Co. Commissioners. L. 25. M1DDLEBU11GH, SNYDER CO., PA., NOVEMBER 1, 1888. NO. 44. i i . ... rnJMYDV Thank God, tho election will soon OQauuai u a rr doiqi u nau nuau; tJlllUlti flliulllulll ! rNANt) COUNTRY. 3 Chosnutt'f Dress Goods, p.3. L Kntp.Elln.nml Emma Stet- Moyees in the Danville Ay- jturncd homo on I' mlay. N. & L. Railroad company in- kitting fl,r irou 1,1 tne rove bridge. lave several hundred old news- at the printing office which sell at five cents per dozen. Bowersox brought a lot of kit-hurrs to our office on to which had yielded seven feveloped chestnuts each. Id. A pocket-book at Kratz l. 1... L'tt. uwner can nave same uy on A. A. Hummel, Kratzer ad describing property. I reported that the standard ipany will drill for gas in Terry , and that they are drilling in In county, not far from Luck Vtion west of Harrisburg. I sneak-thief stole a largo ham Dr. Orwiir's smoke house on k 1 i 1 I.. I ..I lllglii nuu a iul i umii I. ShimM's crib. Johnny ir gun, get your gun. K. C. Aurand is supplied pew stock of winter hats and fcilliiii.r foods iust received V York and Philadelphia. Call onvinoed that you can make i. i Iloffa, the Democratic can tor Senator in tins uisirici us last week. Tho Judge k old gentleman in every re Politically, however, he is off. I Deoplo tlr.idi that Alex, editor of the Philadelphia ' an independent republican pt his editorials as such. . xut as near a republican as ' jigham wus uu Abolitionist met pulled out of its station, lero out west, recently, and ing this way at the rate of six s miles daily. If it doen't je track, collide, or burst its ire may expect to see it with- Ireeks from this date a Jal e. Will be Mild ut piivnt Be Top bugg y as good as new ligh. Tho above are for sale b account that the undersign io use for theui. Terms cash. 5 J. Tkansvk, '88. Cw. MeCluro, Pa. fearn from Mr. Henry Dei ut he will at once re-build the I that was blown up to-day-a-he will have three year's jt work sawing up the lum pie 850 acre tract of land on ho mill is located. It is by him and Mr. Singley w purchased at a great bar- it tie waif that was left on step of our neighbor, John s traced after a little time ineer by name of Jett. Its naino is Alexander. Wo ued by a Purdytowuer that er, whose maternal lustinct as usual in all these cases, 3 secured the little one and her now in Purdytown, use of Mr. Maliek. Smi- hi Showers, the condemned j in Lebanon jail, is showing ns of insanity. He lias bo- kleercpid and emaciated as o bo able to stand. lie sent counsel. Colonel Seltzer, f morning, and when he h his cell he informed him b-go body of men were con front of his cell at night break in to hang him. added that ho could not lest on account of the oon- rriblo fear lest they should Ho had written to Gover er and tho Board of Par- ut it, but it was not stopped. jght the Colonel to Have him jo imaginary lynchers. He ntly a prey to apparently pallucinationa and frequen- cries of fear and fright t and day. Thank God, tho election will soon be over. The consciousness of having a remedy at hand for croup, pneu monia, sore throat, and sudden colds, is very consoling to a patient. With a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pec toral in the house, one feels, in such cases, a sense of security nothing else can give. It was once supposed that scrof ula could not be eradicated from the system j but the marvelous re sults produced by the use of Ayer s Sarsaparilla disprove this theory. The reason is, this medicine is the most powerful blood-purifier ever discovered. A visit to Oppenheimer's Cloth ing store and a sight of the constant flow of humanity coming out of the store with arms full of bundles con vinces tho visitor at once that Solly is still holding tho lead in the cloth ing business in Selinsgrove. His sales are heavier this fall than they ever were before all on account of low prices and square dealing. The condition of farmers in Ram sey county, in the northern part of Dakota, is reported as deplorable. Tho frost in August destroyed all the wheat as well as the vegetables, and great destitution prevails. Seventy families are said to be per ishing for lack of food and fuel, and to add to their trials, tho holders of mortgages are threatening to foreclose. Rom. or Honor. The following persons have paid their subscription to the Post to the dateif opposite their mimes. Should any mistaken occur in those credits or on your pa per please notify us : F. G. Walter, Dec. 1, 88 Miss Ella Gilbert, Oct. 1, 88 J. E. Enterline, Dec. 1, 88 G. Portzline, July 30, 88 Theodore Row, Sept. 1,88 J. H. Walter, Aug. 1, 8ii John Knepp, June 1, 80 Amos Bowersox, Dec. 1, 88 John Smith, Nov. 1, 88 Frank Blatt, Nov. 1, 80 J. H. Bolig, Sept. 1, 88 F. M. Spangler, Sept. 22, 88 One of tho growing evil of the day is tho abominable habit of cigar ette smoking especially among boys and young men. Thousands all ov er tho country are growing thin and losing their vigor. Ten years ago this habit was comparatively un known ; now it is almost universal, and spreading constantly. The young man who acquires the habit and sticks to it for a few years is