Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

principal OF the Forksville graded
school, spent Sunday with his par
ents at the county seat.
| Word comes to the county seat
that County Com. Chas. Hugo, who
we reported last week as being i'll
with pneumonia, is much worse and
his recovery doubtful.
j. II. Thomas of IaPorte who
formerly occupied the Finch dwell
ling on Muncy St., is now quartered
III the Clark homestead on Main St.
He took possession of the latter on
the 1st of April.
Five or six carpenters and me-
chanics are now engaged at work on
the new school house. The work of
completing this structure will be
pushed through as rapidly as pos
sible by contractor, T. j. Keeler.
The heaviest gun in the world has
just been finished by Krupp for the
Russian Government. 1t weighs
1875 tons, is 40 feet long and is 6k
feet in diameter in the widest part.
1t will have a range of Ii miles.
Daniel Pierce, who was sentenced
to 80 days in the county Jail last
court, for larceny, was released by
! the county Commissioners, on Fri
day last and took his departure for
Forksville, from whence he came.
Born pair of twins TO Mr.. and
Mrs. J. 2. Little of Nordmont, on
Thursday last. The little girl died.
The boy is getting along nicely and
promises to grow up to be a man.
The mother is reasonably well.
Mrs. John Hassen of LaPorte,
who has been i'll for some time, is
not improving very fast. The
physician says, that unless the dis
ease takes change for the better
soon, her recovery will be doubt
full.
The work of erecting the stone
Episcopal church at the Mere, which
collapsed last fall, is being pushed
to completion. Several workmen
are now engaged on the structure
and the contractor hopes TO have it
finished for use by the early arrivals
of the Mere.
/ w. Gable of Shamokin, is Deputy
revenue collector for the county of
Sullivan. MI. Gable will visit Sullivan
county on April l9 and will put up
at the Dushore House in Dushore
borough. sIe will remain in said
place from q. m. to 2 p. m. on the
above mentioned date.
We were unable to get list of
the elective officers of the HillsGrove
l. @ o. F., lodge for publication
last week but have since secured
the same. Following is the list
n. g., S. K. Mcbride; V. G., James
Dotter; Sec'y., VIM. Harrison Asst.
Sec'y., W. l.. Hoffman; Treas, L..
b. Speaker.
The Easter ball in the hall on
Monday evening, was grand sue
lcess. There were 80 couple in at
tendance and all enjoyed the enter
tainment in the extreme. The
Harmony Orchestra of Dushore was
on hand early in the evening and
the grand march took place at $3.50
p. IN.
| BURLINGTON, Iowa. April Tt
is reported that Prophestown, illi-
nois, has been swept away by y
cyclone. There are no particulars
except that twenty freight cars were
blown to atoms, and that the whole
town had been wiped from the face
OF the earth and that many people
have been killed.
Jerome Laird of LaPorte twp,
while returning from Bernice on
Monday with a load of coal and near
the Ring watering trough one of his
horses was taken sick with cholera.
He was obliged to leave his load and
brought the horse to LaPorte where
it died in q very short time. Mr..
Laird is q moor man and feels the