V ' MI 4 . old h ..ferritin 1 of th. nr bnOi Wo TU owenoxJn 1, Aa rrll, Bf HJJ- '' cot. of tfaa I II P of f r nr Oki..g p'" Cy ' ' ' ml. . EMS of LOCAL INTEREST J pound of oats in worth almost as nil an a pound of xvheat. T. II. Mc William and brido are- iting at McVeytown. liichard Shaffer lias been appoint J post-in aster at lloi inlon. Atnil Irt. at Fremont. Homy Mcis- 4. aged iV years, 7 months ami l!l Misses Carrie Wittcnniyer ami JJue Mensell Hpnnt List week in liil.nli'lpliia. Jacob G. Smith and family, of -linsgrovo visited Franklin town- hip friends on Sunday. Mrs. Mary A. Hob-nder and Mi . Jiaiirctta Smith visited friends at Vdauisburg over Sunday. S. r. Shi'iiry, Centrcvillc's reliable nstiraneo agent paid Middhbtirgh i business visit on Saturday. Owing to a misunderstanding we . pioted coi n worth ."5 cents in last veck's Post. Its worth only . cents. Fun Sai. at a Naciuhce. 1 5-ton yagon scales coinplcto j 1 new JVierd side-hill plow ; 1 new Oalo ulky cultivator. Call at once, will in irr it. llCUOap. A. il. H.SII V DON. Rheumatism is quickly cured by iising Arnica & Oil Liniment. For ale by W. II. Heaver, Middleburgh, ud J. W. Sampsell, Centrevillc. 1. Tho Oliver chilled plow aud all the epairs down to the smallest bolt ire always kept in stock at Wetzel's "ash Storo, Swineford, l'a. rDr. Uarber, of Danville, dcconi- aned by his little sou MileH, visited Middtaburgh between train onSat- 1 1 r- I ! ll ....II riiay. Jlis cuinireu are uu eu tow, and ho is himself again. A bjech tree on which Daniel Koono carve 1 his nanio in rudo let- ers 1M years ago will be a unique art of Tennessee's contribution to ho world's fair exhibit. Tho tree ft as long a landmark near Jones , ioro, Tenn. , I have now in stock all tho latest : designs in wall paper, which I will hell at but a slight advance above wholesale rates. Paper hanging a t-pecialty, and I respectfully solicit ivour partonago. J. C SwisKronn, iliiUUeuurgu.l'rt. We this week add about" three fliun lri'd dollars' worth of fancy job ftvpo and a quarto medium Model Woss to tho Post's jobbing outfit, which puts us abreast of tho times, and enables us to turn out work sec ond to none, in this section of the LStatc. One of tho prisoners arrested for complicity in tho burglary of We is' storo nt lirst tried to play tho insane dodge by refusing to eat and defiling his cell with tilth. After a fewjdays of fasting tho natural trump appe tite overtook him and he now eats like a wood-chuoper. F.D Post. Please state in the Post that certain young men of I'lanklin Hpend every Sunday up atoug the dam in gambling, und if they do not desist information will lie made to tho constable and they will be hauled up for their doings. A FllANKl.INI I K. Prof, lloyer, of Freeburg went on Saturday to llerrysburg, Dauphin county, to meet his nephew, U.S. Lark, from Peabody, Kansas, who will be accompanied by his dangh tor Mabel just returned from Leip zig, (lermany, where h!io was at tending school the past year study ing music, French aud (lerman. A Pittsburg special says : I'ggs by the car load at H cents a dozen. That Is the project held forth by Lewis (Irons, uf Philadelphia, now in this city, lie says he can manufacture mi 'Kg that cannot be ilii.l inguiwhod from the genuine. These ctrgs ate nutritious and look exactly hie helm' eggs. The hhell tw composed of paper inache. Mr. (hosu nay he has applied for a patent and he him plenty ef capital to hack hU enter piise. ThU in lnfilui(iu4 on (he hcn'ii patent. 1 Said a noted man of (50 years, "my mother gave me Downs' F.lixir for coughs and colds wheil I was abov." For sale by W. II. llonver, Middle burgh, and J. W. Sampsell, Centtc ville. .j. The editor of the Pot has been chosen a delegate froli tho State Kditorial Association tp represent that body at the Natioild Kditorial Convention which convene at Chi cago in May. Hero is simple sum in t'ible addi tion which has "corked" tho haues of nil ages, viz : "Add ti) your faith virtue, ii n 1 1 to virtue knoivlcdgo, nn to knowledge temperainV) p ll icirce, and to patience godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotholv kindness charity. 