certainly doomed to physical decay, as is tho drunkard and opium eater, It is a curse that bids fair to rival intemperance as a public evil and parents who are interested in the moral and physical welfare of their children should denounce this per nicious habit. The number of babies born annual ly into tho world is about forty-three millions ; daily, one hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and eight ; per minute, eighty. It is sad to reflect how many of theso helpless little ones, who never asked to bo born, are dragged up rather than brought up as immortal beings should be. Above all, we should be truthful with our children. Tho popular practice of teaching them to seem, instead of to be, and of culti vating "company manners'' destroys the frankness and transparent can dor which constitute the great charm of childhood. Never promiso your child anything, either a bun or beating, without giving it. It is also very wrong for a mother to put all the disagreeable duty of correcting child ren upon tho father and reserve all tho petting to herself. If she act tho part of a guardian angel, to whom tho children can run when re primauded by their father, this sel- hshuess does those whom sho pro fesses to love great injury. The children como to regard their father as a family bugbear, whereas what he does contrary to the wishes of the child may be for its permanent good. and nhow far more real love than the weak indulgence of its mother. A few months ago one of our friends here received a letter from hief-engineer Hamilton of New City in which he says : "The road is not abandoned ; it will be built. It is only a question of time." Lately we had an intervewi with a reliable gentleman of Indiana county who resides iu tho vicinity of the route. He says that for tho last 2 or :i months the engineers of this road have been at work there, locating anil re-locating parts and parcels of tho road in order to get tho best route in this county, and also further on west, in Armstrong county, and that the highest point, or summit, dividing the waters of the Susque hanna river and that of tho Ohio, were near where this gentleman re sides. He says that that point was considerable of an obstacle to over come by the engineers, but that they had finally succeeded ami lo cated a line. This road when com pleted will have an easy grade and curviture. It will be in no place more than 2 miles out of a straight line aud will be a trunk line for heavy trains. Whi n completed it will shorten the distance by railroad between Chicago and New York by at least fiO miles. The route run by the engineers is about as follows: From Pittsburg eastward, it will run through Armstrong, Cambria. Blair ami Huntingdon counties, striking the borough of Hunting don, thence on eastward through tho northern part of Mifllin county, striking Manu's axe factory, to the foot of Jacks mountain, thence along the same mountain to the Snvdor county line in Musscr's Valley, pass ing through about mul-way between Adamsburg and Troxelvillo until it strikes tho north bank of Middle creeK, crossing the same at Jsoyors bridge on the farm of Hassingor and Kern. Thence along the sout h bank of said creek through Paxtonvilh running parallel wit li tho S. . L. branch to tho farm of 1). K. Hass where it re-crosses Middlecreek thence running along the north bank through Middlchurgh, and crossing the S. k L. branch at tho railroad bridge below Smithgrove 20 feet above its road -bed, them along said creek to the north, t lionet across the rtusquchanna river, from thence through part of Nor thumberland county along Mahanoy creek to Ashland iu Schuylkill coun ty. The building of nuw railroads are at best very uncertain, but tin advantages of such a route is at once evident and it is more than likely that the road is only a matter of timo. e shall watch and wait meanwhile hoping for tho best. Last week the Mussers from Mill heim, live in number, hunted three days in Hevisa Valley and its vicin ity luroctly south ol the tunnels on the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad, and returned with three lino deer. Another one, a big buck, was wound ed and followed to water by one of tho party who found him lying in tho run with head erect quietly looking at him. The hunter "snap ped," at him, but tho cartridge iu his Winchester failing to explode he attempted to "pump" up another when the mechanism of tho gun failed to perform its functions and rendered the weapon useless. The buck jumped up, aud with graceful leaps aud an extra flourish of his im mense tail, darted into tho thickets and was lost. From what wo can learn of our informant it was Pierce Mussor who had the adventure. Ho thinks his ball hud passed through tho animal's stomach which will most certainly put an end to tho ca reer of his buckship. Look out ! A Republican ticket is iu the field with the name of James T. Mitchell, the Republican candi date for Supreme Judge, printed wrongly. Tho country swarms with mixed tickets. Look out for them. The names of tho Presidential Eloc tors are printed correctly on our 3d page. Compare theui with your