iTHE POST IL tim I"'"'!'!''- I'" '' L.r' always iP"i U-r ?Z di-"'"v'l"n r.wt to Us putnins. . ! rii nr the lVT'!i'ni I run fv ti nlitor. II In llcil nil "IMi'ull." It wi'urn iH"('iilhir." It in m ri.-l,'i il niitHSUP Ami iii'vit hhIiI mil , Miii'rrl'H"ii f i.Muijra VOL. 31. MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., AUGUST '23, 1S94. NO. 33. tel o idi so i 1 1C ITEMS of LOO AL INTEREST Charles Wulter has been uicl; for several days. K. Guuzburger and family s;'iil Huii'liiy ftt Kuntz. V. D. Pontius of Mitlliuburg w u? n towu last Friday. It is tho goose Confidence lliul ays the golden egg Prosperity. Noah was tlio first man to obey ho order, "Oct off tho caith !" Sirs. A. S. Beaver in in Gordon, Schuylkill county visiting friuds. Miss Bessie Mechtly of Adams- Bmrg is visiting Miss Maggie Spaid. It is not tlie woman who lire up ho quickest that makes tho bent natch. Henry Bickhart ou Sunday vinit- l-d his son Ooorgo and got u till of Hresu fruit. Teachers should read tho letter Lddressed to them in another purl if this issue. Everybody is trying to convince vcrybody elso how little he knows ibout tho tariff. Four Democratic Senators cou inuo to bo bigger than thirty-six in llVushingtou. W. Edwin Charles of Port Trevor- on was at tho county seat Kovtrul lays last week. What has become of tho old-fash- 1 Al...nt. iiinilt.,1' IV'lltt IVfllllllll'i. nkillUlA VUU1 bu luciuht. " ..v..v. :o to a circus ? il.l However discordant their actions, J7.1ll the organs and politicians are i g larHyn'icrwiiiiii oritttfVsTffj'i- - - l no xeacnors insiuuie oi any- t county will begin in Middlebui g, louda, Decomber 3rd. The Williamstowu Times is dili- ;untly advocating measures for the Improvement of the town. i M'ox' ' ' Mi11011"01' f Liverpool and fl. L. Weiser of Mahautongo were in jwu the latter part oi lust wcck. ) Last Wednesday evening a party 1( young folks enjoyed a strawt?) ide to Paxtonville(r) and return. Lewisburhasmoi o money than it uts to cood use. the two banks in hat towu havo $100,000 on deposit. Prof. Bowersox held his examina- iou in Middleburgh last Friday for lis borough and Franklin township. Au exchange says : "B. B. liiked' to this nlace." What a lutcbering of the English language! Prof. Paul Billhardt and wife and Dio Misses Bolender attended the edication services at Now Berlin 'ii Sunday. John F. Stotler has purchased a lew piano from our enterprising uuRic dealor and County lreasurer. O. Seebold. Jay O. Woisor. the historian of ontral Pennsylvania, is gathering iita in Huntingdon and adjoining muties this week. It is said that President Cleveland imuot go to Buzzard's Bay. There's one to hold the Congressional lophant for him. Aaron Crossgrove, Fred Itathfon, 1in Tvroni'AP and U'nrrdi. Vislier to Mazcppa campmeeting on 1 1 Uieir bicycles Sunday. Chaa. O. Gaucler of Selinsgrove, h in town on Sunday evening. did not wear a (inmui face, but out home rather late. The Reformed: Sunday school of is place held their annual picnic Bower's grove last Saturday. A uasant time is reported. The now prosident of Wilson Fo- do Colloge of Chambersuurg is v. E. T. Jeffors, D. D., Priucipal York Collegiate Institute. The post office at Breau's Mills, coming county, was bur gain zed t Monday night of stamps, inou- ftUil valuable papers to the ount of $1050. The safe was iUod and blown open with pow- Tl.o Y.,rfc We. kly Tribune a-.i'l the I't.HT one year for only 1.73. S Mid in your ordors to us. II u rv Bibigliaiis and wife of Phil iidiljihii, uccoiiipiiiued by Misses J. n:i 1 ll-ilo Itiliigluius, returned t.. 'd.l.'