" - : ; - " V I. ( Co VOL. 27. MIDDLEBUltGH, SNYDER CO., PA., APKIE '.'4, 181)0. NO. n ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST The muddy crossing lin turned to llUSl. The debt "f LancasterCity if ,I,".l..". .VSSOl" Jf l,l"in.,OOl'. Ait Nt'liiiiitrf says it fnakos ti wo . i . i i XHll M'K l Keep u sccioi. Indies who refuse to tell census . ii i.' .i i . i.. ,:;iiiii'i'!iiii s men- ages art' name io tSn.' i (;,('. (Sutolius is in tho fit y this k Inlying his Summer stock of tiling. J.Oi n Krooger, Telegraph opora- ;, v for tin Pennsylvania Company .h.'uiie on ' visit. yiis Fannie Poworsox who spent i i. . ... i l ..r t.... -t'.t.ai weciws in ii'Miit- uii- ii'il mi Lrnixtuwii. This country has over loo.tmo Silli er schools, with 1,000,000 teachers, Mil S.JJil.'XHI hl'llulill-H. All' ii Scliiii li, of Philailt lpliin CTl"''! tlic liaiul of his many frifiuls in this i1:un' on Jloinlay. Qiiitt' a miiiihcr if our f:iniii'iM L:i' i(.li'it-il thi' ciht hour system -that is, njjht liours work Ix-fon- .'i'.m.r ii i i 1 I'l 'lil liuiirs after iliiini iv W'.H. Mattd1 of Sw incfonl is aint for Cukliii Wagons, llnl si in;H, mul l'hiws. If you ni'l any of lev i tiflt's rail on him. May 1. The Watsontown llmlf has heen (:il:irril to a nix column iuarto. It i a wide-iiwiikc, enterprising sheet and ik'scrvi'M the popularity it has aihitveil. Well, Sarah, w hat have you heen luiiiK to make you look so young? 0i, liothhii; much, only liticn using Hull's Hair llt iiewer to restore the ivlir of my hair. person ciiiryiiig insurance on :!icir liousehoM goods ainl having ruimvcil to a new location should :i"t in 'gleet to have their insurance "liry transferred, as it niiylit prove i m i imis thing in case of lire. Our fanners tell us that the 'i i 1 1 i 1 is so hard that it is almost .iiili.-.ihlc for them to turn u fur- uw while plowing. Most of them ititrli three horses to each plow and vti'ht the licam to keep the shear Hi'liT the surface. Any emigrants with families, or tin T parties, wishing to go 'ct in 'iif spring should imply to (iit't iV: llilt.T, Kciil Estate iigellts. Middle- ll"i-'ii, I'ii., for inforiiiat ion as to "plates of fare, and the most ili- i iiiul cunvi nieiit iouti s to take. Mr-. Sl.eritV lleichh'.v was happily npn-'d l.y her Sunday Scho.'l "t" one evening last week nt her "" Houth of town. Mrs. Keiehley '"'''H a faithful teacher in the "t"ti Sunday school for a numher yiars and her leaving here will he ,'rcat hiss to the school. Tii-ol. (j;il,lM t, Un , has had Mid 'I'Uili's famous painter and pa 1 ' han-er, A. J. Crosgrove, at work IjHlmiisi' for several weeks pa ''iiitf rooms, frescoeing ceilings, '1 painting the woodwork. 1I ha 'My the most heatifully adorn '''( lling in the town. S-T. Hnck, Merchant Tailor, has ,V'1 from New lierlin to Mon Jis il.., ill( where ho has opened xtciiMvi, ehtablishment. His ' lias always given good satisfac- ''. mid a card addressed to him Muntoursville will hring him to ' part of Union or Snyder eoun- t" take your measure. ""Thursday of hist week as E. (!. .vl.ill of Hi,. JV.,,,. Hotel, l'rai.k- f' driving through the nar- I'ctween Midd.11. I. nr. 0, mid 'I'li'iisiit Mills, lie was hailed l.y 'Mi:g in the hrush ahont '" Jards from the road who wilted a revolver and ordered ""l'lllt. Mr. (lr,.vl.ill disi.n.in.. ''iscul's intentions, g.ive his the whiji and was soon out of On Saturday the felhv. v pass thr.mgl, our town, unniolesled. ""(lit to have l.een caught, r"glily l!ogg..d and ordered to 0 the county on limited time. 1'or nearly half a century Ayer' Cherry Pectoral has heen the most popular cough remedy in the world. The constantly increasing demand for this remedy proves it to he the very host specific for colds, roughs, and all diseases of the throat uinl lungs. A fter siilVeiing hoi rihly for years from scrofula in its worst, form, a young son of Mr. 15. Tj. King, 7i' Franklin St., Kichmoiid, Va., was re cently cured h.v the Use of Avel's Karsaprilia. o other medicine can approach this preparation us it clean er of the Mood. We have received u copy of the Sioux Valley X irs, puMished at Con i el ion ville, Iowa, from S. ('. Uilger, son of .John 1'. Uilgcr, dee'd., who was a resident of this county. Mr. I5ilg r is foreman of the A'ff.i, and judging from its make-up, he h is inherited the mechanical skill of his father. S. II. Thompson of Pittsl.nrg, Pa., Traveling Passenger Agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, recently called on A. K. (iift of the lirni (Jift iV 1 tarter. Ileal Kstate agents, and left ipiotationn fr rates of travel that will In' of inter 'st to all parties intending t ) emigrate west. En. Post. Please announce in your next issue that I am teaching the High School at Shainokin D.un, and will not have the time to iit nil the school directors in the coun ty hefore the election for County Superintendent. Yours truly, 1). S." PoVKll. Shainokin Dam, Pa., Apr. 