Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-06-02
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
TerScly Told.

Mrs. Maude Rosencrans, OF Blng-
hamton. was transacting business
and visiting friends in town the early
part of this week.
Miss Nina Green of Hillsgrove, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Lewis Gum
BILE at this place.
There will be dance in Mokoma
pavilion Saturday evening. All are
cordially invited to attend.
Hereafter the regular services will
be held in the Episcopal church
every Sunday evening at 1880.
Charles b. Watson of Mildred
was a county seat business man ON
Wednesday.
Hon. John ID. Reeser was at the
temple of justice on official business
Tuesday.
Atty. A. j Bradley Of Philadelph-
ia spent the early part OF this week
at his Laporte office.
Mr.. Isaac Lowe of Williamsport
was at Laporte Wednesday and
made the News Items friendly
call.
The ladies of the Dushore Luth-
eran Church cleared over $4,000
on Memorial Day serving warm
meals to the visitors in town.
Charles Perry Of Nordmont was
transacting business ut the county
seat Wednesday.
| DR.. Voorhees, of SOncStoWn was
driving his automobile through town
Thursday.
OVcrsccrs of the Poor of Davidson
Township, George Kiess and VIM.
Robbins, were counseling with their
attorney, A. j. Bradley at his La
| bCGlt OlllCt bll utSOiH
The ladies of the society of St.
Johns Guild, will repeat the min
streI show of a season ago, with Sc
lections from the opera of "The Mi
kado," at the Court House, Laporte,
Pa, June %, 1904.
A law suit involving Myra Lewis
as plaintiff and Aaron Lewis as de
| fendant came before Squire Keeler's
court Tuesday which resulted in a
decision favorable to the defendant.
This litigation was brought on
through the loan of Il sum of money
which became entangled with mis-
understanding and law complications
as money often does when out on
! loans.
Weather prophet, Emmor *. Sut-
ter of Media, Pa, whose prophecy
for May 10Th came true in the shape
of frost in various section of the
State, has another venture to make,
a little further ahead. He says that
he is positive that there will be
another frost on June 18th, when
the moon again changes Sin the
SIGN of the neck" He does not
claim to have foreknoWledge of the
velocity of the wind, and admits
that his frost may miscarry or be
made of little effect from that cause,
Two more heather foreigners O
Bernice were recently brought to the
county seat and placed in Jail tt
await trial, charged with assault anl
intent to kill one of their own tribe
With this depraved element engaged
in mining at Bernice, Sullivan coun'
ty will have to increase its Jail capac
ity and mortgage all its assets tt
defray the constantly increasing ex
penses created by the lawless elemen
brought in the county to add wealth
to mine operators.
There has been an invention b.
which it will be possible to cross tn
Atlantic Ocean in three days, is tn
firm belief of Richard b. Painter
a machinist of Williamsport. Th
machinery will all be run by electric
ity. Arrangements are now bein
made for the building of larg'
steamer at New York, measuring
six hundred feet, on which the in
vention will first be tried.
The Department of Public lnstrut
ton has complied the apportionmen