1 THE POST THE POST ,'v the ro.lo. if ! I . ,l-4MIVllll Of lopl' H Ot ivcnut to lt putrowe. I I'liti In- I li.i ...I., .ir- II N mil .tn "li-v:.!.." . II Ki nrs nivrolliir." . 1 II l.rr.l.Ml"-- . Ami' . '.nne"" Co" k",T;.......v.-.r f 1 VOL. 31. ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST Mrs. M. Z, Stcininger is down with tho neuralgia. The attendance at court was un usually small this week. I-M i tor Aurand of tho Ilernll called ot our office on Monday. Another lot of tine dress goods at Mciser .V Yodor's, Globe Mills, Pa. A. J. Klingle-r of Cold water, Mich., culled upon fricmls in town lust week. Mrs. Levi Bowersox of Slminokin, i-pcnt a few eluys in town visiting relatives. II. Gnnsburger, the e-lotking deal er, has just returned from tho city ( f Philadelphia. I). K. Haas of Shamokiu passed through town last week on his way to Puxtonville. Wo publish tho "Boll of Honor" this week. Does your name appear? If not, why not ? Jacob Se-hoch. a Philadelphia salesman who is well known in town, was hero last week. Prank Bicglo moved his family to Suubury on Tuesday v hero he will start a music store1. Miss Julia Bibighuus has gone to Philadelphia to pay a visit to her sister Mrs. Sullio Bibighaus. William Ocker, who had been in Union county for several months, has returned to his parental roof. There is a new barber in town. 1e i utoppiug at P. G. Hartmau's. vTi' nd r-'ole.iU"' i " ' '" Harry O. Bateman the hustling business man from Sunbury was in town tho early part of tho week. Pure Manilla binder twino j4 ! its., Pure sisal, ( 75, at Harley Pashoar's, Beaver Springs, Pa. A. C. Smith is selling a line large liatan rocking chair for 8'2.'J-1. Be g ul.ir price S'J.50. Kreamer, Pa. Just received a large supply of ladies' and men's dress shoes at Meiser and Yodel's, Globe Mills, Pa. The Famous War Pictures are meeting with universal satisfaction. Send your order for a sample copy, Prof. Paul Billhurdt used his lawn mower to shave oil' tho grass in the streets of the New Middle burgh. Boscoe C. North, the book-keeper cf the First Nutionul Bauk of Selins grove tarried in town a short time on Sunday. Herman Hassinger, a Middleburg boy, who has been spending some time at Sunbury, was in town on Sunday. Harry Harter and family of Har tleton came to town on Sunday to pay a visit to Mrs. Harter 's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Orwig. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bibighaus were suddenly called home to Phila delphia, owing to Bussel (Mr. H's son ) spraining his ankle. Teachers and studeuts of history will find the Famous War Pictures tho best supplement ever published. Bead the Coupon on page 15. We have just received 50 paira of men's heavy and dress shoes, and ladies' Dungola Button, Bluchers, nud walking shoes, Meiser & Voder. Wm. C. Faruswarth, Esq., the Republican orator of Harrisburg, delivered the Memorial Day oration at Selinsgrove on Wednesday eve ning. Every body asks why A. C. Smith soils his shoes so cheap. Because he buys direct from large factories aud Bells for cash or produce. Krea mer, Ta. The Sons of America of Snyder county will meet in their annual Convention on Saturday, June ICth at 10 o'clock a, in. at Shamokiu Dam. We are glad to note that the order U progressing so rapidly in this section of the state. Court proceedings will bo given next week. Lew istown did not observe Memo-I rial Day on account of the small pox. S. B. BuHsel, a Lowistown banker, called upon friends in town on Tues day, i Miss Currie Ulsh, after spending two weeks in Philadelphia, returned ho no on Monday. Can Middleburgh get up enough en thusiasm to havo a demonstration on the 4th of July 1 The County Commissioners wjll meet at Burns' bridge next Tues day, Juno "th at 10 a. m. The change in tho time tablo will not effect tho Sunbury and Lewis town Division of the Penna. It. B. Tho Franklin Boiler Mills are making a good lino of Hour and solicit the patronage of tho public. Fou Sale. A pair of black driving horses, 4 and 5 years old respective ly. Call on, or address, Daniel Zeiiikh, Middlecreek, Pa. Siiisoi.es ! Shingles ! ! I have just received 100,001) No. 1, 2 aud U 24-inch