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VOL. 31.
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., MAY ;!. if '4.
NO. 18.
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST
Our town was well tilled with hotel
'proprietors last Friday.
A full line of ladies' and men's
dress shoes at Meiser and Voder's.
Hotel Shikcllimy will re-opn
shout the Becoud week iu June.
I. C. Hnrtman and wife spent
Sunday at Centreville with the form
er's parents.
' Window shades, poles and curtains.
at astouishingly low prices at Meiscr
and Yoder'B store. Globe Mills, Pi.
The U. B. Mite Society will hold a
Festival in their church ou Monday
nnd Tuesday evening of court week.
Pure Manilla binder twine '('A 55
cts.. Pure sisal, l4 71, at Ilarley iY
Hashoar's, Beaver Springs, Pa.
The members of the Reformed
CllUl'CU OI mis piuc.e ceieuniicu un-
.1 . i . . . i .i i. i ii..
Lord's supper ou Sabbath morning.
The contract for erecting tho new
hank building was awarded to W. C.
Huffman and Sons, architects from
Williamsport.
.1. C. Swiueford, the paper hauler,
-has a choice lot oi paper on hand
from last year which he will sell at
rost.
Aaron ShcatTer, Mrs. Win. Good,
Mr. and Mrs. Dole Meiser and David
Suvder. of Strouptown ore on the
sick list.
IVfiaa A.ln Wnnf nriilAII. nf OOd-
ward was the guest of her youug
friend Miss Bertha Kindt.a few days
lust week. . . i
C as.O.Gaugler, Asst. Postmaster
heiiuer of Selinsgrove, Ponna., were
in town ou Sunday.
One reason why some preachers
do not reach the masses is because
they get up in the church steeple to
, write their sermons.
The "Never Fail" is the Franklin
.Holler mill's popular brand of Hour.
It has au enormous sulo and if you
wish an excellent article try "Never
Fail."
Jonathan Kerstetter of McKce's
J Falls died last Tuesday. He was
for many years engaged as stage
driver between his home and Middle
Jung. Head in to-day's paper what Port
folio No. 2. of Famous War Pictures
contains. Nothing better cau be
found for studying or teaching the
History of the Civil War.
New Goods 1 Miss Libbie Dunk
elberger has just returned from the
city with a full supply of Millinery
goods. All the very latest styles
can be seen at her place of business.
.Shisoles ! Shingles ! ! I have just
received 1Mi,000 No. 1, 2 and 3 21-inch
White-piue Shingles. Call and see
'ihem before buying elsewhere.
F. 11. Maurer, New Berlin, Pa.
Belief oute's chief burgess has issu
ed au order that all uickle-in-tho-slot
machines must go, and Belief out e is
now clear of the money-enticing
Moliemns which have been such a
craze.
The youngest editor in the world
is Lady Mujorie Gordon, daughter of
t he Countess of Aberdeen. She is
still in her early girlhood, and con
ducts a child's magazine called Wee
Willie Winkle.
Quick sales, small profits, and neat
work is Libbie Dunkelberger s uiotto,
She snares no pains to render satie
faction to the most fastidious taste
and the keenest eye. Call and see
the excellent display of new goods.
The most conspicuous fact iu the
"exercise of the suffrage by women,
where they have it, is that women as
a class will not vote for candidates
of notoriously bad moral character.
Both parties find it necessary to
nominate their best men, in order to
obtain tho support of the women.
The testimony on this point from
Wirnminff And Kansas is abundant
unanimous and conclusive. Even
. toe recent election returns from New
fill lino
of fancy dress goods.
'
II. Burns Smith of Lew
ilsburg
spent last Friday iu towu.
Those interested in bicycltVcan
see au assortment of wheels at UUh
and Kreeger's.