'Ji.'l'it. Matkimomm, Maukkt. J Henry liaumgardner, Iiowell, iMollie E. H ouser, (!rosgrove Hall. Arthur J. "Welder, Middlecreek )Ij.reia Ann Herhster, " J John 15. I.each, Chapman, Agnes Staid, Pielllieville Herhster, McKt es J F. i Mary Ann Kerstetter, Plow shoes Jit. Oil, if l.'J.'i, ifl. ."(, SI. CO and if'l.f'i.', hest whole stock and hand-made. Men's dress slu es from l.l!.") to ..'.(), including la st Cangaroo. Ladio's l)ress Shoes from Si. 'J.') to ifil.ou, including the finest Pongola and French Kid that the market affords, at (human's Shoe Store, Middlehiirgh. Pa. t f. It is reported that a west end young man some time ago carried a pair of ground-hog ears in his pock et book for several mouths with the intention of presenting them ton just ice for :i premium. He thought the gioiind hog he killed au fox, so he kept the "scalp"' and threw t he carcas away. Foi; Sai.k. A Top linggy as good us new, price .."! cash. The reason for selling is I have no use for it. Also a lot of Mei e'iandi c consist iug of Dry (Joods, Notions, pools, Shoes, Kuhlier (Joods, H.ildwale and (leeiisware, with a variety of other goods which 1 will sell at greatly reduced prices. J. Ti:Nsi i:, I Jl t;t. MeClure, Pa. Tin-inn dred- unci thousands of persons who have every day to stand up in ra'h'oa J cars after pur chasing tickets entitling them to scat will have some satisfaction in learning from a decision, reached in the Court of .Judge Finletter. that they need not pay their fare until they have Ic en given a seat. The wonder is that the traveling public has all these years put up with the imposition which railroad compa nies have put upon them in this par ticular. All exchange states the fact that you can read the proof of a news paper article three or four tiunsand repeatedly pass over the same error without, seeing it. All newspaper men will till you so. JJut just as soon as the press is stal led and the paper is print cil in its complete shape there standstill' error in front (f you so leg that you can't see any thing i lsc. It's a strange fact and is probably the reason why it is so easy to edit a new .-paper after it is printed. mirk In yiitir llannetH. Tom. Till tlio mil nt May ; lx.m I take- tlii'in off. my boy. Ami culoli tHiniiiiniiilii. stick to your it.inio'K Tom. Howi'vit clns tin1 sun. or you ill in- an niufi-l. Tom. Ilofiire llio hprlntr Is doiio. t.nniKttiti-, "t I'-dii' ! Im mi inijfol. Iy tliat I liii'iin lo ay : I n mil lo In' nt) link'' ! Hill tiol IlK'Ilt iiii." V,-e Vtfni. -Tom. The last annual report of lh" late Dr. Higbee, Superintendent of tn Common Schools of Pennsylvania, is just out, and it contains some very interesting things on education and the progress of the common school system throughout lie1 common wealth. There are 'Jt.noo (eaehei -iin the State, It i, oi ii I of whom are females ami n.ikmi males. During the past J ear .rt7 new school houses were reeled lllld over S'JIm.IHNI in excess of Inhs was spent on school proper ty. The real estate of Helfrii h ,V Smith was disposed of at SheritV's sale on Tuesday. The store house was sold to a syndicate composed of Win, Drees.', Dr. A. M. Smith, John S. Smith and Samuel Shieiy for Sh"'-"1 Mr. Helfrich's home was purchased by C. (). C.leenhoe for !?