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K. C. Walter and wife Bpent Sun
day with relatives at Adamsburg.
E. Hummel, who was down with
pneumonia, is able to be about again.
Mrs. High Smith, of Georgetown,
Pa., is the guest of Jas. G. Crouae,
Esq., and family.
A- H-TJlsh has sold his grain house
and coal depot in Franklin to W. B.
Winey for $4,800.
Overcoats and all winter goods at
cost to make room for the spring
trade at It. Gunaberger's.
Rev. Neff had sufficiently re
covered from the grip to fill his ap
pointments at Hassingers' and Mid
dleburgh on Sunday.
Ex-8heriff Middloswarth has pur
chased 13atdorf St Enterlino's stock
of goods at McClure and will cm
bark in the mercantile business.
Grand-pap Michael Schoch, who
fcas been gradually sinking for some
time, is no better and his extreme
age (93) leaves little hope of recovery.
Thomas Rathfon won the chara-
ler-suit at Spitler's shooting-match
on Saturday imbedding nine No. 8
shot in a two-inch block at 30 yards
George Spangler, who was en
gaged in the lumber business iu
PnnJor TUnff. Missouri, cauie homo
on Saturday to spend the winter at
this place.
iol linrcdins will be offered
at the Cash Storo between this and
Spring. Come, see. and be convinc-
A David Witzzl.
.iW SwHeford Pa.
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of SelinsKiw.e, who has been unable
to leave hiu house for several months
on account of sickness, is up and
about again.
A. F. Gilbert left for Lancaster
on Tuesday morning to resume his
studies in F. & M. Academy, after
spending a vacation of nearly three
weeks with his parents at this place.
j Foti Sale. My stock of Notions
and Stationary will bo sold at a
bargain. Best location in Middle
burgh. For particulars address
J. W. SWAIITZ.
A Card. I hereby return my
thanks to the Troxelvillo and Ridge
Sunday schools for the valuablo
Christmas presents I received from
them. Rev. J. N. Wetzler.
Prof. James O. Herman, principal
of the Edwardsvillo (Pa.) public
schools, spent several days in Mid
dleburgh last week. Jim is endowed
with tact and push those two most
essential qualities in the success of
young men.
For Sale. Pure Poland China
pigs of both sexes and various ages.
A few fine young sows bred for
' spring litters. My foundation stock
I got from two prominent breeders
in Ohio and is first class.
D. N. Ai p,
Selinsgrove, Pa.
A Musical Convention will be held
in Middleburgh, commencing Mon
day, February 12, and continue dur
ing the week under the leadership of
Prof. P. Billhardt. With him as
conductor the convention must and
will be a grand musical success. He
assures us that he has secured some
very fine musical talent .to assist at
the concerts, whoso names and spe
cialties will be given on the bills.
The prophecy of Robert Toombs
that he would call the roll of his
slaves ;in the shadow of Bunker
hill monument, was never fulfilled,
but it has come to pass that Harriet
Hayden, who was a Blave in Ken
tucky before the war and made her
escape, and who died in Boston the
day before Christmas, left her es
tate of $5000 to Harvard college to
found a scholarship for deserving
colored students. Harvard admits
colored pupils, and a year ago oue
of them was the class orator. Mrs
Haydeu's . bequest, tho' small, will
nve an impetus to the good work
'ucating the colored race.
MIDDLE-BURGH, SNYDER
Taxes are First Liens.
Judge Endlich, at Reading, on
Saturday, haaded down an impor
tant opinion declaring that unpa d
taxes are a first lien against proper
ties. The case in quostion w:is
that of S. E. Ancou in trust for
four banks of Roading, I. C. Becke.
in which the exceptions filed by the
banks aro dismissed. Judge Mo-
PherBon, of Lebanon, and Judge
Livingstoon, of Lancaster, decided
the act of June 2, 1881, to be uncon
stitutional, under which decrees
were taken for unpaid county taxe-t.
Judge Endlich'a is the first dec.it
ion in tho state that decrees for un
paid taxes can be taken as fift
the lions on proper ties. When
tho proceeds of tho sheriffs sale of
Mr Becker's properties were dip
tributod tho court decreed to tho
county 5?Hti as unpaid taxes for 1893,
the county solicitor claiming the
taxes to be a first lieu, under the
act of 1881, to which tho banks ob
jected, holding that tho act was un
constitutional. Notice. It don't tako the value of
a horse to buy a few stovo repairs if
you buy them of me. Nor does it
matter when or where you got the
stove, juat givo mo tho number, and
namo and part of tho stove you
want and I will got it for you. I
also sell stove pipe of tho best ma
terial at reduced prices.
