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MDPDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1897.
VOL 34. NO. 5.
E BEWSPAPEBS, IMCLUPIWC THE "WIT", WHY WEEDS QME YEM F 88. SEE CUBBMG LIST W TilTfap:
N PRATTLES.
Gocn )i".llt Ttf i ani
Mien.
Lr-a By mm Pencil Bnnjr
Laeal EreaU oul
fr lb rejat Ummy
Beadera.
Falter is on the sick list
hompson was in Mifflin
Rrisbin and wife spent
yaeertown.
leuan, candidate for As
Ve, was in town on Sat-
mts are enrolled at the
f Pennsylvania and 242
ille proposes to celebrate
niversary of its birth in
B.
ay a week the republi
cs will know how many
hare.
singer and wife of Sun
their parents in this
mday.
to learn that Prof. D. S.
ten ill for four or five
isburg.
bman of Centro town
a tract of land from O.
h of this place. -
ir and wife of Shamo
idaywith his brother,
inSwineford.
arles, the Fort Trever
le, waa in town over
ag his best girl
; a first ' Class Piano,
ing tfachineVcall 'on
tie, Middleburgh, Pa.
people die every min-
Vrld, and seventy peo-
Vvery minute in this
lvania State teachefV
all meet at Newcastle,
kounty, June 29th, 80th
jeffer, the popular ho
rtTreyerton, and bis
lit to John Howell and
p.AnrliilntA for Pro.
3 Irwin Laudenslager
Monday afternoon and
Voters.
party, consisting of
rom this place, went
and had a pleasant
kan's Hotel.
rt, who was nomin-
ector by the repub-
rough, has declined
as been accepted.
enate on Saturday
appropnating $50,
of President Abra
Gettysburg, Pa.
irks of Swineford on
Lewistown to visit
rs. Dr.Amig. It is
ig is ill with Ty-
nd wife of Mifflin-
Frederick Aurand
same place enjoyed
i airs. js. u. Aurand
VReverand and wife
atburg. .
VeNo. 101, ran with
Vail from Newton
rrisburg, a distance
Biles in eighty min
Slack was conduct
id Jacob Beck was
hat's a big record
sutes.
of the boroui-h
.following nomina-
less, W. H. Smith ;
ears, J. W.Runkle,
ler. Chas. RnanirlAf
(Bowersoxj Judge
jmUlelan' Inspect
9t; Auditor, Paul
I Directors, W. L
Vder ; TaxGollect-
I V ' -
On Tuesday was Ground Hog day.
The Freeburg and Paxtonville
letters are crowded out this week.
Mrs. A. G. Bashoar and Miss Rose
Schoch visited Mrs. A. E. Cooper at
Selinsgrove.
If you want a first class Piano,
Organ or Sewing Machine, call on
Frank S. Riegle. Middleburgh, Pa.
The contract for printing the
Spring election ballots was awarded
to the Post for $41, being the low
est bid for the entire lot.
The State Capital building at Har
risburg was totally destroyed Tues
day afternoon. Loss $1,000,000. In
surance $400,000.
EL E. Walter has taken posesslon
of the furniture rooms formerly oc
cupied by Philip Swineford and has
on hand a full line of kitchen furni
ture, suits, common and fancy rock
ers, chairs, stands, spring beds. etc.
Come and see him before purchas
ing, tf.
A smooth, easy shave, genteel
hair cut, or other tonsorial work, is
always obtained at Soles' Barber
ShO, in Wittenmyer's Building, op
posite Post office. Go to Soles and
you will make no mistake, Shaving
soap, face cream, hair oil and egg
shampoo for sale. A. E. Soles.
Dibo. Elizabeth, wife of Amos
Wittenmyer and daughter of George
Hassinger was born near Middle
burgh, Snyder county, Pa., Sept.
3rd, 1821 and died at Benton Ridge,
Ohio, Jan. 0th, 1897. Mrs. Witten
myer was well known in Middleburg
and her friends hete will regret to
learn of her death.