-. .MI ; the coal yard vras knocked oil lo A. Kreeger for si, do. The ollu r live tracts were sold to dill'elelit patties and brought a total of S1,:.V 'I'he sum total of all the real estate sold amounted to slo, pju. A farmer read an agricultural jour nal that a side window in a stable makes a horse's eyes weak on that side; a window in front hurts his eyes by the glare; u window behind makes him squint eyed t window on a diagonal line makes him shy when he trav. Is, and a stable with out windows makes him blind. The fanner has wiitt. n to theiigricultur al paper asking w hat effect a w imlow w it hout a stable w ould have on the horse's eyes, ami aw ails a reply with considerable interest. Tom, of the Post, has been told by his Kepublican brethren that if he wants to run a licpiihlicau paper, he should not allow articles to be pub lished in regard to the depression of the farmers and laborers and the cause of their depi essii n. Put Tom informs them that hois running a paper for the people and not for the party. He does not ap prove of seeing t he fanner and the labor, r ground t death by !aos. and have no means to pay for a pa per. Pravo! Tom has an eye to business. - .V .i,'-icc '1'init. If you have a place for a tree to grow, plant. It will cost but little and you may live to enjoy its beauty and its shade. If you do not, your child or somebody may, and they w ill .surely bless you lor planting that tree. It is not necessary to get a big tree or an expensive one. Many experienced people believe ft nice tree can be raised from ti little sprout, or- from the seed quicker than one can be obtained by replant ing a large tree and waiting for it to become vigorous. Plant u little tree or a seed and it will Home day make you happy. PviiN P.ruNKii.--At about lo o'clock on Wednesday night of hist week the large bank barnk of Levi Young L'i miles north of Middh burgh was discovered on tire, and before the family, who had already retired, could do anything the whole build ing was in llames and burned to the ground with all its contents includ-1 ing tliroe head ol horses, live cows, four head of young cattle, four sheep, lot of chickens, l.'i) bushels of wheat, l."0 bushels of oats, and lo tons of hay. It is supposed to have been the work of un incendiary. The loss, including building, stock, and grain is estimated at SI.' l, and was insured in the Peavertow n Mutual for !?1 too. Mr. Young was severely burned about the hands and face in trying to liberate one, of I lie horses. The people, deeply sympathize with Mr. Young, and are gl id that he had well insured his property in ugood company. Pejl From a Bridge and Killed JjoHi'ph (k-mbeiling, for thirty, tiya years a bridge builder, and reydtent of Selinsgrove, fell from th lop chord of a bridge near P.al tiiiiorr, Maryland, on Tuesday mining and was instantly killed. HiB two sons, Edward and Purl, who were with him and worked in th gang oer w Inch he was boss at tin time of the accident, arrived on tho 10:.'10 A. M. train at Selinsgrove. yesterday, with the corpse. He leaves u wife and f..ur children, all grown Mrs. (. S. Snyder. West of Middlebnrgh hc.ng the only daugh ter. He was a member of the lle-form.-'d Church of Selinsgrove, a q lief, inolVcusivf, honest, upright, chlistinu gelith la Hi, ioVed and es teemed by all who I, new him. Considerable building is going on in -Muldleburgh this Spring. Henry Newman, Chai li s Moy. r, Ed. Wai tor 'Utnl Jessie Piig. r are el ecting new houses iii the west end of town, C. C. Seebold is putting up a line dwelling on the corner east of his storo house, Irviii P.ow.rsox is building an addition to his house oil tho French Flats. Elias Steining er built ii new barn on his property iu the west end f town. Mrs. Harry Smith is weather boarding, rooting and otherwise gr.a'ly improving her residence in the north end of tow, while many other improve nieiits of importance are under con sideration. Tho Biiprenie Court of P. luisylva nia lifts recently rendered several de cisiotiH of general iiiteresin t he mat ter of rotid tax. The right of far i.i, t to work out their road tax has been generally if not universally eouceileil; supervisors j( , w townships insisted that tin tax must be paid ill money. A test case has been decided ill fav or of t he t ax pa v ers and t heir light t o wol k out the tax distinctly i.nd f.nall.v allirmed. Ill other cases collectors of load have claimed a commission on t he pal I uoi lo d out, as well as that paid into the county treasury. The .Supreme Court has decidt d that nil claims, i ! such commission should be 1 1 ecl ed. t he w o king of tax iln-po-ing on labor oil the collector or tr. asiiri r. but on I lie .superv isor w ho :s paid for his sen ices. East Friday th litor and J. l!. Ii'eed of Slllibui.'' took a li-h at Swift I C it ii. The editor landed sixty live ami Mr. loed would no doubt have doubly discounted II i but his t w i nt.v -first trout