U emphat lenity n I5E A'S PArK,f"rlln'l,f'in -and bv the 'eoplp. li t col umn urn nlwny on fr tllP lllHMI-WlnH Of (l Interest to lta patron. Iriin hyllii-cilllnrn, t' I, imi mi "(iri-nii." It wiirMio'Tnllur." - It iii'u rcl.xliri ii hiiImo 191 Ami ui'vi-f - - .iuLCV. ' OS de; MIDDLEBTJltGH. VOL. 31. i SNYDER CO.. PA., AUGUST !, 181)4. NO. 30. ITEMS of LOO AL INTEREST This is tux week fur Middluburgh. MeChiro's big picnic will tako placo Aug. lstli. Mis Mollio Ubmpent the latter part of lust week in Adamsburg. Joseph Kuuklc, of Bollofonto, in clerking for Ituuklo & Walter. A number of our young poole! nre attending Normal school at Beaver town. Burns Smith has just returned from ii visit to relatives in Potts, ville. Mrs. Surah Folk has been sufl'er iug very intensely from a serious illness. Miss Margaret Holt, of Lewis town, paiil a visit to friends in Swineford. Miss Mary Clark, of Altoouu, is visiting Qeo. Erhart's family in Swinefonl. Misses Mollie nml Kato Bolendor started last Thursday on a trip to Niagara Falls. A number of Middlcburghers at tended tho K. G. E. picnic at Ad auisburg on Saturday. Anion L. Spaugler, tho storekeep er nnd guatcr, is enjoying a brief interval with his family. A large number of our citizens at tended tho funeral of Harry Smith at Adamsburg on Tuesday. Prof. F. C. Uowersox makes his anuounceuien t of teachers' examina tions in another column , ... The telephone between the depot and tho post-oflico has been com pleted and is uow ready for use. Robbers entered tho residence of David Krebs in Union township last week and stole $20 in money. We regret to state that Sidney G. Ocker who has been Hick for some time, is but little, if any, hotter. The Lutheran Sunday School of Adamsburg, will hold their annual picnic in Markley's grovo on Sutur day. Already four accidents have oc currod at the Middleburgh-Swiueford bridge during tho course of its re pairs. Miss Irene Schoch of Selinsgrove, spent a few days tho latter part of last week with J. II. Khoadus and wife. Wilsou Walter, tho noted driver of Union couuty, was iu town on Sunday calling on his many lady friends. Tho Troxelville base ball team de feated the l'aiutervillo team at Ad amsburg on Saturday with a score of 28 to 2. Geo. Cleland is serving the in terests of tho Union News Company at Mountain Grove Camp-mooting this week. S. Wois, the proprietor of the (Central Dry Goods Store at Selins grove, has a new advertisement in jthis issue. I Curtin Bowersox has his resideuce . uearly completed. He is erecting another building for the use of a hydraulic cider press. 1 Chas. Bibighaus moved his house hold goods from Fercival Hare's res idence to that owned by James (Smith at the West end of town. Geo. F. Brosius is the fourth con ferree elected by the Republican Standing Committee for the con gressional conference. The Y. P. S. C. E. of Hassingor's church have purchased a bell for the use of the congregation. The bell has arrived and will soon be ready for use. Geo. W. Tuckey, a Reading Rail road employee and amateur photo grapher of ShamokiD, was arrested Saturday morning for making lewd ! photographs. Ellwood A. Koch was lOrrebted for selling the sauio. uckey in in jail and Eock gave bail The Harrisburg Boiler aud Manu facturing Company has the contract for putting in tho steam nppliances iu tho new building at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove. Suixiu.r.s ! Sihnoi.ks ! I I havo just received 1 no, 000 No. 1, 2 and 321-inch White-pine Shingles. Cull and seo them before buying elsewhere. F. II. M.riiEit. New Berlin, Pa. Foi: Sale. A Hartford Safety Bi cycle as good as new. It is in an excellent condition and the tiros show no signs of wear. Inquire at this oilice. Ournoy Hosterniin, a mute of of Aaronshurg, Cetitro county, vis tod his friend, Frank Grimm, at this place. Mr. H. is a graduate of the Georgetown, I). C. Deaf