A bill is to be introduced into the
Legislature prohibiting treating.
This is done to prevent drunken
ness and may go somehat toward
that end. If, however, a mau de
sires to get drunk he will do it
whether he is treated or not. He
can always get the money and Dutch
treats would be the order of the
day.
Wanted A good man, (having
horse or bicycle prefered) as perma
nent superintendent for Snyder Co.
to attend to our business, on salary.
Must send along with application
strong letters of recommendations
as to honesty, energy and ability.
First class man only. State occupa
tion. Address,
P. O. Box 243, Middleburgh, Pa.
They say that the taxpayers of
Monroe township were assessed $1,
700 for road repairing, and also re
ceived $400 from the Philadelphia k
Reading Railroad Company, and yet
that township is $200 in debt for
road repairing in '9G. Notwithstand
ing all this expense the roads are no
better than they were in 1895. The
taxpayers have a perfect right to
kick. Selinsgrove Tima.
Henry Sampsell, the county chair
man of the Republican standing
committee, culled at this office Sat
urday. He thinks that the under
standing of "True Blue Republican"
should be interpreted to mean a man
who voted for McKinley. When the
committee meets on Saturday every
committee should know this and be
required to exact the same require
ments in each district.
Senator Hummel was appointed
on the following committees : Agri
culture, Canals and Island Naviga
tion, Education, Foresty, and Law
and Order making five in all. Repre
sentative Herman was placed on the
appropriation committee, elections,
ways and means committee and tbt
Educational committee. Represen
tative Focht, of Union county, is on
seven committees: Appropriation,
Banks, City Passenger Railways,
Fish and Game, Manufacturers,
Printing and Ways and Means.
MARRIED.
Jan. 23, in Middleburgh. by Rev.
D. D. Buddinger. Elmer E. Bower
sox of Winfield and Miss Lydia
Pontius of Middlecreek township.
Jan. 24th, by Rev. Samuel Smith
at Mazeppa, John C. Bailey of Mon
roe township and Mary C. Stahl of
Union county.
Jan. 24tb, by Rev. W. H. Hilbish
of MeClure, John A. Herman and
Alice J. Fetterolf, both of Adams
township.
v RESISTED ARREST.
Bold Outlaws Defyjtealile Citizens.
John EUinger and Son, Sherman
in Company with Others Ilreak
into Houte, and Make
Threat of fire and
Death.
For the past month the citizens of
Adams and surrounding townshfps
have been in a state of fear and
trembling on account of all manner
of theft, threats und other .undesir
able surroundings. Last Tuesday
evening John Ettineer and his sev
enteen year old son. S herman, broke
into the house of Daniel Reigle by
smashing in the panels of the door
The marauders threatened to kill
the occupants aud burn the house
Mr. Reigle swore out a warrant for
the arrest of these two and the same
was placed into the hands of F. H.
Steiu to be served. Constable Stein
with four assistants attempted to
arrest the men but every attempt
failed because Ettitiger and his son
were armed with two or three re
volvers each.
The robbers held the officers at
bay by pointing revolvers in each
hand toward the officers of the law.
Constable Stein not feeling sure that
the law would clear him in case he
should shoot retreated and came to
Middleburgh to get assurance that
he would be doing the proper thine
if he brought the offenders dead or
alive. Since then the offenders have
escaped and it is said went to Cen
tre county.
John Ettinger has an uneviable
record in the courts of the state. He
has been in the penitentiary several
ti hes and, not long ago was ia jail in
YYilliamsport.' He is a brother to
Emanuel Ettinger who committed
suicide in the jail here while serving
a sentence for complicity in the
Eintzler murder. Sherman, the son
of John Ettinirer, is only 17 years
old, bat he is as desperate as his
father. They Bbould both be in the
penitentiary.
61
Deed Entered ler Uceord.
Sarah A. Klose and Reub. Klone
to Adam Smith, lot No. 17 in the vil
lage of AdamHburg for $125.
Adam Smith and wife to Wni. J.
