Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-11-07
Diphtberia is reported in Forks


Atty. E. II. Durham and DR.. w.
B. Hill, both of LaPorte, spent
election day, hunting wild game.
Two good Republicans of La
Porte, W. c. Mason and W. T.
Watrous, were absent on election
|day. There votes were not only
missed but their effective work at
the polls also.
Charley Messenger of LaPorte, is
quite in luck. On Friday he found
a bee tree containing fifty pounds
of honey and on Saturday he killed
five ducks on Lake Mokoma.
A man struck by a passenger train
at Lancaster, was picked up for dead
but upon being placed in The bag
gage car he regained consciousness
and walked out, to the astomshment
of the train hands.
The Lyon Lumber Company are
through cutting logs in Sullivan
county, and will now begin to build
slides. This Company, whose Of
fee is in Muncy, employ seventy
men.-Muncy L'tminary.
John P. Kennedy Esq. dis
posed of his interest in the billiard
room at Lopez, to his partner Eugene
! Deegan, last week. Mr.. Kennedy is
spending n few days with his parents
at LaPorte.
The Reuieao man who claims to
publish an Independent sheet, has
placed himself in a very peculiar
position in this campaign, however,
we take pleasure in announcing his
Whereabouts. He will join Nc
Ginty and never will be missed.
j. A. Huffsmith or Picture Rocks
and well known in Western Sulli-
van, WAS learned to have forged
notes to the amount of $40. last
week. The names forged were Bur-
rows Bros. & Co. The whereabouts
/ of Huffsmith is unknown.
Chestnnts may be made to keep
their pleasant taste, and be kept free
from orms by heating them for a
few minutes in sieve placed in II
hot oven so as to kill the insect
germs which are in so many of them,
then place them III muslin bags in a
dry place.
B. G. Welch Esq, manager of the
W. & N. B. X. r., is about to ex-
tend the telephone wire from Eagles
Mere to Forksville. w. E. Miller
of Forksville, has contracted to
erect the poles at cost of $l43.
Mr.. Miller expects TO complete the
work as soon as possible.
What the highwayman wants is
your money, what the burglar wants
is your money and what the cheat is
after is your money. Money, there
fore, is the foot of all evil, but we
are all anxious to share piece of it
and dig and delve from one years
end to another to secure it.
Rev. David Graft of Wyalusing
Pa, viii deliver the evening lecture
at the Sullivan County Teachers
Association to be held in Garey's
hall at Dushore on Friday evening
Nov IA. The teachers are FORUM
ate in securing so able and enter
tanning lecturer. Admission free.
A large deer was seen in the field
Of James McFarlane, near the new
school house, one day last week.
The boys of the second ward armed
themselves with winchesters and old
army muskets and took chase after
the Innocent. One Of the boys fired
two shots at the deer, one taking
effect, but not sufficient to kill him.
He is still roaming in the forest.
Persons now and then remark.
that we did not make mention Of
their friends while visiting them
As we have said heretofore, several
times, we publish all that we know
of, and we can not be expected to
know of every person visiting in our
town. We say again hand us slip
of paper with their names, and we
will be pleased to publish them.