Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-08-29
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Charles Jackson is Berwick
visitor this week.
George Webb of Athens is visit
ing Mildred friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barclay Duggan n
were called to Ulster to attend the
funeral of the latter's brother John
Mathews.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ramsey
were Wilkes Barre visitors last
week.
p. E. Alden of Monroeton was
visiting friends in this place last
week.
l.. j. Lowrie attended the funeral of
Rev. O'Burn who died at Carbon
dale.
Mrs. Mary Cunningham was call
ed to Frigality as her brother Wm.
Summers is very low
Z. Y Mclaughlin of this place en-
tertained few friends on Saturday
evening. A very good time was re-
ported by all.
Lovers of the luscious peach in
Sunbury, as well as in this entire
section. will regret to learn that the
peach crop in New Jersey and Del
aware is a total failure this year and
as result there will be a scarcity of
this fruit in the markets of the big
cities. To add to these conditions it
Will be very unpleasant to learn that
produce merchants are sending their
agents throughout this entire section
buying up as much of the entire crop
CT fpeaches that they can possibly get
These agents are now at work in the
country districts surrounding Sun
bury and they are making all kinds
of tempting offers to farmers for
their peach crops.
1t is their intention to ship the
peaches to the Philadelphia market
because their market has so badly
suffered from the failure of the New
Jersy and Delaware crops that green
peaches are selling there at the pres
ent time at three dollars per basket
and big jump in the price is ex-
pected at any time unless these
agents are able to make big pur-
chases from the farmers upon whom
they are now calling.
Propositions are being made to the
farmers that the merchants desiring
to purchase will do all the work,
such as the picking of the peachez
and hauling them away, and all the
farmer needs to do is boss the job
and receive his money. 1t is report
ed that a number of farmers have
accepted the proposition, while
others have refused, but that there
will be shortage in the peach crop
in this section is generally beloved.
Sunbury American.
A circular letter from State Health
Commissioner Samuel Ct. Dixon
giving d synopsis Of the act passed
by the last session of the legislat'-
regarding the registration of births
and JoothS ;o boino cont o,,f .rb.oo
important changes are made in the
act of May l., 1905. Hereafter the
local registrar will not be required
to issue a burial permit for bodies
brought from other parts of the state
by common carriers, as was the case
heretofore. According to the amend
ed act, parents, instead of physicians
will now he held responsible for sup
plying the name of the children
when the birt h certificate are sent
to the local registrar. The local
registrars are now empowered to
administer oaths, but not allowed to
receive fee for doing so.
BY an order issued by Mayor
Lewis Boyer, the people of Dubois
fear they soon will be ordered to
stop breathing on Sunday. The
Mayor orders them to stop nearly
every thing else.
Beginning next Sunday, street
cars must stop running. No wagons
must appear on the streets, Sunday
newspapers cease publication and
every thing else that bears the least