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VOL. 31.
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDEli CO., PA., APRIL f, 1804."
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EMS of LOCAL INTEREST
W. II. Beaver ami daughter aro in
'hiln. purchasing his Spring goods.
Finest and latest hats at
R inkle Walt tit.
T. H. Hurler's side was welluttcnd-
l il lust Suturduy.
Did you escape being fooled on
It lie first of April ?
A Biire Keller. Satin striped Mull.
RfNKLE WaLTEK.
Now is tho time for Spring poets
to lo inspired with their poetic genius.
Good-ruoruining ! just back from
tho city with, a store lull ol new
goods. UUSKLE WaLTEK.
Geo. F. Shaeffer, has purchased
and taken possession of the store of
J. W. Swartz.
Miss Jennie Bibighaus who had
been visitinc friends in Centre and
Union Counties has returned home,
Our neighbor, Prof. Paul Billhardt,
has beeu diligently using his luima
ture farming implements to beautify
his allready pleaHaut lawn.
Secure u tooth-pick holder,
pocket compass and a bottle of fra
grant perfume all for 10c.
Rt'NKLE WaLTEU.
Wilmcr Ocker started on Tuesday
morning for Lewisburg where he
proposes to spend his time profitably
on a farm.
II. Burns Smith, Harry Bower aud
Mabel "Wittonmyer, Bucknell Stu
dents, have returned to their stud
ies after their spring vacation.
Runkle & Walter havo a most ex
cellent assortment of goods which
they have just received.
Rev. Harry Weiaud of Clarion,
Pa., and Rev. Faus of Adamsburg,
I'll., spent Monday in this place re-
nfiriiirf old aciiuaiutances.
'Mistaken Soi ls Who Dkeam or
Bliss." Tho following marriage li
censes have been granted since our
last publication :
John A. Hufloy, Chapman twp.,
) Amanda Snyder, Lnion
J Aaron W. Swunger, Bannorvillo,
I Dessie I. Herbster, "
J. A. Kbright, Meisorville,
) Sarah A. Arbogast, Mt. Pleastaut.
J Isaac li. Zimmerman, Richfield,
Mury E.Murkol.
About 9 o'clock last Friday those
w ho admire celestial displays were
treated to a graud aurora borealis
which continued until midnight. An
interesting phenomena connected
with tho aurora is the electrical dis
turbance which it induces in the
earth. This is particularly notice-
auie on leiegrapu lines and was so
heavy on Friday night as to seriously
disturb tho working of the wires.
It is understood that Goorgo W.
Hagerty, of Mercer county, will suc
ceed James P. Gilos as statistical
clerk at the Department of Public
Instruction on Monday. Major Bol
ton win ue succeeded as messenger
by a man named Cannon, of North
umberland county. The first an.
pointmeut is credited to Deputy
Attorney General Stranahan, and
that of Cannon to Deputy Insurance
Commissioner Brown.
No writer of natural history has
ever satisfactorily exnlair--
SHOT HIMSELF
!
Elmer Roush of Fremont,
Life.
takes his own
CM -
Irdle . - - "wn. is
seriously ill, with liver complaint.
A Commercial school attached to
Pottsville'B public school, has cost
$5300 in four years, and has turned
out 170 book-keepers and stenog
raphers. S. Oppenheimer of Solinsgrovo
has just returned from tho Eastern
cities with a largo assortment of
Suits, Gents' furnishing goods, etc.
Give Solly a call.
"Wm. Miller. U. S. Bank examiner
has examined the financial standing
of tho Middleburgh Bank and has
..... 11 . I nuia
iiuuuuuwu i i " stiiuios per cent, or the total area
condition. of the United States, including Al-
Mr. T. H. Harter, wife, Chas. aska. Of this, about 1,150,000,000
Mensch and Olive Reuuingor started acres yet remain unsold; or, exclud
on Monday afternoon for Bellefoute lug Alaska, 7H0,(XK),(MH) ucres
their future home. e wish them
.j superior to akind in matter of
truthfulness. Birds ami dogs have
boon known to steal, but, when
found out, they have never been
known to tell lies about it. Indeed
it is proved by tho few authentic
cases on record, when animals have
spoken, that the quadrupeds were
more keenly alive to tho necessities
of truth than their masters.
