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VOL. 31.
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST
W.Fisk Conral 1ms been appointed
postmaster lit Tyrone.
Tho next Central M. E. conference
will meet lit Tyrone in ls'.)5.
Tho public schools of this place
observed Good Friday lust week.
Miss Carrie Monsch of Mifllinburg
is tho guest of Miss Suo Meiisch.
Rootiug felt in excellent in poultry
houses, as tho tar odor keeps vermin
away.
Miss Nettie Moycr of Sclinsgrove,
was visiting friends in town for a
few days.
Mrs. M. L. Krocgor, who had been
spending a few weeks in Kalamazoo,
Michigan, returned to Middbloburg.
We direct the attonion of our read
. era to P. C. Hartnian's new adver
tisement in another column.
Burns Smith and Mabel Witten
myer are at home spending their
Easter vacation with their parents.
Rev. S. P. Wangort of the U. B.
Church left Monday morning for a
visit to their home in Lebanon Pa.,
We acknowledge tho receipt of the
Elventh annual report from the
Pennsylvania Fish Potective Asso
ciation. Tho calathumpians of Doodlotown
made the air ring with their bar
moriiousmusic Wednesday night of
last week.
Governor Pattison has ro-appoint-ed
Horace Keesey and Samuel Small,
x 1 a i .in Tr i
oi ivru, trustees oi me iiarrisourg
State Hospital.
M L..W. Wagner of Bucknell
iiversity spent a few days in town
ry pleasantly the latter part of
.st week.
At Wilkesbarre, Judge Rice de
cided that corporations cannot make
township roads and deduct the same
from their taxes.
John L. Bowersox, after spending
two weeks very pleasantly with
friends at Shamokiu and vicinity,
lias returned to Middleburgh.
William II. Walter, assistant pro
fessor of chemistry iu the Stato Col
lege, has resigned and will be suc
ceeded by Franklin E. Tuttlo.
II. M. Reigcl purchased the stock
and tools of D. T. Ilhoads' tin shop
conducted by J. II. Rhoads. Suc
cess to Mr. Iteigol.
On Saturday March 31, Mr. T. II.
Hui ter will Bell his handsome resi
. dence on Market St. At the same
time, be will also sell personal prop
erty.
Lebanon and Adams counties have
declared for Congressmen John B.
Robinson for Lieutenant Governor.
Things seem to be coming his way.
According to the Saturday JN'ttca,
, eome newspaper Editors don't make
.good Postmasters. Bro's Whitman
' sndLeeherof course, think differ
ently. Rev. I. P. Neff delivered a very
interesting illustrated lecture to a
goodly number of tho members of
his congregation, on last Thursday
evening.
Misses Emma Madden, Ida, Nora,
and Esther Green of Saltilo, all stud
ents of Bucknell Institute, spent a
short time very ploasantly with the
Misses Wittenmyer.
In an Ohio court Mrs. J. Keon has
received a verdict for $1,500 damages
against Francis Quillan, a saloon
keeper who sold her husband liquor
after she bad warned him not to do
so.
We are gratified to receive about
30 new subscribers this week from
Solinsgrove ' where we are best
known. We trust that our list at
that office will be doubled in a short
time.
Elizabeth Hare, who was buried
at Selinsgrove on Sunday was one
of the oldest residents of the town.
In her last will and testament
she remembered a large number of
her relatives and friends. Four or
five wills were found, but the last
made was recognized.
Wo call tho attention of our read
ers to new advertisements in this
issue: S. Weis, Selinsgrove, R. Guntz
buiger, and II. M. Rciglc, Middle
burg. Miss Lizzio Bolender who spent
Homtimo with her parents in Middle-
burg returned Wednesday afternoon
tolier homo in Akron Ohio.
The First National Bank of Mid
dleburgh will offer at public sale on
Saturday, April 7th, tho house on
on tho Bower corner, Middleburgh.
Lawyer Grimm, of Middleburg,
came to Sunbury on Saturday morn
iugtobuy his Easter shad, and re
turned home after market.
hurif ditily.
We regret to chronicle the sudden
death of Capt. F. M. McKoohan at
New Bloomlield on Sunday, caused
by a stroke of apoplexy. He was
well known throughout Central
Puuua.
Tho Editor of tho Tost acknow
ledges the receipt of an invitation to
the 24th anniversary of Robert
Burns' Lodgo No. 4 (!4, F. and A. M.
at Harrisburg, Pa. March 29th,
1804.
To prevent your horse having a
galled back, loosen the girths aud
leave the saddle in place until the
horso cools, or for about half an
hour.
Notico All parties knowing them
selves to bo indebted to me for
bills or accounts, will please Settle
within ten days, or I shall proceed
according to law.
March 28, 2 w. J. H. Rhoads.
