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iVOL. 27.
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST
Read Chesnutt's Bicycles.
Another largo invoice of units aU
lwool, from $1.00 up nt Gutelius'.
H. Oppcnheituer, Sclinsgrovc, will
Uko wool in exchango for clothing.
Miss May Wittenmyer of Mifllin-
lmrg in visiting relatives in thin
olaco.
MiM Erma McGoe of Union coun-
Iv is tho guest of her unclo J. W.
rwig.
Minn Meriain Orwig has rotui ncd
i I. .1 ..: .:
row ft several t!tjv in iiiiionK
dative in Union county.
J. M. Barber of Milllinburg was
he guest of his brother Dr. I. Gricr
karbrr on Monday.
I Mr. Miller of Baltimore, nceoiu-
Iiuied by bin wife (nee Laura Dorn)
eut Sunday in Middleburgh.
You can uow get thirteen 2-eent
Imtnge slumps of rost-mastcr
(vnrtz for a cent ami a quarter.
Geo. Wilt, of Suamokin Ditin,
Lured u .Russian Leiither (kp in
o river on Saturday-n-wecK tuat
tighed 81 pounds.
Usyou liko it. Gray ami faded
binkem may bo changed to their
ltural and even color brown or
uk by using Buckingham's Dye.
it.
l'he "White Loaf Hour. Ask
lir dealer for it. Manufactured
the Franklin Mills, Middlebrgh,
tf.
beibert. our Photographer has
Le away, ho do not call for pic
i s until notified of his return in
i paper. (July 80.) tf.
C. Oldt, of Beaver Springs, a
Lluate of Central Pennsylvania
lege, has gone to Put-in-Bay to
th school.
W. Trout, the wide-awako ed-
I of the Lowistown Free. J'renn
I our town a pop visit on Wed
Pay.
r Louisa Cronamiller and her
rMiss Ellio Shiudel of Mitllin
;were tlie guests of relatives
friends in Middleburgh over
llajr.
, H. Iiipka of Globe Mills left
'ednesday morning for Deny,
piorland county to erect a 300.
iivnaeity Buna una lor a l'uis-
I company.
undersigned will open a so
Ifhool in Middleburgh on Mon-
LYugust 4. For further pnrtic-
liuldiess
F. C. Bowersox,
Middleburgh, Fa
(Sale. A No. 1 top buggy, C,
friuake, McAlosterville. Guar-
il for two years. For purlieu
fll on or address
B. II. Cl'WTKll,
Swineford, Pa
allation. God willing, on
reuiug of Sunday, August 3,
Lutheran church, Beaver-
iRov. I. N. Wetzler will be bi
as pastor of the Beavertown
I. by Rev. M. B. Lenker of Ly-
Iwn, Pa., who w ill also preach
Itullution sermon,
"el K. Erhart of McClure.
i Thursday, July 17, of drop-
CI years, 7 mouths and 18
lllo leaves three children, one
hi G. W. Erhart, Station
Jt this place. He was a high-
fined gentleman. Ho was
I't Altoonaon Saturday, Rev.
of tho M. E. Church, ollici-
ee Normal Bchool in Mid-
i under the professorship
rin tendon t Herman, assis-
rof. J. C. Houser of Milroy,
'U Monday morning and its
ce far exceeds the expecta-
u. Unwardu of fiftv stu-
ponded to the first roll-call
ttondancehas been increas-
day. Free tuition, easy
boarding and the skill and
a of the instructors is no
ucement to soakers after
e and we hope all will take
hof it.
MIDDLEBUHGH, SNYDER CO., PA., JULY 24,
We haven't had a pood rnin in
thin section for a month and vego
tation ia drying up. The weather
is cool and autuin-like.
Siiisoles. I have just received 2
car-loads of 18 and 21 inch shingles
which I will sell at from 5f:J.(H per
thousand up.
tf. J. P. Keaknh, Beavertown.
Bt'n.MMi Lots rou Sale. The un
dersigned has twelve building lots
for sale, situate in Beavertown, im
mediately south of the steam tanne
ry. For particulars apply to
tf .1. P. Kkahns, Beavertown.
Tho Franklin District Sunday
School will hold a pie-nic in Gilbert's
Grove, one mile north of Middle
burgh on Saturday, August 2:. All
invited.
