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VOL. 31.
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST
It's often the quiet hog that gets
the most slop.
Meiser and Yodor carry a full lino
of fancy dress goods.
Tbe heavier a man's head becomes
tie more it swims.
John Eisenhart of Shaniokin was
in town on Asension Day.
A full line of ladies' and men's
dress shoes at Meiser and Yoder's.
T. J. Smith. Esq., is attending
Supreme Court in Philadelphia this
week.
J. B. Shellenberger is the newly
appointed postmabter at Banner
ville. Mr. and Mrs. O. Alfred Schoch
and Emanuel Pauling were in Phila.
last week.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Orwig visited
friends at Mazeppa, Union County
over Sunday.
H. A. Klingler and family of Free
burg, spent Saturday with Adam
Spangle r's.
Some of the Middleburgh ladies
have been trying their hand at bicy
cle riding.
Misses Jennie Bibighaus and Alice
Smith spent a few days with friends
at Mifliinburg.
The meek must inherit the earth.
for it's plain they never could get it
in any other way.
William Gilbraith of Reedsville
ff r'pent Sunday very pleasantly with
'"nsm t.."' - -
The town of Breckinridge in Min-
nesota has petitioned the Postal
Department to change the name.
Manaeer Cooner snout a few days
in Philadelphia the latter part of
last week.
1 Window shades, polos and curtains,
at astonishingly low prices at Meiser
and Yoder's store, Globe Mills, Pa.
Puro manilla binder twine tb OJ
cts., Pure sisal, & 71, at Harley &
Bashoar's, Beaver Springs, Pa.
The voice of the doublo-you-aitch-eye-pea-pea-double-
oh- are- double-you-eye-double-ell
can now be heard.
A heavy thunder and hail storm
paused over our county on Sunday at
noon. Hail as large as sour cherries
fell.
II. P. Janet of Solinsgrove, has
been appointed Justice of the Peace
to take the place of Chas. II. Rishel,
deceased.
Have you seen Meiser and Yoder's
large assortment of shirts, sack coats
and overalls f An a No. I. pair of
pants for CO cts.
A detachment of the Crescent Club
and a few friends spent Ascension
Day very pleasantly down along the
creek.
We have noticed that an optimist
is likely to be a man who is unmar
ried, and that most pessimists are
married.
Mrs. David Reed, a sister of Perry
Aurand of Kreamer, died May 2nd
at Adumsville, Cast county, Mich
Aged 52 years and 7 months.
J. II. Rhoads and wife who had
been spending a month with Mrs.
R's parents at Shamokin Dam, have
returned home.
Congressman Breckinridge has
nraved for forgiveness, was taken
back into church and is now push
ing his campaign for re-election.
We ootioe through our exchanges
that A. H. Smith, the editor of the
Elizabethville Echo, has been com
missioned a Justice of the Peace.
Miss Carrie Ulsh after spending
three weeks in Philadelphia under
going a course of medical treatment,
is home enjoying a week's vaoation.
G. B. M. Arnold, the P.R.R. agent
at Adamsburg, who has just return
ed from California attending the
Mid-winter fair, waa in town on Sun
dav. George seem to have had a
pleaBant trip.
A count of Franklin Republicans
votes shows that they favor Lyon
for Second placo and McDowell for
Congrcssman-at-Lnrge.
There were two births on the "L"
roads on Friday. Tho expectant
mothers were returniug from Woman
Suffrage meetings. Xcv York Ad-
verlUer.
Tho "Never Fail" is tho Franklin
Roller mill's popular brand of flour.
It has an enormous sale and if you
wish an excellent article try "Never
FaiL"
Several hundred Waynesboro resi
dents were victimized by a man
named Hoover, representing him
self to be the agout of tho Staudard
Fashiou Company.
Shingles I Shingles ! 1 I have just
received 100,000 No. 1, 2 and !J24-ineh
White-pine Shingles. Call and see
them before buying elsewhere.
Y. U. MArRF.n, New Berlin, Pa.
Editor Lumbard of tho Tribune
was in town on Saturday and paid
a visit to our office, lie sayB he has
not called at the Post priuting office
for a groat many years.