Whito-pino Shingles. Call and see them before buying e lsewhere. F. H. Mauiieu, NewBorlin, Pa. Philip Spaid who had been draw ing a pension was notified by the department that ho must prove that he is totally disabled or his peusion will stop. We are reliably informed that hail fell in Milllinburg to the depth of four inches on Sunday and that east of MiiBinburgh it measured six We are informed that the sermon preached by Bov. S. J. T'lrich in tho Lutheran Church was no tnal ser mon as we stated last week. He preached for I lev. XelV. Both tho Philadelphia I'reux and tho Selinsgrovo Timex uro wrong iu the statement that the Bauk at this place aud the business men were fleeced by BuncoTaylor. Our Congressman, T. M. Malum was in Harrisburg last week. While there wo learned that tho Congress man married quietly in Washington, Miss Lucy Shuman of Chambers burg. Calvin Walter of Ftaukliu town ship, while hew ing timber on Friday last, cut tho little toe from his right foot. Dr. Hassinger dressed the wound and tho patient is getting along nicely. Tho Ladies Aid Society of Centre villo, Pa., will hold a festival and al so sell at the samo timoa memorial quilt ou Saturday evening, Juno 2nd, 1H'.4. All aro cordially invited. By order of Comm. H. H. Grimm, Esq., M. Z. Stein iuger of Middleburgh, and M. L. Kreeger and Mr. Thrush of Lewis town, vied with each other in a pigeon shooting match at tho Sum mit House on Thursday last. A decision was handed down recently by the Now York supreme court which permits a first-class passenger to ride free in a drawing room cur if all tho scuts in a passen ger couch are occupied, which means that a railway company must provide seats for t-ach passeuger. Mercury will be evening star dur ing Juue and Venus will be morning star rising about two hours before the sun. Jupiter and Neptune are not to be seen during June. Uran us will be in his most convenient sit uation for observation durincr June. being near the meridian during the evening hours. Judge Jeremiah Lions of Mifflin towu stopped off between trains on Tuesday as the guest -of Cashier Thompson. Judge Lyons presided at the Perry County Court when Shull was tried for shooting Baker, and he will act in the same eapaoity when Wm. A. Sponsler and ex-Judge Junkin will be tried next August for embezzling the funds of the looted Perry County Bank. MIDDIEBUKGU, SNYDER CO., TA., MAY Misses Mollie fish and Myrtle Sm:'h are spending a few days with friends at Adamsbnrg. For Sale Cheap, A new, solid .brass mounted, single Express Har ness. A. H. Ulsh it Son. Bead in to-day's paper what Port folio No. )t. of Famous War Pictures contains. Nothing better can be found for studying or teaching the History of the Civil War. Oil Sunday morning, our citizens were somewhat amused to tlnd a dummy seated near the excavation of the bauk cellar, lb-was holding a fishing rod and seemed to have some success (lishingi spe. iking. I Judging from appearances, ho was provided wit li lunch and other re freshments. He fished all d ay, con- trary to Sund i.v law, and wi not molested by tho police. Perry county has fifty-two and a half bridges. Twenty-one span Sherman's creek, thirteen Big Buf falo creek and the balance are dis tributed among the creeks of the county. The fractional part is the ono-half of the bridge sp iniug the Juniata river ut its conllueuco with tho Susquehanna, Dauphin county owning the other niie-lialt'. Cut any other county in Pennsylvania show ms many bridges ! y " Su.MMKU School. For those wish ing employ men t, the mouths of .1 line and July aro tlm most desirable of the whole year to enter Palm's Bus iness College, 1 70S. 10 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, as they will graduate in the Fall when business is at its best and situations the most plenti ful.' Palm's College gives n complete ot cost and tiu. .a its graduates in securing situations. Handsome circulars can lie had for tho asking. While in Harrisburg last wcck.'we rend the dispatch from MnMlelmrgh concerning the high water. The Tiinvit thought it rather strange and so did we. I'pon investigating we learned the message sent to the j'rexn stated that the water was