s ) t f f ! I.' . THE POST THE POST - - f.- i , . . I r 1. pmplinttPfttly ft 5KWH- J,r tl f'Pl"- I" " ....mi r ly o)"-n Ii illKOiiiwM ol loplr oC lu!-iwt lu lui patron. IOL. 27. (EMS of LOCAL INTEREST Joril toil ohi itmeu Buuocur for tie Post. tf. Joradoville come too late for this C. QutrliuB' prices on clothing J lower than ever. iMiBB Maud MenHch, of Mifllin irg is visiting rnauy friends .-re. ; lUat Mary Bilger of rioaant Gap, Vitre couty, is visiting relatives in Udleburgli. Alfred Steininger and wife of Llcsburg spent Sunday with their (any friends hereabout. Misses Emma, and Kate Stetler, i i . t. . ..t... If SiolInHcrtove. sneut Sunday at L 'TO - home in Middleburgh. Dou'Horget the Beavertown Mus 'ical Convention which commences on Monday of next week. r Mr. Witmer. Att'y-at-law, of bun- bury, Bpeni xuesuay wuu uia r-in-law, lawyer James U. Urouso. John Francis returned from Sba- tuokin on Saturday, aud on Monday started for the mountains for deer. Rev. Ilaskarl will move his family from Herkimer. N.Y., to Adams- burg the first week in Decombor, Ve are under obligations to Hen ry Deitrich for a mess of fine roast ing ears sent ub last week. Thanks. For Salk About five tons of good stable manure. For information call on J. M."'Sleiuinger, Middle k burgh. " . ; ' ' several weeks, working at Lewis town, returned to his family on Sat urday. A. Kreeger has received a car-load of Michigan apples. Persons desir ing to buy a staudard article should call at J 10. u. chasod use, Faq., lust week pur- bach & Spangler's farm iiumedi , siderat north of town. Con- hot known. A Sil Medal Contest will be i Lutheran Church Ad- eul it ubui in Sunday evening, Nov. All ivited. Dr. I fbor is building an addition p his louse in Middleburgh and ipecti Jo repaint tho wholo house lieu t k addition is completed. Kotice. Notice is hereby given Sat any person found trespassing auy of jay land in Franklin town- ip will be dealt with according to v 1 it W. JOHN 1 . DMITIl. !Rov. Kohlej, (Reformed) held muiunion services in tho Union Ihurch, Middleburgh on Sunday breuoon last. Tho church was p dutifully decorated. 'Michael Wieund, of Adamsburg t weok purchased a house and tof W. D. Laub for im, and A. tJlsh has purchased 1'. F. Regie's rest in the Middlocreek store. vie Countv CumiuisKioners have a splendid Hag-stone pavement rout of the Court house, and the Btitutional growlers will now a to attack tho Commissioners K tmo other point. are informed that a new Jula will go into effect on the S. ii R. R. next week. The morn-east-bound mail will bo earlier the afternoon west-bound mail o one hour later. 1UM0NUL MaIIKET. . E. Middleswarth, JlcClure. unie M. Miller, nines H. Roush, Fret-burg. unie C. Berger, fUmiif.1 TTlrieh. New Berlin. ilai tha Rippal,Dry Valley X Roads rerv few Republican districts in I State kept neaTer to their usual jjority in the recent election, and Aie probably poled a more uniform )te than our own. The reason is i1ier was considerable hard work Jotie in the county and George M. Witmer. County ..Chairman, did good deal of it, v'und deserves the I tjiauk f the Repfjucttn party for Lis untiring effort ? its behalf. MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., NOVEMBER 20, 1890. HENRY BEAVER SHOT I Yesterday after-noon Henry Bea ver, of Franklin, returned home from the Seven Mountains with two buck shot '.holes through his right arm. He had accompanied the Middle burgh party of hunters tothemouh- taius on Monday. Tuesday evening while he was making a drive at Black Gap he came to John Francis sta tion. John told him he had shot at two deer which had run around the knob, aud that ho would run ahead and Mr. Beaver should follow the course of tho deer. When within forty yards of Mr. Francis he stopped and looked at him, but didn't speak. He made another step, facing Mr. Francis, when he heard the report of a guu and at tho same time felt u numbness in his right arm. He called out, "My God, John, what are you shooting at me for t" but it was too late. One buck-shot had pussed clean through his ritflit wrist, another lodged in his arm near the elbow aud two others cut his coat under tho right arm. He was taken to the tram-road in Wolf Swamp, and from there was removed on the "dinkey" to Tar- dee, where lie took