i . SNYDER , COUNTY'S 1 POPULAR FAMILY NEWSPAPER. f Imasses npf v . sais3SBiaasssja r fcsss;.. mdlebuehTnyder c6.,a., may 2s, is. vol. no.. Itor nnd Proprietor. ' : I bfe Qju Uva'tru"" uuu " ' r Y of LOO AL INTEREST . it f ivnr If til""" tiiivlnif Vln. ' .." ... II ! IlfllCT.'. ill, HHP u I !.....; ntiiin rtniil f !t0wnia to hate a daily-paper, proceedings will bo publish 11 next week. 1th O. Ulsh hns been appoiut Water at Wagner. L. mail train now sports tail ana baggage cur. blovcs reduced at Libbie tergcr's milliucry store. Stahlneckor sold bis largo M. Hoover of Buruham. U,ggie Rearick of Centre isiting at Jonph Walter's. Vimif llittor of KraUervillo g Adam Showers and fam- fcamp of Sous of Veterans auized at Lewistowu last f Iho graves of your departod before Saturday, Memorial 1 I indebted to Miss Lottio bwera? for a plate of d iic:ous i nevr awning has been put up by C. S.abold in front of the Wssh jton House. Sie l 'on of Aycrs Tills, upon liver, is prompt ach and peial. fcasurer's sale of Unseated h place at th Court House, jjuuo 8th. willn 19 .oof Wm, Moyer of Freeburg attends General Synod at Dayton, Ohio, M a delegate. Rev. I. P. Ncff of Milroy is visiting his daughter Mrs. A. S. Heaver sev eral davs this week. The sign that failed the one wq had erected below Selinsgrove on the road leading to Froeburg. Miss Lottio Showers enjoyed tho hospitality of Miss Celesta Hi tniai at Centrevillo on Sunday. A festival will be held at H er's church on Saturday e Juno Oth. All are iuvited. Tlio Lutherans will havo n ft Saturday evening. Don't for Their cause deserves n liberi tronage. Tho big Grangers' picnic at Hams Grove will begin August and close August U'.Uh, to be b' than ever. You so Man Wanted. A y man is wauted to do general around tho hotel. W. H. S Central Hotel, Mid lleburgh, 1 J. Schrader of Troxelvillo i his order for a granite mono with Win. Moyer. It will bt heaviost granite in that locality Don't stay homo and cook si but go aul take lunch will ladies on Saturday evening. Li will bo served from live to ten. , The twenty-ninth nuuu . menccment at Muhlenberg col Allentown, will be held June 1 Tho baecalaureato sermon wil preached by tho president, Ro L. Soip, D. D., on Sunday, Join BSITY. 8ELIH8CR0VE. WILL ELECTION FOR SHERIFF. ling . it. pa- 'il-Uh ;er ne h. DISTRICTS. Adams llt-aver. Reaver W Centre Chapman Franklin Jackson Middlehurgh. . , Middlcereek... , Monroe l'euu Perry Ferry W Selinsgrove. . . Spring Union Washington . . Feb. l.VWS - i n a it "3 : May '!; :2 n '.Mi x I jo 1 1 10 1 1. H. it;: l.v '.mi m: t to r : i M :tii I i: II ir.i 17 r 114 7. r.j iiii ir; i:i i;i xf. O'J; :i IS! :ili li !: TOTAL. . Plurality... frtjH- fiiS: t ho; :u lirj ri' :t( en l.i :is 17 1J7 21 x y J 7 li'.i. 2H nil i i;i 'jni :wi IV II 11 14 lwii; 10; 11 117 4 47; II iir.i: jo JS so livt lr. in :i7 ii :vj I 17 It II Mi r Miss Ca e lUchman on Saturday went to Shippensbuig to spend a month or two with Mrs. .John App. , Weis. the hustling business man of Solinsgrove, with his wife i1 and family enjoyed a drive to our I burg ov Sunday. .Levi T. Rohuer of Mahauo.v. IV, mda his remittance for the Post a ear in advance. Ho says: "I likA it too irood to stop gotling it. ' The family of tho late Alfred Dob- SAWED OFF THE PO'iTS. Itrnnril Itllcrril lor luloniiutloii Itinl Hill l.rml l llir ',ivl,'llii ttl llir ;,llll. Lust Summer the editor of this paper put up a number of bulletin boards at various points in the county. One was placed half a mile below Selinsgrove at the road lead- e-ing to Froeburg. We obtained per- mission from I. N. Jarrett, tho ten ' " e farm to put up tha sigu t Lbuihbn- v- The I,hi Ulll AmioiimI to KTI.ooi) ,r mee.eoo. Lewistowv, Pa., May '12 Fire broke out here at 10: 10 o'clock lust veiling which for some hours threatened total destruction to the town. As far as is known the blaze origin ated in the lumber yards of Fran ciscus & Co., ami spread to sur rounding biuMiiik's. destroying in a few hours the lumber yard, a larp Merchants' warehouse, twrlvo dwell ing houses, a wagon factory and a blaeksmit h shop. The town tire engine and the Pennsylvania railroad yaid shifters worked on tho bla.o until l'J:."