Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-15

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here.
Spain thought she was steering
toward peace, but il was only peace
on this side of the Atlantic. At
/ home the natural order is still pre-
vailing.
Contractor Tripp is engaged in
moving the Grim law Office back a
distance and erecting front to it
lsx1s. 1t will be occupied by Joe
Cooper rs clothing store.
Mrs. Rose Cole, of Benton, who
has been spending the past three
weeks with Hon. Russell Karns and
family at this place, returned home
on Saturday.
+. W. Gallagher and Hon. Rus.
sci Karns accompanied candidate for
Congress, A. Walsh, and his confrecs
b. F. Crossley and j. w. Flynn to
Sunbury where the conference meets.
AT the Baptist church next Sun
day evening, the pastor will preach
on the subject, christianity in Bus
mess" This will be the third ser
! mon in series ON "PracticaI Chris
tianity."
/ The name of w. ii. WOodin,
candidate for Congress, is becoming
more popular day by day, and judg-
ing from present indications his
majority will reach far ahead of any
predecessor aspiring for congressional
| honors i'm this district.
The Treasury now holds more
than S225, 100000 in gold. In re-
CARDS to the government generally
/ and to the Presidents chair particu-
larly, we might add, that this is not
the only place i'm Washington that's
we'll filled
Having paid off his score with Il
handful of mortgages, Letter. the
rough rider of the Chicago wheat pit,
finds that he has won Il deficit of
/ several millions. The young man
ought to tackle something big along
with that other successful deficit
tinancier, the Hon. Grover Cleveland.
To speak honestly and frankly
with YOU, H. w. Osler has an un-
matchabIc fitness to fill the Office of
Sheriff. He is more competent to
fill the place satisfactorily and with
sobriety which we considera mighty
big argument in his favor to place
before an intelligent people who go
to the polls in these enlightened days
with their eyes open. Whatever
your politics, it is to your interest
that he should be elected.
The opinion is very generally
expressed that the Republicans nom
mated Il good county ticket last
week. The issue this fall is honest
government and the selection of men
for Office whose integrity and sObriety
is unquestioned and who are not in
league with ring politicions whose
oppressivenesS makes the very air
of their surroundings fairly smoke.
The lack of space prevented III
last week to make mention of Il trio
of G.. a. II. men that hid themselves
away ON Convention day last week
to swap stories on old war day.
. They We're Messrs. Geo. and Thos.
Simmons and John Brewster, who
sadly bewailed the fate that denied
, them the privilege of becoming
[ heroes again in the Spanish war
The meeting was brought about by
George who is not satisfied with be.
ing mediocre; he wants to bea peg or
two above that, and believes that 4
dead hero is better than live non
descript who never "tit, bled or died
,
for his country; won Il bicycle race
shot a burglar, was chased off the
: hill by big bear at dead of night, ,ol
did something other than ploC
; through the world like canal horse
u When the war broke out we learned
: that he tried to enlist, knowing tha
his nervy arm and steady eye were
/ as good for a few Spaniards as the,
j.. once were for the JOhnnies. Blu
:, Uncle of course rejected him for SOM
trivial defect such as weigh or perhap
girth, such as ourself. Perhaps th'
e examiner thought George was rolle'
II out too much and would make t
high target for Spanish Mause
n bullets. Geo. is tall and narrow, bu