M. L. Shannon.
A railroad conductor passed nine
people on one ticket the other day.
They wore a mother and eight chil
dren. The detachment consisted of
font st -
. ast a few days under fl years
of age. The conductor kicked at
what seemed a wholesalo buainoss,
but the mother had the bulge on
him, and they all passed, Hunting
don Local Xtwa.
Fon Rent. A Country Store
stand, comprising a 15 by 30 foot
tore room nnd a seven room dwell
ingall at 50 per your. Tho stock
of merchandise will be sold to the
renter at nlinost his own figureH.
Posaeasiou given any time between
now and tho first of April, 1S94. It
is a first class country staud. For
particulars cull on or address
C. A. Mover,
Glcbo Mills. Pa
Rev. Hicks' predictions for Jan
uary: Cold wave about the 3d,
followed by a regular storm period
with another cold wave in tho rear.
Reactionary squalls of rain and
snow on the 10th and 11th, renewed
cold wave will follow. The ICth is
the central day of tho next period,
a warm wave during 15th and 18th
and the inevitable cold wave will
last till the 21th. Then warmer
and next a cold wave, the last
storm period being about the 20th,
ending on tho 30.
Every wheel on a Pullman car is
made of paper. You do not see the
paper because it is covered with iron
and Bteel. The body of the wheel
is a block of paper about four inches
thick. Around this is a rim of steel
measuring from two to three inches.
It is this thin steel rim of course
which comes in contact with the
rails. The sides are covered with
circular iron plates bolted on. This
is not alone confined to Pullman
cars, but some of the heaviest en
gines have wheels made as described
above.
Saturday, Deo. 30, was the last day
upon which tenants could be legally
warned out for tho purpose of tak
ing possession of tho premises on
tho 1st of April The law requires
three months' notice. A notice
served on New Year's Day does not
give a full threo months to April 1st.
Most tenants are, however, dis
posed to accept notice thus givon
and not make any trouble. It should
be remembered though that an il
legal notice is no notice. Many
landlords are in tho habit of serving
notices on all of their tenants and
then making new leases or renewing
the old ones with all those whom
they desire to retain in their houses.
John R. Clarke Again !
Washington Camp, P. O. 8. of A.
has secured John R. Clarke of the
Star Lyceum Bureau, to deliver a
lecture in the Court House on
Thursday evening, January IS, on
the subject "Hits and Misses." Mr.
Clarke needs no introduction to our
people as his eminently entertaining
lecture "To and Fro in London" be
fore the Teachers' Institute is suf
ficient testimony of his magio power
and matchless eloquonce on the
rostrum. M. D. Kinney, President
of the Thouaand Island Park As
sociation Bays of him :
"John R. Clarke, the Anglo-Amor-can
orator, has given threw lectures
on the Thousand Island Park plat
form this seasou. lie has carried
the people by storm. Ho is a mar-
""'ousuiamu variety, uumor, pathos
and eloquence. His entertainments
are a resistless modley of classic
beauty, solid sense, magnetic ora
tory, rugged mauliuoHH, loftiest
morality and purest religion. He is
worthy of the largest patronage aud
widest popularity. It is a genuine
pleasure to commend him to public
favor."
Lecturo to begin at 7:30. Admis
sion 15 cents. Reserved seats 25
cents. Tickets on sale at Swurtz'
store, next door to Court House.
Spring Elections.
a ,m m
The day for the spring elections
for 181)4 will be tho third Tuosday of
February, which is the 29th of the
month, and uudor tho proseut sys
tem of inakiug nominations the time
is drawing near when the party or
ganizations will have to take up the
question. The amended ballot law
'89? i t uiluj tLl ii Mwuilnatou
by certificates of party organiza
tions for city or ward officers shall
be filed in tho County Commis
sioners' offico at least twenty eight
days beforo tho election, aud nomi
nation by nomination papers for
the.aamo offices shall ho tiled twenty
ouo days before it, not counting the
day on which tho paper is lilod as
oue of them, aud nominations for
township and borough offices, and
School Directors iu the same, shall
bo filed with tho Comity Commis
sioners at least eighteen days before
tho election, and nominations for
same offices by nomination papers
at least fifteen days before it.
