4 J-tf THE POST , nMtlMll.v NE Wa ll f,,rtln'IVplennl ,'i' iwiilr. It col rf nlwB.vn upon for '.Minion 01 toplrs of !jt to lt patrons. N rim l tln il!tcn. II I- not mi "("run," II H i'ill s llo'Tnllur." II lli'WT clmllT' ll 1111 Ihsup Ainliii'vcr mililoiit. Mii 1 in inn i.r.i a rur Co. Commissioner, 1 IV ,.1 OL. 31. MIDDIi BURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., MAY IT, 1$94. NO. 20. Post 1 U. 5tl,. lf. 3. SMS of LOCAL INTEREST . r-ll . . 1il.II.. M.: ir. UCO, 1 . Miner in 111 x mm. mm flic Pennsylvania lidd reiiows st Alloona Una week. , t r 1. -.1 load 11. wppenueiiuur uew m- twciucnt tbia week. the Governor of New York signed .Compulsory Educational bill. wo trios, Coxoy, Jonea, and -.- . , rr 1 nvu ; l'ocnt, r ry, ana .ocumau. U West ChoBter Normal School stinleuts answer to roll call tbia 111. We nndoratand that Dr. Voclklcr Selinagrove. intends to remove dental office to Milton. flio Commissioners have removed iron fence between the Court iuho and tbo Bank property. V. II. Ulsh haa improved the np nanco of hia residence by placing laudsome irou fence in front of it ireiguton Miunouse, wuo nan in employed in Reading, isspeud- Homo time in Middleburgh. Toft'orson Arbogast and wife of tl Bunk, paid a viait to Henry R ekhnrt and f, -xily on Sunday. The entire Diviaion of the Nation Guards of Pa. will encamp at Get- burg Aug. 11th to isth inclusive, Pure .mamlhi binder twine !) ... Pure siBal, 71, at Harley & f-hour's, Beaver Springs, Pa. The drama "Ten Nights in a Bar oui" will be presented at New Jor fb on Saturday evening, May 1 he F "burg Academy has tu- uts, S(j ueing Boar r stu' 4. lie Mubical College haa 30 students. Imported percale shirts unburn- led 50 cents ; laundried 1.00, two Ilara and a pair of cuffs includod Gunsburger'a. !bv. A. K. Zimmerman of Sclius- vo preached an excellent sermon tbo Lutheran church on Sabbath luing from I Peter 2 : 5. 011 Sale. A pair of black driving tea, 4 and 5 years old respective- Call on, or addreaa, Daniel Zeibeh, Middlocrcek, Pa. V 11 ro. ljesner ia certainly an auvo- of the old adage, "Truth is ixty and must prevail." So says 'handsome ." iaaoa Carrie and Bertha Witten- r nave returned irom a pleasant urn at Lewisburg, Gettysburg other places. raw Hats from last year that be Bold at cost or even below to o room for new goods at Gunta ,'cr'u. ie Reading Baptist Association passed resolutions censuring the !o Superintendent for permitting s to teach in the public schools. iie "Never Fail" iathe Franklin ler mill's populur brand of flour, as an enormous Bale and 11 you a an excellent article try "Never Delinquent school tax payers at Doylostown must pay up in two weeks or go to jail. Samuel Rcnuinger, who had been at Tyrono in tbo telegraph office, is now at home in Swincford. Carpenters at the New Reformed Thoological Sominary, Lancaster, struck because ono man worked ten hours a day. The Ladies' Mito Socioty of the L'lth. Church v ill hold a festival in Schoch'a store rjoin 011 the evening of May HOtli. AH aro invited. 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 Hist ory of the Civil War. SniNiiLKs 1 Siunoleh ! 1 I have just received MO.OOO No. 1, 2 and !1 24-inch White-nine Shingles. Call and Bee them before buying elsewhere. F. II. Maluku, New Berlin, Pa. The fake newspaper correspondent who started tbo Btory that letters can no longer bo mailed on cars ia contradicted. There ia no truth whatever in the story and it is oflio ially denied from tho department in Washington. We notice Ulsh & Kreeger receiv ed another lot of new wheels. Their room in tho Old Hotel Btand by the mill looka like business. They claim to understand what constitutes a good wheel and appear to be selling them cheaper than any person in the county. t I have been to Phila. and have selected a beautiful line of Summer Gunsburger mowd his stock othing on Tuesday, to the room nerly occupied by W. I. Garmau. f lr Afnnilnv if ivua 1.1 vn.ifa di,wn ibe great Milton fire. The corner- tdne for the new bridge was laid to Celebrate the event. t Joe. Lesher of tho Time was in town on Saturday sporting a new tuik of clothes and a silk hat. He ame to look in on tho Republican Standing Commit toe. 1 We kindly