five feet deep on Kailroad Street. In this tho correspondent was cor rect, because that street runs thro" tho Flats. Tiie t'rritit omitted the word "street" making the special read that the water was live feet deep on tho railroad. The people going from services in Shriner's church on Sunday were intensely alarmed and some slightly injured. Jacob Heiser's horse be came frightened from some unknown cause and ran away. Tho buggies of Goo. Shaffer, Thomas Bailey, E. A. Heiser and Jacob Heiser were pretty well broken up, sonio with a wheel torn oil' and others injured in different parts. Grandmother Long was seriously injured and a number of children aro sull'ering from the accident. Tho Indianapolis Xem.t utters words of truth and soberness when it says : "If men, by combining into armies nud marching through tho country, with no way of livingexcept upon ulms, can rely upon tho char ity of the cities and towns through which they pass to keep them from starving, it will at once be soon that the tramp, industry will have uc (mired and added charm. Work is distasteful enough to the average man aud the bread of idleness is sweet to him. It will not do, there fore, to make it easy for men to live without work." The Town Council and the Board of Health are in a deadlock over the question of adopting a Health Or dinance. The laws of the State Board of Health require all cesspools to be at least 150 feet from any wells. The Board of Health of Middle burgh recommended the distance to be 100 feet. The Town Council re fused to approve that distance, and named 75 feet. As yet neither body yielded and w e suppose they must add the two numbers and divide by two to settle the controversy. Since putting the above in type the controversy was settled by mak ing the distanee 100 feet. Sh.imokin Dam's Sensation. It is not often that a Snyder coun ty town can afford a free list light or even a hair-pulling encounter among women. Shamokiu Dam is now the exception. During the troublesome times of the recent floods, a married man was roaming about in unseasonable parts of the town. His wife caine upon the scene as he was leaving. When tho man departed, the two women be gan a bat tie of words. Words be came too mild a form of encounter and they indulged in the fiercest form of slogging. The hair (lew about iu various directions and fists were not careful where they lauded. The women utw wear black eyes the remnants of a contested cause. Rowdyism Checked. Considerable excitement pre Vailed on the strei't on Tuesday afternoon. Some men became too heavily loaded and a quarrel ensued. The quarrel was apparently settled aud .John (i. Crousc of Cent re township stagger ed into the middle of the street and challenged any body and everybody to light. John I". Stetler, the Chief Burgess, app' iM'd and with the proper assistance, lodged ('rouse iii jail. Croiise's Iriends asked for his release and he was liberated on the promise that he should be taken out of town immediately. Chief Bur gess Stetler was kicked below the kueo causing the limb to swell con siderably. Judging from the bruis es the Chit-f Burgess receive-d, it is strange that tho prisoner wus not retained until AWlmidiiy morning aiui uneu to Lim ,wut 0-'i.OOi- $ 10.00. Rev. Scliocli's Memorial Sermon. On Sabbath e'vening the G. A. 15. Post and the Camp P. O. S. of A. at tended divine services held in the Court House. The Court House w as lite-rally imckod with people and quite a number were turned away being unable to obtain sitting accommo dations. Jb-v. W. II. Sehoch, of New Berlin having been chosen for the purpose, delivered tlieannii.il .Mem orial Sermon, selecting for his text, Psalms, i:!7: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jeru salem above my e-hie? joy. After paying a tribute to tlin Jews who havo endured so many hard trials, ho applied his text to America using pariotism for his theme. Among other things the speaker said : "Well do you remember, veterans in blue, citiens of Middleburgh, tho 12th day of April lS.il when Fort Suinpter was fired upon. New in spiration stirred tho citizens of Northern soil. Tho war spirit Hew over the country like wild fire. Then