was a whapper and in landing il he sprained his back so badly t hat he w as afraid to try it on aiiot her one. So we came heme with eighly six of the lo an ties. They are scarce and hard to catch, but are remarkably plump ami fat for so earl v in the season. It is evident that considerable llsh ing was done out of season as there is a beaten path all along the stream ami few trout are caught in the deep pools which call be approached by worm fishers. In short, tin y arc not plenty in any part of the stream and are costly meat if you don't allow yourself t vventydol! us a day for the sport of catching t hem. It is wonderful to what extent some reporters will draw i n their imagination w hen they are lacking ill facts. 'I'll,, case of Mrs. Kreich liiiiiiii. sister of our townsman, Jacob iilbert, Esq., is an example. A month or so ago the Post publish ed a true am! correct iiccoiinl of her estrangement trom her liimilv. Eater on t ho daily papers got hold of it and t w isted the story out of all semblance of truth. Tin y have it that the child was kidnapped and that Mr. (iilbert. the father of Mrs. Kreichbaum, had spent thousands of dollars in the search for his hist daughter and finally died of a bro ken heart; when, in fact, he ; pent very little money in the mailer and dieil at the age of of typhoid fe ver. They have our attorney, Jacob (Iilbert, located at Ploomtiehl as John (iilbert, and twisted and twirl ed the whole matter into an incon ceivable mass of corruption timllies. Terrible Experience of a Fish ing Party. Dr. Sampsel ami J. K. Snyder, both of Celitrcville, had tin expe rience at Swift Kwuou Friday night of last Week that tin y will never for get. They camped at t he lower dam at Swift 1 un near a ledge of rocks on the night in question, ami before dlkliess came upon them they scraped a lot of leaves together for 11 bed and provided 11 pile of Wood to keep up il tile dining the night. About ten o'clock they prepared for sleep and, draw ing a horse blanket over t hem, they lay down to pleas ant dreams. Along towards out o'clock, Mr. Snyder felt chilly and got up to put some mole Wood on I he til e and then lay .low n and soon fell into a deep sleep from which he was awakened by a cold object which seemed to be resting on his leg. Without moving he lav awake waiting foi'developmellts. The n. Xt moment he felt an indiscribable sen sation come ow r him w hich seemed to paralyze every nerve iu his body. Ikoali.'ing that there was something extraordinary the matter, he called to the doctor to hurry and get up as some thing wa - crawling up the right leg of his p.inl alooiis and he believed it was a snake. The words went through the doctor like an electric shock, ami, raking a brand out of the lire he approached Mr. Snyder, who was lying as if paralyz ed, with the cold sweat standing iu big bonds on his fore head. Half blinded by the dickering tlaine of the brand he not ice. I w hat at first looked like a broad black strap hanging out of Mr. Suy h r's trousei leg, but the next moment exclaimed, "My (iod. Muckel, lie Still, it's H rattle snake ! ' Trembling like a leaf, Mr. Sll.vder seemed powerless to move even il he Would. The on- dilion of things were at .nice evi dent. The reptile had been attract ed to the lire and sought warmth on the person of Mr. Niivder. Every moment she .Ii -appe.il ed farther up the l. g and pr. inpl lu tein was m-ces sary. (ir.isping the si,. ike by the tail, the doctor pulled vv.it h i.ll Ins might. His hold slipped and the rattles II in number came otf and remained in hand. The reptile had j wrapped its. If around the bare skin I on the i ii. in's leg an I v i. il, i, 1 v shoo!; I i"ts de rattled ta.l. in deal mg il , an , ger at such harsh treatmuit. This performance almost t hr.