tho morning east-bound train to Miflliuburg. Dr Dim m cut out the buck-shot which still remaind in the arm. It had struck the bone and chipped off two pieces but didn't break it. Ho came over on the stage at one o'clock The wouuds are painful but not dangerous. Mr. Francis evidently mistook Mr. lieaver lor a tlecr. though we caunot understand why he made such a ternulu mistake, us he is oro f oftiiir most etiTerai huuieffftttm hi. shots in this part of the Stste. When he returns he can probably tell us more about it. Lutheran services in Middleburgh next Sunday fore-noon aud evening. Rev. S. P. Orwig, of Montgomery Station, paid his mauy friends in Middleburgh a pop visit Thursday of last week. Tho Reverend had come to close out the sale of his houso on West Main Street to Cur tin Bowersox for $1,150. I receive goods every day, hence it is not shelf-worn, but is fresh and new. .My puces also correspond with the hard times and I can sell you a suit of clothing twenty per cent, lower than any other house in tho County. R. Guntzukiioki!, The dwelling of William Kreamer, Middlecrei-k township took lire one day lust week, whilo tho family was away, and was entirely destroyed with all tlie contents. Tho house was a poor one, yet it nfl'ordod shel ter to the family aud their loss is heavier than would bo tho destruc tion of a palace to the millionaire, Courier. Tho coolest joke on record was perpetrated last week upon Rob McClellau, who resides about 1J miles north-west of Adamsburg. Mr. McClellau was absent from home, and during the niht some parties deliberately walked ft fat steer out of his stable, killed and lressod it behind the barn, and tie- parted with the meat leaving only tho hide to tell tho fate of tho an imal. If there is anything cooler than a west-end thief it must bo snow in bed. On Tuesday upon our return after a momentary absence from our of fice we lound a card lying upon our tablo bearing tho following inscrip tion : ( iiaki.ks s. Woi.kk. Ciimn In lo Uuvu you cuiitfrut uluto m. Well, Charley, hero's our hand. lou fought lor a mail aud won, we fought for a mau aud lost. Tho world measures a man' by his sue cess, and henco you have reasons for congratulations, in mm you elected Pattison, and in 1800 you did him great service. You have cross ed the republican liubicon and are now happy in the camp of "our friends, the enemy." If patriotism prompted the step you are no doubt gratified, if taken for revenge you must bq delighted. In either case you must be happy aud we hope you are supremely so. j5feV$ -Wi..--. -rv 'it .... cj;s. Kdltorlal fonvaponrlonoo. A DEER HUNT IN WEST VIRGINIA. ((Vntlniifd.) I left the readers of the Post at Elkins, West Va., with everything arranged for our eighteen-mile trip into tho mountains. The man with whom we had contracted to carry our provisions, clothing and camp ing equipments to camp had prom ised to bo on hand at seven o'clock in tho morning. Wo waited in si lence till eitfht aud then began to get uneasy and inquired as to the probablo cause of delay. Our anx iety took a tremendous boom whan a mau, who is somewhat acquainted with Virginian customs, informed us that we need not look for him be foro nine, and might expect him at teu, but the probabilities were that ho wouldn't come at ull. We asked hint what in the nation this meant. and he replied : "'The obligation of a blooded West Virginian is as un certain as the east wind." We wait ed. At nine wo were uneasy, at ton digusted and at eleven desperate. At last reports lie hadn't arrived yet We hurriedly packed tho most es. sential portions of our baggage consisting of thirteen loaves of bread, amuuitiou and blankets into grain bags, hired three horses from a livery and mounting onn mau on each, started for tho eighteen mile tramp into tho very heart of a dense wilderness. If you could have seen tho editor of this paper perched on a pack-horse with bundles in front and behind the saddle almost M high as his head, riding through J.mnd ut to the horse's knei rot v -,- - r 1 , i ii ii, . coma prouaoiy appreciate some thing I cannot describe. But we jogged along, changing with tho foot-men whenever one of them got tired. The mountains rose higher and higher. The mud got deeper and deeper. A little beforo sun-set wo