!"luin;h last Thursday. (l.C. Si .tit 1 and Sister Laura in comp.iiiv w Miss Sufl Beaver last week fiijoyod the hospitality of ed itor ;niii;h hL Kliubethville, Pa. P: i'i. John II. Willis of Selinsgrove l:iid i'ur oliici) a cull lust week. Ho in leprt-Hcutiiig Giun & Co. in tho si'Lool mid text book business. The "Pastime" b. b. club of Mil ton played tho .Mitlliuburg club in the latter place on Thursday. Score in favor of tho former 15 to 10. lvcv. 11. G. Bannen, wife and son of South Williamsport, in company with Mrs. J. L. Cooper of Selins grove, called at this ollico Saturday. Wanted. Two good girls for general housework, to go to Phila delphia. Address, M. L. Sciioch, New Berlin, Pa. W. C. Arnold, of Dubois, was Thuinday nominated as tho Repub lican candidate for tho Twenty eighth Congressional district on the thirtieth ballot. SlIINTiI.KS 1 SllINOLES 1 I I have just received t'i0,(M)0 No. 1, 2 and 321-inch Whitc-piuo Shingles. Call and see them beforo buying elsewhere. F. II. Maureu, Now Berlin, Pa. Pott's Shouthand College. Fall term opens Sept. 3ic If you can not come to Williamsport, take mail coursJat home. Catalogue luuTfci it lesson free. 8-23 3t. Monroo II. Kulp of Shamokin, was nominated on Saturday for Congress on ho llnpublicau ticket in the seventh district, on tho 30th ballot. If wheat, were as high in price and as hard to get us straw last Wednes day cveuiug, farming would bo tho most profitable, occupation a man could follow. Collector II. E. Shearer, of this Internal Revenue district, has ap pointed Thomas D. Newell, of Hun tingdon, to tho positiou of store keeper and gauger. Ilev. John B. Focht of Lewistown, Pa., has accepted the call extended to him to become pastor of St. Pe ter's Lutheran Church at Baron Hill, near Philadelphia. Misses Libbio Dunkclberger, Gertrude Kreeger, Miriam Orwig and Ilosa Schoch are camping at Mt. Gretna this week and taking in the Farmers' Encampment. A. A. Orr, W. It. Wood, W. II. Wain, J. C. Axe and T. S. Johnson rode from Lewistown to this place on their wheels ou Sunday. They returned by way of MiHlintown. The houso and lot on West Main street, belonging to T. H. Ilarter, will be Bold at private salo. For particulars call on or address, J. M. Steininoek, Middleburgh, Pa. Laundry sent from this office every Tuesday morning to the Selinsgrove laundry, the only laundry in Snyder county. Goods returns Friday. Special work at a day's notice. The best of workmanship guaranteed. Mis. R. F. Moloney and daughter Eva of Camden, N. J., who aro guests at the Eagle Hotel in Swine ford, gave a soiree last Friday to a number of their friends. Musio and dancing were tho chief enjoy monts afforded. "Why don't you run a newspaper like that T" a grocoryman said to a reporter tho other day, throwing out a Chicago daily. "For the same reason that you don't run a grocery store like that," the reported replied turning to an advertisement of a Chicago houso, showing a twelve story building. The grocery mau looked attentively at the picture a tuomont and said i "I never looked at it that way before." E. A congenial party of young people from Brooklyn (Stviiicfurd) had a picnic near tho Dam on Tuesday afternoon. Twenty people from Selinsgrove and their guests enjoyed a chicken and wallle supper at Hotel Central on Tuesday evening. Prof. J. O. Herman, who had been spending a portion of his vacation with his brother, Charles, returned to Edwardsvillo where ho is the prin cipal of tho public schools. He is a good teacher and thoroughly under stands his profession. Tho Republican Club of Selins grove last Thursday evening elected the following delegates to tho Stato League Meeting: A. B. Keck, John M. Boycr, P. K. Blocker; Alternates, A. N. Gomberling, Lovi Fisher, and C. W. Covert. The Republican Congressional couferenco of tho Fifteenth district was held at Honesdalo, and Con gressman Myron B. Wright was re nominated. The counties in tho district aro Wayne, Susquehanna and Bradford. A now use for the "coupon" has b'jen discovered by tho editor of a country weekly iu New York. Ho makes the following announcement: "Ten cents sent to tho Jion;h -iVofe office with this coupon will get tho editor two summer drinks." Lost. A bunch of keys containing 2 door keys ond 2 small keys, ono being a brass key. They are all at tached to a key chain. Auy one finding tho same and delivering to me will be liberally rewardod. .8-21-3 B R, Rothrock, New Berlin, Pa. Mr. John A. Gundy of Lewisburg, has been appointed by the governor a delegate to tho fourteenth annual session of tho farmer's national eon vontion at Parkersburg, W. Ya., October 3rd next. Mr. Gundy is a member of the state board of agri