request all customers holding one of our Furniture cards which we havo issued, to return ame properly punched till July 10, 894, after whic'i date they will bo onsidered void. Runklo & Walter. The seutence imposed by Judge Furst in Centre county last week upon Milton Herman & wife for cru elly treating their step-son was each 0 pay a fine of !100 and tho costs nd undergo an imprisonment of one ear in the pouitentiary. Our read- rs will remember having read the tcoount of this brutality in our is ue of February 1st. 1 Tho handsome bracket house, which ia the rosult of the skill and ,1 borsoveraneo of Clias. . Haue while serving a sentence in our conn ty, prison, wm ue cnancca oil on May. 30th. Tho workmanship dis played gives evidence or superior (.kill and tho house will bo placed on exQibition shortly. llio reason Mr llune ia doing tbia, is to aid his wife and family. Tae following services will be held in the XJ. B. church of Middleburg Preaching at 7.80 on Saturday even- goods. Hats, Bonnets, caps, IiL , 1 t,lfir. tUy 19th : on Sunday. May 20th, .vmI., JW ,-Uk. orfi A , ti,lTi".l.-aiinflt,'i.i; vni. 1." tuee pants for Boys from 4 to 13 I is 25 cents. A better quality 50 Its. Sailor Gut trimmed Boy s Its from $1.50 to $3.00 at Guns- ger's. fahriel Beaver is improving his ilon ce adjoining the Post Office ! building a new porch. He is iliug a helping hand to the New IJdleburgh. carbon Seebold and his orchestra let frequently and judging from i number of people who listen to ' sweet strains, we know their tsio is highly appreciated, 'he publishers of the Post ac lowledge and accept invitations to le annual banquet of the Alumni ksociation of Missionary Institute be held June 6th at the National (otel. Horace Alloinan, Esq., of Selins rove was in town on Saturday, lor.ace is making hosts of friends as manly acquiescence to the will ie majority in the late contest Bgislative honors. Miiai a.,... trimmings. Alao . laces, Jet trimmings, Child's dresses and a lot of other gdods. All are invited. Mits. E. C. Aubasd. All nature ia now toemiug in its richest grandure. The foliage, the adornment of nature bus clothed the trees with new Bigua of life and inspires tho human soul with new zeal. Nothing is ko invigorating as tho activities of Nature in Spring time. Missionary Institute at Selinsgrova registers in its catalogue this year 12(5 Btudeuta in tho collegiate depart ment, and 7 iu the theological depart ment. The largest claaa ever gradu ated from this institution will receive their diplomas iu June. The number is 23. The people of Clearfield county by a vote having decided iu favor of the erection of a poor-house, the Spirit says one hundred and twenty farms have been offered the county com missionera for poor farms. Some of them are poor farms in every way and others aro still poorer. An Alabama judge haa lately do cided tuat a man who goea to boo a girl twice a week, and takes her to places of amusemuut, etc., is legally engaged to her, whether he says anything about marriage or not, and she may recover damages in a suit for breach of promise John L. Boweraox, the Chicago Comediau, is spouding his Summer vacation iu the rural districts of Sny der County. His leisure moments he spends in hauling sausage on a wheelbarrow and turning a crank at the side fchow. May his youthful ef forts be crowned with success. We regret to learn that B. F. Her man of Kratzerville had a serious ac cident the latter part of last week while returning to his home. ' His horse ran away throwing Mr. Her man out, breaking his arm and dis locating his shoulder. We trust the Fates will hasten his recovery. Daniel S. Boyer, J. P. of Freeburg accompanied by Geo. Shotsberger, were in town last week, Mr. Boyer served as a Justice of the Peace for thirty years and has entered upon his seventh term with Mr. Shots berger, who has been his bondsman for the past thirty years, as his Bure- ty for the seventh term. This is remarkable instance of long service with the same surety. Modern Journalism. Of all tho "streaks" in modern journalism, tho Selinsgrovo reporter to tbo Phila. J'ri'AH ia a phenomenon. Tbo latest marvelous development ia that which characteruca him as an old tinio reporter. 