Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-20
County Seat lndices.
AND CHANCES AT THE TIMES.
Court next week.

Court next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Schrader
spent Sunday at Cherry Mills.
w. B. Helm and sister Miss
Pearl, visited at Hughesville, last
week.
Mrs. n. r. Kohensparger an
nounces that she is preared to com
fortably accomodate six boarders
court week.
Evidence in the injunction case
of Simon Fromburg VS.. Julius No-
gel, John III. Lawrence and Frank
Buck, was heard before Judge Dnn-
ham on Monday, and the decision OF
the court reserved for deliberation.
The horse dealing business was
brisk at this place last week. Rev.
J. II. Bradford sold his team OF
blacks to Mr.. Wheland of Proctor.
DIR. w. II. Randall sold his horse to
DIR. Voorhees, of Sonestown, and
purchased the team owned by the
late DIR. Wilson.
The Ladies' Aid Society will
hold their Sock Social in the Nj.
f. Church, on Tuesday evening,
Feb. %. Each person is requested
to bring in money to the amount OF
five times the size of the shoe they
wear. Refreshments will be serv-
ed by the society.
AT the license court held at
Laporte on Monday, all houses
having had license We're granted the
same. Six new applicants were
held over until next Monday when
arguments will be heard in the fol-
lowing applications: Patrick Finan,
J. ID. Cooper, J. P. Gorgg, of Lopez;
VIM. Moran, of Muncy Valley; Jas.
M. Campbelle, of Forksville; John
Aubrey Of Dushore.
The New York Press Clipping
Bureau has Just completed for Sell
atOr Hanna, collection of News
paper paragraphs covering every
thing that was printed in the editor
ial columns of the papers OF this
country and England, relating to
the death of VIM. Mckinley. This
remarkable collection is bound in
four vOlumns, and shows that no
crowned or uncrowned ruler ever
received so many tributes of love
and esteem, not only from the press
of his own country, but from all
over the world.
Tuesdays election in Laporte
Borough resulted in the following
elections: Judge of Election, F. w.
Meylert; Inspectors, Dewitt Layton.
Chas. Funston; School Directors,
Jas. MacFarlane elected, tie vote
between Andrew Hackley and w.
b. Ritter; Constable, Jas. Gansel;
Councilmen, David Temple, w. IL.
Rogers elected, tie vote between L.
j. Keeler and f. j. Flynn, by cast
ing lots, II. j. Keeler was duly elect
ed having drawn the winning mum
ber; Overseer and High Constable,
John MINER. The results of elect
ion seem generally satisfactory.
Secretary Gage served longer as
the head of the Treasury Depart
ment than any other man except
Albert Gallatin and Alexander
Hamilton. He held Office nearly
five years. Albert Gallatin served
longest, nearly twelve years, from
1901 to 1918. Alexander.H .Hamilton''
term was little over five years
from 1889 to 1895. Under Secretary
Gage the revenues and expenditure:
in one week exceeded those under
Alexander Hamilton in whole
year.
Since 1890 Washington, ID. c
has had the distinction of being th'
leading negro city in the country, ;
position that had formerly been helt
by New Orleans, with Baltimore
close second. 1t still holds frs
place in this regard but the presen
census shows Philadelphia has mad
the heaviest gains in negro population
in the last decade. The truth of tn
matter is that q gerat many cite
are showing marked increase in tn