Klose, lot No. 17 in Adatnsburg for
$700.
Adam Specht'a heirs to Wm. Klose,
lot in Adam9burg, containing 4573.8
feet, $107.
Sarah A. Kloso to Wm. J. Klose,
lot No. 16 iu Adauisburg for $100.
Peter Goes and Adam Wagner, ex
ecutors of Peter Gosh, Sr., to Re
becca Barth, 16 acres in West Beaver
Twp., for $620.
J. B. Hall to Lydia Swartz, 15
acres in Chapman Twp., fas $1.
Letter ClraateU.
Letters of administration de bonis
non in the estate of Geo. K. Bower,
late of Franklin Twp., dec'd, were
granted last Thursday toF. E. Bow
er, Esq., of this dace.
Marriage Lleeaae.
"Hearts Fluttkrino with Delu
sions." The following marriage li
censes have been granted since our
last publication :
J Edward Arnold, Hoffer,
(Annie Brown, Meiserville.
j John D. Kern, Beaver Twp.,
(Sarah J. Houser,
Rev. J. C. Cooper of AUentown is
the guest of Rev. S. E. Ochsenford
at Seliosgrove. Rev. Cooper is in
terested in Jubilee fund of the
board of the Ministerium of the
Lutheran church. The proposed
shall be $150,000 to be raised until
1898 the 100th anniversary of the
church. The fund shall be devoted
to Muhlenburg College and Mt.
Airy Seminary. Revs. Wetzler and
Pfleuger of Elizabeth ville met with
Rev. Ochsenford constituting the
committee of the Danville confer
ence on Monday. Rev. Cooper be
longs to the Central conference.
LEGISLATIVE MILL.
r 'i
Representative Herman Explains The
Hamilton GooayRoicY Bill and
Olhjr Measures.
Habrisbdro, Pa., Jan. 29, 1897.
Editor Post :
The week has been un
eventful Speaker Boyer said en
Monday evening that be would not
be ready to announce the commit
tees before Wedueiday. Ttie ma
chinery is very incomplete without
the committees and as a conse
quence little was done before these
were given out.
The bills have already begun to
come and by the time rules will cut
them off at least a thousand will
have been read in place.
These bills will cover a wide range
of subjects. Here comes Hon. Sey
fert of Lancaster county who wants
to knock out foot ball I take it
that the long haired college youth
will continue to rush the lines dur
ing many a season to come.
Why the fellow that can't con
verse with Herodotus and Tacitus,
that shies off when Calculus and
Moral Philosophy are on the list can
grow bis hair and become a renown
ed member of a foot ball team.
Aaw4 ia Ball! Law.
A bill to amend the Baker ballot
law provides that the candidates'
names shall be printed ia groups un
der the title of the office they are
running for, with the party appela
tion alongside. If candidates re
ceive more than one nomination his
name pan appear only oace. The
voter is required to place a cross op
posite the name of each candidate
he desires to vote for, except presi
dential eteotortv
Another change from the nreaent
law makes a voter swear tbat he
needs assistance in preparing his
ballot instead of merely asking for
it.
The Theatre Hat Alt. bed.
The theatre goers, especially the
female portion, may be obliged to
give some tangible reasons why the
bar u door hats Bbould not bo loft at
home while in attendance at the
opera. Some western member,
where unusually large hats may be
wore, has introduced a bill making
it unlawful for any owner or man
ager of a theatre or opera house to
permit any person to wear duriug
the performance any hat or bounet
which will obstruct the view of oth
ers. Violators snail not escape with
out the payment of a rive dollar Uoe.
Hauilltoa'e Ueotl Boadi BUI.
There have been already a number
of bills introduced providing for a
chango in our road-making system.
Believing that the people of the
county are specially interested in
any legislation that diraotly affects
the in I dosire to give the most im
porUot features of the bill prepared
by Prof. John Hamilton, Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture. I shall be
gUd to receive the opinion of auy
citizen or citizens of the county in
reference to road legislation or for
that matter on any subject before
the legislature. The bill among oth
er things provides that after 1898
there shall be elected in every town
ship three road supervisors, one to
serve one year and one to serve two
years, and the other to serve three
years, and at each township election
thereafter oue person shall be elect
ed to serve three years.