Subscribers of t' Post wlv,
change their .. .ceof residence this'
spring should notify us the name of
the postoffice the paper was address
ed to and tho name of tho post oiliue
their paper should be addressed to.
Everything homo made is nico, of
course, but tho nicest homo made
article in the world is the home m ado
girl. The older wo grow, tho more
we appreciate hor kuowlodgeof cook
ing, and her ignorance of Greek or
Delsarte.
Howard E. Spahr, a Shamokiu
Division brakeman, was injured on
Saturday afternoon at Mt. Carmel.
While putting on a brake he slipped
and fell on tho brako wheel and frac
tured his nose. He was brought to
his home on Strawberry Avenue,
Sunbury, and Dr. Drumheller was
sent for to set tho injured nose.
We are informed that somo greody
trout fiends aro already seeking ven
geanco by taking immense quantities
of tho largest spreckled boauties
from Swift Run, and other mountain
streams. It is illegal to catch them
before Apr. 15th and those residing
in tho vicinity of these streams
should see that the offenders are
brought to justice.
If you must drivo hard and warm
up tho horses, lot them cool geutly
and without explosure. T?acu this
to the boyu. If they know it is neod
ful tocaro for a horso at some ex-'
pensn and trouble to preserve his use
fulness after a hard push, they will be
more careful about driving. More
horses aro hurt after being stopped
than on the road.
The Cleveland Plain Doaler well
and truly says: Tho "silver tongued
orator of Kentucky" wus careful to
conduct his liaison with a girl who
hud neither father nor brother to
avenge her wroncrs. Had it been
otherwise, Col. Breckinridge would
be occupying a casket at the present
time, instead of serving his state in
the hall of the national congress.
here is the colonel's boasted south
ern chivalry?
The Seventh Day Adventists are
scouring the country seeking follow
ers and organizing missions. Their
beliefs and doctriues differ in many
respects from those of other Chris
tian denominations : One. feature of
which is the observance of Saturday
as their Sabbath. Bellofonte and
Northumberland are among the
towus in this vicinity which have fall
en victims to this belief.
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., MARCH 2), 1891.
Siiixolks I SniNtu.K ! ! Ilmvojiixt
received lH),0i:) No. l, J u,l a 2 Much
White pine .Shingles. Call and see
them before? buying t'lsewhen.
V. II. M.U'ltKii, New R'trlin, l'a.
To CoiiitK.xiMXPKN rs. Yo u will
please nin your iiuhhm to vo ir coin
munieatioiis, not for publication,
but as a guarantee of good faith.
Hend us all the m w.i. Where we do
not have correspondents we will con
sider applications. Eintvm.
It shall biithft constant earn and
vigilance f the present managoinent
to deal honorably with all subscrib
ers and advertisers besides, a special
effort will be ma lo to incroao the
paper iu interest and continue it as
a readable paper.
Notice. Persons holding our
Premium Furniture Cards aro no
tified to present them fully punched
out not later than March 31, IS'.U, if
they want tho premium, as after that
date they will bo considered void
and of no valuo. S. Weis,
March 8, 'ill, 4a Selinsgrove Pa.
The mombors of tho Lutheran
church of this place celebrated their
Easter Communion Sunday last,
with an accession to membership
of seven souls. Tho Eastertide sor
vices in the evening, by tho Sunday
School were highly impressive and
in structive.
On Friday evening, tho jury in tho
Bell Murder case at Harrisburg,
brought iu a verdict of murder in
the first degree. Bell was apparent
ly tho most unconcerned man in the
court house, which was packed to
suffocation, hundreds starting on a
run for the temple of justice, as the
jig Dell was rung.
T.'ie undersigned has several pian
os on hand, which ho offers for sale
at remarkably low prices. Among
them one new Schoemacher Piano,
Mahagony Case, at Cost, also a sec
ond-hauded Miller at less than half
the original cost. These pianos
must bo disposed of before tho first
of April. Como and see them'
P. BlI.MI lll)T.
A meeting of the Soldiers' Orphans'
Schools Commission was held recent
ly when bids were opened for the
erection of tho Stato Industrial
School at Scotland. J. A. Burger &
Son, of Lancaster, were awarded
the contract, their bid being $71,281
and $1.!8() for additional stone.
Work will bo commenced as soon as
possible.
We are sorry to seo it stated that
Ex-County Treasurer J. J. Grander,
who since his exit from otlico last
January has boon conducting a
grocery store iu Bellofonte, was on
last Thursday closed by tho sheriff
on judgements aggregating !?10,0(K,
It is said that his kind-heartodiiess
iu trusting people who could not pay
caused his failure.
Governor Pattison issued a pro
clamation fixing Friday, April 13th,
and Friday, April 27th; to bo ob
served us arbor days iu Pennsyl
vania. The selection of either of tho
designated days is left to the discret
ion of tho people in tho various sec
tions of tho Commonwealth.each lo
cality observing that day which is
deemed to bo most favorablo on
account of climate condition.