Read in to-day's paper what Port
folio No. 2. of Famous War Pictures
contains. Nothing better can be
found for studying or teaching the
History of the Civil Wur.
How about the New Middleburgh!
Are you landing a helping hand or
do you belong to the class of pull.
backs who are discouraging every
progressive movement f
The candidates for Chairman of
the Republican Standing CJnnroitr
are, J. LL Kuoads or Aliddleburgh,
W. Sumpsell of Centre township,
and Charles Arbogast of West Perry
township.
Chairman H. D. Patton, of Lan
caster, in speaking of tho Common
weal crowd, says : "These trouble
some tunes only help our party.
which is founded on principle. Tho
tariff and all other issues will be
dwarfed some day by the Prohibi
tion issue."
We understand the Martin College
of Oratory, Washington, D. G. offers
a free scholarship to one person in
Snyder county. We will get the full
particulars shortly and inform our
readers. Some worthy person can
got an education free
It was supposed that when Focht,
Zechmun and Fry wero put into the
Milllintown Jail, no futher alarm
need be felt on account of robbers.
This supposition has boon disproven
by the numerous reports of robber
ies comiAitted since tho capture of
the famous trio.
The Bedford Republicans have
instructed their two delegates to
vote for Hastings and Robinson,
and indorse Ed. S. Aschorn for Sen
ator from the Thirty-sixth district.
Critchfield, of Somerset, the pres
ent member, had H,7M votes four
years ago to 7,0'.)2 given Prico.
We acknowledge the receipt of an
invitation, through the kindness of
J. O. Mohn to attend the G'Jth An
nual Commencement of the Jeffer
son Medical College on May 0th.
Dr. Mohn is a bright Snydor county
boy and gets his diploma at this
commencement.
The following unclaimed letters
remain in the PoBt Office :
Win, F. Gomingham ; J. F. Zim
merman ; James il. 1'iett j uideon
Thomas ; Gsotano Santanna i Alio
Signora Maria ; Miss Jennie Flening,
Persons calling for the above will
please say they are advertised.
J. W. Runkle, P. M.
The New Bank building will be
placed back from Main street four
feet farther than the old Bower
house had been. This will make it
even with the Court House in front
On Railroad street the bank claims
possession of a few inches farther
than the old Bower house stood.
Tbe Town Council claims the bank
has no title to this part of the aide
walk and is disputing the right o
the bank to build out so far. '
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., MAY
We notice Ulsh St Kreeger 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
whool and appear to be selling them
cheaper tban any person in the
county.
I have boon to Phila. and have
selected a beautiful line of Summer
goods. Hats, Bonnets, caps, Ladies,
waists, Boys' waist. Moire silk for
dress trimmings. Also laces, Jet
trimmings, Child's dresses and a lot
of other goods. All aro invited.
Mhs. E. C. Acraxp.
, The Town Council at its lust meet
ing appointed n Board of Health.
It consists of the following named
persons: Dr.E. G. Hassingor, 5 years ;
D. T. Rhoads, 4 years ; Aaron Cross-
grove, 8 years Curtin Bowersox, 2
years ; C. W. Herman, 1 year. Now
let it be a Board of Health in reality
as well as in naiuo.
. A number of applications have
been received by tho Council of the
Lutheran Church at this place for
the position of pastor to succeod
Rev. Neff. Rev. R. F. Fetterolf of
Maple Hill, Lycoming Co., and A. A.
Korliu of Alexandria, Huntington
Co., aro among tho applicants most
favorably considered.
"Mistaken Souls Who Dukam or
Buss." Tho following marriage li
censes have been granted siuoe our
last publication :
J 11. S. Hummel, McKoos i Falls,
(Clara M. Frantz,
S W. H. Shomorry. Middleburgh,
(Emma V. Gundrum, Freeburg.
J J. A. Reichenbach, Perry Twp.,
( a. U. iVt!vrMi " -
Unless your envelopes state tho
number of days you wish your let-
tors held, the postmaster, by a now
ruling, will hold them thirty days
instead of ten. This is important
to business men who do not want
their letters, whew not delivered, de
tained over five days. The Post is
prepared to do neat work in this
hie.
