Con,V ltCt . Co bf LOCAL INTEREST 26. MIDDLEBUHGH, SNYDER CO., PA., SEPTEMBER 5, 1889. NO. 3B. i I.... t t..i.1iu .t- Vn. 85 per gallon. Uersoxof Shamokin wnn lomlay. Lo works more of reduced Guncbergef to prepare Inter stock. ieininger on Saturday pur- futher's house and lots at Lf,alfl u Middleburgh for .IJleburgh Band has been 'to furnish music for a pic- zeppa,(Boycrtown), Union Sept. 1. lldlcbiirgh Ban d this week HPveu new horns from Jintin, which complete a ift. the cOHt of which foots Lie thousand dollars. St Clair of Philadcl- V Annie HasBenplug of Mil- Miss Katie Hassenplug of te the guests of D. T. kul family. was Labor Day. It made Ll rliruiee in our neighbor- le busy people labored as i-arn bread and the lazy red to keep awake. ll, Lutheran Missionary to 111 preach in the Union Middleburgh, Tuesday ev- Ipteniber 10th. All are nvited to attend, end of Mrs. Shindel takes morrow, (Friday) at 11 The late hour is set for the ilution of the relatives tast who will arrive on the unclaimed letters in Mid- : Dr. L. W. Bock, Thomas N Wigler, James J. Hum- . B. Sheneck, Dr. M. F. J. W. Swartz. P. M. r. Harm' sermon on Sun- ling is spoken of as u mas- It. He took his text from chapter and 7th verse: took the book out of his Buckuell University may f its President. By the finest lot of brick nifactured in Snyderoounty H-en in Witteninyer's new hey were burned by John Vml were the last he nmnu- as his yard was washed the June flood. We hope start up again. ell ! Just see t Our friend the photographer, has proved in his line of busi ?s now making beautifully 11 - i - 1 11 1 ki puoios in nis gaiiery ui , Pa. Cabinets $3 per doz- jf or $2; card size 1.50 per Hit for $1. It will pay you in a call if you want fine jphs. Kleckner, of Yellow Creek, fell another car-load of se pia horses in Middleburgh, flay, September 10. They at the Washington House jbout September 5th. Any lining to Middleburgh who a purchaser and cannot re name day will have his ho- lid to the following "morn bills. pday our friend and brother, rout, editor of the Lewis t J'rtMa called at our office -d that he had his resigns eputy Revenue Collector in k-t and wanted to give it to p. te informed him that not the proper authority to it and if we were we would pt it as we didn't know of Pn in this wide, wide world would rather see hold so an office than he. We real regret that the signs of i indicate his dismissal, for -en an obliging and efficient pne whose onlv fault is an ats political color under the diuinistration. Squirrels were free on Monday. Shoot ni quick. Miss Hat tie Swartz of Troxelville spent Sunday with her brother, J. W. Swartz. J. M. Steininger of the Post took an 181 inch German Carp "out of the wet" on Monday night. Last week William Romig sold his house and two lost iu the wost end of town to E. A. Steininger for 800, Henry Renuiugcr of Franklin is putting the slate on J. W. Orwig's new house. It is A mechanical job. Squirrel appear to be plenty in the west end of the county. A party of four from Beavertown killed forty on Tuesday. A Lawn festival will bo held at Smithgrove, Saturday evening, Sep. 7, 188!) for the benefit of repairing the church. All are invited. When ft man gets "three sheets in the wind" it is time for him to wrap the drapery of his couch about him and lie down to pleasant dreams. J. G. Moyer of Adamsburg has purchased one thousand acres of timber land in Somerset Co., and will commence cutting it out forth with. We are sorry to learn that Win. Sholly of Jackson township was kick ed by u horse and had three ribs broken. He will be laid up for at least five weeks. The cigarette habit is increasing faster than the cigar habit. Last year taxes on 2,151,515,200 over the year before. For the same period 3,807,385,050 cigars were taxed, an increase of 22,058,900. We expect to invest liberally iu Dr. Brown-Sequrd's Elixir of life to bring back to life a lot of fellows who promised to pay their subscrip tion at September Court "as sure as they lived."' There'll be dead incii, dead men sure. Notice To Tax Payers. All