A. K. Gift has been appointed by
County Surveyor Edwards as his
deputy. Mr. Gift was county sur
veyor of Snyder county, Pa., for
nine years, and is said to under
stand his business thoroughly.
Lurhiftiin, (Xtf.) J'ionetr.
Don't be discouraged about that
oezema till you have given Ayer's
Sarsaparilla a persistent trial. Six
bottles of this medicine cured the
complaint for George S. Thomas, of
Ada, Ohio, when other remedies
failed to nfl'ord any relief.
A force of men are still searching
for the dead at Johnstown, and will
continue work all Summer. One
day last week three bodies were
found, one of whom was easily rec
ognized and identified. Scarcely a
day passes that some portion of a
human body is not brought to light.
The evils resulting from habitual
contiveuesa are many ami aerioiw ;
but the use of harsh, drastic purga
tives is quite as dangerous. Iu
Ayer's Pills, however, the patient
has a mild but effective aperient,
superior to all others, especially for
family use.
As this is tho season for ivy poison
let us give you a cheap and sure cure.
As soon as you discover the poison
on your body rub tho parts with wet
table salt until tho blisters open.
Leave tho salt dry on tho poison
and repent the operntion until irrita
tion ceases. One or two good rub
bings will do tho work.
Notice to Tax-payers. Tho un
dersigned collector of taxes of
Franklin township will be in atten
dance at the Commissioner' office
to receive and receipt for taxes on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
July 21, 25 and 2ti.
Austin Gift,
Collector
Our Troxclville correspondent says
that Mrs. Robert Hassing. r has not
yet been found. Shortly before
h aving she expressed a fear of be
ing sent to the Asylum of theiusauo
at Danville, and it is thought this
caused her to lleo. It is possible
that sho could subsist on berries,
but suspicion is growing that she is
assisted in her concealmout by some
person for some obscure purpose
Tho stage rou to between McKees
i Falls and Middleburgh is growing
into wonderful popularity which is
all duo to tho gallantry of Mr. Ker
stetter who holds the ribbons bohiud
the learn of bays. His courtesy
and etiquette to tho ladies would
distance tho attentions of a Chester
field and is so acceptable that fish
ing excursions via tho U. S. mail
route are becoming very popular.
People should not mistake his
snowy locks for ugo they are tho
fruits of experience, for in grace and
gayety ho is but a lad of sixteen.
A Louisville man has succeeded in
beating a drop-nickel-iu-the slot
box. Ho first bored a hole iu tho
coin and then fastened to it a small
black silk thread. Ho then dropped
tho nickel in tho slot as directed by
tho sign and drew out tho cigar.
Seeing that nothing was stated in
tho directions as to how many times
ono nickel could bo dropped in, ho
drew his nicklo out nnd dropped it
in again. ruccoouing tlie second
time, ho continued to draw until ho
emptied the box. Ho was choered
by the crowd until he was arrested.
Matrimonial Market.
John S. Reiche, Freeburg.
Agnes Lenig,
James B. Snanglcr, Adainsburg.
Alvilda M. Wagner,
Newton A. Bowes, Miillinbiirg.
) JenetteB. Genibcrling.Selinsurovo
John M. Yortcy, Selinsgrove.
( M. A. Amig, Middleburgh.
Jacob Schmelt z, Orient id.
J Mary I. Swineford, "
J James Bingaman, Penns Creek.
(Alice J. Kuhns, Musscr's Valley.
The fishing party to Mohantongo
spoken of iu last week's Post, re
turned Friday evening with quite a
nice lot of bass, but the ladies in
the party knocked the boots off their
husbands iu catching the big ones
some of the "finny monsters' weigh
ing over two pounds. The Post
man and his better two-thirds also
joined the party later in the week,
and the editor was enabled to per
form the extraordinary feat of hook
ing, handling, and landing two 1
pound bass at one cast with his nino
ounce lly-rod.
Barm Bchned. Tlie barn of Jacob
Snyder, situate about four miles
west of Middleburgh caught lire
from the sparks of a locomotive on
the railroad on Saturday evening
about six o'clock and was burned to
the ground with nil its contents, in
cluding about 7iit bushels of un
threshed wheat, lih) bushels of oats,
l(i loads of hay and nearly all his
fanning implements, including a
harvester, threshing lunching &e.