A farmer in Tioga county has rig
ged up a musie box on the order of
a hand organ, which he has attached
to his wheel plow. The goaring is
bo fixed that by moving a lever the
organ is played automatically, and
the farmer rogales himself with lull
the popular operatic airs all day
long. He says the musie has a good
effect upon the horses. Centre 1U-
porter.
Governoi Pattison has had a de
mand from a crank in Hazleton for
200 tents. He signs himself "W.
Aston Evans, lieutenant of the Com
monwealth," and says he has enroll-
450 men to start for Washington on
Easter to join Coxey's army. The
Governor gets letters from cranks
almost every day, and they are
quietly pigeon-holed the letters,
not the cranks.
The Now Railroad.
For a number of years our people
have b;en litmmtsly awaiting tho
construction of a r lilro 1 1 al ng tho
western bank of the Sin:Uchann:i
through our c mntry, and notwith
standing the repute 1 assurances
that the desired !)j,vt w h ub mt
being nccomplisliod, not hing tangi
ble has as yet grown oat of the nu
merous reports and rumors. The
latest report is to the effect that the
local Company has ib'ci bd to place
a half Million Dollars of Bonds on
tho market and will commence the
construction of the road. We hopo
tho report will bo continued by the
rapid construction of t ho road.
Union County Politics.
Hon. B. K. Focht, editor of tho
Lowisburg Sutin-ilmi Xttf was on
Saturday nominated for ro-nloction
as Assemblyman from Union county.
Bro. Focht made many a gallant
fight for important nioasures before
tho last Legislature in tho interest
of his constituents. Our Brother
richly deserves the compliment from
the Republicans of Union county
aud they show their good judgment
iu maintaining an able leader and an
ardent advocate for good govern
mont. David Gross was nominated
for Sheriff. This is a remarkable
victory considering that eight can
didates wero eager for tho position.
They endorsed, Hastings, Robinson,
Stewart, Mylin and Malum.
It is with fciuccro regret that wo
Iern of tho resignation of Rev. I. P.
NeflT -.or of Mm LttbfT"l
w-.,u. He is a forcible speaker and
ideal christian gentleman whose sole
iutorests are identical with the
Lord's.
The work on the newexeeut ivound
Library building is progressing sat
isfactorily and the Hoard of Public
Buildings and Grounds fully expect
to have it ready for occupancy on the
first of January. At tho present
rate of progress it may be finished
before, that time, the mild winter
having given the contractor an un
expected advantage. Auditor Gen
oral Gregg said to-day that it would
be finished within the time fixed by
the appropriation.
A Pf.uky Col-sty Bank Assuins.
On Monday morning William A
Sponslcr, a prominent member of
tho Perry County bar and president
of the Perry County Bank of Spon
slcr, Junkin and Co., niado uu as
sigunient to Ex-Judge Charles A,
Burnett for tho benefit of creditors
Later in tho day Ex-Judge Junkin
assigned to John H. Sheibly and this
was followed by tin assignment of
tho bank to Lawyers Smiley and
Seibert. No statement of the liubil
lities or assets have beeu made.
Congressman Jack Robinson, of
Dele ware county, won a decided vic
tory over Sonator Walter Lyou at
tho Blair county Renublieau nrim.
arios.uud he pocketed the four State
delegates. As thero was no opposit
ion to General Hastincs for Gover
nor, the chief tight contorod in tho
battle for Lieu tenant Governor,
Congressmau-at-Lanro and tho local
otlicos. Grow carried tho county for
Congressman-at-Largo, aud it is be
lieved ex-Congrossnian Huff also
won.
The prediction is froelv made that
the Democratic candidate for Con.
gross in the Berks-Lehigh district
will como from Berks this year, not
withstanding that under an agree
ment between the two counties the
Democrats of Lehigh should have
another term. Congressman Erd-
man, of Allentowu, is serving his
first term, and uaturallv exnecta a
second, but there is now a verv'on.
oral belief that the Democrats of
Berks, which is tho larger of the
two counties, will insist that tlmv
shall name the candidates this year.
beveral JJerks Democrats are itching
to co to Washinorton. nnl if la l
I I tj w-
lieved from the developments of the
past lew day sthat the determination
is fixed tofreeze out little Lehic-h
and name a Berks man.
The Benefits of a Silo Ho. 2.
Ed. Post. My last week's art icle
on tho bonefits of tho silo brought
still more inquirios ; and I will try
to answer them all if possible. The
first question asked was this :
"Should not the corn be husked
and tho fodder cut into the silo ?"