1 he account of tho attempt to murder and rob Jacob Ludwig, which we published two weeks ago appeared iu tho J'renn eleven days after tbo tragody. Tho account given by tho Post two weeks ago was copied and printed in fi or 8 of its exchanges long before it ap peared in tbo l'reaa. Besides, at least A dozen other weekly papers and tbo Harrisburg daily papers pub lished accounts of it week before last. If tbo ('. had boen exchang ing with tbo Post, tbo former might have had nearly the same aecouut, words and all, at least 4 or 5 days sooner than our weekly exchanges. Wo can not exactly blame the J'rrss for tbia delinquency, because tbo re porter begins bis special with tho words, "Quito recently," which in this case signifies eleven days. Judging from the amount of amusement all'ordod, a reporter of stale news is an expeusive one. Editor Wagenseller was in Milton and Lewisburg on Monday. German sermon and Communion sorVicos at 10 a. in., Sunday School at 2 p. m., and English preaching at 7.30 p. in. It is expected that P. E., Wm. II. Uhler of Lebanon will bo here. All aro invited to attend. To secure better roads iu Centre county the supervisors of the several townships have decided to hirn men regularly during tho spring, summer and autumn. Their respective town ships will be divided into districts, and a man to whom the contract of repairs is awarded will bo responsible for tho care of tho roads in hia dis trict, and liabbi to any damages re sulting from tbo bad condition of the same. A meeting of the Soldiers' Or phans' School Commission was held at which those Jutes were fixed for the final examinations this year : Harford, Juno 5th and ith ; Union town, June 12th and 13th ; Chester Springa, June 19th and 20th. Tho schools will close June 30th and re open on September 3rd. A commit- teo waa appointed to confer with the G. A. R. Posts in the Cumber land Valley regarding tho dedication of the State Industrial School this fall. The Mijjlintotrn JferaUl is credit ing sonio clippings to the M'uhlln burgh Watchman. We have been iu Middledurgh for two months nnd we have not yet loaruod of such paper being published here. The clipping referred to ia from tho Mid dleburgh l'ost, which ia the only Poht in Snyder County which ia not stationary. Betwixt and between the Netolon JIamilton Standard, the Middleburgh Watchman, the Mifflintown fish stories and Newton Hamilton Camp-mooting, our friend Allison haa matters pretty well con fused. It is with pleasure that we learn of the success attending the first Annual Commencement of the Mif flintown High School which for the last two years has flourished under the tutelage of our friend, Prof, Oden C. Gortner, formerly of Selins grove. We clip the following from the Herald t "Prof. Gortner had a right to feel proud at the success of the commencement, and at the close of his manly and appropriate re marks, bad a vote been called for, would have received the unanimous endorsement of the audience that he be continued as principal" , Miss Jennie Bibigbatis wbilu driv ing on tli' road along Lime-kiln rid-jo last Friday had u very serious accident. Tho horse became fright ened when a blast va made in tho quarries and the driver jumped out. roriuuateiy me uorso stopped iu tune to avert a more serious acci dent. .Tho men nt tho quarry finally came to juer rescue. - Jenuie tflpraiu er her ankle and is thankful that nothing more serious occurred. We are indebted to Prof. Clias. O. Hendricks for a copy of the Blooms burg Daily containing a full account of tbo exhibition of Physical Train ing iu the new gymnasium at the lloomsburg Normal school. Wo re gret that we can not give our read ers tin full account of the exhibi tion. We are glad to note that this school is awake to the spirit of t lie age. The Trustees understand that to have a sound mind, it is neces sary to have u sound body. May tho development of the mind and body go hand m hand in order to propagate a race unparalleled in any age. 1 lie school lias .h students. Last week Frank Fetterolf of Troxelville had hia arm torn entirely off while working at A. Singley stave mill near Wagner. Mr. Fetter olf went under the building to baud tbo belt around tbo