Tho wealth of tho Urited States is
now estimated at 70,000. oimukr). It
is tho largest owner of arable laud
on eartli. It lias 1H.(MK).0()0 owners
of tho soil, far more than any other
country. Tho area of its public do
main is 1,8 lit, 072,587 acres, and con-
abundant success in their new field.
Major John D. Woi man. of Phila
delDhia. clerk in the Adjutant Gen
rnl'n ofllce. has been made Chief
Conductor of the Philadelphia Mint,
He is credited to Dauphin county,
which will make tho local pie hunters
sore.
' Beuj. Franklin,
letter containing
upou receiviug a
only the words
The records of tho State Board of
Agriculture indicato that Peuusyl
vania farmers during the year end
ing August 1, used about 150,000
tons of commercial fertilizers for
which they paid tho Bum of $:),750,
000 ; it is further estimated that of
this 150,000, at least 125,500 were of
the class known as "complete for-
iiuzers and mat tno remuiudur was
distributed among tho urticles of
...:i v.,..i .,..K. ,.i,iL.Uliat nouui Carolina kock, Done and
Al'lllXVUi, I ..II. ..I! 1 I
he had often heard of people writing l'ospnates.
letters and lorgettiug to sign tueir Accordinu to the latest chrouo
names, out uo uu ui - iOr.,0U events, tiiero is ono editor in
man signing ms name uuuioiKemui.' iieftVen. now uo got there is not
to write the letter. positively known, but it is coniect-
V nrn in receint of a conv of the urod that ho passod himself off for
catalogue of Bucknell University at a minister and stepped m unsus
Tjewisbure. Pa. It shows a total pected. Wlientlio iloilgo was dis
nttMulanco in all five departments of covered, they searched tho realms
:153 Amonir the uew studies added of felicity in all their length and
is Civil Engineering. One new pro- breadth for a lawyer to draw up the
fessor and an iustrutor have been papers ior Lis ejectment, but they
n.hlcil to the teaching force. This failed to find oue, and of course the
has been the most successful year editor is still holding the fort
in the school's history.
Deputy Attorney General Strana
han has plucked another political
plumb. Comptroller Eckels says:
'I have decided to oppoint A. F.
Henlein, of Greenville, as an addi
tional bank examiner iu Western
Pennsylvania, aud will make the an.
nmincemeut in a few days. Mr.
Henlein and Mr. Miller will not con
flict ia their dutieB. The double ex
amination system will be placed in
that district, and they will take turn
About in inspecting the various
AS EXPLANATION. LiBSt Week W6
had u number of complaints from
subscribers who failed to receive
their papers at the proper time
This is no fault of tho management
of the paper as they were all regular
ly mailed by our efficient Foreman
Mr. Steininger. Wo do not wish to
find fault with the Post Office man
agomout here but, we deem this ex
plauation necessary to clear our
selves, (and justly too) from censure,
If we have any more such flagrant
errors we shall take time to give a
full explanation.
On Monday morning tint people of
Middleburgh s re st.n tied to learn
that John Klmer Koush of Fremont
had shot himself. Tim IMitor, being
eager to hi euro the most reliable iu-
formation conoei ning tin' tdiooting,
visited the spot whero the youug
man fell.
TAhi proverbially quiet town of
Frulnout had been east into dee)
glcxim aud a veil of sadness was east
over tho entire community. Abso
lam'Bousli, tho father of the boy, i
theproprietorof the Fremont House.
Iu the course of tho conversation
his father said : "Elmer was always
faithful boy; my purpose wus to
educate him. He was enamoured
of a youug lady at Red Bunk and
owing to his ago, I, as a father should,
advised him to pay more attention to
his studies and ho told Dr. Longacre
he inteudod to obey me. However,
he received about two letters each
week from this youug lady, and we
found quite a pile of letters from her.
1 had no objections to the young
lady, but Elmer was too
young. He was 17 years of ago on
the 27th of March. Elmer was al
ways a jolly lellow aud was never
i . i , . , - i ..i.
uCTvuui'arieu. uu ouuuay ue toon
his grandmc . - into the valley
and relume l 8 o'clock when his
mother aud I Wet to a weduing.
Elmer said '"P don't stay so late,
I want tog way.'. We came home
I at J:30 an. found a bullet hole in
don't know wny he
killed Dim it lie kwu nang
all day Sunday. Three hours before
he shot himself, ho was singing and
playing on the violin, and gave evi
dence of the best of spirits. He re
ceived a letter from this young lady
on Friday evening. This letter con
tained simply an invitation to their
tlittaut to Middleburgh on Tuesday.
