Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-06-04
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
TerSely Told.

mont, were LapOfte NlSltoIo VII Ioe'
urday.
J. A. Morgan of Hillsgrove, was
transacting business at the county
seat the early part Of this week.
The Laporte township auditors
and school directors met in join
session at the court house Monda!
and adjusted their annual accounts.
Mrs. M. Mapes and daughter Ell
len, and grand daughter left Thurs
day for a two weeks visit at Wyalu-
sing.
Mrs. Alex Hess and Mrs. G. Steck
of Sonestown, were Laporte visitors
on Tuesday.
The marriage of Mr.. James M
Strohl of Aquashicolo, to Miss Mar
ion H. Wrede of Laporte, will occur
at this place, on June 16.
r. j. YOthers of Chemung Pa,
was a business man in Laporte last
week. Mr.. Yothers is operating a
lath mill for Beardsley & Innis, he
having sold his wood turning mill
located at Wheelerville.
Mrs. e. M. Dunham gave musi-
Gale on Thursday which was largely
participated in by the Musicale soci-
ETY. of Towanda. The guests, forty
four in number, were served with q
sumptuous turkey dinner at the La
porte Hotel.
1t will cost about one dollar to
give the home farm a name OF its
own and have a batch of note heads
and envelopes printed with the name
of the farm and its owner on them.
1t is question if 81 can be spent to
better advantage.
M. f. Wilcox of Campbellsville,
was a business man at the county
seat on Wednesday. He is one OF
the logical applicants for mail car
rier on the rural delivery route to
be established at Forksville.
Max Frankie was in Williamsport
the early part of the week taking
civil service examination for posi-
ton as emigrant inspector. He was
the only competitor being examined
and may soon find himself drawing
a nice salary from Uncle Sam.
There is some talk of connecting
Towanda with the natural gas dis
tricts of Potter county, to supply
that town with light, heat md fuel.
In the towns where this gas is used
the street lights are burned night
and day, as the cost of eXtinguishing
and re-lighting each day would ex-
ceed the cost of allowing them to
burn constantly.
The Susquehanna and New York
r. r. Co. has honored a Towanda
man by naming one of their stations
after him. The first station beyond
Laquin, about midway between La
quin and Cold Spring is Whalen.
Passenger trains stop on signal, but
two freight trains make regular
stops there.
The citizens of Muncy are greatly
exercised over the changing of the
terminus of the Williamsport and
North Branch railroad from Halls to
that town. Our advise to them is
not to lose too much sleep over the
matter, as such thing is very re-
mote, as the railroad company has
nothing to gain in such a move ex-
cept bill of expense incurred in
making the new route.-Hughes.
vile Mail.
The Commissioners sale of seated
and unseated lands was held at their
office on Tuesday, and well attended
by land spectators. A Mr.. Ely OF
Philadelphia, DR.. Essick of Picture
Rocks, Atty. r. j. Thomson of Du-
shore and j. p. Miller of Muncy
Valley, were among the interested
parties. The sale netted $214.00 fol
the county.
Frank Mcmahon of Bernice, met
with a serious accident in the Ber-
nice mines on Tuesday. Mr.. Nc.
Mahon runs the electric car that
draws the mining cars in the mines
and was caught in a collision break.
ing leg above the knee. 1t was q
bad fracture and he was taken to the
Sayre Hospital on the evening train
Prof. O. l.. Davis of Franklindale