aud Dumb sehool. Chas. Mensch, formerly tho devil of this ranch, but now tho handsome young man of the Bollofonte Gazette was in town renewing old acquaint ances among the ladies of tho Coun ty Soat. Tho houso aud lot on West Main street, belonging to T. H. Hartcr, will bo sold at private sale. Fcr particulars call on or address, J. M. Steininoer, Middleburgh, Pa. We would not trust a man near a hen houso who would order a news paper stopped through a postmaster when he is in arrears. It is a cow ardly way of refusing to pay an honest debt. Xtitional Defender. Tho citizens of Port Auu will hold a festival on Saturday afternoon and evening. Speeches will be mado by Profs, Bowersox aud llertnaa. TtA citizens are raising money to pur chase a bull for their school house. Prof. J. S. English, formorly a student at Soliusgrove, was elected principal of-Mil!hoim Academy last Thursday. Prof. English is a bright aud aggressive young man and we bospouk abundant success for him. Dr. Johu C. Amig and Miss Nettio Marks took an overland trip to Mitllintown, Lewistown and Millroy and were viewing the rural ncouciy from tho rear end of tho carriage. Aud now Doc. is treating the boys to cigars andacceptingcongratulations. E. 11. Long has taken possession of tho new laundry at Soliusgrove. This is the only laundry iu Snyder c unty aud is doing excellent work. An agency will probably be estab lished here in course of a woek or two in order to give Middleburgh woekly accomodations. Attorney General Hensel has de cided that a license granted by the State Medical Council is prima facia evidence of proper qualification to practice and when this shall have been cxhibitod to a prothonotary the production of a diploma is un necessary. It has been decided that the Gov ernor's Troop shall escort Governor Pattison to the National Guard en campment at Gettysburg. The first day's march will bo as far as Boiling Springs, where a reception will be tendered the Governor by the citi zens. Look to Youit Interest. I have on hand three barrels of All Rye Whiskey, two years old, which is a little musty. I am offering it at $1.25 per gallon. Come and try one gal lon and be convinced that you are getting tho worth of your money. 8-2-it. J. L. Marks, Middleburgh. The Musical College at Freeburg, not only endeavors to inculcate the more rudiments of music, but will be found equally advantageous to students in every stage of profi ciency. Fall term opens Sept. 3. For information, address, H. B. Moyer. The West Branch Lumbermen's Exchange are endeavoring to effect a settlement for the salvage of logs during the recent freshet. The probabilities are that litigation will result. A. W. Potter, of Selins grove, and ex-Judge Bucher, of Lewisburg, are the attorneys for the Exchauge in Snyder, Union, Northumberland, Juniata and Perry Counties. . Spirits of wine or alcohol may bo used ftr thermometers, but beer cannot. j . This is duo to the fact that the. hotter tho weather the more bcei goes' down. Jeronle.N. Thompson, Jr., and Jay G. Weiser will start Thursday evening 'for Philadelphia, where theyvilf Jxmrd a steamer for Bos ton, to g'ono about a week. Tfo following unclaimed letters remain tho post-office : Nuthin MaeofOlrs. D. Beakner, U. S. Mo CauUy, "Andrew Storm. Persons caliirg for sumo will pleaso say they are advertised. J. W. IU'ski.e, P. M. "istIkex Souls Who Dream or Bus."lTh followiug murriago li censes have been granted since our last publication : ) Charted Aucker, Dundore, JCatrieU. Wolf. J narye Mover, PennTwn., (Annie AI. Hendricks, Kratzervillo. A remarkable case of fecundity is repot from Sto. Goncveive. Tho wife (of Calmer Theoret, n farmer of that ftjaco, has just given birth to triplet Tor the second time iu five yoarflfjbcsidos having twins on three otheTJbcasions. Mrs. Theoret, who is 3d jjfuirs of age, is tho mother of seventeen children. a . A postal card to Wm.C.Oretzinger, Registrar; will bring the 120 pugo year boAk, Bhowiug the five depart-menf--College, Academy, Ladies Institute, Music School, and Art DepiutLeut, and cuts of the ten buildia's, of Bucknell University, at Lewisburg, Pa. Next year begins September 13, '! N-:U)-'J1 Cuo:n Convention. The seventh Annual Snyder Co.Choir Convention will bo held on tho grounds of Judge Brown and Lutheran Chinch, one mile north of Freeburg, on Satur day, August lHth, lSi'1, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. A cordial invita tion to lovers o! music j:i extended. Wm. Movkk. Pres. Wm. Freyman, Sec. The Annual Reunion of the I lit bish family will bo held Friday, August 17th, at Clement's Park. The followiug program is announced: Meeting called to order by Presi lent F. E. Hilbish at 10 a. m. ; Address of welcome, C. D. Moyer, Esq.; Ro sponso, J. O. Yoder ; History, Rev. John A. MertZ; Necrology, J. R. Hilbush, Esq. ; Family Reunion, Rov. Henry Hilbish. Tho Selinsgrovo ami Now Berlin baso ball clubs will play a game on tho Middleburgh grounds on Satur day, Aug. 4th. All aro invited. No admission fee will bo charged, but a collection will bo taken up und di vided between tho two competing teams. Carbon Seebold, the pro prietor of the Washington House, will present the winning team with a new ball. A recent issue of a newspaper out in Manongahola City announced that Elder J. M. Springer, of Belle Vernon, would preach the following Sunday at Duquesne, marry a couple at Fayette City ou Monday, and conduct a funeral at Bello Vernon on Wednesday. Mr. Spiinger is a preacher, a justice of the peace and an undertaker, aud being a furni ture dealer as well, can also assist at births by furnishing cradlos to order. He does not complain of a lack of work, even in these hard times. An attempt is to be made at the next session of the legislature to make toachiug of musio by sight reading compulsory in all common schools. The branches of education now taught are enough to tax both pupils and teachers without further additions, and this movement which is evidently only made in the inter est of musio publishers ought to be heavily sat down upon. Besides that there are many children who have no taste or ear for music, and it would be as difficult to teach them musio as it would be to teach a cow theology. This is certainly a branch A List of Accidents. Last Friday evening while John Tobias was woi king at tho county bridge between Swinefonl and town, a large stone fell upon his foot aud crushed it very badly. On Monday evening H. R. Reigle, while working at the county bridge accident ly cut a gash in his head by his hammer falling upon it. This is tho fourth accident that has occur red at this bridge. On Tuesday afternoon, Allen Moyer, while threshing for George Smith, was accidently cut witli a butcher knife by Win. Crouse. Moy. was feeding and Crouse was cut ting sheaves and when Moyer reach ed for a sheaf, tho knife cut an ugly gash iu his right hand. Last Wednesday evening Ada Oaugler, a grand daughter of J. W. G angler of Selinsgrove, while play, in g near her grand father's brick kiln, was covered to the depth of two or three feel by brick falling down upon her. The kiln had been closed up to cool and the wall gave away. Tho child escaped injury, save a few bruises. Frank (. Glass, who practiced law iu New York City for many years, met with a painful accident at Selinsgrove on Friday afternoon. While walking upon a board walk iu front of tho hotel nt which he was stopping, his foot caught in a crevice letweeu the boards, causing lrii to luVi. 1l IriuUu oil um ift dislocated an arm. nnd suffered much pain in consequence. Mr. Glass has an oHloe in Congressman Wolverton's law building, but has been taking a vacation during the healed terms, spending most of the time with his father at Freeburg. ii h