reached Cheat river, a stream about as wide as Penns Creek but so deep and swift that it taxed all tho powers of one horse to carry one mau across. The animals made five trips for the eleven men including tho teamster and our iruido. Mr. Paul Kettle, of Elkins, an honest, conscientious gentleman and a good hunter. Then beau the steep as- L t . .1 J 1 ceni oi iiu-ai mountain. xne mountains on either side of the Cheat are so high ami steep that it requires four complete "switch backs" to reach their summit. Two miles beyond tin Cheat at dark we camo upon tho plantation of Mr Flint, a tipical Yankee, wh. was years ugo presented with one thousand acres of land, providing he would move upon it ami tak care ol tho balance of an IH.OiMiacre tract of land owned by a syndicate. They seemed not in the least dis- conccitcd at the arrival of so many ,'iicsis ni ineir notei, ami mo i tit it. . i. women at onco set to work getting supper which consisted of venison ami corn bread. Foot-sore ami hungry we sat down to this im poverished meal. You may have heard that "hunger is tho best cook. XI you haven t heard it, hear it now and believo it. I thought of Bobby Burn's Edenburg grace "Si Mill- llll! llll-ul mid CUIIIIU cut. And winie would i-ut thai wunt It ; Hut we liin iiic.it ami we runout, S li t lliu Lord belhuiiklt." After supper we surveyed the house. It is a large log building about 50x30 feet with a DO foot square kitchen. There are only two rooms below in tho main house with a large, old-fashioned hre-place m each, in which heavy birch logs were sending out au intense heat, We never so fully appreciated the comforts of such old-fashioned fire places. We thought of the days of long ago, when our grand-fathers sat around the hearth and cooed and courted our grand-mothers with as much satisfaction as is now af forded by a fifty-dollar heater. almost wished I had lived an hun dred years ago. Tuts wish grew in strength as did the venison which we were compelled to eat, aud at the expiration of two daya I almost wished I hadn't lived at all The thing became entirely too real ! The next morning there was stir in -amp. Lach one of us desired to shoot the first deer. They were re p4 ted as plenty as sheep, and one of our party. (I believe it was Frank Herman,) suggoutcd that we shell the woods with our Winchesters and shot guns and then follow after and pick up the deer killed by the rain of lead. Daylight revealed a luiignilicent view of mountain scen ery. As far as the eye could reach thfre was one mountain piled upon ariMher until all was lost in a dim huto. The day was misty tied threatened rain, but nothing daunt ed we started out, expecting each man to return with a saddle of ven ison on his back. Alas, how vain un earthly expectations ! Soon the heavens darkened and it appeared as though the very clouds had turn ed into solid bodies of water, dash ing down upon the mountains like waves upon a rock. We instinctive ly turned for camp without "mid dies" not having even seen a deer. Wo anxiously inquired how long this would possibly last. The reply came in a true Southern vernacular : "Well, it is raining right smart now and may not last long but I reckon its good for a week !" "Well how about tho river, can we re-cross it if it gots much higher?" "I reckon not. I huve staid nine days on you side before I was able to ford it." Im agine our predicament. Eighteen uiilnB from nowhere, in the heart of A primeval forest and a deep, trench erous river between us and home. We ' returned after tho first day's .buiit with' the wire edge pretty well :Wrx' "C " The "patter of the rain r - - . . OBiuUtuoi uuu a ueciclou uninen-'- aut KUiuiid when we thought of the river. Tuesday morning brought no brighter prospects, and all re mained in camp until noon, when the clouds broke, tho w ind changed and wo thought the rain had ceased. We were up aud off in the woods in an hour's time. Soon it began to pour again and then it occurred to us that as we hadn't caught all the rain that had come up irom the south the wind had propitiously changed to the north and was bring ing hack what little was left of it. I'p and off for camp. Al. Kramer lid not return with the rest and K . J I ' some uneasiness was icit iir nun. He finally came in much resembling