Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-07-12

lO1S OI the new ulcdl luSpeCtIOH INV
This honor will be conferred on L.
G. Houck, son of the late Samuel
Houck, Il lifelong resident of Ber-
wick.
The insurance agents of Susque
hanna and Wyoming counties met
in Scranton recently and entered IL
protest against the increase of rates
in such a manner that the recent ad
vance of % per cent will be taken
off in the two counties.
During the month of June there
were but six clear days. There were
nine cloudy and fifteen partly days.
On fifteen days there was rain and on
thirteen days thunder showers.
Mr.. Hiram White and Mrs. Sadie
Chesley of Granville Summit We're
married on July 3, at Waverly, N.
Y, by the Rev. G. A. Briggs.
Mr.. Edward Clarity of Rickets,
who was severely injured while
working in the lumber woods some
time ago, was discharged last week
from the Sayre Hospital.
of Pennsylvania had lost as many
hogs from hog cholera as it has lost
human beings from typhoid fever
this year the people would be up i'm
arms" This statement, made 10y
DR.. Samuel G. Dixon, had been pre-
ceded by the announcement that ty-
phoid is costing the state, in one
way and another, $l4 ,OO0,O 900 year
to say nothing of the expense to fam
lilies, which would add another
81, ,639, 200.
The petition for a supersedas filed
June 8, i'm the Laporte Boro School
Building case was dismissed by the
Supreme Court without making any
decision as the case evidently had no
merit to the courts point of view.
The School Directors are now at lib
erty to again proceed with the cree
ton of School Building. The
Board vas at first delayed with their
work by an Injunction and later by Il
but they again have Il
clear track and are taking advantage
of lost time.
We can't vouch for the truthful
ness of this statement, but there are
so many queer things in this age
that it may be true, that in the big
cities restaurants have been started
with no tables, no chairs, no food,
no walters, Christian science res
taurants; you think you eat; so
much a think.
Naturalization papers will not be
secured with so much ease hereafter
owing to the stringent regulations
which enforced by the recent
amendment to the United States
law. The applications must, since
July 1st, be made exclusively in
the Federal Court, and much
higher grade of intelligence will be
required from the applicant, while
the procedure specified will have a
tendancy to do away with much of
the fraud practiced throughout the
country.
The applicant must be either of
the Caucasian or African race. have
lived in the United States for five
years, be able to speak, read and
write the English language; must
file his petition in triplicate; and
file also information to the date of
his arrival and the petition must be
filed in the clerk s Office for ninety
days previous to the hearings.
A fee of seven dollars will be re-
required, II part of which goes to
the clerk and part to the govern
ment. The certi ificate of naturaii-
zation gives complete description
of the applicant, his place of birth,
age, height, complexion, color of
his eyes, special marks upon his
person; the name of his wife, her
place of birth aud age, and the
names Of her children their ages,
places of birth and residence.
Six women who sat togather on the