!! o.clock this morning when asKist unco arrived from Mitllin. At o clock the lire is under control. Tho loss is estimated to reach between $7.,oihi (.r pio.ooi). Whitman, Swart. X Co., Harris- burg, occupied the large warehouse, which was entirely destroyed. AsoTiiKif Account. The fire at Lewislown on Thurs day night, which destroyed the lumber yards of Fraucisciis ,V Co., and damaged the waiehouso of Wit man, Sch war. (Jo., of this city, to the extent of 10,0110, also caused considerable loss to others. Peter Dryer lost seven dwellings, loss $7,000 ; William Thrush, two dwell ings, loss $:l,ooo ; F,h Conner, two dwellings, including two stables, loss 5:i,!i00 ; Robert Rowe, dwelUnir, loss $l,r0) ( J. JuukitiK, wagon and blacksmith h' ops, $J,0ilil. Among those who 1 t stables and out - hn Jacobs, Hora-e Friends of "The Post.' RoU. of Honok. Tho following persons have paid their subscription to tho Post to tho dates opposite their names. Should any mistakes occur in these credits or on your pa per please notify us : K C MusHleman Mrs Harriet Kline R F Row Mrs Amos Snook J A Smith Dr J Y Sliindi I Jerry Charles Reuben (ireenhoe J C ScliaelTer Aaron Renuinger W () Holmes Hai ry Royer Lewis ('rouse I N J irrett J R 1 (assincr Rev S F. Raleiuau J A Kichmau br'a Uii thank our many friends for eriptious paid and acknowledge eceipi of tho same in this is- Her of Reaver Springs t us this week. He is one (cstantB for tho scholar- Fon Sale tliiigles. bn. F. H. Maur See ad lin, is making special in an-tf. ill. 6 AUif"' lit. Ot I eryci-l iclilll lle-Af! I ,.(T,vt- liilnu orlntfiiii iutuiiy .ou.1 !',, l-ltt, hlfl purUt, y curfU ilHlied. early V'l old. f"l fail to I which 11 le free f aid cafl lected oil No H1 jre po t sent CI i Dr. Pa't DENTIAH Sep, 8 re license was granted Suubury to E. R. Hot- Shamokiu Dam and Min- h of Suubury. foyer, the genial heavy- ncss man of Paxtonville, ounty seat Saturday nnd pects to this oflice. tC Seebold's new music ce his stock of Pianos, iSowiug machines. Ask L-lf Playing Organ. 2t. leiuory and Mr. Moyer in were in town Sunday Iturued in tho wee' small ly morning. lor. a btudent of Central la Colloco, New Berlin, at this office SatV'hiy. stunt for one 0 I .he ugh Liudsuy of tho Local News, has placed io setting machine in Bis is tho ih'Bt type sett- in the Juniata Valley. nry Smith and wife of 'entro county, are en- lOHpitality of attorney t and wife. The pro making many frieuds power, the 13-year old Rower, on Saturday Lowisburg to this Vttornoy's boys are all Pod a etuff as the at. f YanZandt, one of the gos of Mifflin county, om Painterrille ral days with bis andt, and is at- Si Prof. Odeii C. Gortner, priucipal of the MilUintown Schools, held a most successful commencement last week. Oden is a Snyder county boy and has received most Mattering no tices in tho MilUintown papers. James P. Smith, tho constable of Eli.abethville , passed through town Friday ou his way to Richfield to servo a warrant ou a victim residing there. Tho position of constable in that section 'seems to bo a paying posit iou. ThoY. P. S. C. K. of tho Evan gelical Lutheran church on Friday eveumg celebrated tho fifth anni versary of their organization by ren dering n special program. The af fair was a complete success each performer doing ample justice to themselves uud the occassiou. A Grand Dramatic and Song Re cital will bo given by Miss Clara Krall, Dramatic Reader and Singer, in the Musical Collego at Freeburg Saturday evening, May 510. This will 10 a raro treat. Everybody should tear this gifted lauy. Alfred Dobson, who has been an 11 valid at Paxtonville for 21 years, fled last Friday. Ho was buried on Smday at Hassiuger's church, Rev. icLain officiating. Tho G. A. R. lost of this place attended the fu neral in a body. The deceased was uji'd 51 years and G months. 