Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-03-24
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day at Dushore.
Mr.. Simon Breiger spent Sunday
with his family here.
Miss Myrtle Bryan is attending
conference at Harrisburg.
Miss Emma Gallagher spent Sun
day with friends at Bernice.
Mrs. John l.. Smith of DuqOiS,
Pa. is visiting her mother Mrs. M.
c. Lauer at this place.
Mrs. f. j. Mullen and Miss Julia
IO'Donovan were Williamsport visi-
tors Tuesday.
Rev. $. II. Engler is in attendance
at the NJ. +. Conference being held
at Harrisburg this week.
Mr.. Samuel Stackhouse, father of
George Stackhouse of this place, died
at his home near Unityville, We'd
nesday, March %.
1t is universal weakness of the
city man to think that he would be
a glittering success as manager Of u
chicken farm.
Patrick Scanlin has sold his inter-
est in the Forksville Hotel to Mr..
A. Currie of Corning, n. V, who
! has already taken charge of the
! place.
Mr.. Dclroy Helm of BellwOod,
Pa. attended the funeral of his grand
mother, Mrs. Kochensparger, last
Saturday and spent Sunday with
Laporte friends.
Frank b. Maeargle has sold his
hotel property at Sonestown, to Har-
ry Basley of Bernice, who has taken
possession of the property.
Mrs. A.E. Tripp and daughter Miss
Ella, returned from Skunk Friday
where they were called by the i'll
ness of Mr.. Tripp, who is again able
to oversee the work of construction
Of the freight house at Ellenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Landon re-
turned home Monday from Trucks
vile, LuZerne county, where Mr..
I.andon was called by the serious ill
ness of his father, now slightly i'm
proved.
Norman Stackhouse has advertis-
ed his goods for sale and will close
out his business at the Stackhouse
hotel near Eagles Mere. A well
known hotel man of Washington
vile has purchased the hotel proper
ty and will soon occupy the same.
Anthony Oses, the foreigner who
was convicted of perjury at last term
of court was sentenced Wednesday
to years and 6 months in the Eas-
tern penitentiary.
There is a poem in the Sullivan
Review of last week, entitled, "Ever
Ready Technicality," which, as it
is not credited elsewhere, we must
credit to the editor, who is quite a
poet. We think he must have had
the Elk Tanning at Laporte in mind
when he wrote the third stanza
! thuoly:
There's tho ready supersedeas, there's the habeas
corpus writ.
When other dodges fail them they can still fall
| II the sinner has the cunning and can raise the
needed fees,
| He may spurn the law, relying OH technicalites.
Mr. George A. Mills of William
sport, and Miss Myrtle Miller of
Muncy Valley, were united in mar
riage Saturday, March ~, at Elmi-
ra. The bride is daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. p. Miller, and is a well
known trained nurse. The groom
is an insurance man of William
| sport. The News Item offers con-
| gratulatiOns.
DR.. Wackenhuth, formerly of this
place, now of Picture Rocks, caused
considerable excitement at that place
during the recent high water by IA
narrow escape from drowning. The
bridge spanning the creek having
been taken out by the high water,
the doctor in company with his sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Rinehart, who was
visiting at the doctors home, were
crossing the creek on small raft
which capsized when in mid-stream,
throwing them into the icy waters.
Holm hein1 near at hand they were