1 "I can't sec," said ft yunug mar ried woman to her liusl.iud, "whv you can't hold the baby rive min utes when you used to L id ine for hours before we were in:u i ird ami didn't complain a bit." "Ah," repli ed the husband, "you didn't kick and squirm like this kid !" T. M. Kossler, of Sluf nokin Dam, nndE. M. I Scale, Iq., o Low sburg met at Middlcbiirgh on Toes lay to shoot of a tie at the trap. Jlach shot at ten pigeons, and the follow ing score will show that Snyder county is still there : Kessler 2 0 0 112 111 (17 Deale 0 1 0 1 0 1 POO 1 -4 A lighted lamp fell from the, wall in G. C. Uutelius' store on Tuesday evening and landed on Hi pjllo of clothing. In an instant uo ft ftmP wan i ball of lire una a HtW as - 'i conllagration wcTiia irtve'V3ei"! the result ha. I not Mr. O. rabbed the lamp ami carrieil it on til of doors badly burning hi left (Jiand ill do- lllg HO. When you are troubl roubleil with d'zzi to all yeVie, yoii'feel ness, your ftppetit bad generally, take a'fevr doses of Dr. Henry Daxtcr h Maindrake Lit ters, and you will be surprised at the improvement in your feelings. Every bottle warranted to give sat isfaction. For hale by W. II. Den ver, Middlcbiirgh, ami J. W. Samp sell, Ceiitrevillc. 4. Ooninierieal Hotel at Liverp '. con- lucted by J. K. Dlatteubei g was dest roved bv lire Tii"s. lav : ;!it of last week and Mieha 1 lleii.U-rson, an inmate, burned to death. His charred remains were found in the ruins next morning. Wli- u found there was lit lie left of Lis b dy but the trunk. Hot h legs, one arm and a portion of the other were burned to a crUp. Mistakks Sons Who Di;eam oi- Dliss." The following m irnag li censes have been granted since our last publication : Lester I'. Dreese, P'nn Twp. ) Ida Xei hood, " " s Henry W. Kncpp. Xew L-xnca-ter, ( Kli.a Ii. ert, nChas. F. Snyder. Huffalo 7 p. i( Hiiima Leitcl, Middlccrcek . p. x.uiuioiJ. Kline. Adam" p. ) Mary .lane Hart man, Mid deb rgli J. H. Uhoads last week w.v ac corded the contract fortluyin prk and rooting and placing one oitho celcbrate.l lteaxcr furnaces ir. the new belluig house of J. S. Hit', at Mckccs Falls, also for a fu lace of the sanif make for Mr. Wil n's new ltous) nt Hdlville, Pa. Mr. Hhoads is haung quite a n in these furujlccs and we are g! I to leai n of lli-hiu'cessfal opcrali'l of overv one I f ll.em, "II is sjirpiising," mivs a lanly ph ni'iai "h w cci'taiuly n cehniay bebrokelup by a timely d. of piiuine j When tlrst sxinpv.a-i make tli-ir nppearatuv, wi n a I little la'pnor, a t-hjht hoai ness j and one u (njliteiunrf of the ..u meiiibi ii. e fellow exposure to .! or slid ill elull by wet, te u of thi' ileful nILntoid are undent, in iniin.vf,"ei t. end tiNnible. Jtut t nintfe hue Mxuupltyt llie olden jeuecnt pa'-e. no(hon.f C(" tJ utop th WcrtlV lOiw-en, bandlojchti f uiui5, w no and woe b.one lookinjt polio.! ecc MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., A PHIL Almost A Murder. On Sunday morning last Mr. Ann Kuhus, and Mrs. Solum liingaiuan, both residing in Centre township, 2 miles north-west of Mid 11. burgh were united in marringe by Squire John ISachman, of Mid lh buigh. On Sunday night between one and two o'clock tho boys of the neigh borhood congregated to give the couple the usual s- ren i Ic. They Were met by ft Volcy of i:!miso from the woman that, wonld have h-caltt r ed a Gypsy camp, but the boys, un dismayed, kept on drowning her voice with their racket. They had all retired to the public road in front of I he house when there cainethe re port of a rifle, u Ib.