Eight couplos took out marriage
licenses in Snyder county during
the month of April. The aggregate
age of tho male applicants was ITS
years and of tho females 150 years,
averagiug to tho men 22J years and
to the women IN years. Tho old
est husband was2'.t, tho youngest 17.
The oldest wife had past 20 years
and tho youngost 17.
Adam C. Spangler, ouo of our
town's pushing young men who has
been taking a course in Dentistry at
the University of Pouna. at Phila.,
returned to his parental roof on Fri
day last. Adam is a close student
and passed his examinations very
creditubly. Ho has already spent
two years at his work and ono more
year is reuuirod to iasko him a full
fledged D. D. S.
At a mooting of tho exocutivo com
mittee of the State Editorial Assoi-
ation, tho question of the summor
outing of tho association was con
siderod, and Asbury Park was agre
ed upon as an objective point. The
outing will take place from July 2nd
to the Cth, during the time the Na
tional Editorial Association will be
in session at Asbury Park. Secre
tary Thomas was iusructed to make
the necessary arrangements.
The following circular has been re
ceived by pension agents :
The pension certificate must be
exhibited at the execution of each
and every voucher. When a pension
er signs a mark, two witnesses who
can write are required in the body of
each voucher, and one witness who
can write in each of the duplicates,
When the pensioner writes his
name, no witness to his signature is
necessary in the body of the voucher;
but his signature in each of the dup
licate receipts must be witnessed by a
person who can write his own name,
The magistrate before whom a vouch
er is presented is not a competent
witness in the duplicate receipts to a
signature of a pensioner who writes
bis own name. Tbe postoffice ad
dress of the pensioner must be plain
ly written In the body of the Toucher.
An Explanation !!
Ou Monday afternoon an envelope
addressed to the Editor of tho Post
roached our office. The onvelopo
contained a petition bearing 81
names. Tho petition was addressed
to the Chairman of the Republican
standing Committee and asks for a
recount of tho votes cast at tho re
cent primary election. Accompany
ing this petition was au uusiguod ro-
nuost for us to publish tho same.
Tho uusiguod letter was dated at
McCluro and mailed on the afternoon
train West. Tho names aro all in
the same hand writing and since tho
request to publish bore no individual
signature, we can not comply with
the request. Besides, we do not
havo the consent of these petitioners
to publish their names and newspa
pers should not tako'part iu primary
elections.
Ou the other hand, if there has
beou auy fraud committed at tho
late primary electiou, it is the duty
of tho Standing Committee to ferret
it out. Inasmuch as the petition is
addressed to tho Chairman, it prop
erly belongs to him and us tho
Standing Committee meets on Sat
urday, tho mutter can bo brought
up for consideration. No amount
of "parading" in tho newspapers
will help tho friends of dissuppoiut
ed candidates and will only eudangcr
party harmony. To these l persons
who signed this petition, we will say
that your petition will bo presented
to tho Chairman who has authority
to act and iu his hands it will do
more good than it will to "parade"
it through the newspapers.
James E. Stuart and W.1I. Srueigh
of New Bloomtield, called to see us
L'uosday while on their way to Mif-
inburg.
Tho Republican convention of
volumbia county was held Monday.
. U. Eatou, of Berwick, was elect
1 delegate to tho State Convention
without instructiouB. Hastings was
Leartily indorsed.
Tho funeral of Jacob Erb, who
lied on Sunday morning took place
on Tuesday. I no services wero
held iu the Evangelical church.
We copy tho following from a
Miffiiutown special to tho Grit. "It
is a pity that as Focht, Fry and
Zecumau belong to Snyder county
they wero not captured there, us
Snyder could well have afforded the
expense of trying them, as it is free
from debt, while "Little Juniata" is
staggering along under a mountain
of debt, piled upon her shoulders
by freeing tho bridges and tho de
structive Hood of lKH'.V We doubt
whether our County Commissioners
will agree witli the statement above
made.
Mrs. Hettio Carpenter, the wo
man who confessed to beiug an ac
cessory to the nrurdei of her blind
husband at Part Royal, Juniata
county, was last week removed from
the Milllintown jail to the Western
Penitentiary at Pittsburg. She was
giveu the privilege of visiting her
sou before her departure. When
she returned ta, her cell after the
visit, she was as much unconcerned
as though it hafl been an every day
occurrence. Tb famous trio of
murderers from Snyder county are
now occupying; the cell formerly oo
cupied by Mr Carpenter.
