Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-08-20
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
TerScly Told.

Born, daughter, to Mr.. and Mrs.
F. III. Ingham, Saturday, August Is.
Miss Mary Eddy of New Albany,
Bradford county, is visiting her par
ents here.
Atty. and Mrs. F. w. Meylert re-
turned home Monday from several
days so.journ at Eagles Mere.
Prof. C. H. Warren and wife jour
neyed through town Tuesday from
Sonestown to their home in Skunk.
Argument Court on Thursday
brought several of Dushore's prOmi-
nent attorneys to the county seat.
Mrs. Bertha Hugo of Philadelphia,
who is visiting her parents here, has
been on the sick list for a few days.
Squire A. B. Kilmer of Wheeler
vile, was transacting business at the
county seat Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. Michael Foley, who was so
badly injured in the Bernice mines,
August 10, died last Friday. He is
survived by six children.
Hon. M. j. Phillips of Muncy
Valley, was business man at the
county seat on Thursday.
Mr.. J. Nj. Zaner will move his
family to Ricketts, the first of Octo-
Der and take charge of the hotel at
that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Higley are
visiting relatives and attending a
family reunion in Bradford county
this week.
Mr.. Fred Eddy has been nursing
a sprained shoulder which he re-
ceived while doing carpenter work
at Laquin last week.
Mr.. VIM. Petrikin and wife and
Miss Charlotte Lloyd with several of
their friends have returned to their
homes at Muncy, after spending a
delightful vacation at Weirwold
cabin at Lake Mokoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Cole left on
Tuesday evening for several weeks
sojourn at Towanda and Elmira.
In connection with writing novels
Mr.. Cole will appear on the lecture
platform through the eastern states.
Mr.. James Edgar Of NordmOnt,
who works on the farm of Mrs. +. |.
Brundage, met with serious sacci-
dent last work. While in the act of
from hay NOW he made
a mis-step and fell from the ladder
a wooden pin which pene-
trated his hip. DR.. Randall was
and attended the injury.
The new dry loft under course of
erection at the Laporte tannery is
nearing completion and the rolling
will be in running order
by another week. The new building
is mOdernly constructed and COM
plete in every detail. An elevated
track will connect the dry loft to the
new hide store house to be erected
at the tannery switch where the
finished product will be loaded on
cars, doing away with teams hauling
the leather from the loft to the rail
road.
The Independent says the base ball
fever has seized upon the people
who are making their summer
homes at Eagles Mere, and almost
every day sees a game in progress at
the Athletic field. Usually the teams
are made up of young men guests
the hotels at which they
are stopping. The games are always
well attended, among the most en-
thusiastic of the spectators being
ladies who more or less frantically
cheer for their favorites during the
playing and exault with the victors
or pour out their sympathies for the
defeated at the close.
An interesting case Was tried be-
fore Judge Dunham Wednesday in
which a number of Elkland prom
inent citizens appeared to testify in
behalf of the plaintiff, d. M. McCar-
ty, who was asking to have his mer-
camille business protected by the in
junction recently granted, refraining
C. B. Jennings from engaging in
mercantile pursuits in and around
Estella, in accordance with an agree
ment made between the two parties
at the time the plaintiff purchased of
tba defendant his store prODertV at