Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-09-13

her daughter, Mrs. George Snyder,
at Lestershire, n. Y.
Mrs. Louise Barrows and Mrs.
f. Rappleyc left on Wednesday
for Atlantic City, where they will
spend several weeks.
The dog day period so called, is
supposed to be, and generally IS, the
most unpleasant part of the SUM
mer, when the housewife expert
ences troubles of various kinds il
her pantry, and to keep food fit TO
eat it is necessary To keep it con-
stantly on the ice. With the pass
ing of the dog days the summer may
be said to be on the wane, and the
turning of the leaves and cquincoc-
tial storms may soon be expected to
follow.
Wilson Current of Millerton, Tioga
county cut 10 acres Of oats this week
on Lookout farm with a Milwaukee
harvester. in little over eight hours.
His team consisted of three horses,
whose combined ages foot up to 50
years, two being % each and one u
years.
1t will cost Uncle Sam eight hun
drcd thousand dollars this summer
to let the rural free delivery carriers
throughout the country have a vaca-
ton Of fifteen days each.
Norman Woodhouse of Morris,
was badly stung by bees ut his saw
mill at Blackwell and is in quite a
serious condition. He was stung
about the head and arms and his en-
tire body was swollen rs a result.
Cheaper coal for everybody is the
outlook for 20 months from now.
Within that time the railroads of
the United States must divest them
selves of all ownership, direct or in
direct, in coal property This, says
the correspondent of the Brooklyn
Eagle, ought to bring prices down,
and he says it on the authority of
men who have been for years in the
business Of mining and marketing
coal. May /, 1908, is the date by
which the railroads must be out of
the coal business. Many things can
be accomplished in 20 months, but,
according to railroad officials, the
time is none too long in which to
accomplish the task Congress has
put upon them.
The famous crooked bridge on the
S. 4 \. Y. railroad near Long
Valley, was entirely destroyed by
fire ot unknown origin on Thursday
night Friday and Saturday pas
Sengers were transferred at that
poltt anu an il'Suidi Id7o'i9'i
schedule over the line to Ralston
maintained. The bridge was a heavy
wooden structure about 20 feet long
and had a decided crook near the
middle, the southern span turning to
right at decided angle. In the big
flood of December, 1895, when the
old Barclay railroad was so nearly
obliterated, this bridge was washed
out. When the road was rehabili-
tated by the S. IL y. y. company il
was rebuilt on nearly the original
lines.
Early Friday morning the entire
available force of the roads carpen-
penters were put to work building a
temporary crossing, and material
was quickly rushed to the spot.
Temporary repairs were finished so
that trains were put across Sunday
afternoon.
Sept. s, began the open season
for shooting ducks until January |;
blackbirds until January /; wild
water fowl of all kinds until the lst
Of January and two weeks in April;
short birds Of all kinds and jack
snipe until January /. No person is
allowed to kill more than hundred
in a season, under penalty of so fol
each duck killed and four in their
possession.
The Lock Haven State Normal
School closed the most successful yeal
in its history. Its new catalogue