All tlie live stock was gotten out
but about 10i chickens. Tho loss
is estimated at $5,(M)0. It was in
Hurod for 2,(530 $2,100 in the Bea
vertown Mutual and M0 ,iu a Bal
timoro (vtntpniiy. '
"Should every doe of ever btwd
in America be killed to-iuoiTOW,"
says a St. Louis statistician, "the
real loss to tho country would not
bo $100. On the contrarv. tho train
would be at least $:10,(MM),000 per
year. Nations famed for their
thrift and economy do not take to
dogs. o wonder if it has ever 01
curred to this St. Louis gontbman
that the dog is the best and truest
friend man has, ami that one -too.
dog is worth half a dozen worthless
men. Yero all thiiurs removed
from us that are not profitable in n
monetary sence the world wmiM In
inhabited by hogs and misers, and
tho St. Louis gentleman would no
doubt be happy in the society of hi;
chosen associates.
The Freeburg (lonr'nr says that
B. 1' . 1 homas, a nat ive of Pax ton villi.
but for some years a resident of Da
vis, Illinois, lias been adiud l'ikI in
sano by the authorities of thatnlaen
Mr. Thomas ha l been suffering from
melancholia for nbout twenty years,
ami his tneiids will hear of final mi
seating of his intellect with regret.
His patient wife has cared for him
faithfully all these years alwavs lmv
iug faith iu his ultimate recovery to
health and this is a sad blow to her
yes, a calamity. Poor Frank, mnnv
of his former companions and friends
will remember him as a ironerous.
whole-souled fellow, over readv to
do a kindly act when occasion called
out his best energies. This calam
ity, worse than death, calls forth
our deepest sympathy.
Farming has its drawbakw. n.1
tho calling is not of tho feather bed
variety. Profits aro small and work
lasts a irood many hours, ia
hard while it last, but it is the lot of
tho croat majority of tho h mmiti
raco to work for a liviuir s with imui
the struggle for oxistauco is severe,
and with some it is pitiful. That
this strugglo is mado dusnerutn
sometimes by unequal conditions,
unjust laws and dishonest practices
of tho rich and tho stromr.
truo j but all those combined cannot
in this country of oinorr.niiiiM
prevent an industrious ami f 111 vnl
man from gaining a livelihood and
something more. Ho may not get
tho full reward of his iudustrv. but
hocau mako a living for his family
ami give mom an education and a
start in the world, in spite of all the
drawbacks, unequal conditions and
logai or illegal wrongs. ,
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX.
"StintiM ol.lnoiiiiliit.ih. .. In' fi.r,'i.
Ami never lmiii;lif to mln.l .
For three weeks vc Lave maintain
ed a dignified silence toward the
Selinsgrove 7'ri!tu,e, and in spite
of this it keeps picking away at us,
which makes us think that Hungry
Joe is considerable of a hog and
doesn't know when he ha-t got
enough.
Ho is eiidoavering to represent
himself as strangling at that Mc
Cluro resolution gnat, when, in fact,
he is able to swallow a good sized
cammel every morning before break
fast or he would not take down with
a smile the charge that he promised
all the county offices for the next
twenty years and guve five dollar
hand-shakes to school directors in
the recent superiutemleiicy contest
to liavo tliein vote f. r his man for
County Superintendent. That G
4 II I . .
a. iv. rcsoiunou vindicating vuu
may have been as ill adxised as tlx
one condenmiiiLr oil Moonustiel.
and we don't caie a continental
whether it was or wasn't, your act
of flooding the west end of the
county with Tritium on that oar
ticularweek to injure us and iret
subscribers through the actions
taken by the McCluro Post w as an
act unbecoming a Cln MUu geullo
mm an brut her in the craft, am
, makes your blublxring about
newspaper courtesy" sound liko
the devil preaching redemption
through faith.
Wo have been somewhat aniusei
and at tho same time greatly alarm
ed at a recent remark made bv von
to the effect that you desired no
communication with us further
than through the columns of your
paper. From this we infer that
you have again taken to die necu
liar notion of picking your com
pany like you did in iMTilat New
IJloomtield, when you picked out
and insulted tlie landlord's daiiLrh
ter nnd got kicked out of (he hotel
for it. Selali !
Lowell. The late rain was a ben
efit to corn and potatoes.
Lowell and vicinity was visited
by a severe hail storm on last
Thursday evening. Plenty of hail
stones four inches iu circumfer
ence. Our oldest citizens sav thev
never saw any tiling like it before.