All members of W. C. 515 P. O. S.
of A. aro hereby requested to meet
in their hall Friday, Jan. 12, at 10
o'clock, to attend the funeral of
Bro. John F. Houtz.
By order of Pres.
Services will be held in the follow
ing churches by Bishop C. S. Ha
inan, of lloudiug, Pa : Lawyer's
church, Monday, Jan. 15, 7 p. m. ;
McClure, Tuosday, Jan. ll, 7 p. m. ;
Maubcck's, Wodnosday, Jan. 17, 7
p. m. ; Troxelville, Thursdaj', Jan.
18, 7 p. m. ; Beavertown, Friday,
Jan. 19, 7 p. m. A cordiul invitation
is extended to all.
P. C. Weideueyer, Pastor.
Socretary of state Osborne, of
Kansas, .has prepared a circular iu
which he advocates laws making
two hours per day tho limit of work
of each man. He holds that labor
saving machinery has made such
progress that one man is now ablo
to do as much as twenty, soventy
five years ago, and he believos that
over production is responsible for
the idloness of tho millions to-day,
This, he holds would be douo away
with if two hours should be made
the day'B work limit.
The Republican State Committee
met Wednesday morning of last
week in Chestnut stroot hall, Harris
burg, and after a somewhat active
contest, decided to hold the next
State Convention, which will nomi
nate candidates for Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, Auditor General,
Socretary of Internal Affairs and
two Congressmen-at-Largo, in liar
risburg, on Wednesday, May 23,
The committee was in session only
about 25 minutes. When the vote
was taken to decide the location, it
stood t Harrisburg, CO j Williams-
port, 84 ; Sunbury 1.
CO., PA., JANUARY 11, 1894.
From Pauper To Heiress.
A Williamsport special of January
4 says: From a little pauper, kid
napped by an avaricious uncle, to
a pretty heiress with a cloar title
to a $100,000 fortune, is the romatic
story of Miss Caroline C. Sankey.
Her legal battle for her rights has
been fought iu three States, and to
day the Supreme Court of Illinois
ended the matter, and the girl wins.
In 1878 Samuel Sankey came to
this country from California, whero
he had made a fortune dealing in
hides. He and his wife grieved
over the death of their only son, who
had been drowned. While visiting
relatives here he saw littlo Caroline
Sankey,, then 8 yours old. She was
an orphan, and was cared for by
frionds. Samuel Suukoy wanted to
adopt tho chilu but her relatives
objected on tho ground that his
mind was unsound. He was not to
be outwitted so easily, and ono night
iu winter he stole tho child, and
started for Illinois. He kept her
concealed ns much as poaaiblo dur
ing the llight to that State, and
the girl suffered mauy privations,
Sankey afterward returned here,
nnd was arrested for kidnapping
the child. Ho compromised the
case by legally adopting Iter, and
Judgo Gamble issued tho necessary
papers.
Sankey with his wito and foster
child, then went back to Sac. Ifv.vi-
cisco, Mrs Sankey dioii and her
husband then began, to abase Caro
line shamefully. So violently did
he maltreat her that she was taken
in chargo by tho Society for Hie
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
That r.aa ia 18C, -tid bo;.l j
went to live with the family of Clmt .
S. Coggins.
This proceeding turned Saukoy
into u maniac, aud, tearing to pieces
his will, hu threw tho (-rumpled
paper upon tho tloor and stamped
upon it. lie had bequeathed his
fortune to tho girl, who had grown
to be a pretty maiden, but ho deci
ded to cut her oil' without a penny.
OnJOctober 25. lHSiJ, Sankey bied
at tho homo of his brother John, iu
Mi til in burg. l'a.
The Pennsylvania relatives at ouco
bagau a light for the dead man's
estate. Tho new will that Sankey
had written was docla.od invalid by
tho California Courts, and tho for
tuuo wus awarded to tho girl. Then
tho relatives began an action in this
Stato to recover property hero, but
again they failed, aud, as a last re
sort, they went to Illinois, whero
Sankey owned considerable prop
erty. It was fought up through tho
courts in that State until to-day,
when the Supreme Court decided
that us Caroline Sankey had been
legally adopted by her foster father,
she was entitlod to his fort ti no, in
asmuch as he hud left no valid will.