Hve you seen Meiser and Ybder's
large assortment of shirts, saclioOfts
and overalls f An a No. I. voir of
pants for M cts. faj ,
A committee appointed by the
General Conference of the Lutiieran
Church, to revise the literature bf
the Lutheran Hymnal, has cilk out
over a hundred of the old hymis.' ;
Up to tho times! Ladies' hats taste
fully trimmed. A side line of notions,
kid gloves, Swiss embroideries, in
sertion, Indies' laundried whists,
chiiuoisettes, neckwear and Other
new goods have been added t my
stock. Libbie Dunkleberger,
Jliddleburgh will scud quite a
number ofdolegatos to tho Snyder
Couuty Sund iy School convention
at Beavertowu next week ; All the
Sunday schools in tho county hhould
send delegatus. The aunual I con
ventions are a source of great bene
fit to the sabbath school work, i-
.Mujor imam 11. i.gle, surgeon
of the Third Brigade. X. G. P. will
rea 1 a paper before the annual eon
vention of tho Association of Mili
tary Surgeons of the United States
at Washington this week. His sub
ject will be "The Rise of the Med
icul Department in Pennsylvania."
I have been to Phila. and have
selected a beautiful line of Summer
goods. Hats, Bonnets, caps, Ladies,
waists, Boys' waist, Moire silk.' for
dress . trimwingj. Also lee Trl
trimmiugs, Child's dresses and h lot
of other goods. All are invited.
Mrs. E. C. Aurand.
The Grand Army Posts of the
couuty are again making extensive
preparations for the anuual obser
vance of Memorial Day. The old
soldiers are rapidly passing away
and tho ranks are gradually yet Bure-
y thinning out. Memorial Day was
established May :)(, ISiis.
Tho Famous War Pictures ure
continuing to grow into popular
favor. Every mail is bringing in
orders for this great work of art.
We still have a supply of Portfolios
No. I. There are Sixtoen Portfolios
in this series. Portfolio No. 2. will
be ready for delivery Friday morn-
mg, .uay 4tu. inose wuo uave not
ordered No. I. should do so at once.
A case of small pox exists nt the
couuty almshouse at Lowistown.
The patient is a tramp that came
there one day last week. He has
been isolated and the inmates have
all beeu vaccinated and every effort
is being made to prevout the spread
of the disease. The man came from
Chicago and confesses he had been
where tho disease was prevalent,
He had three companions when he
came there, but they went on east.
The Freeburg Musical College
opened on Monday evening. The ex
ercises consisted of a number of
choice musical selectious and ad
dresses by Prof. D. S. Boycr, Geo.
W. Wagenseller, Rev. Schnable, Dr,
Smith, II. B. Moyer and Prof. Wm,
Moyer. The School is filled to over
flowing, it having more students
than at any previous session. The
class was arranged ou the stage iu a
semi-circle duriug the exercises and
so well filled was the stage that the
institution has proven to be in
most prosperous condition.
Therf is to be no more dropping
of letters Into mail cars. The Post
master General has issued an order
that hereafter mail will not be taken
on the railroad mail cars unless it
first passes through the postoffioe,
The order was made necessary be
cause so many business men in the
neighborhood of railroad depots in
all localities mailed their letters on
the train to save them the trouble of
going to the postoffice, and it made
a large amount of extra work for the
railway mail clerks. Time was tak
en up in stamping letters that was
needed in sorting out mail between
Meiser and 1 oder carry a
stations.
REV. S. P. KINDT IS KILLED.
A deep gloom was spread in our
midst on last Thursday morning
when it was teamed that Rev. S. P.
Kindt was hurt and would probably
die. The parson wan tdauding iu
tho lot near his residence witnessing
some workmen drilling a w?ll. A
long rod used for tho purpose of
drilling was in a vertical position at
the machine. The rod accidently
fell and Mr. Kindt, desiring to escape
the falling iron and hastening to get
away, ran out iu the same direction
tho heavy iron was falling. The rod,
after acquiring considerable head
way by the fulkstruck Air. Kindt up
on the back of the head and knocked
him senseless to tho earth. Ho was
carried to his residence where he
was properly cared for by his family
and neighbors. A gash about 1 in
ches long was forced through tho
covering of the skull and no doubt,
tho skull was fractured. At no time
after the accident was Mr. Kindt
conscious and on Friday morning at
G o'clock he. passed from life to etern
ity, whilo at his bed side were his
three small boys, his daughter and
his faithful wife bewailing the loss
of a kind father and au ulTocliouutc
huHbaud. Rev. Kindt was an Kvim
gelical Minister of the Ksherito fac
tion and less than a mouth ago, he
camo to tins :laou from Milllieitn
Centre Co. to st-rvo the people of his
charge in this place. His stay with
us was very short, but the many
warm and complimentary ex ores
sions for the deceased are but a proof
of his growing popularity here. We
are unable to explain why so useful
N man should be so (piickly removed
from the activities of life, but the
mysteries of a Divine Providence
are too deep for us to fathom
- 0 - Sturdav - morning, after an-
proprtaUi services at tU sidenee
of the departed, tne remains were
taken to. the depot and conveyed
from thence to Orwigsburg, Schuyl
kill county. The funeral services
and interment took place in Orwigs
burg on Tuesday of this week. Aged
41 years A months 14 days. The sym
pathies of the entile community are
witutue bereaved family.