followed tho bloody years of tho war. Those were eluys of national darkness aud of great uuxiety. Fat her Abra ham called for 500,000 men aud near ly :i,000,()00 were on tho lie-Id of battle. There were also joyful days. News of victory awakened tho Union Sol diers to new life uud encouraged the North until tho momorublo April !th whou Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. "Notice our attachment to our na tive laud. If you carefully uualyze the disturbing element upon our soil, you will find they are aliens who are hero only for profit, who have no love for our country. The true patriot says: 'My country, right or wrong, my country still.' This is tho sense of true patriotism. This country gives us publio schools and the open Bible. The lives of hundreds of thou sands of soldiers which were lost in defense of their country, deserve a just tribute to their memory. I need not remind the citizens of Middle burgh to properly observe Memorial Duy. There are two things, Sous of America, which you must guard against; first, The attack against the publio school system; second, The Desecration of the Sabbath." ;H, 1894. Friends of "The Post " Boll (r Honou. The following persons havo paid their subscription to the Post to the dates opposite their names. Should any mistakes occur iu these e-redits or on your pa per pleuso notify us : Peter Itevm.in, March 1, 'lit Nettie Swlni'lord, May 1, 'HI V. 11. Wrtgner, Jan. t, 'HI Uev. Soliaiiibach, March I, 'ill W. M. Uo'ftd. May 1, '!"i 11. II. Smith, April '!! .lames Mildlewartli. April 1, ''.r Mr. II. M. Nipple, April t, I'. O. lloweifox. May I, "HI A. Kiel.l. March Vi, ''X, .1. .1. Millet. lVb. 'it-, Jacob KrAamer, .lime 1, 'ill II. F. IMti, April 1,'H-. i'lias. .1. Heaver. M;u- 'til Tobias Miiehi'll, .) ' t'. 11. llimrkinaii, June l, 'HI Win. M. (lift. .!. . -in .1. Y. llreewf., March I, '!' Jesse 1. IW.Iett, April , ''.r, Mrs. Carolinn Miller, April I, '!(.-, Koscoe C. Nj(rth, .May II, ''.C, i:. M. MiUerh Ma'v 1.1. "".il A. !. Smith, M,,y , 'HI I'liares '. I towers.. V, Aug. I, HI .lac.oli Hruggvr, llec. I, 'n;! Henry Iterge. .Inly t, 'HI Abraham Knlms, .Inly I, 'HI b. ('. r.oweiM.v, VI. I, '!: C. M. Arbog iM, .Inn.- I"., 'HI 1. K. Unas. .lime : '., 'HI Levi T. Ilnbiicr, .lime 1, 'u Otto L. Smh h, Nov. 1. 'HI Win. I!ei..T, ),.). t -jt i M. K. Mil!- leiuiin, .lime 1, 'H." Kev. S. K. Uatcman. May 1, 'Hi II. C. Krebbs, .ur. 1, HI K. li. Bofirjer, lVb. l.,, 'in Lester 1. Urease, .lime I, 'H.'. :r.,-,'V- .... ; Harry llibigbau. Juue i, v, Knos Muurer, I-Vb. 1, '!)." I). II. Hover, March I, 'H'i ('has. Fry, April 1. "!.-. Abr. ICrouse, March I, 'H'i Wm. II. lto'yer, lVb. 1, 'Hi ( S. Snv.ler, April 1, 'HI Fred. Miller, .lime t.-,, 'n Harry V.. Kilter, .bin I, ':i:, .1. Lauil.-uslagcr, .,1V t - Morris lordly, March I, it.-, Il-nry Moyer, May I, 'HI John I). I crbster, July I, 'HI Uobert Hassinger. .Inly I, ';i Peter Herman, Sept. 1, HI Simon bong, May I. 'H-. be Vi Art ley, Jijy 1, '!l Wm. S. Snyder, Jan. t, 'H" John W. Keister, .l.i.i. 1, "'.i", Reuben (irecnlio", Jan. I, 'Hi David 1! yer, April I, 'H'i S. It. Stinuptr, May, 1, 'H.- Keiiben Ih'eCfC, Jan. 1,'Hl Wm. Spangler, Aug. 1, 'HI Frank li-aver, i.-t. 1, 'HI A. K. Markley, March 1, 'HI II. 1). K lister, July 1, 'HI Jacob Jarrett. Iee. t, 'HI K. 11. Stciuinger. Juno 1, 'HI Wm. KUenhower, Feb. 1, 'Hi II. I. SwurU, July 1. 'HI W. llurtniuti, July 1, 'HI Jerome Aigler, June 1, 'HI II. A. Il-issluger, April 1, 'Hi I. A. IWUliiie. July 1, "h: S. II. buitner, June 1, 'HI Andrew Krutzer, July 1, 'H'i Perry Annunl, April 1, 'H,"i Jefferson Kern, Aug. 1.1, 'HI A. II. Musser, May 1. 