ii rif J-Ji't ii in; ti in . Last Thursday evening Charles, a 1" year old son of Robert Hummel, was driving a heavy team of horses near Middlecreek in order to cross t hat stream. The boy walked out on the wag in tongue to unrein the horses. In doing so, he placed his hands on the back of the heavy grey when the animal began kicking while the team moved on toward the wing-wall of tho bridge, one horse going on each side of the wall. Tho boy fell from tho tongue and one of the horses fell upon the boy. Both of the bones in tho boy's left limb were broken below the knee. It is difficult to learn wheth er tho bones were broken by tho horse kicking or by falling upon tho little fellow. Tho log was set by Drs. Hassiuger, Kaunawell aud Amig. A man went into a store iu Mid dleburgh and asked if ho could rest four or live hours. Tho proprietor, who had just found a nest of new born mieo in tho coll'oo grinder, told him ho could and then asked him why ho didn't go to tho hotel. Tho man replied: "I am suffering from nervous prostration, and tho doctor advised me to seek a quiet place to rest, and I see you don't advertise. I knew that I couldn't find a quieter place." With that he settled back iu his chair and watched tho swal ows build a uost iu the choose case. General Louis Wagner deserves the sympathy of tho citizens of Philadelphia in his effort to over come the Supreme Court's decision that the Masonic Home must pay taxes to tho city as a private insti tution. Tho question whether or not the Home limits its charity to Masons alone does not affect the point at issue. No charity can just ly bo styled private. For efficient work iu the present condition of or ganized beneficence religious and social orders must necessarily pur sue their endeavors along special lines and any worthy charity that relieves the community of what would nthnrwisA lm a rmblin burilon AM.a w ww a- - - . " - ' - - nrwVM that should be left with the parents should be treated as a public debtor, nnd pupils. I and not as a creditor. I on Ajj.iinst Fire. lO'.cY. What protect ion bus Middleburgh against lire .' Who knows what moment during a high wind a lire might originate and destroy the en tire town" Nothing could prevent it. Tho town of Mill Hull had no protection and it was almost entire ly consumed. What is Middleburgh going to do.' Wo cannot tell how soon a fire may occur. Middleburgh has been very fortunate iu escaping fires, but no ono knows how soon a fire may occur. Should a lire occur, hundreds of able-bodied men would stand around unable to save their homos and property. They would have no buckets, no ladders, no en gine, no water convenient in suffi cient quantities and no water works. 'Tis true, tho taxes aro already very high, but it is tho wrong kind of economy to permit tho houses and property of Middloburgh citizens to ho exposed to tho ravages of fire. Mill Hall is now asking for aid all over tho state and the experience of this unfortunate town should teach a lesson to us. If tho majority of tho people dou't want water works, get other appliances, but don't let the tow n without protection against lirt. Off Base. 1 here is a man iu Snyder count v who is forty-live years of age and was never in a church until Niiudav, .June i.'s. Perhaps it is not the man's fault. Perhaps thero were no churches in Sl.vder countv herein. loro i.eture t,i'v ortY, .1. in- h i. (.!..! i- lie 11 in. .- II ' our lournj'" wilds of Con known that Si i churches. 'VAX that,. 