FrienJs ol "The Post
Rom, op Honor. The following
persons have paid their subscription
to the Post to tho dittos opposite
their names. Should any nistakcs
occur in theso credits or on your pa
per please notify us
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jotiu Spuid,
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L. Drower,
Mrs. J. N. Heebohl.
W. F. Feese.
Daniel MilltioiHi.
Jerotno I Jarmaii,
I.erl llerrold,
J. W. lMgle.
Heubeu ltenfer,
llarvy S. SahaetTer, '
Wm. M. Gift,
Irviu Walter,
Clias. Moyer,
Joint Frock,
Dr. J. W. Or wig,
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Carbon Seebold,
Elmer Sohaiubaoh,
Harley & Itaslioar,
Cyrus Smith,
.V. 8. Solmmbaoh,
Henry lleh,
Peroe Beufer,
C. II. Htelniuger,
Curtin Bowersox,
1). 11. Cuter,
Alvlo Elohtnaii,
Alfred Heiuibaoli,
Phares Bowersox,
Oeo. Norman,
Renj. liaoluuao,
Oeo. E. Fisher,
A. II. Klose,
P. P. Walter,
David A. Young,
Eliat Hartiuan,
D. N. App,
Miss Lizzie Mitohell,
Tillmau Welder,
J. J. Shrader,
E. J. Bousb,
Geo. Dreese,
AN ATTEMPT TO MURDER.
Til HI E UOIIDERS THY TO Rll.t. JKCOn LIT-
WK ON MONDAY MOIIMNU.
One of the most dastardly at
tempts to murder a man was com
mitted on Monday morning near
Quaker Run, Juniata county,
near the border of our county.
Harry Focht, Ira Fry, and Frank
,'ichtiian hail secreted themselves
iu Jacob Ludwig's barn and when
Mr. Ludwig came out to feed the
horses, the three above mentioned
pounced upon him. Mr. Ludwig
mauaged to tear himself loose suf
ficiently to grasp his revolver, when
shooting over his shoulder, he shot
one of his assailants. During the
struggle, one of tho threo yelled,
"stab him, stab him." Mrs. Lud
wig alarmed the neighborhood by
blowing a horn. The wonld-bo mur
derers and robbers made their es
cape. Tho news of this bold attempt
to murder was hearlded throughout
the neighborhood and au entire host
of them volunteered to go iu search
or the fugitives, fully l( persons
started in pursuit and captured tho
three men on App's farm near Ori
eutal. During the conflict connect
ed with the capture, Fry and Zoch
man were both shot, the one, twice
and the other, three times. Focht
put up his hands and surrendered
Hence, he was not shot. Ihe gang
was linked if they were ut Ludwig's
in the morning. They refused to
auswor. Fire anus were levelod at
their heads. The robbers then ad
mitted that they had been at Lud
wig s that morning for the purpose
of killing Mr. Ludwig.
. Whvw1,niltod liAving ttrjftn pomls
from Ihomas Trosslor
and fro. umber of other persons.
Tho robbu. j said tho stolen goods
were hid in tho woods near Lud
wig's. The goods were found there
and what have not been returned is
said to be iu the possession of Mr
Updegraph, at Knoiisctowu. He
has a pair of bracelets which is sup
posed to be the one mentioned iu
last week's I'ovr us having been
stolen from Josiah Mauicr at Globe
Mills. He has a number of other
valuable articles which he will be
glad to return to the owners. Five
or six houses iu Snyder county have
been robbed within tho last ten
days and it is believed that Focht,
echuiaii ami Fry are the perpetra
tors of them all. ihe robbers are
now in the Milllintown jail await
ing trial.
