Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-01-22
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
Tersely Told.

with quinsy.
Miss Mollie Wrede is recovering
from an attack of Quinsy.
Mr.. Chas. Starr of Sonestown, was
q county seat visitor on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Crossley spent
Sunday with friends at Benton, Pa.
A ten pound boy arrived at the
home of Benz. King on Monday
morning.
The lumbermen of our forests re-
port the snow three feet deep In
Hon. Thos. J. Ingham transacted
business at Williamsport the early
part of the week.
Mrs. E. v. Ingham of Eagles
Mere, visited relatives in towo. the
latter part of last week.
H. H. Green of Hillsgrove, is WIS.,
iting his sister, Mrs. u. r. Gumble
of this place.
.Messrs. M. P. Gavitt of Sonestown
and M. ]. Phillips of North Noun
tain, spent Tuesday night at the
county seat.
Miss Winifred Keeler left on Fri
day last for Buffalo where she will
spend the remainder Of the winter
in learning the dressmaking and
millinery trades.
Mercantile Appraiser w. H. Fan
ming has sent notices to those ap-
praised and in due time will make
his official call on Sullivan County
merchants.
Mr.. w. 1. Taylor, the enterprising
butcher of Eagles Mere, purchased
the steam engine offered for sale by
the Sullivan Publishing Co. This
will be valuable addition to his
shop equipment.
Rev. Black of Williamsport, will
preach in the M. E. Church on Fri
day evening Jan. 80. The fourth
Quarterly Conference will be held at
the close of the preaching service.
Mr.. ]. o. Vought of Lopez, over
seer of the poor of Colley township,
made the Item Office a pleasant call
while in town on official business on
Monday.
Miss Maud Crossley and her friend
Mrs. Gefft of LosAngeles, Cal. ar
rived in town last Friday evening
and visited Mr.. and Mrs. F. M
Crossley until Tuesday when they
left for Chicago.
The President is giving the coun-
try a magnificent illustration Of gen.
uine energy in the White House.
He has convinced Congress of the ne
cessity of antitrust legislation and
the result promises to be prompt re-
lief from the evils attending the ex-
istance of certain trusts,
If Jim Tillman could only be re-
leased long enough to shoot bit Of
chain shot that would wipe the Till
man blot off the face of the earth,
South Carolina would be the gamer
and no one would weep.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Hill of Will
Transport, died at her late home in
that city last Saturday evening after
long and severe illness of inflama-
tory rheumatism, at the age of 66
years. Mrs. Hill was born and rear
ed at Eagles Mere, this county, and
was sister of Wallace Little who
lives on the old homestead. The
remains were brought to Eagles
Mere where the funeral services were
held in the Baptist church, Rev. s..
B. Bidlack officiating, on Tuesday
afternoon. Deceased leaves a hus-
band, four adult children; one BROTH
er and two sisters, Mrs. Hartley
Chilson of Forksville, and Mrs. John
Simmons of Towanda, who have the
sympathy Of many friends in this
county.
Last week Pres. Baer of the Coal
Trust came out in an interview in
which he placed the blame for the
scarcity Of coal in New York upon
the lazy miners and the independ-
ent operators. The next day the
New York World printed photo
graphs showing about fifty miles Of
loaded ceal cars near Jersey City.
This coal is owned by the p. & r.
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