a drowned rooster, and stated that he had lost himself and had reached a point where water ran up hill and where tho needle of his compass pointed to the east. Next morning being Wednesday, it still rained and our anxiety as to tho river tin-not' .o real fear, and wo hastily pu.Kcd our baggage, liiretl three horses to fold the liver and started across tin mountains for Elkins the rain still pouring down. When wo reached the huiii mit of Cheat mountain, I'licle Rob Middleswarth came up to me, held his hand to his ear ami rental keel, Tom, this is au awful country beat hell f" We concurred with him but do not know from what autlioi- y ho spoke. I believe it was Ben Butler who once said, "I may go to h 11. but Texas, never !" The same remark is pertinent here. At 3 P. M. we camo in sight of Elkins, aud when I onco more saw friend Hel- frich's house, I stopped, took off my hat and said, "God bless our home!' In my next I shall consider tho timber, mining, aud other interests of this 'impenetrable" district. T. H. H The editor of the Post acknowl edges tho receipt of invitations from tho Kratzervillo and Troxelville hunting parties to accompany them to the Seven mountains this week, but owing to a press of business we are compelled to decline both tempt ing offers. The Middleburgh party composed of six men started on Monday morning, the Swengelville party (accompanied by Messrs John, Samuel, and Millard Hassinger from this place) is out now. There will be one hunter to every tree, and we hone they will find one deer to ev ery hunter. FRIGHTFUL TRAM-ROAD ACCIDENT. HF.SnY EIOHINOKH, OF IlKAVKItToWN, KILL- Kl AMD SKVF.HAL OTHK.lt H NY Mil cot srv hoys iu iit. On Monday evening a fright fulac ident occurred at Win. Buyer's lumber camp, near Furiiey Run, Clinton comity, which resulted in the death of two men, and the se rious injury of four others. The men, eight in number, were return ing to camp on a truck down a three mile stretch of track with au aver age grade of seven feet to the hun- Iretl. They lost control of the truck and it soon attained a tremendous speed. Davitl Spaid, of Beavertown was tho first man to jump and he alone, escaped without injuries. Then followed Oscar Grogan, of Furney Run, and Wm. Rhamstine ami Horace Freed, of Rcavcrtown. They were all badly but it is thought not seriously hurt. Henry Eiching er, of Beavertown, Jack Davis, of Tainauqua, and Israel Buyer, of Lock Haven, remained on the truck until it struck the "dinkey" in- en gine, which was standing three miles down the track. Eichiugcr ami Davis were instantly killed, and Buyer escaped with n crushed foot. Charles A. Erdley.of Middleburgh, who brought us the intelligence, de livered the remains of Mr. Eichiiigcr, to Beavertown on Tuesday. Ho was aged about Tm years ami tin married. Mrs. Swengel, relict of John S wen gel, formerly of this county, died at Lewixlmrg, Saturday, Nov The CVtrntte i the i.llh, makes the following comment on tho highly respected old lady : In the death of Mrs. Swemrel which took place at the residence of ler son-in-law, Mr. m. r . lirown. about 'J o'clock A. M. Saturday, Lew- isburg loses one of tier valued citi zens. Mrs. S. was one of the nob lest of women kind, charitable. heel ful, and a most devoted Chris tian. 1 he large at tendance of neigh bors ami friends at her funeral Mon- lay proved the faci that she was a general lavorito among tlie belter class of people whet her rich or poor. Her pastor, Kcv. Mr. 1 1 in, in his sermon extolled her virt ties in a feel ing and truthful manner. Kcv. Messrs. Hunter and Hendricks as sisted ill the exercises. Mrs. Sweng- l's age was 7i veins ami 0 da vs. Of le r tamily, t'o.ir an- prcachcrsof the gospel. Roi.i. or HoNiiit. The following persons have pant their subscrip tion to the Post to the dates oppo site their names. Should any mis takes oceiii- in these credit s or on your paper please notify us : George S. Snyder, Jan. 1, J. F. Snook, June I, 'HI liuile.v FUlier, Nov. I, '!ti Miss Klla Gilbert, Nov. 1.1, SHI no 'SHI 'in 'il hi J as. W. Klin, 'hr, Aug. I, John J. Hummel, Oct. 1, John Long. July Mrs. Susan Spencer, Dec. 1, B. F. Row. M ich 1, Daniel Ripka. Jan. 1.1, E. S. Crater, Jan. 10, '!H Y. H. Wagner, Jan. 1, "X2 R. E. Bingauiaii, Dec, 1, Abraham Kohus, Jan. 1, W. H. Matter, April 1. 