Miss Sankey, who is only 21 years
old, resided with tho Coggins fam
ily, No. 1120 Twenty-first street,
San Francisco.
Doath of John F. Houtz.
John F. Houtz died at Paxtonvillo
on Tuesday of this week, aged 38
years, 3 months and 21 days. Mr.
Houtz had boon a resident of Frank
lin for many years, but some time in
November he reutod tho ilouring
mill of C. P. Swengol at Paxtonville.
His death was duo to pneumonia
superinduced by tho grip. Ho was
a mau of many good qualities, and
leaves a wife, a littlo daughter and a
host of friends to mourn their loss.
His funeral will bo held in the Luth
eran church, Middleburgh, on Fri
day at 11 a. in., under the direction
of Washington Camp P. O. S. of A.,
of which he was a member.
Tho school directors of Tyrone
have notified the tobacco dealers of
that town that tho law prohibiting
tho salo of cigarettes, etc., must be
observed, and in caso of violation of
the same by selling to scholars of
tho school, the offenders will bo
prosecuted to the full extont of the
law. Now lot us see whethor the res
olution will be enforced better than
the law.
A Half Century.
Only a short life time, yet what
changes have taken pluco during
this period. The discoveries and
inventions have indood been marve
lous. The dissatisfied, restloss spir
it, inherent in the human race, pro
moted by the prospoct of honor and
reward, has stimulated ingenuity
to a docree of succoss never beforo
attained in a much longer period of
titno, bo that moro useful inventions
have been produced iu tho last fifty
years than any huudred years
of previous history,
A few years ago the Tidttlt Math
humorously published tho following
article: "We dont like to bo irre
verent but would like to ask, what
did our forefathers know?" What
for infUuice did George Washington
know? He never Haw a steamboat;
he never aw a fast mail train; ho
never hold his oar to a telephone;
ho never sat for his picture in a
photograph gallery; he never re
ceived a telegraphic dispatch; he
nover sighted a Krupp gun; ho
never listened to tho fizz of au elec
tion pen; he uover saw a pretty girl
run a sewing machine; he never saw
a self propelling ougitio to go down
the Btrset to a fire; ho never heard
of "ovolutiou;" ho never took laugh
ing gas, and never attended au
international exposition; he never
ownei a bonanza mine; he never
knew ld "Prob" ; ho never warmed
his t i by a coal firo. Aud I may
add ) never wont to Jersey to
get n rried, but when ho went there
he ha another object in view. No
he he nono of theso advantages
V lf )k an excursion it was
v ....... woat i when he ui oil' on
a train it was a mule tram; when
ho wanted to talk to a man in Mil
waukue, he had to go there ; when
hu wanted his picture taken it was
done iu profile with a piece of black
paper and a pair of shears ; w hen he
got tho returns from tho back coun
ties they wore brought iu by a man
witli an ox curt ; when he took aim
at tho enemy ho had to trust ton
crooked barrelled old Hint lock ;
when ho wrote it was with a goose
quill ; when he had anything to
mend his grandmother did it with a
duruiug needle ; when he went to a
lire ho stood in lino and panned
buckets ; when ho saw a mo'ikey or
a clam he never dreamed that they
were distant relations ; when he
wont to a concert ho heard the music
of u crucked fiddle and an insane
clarionet. In fact if Washington
had lived three scoro and ten years
more tho same would bo equally true
When I was young and lived iu u
more eastern part of tho stuto peo
ple used to emigrate ; "go west," to
Ohio, then comparatively u wilder
ness. They didn't go on limited ex
press trains, however, their mode of
truvel was very limited, consisting
for a family of a Conostoga wugou,
with a number of horses iu front,
several cows tied on behind, kettles
and buckets suspended from the
coupling pole, with somo bedding
and other nocossaries stowed under
tho canvass cover; familios loft their
old homes and friends with many
tears and farewells for a long jour
ney of several huudred miles that
can now be covered iu twenty-four
hours. We had tho great American
desert marked in tho geographies of
my early school days, and our tuition
had to be paid. Therefore, you
must not blamo us old folks for our
ignorance as wo did not possess tho
advantages of a good aud free educa
tion such as every child can now ob
tain. The early school housos wero
often very rtido afl'airs, whoro con
gregated scholars of all ages from
four to twenty yours and over to re
ceive their first lessons ; often the
old and young taking their first les
sons in A B C, and theso frequently
in Gorman. About the first thing
I could read was a rhyme on tho
front cover of our German ABC
book under tho picture of a big
roostor ; it road :
Dot tmwiia greyt loud Buln (flgrvgee,
De klndur aufzuwockfen true i
Thu lierDitn In der morgtm ulitund,
De morif sUtund but guld lio muurt.