Section 29 of the act of March 81,
1859, recently "unearthed - by the
Harrisburg stfbool board, provides
that fines imposed for drunkenness
shall be turnoa over to the treasar
er of the school board in the district,
The section if a follows t Any per
son who shall M found intoxicated
in any street, highway, publio plaoe
sh all be fines upon the view or proo
made before ang mayor, alderman
or justice of. the paaca, two dollars
to be levied, ttith proper costs, upon
the goods a&2 chattels of the defen
dant. wtioft &aS be paid to the
treasurer (f tie ' school district
where such fsaviotion is had by the
magistrate cMting the same."
10, 1894.
Building Operations.
Tho building movement is pro-
grossing nicely in our town. Wo are
glad to note the spirit of revival.
Tho buildings now iu course of
construction aro, tho Bank building,
on tho Cornor of Railroad and Main
streets ; a residence by each of the
following t J. M. Steininger, French
Flats ; Philip Swineford, N. Railroad
street j Curtin Bowersox, Main St. ;
and Joseph Musser, Franklin j also
a store building by H. I. Oarman,
Main Street ; and a stable by Aaron
Stahlnocker.
This is an ago of improvement.
We congratulate our enterprising
citizons. If we only had mora of
them. Our readers should peruse
tho article in another column entitl
ed, "Common Nuisance." It is our
duty to oncourage tho best efforts of
every body, but wo fear Middleburg
has a few croakers uud if such is tho
case, we are quite sure the town
would got along better without them.
This is simply an admomition to
moss-backt to bestir themselves and
awaken to a spirit of enterprise. Wo
need not mention auy uamos, but if
any ouo "howls" that ho is hurt, ho
convicts himself. May the old Mid
dleburg of the past develop into tho
New Middltbury of tho future.
JJili xNye writes: l'i very newspa
per man has, at some timo in his news
pr.per experience, met the man who
takes more papers than ho can road
Ho was in town last week. Ho paid
25 cents for an almanac, wiped his
nose ou ftwuiug, tried to blow out an
nloctrio light at the hotel, tried to
liguVJu ;gat wn ii puv'u uiiA tu
the slot at the postofnee because the
mail didn't appear, wanted to lick
tho cashier of tho bank titcauso it
losed at !1 o'clock, and watched tho
igu over tho jewelry store looking
for it to strike."
U.S. District Attorney Hall, of
ittsburg, has tiled suits nguiust B.
frank Crouse, of Solinsgrove, and
against F. J. Schoch, Lewis Amig
and Amos Stetler. Crouse obtaiued
the mail hauling contract for Pitts
burg uud other cities in 1S1I2 or livu
years, ine total recompense was to
havo been sJ4:l,!iH) per year. His
ureties gavo bonds for gt'.Vi.lOfl.
jast December Cronso was forced
to give up his contracts with the
government by reason of busiuoss
trouble. Tho government employed
arriers at his expense and claims to
have spent $11,275.05. Courier.
Tho only counties of the sixty-
seven iu Pennsylvania which aro not
represented iu tho list of officials
and employees of tho various Stato
lepartments are Adams, Bradford,
Cameron, Columbia, Elk, rorest,
Northumberland, Perry, Potter, Sny
ler, Somersot, Sullivan, Venango,
Warren and Wayne. Dauphin Ib
reditod with a larger number of
appointments thau any other coun
ty. Of its twenty representatives,
nine are Republicans uud seven
Democrats, three are women and
one is a boy. Philadelphia is rep
reseated by nineteen persons, in
cluding the Governor, Secretary of
the Commonwealth, Superintendent
of Banking and Chief of tho Bureau
of Statistics.
It must be extremely amusing to
a foreigner to see bow we Americans
praise ourselves and our nation
For fifty years past all our rural
members of Congress have been
spending their rhetoric over their re
Boective districts in the pleasing en
deavor of convincing us that we are
the greatest nation on earth. I quote
from a congressman of half a cen
tury ago the seniment, virtually the
same as we hear and read it every
hour of tbe day to-day from rostrum
and press t "We are the greatest
and most virtuous people, Intellect
ually and morally, that tha world
has ever teen, and foreigners pass
all their spare time in wringing their
bands and lamenting that they are
not as we are." Thinking over it in
more sober moments, does not
our self-adulation causa a oomplao-
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NO. 19.