-w Mr. Sny I dor into convulsion". K. eovei ing him ielf, I he duel or bi ! lo night him I sell' of his knife ami, quickly open ing a blade as keen as a razor, he cut the paiitalooiis up .i tho body. This lolia-ad the snake and she quickly unwound and threw herself into a coil, ready for effec tive Work, but b.foie she c.illld I .strike the doctor st ruck her a blow I vv ilh ii club that cut lo r clean iu two. Mr. Snyder was lifted by tho arms ami dragged away from tho hideous serpent, and the next mo ment was on his feet, t hough scarce ly able to stand. They drank the balance of their "nerve tonic'' out of a pint bottle which to some extent restored their equilibrium, but sleep Was out of the ..... stloll ( In.!' I,...,l ti,.. I .,.1, ...... I 1 ; " ' '" " ' " of the night iu stitching up Mr. Snyder's trousers to make him pre jsenlable, ami at early dawn they I pulled up stakes and took a solemn oath to never, . mrtr bind: at Swift Kuu again. Secure your line photos at Dei bel t's gallery. Deibell, our photographer has re turned from his extimled eastern tour and is now i. ad.v to i.ceoiuiuo dato all who wish to get photos. ( i all. r.v - squares n.n t h of the Court house. J. H. Illionds makes a peehlltV of rooting and spouting and is prepar ed to compete iu prices ami win k maiiship w it Ii any rcponsili).- part y that guarantees il-s work. He will be ph ased to q iote you prices on all first class material and when you buy of him you can depend upon its being first class as he handles none other. Suicide al Troxelville William Sw at t z. residing about ; mile east of Troxelville, committed suicide on Wednesday mot ning by euttinghisthioat witha raz.oi .vv hieli he no doubt can ied in his pockets for that put po .e. lb' had not . n 111.1 y r. ci . i 1 1 . i trom an at '. ac' the grippe, ami It i- believed his mind vvu - ; :itf, ele, I. I )n Tiiesdav evening It" loll his wife tlntt he would shoot himself, and she was eotllis. led by friend to keep a . 1 .-i watch o( r 1 1 i lii. On Wednesday, a little belme i, , o'clock, while p.,vv ing in t',l( I'.. 1 near the hovel Church, he told his wile that he wish. ,1 (,, I... h :'t alone awhile. He , t aye, so long t hat she went in search and found him lying und. r a tree near the Church with his throat cut. Medical aid vv as at olice -. 1 1 1 1 1 l . . I , d .Hid the gash sewed op. bul h, had s. v. led an ail. r.v from w hu h he bh d profii". I.v and died t Wo hi. in-., niter. He was aged about 'J I veal , and h aves a wife and small child. He was a mod. I v. mug man. and came from a ;: I faimlv. His fat In r, (Harrison Sv.aiti mother, brolhen and a sister all died of con sum pi ion years ago. A biolheraiid sister sur v iv e him. IJol.l. of I Ins. u;. The following persons have paid their subscription to the Post to the dates opposite their names. Should any mistakes occur iii these credits ..r on your pa per I .lease not i I .v us : S. V. n,h. F.dw in I '.oyer, I '.. inn , ill,. Sin il h, Jacob F,. S. hi ad. r, John W. Kline. April 'Jo, ':d May I.",. HI April I. '!l May I. ':! May 1, ''.hi April I, ';1 Mav I. '..1 May I. on Dec. 1, '.III Jan. I. "'.mi Mav 1. ':il Mav I. :. Mav 1. '..1 Mav I, ''..! March t. ''..I Apul I. i Mav 1, ';... May I, :'l May I. ;! Mav 1, VI .Mav !, :! May 1, '.mi Daniel Mlllhoilse, Mary S. Pickharl. D K. Haas, J. P. Shiik. J. P. Yodel, Win. J. Herman. J. C. Avers .v Co. ( ie. i. W . I !. ii dma ii, Win. M. b'eat iel , W. II. (ioidot,. 1 lobel I I I a. 1. ( libel g, A. K. (lift, Alh n Schoch, I 'll I ' II V I i iW el s. ,v , JacksM.i W. Covv, Peter Khoades. No.lil 111 Oils, , Wm. K. KipL-i, I;. A. I lassinger. Dec A I" an I! vxvn.v il l i: I'.KI The Ionise formerly known as the Tan nery house owned by Jaeob Kem inei'ling, and occupied by Id Moth er Hitter was tofaly destroyed by lire with all its contents. Then Were some bed el .1 lies '-avi d by. the old lady. The lire broke out at the stove pipe of 1 he kitchen slo.e at the roof. A . f uns al me she vv a compelled io in her best, so she took wal.T mi lh.- roof until she could not eoiitroil the llames any longer when s!i.' ea!h d for help ami began taking .nil her goods. iv t hat time help vv a- l here but t he llames w e! e ail . r the house and she vva I 'd ...I I by som.- in. u . .r she, iu her i . 'item. Mil, Wool have been caught in the llames which win blazing around her on every side. The boys each had llloaded gllll iu t he house and both were discharged by the heat. John Paumgardtier of Juniata county had I wo one hoi st loads of wilh.w basket there and a t iu ii I; containing his clothes whieii Wei-.-also burned. Provisions will be mad.-now at once for the com fort the old mother, who i, al most pro"trnlc! with grief. Tin lire broke out at about t; o'clock A. M. and bv 1' ii was in ashes. mi Xi. ..:.!.. The lale '. ol.t, 1 ,;). I ! ' ; ,H y p!1(, lo. They aie the rage. Di ibut's m w Photos. f ' . ' HI .Ml It -
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