-.li of tire ami one of the Serena h r-, Ci. ul. s :wer so, Ml. The rest ran to his assis tance thinking him shot. He was unhurt, however, but uu examina tion proved that the bullet had pass ed through his hat almost grazing his hea 1. The f hot was tired from the front porch only about three rods away from where t lie boys f-fo'iil, ami Whs undoubtedly marit to kill. Had the shot accomplished its intended purpose Snyder county would now enjoy thc iiovi lty of supplying Un couple with a bridal chamber in a prison cell. .;i Wkaps. I have received n assortment of the latest r spring wraps which I sell ".liable prices. Produce taken ange. The ladies are cordial- Very M ;.!...- fit n :. in ee 1 invited to cull. - t! - BtH;i?U arei tow... The Y. P. S. C. K., oi tri'r:r.'A- will hold a Lunch Supper on Satur day, 22nd, inst. Shoul 1 th weath er be unfavorable, it will be post poned till Saturday evening follow ing. Lunch boxes will In; s -U i4t auction, and all kinds of refresh ments, such as, ice cream. o: ai:g--. bananas, peanuts, t-a:i Ii. s -. w.i! be served. Kveryb.lv is c r La'.ly invited to attend an I j i i a g . . 1 time. "At the recent tin.i of j;;v r -unty court, Judge Metzger. of L ::, mg. beillg on the bench, the question was raised w hether or not a hot i ke. p r had a right to have two bus in the sj-iiehous... The Court d.-. -.d.. 1 tl. i long as the le-euse ha 1 be. u gr .:.: ed without restrictions, t1..-.- 1. keiper could sell liquor ir. t-n-ry room in his house if he desired t.- do so, and he could not be convicted of violating the law. I'p in Warren county they Law a Fish and G line Protective Associ ation that is oonictLiug more tl.aa a name. The other day some of tl.. members caught several pirat.s ir. the act of exploding dyu.r.i.ite it; the river for the purpose if killing: tish, and they promptly arrest, d the pirates. Taken before a magi titrate the principal otlVn.Lr wa fiuod 5 ...', which was a pretty costly price for that kind of thsl.t-. g People who h ive carried large q-.s antitics of preserved fruit over frc.-.i last autumn's preserving w-.H d. well to eat what they still p.wl , as the crops of berries and fruit avc expected to be ir.niual!v largv jLc comniing sumiu. v. which will lv period of prcsci N .'.g in large sr.to;;-.;: it wHl not be piv:'ubb to csuy ov er old preserves through !i. r season when the prospect of. Urge fruit crops are so ccitam of Wiv. realiited as they are at present. According to Ihe Hir.t;v.g-do Vr!. , cor.testisl c "i!Me t,l,v ion case from llcndcison lows;.!-.-. was decided h - .Lid. re r.n; at ' ,,- session of argamcut coi-.u tl-.-.s w-. X Sn ,b r Miller w as hvte.l ov.ii.'.- last year to till a xacaiio. nd IN av! Fonst waschvt.sl vw.sVuWe jl,, rar. Tl;e question w wl,(il,- Mr. Miller W! to scvxx iLiy-s co or until tho next rhvlion, .Li.Uv Fmsl tsM.lst thai wheivexw v-,vw (able i rhvbd be is rlss eit fvw (hive vi-s and M. etie.. Tb dviftbMt cWt wxvvnV Seventy Feet of Black Snakesl On Monday l ist, while Miss Alta, daughter of Cornelius P.owersox, re siding 2J miles north-west of Mid dleburgh, win out hunting da.ide lion she was almost paralyzed at the sight, of ten big black snakes lying on the .L a i grass along a mid lie fence an I almost at her feet. She was accompanied by Mrs. Moses Stcimling, an I aft r taking a hasty survey of tie- hoiribhi sight fh-y hastene.I I, ,nie an 1 informed Mr. ISowersox, who with several other llieli Ht iltel to kill the SClp 'tlts. They foiirel them still 1 1 leie and t li. slaughter began. They killed ten snakes. Tic- shortest one measure. 1 "I feet and the longest 1,, f,e. Three of tin- batch Measured j,;,,,. inches -i circumference. Tin y I wereiihi.it reii'I.v to return hoiu - wh.-n a httl.r d-.g belonging to M es meuiiiiiig uttracted their utteo- tion by bii i.rig viciou-ly at a ho!- in the gio iiil. Th'-y I roe, m l a Pick an I Mi ..i 1 an-I d ig after. Af tcr tligging a sliolt di-tali- e t.'.i v cafne uji in t v. more f.f the r both of e'.ti aordinai v s.e. little d -g gj ,!,!., 1 ,,4 i die an 1 ti e d t i shake l. f, lot s;je was too h-ay and in a j.fTy ch? 1. 1 1 hern If wound aroun I ).;-. , ly a:. 1 was slowly cru-Ling th-l.fe o.,t f him. 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