The object of this schome is to
have a continuous board only one
new member coming in each year.
A plan formulated could not be
changed by the result of every
spring eleotion.
The road supervisors of each
township shall meet at the place
where the auditors tf eaoh township
meet, on the 1st Monday of March,
1898, and after being duly sworn
shall organize a board. They shall
have the authority to levy a road tax
not to exceed tan mills on the dollar.
Of each road tax levied, one-half
shall be payable in money and the
other half mar be paid ia work. The
board of suDervisors. shall immedi
ately after their organization, di
vide their township into road dis
tricts of not more than twelve miles
of road to each district, and they
shall also empby a road master for
each district whose duty it shall be
to work uoon the rnaJi dnrin t
least seven mouths of each year, to
see tbat the plans sad specifications
of the board are oarried out. in nvnr.
see the men employed on roads, and
to report to the board the time of
each man working unW him
Bonds may be required of road am-
ters for the faithful Derfnrmn..A nf
duties, and they are all times sub
ject to removal by the board of road
supervisors. Wages to be paid to
road masters and laborers, and the
number of hours constituting a
day's work on roads and bridges
shall be fixed by the board of super
visors. If it is deemed to be for the
best interest of the taxpayers of the
township, the boards of supervisors
may lot by oontract to the lowest
and best bidder, the making of new
roads or repair! ug of roads or build
ing township bridges. Notice of
such lettings shall be given by ad
vert isment ia newspapers and by
hand bills.
The board of supervisors shall
have full power to purchase material,
road machines, and tools as shall be
in its judgment necessary for mak
ing and repairing roads. They may
also join with the road supervisors
of one or more of the other town
ships iu their respective counties in
the purchase of such road-making
implements, as may be too expensive
for a single township to purchase.
The board shall appoint a treasurer
who shall not m one of their num
ber, whose duly it shall be to collect
the ro-td tat, and well and truly ao
oount for the same. He can pay out
money only on the written orders of
the board o supervisors. Any per
son desiring to work out the hblf
part of his road tax mav notifv the
road' supervisor any time prior to
the 15th day of April in eaoh year, in
which case the road master shall
give hiru notioe of the time and
place for its porformanoe. Failure
to notify the road supervisors beforo
the time named above, shall be re
garded as a waivor of his riirlit to
work out such tax, and the whole
amount shall be collocted in monev.
The road supervisors shall receive
$1.50 for eioh meoting held and at
tended, and any person elected to
suchoffico and refusing to ait i
liable to a fine of fifty dollars. The
board must annual v submit to tlm
auditors of a township a full and
itemized Htateiuont of their account,
whioh shall be auditod in the same
manner as other accounts of town
ship officers are audited and settled.
No road supervisor shall be intrud
ed directly or indirectly in any work
done, purchase mado, or oontract
relating to roads and bridges under
penalty of a fine not exceeding $5.00,
six months' imprisonment or both.
Penraee KMlft-a Ilia Naat In the State
Nenate.
Son. Pentose resigned his seat in
the State Senate and his successor,
who will be Is. W. Durham, will be
elected at the regular election Fob.
16th.
Senator-elect Penrose deemed it
best to tako this course although he
was anxious to remain in the State
Senate until the reform legislation
was disposed of. His resignation at
this time will save the city of Phila.
$7000 or H000 tho amount neces
sary td pay f'r the expense of hold
ing special election.
Mr. Durham, who will succeed
him, is tho anti-combine leader, a
royal good fellow and will make a
model State Senator.
The Ntate Revenue far the Nest Yean.
The Chairman cf the Appropria
tion Committee was in consultation
with the State Treasurer and Audi
tor General in reference to ascer
taining the amount of money avail
able for the next two years. The
amount appropriated at the last ses
sion was about $23,000,000 but it
appears that the revenues have been
so reduced that the State's resourc
es for the next two years may not be
more than between sixteen tir seven
teen millions.
