Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-03-01
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Edith Eddy of Glen Mawr, spent
Sunday with parents at this place.
Miss Jessie Wrede Of Lopez
spent the latter part of last week
at her home in the second ward.
Ernest G. Brakeman and Miss
Katie Gardner, both of Lopez,
were united in marriage at the M.
T.. Church by the Rev. Thos. F.
Ripple, on Wednesday, February
2Sth.
Mr.. A. +. Tripp of Wilkesbarre,
is spending few days in town.
Miss Alice Belts of Towanda, is
being entertained by Miss Eliza
Shaut.
NJ. Frank Magargle of Sonestown,
has purchased the store building
adjoining the store of &. A. Starr,
at that place and has stocked the
same with gentlemen's uruishing
goods.
Mrs. II. IT. Spencer and daughter
Emma have returned from Wilkes:
Barre where they spent several
months.
Theresare at the present time six
teen patients at the Berwick hospit-
al. The institution is certainly do
ing great good for the town and
the people are standing by the move
very nobly.
A New York medical authority
rises to remark that "if you get that
tired feeling eat a pound of candy"
He declares that it is II positive cure
for fatigue. AT any rate, it is a pre-
scription5thatswill appeal to Il vast
number of people
There.will be services. inst. Johns
Church next. Sunday at | a. m. and
:. 80 %. m., Sunday school at 10 am.
Mrs. Frank McCann of Hills
grove, died in terrible agony last
Saturday morning, the result OF
taking carbolic acid instead Of
cramp medicine. Mrs. NcCann
was attacked with cramps early
morning and went down
stairs to take IL dose OF medicine.
A bottle of carbolic acid was on
the same shelf with the medicine,
and the woman in her haste to get
relief failed to notice that she had
the wrong bottle until after she
had drank OF its contents. She
died fifteen minutes after taking
the fatal dose. Mrs. McCann was
"a years of age.
Robert r. Little, president judge
of the twenty-siXth judicial district
composed of Columbia and Montour
counties, died at his home at Blooms
burg, Monday, afternoon. Judge
Little was stricken while on the
bench during the February session
of court, his illness having taken n
serious turn on Saturday last, when
pneumonia developed. He grew
gradually worse and was uncon.
srious for "A hours previous to his
death. He was born at Berwick, in
May, 1862. lie studied law with
his father and was admitted to the
Columbia county bar in 1874.
Walter Albertson of fJamison City,
who was seriously injured several
weeks ago by the falling Of logs from
a lumber train, died at his home
shortly before noon Friday. At the
time of the accident, he was not
expected to recover, but he has been
steadily convale.cing, and for q week
previous to his death was able to sit
up He took sudden relapse and
passed away on Friday. He is sur
vived by wife and three young
children.
Dubois phiIanthropists have found
new field for their work of charity
and have raised fund to pay for the
treatment of unfortunates afflicted
with the alcoholic habit. The names
of those who submit to the treatment
will be kept absolutely secret. Sew
eral ministers, physicians and edu-
Gators are on the committee arrang-
ing for the redemption of the vic