Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-03-17
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IA Laporte visitor Monday evening.
Miss Bessie Cox of NordmOnt,
spent Sunday as the guest of Miss
Name Helm.
Attorney A. J. Bradley of Phila-
deiphia is transacting business at his
Laporte Office this week.
Miss Mary Mcdonald of Cherry
Mills, is visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Jackson.
At the close of February there
was Il balance of over 81, 100000 in
the state treasury.
Mr.. John Haines who lived about
a mile from here, moved his family
to Tivola this week.
Jas. c. Caven, the genial livery
man of this place, has advertised his
livery for sale and when disposed of
will leave for Philadelphia.
Mr.. Harry Brown and Miss Fresa
F'iggles, both of Hillsgrove, were
married at Waverly, n. Y, March
s.
The farce, called the "Old Maids
Club" which was to be given next
Saturday night at the, NJ. E. Church,
| has been postponed until after Eas-
ter, the date not yet being decided.
The great Baldwin locomotive
works in Philadelphia, in executing
a rush order for the Japanese gov
ernment, established new record
by making seven locomotives in
a day.
Many Russians are now coming
to this country to find a home. Fif-
! ty OF them landed i'm Wilkesbarre on
Friday and were distributed to sub
urban towns. They hope to find
work around the mines.
The ruling of the Superior court
on the supersedeas in the matter of
the appeal of the incorporation of
South Laporte, replaces the officers
in power at the time the new BOrO.
was set apart from Laporte borough.
These officers will hold their places
until the case is argued next May
and disposed of by the Superior court.
New York newspapers recently
gave large space and big heads to
the successful emptying of public
school building on fire of 2,10O
chrildren in four minutes, the child
ren being marched out in good order
without the slightest panic. News
papers are glad to publish good
news when they can get it.
The news of Chicago yellow
journal congratulated himself the
other days having been able to is
sue six special war editions on thir-
teen words of cable news, But you
know the Japs are reti, ent. 1t was .
MT the news editors fault that he
did not get more.
A lady got her little son to assist
in killing a chicken. She grabbed
the chicken laid its neck on the
block and tightly closed her eyes.
Then the boy took the hatcheet,
tightly closed his eyes also, and neat
ly chopped off his mothers wedding
ring finger.
When body of men who pay no
tax on realestate and care less for the
advancement of the town, can get
together and vote away your money
! for useless and eXtravagant eXpendi-
lures, is it not. the beginning of
corruption, the beginning of pro-
gressive confscation that must ulti
mately impair all property rights,
deperciate valuation and severely
check all needed investments
a. l.. Tripp, who is engaged at
Pleasant Stream erecting buildings
for the Union Tanning company,
was taken i'll last week with grip.
and confined to his room at the
home of his brother-in-law, w. f.
Porter, at Skunk. Heart trouble
followed his attack of grip and his
condition for time seemed alarm
ing. His wife and daughter were
summoned from Laporte Sunday tC
his bedside. 1t is reported that he