Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-21

pcTIuit Va 1uC oSSoStOAp va ehtc es"sSs
this year, is considered doubtful.
A party of unemployed worklnen
marched through Scranton a few
days ago, and visiting a newspaper
office protested because highway
contractors would not displace
Hungarians and give them work.
1t is reported that work will COM
mence on the w. & N. B. R. r., at
Nordmont between the lst and 10th,
of April. Should this report prove
true Lake Mokoma will Immediately
take boom.
W. G. Mason and W. T. Watrous,
both of LaPorte, are engaged on the
W. & N. B., between Halls and
Williamsport. They are lunning a
line for the road between said
places.
The Y. w. G. r., assisted by the
Loyal Temperance Legion, will give
an entertainment consisting of music,
recitations and readings, in the NJ.
E. church at LaPorte, Friday even
ing March 28th, at 7:30 O'Clock. A
collection will be taken for the or
organization.
We call the attention of our read.
ers to the auditors notice published
elsewhere, fixing the time for dis
tributing moneys arising from the
sheriff sales of the property OF John
Appleman recently of Nordmont.
Hon. B. S. Collins of Dushore, is
auditor.
Judge Wright P. M, of Forks
vile, was the first agent of Uncle
Sam in Sullivan county to have in
stock a supply Of the new postage
stamps. The Judge has world
renown reputation of being up with
the times and he did not propose to
be licking the old while the new
were in market.
The prisoners, four in number.
who are confined in the Sullivan
county Jail do considerable loud
talking and singing which causes
vibration Of the Jail department.
One Of these fine mornings the peo-
pie of LaPorte will arrise to find the
entire structure collapsed. The
REPUBLICAN, will Immediately inform
the public of the racket. 49,
The undersigned will sell cheaply,
for cash, the kitchen and dinning
room furniture now in use at the
Clark house, LaPorte borc.-Con-
sisting of "Good Morning" range
No. 8, kitchen and extension tables,
dinning room chairs, dishes, kitchen
utensils etc. For information ap-
ply at the house of A. Logan Grim.
Mrs. ISABELLE STANLEY.
Thos. E. Kennedy Esq, who has
served in the position of head clerk
in the McFarlane & Co., store at the
LaPorte Tannery for many years,
resigned the same on Monday, and
is now engaged in looking after his
fathers interest at Hotel Kennedy.
Miss Bessie Wrede of LaPorte has
taken Mr.. Kennedy's position in the
store and will no doubt prove very
courteous and obliging clerk.
Mrs. E. 0. West of Stanardsville
Virginia, sister of Mrs. Russell Karns
of La Porte, died at her home in Va,
on Wednesday of last week, of
dropsy. Mrs. Karns and neice,
Miss Sadie Cole, of Benton, were
visiting deceased at the time of her
death and remained until after the
funeral which took place on Thurs
day March 18th, returning home on
Saturday.
s. Mead and son Charley Of La
Porte twp, have recently purchased
a shingle machine and will erect the
same on their farm about two miles
from LaPorte. The machine will
be run by an engine of eight horse
power which they are expecting
daily. Judging from the number of
shingle machines now under course
of construction in this vicinity, it is
only reasonable to presume that the
article can be bought for small
money in the future.