pulley. Iustead of coming out at once, ho watched an other boy playing under tbo mill and while doing so, he put his hand on tho belt which was resting on a run ning liueshaft. This allowed the belt to wrap around it and caught hia hand, smashing it, breaking the arm below the elbow and tearing it clean oft above the elbow. Drs. A. M, Smith, of Adamsburg, R. R. Roth rock and Chas. Boush, of McClure amputated the rest of tho arm. If there aro any evils in the world which should bo prohibited by legal enactments, surely' tho painting, en graving, public exhibition, ant printing and circulation through our periodicals and mails of such fulso and perverted representations o tho female form; and the manufao ture and sale of the corsets which are so rapidly impairing the health and vitality of our women and thus aiding iu the destruction of the na tive American race, should be pro hibited. We men are responsible for the continuance of these evils unrestrained, for we only hold the right to vote for our legislators. Let our girls and women cast away their corsets and tight dresses they will feol "all gone" for a time Btand up as erect as possible, re peatedly draw iu a full breath aud expand their lungs to their utmost capacity many times a day, and they will receive renewed vitality, strength, health, and beauty, and our native race may yet be preserved from the threatened annihilation. Selinsgrove's Latest Sensation. For some time a man named Smith of Lancaster, has been pay ing devoted attentions to a young widow of Selinsgrovo. Tbo meet iugn of tbia pair wi re long and num erous, and the young widow was led to believe that Smith intended to marry her. Smith promised to meet his prospective bride at Port Trevorton last Monday. It was ar ranged that Smith should como there by himself and tho young widow should drive down from Seliusgrove. The plan was thus executed except that another lady accompanied tbo young widow. Tho widow obtained permission from Smith to introduce her friend. Smith consented. You can imagino Smith's consternation nnd indignation when the lady rais ed her veil and ho recognized bis own wife. If You Wish to Help tho Town Don't forgot the New Middleburg. Don t fail to sound its praises wherever you are. Diii't make your money out of its citizens and spend it Hoinewlten else. Don't frown on every public im nrovoment siiuiilv because it will cost you a dollar or two. Don t sneer at the ell. n ts ot your fellow citizens to build up tho town, but lend a hand yourself. Don't talk a great deal about what should be doue and remain on the back soat waiting for some ono elso to do it. , . Don't lot a good local papor that h Hi a tou'- -tirinir -chain Dion abandon the champion business be cause of lack of dessrved patronage. Don't nay the public schools aro a failure bocause your boy lias been upsetting the Bcbool's discipline and has been punished for it. Don't forget that iu building up the town, hearty co-operation, unit ed endeavor and a spirit of get there are what win the day. There is no pull like a long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together. Republican Fidelity 1 The Power of Gold. He loved her. Slio loved him. They loved each other. But tho father objected because tho young man was almost a total stranger. Tho timohad como when the youth must ask the father for his daughter, and ho feared to go to him. He held a long conference with his beloved. Ho told her he did not want to ask her father. "George, dear," she asked iu a tremulous whisper, "how much are you worth V "A million dollars, darling," he responded, proudly. Her face shono in the twilight. "Theu you don't need to ask him," she Baid with a Bimplo trust. "Let him know that and ho will ask you." Aud Goorgo gave tho old man a tip. Early Sunday morning tho body of Daniel Boyer, a prominent farm er of Jordan township, near Sun bury, was found iu hia buggy in h is barnyard. Boyer had boen to Uniontown Saturday night and loft for his home thiee miles distant, at 10 o'clock. He was accompanied by Elias Bush, a neighbor. Bush left Boyer within five hundred yards of the latter' s home to go to his own residence. When Boyer's hired man went out to the barnyard he