Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-06-09
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
TerSely Told.


A social dance will be given in the
Mokoma Pavilion Saturday night.
Chas. Brink of Eagles Mere was a
Laporte visitor Friday.
Mr.. Amos Little of Nordmont
transacted business at the county
seat Saturday,
Mrs. w. II. Rogers has returned
home from her visit with friends
and trip to Gettysburg on Memorial
Day.
Mary Flynn, the three year old
daughter of j. w. Flynn, is danger
ously ill with typhoid fever. a
trained nurse is in constant attend
ance.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lovelace has been very
i'll of pneumonia, but is somewhat
improved at this writing.
Michael McNellan is moving back
from Williamsport t. the second
ward where he formerly lived.
Mrs. VIM. Cheney arrived in
town Wednesday evening from New
York, for few days visit while on
her way to the st. Louis Fair.
Mrs. George Ring and Mrs. p. Nj.
Confer of Hughesville, spent Tuesday
as the guests of Miss Name Helm.
Henry Buschhausen arrived last
week from Germany for an extended
visit with his brother, A. II. Busch
hausen.
Thomas Mahaffey of Bernice, visi-
ted his son Samuel, at this place the
early part of the week.
Miss Fannie Meylert who has been
visiting friends in Philadelphia the
past few months has returned to her
Laporte home.
Henry G. Reeder, brother of Mil
ton Reeder, is ill of pneumonia at
Sones' lumber camp near Eagles
Mere, where he was doing surveying
when taken ill.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Baptist church will serve ice cream
in the church parlor every Saturday
evening during the summer, COM
June 18th.
Mr.. John Kirk of Pennsdale, pro-
prietor of the Lakeside Hotel at Ea-
giles Mere, died at his home We'd
nesday, June lst, after long illness.
Mr. Kirk was among the most pro-
greSsive citizens of Eagles Mere
while residing there during the sum-
mer season, and will be sadly miss
ed at that place.
Mr.. Harry Snyder of Laporte, and
Miss Bessie Nargason of Ringdale,
were united in marriage by Rev.
l. III. Fisher, Tuesday May 81. At
ter the ceremony they departed for
where they spent several
DAYS with the grOOm'S mother, re-
turning to this place Saturday even
ing.
The inhabitants of the quiet viii
lage of FOrkSville were aroused from
their slumbers at half past twelve
Tuesday night by the alarm of fire,
and on rushing from their homes
found that it was the Forksvile HO-
tel in flames. The citizens lost no
time in reaching the scene of danger
and by their prompt and energetic
work soon had the flames in control,
and the damage was confined to the
bar-room, dining and kitchen.
The fire started in the cellar, but
the origin is unknown.
Owing to wreck on the railroad
bridge at Towanda last Monday
causing much damage to the bridge,
all the perishable freight on the
maine line of the Il. V. railroad is
run over the Bowman creek branch
causing much delay to passenger
trains between Towanda and Wilkes
barre.
August is the usual time for nomi-
mating county tickets by both lead
ing parties. This year the first of
June finds the candidates chosen.
The campaign will bea long one.
Plenty of time, don't get hot too
soon.
The ladies of the st Johns Guild will
repeat the Ladies Minstrels and selec
tiOnS from the Oppra of the Mikado