LOOK AT THE Li EEL writ ! s 5 w 5 i o 0 (J n tl M OST. J M HalM ran Jtnlk ot. and ionlJ about AdiuUonenr. Kro j"jw Jgm rj KmMim The ditto, printed aftar Tour name, oo the latwl of ul paper, mow the time to wnk-b your aubacrtp Uon baa been paid. -Prtea per Year. 11.50. r. VAOXIl 8XLLSB. W and Proprietor. MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA.. THURSDAY, SEPT. 2. 189T. VOL 34. NO. 34 MUDtBUTOH POST 18 TIME 8BVAHT IF TIME HEOHJE AM BIT TME SLAVE OF eMBMffTliWi5Iiir"iaol?: of LOCAL INTEREST mwouia douj r jleeaiUUBOffloe, Timothy seed at the C Roller Mill eFrainand wife hare re- I. 1 1rtnn lirtiriA ws the last time you paid igcription to this paper T LL Herman of Dalmatia ddleburgh visitor Saturday. (buy a good seooLd-band - Wanlrlin fillin f. Simonton of Mifflinburg lldleburgh visitor over Sun- Irbogast of Fremont ex P bushelB of peaches this Wains in shoes at F. H. store, New Berlin, call and las increased 60 per cent in la past year, and silver has ier cent. collectors paid into the Usury, on the 16th of Aug., Fhite Dress goods at 5 duoed from 8 to 25c. New Berlio. to at Spangler and wife of So on Sunday visitea nis his place, nkle and wife of Williams- Vsk visited his brother, Iter Runkle. Minis and Belle Bibig- :a:i j ir.. Sower on Sunday. Iser is still buying calves it. Highest cash prices mem. tl. Vter of Hartleton came leburgh Sunday to take children borne. ster Apron Ginghams g sold- at 5 cents at bw Berlin. hat Misses Lulu Smith Erhart propose going to Bege, Hagerstown, Md. I wasted, Fifty cords of od is wanted by F. F. Jburgh, Pa. eing closed out at and IMaurer, New Berlin, ese bargains. I to So.. Clark's spool Jl kinds of bargains at 8, New Berlin. prney Baker of Adams pxteen bass in the Sua lelinsgrove last week. new postmaster. Jerry kking Borne improve- is place of business. Ihompson and At- eiser spent the latter feek at Philadelohia ty. fening of this week U S. of the Luth u unveil the portrait er. tnd Was Diehl of rode to Middle nd took dinner at House. i Eratsarvilla will lal Dicnm in (1m i miles tut nf wday, Sept. 4th. f Bros, have erect- ueir warehouse Oil Company and "it filled with oil a b orders in th "y invited and ex. e in the naraa V. v AsaoAiA n growers in Hid- retold their corps runinff from Kn -e. The win t.... rWlijear. Chas. Marks of Swineford will at tend college at Athens, Ohio, this ooming winter. Don't forget the Lawn Festival on Saturday evening, for the benefit of the U. B. church choir. The county commissioners paid $2000 of the indebtedness of the county and expect to pay more soon. A child born to Slwriff Bitter and wife last week lived only a short while when death came to cali it home. The J. V. V. A Encatnrjment will attract a great many people to Mc- Clure next week. Reduced rates on the railroad. With wheat creeping up close to the dollar mark and silver going down to 40 cts. must make Billie Bryan, the boy orator, feel Bad. TheFreeburg Silver Corner Bind stopped here a little while on their way home from Gilbert's S. S. pic nic They played some excellent se lections and the quality of musio was heartily commended. Th Democrats on Monday nomi nated J. G. Moyer for Prothonotary; W. H. Wendt for Register and Re corder ; Chas. P. Ulrica for District Attorney; H. G. Hornberger for Jury Commissioner and John Stuck for Associate Judge. Special excursion tickets will be sold by the P. R. R. Co. to McClure from Lewistown Junction, Sun bury and intermediate stations Sept. 3 to 10 inclusive good to return until Sept. 11 at reduced rates for the G. A R. Encampment at McClure. On Sunday noon the editor with a number of others, at the invitation of Carbon Seebold, proprietor, sat down to dinner at the Washington House in this place. To say that the repast was both sumptuous and palatable is not doing justice to Mrs. Seebold's catering ability. With the hotel remodeled and re furnished, mirrors galore, an entire and complete new silver service in the dining room, the well known hostelry presents an equipment not equalled in this section of the state. We make our politest bow of thanks to the host and hostess for this most acceptable compliment. Harry Bower is at Heading this week. M. Z. Steininger anil wife spent bunuuy at bliuniokin. Caleb Smith of Akron, O., is visiting John P. Smith. Miss Jacobs of Lewistown is vis iting at J. L. Marks'. Theodore Walter and friend of Akron, are visiting friends here. John Shipton and Howard Marks started for the Chester Springs Or phan School. Miss Martha Goldy of Cumdeu, N. J. is visiting the Misses Witteu-myer. Clem. Spangler left on Tuesday to resume his studies in the bhumokiu Business College. Editor Willis of the Freeburg "Courier," spent Monday and Tues day in Middleburgh. Mrs. Dr. lloswell llothrook oi McClure on Tuesday visited at Jacob Gilbert s residence. Miss Jennie South oi Mt. Car mel spent several days at the Cen tral Hotel during the past week. Thomas and Bryant Bower and Mr. Slifer of Lewisbuig rode to Middleburgh on bicycles Tuesday. A young son of Dr. Allison of Northumberland is visiting his grand parents, Jos. Runkle and wife. Misses Dotty Dean of Media, Auna Bower of Philadelphia and Miss Jacobs, of Lewistown are guests of Mrs, Catherine Bower. MAJOR LRVI 8. U'CAULBT. Tlio llepubliutn Komlnoa fur Auilllor-Oansral. Two tracts of land have been pur chased at the camp meeting grounds near Middleburg. One tract for camp meeting purpouos and the oth er for a park. Banks Yoder of Globe Mills was in town Saturday. He ordered bills