Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-09-07

ioiu NouitS was VI oohiNSN 'oNPe' ~
1855, just fifty years ago. 1t was
formed by comparatively few in
fuential citizens who were opposed
to slavery, and the movement was
the outgrowth of constant discussion
and agitation. which oftentimes
reached the point of violence be-
tween the free soil and pro-slavery
elements. The party carried the
county in 1856, being made up of
Wings, free soil Democrats and
former adherents of the liberty par
ty. The Daily Review of Towanda,
urges that the semi-centennial of the
birth of the party be tittingly cele-
brated by appropriate exercises.
| Fifty years of unbrOken success and
achievement it declares, whether by
organization or individual, it is
worthy of cOmmemoration.
The postOflice department has
made new ruling on mail matter
addressed to patrons along rural
routes which will be of great benefit
when the reorganization of the SyS.
tenn goes into effect this fall. Under
the new ruling pOStmasters are al
lowed to forward papers as well as
letters from one Office to another
where the person addressed is on IA
rural route. Ia the many changes
from one postoifice to another that
results when new routes are estab-
ished it requires several several
months to have their mail properly
addressed and while there will nee
essarily be delays, mail of every
character will finally reach the party
to whom it was addressed.
Batteries f. and G, First Penn
>ylvania Light Artillery, better
known as Rick etts Famous Battery,
in honor of Colonel Bruce Ricketts,
of Ganoga Lake, the leader of the
batteries, will hold their nineteenth
annual reunion at Berwick on Sept
ember 8. Battery f, AS it is known
took very prominent part in the
Civil War. At the battle of Gettys
burg the battery became noted. The
f.,t l. l,f nsl,
was captain of the battery. 1t was
here that the incident occurred in the
life of Captain Brockway that has
often been repeated as to how he
killed an enemy with stone after
his round of ammunition had been
exhausted
To facilitate more accurate
handling of the mail by rural free
delivery carriers the Postoffice De-
partment is arranging for the mum
bering of all rural letter boxes which
under the regulations of the De-
partment are entitled to service,
md authorizing the delivery by
rural letter carriers Of ordinary
mail matter of all classes addressed
to boxes by number alone so long
as improper and unlawful business
is not conducted thereby the same
as is now permitted in the case of
postoflice boxes. Instructions will
be issued to postmasters within
short time to assign to boxes en-
titled to service consecutive num-
bers, beginning with the first box
reached by the carrier after leaving
the postolllce and a new box erected
subsequent to the original number
ing will be assigned the next con-
secutive number in the use of the
particular route.
Last week party of sharpers
canvassed the residences of Sun
bury and in number of cases
where the men were not at home
discovered their names after they
had failed to sell to the women an
article of soap which they were
peddling. After they had left they
returned with orders sia ned by
husbands ordering their wives to
buy and pay for So worth, and in
many cases the orders which were
forged, were obeyed by the deceived
women. Some bought So 80 worth
of soap, that being all the money
they had in the house. The price