Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-10-29
County Scat
Local and Personal Events
TerSely Told.

Hon. Thos. J. Ingham was Du-
shore visitor Tuesday.
Judge Richlin visited the county
seat officially on Monday.
Hunters in this section are meet
| ing with fairly good success the past
week.
Mr.. j. l.. Smyth is spending a
week with friends in New York
City.
Miss Edith GumbIe left here on
Monday morning for New York
City where she will spend the win
ter
Miss LOie Baldwin of FOrksville,
was the guest of Picture Rocks
| friends last week.
A $4,000 granite monument to
| the soldier and sailor dead of Mon
tour county is to be erected at Dan
vile.
Landlord F. w Gallagher was at
tending U. S. court at Scranton last
week, serving as a juror.
Democratic County Chairman w.
b. Ritter is making some extensive
election predictions. But then Bill
ey always looks on the optimistic
side of everything.
Miss Bertha Smell of Proctor died
at the Williamsport Hospital on
Sunday, October IS. The funeral
was held the following Tuesday, in
terment being made in the Hills
grove cemetery.
Lee VOORHEES, of Wilkes Barre,
passed through Laporte Friday and
stopped to shake hands with old
time friends. Mr.. Voorhees, is tax
ing DR.. w. F Randall's automobile
to Wilkes-Baar to make some re-
pairs.
Rt. Rev. James II. Darlington
Bishop of the Disocese of Harrisburg,
will hold Confirmation services in
st. Johns Protestant Episcopal
Church at this place on Thursday
evening, November 9TH. at 1870.
Miss Winifred Fuller of Ithaca,
n. Y, a noted evangelistic singer,
a former Sullivan county girl, sang
at the revival services held in the
NJ. f, church at Muncy last week.
MISS Fuller has an exceptionally
sweet voice and as IA singer she is
in much demand in many sections
of this state.
William Halpin, a ten-year-old
boy of Mildred was accidentally
shot by boy companion on Tues
day of last week. The boys secured
revolver from the top of cup
board where they knew it had been
placed and the usual result followed.
The boy was taken to the Sayre
hospital where by the aid of the
X-ray machine the bullet was To-
Gated but the physicians were unable
to remove it, He is recovering and
no serions result is anticipated.
The home of John Campbell at
SOnestOwn was burned down to-
gether with all the household goods
one day last week. Mrs. Campell
was engaged in some household du-
ties in the pantry and when she had
occasion to go into the kitchen it
was In a blaze, having caught fire
from the kitchen stove. She had
only time to get their two children
out of the house before the whole
building was in flames. There was
no insurance which makes the loss
a most severe one.
A vote for Peale and Rogers is
a vote for the continuance of the
present good management of the
Commissioners office. The present
incumbents have extracted from the
pockets of the trusts over $4,000, 90
during their term for county funds.
If you fully appreciate this change
of affairs and want tolsee just equali-
zatiOn of taxes continued, then cast
your vote for Peale and Rogers.
AT a meeting of committee of
teachers appointed in accordance
with provision of the law, held at
the county superintendent's Office
SATURDAY. Sf yaS laoidafl tf, hold tho