Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-01-30
NORDNs0NT.

isCEsGW0NT.
Mr.. Frank Foust of this place
spent Sunday with hi, parents at
Hughesville.
Rev. Thos. F. Ridple is holding
revival services at the NJ. +. church.
Mr.. Ray Kessler Of i'ittston, tran
sacted business at this place Thurs
day.
Misses Neda Myers. Hazel Little,
Calvin Myers called ON Miss Dtlie
Snider Sunday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hess and
daughter, Katherine, spent Sunday
with friends at Sone.,own.
The supper held at the home OF
Norman Hess on Saturday hight for
the benefit of the T.. V. church was
we'll attrnded.
Those who took dinner on Sunday
at the home Of T.. u. Smith, were
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Smith and
children, Mr. and Mrs. VI. u. Horn
and children.
Mrs. Charles Hess and little
daughter, Violet, of Harrisburg.
is visiting her sister Mrs. Harry
Smith Of this place.
w. b. Snider was Dushore visi-
tor Saturday.
The Towanda Reporter Journal
OF last week says: The ToWanda p0-
lice department has longing to in
terview man who gave his name
as q. w. O. MalIey, Carbondale, Pa.
IO'Malley left Towanda one week
ago taking with him about one hun
dred dollars Of good, hard earned
money to which he had no righf.
After coming to town about three
weeks ago he made a house to house
canvass ana succeeded in selling 30
shares at one dollar per share, in
what he called furniture pool, be-
hind which he alleged was Gately
and Fitzgerald, the Scranton Install
ment house. After the 30 shares
were sold the names of the stock
holders were to be written upon
slips OF paper, placed in Il hat, and
the one whose name was drawn
would get $i5 worth of furniture
Then another stakeholder would be
.7acured all would chipin the second
dollar and again a name would be
drawn and $40 worth of furniture
would belong to some other lucky
stockholder, and 50 on.
O'Malley secured the stockholders
easily enough and a few names were
drawn and orders given for the fur
niture, carload of which was to
arrive in few days. The scheme
worked beautifully, and First ward
erS were in the pool on good shape
and determined to stick till they
drew some furniture. After the
second week, the stock holders COM
menced to ct impatient and O'Mule-
ley was kept busy fixing dates on
which the furniture would arrive.
Seeing that there was going to be
bother, the bunccoist made a trip
among the stockholders and for the
consideration f few dollars extra
arranged to fix the drawing so they
would get the next batch of furni-
ture. Then O'Malley became con
spicuoue by his absence and inquiry
revealed the fact that he had left
Towanda for pastures anew.
O'Malley, or whatever his name
may be is "A shysier, pure and sim
pie, and the good people of neigh
boring towns are warned to be on
the outlook for him with his little
furniture game.
| Believing that leniency would
have a better moral effect than
term served in "a reform ttory, Judge
| Hart of lycoming county, last week
suspended sentence in the case of
three boys who We're brought before
him. The boys were to report TO
the district attorney once month
and inform him of their conduct.
In the course of his remarks the
Judge said that boys who were
placed in the care of their parents
and placed on their honor seldom
came before the court the second
time. He gave the boys kindly ad-