'HI Win. Iligel, June I, 'HI Pensions Stopjied. Allen Hassinger of Globe Mills, and Philip Spaid of Middleburgh have had their pensions stopped. What does this signify 1 Why havo they been stopped ? Old soldiers, can you afford to vote for the friouds of Southern Confedaraey, who stop your pensions t-and the pensions of your friends T Yesterday hundreds of thousands of old soldiers marchod Bide by side to decorate tho graves of fallen heros, the tombs of those whose valor checked the assault up on our National unity. Ono by one your old comrade's names are taken from the "Roll of Honor." With no sympathy at the helm of the govern ment, how cau old soldiers be will ing to eu courage with suffrage, men whp-Avill stab them as soon they get the chance T Who can tell which of your )tomrades will be the next T You fou mt to save the Union, now vote for f publican restoration. NO. The County's Lov.,. The county lost SlbHl in the de struction of the two bridges in last Week's deluge. The Burns' bridge was complete-d Dec. Pith, Iss'.i, ut a cost, of Jti! ion, and the lower bridge at Selinsgrove was completed and up prove'd Juno 'J7th, ISHO.i-osting 20nn. Both bridges are iron and we-re e'le-e-ted by the Champion Bridge Company, Wilmington, Ohio. Just why the wooden bridges should withstand the floods and the iron bridges do not, is difficult toe-plain. A e-arefiil investigation, however, shows that (he loss was dm- to two causes, uaiu. ly, the two bridges were e'litire ly too low and too short. The abutments stand out, iu the stream, hence the opening for the water to piss through was ent inly too small for the water to enter. This checked tile water and collected it above the bridges until it carried them away. We have no doubt, but, that the County Commissioners iu erecting these bridges were moved by the principle of economy. It was, how e'ver, the wrong kind of ei.moiuy. The bridges should now be made about 'Jo or 'J" feet 1. uiger and at. least 'J feet higher. To be sure t he bridges will cos!, more money at tin1 start, but iu the cud, money will be saved. Suppose it would have cost Slouo more to lengthen and raise these bridges, t his loss of S I loo would prob ably have been averted. Wo throw out these hints t o he public wit ll II view to averting any such losses iu the fut lire. In Middlchiirgli, some chungi-s might be made to prevent so m.ich 'M'oad of vtcr. This, however. authorities. The - can be imputed to the- passage under the bridge near Vaiiandt's. It is too small to admit all the water and nence it must, spread and the water iii'indatcs places that would other wise not, be llooded. An ounce ot' prevention is worth a pound of cure The soldie.-s were busy all il Wednesday decoi .it in g t he graven their falh-ll conn ,:les. Spec we-re made on the dilVereneiiin ' III Ihe e-ve-ning speeches wf-i-in Middleburgh. The day was as pleasant as it, might have been, but t he-ardor of t lie boys in blue i never dampened. We may have said it before, but i! we have, it will bear repeating just at this season, when replanting is iu order. Before one call feed iheir soil intelligently lh--.v must have some knowledge of tin- lunl and amounts of plant food removed by the various crops. A crop of :i I bus hels of wheat would take from tlm sod about, 1.1 pounds of nitrogen, J pounds of potash. ii:i pounds of phos phoric acid audio pounds i.f linn-. This would incline both tin- straw aud grain ; l" bushels of oats would reunovet .U pounds of nitrogen, pounds of potash, l:i pounds of phos phoric ticid ond l'J pounds of lime: 50 bushe ls ef e-oru would remiovo.1i; pounds, .Is pounds, J1 pounds and lii pounds res tively ; two t ins ef clove-r hay would take from the soil 10J pounds, N7 pounds, 21 pounds and Hi pounds of tho fore-going mat erial : two tons of timothy hay, .1.1 pounds, 7J p omuls, '2') pounds and 5(1 pounds. These figures aro suffi cient to show the relatively exhaust ing effects of semio of our principal crops, aud to show also tho need of boiug continually alert to repair the waste made by cropping. They ill ustrate forcibly tho proposition that the soil will not feed us unless we feed the soil. One way to supply this plant food is to manure laud liberally with whatovcr manure you happen to have at hand, but the way to do it profitably and economically is to study the requirements of the crops aud the coustituouts of fertil izers, and thon feod especially for the thing you purpose to grow. This matter of economically feeding the crops is as important as that of economically foeding stock, yet vast ly less attention is given to it by the average farmer. The sooner a changt is made iu this line the bettor.
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