Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-01-17
The County Auditors Entertained.

A banquet was given at the Conn
mercial Hotel OH Tuesday evening
for the County Auditors at the ex
pense of Frank Lusch, Co. Treasurer.
Auditing accounts in the Treasurer's
office for the last fiscal year is about
completed and for the compliments
paid him by the Auditors for his
accurate and neat books, Mr.. Lusch
took this means of showing his
appreciation and served the account
detectives with an excellently prepar'
ed supper at the Commercial. AS a
few prominent gentlemen of town
were invited to imbibe at the BAN
quet, it was reported that the jubilee
was in honor of Col. Quay's election.
A number of parties believed the
report, and they We're intimately
and contidentialy acquainted with
Mr.. Lusch too.
The Muncy Democrat says: "The
drillers for oil on the John Bender
farm do not seem to be making much
progress, but on the contrary are
meeting with some bad luck. The
other day the large drill was lost" "
How very familiar this sounds. We
never knew of fake test we'll being
put down that tools didn't get lost.
The strange thing is that they al
ways get lost about the depth the
prospectors expect to make strike.
and just in proportion as the pros
poets are good for oil, Sc much great
er is the propensity for losing the
tools. 1T isn't exactly case of 6
nigger in the fence, but it is, as the
darky would say, "mighty similar
1t is this company who is fishing fol
a lost drill at Muncy that leased large
tracts of land in this county last yeal
with an expressed view of having s
test well put down at Laporte before
the coming spring. Now, it is near
ly spring and the company, which il
said to be a limb of the STANDARD
Oil trunk that is very desirous o.
taking root in this county simply tt
bore holes and fish for drills, has
not yet put in an appearance an(
the real estate market remains stang
nate.
Evidence in the law suit of Grant
Little VS. J. J. Webster was hearG
by Squire II. j. Keeler on Saturday
last, but as the learned legal branch
es in the case got crossed and re.
crossed so many times during the
course of the trial that the Squire
found the matter too badly twisted
to make decision and had the suit
continued to Tuesday when he pre-
pared himself with plenty of sleep
to hear Atty. f. j. Mullen and John
G. Scouten argue the law points OF
the case. Mr.. Little had taken q
job of Mr.. Webster to put in stock
of logs, which were to be found in
the woods well trimmed and ready
to be skidded. 1t was later found
that Mr.. Webster's men who con-
tracted to cut and trim the logs had
left many in bad shape and Mr.. Lit.
tie had to make another agreement
and amend his contract with Mr..
Webster. The contracts or agree
ments entered into were all made
verbally, hence the trouble. Mr..
Little is trying to recover damages
he claims due him for the extra
work done in getting out untrimed
logs. Mr.. Webster on the other hand
is suing for equal damages because
Mr.. Little did not complete his job.
One legal advisor claimed that such
damages as claimed by Mr.. Webster
could not be sustained, while the
other lawyer argued that it could.
1t was claimed by one that Mr.. Web.
ster should have hired other parties
to complete the job and have the
same charged to Mr.. Little. After
the case was extensively argued on
Tuesday the Squire state that his
decision would be handed down on
Saturday next.