Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-10-30
EAGLES MERE.

are being rushed ahead and will bt
under roof in very short time. Sc
much of the frame work is now III
that it is evident that very great
improvement will be made i'll the
exterior appearance. OF the interior
it will be possible to write more in
telligently in the future. Mr.. Laird
was in town looking up the work on
Friday. He intends to be ready in
good time for the rush of the sum.
mer.
A ear load of plumbing materials
arriving on the Eagles Mere railroad
is very substantial evidence that
the Crestmont is getting ready now
for an increased patronage next sum
mer.
Mr.. J. II. II. Ryan ana Mr.. W. Y.
Warner were in town last week
making general tour of Inspection.
On Friday Manager +. r. Kies>
came up with his usual body guard
of handsome young ladies to take in
the crisp air and the beautiful color
ing of the autumn foliage. OF course
the inevitable Will Kitchen was one
of the party.
Capt. Chase made a trip to Will
Transport on Thursday. Probably
sent for by the Mayor of the city.
Prof. C. G. Sheets of the Harris
burg High School left on Monday
morning for his home in order to
vote on election day and make ar
rangements for still longer stay
here. The Professor came up in
search of some of the strength that
he lost in a serious attack of pneumo-
mia and has not been Disappointed.
AS recovered health has come to him
he has been one of the most enter
tanning visitors we have had in a
long time. He is an especial sue
cess in the tableaus and other enter
that make the time pass
so pleasantly at Hotel Eagles Mere.
1t was reported on Tuesday of last
week that Preacher Bidlack had been
held up and he and his team captur-
ed and driven off, preacher and all.
Upon inquiries being made it was
learned that tall young man, good
looking, black hair and mustache,
well dressed, had entered into con-
with the preacher and act
ually got into his buggy and gone off
with the whole outfit. Things look
ed seriously for time but later on
it was discovered that one of our
young men had conceived with an
that he ought to get mar
ried and had taken this method of
putting his purpose into effect. In
other words, as already stated in the
Item, Clarence E. Dunham, son of
our townspeople Mr.. and Mrs. AL
vice Dunham, had secured the SER
vices of Mr.. Bidlack for his marriage
to Miss Euza Lawrenson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lawrenson of
Strawbridge.
Matrimony seems to have become
almost epidemic here. On Oct. IA,
Mr.. Arthur Lisson was married to
Miss Masy Seitz of Fairfield Centre.
AS this is Mr.. LissOn's second matri-
monial venture it might be cOnclud-
ed that he believes "marriage is not
a failure"
The Post Office Club was called
together in great haste on two very
serious matters. One of them had
taken OH very phase between the
time of the call for the meeting and
its actual gathering.
The Secretary stated that it was
reported to him that one of the men,
bers had been seriously involved in
a scheme for carrying off the Meth
Odist minister and holding him for a
ransom, but that it had since been
learned that it was different mat
ter entirely and that it was simply
that Mr.. Clarence Durham had
"gone off and got married. without
any previous consultation with the
Club or giving the Club an opportu-
nifty to appoint committee to at
tend and see that everything went
as it should. The Secretary said
that reports were conflicting. One
statement was that he was married
to Miss Lawrenson at Strawbridge,
at "high noon" and it was difficult
to understand how thew could have