ticket BOILER EXPLODES WITH FATAL EFFECTS. CYRUS DEITRICH IS KILLED. On Thursday after noon the boiler at Henry Doit rich's saw-mill, situate at the foot of Shade mountain, three miles south-west of Adamsburg, ex ploded, killing Cyrus Deitrich and totally demolishing the mill. The circumstances attending the acci dent, secured by a visit to the spot by the editor of the Post, are as follows : The boiler stood directly north and south, tho carriage and saw on tho south and tho otl'-beier's track was north. There were only three men at the mill when the accident occur ed. Cyrus Deitrich, sawyer, was standing on the carriage, Ephream Kline, engineer, stood a few feet from the engine to the north and Daniel Dcobler, oll'-beaier, was standing directly east across the car riage track ami within six feet of the boiler. The following diagram will give the reader a very good idea of the position of men and machinery before and after the explosion: i ! .1 I in ii II' iller mi l 'ii-iii". Wlii'P! mirth I'liil of ImIIi'I- I. i M !! . WIllTI' Nimlli cinl of ImlHT liltllll'll. Wlii'iv Cyrils I ) -It ftt-li slim l. Wli-Tf rili I) I'rl. h w.i. t inii'l Wln'iv hinli'l I Iil- r sM.iil Wlun Kplnr:iiii kllui' mIihhI. n Simmy. V HUrkxmltli Mliup. in IiwHIIiik hull-.)'. 11 Slulile. The diagram represents the scene of the accident in viewed from tho south. No photograph could be taken of the wreck as there is noth ing there to photograph hut a pile of lumber under which you must crawl on your hands and knees in order to convince yourself that an engine ever stood there. The boiler was torn apart almost iu tin1 middle. The one half which con tained tlio lire-box traveled some thirty yards straight west where it struck and upturned a two ton boulder.thence passing through and demolishing the black smith shop and lauded some ten yards back of it. Tho other end passed out over tho carriage, cut otV a six-incli sap ling and landed fifty yards away. Henry Deitrich, th proprietor of tin; mill, was at the stable some forty yards uwav to the north. Hearing the report an. I looking out ho beheld tho air thick with steam, dust, and flying lumber. He ran out and found both Dcobler and Kline up and about, their faces as black as night from the fire and soot. Dco bler had escaped scott free, while Kline was only scalded though ho had been thrown fully forty feet. "Cyrus is missing, where is he ?'' anxiously asked Mr. Deitrich. '"Over there is where he stood" said one. They went there and t lie blood stains on tho carriage track h confirmed their worst fears. Among tho logs, near tho carriage track, 21 feet from where ho had stood thoy found him apparently dead. They carried him on u pilo of saw-dust when they dis covered that ho still breathed. A messenger was immo liately dispatch do for a doctor.Dr. Wagner of Adams burg responded to the summons who arrived in timo to find him still alive but unconscious, and at about 5:30 he died. It is supposed that he was either struck by the south end of the boiler or hit by timbers propell ed by it. A terrible gash was cut across his fore-head, a frightful huV cut into tho back of his thigh ami his right arm fractured and side crushed. Ho waslMycars of age and leaves a wife and child who reside one and one-half mile south ot Mid dleburgh. A telegram was received on tho evening of the accident and the remains were brought to his father's home in Franklin during the night, from where the funeral took place on Sunday fore-noon the re mains being buried at Black Oak Ridge Church. The most striking feature of the accident is the total (l-iuolition of the mill. The engine, a ."lO-horse power, was on top of tho boiler, and aside from the cylinder everything was torn into fragments and scat tered in every direction, some pieces landing hundreds of yard away. The saw was torn from its fasten ings and came down with only two teeth broken out. Both sections of the boiler were thrown fifty yards tho north end with tho tire-box in it weighs 21 tons. The accident, as Mr. Deitrich in formed us on Wedne-id iy. was caus ed by the engineer allowing the wa ter in the boiler to get too low and then turning on cold water while the . . i ..... , .... gauge regisieieu hup poumis. 1 his was evidently the case as the lead in the safty-plug is partly melted out. The moneyed loss to Mr. Henry Deitrich is estimated at 1,700. It is a most sad affair. The men were just about to quit work for the day and young Mr. Dei trich remarked as he shifted a login position, "this is my last piece." The remark appeared like a strange premonition to tho unfortunate young man. He was an honest, faithful, hard working man. The entire neighborhood deeply sympa thizes with the parent and family of th d used, and an ilillleus; coiicoursof friends followed hilu to his last resting place. Our call for a Post of July 'Ji.th, and AugusCtO was promptly answer ed by Mrs. T. J. Smith of Middle burgh. Miss P.lla Steller of Danville, and Miss Vickey Beaver of l'raiiklin. Thanks. FlloM TIIK DlSTIIICT AtToUXKY of Wf.sT CIIF.STKII Co., Nf.W YoltK. Whin- I'liiliK-i. N. V.. April in. Issi1. I have received many