Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-31

There will be a concert and
dance at Gallagher's new hotel on
Friday evening next. The Bernice
band will be the attracting feature.
This promises to be the greatest so
cial event of the season. Extensive
preparations are being made to en-
tertain a large crowd.
The second base ball nine of this
place came out second best i'm Il con-
test with Dushore at that place on
Saturday. We can not give the
score as each gave it differently ac-
cording to the length their conscien-
ce whould allow them to stretch the
truth. The prevailing song now, is,
Tony done the pitching, and he couldn't pitch
atall:
upman done the ketching, but he couldn't
catch the ball.
A very pleasant evening was
spent by Il large number of our town
people at the chicken supper given
by Mr. John Finkle Friday evening
for benefit of Rev. Fricklund. 1t
was a delightful evening for an out
door feast and tables We're likewise
spread on the lawn. The occasion
was social and financial success.
The campaign of SANDER has COM
h.,
"Adam Baumonk, the Republican
nominee for county commissioner,
told Avery II. Mulnix, of Estella,
while making cider at his mill, that
when he ran before he Withdrew his
name from the convention and re-
ceived thirty dollars. 1t will be re-
membered that he was candidate
for that office three years ago. Now
if "Billy' Bahr had been better az
quainted with Mr.. Baumonk and
had known his wants better, he
might have made the nomination
for commissioner"
Mr.. Baumonk needs no vindication
at our hands. The honorable man
ner i'm which he withdrew three
years ago has earned for him the re-
spect and good will of the Republi-
cans of the county.
Brother Newell boastfully tells of
his prompt paying subscribers, but
admits in the same article that he
has an agent travelling around the
county dunning patrons, and that
his dunning agent has had to hire a
horse and buggy to get around. The
NEWS ITEM has not had to come to
that yet.
While there is Il large number that
takes our journal and do not pay as
well as they should, there is still a
large number of the leading citizens
of the county who do, and we re-
spectfully inform Newell that we
will not be obliged to ''quit business
Tomorrow" because we have a big
leak in non-paying subscribers; nor
shall we invade the homes of good
citizens with a horse and buggy dun
ming agent, urging against wishes. We
intend that this paper shall be wor-
thy of the patriotic mission it has
outlined. 1t looks confidently fer
the hearty support of not part, but
all of the Republicans of the county,
and it will be improved from time
to time in order to keep pace with
what the party as Il whole try to
make it. The object of this paper
is in harmony with all that tends to
benefit the party and makes the gen
eral good of the party its highest aim.
As may be seen by our pages, politi-
cal news is combined with much
general reading of current interest
and home news. These features
commend the paper to general sup
port and thus lead people of all par
ties to read it, with profit to them
selves, politically and otherwise.
Mrs. T.J. .Ingham desires us to
say that in our notice of the social
held last week for the benefit of Rev.
Err. Powell, we gave too much cred
it to her, and failed to give sufficient
credit to the Commit of Ladies who
originated the plan,and to the ladies
of the town generally who so efficient
ly assisted in carrying it out. AL
though the "cOmmittee'haVe mod
estly with held their names from
publications. is not improper to state
that they are mostly summer visitors
whose labors and liberality are fully
appreciated by those who know
them. The ready assistance of ladies
from evry part of the town made the