taxes that are iu my duplicate nnd not pay ed for the year 18S8 must be paid on or before the 1st of December or I must collect them according to law. Wm. G. Smith, Collector of W.B.twp. Sep- 'Hi)- 3w- George Lay ton killed a black snake on Shade mountain on Mon day that measured (i feet and 0 inch es in length. As it had no ring around its neck, no horns, didn't whistle and had no bell on, this may be accepted as a true snake story. Grand Rapids, Mich., offered a boundy for the killing of English sparrows and up to date boys have slaughtered over 10,000 of the pests. In addition the boys have tilled a horse with bird shot, punctured the leg of one of their number with the same, and put out the eye of nuoth er. Speaking of the magnitude of a million a wheat broker says that if 1,000,000 bushels were loaded on freight cars, 500 bushels to the car, it would fill a train over fifteen miles long ; if transported by the common wagon, forty-four bushels per wagon, it would make a line of teams 142 miles long. The katydids and crickets have opened their nightly concerts, indi cative of the approach of fall the uiartains have left us, while the song birds are flocking preparatory to their migration southward, and soon we will have nothing left of the feathered tribe but the wicked little English sparrows. William Moyer of Freeburg, deal er in granite and marble, set up a beautiful granite headstone over the grave of Frederick E. Kremer on Monday. He also at the same time put up a beautiful white Portland marble monument over the remains of Mrs. Laura Smith, and a marble head-stone for Mrs. Levi Stuck Mr. Moyer is not only one of the oldest but one of the most skilled workers in marble in the State and we dare say his work on our ceme tery bears out the assertion. C. P.- Swengel has erected a hy draulic eider press at Paxtonville and is doing an immense business. It is the only press of the kind in this section of the county, and is rapidly driving the old style presses out of existence. The same kind of press wa built by tho Walters at Middleburgh last summer, but the June flood took it along. Boouastiel has written his fiftieth letter for the Post, and it is encour aging to him to see the favor his productions have met with our rea- lers. His mission is a double one. First, to stab Error, and, second, to give Bight a friendly push. He will continue writing for the Post as long as he is appreciated, clothe his thoughts in tho homely language of our fathers and "shoot Folly as it flies." Oh To Gettysburg 1 Capt. Ryan Post, G. A. R., of Middleburgh will start for Gettysburg in a body on the morning of September 1. Some thirty members have already made arrangements for transportation and more are expected. Tho train isdue here at H:12, via Selinsgrove Junc tion and it is desired that all. arrive in timo for this train. All soldiers are invited to accompany the Post. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany are laying 2000 feet of side track at Centre Hall preparatory for the Granger's Pic-nic to be held du ring tho week commencing Monday, Sept. 10. They will run trains every hour from all points. C. K. Sobers, tho famous wing-shot expects to give exhibitions of his skill with the rifle and shot-gun every day during the week. "You may lukn lite world It conn niidtfrmt And you will 1m Hiiro to nnd, Tluit (!( will m ll lire the account nIii uwim, V fliH-vcr coiiu-h mil IxMilud. And Hit llitlnt.ilii.il Unit H limn hits dun.