Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-05-19
County Sca.
Local and Personal Events
TerScly Told.

A. u. Wieland of Nordmont was
brief visitor at the county seat
Monday evening.
Mrs. Harry Mcllvain of Bridge
vile, Del, is visiting her parents at
this place.
Miss Anna johnson of Cross Fork,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. William
Marcus, at this place.
Mrs. j. B. Dnblc and little grand
son of New York have arrived here
and will be guests at the Mountain
House this summer.
Erastus Neagle has moved his
family to Williamsport where he
has received employment in the new
dye establishment.
w. c. Mason returned home from
Jefferson county last week, and is
engaged in surveying the extension
of the w. 4 \. b. track to Bernicc.
Miss Lena Cook and brother Geo,
II. Cook of Athens, recently visited
at the home of William Helm, in
the second ward.
Judge Ganse no was recently
stricken with paralysis while visit
ing his son james GanSel, at this
place, has recovered sufficiently to
be able to return to his home at
Muncy Valley, the early part of the
week.
Mr.. Victor Smyth of Dubois, is
spending few weeks with his par
ents at this place. Victor had the
misfortune of sprainins his back
while engaged in work in II machine
shop and is compelled to lay off for
few weeks.
DR.. B. +. Gamble of Wheelcrville,
and Miss Militia Darby of llillsgr0Ve,
were united in marriage last week
at Ithaca, \. \. The happy couple
are receiving congratulations of their
hosts of friends to which ihe News
Item cheerfully joins.
The spur of the Williamsport and
North Branch railroad connecting
the road with the Lchigh Valley at
Bernice will be completed by the
first of June, at which time all trains
to Sattertield will run by the way of
Bernice and Mildred.
G. Il. Funston has placed IL new
soda water fountain i'm his ice cream
parlor. His business adventure is
greatly appreciated by the cold wat
er folks of town, as heretofore nice
cool and refreshing drink of this
kind could not be had in town. A
lively trade has already opened up
at the fountain.
Mr.. A. T.. Tripp who is building
houses for the Elk Tanning Co., at
Jamison City is rushing his work to
completion in order to begin work
ON his contract for erecting five new
houses at Nordmont for the Nord-
mont Chemical Co., who will build
five houses latter in the season.
Looks rs though NOrlmont was on
the boom.
The street Ioafer is an object of
contempt everywhere. He has no
s0cia! standing anywhere. His in
iuencc if he is fortunare to have any,
is always in the wrong direction.
No one has ever found out what he
is good for except that of being in
everybody's way. He is considered
a common nuisance for which no
one has found a successful remedy.
No successful business man will EN-
ploy any one who they see hanging
around on the street corners. The
boy who can find nothing to do but
loaf around the streets, would not be
of very great value to his employer
When you have nothing else to do
you should spend your time in try
ing to learn something that will be
of benefit instead Of spending it in
idleness. You are watched just as
closely when you are not at work as
You are when you are. Business
men are on the lookout for boys of
energy and thrift, a position is al
ways ready for this kind of boy.
4 street loafer does not want to
work and could not get position if
he wanted it.
Several nearby counties have a