letters in reference to my testimonial, lately published, commending Allcoek's Porous Plasters. I cannot spare the time to answer them iu writing, therefore would again say, through the press, that I have found Allcoek's Porous Plas ters invaluable as chest protectors and shields against coughs and colds. Furt her-more, I have found Allcoek's Plasters uneqilaleil f( r pains in side, back and chest. Nf.i.sos H. Bki it. I u legal circled there has been a question as to the meaning of, what is known as the Married Woman's Act of 1HH7. Judge Krebs, of Clear field, has hecu tho first to pass his opinion upon the law. The case was argued before him about two weeks ago, at Bellefonte, ami his opinion was tiled a few days ago. The cast! was that of Penns V. bank obtain ing a note from a married woman for a debt of her husband which she did not assist iu contracting and of which she had no knowledge, and which was not contracted for nec essaries in tho family. The note ob tained from her was what is termed a "tight note" ami was at once en tered up against her. Judg.i Krebs holds that under the act of 1SH7 the note was not valid and tho judge ment was opened absolute, that the law contemplates a married woman can not bo held responsible, even upon a note given by herself, for a debt of her husband's contracting. Tho Judge rendered this opinion upon tho law alone and without reference to tho acts of coercion as set forth in her testimony, iu the absence of her husband, as he states in his decision. ;r:. ri 2f lUsNKKvii.i.K. On account of the reporter being away from home could not send in the news last week. Mrs. S. L. Brower of this ville has gone west to visit her friends. Mr. Jacob (iross ha I bad luck with one of the large lingers on his right hand. He got it pinched oil behind the nail. By all appearance we cm boast of having the longest and linot p lr raisedin honor of net President aud Vice President Harrison and Mortot.. It is one hundred and nineteen feet high. Next . The Lowell reporter want s to know who will have a potato next larger than that of Mr. Baiimgaidner's. Hero she is, Mr. R. J. Smith raised one that w eighed I lbs. 2 ounces. Mr. James Reigle and wife of Akron ()., are at present with their friend Dr. Shive. Mrs. Joseph Peter is on the sick list. Messrs. John and Henry Peter while out on a hunting expedition John's gun exploded, bruising his hand, and breaking the gun. Tt almost stunned Henry who was just a short distance away. On Sat unlay evening last, Oct. 20, the Harrison and Morton club of West Reaver met at this place for the first time in order to more fully organize and get more members. They came as a eluli by way of the Hall in a torch light proeessiou and met at the store, after which a few remarks were ma hi by Dr. R. R. Rothrock of Met 'lure, followed by our noted Ex SheritV Ner B. Mid dleswarth which was all taken iu. and things passed off very smoothly, and went home with the music of the file and drum. lUroHTrn. Lowf.M.. The wet weather ami be ing away from home was the cause of not having any news last week from Lowell. Mrs. Jacob Matteru is the lios-. beat raiser of this town. She has one that measures 22 inches by 21 ami weighs II ; lbs. That beet i hard to beat. Some farmers are done husking corn but the weather has prevented them from taking it iu. Don't you think it would be better ill the shock. Troxelvillo should have their town lit up with street lamps, also their houses numbered, so if strangers come to town they will imt get lost or make a mistake in the house they entemled to isjt. An explau at ion from California Joe w ill be accep table. A. A. Kol.ligA. Co.. the Lowell butchers, are iu need of fat hogs. Any one having any for sale will do well by calling on or addressing the above til in where the highest price w ill be paid. Smith .V I',il are about through threshing for this season, and have done their share so they report. They have put through about 2ii,ihmi bushels of grain nil in West Beaver, except 5 jobs. That shows t hey are a reliable linn. W. i. Wagner has ri t urned from the city, w here he has been laying iu a stock of goods for his new store room which he soon expects to oc cupy. The community around was i-lenk ed to hear of the ih-ath of Cyrus Deitrich, as he was a young man ol good standing, and much thought ol' by tho people. Another warning to the many hunters. The news came to this place of a man being found on the other side of the mountain w ith the contents of his gun t hroiigh his side, his clothes nil burnt oil', and his little dog eating at his remains. Did not hear the man's name. The big meeting at Maker's church has been well at tended aud a gooi I many have been converted. H. Baiimgardner held W. (i. Wag ner's place in t ho store while Wag ner was in the city. He reports business good. Henry is accommo dating aud knows how to deal with the public. Tho merchant that does the big gest business beneath tho skies is the one that makes out a list and iu his county paper has it advertised U. Nc MMSh.r'l4h,Y, Iff" WlWunrtH.., , v 0. t
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