When wo examine the bullet hole in
his head it looks as though the shot
could not have been accidental, be
cause it was such a suro aim, the
bull striking over the right eye and
taking a downward course toward
tho bruin. No one was iu tho hotel
hen it occurred except a young
man who wus sleepiug. Tho shoot
ing was done in the hull betweeu the
dining room and sitting room so it
is scarcely possiblo that ho could
have beeu exuuiiniug tho revolver.
Wo don't know where ho got tho re
volver, but ho wanted to shoot a
og and we think ho bought it for
that purpose."
While tho father told this tale of
woe, the tears wero constantly in
lis eyes and frequently ho stopped
to sou. I uo revolver used was a
five shooter, 112 calibre. Three curt-
ridges wero in tho revolver, ono shell
was empty and a cartridge was in
lis pocket. Tho neighbors all say
that tho boy had a good home aud
had no reason to complain or to bo
lepressod. Lust week ho bought
a suit of clothes aud iu a joking war
wnicli may have been meant in
earnest, said, it was his wedding
suit. While it is impossible to learu
pohitively whether he shot himself
purposely or accidentally, tho pro
babilities are that ho had some heavy
care upon his mind and coiicciiUh
it. aud wus thus driven to take his
own life. Tho father, mother, am
ouly sister are much stricken with
grief ami their many friends are
doing their utmost to console them
iu theirsudden culamity.
When D.iys Wore Three Hours Long.
Away in tho distant, when the
earth was very young, it wont around
so fast that the day was only three
hours long. Tho whole globe was
liquid then, and as it spun around
and urouud at that frightful speed
it finally bursted into two parts.
Tho smaller of tho parts bncanio tho
moon, w hich has been sailing around
tho earth ever since at an ever-in-
creasiug distance. lliesn curious
poiuts are not given on the "suppose
so' theories of an ignoramus, but
are the well- matured deductions of
Dr. Ball, tho astronomer royal of
Ireland.
Perry County Bank Failure.
The creditors of tho Perry County
Bank of Now Blooniticld, Pa. were
excited to dangorous degree when
tho result of the count of tho funds
in the vault was made known Satur
day only t-"'5 iu cash was found in
tho treasury, while tho other se
curities wero less than $8000. Tho
liabilities may exceed $100,000.
In the assignment Spouslor has
preferred creditors to tho amount of
$20,515; Junkiu to the amount of
$0OI, and the company assignment
prefers $4723, makiug a total of $15,
812 of preferred claims.
It is hardly probable that the en
tire property will bo enough to pay
these in full. No run had been made
on the bank and either the institu
tion has been iusolvent for years or
the funds have boon recently em
bezzled. There is talk of arrests
beiug made.
P,. 0. S. of A, Banquet.
On
P. O.
Saturday Washington Camp
S. A. No. 515,held a banquet at
Graybill's hotel celebrating their 4th
anniversary. About IK) couples par
took of the repast consisting of
turkey, roast beef, chicken salad,
mashed popatoes, lettuco and all tho
delicacies tho season all'ords. Toasts
were given by Profs. Herman and
Bowersox, John F. Stetler M. K.
Hassiuger and John A. Snyder, the
latter acting as toustmiistcr. Other
addresses were made at the Hall by
a number of thu members of the
Camp, lhe events of tho evening
were u bear performance and a mock
initiation by J. F. Stetler and M. Z.
Steininger. Mrs. Gruyhill deserves
great ileal of credit for tho excel-
mit manner iu which slio served her
guests. The camp was organized
four years ago ami now has !5 mem
bers composed of some of tho best
itiens of Middleburg and vicinity.
ts financial stunding is very good
and the prospects for tho future aro
promising.
As Otneri Sco Us.
Ocu Nciunnon VG. W. Wagenseller
and A. E. Cooper, of Selinsgrove,
became the owners and proprietors of
tho MiddlolnirpU'PosT. AYwm tun.
Tho Middleburg Post came to
hand last week bearing the names of
Geo. W. Wagenseller as editor and
A. E. Cooper, manager; those gentle
mcnlhaving purchased tho office from
Mr. Steininger. Tho new proprietors
have excellent Journalistic and busi
ness ability and we wish them suc
cess. Admit tburu lltrnhl.
