lee has about made
Iup his mind that he will for the
present at least, continue farming.
| During the past two or three
weeks hen roosts and wood piles
have been robbed in LaPorte. The
Iguilty party or parties will run
|against snag one of these nights.
One good way of catching on to this
sneaking thief is to load one or more
Isticks ofwood with gun powder, plug
up the hole and the result will sure
lily follow and conviction will be
tcartain Tho low oood- -f0I N of hino