Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-06-02

| tIOu VI iIOIll pS
vaccination.
| State Veterinarian DIR. Leonard
Pearson and DR.. s. Ii. Gilland have
been conducting experiments in the
endeavor to ascertain whether cattle
can be immuned from the disease by
| means of vaccination. These expert
| ments have developed the fact that
vaccinated cattle exposed for a year
to daily contact with animals effect
ed with the disease did not contract
! it while those which had not been
vaccinated readily became affected.
Calves of infected cows are now be-
ing vaccinated and left with their
diseased mothers. They are allowed
to use the parent milk for the pur-
pose of ascertaining whether vaccin-
alton will approve affective under
these conditions. 1t is generally
conceded that unvaccinated calves
raised with cattle infected with tub
erculOsis contract the diseace.
The public school teachers minim-
um salary law, enacted by the last
legislature, goes into effect on the
| first of June next. a thorough can
vass of every county in the state
shows that $500 school teachers,
| o,,,, nina tn,fh nf than Xouan will
receive substantial increase in salary
during the coming term as the result
of the operation of the law. Nearly
$3.50, 900 as additional remuneration
will be received by the teachers dur
| ing the next term as the result of
this increase. In nine-tenths of the
districts there will be no increases of
taxation on this account.
| The law provides that after the
first day of June, the minimum sal
ary of the teachers shall be $50 per
month. 1t is made the duty of the
president and secretary of each school
district in the state, under oath to
make report to the Superintendent
| of Public instruction that the requi-
rements of law have been fully com
piled with. The last section provides
that ''every school district of the
commonwealth, failing to comply
with the requirement of this act,
shall forfeit its state appropriation
for the whole time during which
this act has been violated.
| A western man was recently tried
for assault and battery with intent
to kill. The state brought into
court of the weapons used, a rail, AK.
gun, pair of tongs, saw and rifle.
The defendent's counsel exhibited as
the other mans weapons IA scythe,
pitchfork, pistol, dog, razor and hoe.
The jury decided the case as follows:
ave, the jury, would have given a
dollar to have seen the fight
Mr. Irwin Died in Williamsport.
Mr. w. r.. Irwin, the well-known
temperance lecturer, and who has
been heard in lectures several times
in Laporte, was taken i'll suddenly
last Thursday, since which time his
mind has been blank.
While driving through wildwood
cemetery seated in buggy by the
side of his wife, Mr.. Irwin after an
uncommonly long silence, jumped
from the vehicle and without utter
ing word, commenced to disrobe
himself. His wife induced him to
return to the buggy and drove home
where with the assistance of some
men who responded to her call,
managed to get her husband into the
house. Later he was taken to the
hospital where it was found necessa-
ry to strap him to the bed to prevent
him from doing injury to himself.
The veterans of LapOrte and vicin-
ity extend their heartfelt thanks to
the speakers, choir, Sunday school,
citizens and the public in general for
their generous assistance in our Mem
orial services, and in decorating our
deceased comrades graves.
WIN. w. LOEB, Sec'y.
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