Focht is originally l'roiu Juniata
county and is well know in Snyder
county us ho has served a term in
our jail here. Ira Fry is from Jack
sou township, Snyder couuty and
two years ugo he stole a horse near
Centreville. Flunk Zechmau is from
Franklin township and is known to
many of our readers. The account
of this tragedy has been given to us
by one of tho capturing party and
hence we consider it reliable infor
mation.
On last Friday night burglars en
tered the residence of Jesso Schain
bach along the road from Middle-
burgh to Centreville. They stole a
watch valued ut iflo, four pies
louf of bread and some lemons. The
repeated robberies in this section of
the couuty are significant of some
thing. Suspicion rests pretty gen
erally upon the same persons who
were arrested near Oriental on Mon
day.
Wo notice that the Middleburgh
Post locates the Newton Hamilton
Campmeeting in this county. Bet
ter revise your studies of local geog
raphy, friend Wagenseller, or you'll
have the heavy-weight of the New
ton Hamilton Standard don his war
paint. Mifflintousn Jlerald;
We never had any idea that New
ton Hamilton was moved to Bro
Allison's county, but through a ty
pographical error, the Post said Ju
niata Couuty Campmeeting instea
of Juniata Valley Campmeeting
If
we were lookin g for some good choice
Mifllintown fish stories, we certainly
would not go to the Newton Ilamil
ton Campmeeting.
f 19 About Good Ro.iJs.
Sot oe weeks ago, we gave an ex
hortation to supervisors in reference
to improving the public roads.
Much has been said and written
throisghout the United States, iu the
last 'year' or two, of road reform,
aud a grt-at deal of progress has been
made in , that direction, the best
proof of, Which is the interest mani
fested by? the people on this subject.
The public, in most localities, is de
manding) better roads, and in what
ever community this demand is made
the means will be provided for
making tlle roads as good as it is
possible U) make them with the ma
terial at ljand.
The inventor and manufacturer
have come, as usual, to supply the
lougfelb want, just as the interest
iu this question has reached the point
which fives them hope of a just re
ward for the product of min. I and
hand. The Road Machines which
are offered to tho public now are as
much Of an improvement over scrap
ers and shovels as the modern binder
is over the old fashioned cradle.
The Road Machines now ollVred
the public for plowing and smoothing
the roadj and the Wheeled Scrapers
for grading down tho hills and tilling
the hollows enable road oilieers to
make good and easy roads for the
greater part of the year w ith ordinary
soil, and to make permanent (travel
aud Macadam roads ut greatly reduc
ed cost.
The object of this treatise is to
give the public the consolidated
ideas and conclusions of a large num
ber hi practical and experienced
workers" as to hor the bost roads
yes . tw tv!a uftirv? IJ nod
found iu the various States.
nA.lI!rt A! DKAINAtlK.
The first point to work ut then is
lraiuugo.' Open ditches will afford
suflicieut drainage where the full is
sullicient to carry the water out of
tho ditches quickly. If the country
over which the road leads is too level
touttbrd suflicieut falkthe tile drains
are of great importance. In the
Western States, where the highways
have been established forty feet wide
and more, the mistake may be made
of grading the roadway too wide.
Twenty-four fuet should be, the ex
treme width between ditches, which
should be twelve inches deep at the
owest point ou the outside unless it
is desired to slope the ditch toward
the outer edge of the road.
CAUSE OF liVD UO.s.
One of the eheif causes of bad
rouds has been tho impossibility of
carrying tho dirt from the ditches to
ward the centre of the road and dis
tributing it with uniformity aud in
such form as to shed the water quick-
y before and after settling, which is
essential in an earth road.