After it was over there was a big
demand for window glass as there
wero hundreds of them broken.
John Romig and Co., gathered a
bushel basket full of hail in their
yard and made hail cream for all
hands. There has been onlv one
death reported and that was a
chicken for Squire Romig.
V. G. agner was called to Hun
tingdon county, last week to at
tend tho funeral of his brother
Abraham.
Smith & Ell) have been itnH iiur
their old thresher iu first class or
der und Smith says they are going
to show Snyder count r how to do
threshing this season, as they had
only been playing before.
John Lib reports huckleberries
plenty. Ho says ho got about .'12
quarts that is. ho thought so. but
when thoy were measured they fell
short something like 21 quarts.
Iho ravenous animal that was seen
in Snook's dam by a party of bath
ers could havo been nothing more
then tho ghost of E. Peter's doir
that was drowned there. They say
it looked liko a iloir and thev believe
jt was a dog. Ono of tho party says
it caugut aim uy ino leg.
We can soon see tho country
fbiniloil with tiw-hiwii. iu i im I... .L.u.iftr-
iug soldiers have filed their claims
1 A 1 1 1 I
uuuor uie new act ior pension which
tlinv Iiiwm urt W..1I ..iii.il. ..1 T wlwmlit
like to see the government pay the
Bonner ine money they lent them
with interest up to date.
U. 10.
1890.
Beaveutown. At about 0 o'clock
Saturday evening our otherwise
quiet village was thoroughly arous
ed and turned into a terrible ex
citement by the cry of lire. The air
was cool ami dry with n slight
draught of wind from the northeast.
A double-headed freight traiu that
had just passed over the S. A L. R.
R. threw sparks from an engine up
on the roof of Mr. J. G. Snyder's
large :Sx1I5 feet with ISxJJO feet
wingi frame bank barn about one
and a half miles east of town (and
70 foet south from center of R. R.
track to nearest point of barn). In
a very short time the entire building
seemed to be one mass of lire. Mr.
S. and son who had just hitched i,
horse to drive to town succeeded in
getting the live stock and two sets
of buggy harness nut. Every thing
else was burned, the unthreshed
wheat from thirty-six acres, upwards
of forty loads of hay, about four
hundred bushels of oats, between
six and seven hundred bushels shell
ed corn, lot of smoked pork, a
"Wood" binder, harvester, grass
mower, separator, drill, two buggies,
wagons, all of las harness, lot of
chickens Vc. The loss is about
$5,1100, insured for $2,7oo. It, is
supposed that the R. R. Co. will sus
tain all the damage. Mr. Snyder
intends building about seventy-five
feet south of the old site as soon as
possible.
Joseph Middleswarth bought four
and ft half acres of land near town
from Peter Roun' (shortly before
Mr. Itoung'a death) for ?2i'3.
A valuable cow belonging to Ed
ward Freed was killed by lightning
about two weeks ago. Tho animal
had been in a field near town, and
was found dead iu the morning.
Lightning struck the fence near bv
John Wetzel, Sr., brightened up
the appearance of his house by
coat of paint.
Thomas 4V Co. shipped a ear load
of cows ami calves from this place
last week. This was the fust car load
of stock ever loaded at this station.
Archie Middleswarth bought a
live month's old calf that weighed
550 pounds for a beef. John Het-
rich thought it to valuable for beef
and bought the heifer for $25 am 1
put it on his farm west of town.
i ne iron ore mines near town are
again being worked to some extent.
Huckleberries nre saiil to be very
scarce on Shade mountain.
blackberries sell at .'cents a quart,
and are not very plenty at that.
A shower of rain passed over our
town last, Thursday evening that
was accompanied by quite a lot of
hail of every imaginable shapi
and size from a buck-shot, to a hull
ed walnut. Many window panes
were wrecked.
Quite a number of our citizens as
sisted iu hunting for Mrs. Hassing
er at Jacks mountain last week.
The necessary officers for the
Farmer's Alliance were elected in
tho Hall on Monday evening a week.
Messrs. Fees, Freed ami Man-
beck have received the machinery
for their stave mill neai Middlebugli
and aro expecting the engine this
week.
The weather has been unusually
cool since the hail storm.
Old Mrs. Polly Wiand had a para-
letic stroke last Tuesday, since
which time she has been very se
riously sick, with very little hopo for
her recovery.