found the horse standing near the stable door and Boyer's body lying across the seat with his skull crushed. His watch and money had not been disturbed. The position 6'f the wound does away with any theory of suicide or accident. Boyer was wealthy and is not known to have had any ene mies. The District Attorney is in vestigating the case. Elsewhere in this issue we pub- isb the proceedings of the Republi can Standing Committee iu Hossion on Saturday. Some turmoil was ex pected because of the circulation of the petition for a recount containing 81 names. The petition itself was not expected to make any change in tho business of the Committee be- auseno special charges were pre ferred against any one election board. Some rumors were afloat that tho Adams township board were accused by some of the peti- Honors of having submitted fraudu- ent returns. The election board spurned this rumor with burning indignation and threatened to bring egal action for thus assaulting their integrity and manhood. This settled the matter of making any specific charges of fraud against anv one election board, and no specific charges were presented. The meeting was a peaceable nnd harmonious one. The endorsement of the regularly nominated candi dates passed without a dissenting Voice. Iu fact the Coiiimitleo could not do otherwise than to endorse the will of the majority. Resides, some df the petitioners came to the Committee ami said they were sorry they had signed the paper and that they had done u without consid ering the purport ot the petition. A member of tbo Standing Commit tee said ho would pay SOO to have his name oil' the petition. There are other reasons why the committee refused a recount. First. Because the time Hinco the election was so long that no one would now swear tho ballots had not been taL Second uHe iu the districts' ' of Adams, Union, Jackson and Mon roo (where rumor placed tho fraud) tho voters seemed to bo satisfied that their voles wore properly count ed and credited while the petitioners reside iu a part of the county where no fraud was alleged. Third. Because the extra precau tion had been taken at the couven t imi to have nil the returns sworn to. 'mrti. Because some of the men who had signed their name-, to the petition, asked IhcConiinittef not to endorso a recount on the strength of their signatures, since their opinions were of a different nature. We desire to state right here that we havo no preferences in this con test. As a staunch Republican pa per, the Post endorses tho party candidates. The party was very fortunate this spring in having four good men who were willing to servo its legislative interests in the House of Represent atives. Any of them would repre sent the interests of our people with much credit to themselves arid with . .. 1. tl L k 1 . fll niiicu pnnib io our taxpayers. j.ik Post would have defended just as valiantly, Dr. Smith, W. W. Widen -myer or Iforaco Alleman, had anv of them received tho nomination. One of tho grandest principles of rignt and jusiice w iucii we can ad vocate is the principle of submitting to the will of the majority. At pre sent wo are actuated by no other motive. The Standing Committee was actuated only bv the dictates of such principles. The harmonious meeting of the Committee on Satur day has allayed nil Huspicioim in the minds of tho unbiased. The speed v and decisive action of tho Commit tee should also allay ull factional discontent. We congratulate tho Committee upon its wise choice and tho unani mous endorsement on Saturday is but a prophetic note heralded to precede the fall election. P. S. We desire to Bay by way of explanation that in assigning our reasons for not publishing the peti tion in pur last issue, among others we assigned the reason that the names were all in the same hand writing. We did not for one mom ent suppose that the original copy did not contain genuine signatures, but because the petition we receiv ed contained names all in the tarn handwriting, was not marked "copy" as it should have been, and being accompanied by an unsigned request to publish we did not deem it properly authenticated for publi cation. V t. I'
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