culture. Congressman Mahon's reniomina tion in tho Eighteenth Congres sional district appears to be assured. There are seven counties in this district, but ho has been indorsed in enough cf them to mako his suc cess sure. Mahoii had 3,!1.j majority two years ago in a total vote of 35.7.V). On page .r of this issue will be found the new advertisement of W. J. Wagenseller, Selinsgrove, Pa., for the Tornado Feed Cutter. Farmers and stock raisers will find this cutter of great value in preparing corn stalks for masticatiou and assimil ation. Call on Mr. Wagenseller and see how the cutter works. A postal card to Wm.C.Gretzinger, Registrar, will bring the 120 pago year book, showing tho five depart mentsCollege, Academy, Ladies Institute, Music School, and Art Department, and cuts of tho ten buildings, of Bucknell University, at Lewisburg, Pa. Next year begins September 13, "Jl. 8-30-94 Tho following toachers havo been elected in Franklin Twp- Franklin Grammar, L. C. Bach man ; Frank lin Primary, Miss Jennie Oldt ; Erdley's school, Miss Hattio Beaver; Hassinger's, Miss Louisa Walter ; Paxtonville, John Kern ; Moyer'e, Heury Reinhard ; Gift's, Malvin norner i Gilbert's, H. M. Auiig ; Renuinger's, Jerome Erdley. In the Criminal Court at New Bloomfield the case of ex-Judge Jun kin and William A. Sponsler, owners of tho defunct Perry County Bank, on the charge of embezzlement, came up before Judge Bell of Blair county. Ex-Judge Bucher, of Union county, moved for a contiuuauco, on the ground that Charles 11. Bergner of Harrisburg, son-in-law of W. A. Sponsler, and a material witness for the defense, was too sick to attend court. A continuation was hotly contested by W. II. Woods, for the Commonwealth, but the case was allowed to go over until! the Novem ber term. I. E. Ulsh, was in Williamsport last week. James Brulmker of Mitlliuburg, and Mrs. John Brulmker of Omaha, Nelr., spent a few days very pleas antly at Bibighaus. Rev. Harry Landis of Oibionia, Huntingdon county and A. G. Bus hoar of Adainsburg were in town Tuesday evening. The Junior Baso Ball club of Se linsgrove will plav a gnmo against the Junior club of Middleburgh on next Saturday at 2 p. tu. ou the lattcr's grounds. Mrs. L. I). Berger, of Philadel phia, a guest at tho Hotel Shikel limy, Blue Hill, was seriously in jured while driving down tho moun tain Monday. Her horse ran away and she was thrown out. Her spine was hurt and her neck and face badly bruised. Her condition is very serious. Her 8 year old son was also slightly injured. Tho term of court which closed at Bloomtield in Porry county, Satur day, developed a queer stato of af fairs in tho legal circles there. In tho criminal court ono lawyor was convicted of assault and battery and breach of the peace, another of em bezzlement, two others had truo bills found against them for embez zlement, one justice of tho peace was convicted of uialfeasauco iu of fice and two constables were return ed for drunkenness and neglect of duty. Tho Farmers' Alliance and Indus trial picnic under the auspices of No. 554 Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Uniou ol aaklis to wae.ljjr "vJl bn held in Bower's grove, ono mile west of Middleburgh, on Tuesday, Sept. 4th. Addresses will bo made by Prof. C. W. Ht rmanu. A. M.. W. A. Gardner, Stato president, and T.St. Clair, Stato Lecturer of the Farmers' Alliance. A general invitation is extended to farmers, mechanics, laborers, and all whoare interested iu agricultural and industrial pursuits. A retiring newspaper man gives this philosophical reasons for quit ing the business : A child is born, the doctor in lUtendance gets 10, the editor notes it and getsO; it is christened, the minister gets sjfl, the editor w rites it up and gets 00 ; it marries, the minister getsanother fee, the editor gets a piece of cuke or ()iM) ; in the course (if time it dies, tho doctor gets from to 5?lo, ti10 minister gets another 51, the under taker !?2." to i0 tho editor pub lishes it and receives 0000 and then the privilege of running free of charge a card of thanks. A shooting match took place in Swineford last Weduesday. A large number of