Some rather cheeky character
went into A. B. Specht's store on
Friday afternoon, and iu tho ab
sence of Mr. and Mrs. Speeht took a
adies gold watch out of the show-
ase. The party had better return it.
as Mr. S. thinks ho knows who has
it.
Mrs. Ben Smith of Elkhart, Ind..
is visiting friends in town.
John A. Rearich has purchased a
new hydraulic cider press, ami is
now prepnred to accommodate per
sons having apples which aro a very
scarce article.
Franklin,
N not nn "Orifim."
II wear no-inllnr."
II Ki'tt'f lliHlffl H lWIII-.
Ami never nnlil mil.
iKiurHiiliHMl rlnnliil 11 Iivmi
SulMTlilloii tl.Ni 11 yenr.
Co.ilo'w-
NO. '29
Siiamokin Dv. Colored camp
meeting iu Clement's Park is in full
blast and crowds of curiosity-seekers
throng the grounds every Sunday
who me greeted with ad ni-
tions that would make the Prophets
of Baal take to their heels. Let me
illustrate :
"Dis am do place an npportutiity
to hub your souls washed in do hi ml
ob ile Lam. Come a-runuin' or you
may missde washer double-jointed
California pea-nuts only live cents
hack for the ferry hclohcd. dis may
be de la-t opportunity ; do Lawd in
his mighty anger come and 1 oil'
under a mountain of ice-cream only
ten cents-do Gooil JJook says do
wicket shall be cast into a huriiiu'
right here, right here's where ,ou
get your ice cold lemonade made 2o
degrees below the north pole ami
only live ecu-deakeus, pass de hat
and admonish de lookers-on to
chuck in dair dimes an quartan for
free sabatiou while .lo bred'reli
sing "IJoll on de Gospel Chaariot !"
Quito a number are taking in the
:! :'" : 1 1 excursion to Atlan-
fieCiiv and Cape May. via the llead
in r.i In m I.
Cli niehl s in II hands are having u
pic nic ut lluiiniiels Wharf, Satur
day. 1 ' v NNl I: i II I I . --As our village lias
li 1 been represented tlilouglit the
coin iins of fl(. 1,,ST f,. soiiiotinn
here yon are again.
Tlie c;ike widk Was Well -iff, nde.l
by all. young, old, lame, blind and
halt-will, in fact, it was a general
turnout Had there be li church
announced in place of the cake-walk
tho half would havo had the same '
t.iVllsc iAo Ji.ni liCU liio i,'.iU
sent for them for the groat supper.
Cakewalks, festivals, and tin like
for the benefit of building up
Christ's Kingdom ! It is just this
inn nut shell: Build churches to
the honor of God ami get the I e il
to pay for them.
Miss Clara Weader was bitten by
a copper-head snake last Thursday
while turning grass. She had been
very sick from its effects, but she is
on a fair way again.
Our Sunday School is prospering
under the supervision of Win.
Heeter and C. A. Smith Superinten
dents. J. O. (loss is going to work to-day
again at the saw mill in Big Valley.
Miss Tudy (Joss left to-day for
Middleburgh to attend school.
Iteiiben Baker lost a valuable
black horse last week. He hail
brain feaver.
I'M. Rothrock has come home, ami
I understand he intends working at
his trade which is gun smithing.
Ed. is a good mechanic und moder
ate in his charges. Give him a call.
Howard I'eter ami Win. I lei ter
have rigged up a threshing machine
ami engine ami intend doing thresh
ing iu this section.
Amos Snook is building a new
house.
H. J. Peter built a new summer
house all but the door.
We had a heavy hail storm here
last Friday breaking a good many
window lights as well as demolish
ing garden vegetables ami corn. It
is reported at some places the hail
lay thick und as large as three inch
es in circumferance.
J. (). Gosse's peach orchard is in
a tine condition at present out no
peaches yet for two years. Have
patience. XlNor.
Miss Fannie Bowersox has re
turned from Lowistown.
Al. Dobson, residing two miles
west of Middleburgh has been grant
ed a pension of $S per month ami
an arrearage of $100. Mr. Dobson
has been confined to his bed for
thirteen years, and this tardy assis
tance from the government conies iu
time of great need, but is only it drop
in the bucket of what ho should
have. A number of brother soldiers
havo been working hard for years to
secure justice for this gentleman,
among whom is our townsman,
Capt. D. T. Rhoads, who deserves
special mention iu this connection.
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