'Mistaken Souls Who Dkeam or Bt ss." The following marriage li- coiaos have been granted siuco our la publication : f,onry C. Lahr, Paxinos, (hate K. Wendt, Meiservillo. j AF. Schnee, Mt. Pleasant Mills, ) Minnie M. Stcffen, Washington T. S wii. A. Erdley, Peun Twp., (Ji nette Schnee, Washington T. J Ai mon Wagner, Salem, Pa., iErWMull, WintieU, Pa. Thl G. A. R. Post and the P. O. S. of A. lamp of this place on Sabbath evenilgin a body attended divine servies in the Lutheran church. Rev. p. E. McLain, the pastor, preac.ed tho memorial sermon and a maijorly production it was. The Reveind's production showed spec ial relarch and was well designed for tli oocassion. The church was filled b its utmost capacity. a tueir liev. B. F. Kaut. of Adatnsbuix will preach iu the Lutheran church of this place next Sunday. In tho morning. He will preach in Ger man, uud English in the evening. An annual pass is the prize ofl'ered by the Pennsylvania railroad to the farmer on its route who is most suc cessful iu beautifying his grounds adjoining the line. J. C. Gaugler of Shamokin Dam, who is attending court this week, has just closed 'ill years service us Justice of the Peace. Tho'Sqtiiro is now devoting his time at the car- pouter trade. Josephat Walter says he wishes that the fellow who stole his hen with a brood of chickens would re turn the same. Mr. Walter thinks he has a better right to them than the fellow who stole them. Moweu uou Sale. An Adrianco Mower (now) is olTeied for sale cheap. Six-foot cut, bar can bo rais ed with the foot while iu motion. Inquire of or addross, Mns. Rehecca Wauesski.lkh, Selinsgrove, Pa. Don't pluco your order for a buggy until you seo tho Safety bujjgy man ufactured by tho Safety Buggy Co., of Lancaster, A sample buggy can be seen at my livery stable near the Washington House. tf. W. R. Jones, Ageut. A. II. Herman, of Shamokin Dam, has purchased the City Restaurunt from Charles W. Stuhl ut the comer of Third and Arch streets. Mr. Herman moved his family to Sun bury Monday nnd will continue tho business. J. S. Yearick of Kratzervillo. rep resented Solinsgrovo Lodge, No. 197, I. O. O. P., at the meeting of the Grand Lodge, at Pittsburg, last week. Mr. Yearick is also the rep resentative of Win. Curtis En campment. Joseph Miller had been getting the Post for several years at Via duct, Pa, and now the postmaster has informed us that he has moved away without giving his new address. He failed to pay for the paper and in order to protect other publishers we pubhV. this fact. We may have others. uui. lai week when nie fellow, who thinks he directs tho af fairs of Penn township, attempted lodig up the posts. The sin posts liko the Mid dlcburgh Post was 011 a solid basis. Ho could not dig (hem out no he sawed them oil". All who pass along that road know that the sign board was up on a bank nod could not interfere with travel. Wt will pay 11 reward of live dob lars for informal ion that will lead to the conviction of the guilty. Will Be Married The Editor of tho posr acknow ledges the receipt of an invitation to attend the wedding of Miss Ethel Young, an estimable lady of Coales ville, to Win. W. Long, a correspon dent of tho Philadelphia n,uii; r, to take place in (he First Presby teriau church of Coatesvillo next Wednesday evening, Juno :trd, at 7 o'clock. They will be "At Home" after June 1.1th at IIIJ Eagleslield street. Philadelphia. Our best wishes are extended to tho bride and groom. - Tin Ureal llt'iili-r l IIiiitIOhii-u. I am in Middloburgh this week. I euro the entire system with OHO treatment. You will find me iu front o! tho Court Houso or Seo bold's Hotel. Dr. Swekiaiit. Tho ladies of the Lutheran church will servo lunch consisting of ham- sand-wichos, coffee, cake and ice cream, baturday afternoon and evening, May 30th, on (ho lawn of Irvin