The schools then did not have any
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such furniture as is now in usi
Tho desks wero ranged alone the
sides facing tho wall, with long
wooden benches in front all i.f
about the huuio height, ho tlml (!.
feet of the small scholars wore
laugling in tho air. whilo aratn.l
Tho scholars had tlioir hacks turu
od to 'jo toucher who occupied u
raisod platform, and was kept busy .
part of the time fixing quill pons
of which each scholar old enough
to writo used oun and thev wor
very often out of fix. Tho teacher's
desk was docoruted with fcathors
liko pictures of Indian warriors
you find in hoiho histories. A
largo wood stovo occupied the
middle or tho room surrounded
with a supply of ready cut wood
to last a day or moro. In case the
stock of prepared wood wus get
ting small, the teacher defuiUl u
squad of tho oldest boys to preparu
ft fresh supply.
BEAVERTOWN.
Mary, wife of John Hallley, died
last Friday, aged J:t years and '.I mos.
Funeral was held on Monday, Rov.
J. N. Wetzlor officiating Josiah
Nerhood, of Jamison City, Suuduyed
iu town. Ho eutno to uttend the
funeral of his mother on Tuesday..
Henry Kern is very low with con
sumption und is not expected to live
.... Mr. und Mrs. Nathan F. Man
beck, of Shuniokiu, recently viaitod
friends in town. . . .Albert Snook nnd
son Charles, of Spring City, aro vis
itiug frionds here. Wn.i v
McCLU
-.. rt. and n W. Ulan-cir
culated uuiong McClare friends Sat
urday.... Sh-s. William Brutton is
up and about again.... Tho shoot
iug match on Saturday wus ono of
the largest und most pleasant of the
season. . . .Death entered the family
of Samuel Kliuger on Monday night
and took away their infant son Earl
Tho entertainment given by
Prof. tJilday with Edison's Phono
graph on .Monday owning in Christ's
Lutheran church was pronounced
the hnest ever given. Tho oxeicisos
wero of a very moral nature und
highly instructive all through.
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PORT TREVOUTON.
Port is still ina stalo of noi ii.nl
activity, notwithstanding tho busi
ness depressions of other portions
of the country. True, nomo of our
public Works llUVO closed from nut.nr.
al causes, und others for tho same
reasons aro working periodically.
Tho slung factories, however, not
depending upon either free trade or
protective legislation, continuo in
operutiou and turn out highly pol
ished urticles from very raw ma
terials. Natural gas is ouilo abun
dant and thero is sonio talk of ap
propriating it to street illuniinnf ion
Till then wo will coutiuuo to leave
our impressions iu tho mud save
wuoro John Hoover bus ro-nichel-plated
tho aide-walk. If aomo of the
residents ulong tho hue were to fob
low his example, they would merit
the undying thanks of all uedoa.
triuns. . . .The building association
are doing fairly well upon Mr. Stroll's
UOW houso. The bovs aro awaitim
its completion, when they will say,
iUis is the houso that Jack built."
....Tho long continuance of pro
tracted meeting in tho Evaugelicul
church is remarkable, still more so
is tho ulmost incredible number of
now converts. A Christian Endeav
or Society hus been established, aud
things are beginning to look as
though morals and christiauity
would ultimately triumph in tho con
quest of our burg.... Truly iu the
midst of life wo nro iu death. Again
has tho grim angel cast his shadows
upon another of our most ostiuiablo
citizens, Mr. Henry Flanders. Iu
tormont took pluco at Zion's ceme
tery on Suuday. The wife of the
deceased too, was. critically ill with
pneumonia but happily is again con
valescent. IJitteh Sweet,
Don't fail to hear Clark on the 18th.