Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1904-01-21
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Local and Personal Events
Terscly Told.

a course at the Commercial College.
f. W. Gallagher has had an iron
fire escape attached TO the rear OF
the Laporte hotel, leading from the
top floor to the ground.
Mrs. Kate Butcher who was con.
victed, at last term of court, of sell
ing liquor without license was last
week sentenced to six months in
county Jail and to pay fine of 500.
Announcement is made of the
coming marriage of Mr.. Arthur
Miner of Bernice, to Miss Nerna
Foust of Nordmont, at the home Of
the brides parents on January q.
Fire was discovered in the resi-
dence of w. A. Kennedy Monday
night at a little past eleven O'Clock.
The flame had broke through the
roof near the chimnen when first dis
covered Timely assistance extern
guishcd the fire before much damage
was done.
IIayman Herr, the popular clothier
of Muncy Valley, registered at the
Laporte Hotel Tuesday night. Mr..
Herr recently purchased the interest
Jacob Per held i'm his business and is
now sole owner of the large store in
Muncy Valley.
The nine-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward WOrthingtOn of
shrewsbury township, died ::at the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. t'ulmcr, at Eagles Mere, Jan.
II. of pneumonia. The funeral SER
vices were held on "Wednesday, Rev
5. i. Bidlack officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Kceler were
called To Benton Saturday by the
Illness Of their daughter Miss Win
fired, who was visiting her sister
Mrs. ;. B. karns. Mr.. keeler re-
turned on Monday and reported his
daughter much better. Mrs. Kceler
will remain until Miss Winifred Is
able to return with her.
1t is rumored that on account of
the great quantity Of snow in the
woods. said to he upwards of four
feet in depth, the people of SOne,-
town are getting uneasy about the
splash dam on the outlet of the lake
at Eagles Mere. 1t is said to be un-
safe, the west end of it having already
partly given away. Disastrous con-
sequences il feared if soft weather
sets in
official reports from the Eastern
Penitentiary was reported to this
county last week. stating that from
the results of freezing, three toes on
one foot of Barney Sliw0ski were
amputated. Also that Lewis Wal.
lace had two toes and one foot ampu-
tated as the result of tbs same.
cause. These men are the two who
escaped from the county Jail Christ
mas night and wandered about the
vicinity of NOrdmont in trying to
reach Bernice.
A new schedule on the w. d \. b.
railroad went into effect Monday, and
the change is hailed with approval
all along the line. Passenger service
on this road is now considered the
best had in several years. The re-
viscd timetable elsewhere in this
issne shows the morning southbOund
train two hours earlier, which gives
passengers an opportunity to reach
Williamsport in the forenoon. The
evening southb0und also brings
passengers home an hour earlier
| to rest from their journey.
The sullivan Herald last week
Ventured TO Ofler an explanation
why the News Item, with its larges,
circulation of any paper in the coun'
ty, was ignored by the Sheriff in hi>
advertising patronage. The Herald
states that '.if the story be true" W.
offered the Sheriff a "rake OFF, for 4
share of the advertising required
from his Office. This mode of mod
ern commercialism is so original ir
this section that we believe the alleg
ed story referred to above, to have
hatched IN the germ-breeding attic
of the Herald editors upper story
If not, we must take the privilege t.
state here very frankly that WI