Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-02-17

to Benton Monday returning Wednesday.
j. w. Ingham OF Sugar Run, is visil-
ing his brother Hon. T. j. Ingham this
week.
Services at the Baptist church next
Sunday as follows. Preaching at 10 a. M.
Sunday School at / "a. m. Christian En-
deavor at $50 p. M, All are invited.
M. E. Church Sunday School 10 a. m.
Epwor,h League 6:3O p. M. Prechi"g 1870
p. m. 10y the pastor Rev. VIM. 5. Skinner.
Hon Russell Harms spent couple
of days in Bloomsbury the fore part oil the
week on business.
IL. A. Karns DIP. of the POS. of A.
accompanied by F. d. Cooley were in
Skunk Saturday where the ID. P. Installed
the officers OF camp No. 30.
The Two Dusl,ore journals have lock-
ell horns and are now furnishing the
public with woldy war over The Kraus-
), outen affair TO the public, their
etlusions sound like the braying of two
animals with long ears.
Every valentine season brings out a
reflective essay generally congratulator,
in tone, 10 the etlrcl that the custom OF
sending tokens is diving out We might
by virtue oil the beautiful art received Oh
Monday gladly wish this to he fact, bsu
as we are not too blind to observe til,
life oi the common folks who keep til,
world moving, or too old to experience
drill Of happiness "vera token from th''s'
who make the carnival day one of inn"-
crnt merriment, we respectively exten
our thanks Shakespeare wrote sublime.
~: Love and beauty still that wolf>l
viSaye grace" aud why may we not thus
console our>elf.
We clip from the Tyrone News bud.
gets published in the Altoona Evening
News, the following article, in part, of til,
report of the regular session Of the Boar d
of E'lncalion:
elected teacher Of the commercial cours,
for one month ut II salary of $50. and i
he proves satisfactory, he will be elected
permanently; cnrried.
Mr.. A. f. Hress, the newly elected
teacher OF the commercial course, tool
charge OF the class this morning. MI
Heess is from Sullivan county, and i+ a
graduate of the WiIliamSl~rt C"nmercia
College He taught five years in tn,
schools of Sullivan county and one veli
in The Williimsport Commercial Colleg,
aud is al present one of The auditors o
Sullivan county He comes t., the bolrd
highly recommended The board receive,
pplca ions from WilliamsporI, Pitr,burg
Columbus, New York city and various
other places.
drowning men, says the proverb,
grasp at straws. When re>istless cur
rent is dragging its victim to destruction
The unfortunate reaches tluntcally tol
anything that seems 70 promise him safety.
Tins is why the mugwamp newspaper
us the Dushore Review, last week, trie,
10 persuade its credulous readers TO heliev,
that lhe present efficient Board OF Com
missionrrs were IN some mysterious wa,
responsible for or Who'll identified witt
'lie portentous increase OF the county.
Indebtedness The Commissioners let
no room tol criticism because they exer
cised their choice and denied The Review
Il third OF the usual amount paid for adj
veriising the statement which as Who'll,
is meager enough. They saw fit to hav,
it published according to "A sensible view
IN the two party organs, which was sutii
cienl to comply with the law, ami as tn.
Review is hot The oLy paper Gu ealtll.
we think the public has been made thoro
ughly acquainted with the financial affair,
ol the county. AS the Commissioners.
are oblise to pay the expenses that ar,
necessarily incurred, and when thei
accounts have been carefully audited and
approved, such reflections as in the Re
view were wholly uncalIed Tor, save t.
give vent 10 personal anlnoslty.