crack marksmen were iu attendance. Following is the score : Boale 01101211 fi Kessler (10022002 3 Winchester 110ll011i! Kreeger 011100125 Harrold 200201225 Shipman 02112021-0 Day 112120117 Sloar 11011210 Steninger 121002205 Middles warth 211 12201-7 Kerstetter 01 120022 5 Bart holome w 01211 2200 Litz 001211015 Bonner 001010103 The next match will take placo Mon day, August 27th, at tho Summit Hotel, three miles south of Middle burgh. Attention Reitblicans. AH Re publicans and all others who aro in terested iu bringing about a more healthy atmosphere in tiuancial and industrial circles are requested to meet iu tho G. A. R. Hall ou Satur day evening, August 25th, at 7.30 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to effect an organization and elect 3 delegates aud 3 alternates to the Republican Loaguo convention at Harrisburg, Sept. 5th. A special in vitation is extended to the members of the old republican organization in existouce during the judicial cam paign. The 27th is the last day the names of delegates can be reportod, bo ltepubhcaus will not forget the meeting on Saturday, 25th. SELF-MURDER, Geo. Bolender, an industrious Young Man of this Place, Shoots Himself. An Anonymous Letter BlinJIy Leads Him to the Thickets Where Ho Seek Relief From Mental Torture. On Tuesday morning a gloom of sadness and despair fell like a blight upon all the citizens of this vicinity when the unwelcome news was heralded that George Bolender had committed suicido under a fit of despondency. Reluctantly as these tidings were received, tho eager crowds of mon, women aud children hastened to tho woods, 1 milo north of town whero tho prostrate body of tho young man was found. He seemed to bo iu a perfectly sano condition without any troublo until Monday shortly boforo dinner. Young Bolender was in the employ of Elias Hummel, a liveryman, and cared for his employer's horses. Goorge was a quiet, unassuming young fellow who enjoyed tho re spect and admiration of many friends. The only thing that can adequately and consistently bo at tributed as the cause of his suicido is tho receipt of a letter. The com munication was received by Mr. Bolender shortly before dinner, when he started for the woods. While on his way, he tore tho letter into small pieces. Tho fragments were gathered aud placed together when the jllowiug message was disclosed t. ''J - ' hnPLEBi;Jw4 a ' ' 20. W Deah Fiiksd: I want t that there are some 'f v citi zens who aro going 1' el Mr. Carbon Seebold to inn for robbing his mo;iey d He says you were euu:iit t' ee times and the cbureh iuu)lx.s are going to bring it before tn Imrcli Council. I hear ovcrv lodv, i'i town talking about it. If f Wile vuu, I would leave town at oiiie. Everybody is talking about it. (Signed) Your Dear Friend. Tho question now arises, w ho is "Your Dear Friend?'' It is prob ably some one who was desirious of doing a favor to Mr. Bolender. He, appreciating this good turn, tore the letter so that no vestige might remaiu to reveal the mystery of his strange deed. Tho fact that ho left town without mouey and only his old clothes and a revolver led to tho suspicion that he took his own life rather than to face the allegation made in tho let ter. In addition to this evidence was the fact that a shot was heard about 12 o'clock noon. From these corroborations suspicion grew into full-Hedged belief. Searching par ties started out toward evening and continued their explorations far in to the night, but without avail. Ou Tuesday morning, tho search was diligently resumed aud success soon crownod thoir faithful efforts. At 8 o'clock, Milton L. Moatz aud Fred Smith found the body lyiug pros trate upon the ground, cold in death not more than 30 yards from the road. Ho wos lying squarely upon his back. A bullet from a 32 calibro revolver pierced the brain near his right ear and passod entirely thro'his head. Tlie revolver lay on his right breast pointing toward his neck. Both hands were resting in a grace ful position upon the lower portion of his chest. The white hat, ho so often wore, was still upon his hoad and was somewhat colored with blood that