Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-01-12
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Local and Personal Events
Terseiy Told.

MIS-. w. y. loli vi Ia = iC' AhNi !
is at Georgetown, Pa, where she
is being treated by a specialist for
cancer.
Rev. S. B. Bidlack of Hughesville
was pleasant visitor at Laporte,
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. r.. w. Simmons of Soncs-
town, who was operated upon for
appendicitis is able to be around the
| house.
II. NJ. Kellog of Lopez, has sue
ceeded Hon, b. W. Jennings as
director of the Dushore National
| Bank.
George Moore of Estella and Miss
Cora Mccarthy Of Campbellsville,
were married at Waverly, Dec. ~.
Mr.. Jerome Richley and Miss
Mary McMahon both of Dushore,
weremarried Tuesday, January 10,
by Rev. X. A. Kaier of that place.
Over eighty cases of measles are
reported in Forks and Overton
townships.
w. b. Gunton Of Bernice will OPP
en- up a coal mine near Laquin, along
the line of the New York and
Susquehanna railroad.
Mrs. II. T. Downs is recovering
from very severe cold that con-
fined her to her room last week.
A. f. Tripp who was taken sud
denly i'll last Saturday evening, is
improving.
The afternoon services in The Epis
cepal church will be resumed next
Sunday at $3.50. The vested choir
will sing at these services.
The County Auditors are still hard
at work on the public account They
have progressed so far as to indicate
that the debt of the county has been
reduced abont twenty-five hundred
dollars during the past year; and
this Notwithstanding two expensive
murder trials.
The Gazette's unWarrented attack
on Judge Dunham came with an ill
grace at this time. What is the
matter Brother Streby? Have you
been asleep and forgotten thai elect
ion is over; or are you merely pand-
ering to the powers that be in hopes
you may thereby gain something?
+. w. Peale of Eagles Mere and
Willis b. Snider of Nordmont, met
at the Court House on Monday, to
discharge their duties as Jury Com
missioners. They put the names of
$50 sober, intelligent and .udicious
citizens into the Jury Wheel, to be
drawn as jurors for the several conrts
during the present year; they also
from the wheel tWenly-iour persons
to ACT as Grand Jurors, and thirty
six persons to serve as Jurors for
February term of Court.
Appearances would indicate that
all the school children of Bernice
have had a sleigh ride this year.
Two sleigh loads from the advanced
grades were in town Tuesday and
three sleigh loads on ednesday.
They were a happy, bright eyed,
well dressed and well behaved
school.
Mrs. J. @. Wilson, widow of the
late John O. Wilson, died at her
home near Sonestown, December IS,
after a snort illness Of pneumonia,
aged 6S years 6 months and II days.
She is survived ,by five sons and
three daughters; George, William,
Robert, John b., Edward, Mrs.
Elizabeth runner or DuSnOfe, Mrs.
Lauer Cover of Laporte township
and Mrs. Amanda Smith of Eagles
Mere. The funeral was neld at
Sonestown, Saturday December 81.
At the meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania State Grange at Erie a resolU-
ton was adopted asking the State
Legislature to pass a law prohibiting
penalty therefore. =
Mr.. George Pond died at his nome
at Plains, Luzerne county, Dec. 10,
1904, aged 80 years. He was an en-
ploye in the freight station at
Wilkesbarre and while handling Il