Messrs. George W. Wagenseller
and Arthur E. Copper, of Seliusgrovu,
have purchased the Post printing
office at Middleburg, formely owned
by T.II.Harter.ior $1500. J,7 ;,
Journal. (If Brother Bnmiller has
any newspaper plant in Centre
couuty half as well equipped as the
Post for $1500, we wish he would
send us word. Editor )
Messrs Cooper aud Wagenseller,
two of Snyder county's rising young
business men have purchased the
Middleburg Post. This is a strong
team, as both gentlemeu are well
qualified and possess plenty of push
to make their undertaking a success.
From a literary standpoint, at least,
we may expect to see a marked im
provement iu the VoHT.Julhtibeti
Echo.
The Middleburg Post has been
purchased by Cooper k Wagenseller.
It hoists the names of Goo. W.
Wagenseller as editor aud Arthur E
The editor
r ity
i . uow , ne saitu auie writer
aud a fine scholur. Under this strong
firm, the Post will no doubt continue
its fine reputation. Jciriburn
Journal.
I Ooopoi, 'J.U'V'.
Dr. John Amig has opened Dental
rooms iu Prof. Billhardt's building.
Shingles ! Shingles ! ! I have jus
received 100,000 No. 1, 2 and 15 21 inch
White-pine Shingles. Call aud s
them before buying elsewhere.
F. H. Mai-heii, New Berlin. Pa
Notico All parties knowing them
selves to bo indebted to me for
bills or accounts, will pleaso settle
within ten days, or 1 snail proceed
according tolaw.
March 28, 2 w. J. H. Rhoads.
BE.VVKUTOWN.
We ure pleased to loam that A. E.
Cooper and Goo. W. Wagenseller,
two of our town's worthy young men
havo become tho proprietors of the
Middleburgh Post. The boys have
taken hold of a well-established
journal, and we believe that they
will be a success in their new field of
labor, as they are men of push and
adapted to this work, lhe young
men cuter their new ilcpn ture 'vith
our best wishes. .S' linnrtvr 7'hittn
Mr. Johu M. Steininger, who re
cntly purchused tho Middleburgh
'osr, has in turn, sold it to Messrs.
Geo. W. Wagenseller and Arthur E
Cooper, both natives of hnydei
ounty. Mr. Wagenseller is a grad-
uato of Bucknell University, is an
ublii aud very interesting writer, and
will be tho editor, while his partner,
Mr. Cooper, will bo tho manager of
the paper. Wo wish them big suc
cess. ji i nit it o it rn i tifjiiutnn.
Tho Middleburg I'osr his been
sold toG. W. Wagenseller and Arthur
E. Cooper, to whom we wish success
in their new venture. 1. H. Man
or, the former owner, has bouirht
the Keystone 0'ii::ilfi ni liillefnnte.
We trust that Tom will tin I the new
paper as prohtublo as he had made
tho Post. .V m lilmmlii ll Thins.
l'liu.Ai-n tiiia, March
En. Post. -I have just received:!
copy of the Post which informs me
that its editorial chair has been re
tilled with new pomp and power, in
the persoiiagi of (1. W. Wagenseller,
who is wcllcapuc itatcd fortius work.
It afford lite unfeigned pleasure to
hear of this, as I am confident that
no person in your district could fill
tho place more worthily. Accept my
congratulations, huccess will fol
low. Al'AM Sl'ANiit.KH,
University of Penna. Dental Dep't.
The Middleburg Post has been
purchased by Mr. Goorgo W. Wagen
seller and Mr. Arthur E. Cooper.
Mr. Wagenseller is a bright young
journalist who has had considerable
experience at newspaper work, and
a bree.y Post may bo expwted.
Mr. Cooper is one of tho best practical
workman iu this section, and if this
combination don't succeed then the
weather cock that presages future
events is not in working order. A
brilliant and successful future for the
new firm is our earnest wish. Lew in
burf Siitnrdiy A't'iM.
Arthur E. Cooper and George W.
Wagenseller of this place, havo pur
chased the Middleburg Post und
entered tho journalistic arena. Both
"'ng inon are Republicans to the
age audit.. , d,
that they will advance the Post
greatly in a literary point of view.
Tho young men havi. pr curod a
good plant and wo hat. no doubt
will make tho ventiif a divided sue-
mt t f
cess, vtu noariiiy welcome our
voung friends into the profession.