oozed from tho wound, his mouth and uoso. The place ho selected for trans porting his soul from timo to eter nity is tho most secludod spot in the grove, it being behind u tree, while ou all sides, thickets of pine hid the body of the dead man from ihe ardent eyes of eager searching parties. His aim was suro and ho must have met doath without a struggle. A jury was empanelled by Jauios P. Smith, Justice of tho Peace, a follows j II. H. Grimm, Foreman, Aaron Stahlnecker, J. W. Swartz, Ben. Bachinan, John S. Stetler and Elias Minium. The jury rendered a ver dict of suicide. George Bolender was always nn amiable young man full of vigor and life. His employer, I'.lias Hummel, has the highest words of praise for his employee. The rash deed of taking his own life is much regreted by the many friends of himself and his father, Charles Bolender. The friends and relatives of the young man are prostrated with grief and anguish. The d-ceased is single, n'oout2.1 years of age and spent most of his lifo on his father's farm. Tho funeral will take place on Friday morning. The Prico of Wheat. Wheat, 50 cents. The market has gono Democratic Post. Tho abovo was no doubt intended for something funny, but bo that as it may, will tho editor of tho Post bo candid enough to tell his readers whether tho Democrats rule the prico of wheat, whether the tar iff d oes, or whether supply and de mand do T Which 'news item. The abovo "multiplicity" question propounded to the editor of this jour nal is an easy one to auswwr. Tho Democrats have tho power, but they don't know how to use it. They don't rule tho price of wheat except iu a negative way, but this causes all tho trouble. Our contemporary undoubtedly proposes to explain the low prico of wheat by saying it is duo to supply and demand. Wo admit that valuo depends always and wholly on tho relation between demand and supply. - IJU IT"-- nt answer U... ims to f which tho words of themselves call up in tho mind of the reader. Dem an 1 and supply alike have ref erence ( ll to a certain article and (2) tu a certain price. Iu the economic sense, demand means the quantity of a given ai ticlit which woul I be taken at a given pr!o . Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price. There is a difference b .'t'.v.'eu desire and deni md. . intnt ,;ih i..'t itilill I'lina- (( front tiint' irfi: ,'im ijine tin' iri; . So we see that de sire is not demand. There is no de maud, economically speaking, in the hungry eyes of the hundreds of thousands of unemployed working men and their f uuilies. They may look at wagon loads of wheat and hundreds of barrels of ilour, but without money, an unlimited long ing an I capacity for their consump tion would not enable these hungry people to contribute aught to the demand for wheat aud tlour. There is a desire for more wheat, but no demand for it, because the laboring men, tho bone and sinew of this land, are cither out of em ployment or working at reduced wages. This stato of affiirs is duo to the distrust pervading financial ami busiuoss circles, a distrust fostered, nurtured aud fed by the unprece dented delay of a lot of ignorant, niouey-gr abbiug msus iu tho Na tional Democratic Legislative halls. And now Democracy, pledged to tho principle that Protection is the robbery of the many for the bene fit of tho few, has passe 1 a Protec tivo Tariff bill, including the most odious legislation over enacted iu Coutrress. With all this party porfidy dishonor and disgraco, what capitalist is going to place his mou ey iu jeopardy f No one, to bo suro. This thou throws out of employ ment tho thousands who aro daily struggling for bread, because they havo no monoy to buy it. More whoat is needed, but if tho consum er has no money to buy what ho needs, tho prico falls. This explains why whoat is down to lifty cents u bushel. Surely tho market has gone Democratic, and wo can not hopo for auythiug bottor until wo got tho much-coveted Republican restora iou. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Orwig visitod their daughter, Mrs. Hirry Ilarter at Hartleton.
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