Some of the appropriations must
be cut down but I am deoidedly op
posed to reduce the amount given to
the publio Schools. Thorn will hn m
w " mv Wll
eff.)i t made, however, to cut off the
$500,00 firen to'aid in purchasing
books and supplios at the time when
luoxree lextnook IMI became a
law.
Natea.
John F. Boyer. of Fremont, vrhn
was recently elected a member of
me state Hoard of AcrrieuIhirA fmm
this county, spent several days here
last week attending the meeting of
theS. B. of Agriculture. John is not
only a scientiho pouch and brr
grower, but he cau also sizo up a
poimcai situation with the best of
thorn. John will make an efficient
member of the Bourd. and tlm runn
ing interost of tho county will be
iauniuiiy ropreseuted by him.
Charles Speeut of Boavertown,
the modest and GXOUinlurv ami nt
ex-Sheriff Specht, took in tho sights
ui iiarrisourg lust wouk. Ho ven
tured no opinion on the variously
esumatou decorations of the HouHe,
but thought that the cattlo should
be dehorned, all of which is in har
mony with the modem ideas. We do
not know whether Capt. Dolanoy
will have them sawed off or not. If
anything happens to thorn we will
have to chronicle it.
Geo. W. Wagenseller, the beard
less editor of the Post, was here to
look after legislation that concerns
theprintiug fraternity. Of course
the newspaper men are all interest
ed in getting the bill modifyiug the
libel law euaoted. They don't seem
to relish $45,000 for slashing a man's
good name. That was tho amount
the jury gave ex-Mayor Smith of
Phila. in a libel suit against the
Timet of '.bat city. C. W. H.
OLOIJE MILLS.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter of Mifilirj
burg were visiting 'Squire Meiser
and family on Sunday Daniel
Yoder, who is confined to the house
for the last three months, is unable
to move yet. . . .B. W. Yoder bought
of Samuel Kratzer three tracts of
laud in Penn township. Considera
tion $300. . . .Our tencher. Mihh Flu.
tie Walter, wss obliged to discharge
a few of ber scholars Samuel
Yoder and his belter half left for
Washington aud Philadelphia
L. Schrover. who waH worlcinc
Alt. Carmtil for tho last eight mouths
bus returned home to stav till
Spring... Curtin Bowersox will
move his saw mill out of Yoder's
tract to Union county. You No.
.W.
in
WEST UEAVEU.
Every odo seems to bo pleuBod
with the candidates, at our late
primary election Our old veteran
and citizen, Win. Steely, was buried
at the Lutheran church on last Sat
urday ono week, bosido his wife,
that hud only gone to her long home,
a few days before Our candidates
for overseer, Jucob Shilling, agrees
if olocted to furnish a turkey to ev
ery destitute family in his district
once a week from the proceeds of
his salary. . . .P. W. Trenster says he
would much rather be killed at
ouce, than be scared to death riding
with T. F. Swineford on top of a
loud of manure going down hill....
Our veteran limo burner, E. Baker,
has contracted to burn lime this
winter for four or five different port
ies.... Different purties that signed
the Penrose paper are asking favors
but as far as beard from the result
is "I know you not ". . . . W. J. Koch
is still confined to his house from
his late attack of sicknesB. . . .Broth
er Merchant, why do you have to
roll your barrel of coal oil to the
stove before you are able to furnish
your customer with a quart of oil T
Why the cold snap of course. . . .For
the first time I took a look at the
editor of this valuable paper, lust
week, and I found him to be a good
hearted and obliging man but for his
good looks. I don't want to be con
sulted.... Our ice cream merchants
are about all fixed for the coming
summer. Their ice houses are filled
with first class ice. . . .The party held
at Robert Goes' on last Saturday
evening was a grand success. About
twenty couple partook of the good
things that Robert's better half had
prepared for the occasion, it being
the birthday of their youngest boy,
Galen.
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