Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-06-07
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
TerScly Told.

at Buffalo
Mr.. A. f. Tripp of Wilkes-Barre
spent the latter part of last week at
this place.
Miss Emma Cole of Dushore was
the guest of the Misses Crossley, Sun
day.
c. L. Cronin, Bloomsburg mer-
chant, was found dead at the bottom
of bridge wall at Rupert, and there
is suspicion that he was pushed off
the bridge.
Mrs. w. III. Murrelle, of Athens,
is visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Smyth.
Mrs. John Gumble and daughters,
Alta and Vernie visited relatives at
New Albany last week.
The Village Improvement Society
will meet with Mrs. Buck, Monday
evening, June 18th. All members
are asked to be present as business.
of especial interest is to be enacted.
Edward Harney, of Cherry Twp,
died June 3 at the age of "A years.
He leaves son and two daughters.
There will be t 70 murder cases
called for trial at Danvile next week.
Peter Dietrich and John Seers are
the defendants.
John p. Murphy, son of Patrick
Murphy, of Mildred died Tuesday
at the age of 36 years.
Mr.. Murphy conducted restaur-
ant at Mildred. In 1901 he married
Ella Driscoll, of Bernice, who sur
wives the husband.
Children's Day Exercises will be
held in the Methodist Church
next Sunday morning at II O'Clock
Epworth League in the evening, at
1870. All are welcome at these ser
vices.
Mrs. f. Rappleye and daughter,
Esther, and Mrs. Spring and two
children, of New York are guests at
the Mountain House. After the
middle of the month they will o.
cupy Miss Crocker's cottage on Main
street for the remainder of the sum
mer.
Mrs. John Frisbie of Ren wick,
Bradford Co., who for IA time lived
with her daughter, Mrs. B. $. Cowell
at this place, died last Friday at the
Sayre hospital after submitting to an
operation for the removal of a large
tumor, at the age of SO years. She
is survived by husband and two
daughters.
On July II, the new Chapel will
be dedicated at the Odd Fellows Or
phanage, at Sunbury. Invitations
will be sent to all of the lodges in
the State. The semi-annual meeting
of the directors will also be held at
that time and ground will be brok en-
for the new addition to the present
buildings. Appropriate exercises
will be observed.
Saturday, June 8, 1906, has heen
appointed as day for putting the
grounds of the LaPorte Athletic
Association in condition for use. All
who can do so are urged to hel p on
that day. If you can not go your
self, send some one in your place.
Men, boys and teams are needed.
Please he on hand promptly at eight
o'clock, A. M. Bring pick; shovel,
hoe or rake. The work will be in
charge of competent foreman.
By order of LlPorte Athletic
Association.
Michael Haspin, after receiving
his sentence of seven years in the
penitentary last week, made an at
tempt to dig his way out of the
county Jail by burrowing through
the floor. He succeeded in getting
two feet before he was discovered.
Foiled in this manner of escape he
secured wire and attempted to
hang himself would probably have
succeeded had other inmates of the
Jail not given the alarm and brought
the Sheriff in time to prevent him
taking his own life. Sheriff Buck
and Dan Casey of Dushore, took
Haspin to the penitentiary Saturday
There will be no Sunday School a,
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