Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-04-10
County Seat Indices.


Kennedy, Thursday evening, son.
Mr.. Ira Cott, of Dushore, spent
Sunday with his brother, Sherlh
Cott.
Mr.. Fred Miller has returned
home after spending the winter
months in New York.
A fiatterer has recently styled
Henry Watterson ''the Chauncy
Depew of the democratic party.
Postmaster A. p. Wieland of
Nordmont, was doing business at the
county seat Monday afternoon.
Chas. Green, formerly employed
by A. III. Bushausen, accepted his
passport last week and returned to
his home at Nordmont.
The Republican party has re-
deemed its grandest pledge in the
final arrangements for Cuban ma
ton, freed from despotic tyrrany.
VIM Montgomery has moved
his family from the Reeder's mill
siding to Picture Rocks, their for
mer home.
The Goodyears of Buffalo, eX-
tensive lumber operators in Potter
county, have bought 10000 acres of
yellow pine in Louisiana.
Mr.. M. p. Gavitt took charge of
the advance grade of the Laporte
school, Mr.. Il. l.. Sweeney having
resigned, that he might give his un-
divided attention to his appointment
of County Clerk.
Jerome Reed, last week moved
to the M. C. Mason farm, near La
porte. Jerry believes that a little
exercise with the hoe after his days
trip to Forksville with the mail,
will benefit his health.
james Gorden Bennett, of the
New York Herald, will issue an
edition of his paper in London dur
ing coronation week. He will place
editions on the street hourly, and
will endeavor to show the English
how a paper should be run.
The News Item is published one
day earlier this week, owing to the
land sales found elsewhere in these
columns. The law requires their
publication 60 days before the sale,
and in order to comply with the re-
quirements, it was necessary to issue
one day early.
Friend Avery, of Eagles Mere,
and Miss Lottie Mann, of William
sport, were married by the Rev. r.
G. Bannon, of South Williamsport,
Thursday evening of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery will go to
housekeeping in their newly furnish
ed home at Eagles Mere.
The greatest victory that the
American army has ever attained is
that accomplished against the forces
of diseases in our insular possessions.
In the case of Havana, once the hot
bed of tropical epidemics, smallpox
has been entirely stamped out and
yellow fever practically so.
According to the census there
are 800 shoe factories in the L. S.
employ 143, 900 mon, using $40, ,O00,-
600 worth of material in year, and
turning out a product worth $261,-
100000. The wholesale price of IA
pair of shoes represents about % per
cent in wages, 50 percent in material
and 13 percent in minor expenses
and profits.
The committee on Militia of the
House of Representative has favor
ably reported a bill to reorganize and
equip the national guard of the coun-
try like the regular army and to
provide for its calling out by the
president, to become at once a part
of the regular national forces. Here
tofore the state militia was not sub
ject to service outside of its own
state.
Attorney General Elkin has fill
ed in the Dauphin county court ex-
ceptions to the viewers who recon-
mended that the State rebuild the
bridges over the Loyalsock creek at
Lopez, and at the mouth of Elk
creek, near Hiilsgrove. The ex-
ception that he makes in both cases
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