May their brightest hopes bit more
than realized. Si liii.itrnvr Trinun .
On Sunday niglit Joo H. Hetrick's
hen house, which wus quite a largo
milling, and all the contents wero
lostroycd by lire. Upwards of one
hundred chicks, Home weighing two
pounds, were roasted to death
low tho lire orignatcd is not posi
tivelv known. Some think it was
caused by tho lamp in tho brooder,
but the fact that tho lire started
nine feet away from tho lamp ex
ploded that theory. Several tramps
wero seen skulking around towu to
wards night and it is believed by
others that they started tho blaze
to attract people's attention thereby
to gain au opportunity to commit
lobberv Johuv. a young son of
James Snook, is down with pneu
mouiu Miss Ellen Biaver went
to Lewistown on Monday, where
she intends spending tho Summer
.Miss Dessio Haines recently
spent a week with friends at Middle,
eiek Mr. nndMrs. Samuel Bieke!
visited the former s brother, Aaron
in ..ii- AfcClure on Saturday. ... Mrs.
Emma Specht of Michigan is here to
spend some time with her aunt Mrs.
Harriet C. Middleswarth. . . . Will. F.
Fees, wife aud baby Earlo of Mi
illehurL'h. spent Sunday iu town..
Miss Clara Herbster of Kreamer
Bpout a few days with her sister Mrs.
Amnion W. Boaver John Woods
Jr. of Philadelphia paid our town a
short visit laat week.
Wild Roses.
The Middlchurg. Snyder county,
Post has changed hands, Mr. T. H.
Barter, who for the past twelve years
has occupied tho position of editor
aud proprietor retiring, and being
succeeded by Plot". Geo. W. Wllgell
seller and Mr. Arthur E. Cooper.
Both of these gentlemen are well
known iu this city, possessing rare
literary attainments, and beiug cue r
getic and pushing young men, and
uo iloiiht under this mauageuii-ui
tho continued success of the paper
will bo assured. Their many friends
(and they have some warm ones iu
this city) wish them ubuudaut sue
is and prosperity. York Jiiih.
-. . .
Hiutory of The WorlJ
Tho Middleburg Post has changed
hands, our old friend Tom Harter
laving sold it to Mossrs. Wugenselter
& Cooper, of Selinsgrove, and pur
chased and taken possession of the
Bellefonto (tttzette which ho is now
conducting. Just why Tom made
such a sudden movement we tire at a
loss to fathom, but his valedictory
would seem to intimate that ho had
struck a snag iu Snyder Co. politics,
However all parties have our best
wishes. JUlfliiitoini IhruUl.
Goorgo W. Wagenseller has taken
charge editorially of the Middleburg
Post, and Arthur E. Cooper the
niauagemout of the same as joint
proprietors. We welcome our young
friends to the ruuks of a profession
at once 'ennobling aud exacting.
There may not be millions in it for
them, but we wish them all tho sue
cess their most roseate fancy has
paiuted for them. The Post ha
its most successful days under Mr
Harter's luauageinen t, who takes liini
self to broader fields of usefulness
in his choseu line of human endeavor,
und we trust he, too, may find iu the
people of Center county congenial
friends and gonerous supporters of
the Keystone Daily and Weekly
Gazette. Freebury Courier.
This is tho title of a new book, jut
icing published in Philadelphia,
notice of which appears iu another
oluinn. Tho subject is one of sur-
passing interest, and such a nook
should bo found in every home. The
public will bo greatly interested iu
this addition to our literary re
sources. Wo are informed that Un
hook is first class iu every respect,
tho illustrations, particularly, beiug
marvels of artistic beauty, while
their number is almost ovci helming.
Tho agent securing territory for the
book is to be congratulated, for he
has profitable business ahead of him.
lVXTONVILLli:.
Our Schools will close to-morrow,
( Friday). .. .Uriah Howell is home
from the lumber regions to visit his
family. .. .Miss Rosa Ayers from
Middleburg visited her Aunt recently
....Miss Hettio Attig and Miss
Mercio Brunner, left for Sun bury
where they intend to work. . . .Sam
uel Stetler moved his furniture to
Selinsgrove one day lust week....
Farmers are busy plowing and sowing
oats. . . C. P. Swenglo was on the
sick list last week. . . . Wm. Dorr from
Mt. Carmel was home to visit his
parents. ...D. C. K"' 'b sale was
well attended la ji Saturday.
banks."