Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-08-30

The tobacco raiScrS oil CLINTON
county are cutting their crop and
they claim that that is the best in
twenty years. This product brings
a large amount of money into the
county. Taking one year with
another it is more profitable than
the ordinary farm produce.
Rodney A. Mercur, Esq, of To-
wanda has been named one OF a
committee of three by President
Roosevelt, to take up, as repre-
sentatives of the United Bar As
sociation, the matter of insurance
legislation throughout the country.
J. Henry Cochran, of Williams
port, was nominated as the candi-
date of the Democrats of the Twen
ty-fourth Senatorial District com
pesed of Columbia, Montour, Sulli-
vail and Lycoming counties. The
conference was held at the Park
Hotel at Williamsport.
Whilo filing prescription to al
leviate the sufferings Of another DR..
E.. F. Bonham, of Benton was
stricken Thursday a. m. with apo
lexy at ten O'Clock, dying a few
minutes after the attack.
The deceased was a very promi
nent physician and surgeon, be-
ginning the practice of medicine at
Muhlensburg in 1880, and moved
to Benton in 1889, where he has
since resided The doctor, how
ever was building beautiful resi-
dence and Office in Benton Boro, in
to which he expected to move Sep
tember 18th.
The Williamsport Evening News
believes that "when once the farm
ers throughout the country come to
the benefit of good roads
in raising the value of their proper
ties and lessening the wear and tear
on their horses and wagons, to say
nothing of giving them an easy out
let to market at all seasons of the
year, there will be much livelier
for slices of that State ap-
than at present.
Mrs. l.. Thubert of Austin, Potter
county, took sensational way of
ending her life last week. She wait
ed until her husband i'm the mornidg
returned from his nights work and
was retiring to bid him goodbye,
and instantly following the farew el
she shot herself.
Misses Agnes Walsh and Winnie
Gahan of Dushore were guests of
the formers aunt, Mrs. A. III.
Buschhausen, Sunday.
"When whiskey's in, wits out'
were the last words of Cattawissa
man breathed into the doctors ear at
the Williamsport Hospital just be
fore he died of injuries he received
on the railroad the day previous.
He was track man of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. He had gone to
Williamsport for good time and
becoming intoxicated sat down on
the railroad track and was struck by
a freight train.
The fight of certain newspapers
and individuals against the redicu
lousy low assessment of coal lands in
NOrthumberland county is about to
bear fruit. Following closely upon
the example set by the Commission
ers of Columbia county, one of the
northumberland County Com
missioners stated Friday morning
that the triennial assessment, which
will begin on Monday, September 3,
will undoubtedly result in higher
assessment of coal lands.
Joseph Moore, Slavonian, aged
"A years, residing in West Berwick,
was shot in the heart by an unknown
italian in the saloon of Charles Bat
taglia in West Berwick Saturday
night shortly before II O'Clock.
Moore, it is stated, had been dane
ing With a colored girl, which arOus-
ed the jealousy of one of the Italians
in the party, and whipping out Il 81
calibre revolver, he fired at Moore,