-, lly wlmtsiH'ViT Indiiri'd. Ili'lurn lit lust t lilm our I y om, A I In' t'Utcki'iiH ihiii- liuiiii'M n -!.' We had our doubts an to tin-truth of the article published in last week's Post from a Union county paper do scribing tho strange manifestations at the funeral of Mrs. Wm. Scnrls of Lewisburg, but while iu Union county on Sunday we learned from a nephew of undertaker ('-inter that the raps against tint floor were so violent that the jarring nearly threw the corpse oil' the t rustic-hoard. Matt Kramer of Putnam county, Pa., is over six feet tall, weighs 285 pounds, is not a fat man, but so strong that there are men iu tho county who want to bet $1,000 that he is the strongest man in the world. The other day ho raised a large stone pedestal, weighing 1,!I00 pounds, mid held it above his head for several seconds, apparenty without much effort. On Tuesday morning tho house of Perry Beaver in Jackson township was burned down. One of the chil drcn poured coal-oil in the stove to kindlo the fire and then left for the field. The coal -oil exploded the stove and the fire spread so rapidly that scarcely anything was saved. The loss is estimated at about $1,000, and was insured in the Beavertown Mutual by Michael W. Beaver, now dee'd, but tho policy had not yet been transferred to the son, the present owner. This seems the age for swindlers, and if you don't wuut to get your eye-teeth cut, your best plan is to look out for the man who doesn't like to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, but who is going around seeking a victim w hom he can swindle out of a few dollars. The latest fraud is found where you would least expect it in the Silent City of the Dead. A man is travel ing about the country soliciting orders for cleaning up grave stones in the cemetery, that have become discolored with dirt or mildew. He does the work easily with diluted acid, but the polished surface of marble headstones is ruined by the acid. Look out for him. Granite monuments might not be injured, but the use of nitric or sulphuric acid on marble ought not to be toler ated for a moment. Penns Cave, near Spring Mills. Centre county, 1ms been purchased by a party of Pittsburg capitalists, who intend beautifying and fitting t up for a summer resort. We have been throuch this cave half a dozen timet and believe it to be the greatest natural curiosity in the state of Pennsylvania. So far as ' beautify ing it" there is nothing like it, for beauty unadorned is beautv crown ed." Ik is neither half a mile long, or an hundred feet to the dome of its chambers as some of the miners describe it, but tho beauty of its in- tenor is simply indescribable while its temperature is almost equal tho year round cool as an ice-house. Matrimonial Market. The follow ing marriage licenses have been granted by the clerk of the Orphans Court of Snyder county during tho last week i J Oscar 8. Bower, Hummcls Wharf, (Sarah Heiser, Kratzerville. jAtninonW. Row, Salem, )Clnra A. How, USaniuelF. Mowerv, Penn twp., Amanda J.Amich, Washington twp J Geo. A. Fihrawdor, Perry Co. Pa., ( Surah J. Stuck, Perry t wp. J Jacob H. Hetrick, Beavertown Pa ) Carrie E. Snook, tBeuj. Bickhart, Chapman twp. iMary M. Neitz, J I. L. Luck, Cumberland, Md., Einina L. Duck, Salem. WlionnlirhthiMlcthorriiHiiliisiliiwii, with low nd plulnUve Imm MuiHiultoe thirsting fur our hiond. iiroumt our pillow enme i We watch. W wait with bided limit ti while strikes tlia midnight chlnii'. And bit our cheukta HUtutlng ship mid iiiIm Via very tliun. Pension Commissioner Tanner has issue 1 he following important order concerning pensions s "Tho rulo which has hitherto maintained in this office rceardinir proof of origin of disability, under which tue evidence of the commis sioned officer, or the orderly ser geant, was accepted, while, in the absence of that evidence, tlio testi mony of two private soldiers has been required, is hereby so fur mod ified that, in tho absence of the evi deiico of the eoinmissoncd officer or tho orderly sergeant, the origin shall beheld to be proven on the evi dence of the claimant ami one pri vate soldier, provided always tluit said claimant and said private be men of reputable character. CiiritciiHii.l. News. The old stand ard St. John's Sunday school of West' Beaver, bought the finest ('Impel organ in Ccntcrnl Pennsyl vania at an astonishing low figure. They bought direct from the man ufacturer and organist S. Steininger of Middlocreek, Snyder county, Pa. Buyers of organs will save all the agent's profit and get from 20 to 50 dollors more organ at the same price, by buying from him. The annual picnic of St.Jolm's and neighbor Sunday schools