Fai th carried in by a drag scraper,
even if carefully smoothed with the
shovel after being deposited in the
roadway, will settle unevenly, leaving
places in tho form of basius which
hold the water when the rains and
snows come. Travel quickly develops
theso iuto mud or chuck holes of the
worst character. As tho earth is us.
ually deposited by tho drug scraper,
however, that is to say in humps and
pits, the roads are mado simply ex
ecrable from tho moment the damage
is done. The word "damage" is used
advisedly. The rouds made by Road
Machines, by which is meant the im
proved machines which plow the
roads by means of a diagonal steel
blade suspended from a frame, are
left in a perfectly smooth condition
by the machine, and the work is so
quickly and cheaply done and the
work so durable that all will agree
that the makiug afld repairing of
earth roads should be done by one
of this class of machines. There
fore, the first thing to do is to se
lect ft grader best adapted to the
work. '
( BEPAtRtNO ROADS.
Those charged with the repair of
the Highways Bhould frequently in
spect them carefully note where the
water does not flow freely on account
of too shallow or obstructed ditches i
where culverts are needed, where
they are too email or are obstructed,
or where a culvert will improve the
drainage, where the road wn vis be--
ing drained by 'washing; where the
spouty places are and where there
are obstructions, such as stumps,
stonus, etc., which should be remov
ed. A careful looking over of the roads
under his care by ti Road Officer,
early iu the soring and after each
hard storm, will enable him to know
how best to make the needed repairs
and improvements. A few hours'
work exjsjiidcd at the light time may
save many davs' hard labor if too
long neglected. A few minutes' time,
in removing a slump, root or stone
in the rondway will save the wreck
of vehicles, harness and lemp, r.
Loose stones in the roadway are
very annoying ami cause much dam
age, but remain for every wheel to
knock against, until the road worker
removes them. (Jilide P. mrds should
be put at all important crossing
and kept iu position and g iod re
pair. F.vcu the liest Telford roads
require constant attention and re
pair to keep them in jx ifect condi
tion. They should Ih carefully
watched and any uncvenness repair
ed by carefully adding sufficient line
broken stone or snivel to bring the
roadway to an even and rounded,
surface. If the same cure were us
ed to repair the common earth roads
at the litfht lime and with the right
earth material they would be vastly
better t hint without it. To have
the best rouds it is alMolutely ne
cessary to do the right thing at the
right time.
After tho road is once turnpiked
care should be taken to keep it in a
smooth and rounded shape. To do
this require ouly a small excuse,
out the necessary wori musi imaoue
at the proper liruo, for which reason
road districts should be small.
If the roads are luacadainiaed with
crushed stone, they will last, it is
elaimed, a hundred years. How
much more economical then would
it be to put a short distance iu u
good condition each year Finally
all the rouds would Is- in u good
shape and very little if any repairing
Would be required.
Famous W.it Pictures.
Portfolio No. i will contain the
following :
No. 1. Battle of Dranesville.
'- Invasion of the Northern States.
Lee's Army Crossing the Potomac
:!. Rattle of Gettysburg, Thursday
evening, July '.id.
I. Rattle of Mini .No. 1, Potomac
River.
5. Battle of Petersburg.
i. Battle Field of Sec'd Bull Run.
7. Advance of Md'h Han's Army
from Big Bethel.
X. Scene during the Rattle of An
tietam. It. Chargoof the First Iowa Itegiui't
at tho Battle of Wilson's (.'reck, Mo.
H. Advance of Gen. Bunks' Divis
ion into Western Maryland.
11. Battle of Chancellorsvillc, Va.
12. U. S. Naval Brigade Construct
ing Marino Battery.
i:t. Battle of tho Wilderness.
11. Sui Tender of J Winston's Army.
1". Shelling of Petersburg.
Hi. A Characteristic Army Scene.
The Republican Standing Com
mittee will meet for the purpose of
effecting an organization on Satur
day May 1-tli. All of tho members
aro requested to be present.
We noth'o I'lsh Krecger receiv
ed another lot of new wheels. Their
room in the Old Hotel stand by the
mill looks like business. They claim to
understand what constitutes a good
wheel aud appear to be selling them
cheaper than any person iu the
couuty.
Miss Libbie Dunkelberger will
have her grand opening ou Thurs
day, May 10th. All are invited to call
and Bee her display of Millinery
goods, etc., whether they are ready
to purchase or not. She will have
from f0 to 75 Hats trimmed by that
time. She will have the most beau
tiful display of Millinery goods ever
presented to the public. Don't for-
gat the date.
Zealand tell the same tale.