'Vi'j i lioy have no calendars uy". , , o. else they are using one that is three or four years old. June 2s! h did not come on Sunday this year. It came on Thursday. No, friend Kurtz, we have plenty of (lunches in Snv dor county and t lie.v don't tight half so much as those in Centre county. On June 2th we made the statement above referred to. Of course, this is nothing unusual, as this same journal not long since was horrified at the rottenness of the Milllintown bank, while both of the institutions in that town were on as solid a fi nancial basis as any bank iu the state. When a newspaper makes so many flagrant errors a standing pardon is necessary. I. F. Bilger and Mr. Lenig of New Berlin were iu town on Monday. Mr. Bilger was looking about to rent a room in towu to begin the com pounding of several useful patent medicines. Tho medicines are wi ll known, tho receipt having been pur chased from a well known firm. Tho management of tho new enterprise proposes to employ agents and also start a traveling company on the road. Wo welcome the new enter prise to tho town and we trust they will bo able to secure satisfactory quarters for tho operation of a busi ness which promises to bo very ex tensive. Mr. Schoch, another young man of Now Berlin, will bo a partner and Mr. Lenig will bo tho traveling salesman. Wo havo now added to our office equipment a new oak writing desk und book case with a complete library containing a vast collection of books of reference that are called for every day in a newspaper office. A complete cyclopedia of general information iu 40 volumes aud a cyclopedia of Universal Literature in 20 volumes together with a co pious supply of histories aud treat ises ou government aud political economy and statistics covering the various industries and elections in the county, state and nation are among the many volumes that grace our sanctum library. In our varied writings we are of ten. called upon for various bits of information which can more roadily be gleanod from those sources. ; When syste mitizedand epitomized, this infor mation will bo welcomed by our many readers. Couril Normal School. Tin- Ira -Hit :ll.. ,M iv, r .1 llllll,' all- rli.i t ; II,,. ,...i, ,, Vinil.il IIMl'llll,' .0 Ili'.oiTl.iu ii. iii on- viii n.i, ii,.iv ir.iii,nri i i k inns r "in ilas. ;i !,( ..nv nr. Mil i a . m. , O 'ii. II.tiii in, N HI'' slilrk, l '. Illiicani.iii. o. i'. W.llk.T. W. II. W.Ck. r. I. III- II ili i . II. ll.' Kl.T l. k. i:. Wi-i I. . i. i r i. II. K. snillli. W. . Wrl,lraiii. r. Ira A. Mini'. I. II. I'aitun. V- V. Hal hit. .1. A. Aliflcr. I. '. Ili'rlvr, M. c. Iliirui r. Alll'll I.. IitIi,I.T. .I.lllli', K. S11.1.1I;. .1. W. ll.lHslll-.T. II. M. Aliilt;. I. A. Ilnivcrvis, V. V,. Shaln'.ai li, A. A. Illinrain in. ( lias. Klii,e, .lai uli A. I. iiili. W. I. lo'll'T. ". M. K.iliil,'. W. S. o, ki r, S. II. Ilulili, Tim,. Wi'l.l.'iiiimT. 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Mi. ilu. .kin Ham. IJrhllH.I, S..l!,,T. it r. Ml llii'fulil. .Mlilillelmrnll. 1 1. Mill lull II. 'I'lDM'ltllli'. I'.'ini, Clerk. Mill lli'sitarlli. Hi' ll i'i hm li. Mlililli'liiir-li. sit liii'luril. Si'llii,u'inte . I Ir n.iiil Mills. M. Steiningor and wife spent Sunday with friends at Mitllinburg. N. C. (Saugler, the htorekeeper and guager at Marks' distillery, has been directed to go to Dauphin County. Tho Crescent Club extends an in vitation to one and all to attend their Lawn Fete which will be held Saturday evening, Aug. lth on the green West of Ulsh's mill. Jtel'resh ments, ico cream, cake, sandwiches and coll'oo will bo served. All those purchasing a sandwich and a cup of cotl'ee will bo entitled to tho cup and saucer as a souvouir. Not So Bad in Snyder County. Evidently Northumberland Coun ty's capital is a great deal duller than Suyder's Couuty Hout. Satur day's Item says : "Business is so dull arouu 1 tho court houso that the sheriff threat ens to close up his oilice. Two of commissioners and the deputy county treasurer aro basking iu ocean sands at Atlantic City aud Clerk Grimm is managing a Sunday school picnic down at Muh )iigo. Tho prothonotary and leg ,er and recorder have concluded to bask iu their offices the balance of the sum mer, aud tho jail war Jon will keep cool iu tho dungeou." i vi i 3- ll-