of West Beaver will take place on tho old grounds, Saturday, September 11th. Music will be furnished in abun dence, by the finest bands. We hear every body say "that's the picnic I am going to attend." Shamokin Dam. Sunday Sept. 1st was quite ail interesting day for tho Lutheran of this place. They dedi cated their new church and raised five hundred dollars on tho occasion which pays all the debts. The church in a neat structure, finished and well furnished and is a credit to the place. The whole cost of build ing was About four thousand dollars. Clements Park is getting to bo u great picnic place, as scarcely a day passes that there are not ouc or two ami sometimes more picnics there. Mauy come from quite a distance, and hardly a 'day passes without a tight yesterday a laby ( ?) whaled a man with a pailing till he got sand in his teeth. Strange thut of all the fights there is seldom any one from this place concerned in it, but poor Sliamokin Dam gets the credit as being the worst place on this side of Kratzerville. But taking it as a whole, Shamokiu Dam has about as respectable people as any other town :uf its size. And what gives it r ) ' name is Jthe off scourings of oth?r pTices. Fishing in booming, but catching fish is another thing very few be ing taken. I spent a few days pleasantly at Williams Grove last week. The "Fort Augusta Snapper Club" of Suubury had quite a time each of its members carried a yonng snapper. Gov. Beaver and other prominent men dined with them and were roy ally served by Susie Reeser, the cook. Zack Het trick and Wool Aurand were alout the hardest cas es there from this place. They say the water was bad but then they an no judges of water as they never wash or use any to drink. Samuel Burns of Windfield has purchased n tract of timber and is now taking out tho props und ship ping them from Clement station. Wes. Wendt the Lookport grocery man is doing a good business. Lillian Hettrick and Maud Bake les report a large time at the picnic at "Picture Rock" last week. Himo has stopped boating and is now training E. R. Hottenstein's white horse for the circus. The horse can eat alone already. The other day a Dutchman at Slia mokin was struck by an engine and thrown into the creek. When a lot of people rushed to the place to see the dead man, ho got up and said: Des hut mich by (i-l sheer farshrecked !" We Notice That Geo. Wilt and Scott Ritter had their haircut. That Jack Rilgor's pantaloons are too tight. That Pete Trait wears linen trous ers. That Wm. Cui us is the boss mason at the school house. Thut Spoony Frymire left his wife for a few days. That Billie Spotz dare not go along to Carlisle with tho Band. That Scott Ritter had to nurse the baby while his wife went to church. That Perce Hottenstein's wife left him for a week's visit iu Luzerne county. That Ben Butler drives .i fast horse. That Andy Herman was home on suiiihiv, and Mary was happy. That Frank Fisher's girl was in town, and rraiik wis iu clover. A i Msiifitu. - J. H. Stadon. wife and children have left for their homo iu Virginia. Mrs. Banks Dreese anil Carrie I'lsh have gone to Pittsburgh. Mr. 1). will make that her future home. Rev. A. B. Middleswarth of Den ver, Colorado, is vising her mother and friends at this place. Quite a number of our people vis ited the G. A. R. encampment at Wagner on last Saturday. Rev. R. F. Hassinger preached in tho Lutheran church last Sunday from tho text, "Remember the Sab bath day and keep it holy." It was mi appropriate sermon. Tho following citizens are laying new pavements viz : Hon. A. S. Helfrich, A. H. Ulsh, J. C. Scluvni bach, W. F. Haines and Isaac Smith, which will greatly add to tho im provements of our town. The plasterers have commenced work on J. Greenhoe's new house. Isaac Saltzman has weather-boarded his house, and has otherwise im proved it. David Getz has purchased three lots of Mr. McCliutic for 500 and will erect a new house in tho near future. Rev. Mumma recently paid a visit to his mother near Harrisburg. Wo are sorry that our druggist, J E. Honeycutt, will leave