'Dl The Return Judges of the iMth Congressional District met at Lew istowu on the 11th inst., to compute the vote for Congressman from this list rict with tho following result : Counties. Atkinson. Skinner. Franklin 4'.U: Fulton H21 Huntingdon MM Juniata 1011 Union '2152 .128 1 1207 III 12 18,10 1020 213.1 101 i Mifllin 12 Snyder 2100 17413 Atkinson's maj OOi) The Return Judges were 10831 G. A, Harnbuker, Robert A. McDonald, Tobias Faremau, William Hertzhr, Nathan Anstadt, William S. Settle and James Middleswarth. Mrs. J. B. Reed aud Mrs. Jeahred Snyder of Suubury were tho guests of the editor's family on Wednesday fs not n "t)renn.n It wi'nrn nn" oltar. It ni'vor flmlttrtl n Imiiip, Ami lirlT H"lil inf. )tmr uitwd rlri'iiWirn ixm htiliMTlptlr.il !. it year. t Co NO. 4C. KiiATZKitvn.i.E. The good old Re publican ship is not rotten, as some Democrats suppose, but her timbers are sound. She will weather the storm ami sail triumphantly into port in lS'fJ. Tlio funeral of Henry Bower was held in the Lutheran Reformed hurt blast Friday. Rev. Ochscn- fonl officiated. He was aged W! years-' and ! months Samuel I'lricli an I MUie Rippal were united in the bonds tj matri mony lust Sunday by Kcv. Haas. Chas. Herman, our Sulhau attend ed the wedding. Abe is making frequent visits to Chestnut Ritlge. Hugh Kliae savs he has a girl on the brain. Tom made a visit to Northumber land county last Saturday to m i his best girl. Polly A. Beaver disposed of some of her furniture at public sale last Saturday. The Local Institute held in- the Krat.erville School House last. Thursday evening was wcllattci.ded. The exercise -i were both instructing and eiitei tamg. The Krat.erville band furnished the music. The next meeting of the Institute will be nt Beaver's school house next Thursday evening, Nov. 120. If. S. Reaver and family vi .,ed Graiid-pii und Grand ma Glut s lust Sunday. Why is the moon like some of our boys Because it "gets full." Wellington seems to have some attractions at William Walters'.. Where were Regina and Mil', af ter preaching last Sunday i veiling .' Ask Henry. Waxtei.-i Soniubody hivloved in return i John Kline put u th', ie work of his new straw she jOast Saturday. LVuu. MmnLUbWAiiTii. Your regular re porter from this place is "up Salt," hence this humble effusion from his substitute. Daniel Herman has moved to NorthuiulH-rlaud county. Kate Herman of Seliusgrovo re cently visited her many friends here. Isaiah Bingaman of this place re cently shot a fifteen pound turkey gobbler. It was blind in one eye and couldn't see well out of tlie oth er. The Port Ann hunting party lias returned from a week's camp in the Seven Mountains greatly reduced in weight --that is, so far as "back lad ing"' was concerned. Boys, the next lime don't clippie so many. P. K. Haekenberg, teacher of this place. Sundayed with his parents. W. J I. Zimmerman .uade a busi ness trip to L'-wh.hurg and Milton last week. Josic of tl Tribune wants to know if we voted tin- trii'i!'f Re publican ticket ni iKe ii-i election, and wants us to : in!..- titlid tvit to the fact that we voted tor Daniel Piolciidcr for Sheriff. Its too thin. Mr. ISolemler knows who he can trust, and this low insinuation from Joe Luuilmrd, the monumental liar, will not effect Mr. Roh-mh-r's kindly feelings toward us. But we must now state a fai t we have long sur- pressed. Ihrco years ago Joe Luin bard fought Daniel ISolemler tooth ami toe-nail. Now why did he sun- port him this time? Was there a radical change in Mr. Bolemlcr's qualifications as au officer within the last threx years? Did he join the Church or the Murphys to gain Mr. Lumbard's favor ? No, sir ; not that. Three years ago Joe Lumbard pre sented a bill of $300.00 for services to Reuben Dreese, the present Sheriff, as hgitnnate t lection expenses to fight Daniel Bolender, and the re sult is know n. The Democratic can didate this year hail no money for Joo Lumbard, and Joe Lumbard had to como back and support the man ho betrayed three years ago in order to get a share of the county printing ? Mr. Lumbard, we dou't want your affidavit. Let Reuben Dreese be sworn. Call and see my $1.0.1 boot. W, I. Gaiimam " . i ' :',-:t I I-T i .J" 1
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