Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-09

a competent workman to look after
his shop.
John P. Kennedy of Lopez re-
Gently disposed of gold watch
valued at $25 by lottery. He sold
40 tickets and the lucky number
was A and was held by Benjamin G..
Speary of Nordmont. We con-
gratulate Ben on his good luck.
Mr.. John Hassen of LaPorte who
recently mourn the death of his wife
has broken up house keeping. His
two older children Ella and Lizzie
are attending the Sisters school at
Dushore and the two younger,
Master Johnnie and Agnes are be-
ing cared for by relatives in Cherry.
You can get boss meal of vitals
at the Warburton House in Forks
vile for the small sum of 25c. For
proof of this assertion we refer you
to J. K. Bird, M. 81. Sayraan, Ed
ward Warburton David Molyneux
or j. j. Low, all of whom took din-
| ner al said Hotel on Saturday last.
John E. Gallagher of Cherry left
for Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday last
where he has accepted good situa-
tion as stenographer in a large
wholesale grocery house. The situ-
alton was secured him by his
uncle who resides at or near said
place.
Michael NJ. Fiester and his mother
of LaPorte twp, are about to enter
into litigation over property owned
by the family in said township.
This is too bad, and we trust that
the difficulty may be settled ami
cably before entering the courts of
Justice.
Our Dushore correspondent was
absent from the metropolis of the
county last week enjoying a trip
down the L. ", and in consequence
we did not receive communication.
he returned recently, however, and
fayors us with letter this week
which will be greatly appreciated by
our many readers.
Death has been busy among the
Democratic leaders this year. Lewis
G. Cassidy, S. S. Cox, Samuel j.
Randall and James h. Beck-all
specialists in politics, all distinctive
ly able men on the lines along which
Democracy battles, men of honest
convictions and earnest in duty
have answered the last call.
During visit to one of the bust.
ness places in the Borough of Forks
vile on Saturday, we learned that
Guss Smith of Forksville, who has
previously been numbered among
the candidates for the office of Treas
urer, subject to the decision of the
Democratic Convention, has about
given up the idea of Icing a can
didate.
The good people of Forksville are
about making preparations to repair
and beautify their cemetery A
committee meeting composed of the
following members, viz: NJ. R.
Black, John G. Wright, David Osler,
R. D. Lancaster, Isaac Rogers and
FL. w. Gilbert, meet in the school
house at said place for the purpose
ofreporting the necessary repairs,
on Saturday last.
The sixteen thousand shoemakers
who ale now on a strike in the city
of Berlin demand $3.50 per week for
ten hours work per day. When
skilled mechanics strike in the Uni.
ted States it is for about that amount
pei day. That is one of the differ
ences between the United States
and Germany.
We learned Of a business man of
Lopez on Tuesday that the L. v.
engineer corps were surveying line,
commencing at Lopez, down Loyal
Sock to Rings where they will con-
meet with the old survey to Dohm's
Summit. The gentleman who inform
ed us said that he had had conver-
sation recently with one of the L. v.
officials who inferred during the con-