Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-04-09
DUSHOpE.

DIR. Hermann is building house
on his farm on the Overton road.
j. H. Yonkin is building barn to
replace the one that burned about a
year ago.
Mrs. Emily Pomeroy Rockwell is
visiting friends in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Cole have
been making an extended visit to
New York city.
A little daughter of Henry Obert
is critically i'll with pneumonia. Her
temperature tor several days was
1O6.
John Gibbs has moved from J. HI.
Yonkin's farm to the Middendorf
house on the OvertOn road.
Some sneak thief stole grip con-
tanning insurance papers etc from
George Boilers buggy while at Ber-
nice last Tuesday. A reward of five
dollars failed to recover it.
Lauretto slattery is slowly recov-
ering from an attack of typhoid
pneumonia.
An infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hamer is critically ill
with spinal meningitis.
Thomas Brogan and wife of near
Williamsport are visiting relatives
here.
Mrs. J. s. Hoffa is recovering
from her recent illness.
A chess club has been formed here
with the following members: b.
Kline, J. f. Reese Killgore, M. D..
Connor, J.H. H.Thayer, James Bowles,
Harry Biddle, T. V. Kelly and G..
w. jackson. We would suggest
that Laporte organize club and our
boys will teach them "some games. "
A party of local amateur geolog-
lists while exploring and gathering
specimens few days ago discovered
a rich vein of copper ore about one
half mile south of this place. They
have been quietly trying to acquire
the property but their secret has
leaked out.
Frank Molyneux of this place and
Walter and Allen Streevy of Over
ton start for the state of Washington
tomorrow, They will be accom-
panied to North Dakota by William
Sphinx of Forks who goes there to
visit his brother Alfred.
Lewis Hunsinger has rented the
j. H. Yonkin farm and has moved
thereto.
An energetic young man of this
place who has hobby of planting
shade trees found one that needed
replacing. He started for the woods
late in the evening, found one, look
ed to see that no one saw him, dug
it up and was just in the act of hoist
ing it on his shoulder when he hap
pecad to see through the dim light
some one coming towards him on
the run. Our man waited for no
more. Visions of fines for trespass.
ing galloped through his steaming
brain and dropping the tree and
grabbing his pick away he ran.
Over barbed wire fence, over a
plowed field to the rail road, and
safety. Alas for the second wire
fence which he had forgotten ! Biff
A solemn thud back in the plowed
field. Dazed but not defeated; a roll
under the wire fence; stumble
down over the tracks, a hasty back.
ward look and the pursuer breaks
into view, stops, listens, baffied,
gives up the chase.
At 10 p. m. solitary individual,
minus hat, soil smitten, fairly good
clothes but ragged, with pick close.
ly cuddled to his trousers was seer
upon back street. We thought il
was the advance guard of the Bing
hamtOn r.. r. but it wasn't.
Master Fred Thayer, son oflawycl
Thayer, had an experience last
Thursday which he will hardly for
get. He was going home alone from
school and took to the rail road track
us it was much nearer. In some
way his foot was caught in the guart
rail and he was fast. Twist as he
would or pull he was fast. he coult
not get his foot out of his shoe even