Bowersox. Tho public is cor dially invitod. A handsome portrait of our nomi- lar and highly honored Chief Bur goss, Goo. 0. Wageuseller, appeared in last Saturday's Philadninliin Press. Mr. Wagensellor has held a number of borough offices aud has always been a popular official in every meaning of tho word. Se- linncrove Times, We learn through last week's Jlerahl that Maj. E. P. Rollback in tends starting a paper in Selins grove, called "The Weekly Proas " Snyder county now publishes six weeklies and two inontklies. This addition will make a total of nine newspapers in the county. Surely, we are a literary people. Evidently the Major thinks there are millions bit. others. The largest estimate of tho loss is $.",,000, with a total insur ance of about !?22,ili;o. Two men lmvo been arrested on suspicion of being tho lire bugs. POia'TRI'.YKRTON'. Tho hurdy gurdy, tho scissors grinder and th.i bum are positive proofs that tin re will be no ,, frost Boating seouia to be a trillo better this season. Prospects of heavy tide water shipments m in view... .Election for fheritl' passed olfipiielly in Union township. We wish it were always conducted iu the same manner lj,,v. C, E. Bought- er, the genial pastor of the IT 1; church, delivered an exceedingly lino sermon to the (J. A. R. on Sun- day night A half-barrel of suit herring stood 011 Ed. Charles' porch. They had their jackets unbuttoned aud their internal economy was wasted. Yet these poor innocent lish, in their unassuming way excit ed tho jovial spirit of two sportive youths. Now Nato Sliambaugh had a net in the river down by the feny and the thought of seeing the sturdy old blacksmith catch a half bushel stale lish was a ton:::tation the boya could not resist. Tfio huh had sot, twilight was already fading into darkness, when tho boys affected to put their wicked design into execu tion. They shouldorod the lish and stealthily proceeded to the river. Taking a boat they soon found the not. But they were followed by two men. Just as the boys woro in vesting the fyke, 0110 of tho men on the shore lirod a fow Hhots from a revolver, while tho other simultane ously flung a few pebbles toward tho boat. Mingled fear and bravado rose iu tho minds of tho would-be jokers, aud geueral consternation followed, while tho surrounding at mosphere was permeated with a fishy fragranco. Finally they dis covered their assailants to be im postors, aud proceeded to finish their little trick. The greatest dis appointment came in tho morning, because Shainbaugh rofusod to got cross, and we feel like offering the boys our profound sympathy. There is no sense in trying to rile a fellow when he won't rile. It's enough to break the heart of any gamester. i XXX. Subscribe for the Middleburgh Post." $1.60 per year. J H llackciibiirg J ere Helbster Lewis Mcitglo Simon Long Daniel Royer Win Krobs Jacob Dreese A K (lift C II Wenrieh Win Snyder Reed Jones Central Hotel Dr M Rothrock M O Snyder Josaphal Walter S R Spitler C A Walters Mrs J W Serbold () W Meek Michael "'erner Wilnie tn' M (3 Smith Noah Rrouso .1 W Ulrich 1'' I' Mussel' 11 A Humiiiel George Dreese Irvin J Reiglo Solomon App G S Romig J C I lackcnhiirg Abel Wincy WH Knepp Dr J W Or wig Max Rowersox S V Fish Rev X Young Mrs .Minerva Walter C N Erdley John A Musser Dr I) R Rolhrocl; W II Coleman Samuel Bickel Mrs Saliie Young 11 C Bruuiier A J Bowersox James Beaver Robt Kern W HSpangler X J Livingston Andrew Kiater S Wittenuiyer Mrs David Rood W I Garman G II Gibson S Weis Hon T II Million Charles Boyer E F Goss Goo Tharp Daniel Knouse W S Smith C S Snyder David Royer John Row, Sr. LeviT Bohuer J C Gaugler Fred Miller J C Shrador W H Ewing Reuben Row W II Boyer Fruuk Row Emanuel Wetzel Amos Bolig B F Herman Wm Moyer J G Stahl Abr Krouse J II Dreese S GKessler A S Shambach Wilson Dreese D II Boyer Isaiah Bowersox J U Jarrett Prof W L Kauffman u:i 'li5 '.It! 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