us in the near future. He will locate at Chambersburg, and will follow tho drug business. Mr. R. H. Putter sou of Juniata county, and Miss Nettie Henry of Sunbury, were visit ing the family of H. I. Romig. At tho sale of Daniel Mourer, dee'd John Zeiber bought tho farm for $2,C50, H. J. Smith, lime-stouo lot for 10, Moody & Singley, wood land for 4800. And now the squirrels are free, and you can hear tho report of guns in all directions. Reports have it that some took advantage of the 1st, for nil that it was Sunday.?? Hereaf ter bo a littlo morn careful what day you shoot. Caution or trespass no tices have been put up at all cross ings of tho S. & L, R. R. J. O. Moyer has gone to Somerset county on business. Mrs. Laura and Mrs. W. H. Dreese attended the Orange Pic nic at Wil liams Grove. Mr. A. E. Mitchel is on the sick list. Young men, when they go to see their girls should not carry a bottle of whiskey in their pockets. This is a very bad practice. If you do not respect yourself have some re spect for the ladies. of TuoxEi.viu,E. Last Sunday Rev. J.M.Slovor preached his an ual liar vest sermon to a crowded house. The church was fast fully decorated with ever greens, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables were displayed in abundance. After the set-vises all usefiill articles were donated to the Rev. Mr. Stover. The prospects ate good for a uro lonired drouth. Our fniiii. iu ..mi l llow until it rains. Last Thursday evening the chil Iron and grandchildren of old Mi s Israel Erb gave hern grand birth day surprise party. It being the 7th anuiversery of her birth. The old lady is very feeble, and it was feared that she might not be able to boar the shock which it miizht um ber, so her son Moses cautioned her not to get scared if she got a lot visitors. In a very short time tin rest of the party mado their appear ance an. 1 took her by storm. Mrs. Ocker being iu the lead went diroct for the old lady aud took her by both ears and said: "Aunt Niillv. dear mist net farshrecka won so feel leit ulfie mole cooina far eich tsu sana. Dear seit shear tsn nit far ga tzuveled si, awer .inch nius ich ir shy-let t era a wenich oils shtrecl:u ' The old lady could answer nothing for a while, but in turn shed tears o iicknowledga her thankfulness. After cnngi-utulatiiiu-'hci- on her rim- old age. she received unite ii mini bel- of valuable and useful presents i roc generations nl her own de scendants were present. All agreed that this was the boss surnrisc party of the season, and the crei should all be given to Miss I'.llen ( Kil, a grand -daughter of tin lu.lv. California Joe Obituary. lit Mrs. Sallie Gohin Shindel, widow of Rev. J. p. Shindel, after a widow hood of 17 months followed her hus band to tint eternal world on Tues day morning, Sept. Itr.l at H o'clock. She was taken with an attack ot apoplexy, Thursday, Aug. 22, 1HW and after suffering some twelve days died peacefully as a child goes to sleep. She was kindly attended iu her last sickness by the children and grand-children of Rev. Shindel. Tho funeral will bo held on Friday, Sept. 0th ut 11 o'clock. Mrs. Shindel was born at Sunbury June 20, 182-'l. Her parents were Edward and Su sannah Gobin. She was the second wife of Rev. J. P. Shindel, and had with him two children, Edward and M. Ellen who both survive her. In her early days she became a mem ber of the Presbyterian church, (the church of her parents) but after her marriage she adopted tin church of her husband, (Lutheran i and remained a faithful member un til her death ; never neglecting to attend services and especially punc tual at the Lord's supper, always liberal in her contributions towards tho Benevolent workings of Un church. She was a kind neighbor und will bo missed by the whole community. An affectionate wife and indulgent mother. Her step children will remember her with much love and respect, as she al ways tried to hold a place iu their hearts same as a mother. Read Kern & Aigler's planing-mill advertisement on last page.
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