Co
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Nui
sanco.
May tho saints have pity on a town
or city with a croaker iu it! If it
have two, throo or half a dozen
croakers living iu it, it is to bo com
miserated that much more. The
croaker has moss on tho north side of
him, no matter whether the wiuter
bo mild or severe. Tho moss in-
licates nothing especially, except
that ho shoul i bo removed from the
community at once. Tho croaker
always views his own town from a
pessimistic point of view. Ho has
no word or pruiso for any one nor
anything that tends to assist in the
progress of tho community. You
tell a croaker that much is going to
bo done toward booming tho town
and exploiting its superior advan
tage, uud ho will say : Well, you go
ahoal advertise it, boom it. I'd
like to hoo you do it," with a shrug
of tho shoulders. "You'll never
boom this town." Tho croaker is
gonerally too lazy to labor under an
impression. Ho may havo made
Home money iu his life, but ho doos
not livo--l)ut simply exists. If ho is
in business ami is asked to advertise
ho says his good do not uoed ad
vertising, and, besides, he is located
on u prominent sito, and everybody
soes his goods as thoy pass. Yes,
"as they pass," for they rarely go in.
The croaker never gives his neigh
bor or follow man credit for any
thing he accomplishes. If you go to
n local merchant and show him h
plan or suggest to him au enter
prise which if carried out will be of
great benelit to all concerned, and
nsk his co-operation, and ho says ;
. nr.. ti :.. !. iL! . .
usii mon. and if thov iro into it.
may ,o so, too," look out for him.
le may not bo a croaker, but ho has
dtiugoroiis symptoms. Ho is vac-
inated, and tho probabilities ure
that it will take iiuloss something
is done for him. Ho needs a hypo
dermic injunction of "outerDiiso'-
to cure him of tho "follow your
louder" habit. He is tho first to ex-
poct benefits that accrue from the
united efforts, energy, and enter
prise of others, but is tho last to
end a hand. Tho croaker is n
pusilluuiiuous, insignilicant, uioon-
ihtent encumbrance. Itttlrunt
Timet.
Programme for Memorial Day
MiiMU.Kiiruou, Pa., May 7, 1S1U.
At a regular mooting of Capt. G.
W. Ryan Post, No. Ml, Dept. of
ennsylvania (i. A. R., tho follow
ing programme lor Memorial Day
was unanimously adopted.
Post assembles at Post room nt
10 a. in.; Leave for Fremont ut 7:45
a. m.; Decoration sor vices 0 a. in.:
Address by Comrade J. (J. Sohocli :
return to Middleburg for dinner :
eave for Meisor at 1 p. m.; Decora
tion sorvioos ut 2 p. m.; addresses
by J. P. Yodor and J. A. Smith.
Camp 513, P. O. S. of A. will leave
Middleburgh at 8 n. m. for Patton
villo ; Decoration at JJ a. in. j Address
by Prof. C. W. Herman i Decora
tion at llassinger s grave yard at in
a. m.i Address by .1. A. Snyder.
Camp leaves Middleburgh at 12:110 p.
iu. lor Uentrevillo ; decoration ser
vicon at 2 p. in.: address by both
orders. Return and hold decora
tion services ut Middleburgh at .:.'(
p. in. Address by i'rof. t . C. Bower
sox. All tlie bubbatli Schools and
all other organizations at the dif
ferent places ure cordial! v invited to
attend these services. Let all join
in paying this tribute to those who
offered their all for their country.
O. C. Uutelius, Adjt.
Now, since we have a Board of
Health, let them attend to the sani
tary condition of the town. The
first thing we desire to direct to
their attention is the filthy water in
the Flats noar James M. Yanzandt's
residence. The stench and disa
greeable odor arising from the filth
and decay of vegetable matter is
not in good taste with other extra
ordinary precautions displayed to
preserve the town in its backward
flight. We would consider tele
phone poles a rich adornment to the
town in comparison to the disease
breeding concoction and pollution
in the swamp.