I would not advise any one to do
this unloas they could not fill or
would not havo enough silage corn
to fill the silo. There is more risk
wheu the corn is green, us you must
wot tho fodder in order to get the
mass to heat sufficiently. The writ
er has tried this experiment and it
came out all right, but it is a risky
business..
"At what stage should the corn be
cut?" . '
It should be cut wlu Ml iu the glue
ing Btage or when there is sufficient
moisturoin the stalk to make the
whole mass heat and thereby de
stroy nil bacteria. The next ques
tion asked : -
"Would a shredor bo a good ma
chiuo to cut the corn !"
I have never seeu one work, but
have examined the machine, mid
would not approve of its use to cut
silage, for the reason that it would
cut and shred the grains of corn and
make a sticky mass which would not
add any thin g'to the feeding value of
tho silage. It will no doubt require
more power then a simple cutter.
For dry fodder they uro no doubt a
good machine. I have used the
Dick aud that is a good machine.but,
for the same reason stated above,
did not use the splitters. For dry
fodder, there is no better. Every
m 'fc'-iehis ii juukuiuui in
l rd to the machine to be used,
loo writer has no interest in any
ono machine but thinks the C. W.
Ross of Springfield, Ohio is one of
the best. He has examined the
merits of half a dozen and think
that one would fill tho bill. Its
shortest cut is 1 iuch, so that would
leave nothing to split nor shred even
for dry fodder.
Tho writer has a suggestion to
offer. Let somo of our threshers
make the move and get a heavy ma
chine to cut silage. It would be
. : 1 1. . i. a i . i
muuej in uiuir nochcis, una Hie
time will como when they must seek
other sources for work, as fanners
cun't afford to ruise 50 cent wheat,
and there are no indications that
wheat will ever bo higher than 75
cents. The next question asked
"Would it not bo better to havo
tho corners obtuso, i. e., have a board
extend all the way up iu each corner;
it would creato a space betwoen tho
walls and would sooner or later ad
mit air. Tramp corners ami sides
well and you will havo no trouble.
You can buy corn for ensilage pur
poses from E. W. Luphum, Clayton,
Del., at farmers' prices. Whon ready
to cut, and they cull you crazy, don't
mind such farmors, for it will make
Bomo more crazy when they see tho
over-llowing milk pails. Do not urge
fanners to build silos. So muuy far
mers have asked questions, us al
ready stated, aud if tho writer can
bo of uso to thorn, his mission is
filled. Manure your laud well uud
you can raise twenty tons without
trouble. You can beat tho miller.
you need not husk it, and if you have
good cows you will be surprised at
tho amount of good milk they will
produce. Nor aro thoso tho only
benefits the manure pile is. A farm
er cau build a silo for what ho in
vests in lime and fertilizers.uud theu
he will have real plant food aud tho
farm will be vory nearly self-supporting.
We should not bo discouraged and
run down our own business, but try
and produce our products cheaper,
and make cheaper butter. I think
this is the secret for better times.
Don t think for a moment that nil her
Republican or Domocratic form of
government will do us any good.
We are as a foot-ball and they kick us
from one side to another. On the
money quostion, both parties are
united ; on froe trade aud protec
tion, they fight only to fool the fur-
nimv Wa rt innml in
everything cheaper and not listen to
iu puiitiuiKus auu meir promises.
1 Geo. S. Snvdkr.
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John Huffman,
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Amos Musser,
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Joseph Paige,
Michael S. Weiund,
Rev. N. Young,
Wm. S. Stahl,
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Henry Knepp,
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Middleburgh on Wheels.
John Stetler moved to his father's
Into residence on the lluts j Dr.
Miller into tho rosidenco imrcliase.1
of Elius Minium ; Rev. Neff into A.
S. Beaver's house ; J. C. Schoch into
tho house purchased from John II.
Arnold ; Elius Minium into tho house
purchased of John Hackenborir in
Swiiuford ; Jamos Bowersox into
Mrs. Iroxell s house : John lTael.en.
berg into A. II. Ulsh's house.
Thero is no doubt Unit II m limn Hiti
of Hgittitiou on the Millon ln'i.lir..
question "rosultod in a benefit to tax
payers of both Union and Northum
berland counties.Tho competition be
came very active, and the bidding
showed that a modern bridgo could
not bo constructed as cheaply as was
said, nor would au iron ono cost as
much as first figured upon. Tho re
sult has boen favorablo to an iron
structuro on all linos of argument.
Thero wero 133 bids, but they were
all put in by 13 firms, showing con-
BKierauio rivalry and sharp practice.
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To Fanners and Stock raisers.
The undersigned takes this method
of informing tho public that his
Hambletouian Stud"Star" will stand
for tho entire boiisou at tho Htable
of tho Summit Hotel three milos
south-west of Middlebunr on the
road loading to Froeburg. Rates
ill 0.00.
SlLVESTEU BOWES.
March 20, 3 mos. Owner.
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