Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ.
Netf, son, Jan. 81.
H. p. Hall of Sonestown, was a
county seat visitor OH Monday.
Merchant +. G. Hammond OF
EmmOns, was business man at the
county seat, Wednesday.
james H. Gansel, was last week
appointed mercantile appraiser OF
Sullivan County.
Several teams and large num-
her of men are engaged in stocking
the yard at the stave factory with
hard wood logs. The factory will
be put in operation about the first OF
March.
-Ellery p. Ingham and family
have planned to leave here for their
home in New York on Friday next.
Mr.. Ingham has been confined to
his room with severe cold for the
past week, but is now out enjoying
social meetings with old time fri' ads.
Undertaken w. M. Cabins of
Forksville, was in towr Tuesday,
assisting his agent, r.. a. Conklln,
in preparing the body of DIR. Will
son, for burial. Mr.. Calkins seems
II man well qualified for this line of
business.
II. j. Keeler, who has been a
merchant at this place for the past
wenty years, has sold his store
goods to c. b. Jennings of Estella,
who will move to Laporte this week
and will occupy rooms over the
store until spring, when Mr.. keeler
and family will move into the An
,lers residence, and Mr.. Jennings
will rent Mr.. Keeler's dwelling.
--Williamsport is on the eve of a
business boon such as she has not
had in her past history. 1t is not
one of those transient bubbles known
as a boom in many places, but a
genuine boom. The firm of John
Y. Stearns & Co. has madea propo-
sition to remove its dye works from
Petersburg, Va, to Williamsport.
$140.000 has been raised to advance
the industry in size and capacity,
and over 300 men will be employed.
AT Democratic caucus held at
Sonestown, Jan. IS, the following
nominations were made without
contest: Judge of elections, j. c..
Starr; Insp., Elias Diltz; j. p, j..
j. Young; Constable, w. c. Taylor;
Overseer of poor, Geo. Kiess; Super
visors, j. b. Robbins, j. n. Wilson,;
School Directors, Geo. Myers, Par
vim Kile; Auditor, r.. 5. Starr;
Town Clerk, c. A. Starr.
The Union Tanning Company,
one of the constituent companies of
the United States Leather company,
has completed the preliminary sur
veys and: ::other arrangements for the
construction of railroad about
eighty miles in length through its
vast forests of Hemlock in Lycom-
ing, Sullivan and Bradford Counties.
Work on the construction of the rail
road will begin in the spring and it
will likely be completed within a
year.
The new railroad will extend from
Marsh Hill, at the mouth of Pleas
ant Stream, on the NOthern Central.
II. r. fourteen miles north of Will
Transport, to point on the Barclay
railroad in southwestern Bradford
County. The route will be up
Pleasnt Stream, via Ellenton, Skunk
and branch of Towanda Creek to
Foot of Plane, on the Bajclay X. r.
From Marsh Hill spur will be
built north, paralelling the tracks of
the NOthern Central, to the COM
pany's big tanneries at Ralston and
Roaring Branch, Il distance of about
eight miles.
The entire road will be through
forest of hemlock, and the Tan
ming COmpany's own holdings are
sufficient to keep its tanneries
running for the next twenty years.
Large mills will be located at CON
venient points along the line of the
new road for the purpose of convert
ing the timber into lumber. 1t will
afford railroad facilities for parts OF
Lycoming, Sullivan and Bradford
Counties, that have been heretofore
cut off from all outlets for vast tracts
of timber and great deposits of coal.
The new line will also shorten the
distance between Williamsport and
TOWanda.
Death of Mrs. Thos. Molyneux.
Mrs. Thomas MoIyneuX q well