for the Bale of the Roller Mill and real estate of his father's heirs. Sale will be Oct. 2nd. Could not Mr. Bryan be persuad ed to lay aside his Spanish studies for awhile and explain why wheat continues to rise while silver oon tiuestofall! People complain of hard times, but to see the many bicycles owned by farmers' sons, bome of whom are hired for the season to work for oth ers, make one think tnat they are, not yet likely to strave. The Selinsgrove Tt ibune says : Rev. Dr. Jaoob Yutzy brought a to mato raised in his garden to this office on Friday, which measured aineteen inches in cimumferenc9 and weighed two pounds. Congressman Mahon has sent word to A B. Markley, Aline, Snyder county, that he must move the post office back to the village. He had transferred the office a half mile from the vilage and a protest went out from the residents. M. K. Schoch and A. H. Uish re received a carload of Cleveland flag stone for pavements ; this will make a great improvement to their prop erties. A number of the people of our burg should do likewise and be praised instead of cursed. The Middleburg Depot will be re moaeled. The ticket office will be moved to the east part of the build ing and making only two rooms. The present ticket office space will be thrown into the waiting room. This will make a great improvement. A few days ago a calf jumped over a precipice that overhangs the Philadelphia and Reading railway around the mountain upon which is built the Shikellemy Hotel, opposite Northumberland, to the river, below, a distance of 475 feet and still lives. The only injury sustained by the animal was a dislocated shoulder. Unless silver stops its downward course, that party of patriots who recently sailed for Japan to obtain arguments in favor of the white metal will scarcely be able to present much encouragement to the cause in time for that autumnal election of 1897. It is a little ourious that Mulhall's statistics should show the very spot which was selected by the silverites at their basis of operations last year the prairie States to be the most prosperous spot on earth, w reckon ed by the production of food per capita. On of our exehanges contains the following interesting item: "A postmistress in Middlefield, Mass., haB been arrested for opening let ters, passing through' her office. She explains that she did open a few letters but holds that she had a per fect right to do so, because they were written by a young man who formerly was her sweetheart and were addressed to a rival girl" The postmistress adds, that she merely wanted to find out if they were en gaged." We believe that the young woman bas made out a dear case. The COUntv comminiiinnnra will have a letting on Sept. .1. to paint the Royer'a and Neitz Valley iron bridges. The S. of V. Camp 65 of McClure is getting about 40 regulation suits same as tbe N. G. P. has. They now have 52 members mustered ou roll and have seven or eight applicants more ready for muster. Hon. O. W. Herman and family on Monday left Middleburgh and after spending a short while at Selins grove, went to Wyoming to take charge of the Priuuipalship of the schools there. Family wines that rival the world in excellence are from Bpeer's Pas saic. N. J., Vineyards. The Claret, vintage 1881, the Burirund and Port ate very old superior wines. The Port is especially for invalids The Climax Brandy is very superior. Capt. W. H. Kuepp of Troxelville was a caller at this office on Ralur- day. He wishes to inform the hunt ers in tlie vicinity of his home to know that he will prosecute anv and all persons whom he catches shoot ing squirrels before Oct. 1st. A smooth, easy shave. rentl hair cut, or other tonsorial work, is always obtained at Soles' Barber Bhov, in Wittenmyer'B Buildinir. on- posite Post office. Go to Soles and yon will make no mistake, Shaving soap, face cream, hair oil and eff- shampoo for sale. A. E. Sous. Chas. Rotnermel of Port Trevor- ton, this county, about 3 vears aaro went to Alaska to dig gold at $3 per day. He is still there and no doubt is now mining for himself. A letter is expected from him in a few days.: when the readers of tbe Post will be given fall information concerning his find, if any. Freeburg can boast of one of tkn oldest citizens of Snyder county, Wra. F. Charles, who on Sunday, Aug. ISth passed bis 91st miletone. He is hale and hearty for one so aged. Mr. Charles was always at home, he never saw a railway train and never passed a night outside of Freeburg. We are indebted to some one for copies of the Elkhart JUvieie and Jrutn giving accounts of the Penn sylvania Society picnic, Saturday, Aug. 'ilst. Every year these people have a re-union near Elkhart and re new their recollections of the eood old Keystone state. The Pennsyl- vanians at Elkhart for the most part are prominent people of that sec tion and hence the gathering is a popular one. On Saturday evening, David Schoch of Orangeyille, Ills., Amou Z. Schoch of Bloomsburg, F. J., Ira C. and H. H. Schoch of Selinsgrove were Middlebuigh visitors and they. in company with their brother and our prothonotary, J. C. Schoch. vis ited theold Schoch homestead about 8 miles west of town. The descend ants of Mathias Schoch will hold a re-union in 1898. Tillman Bickhart, formerly of this place, has resided at East St. Louis for about 3 years. He came East about two weeks ago and is now staying with his son-in law, Mr. Bailey at Dry Valley X Roads. Mr. Bickhart and Mr. Bailov were in town on Saturday seeking informa tion about a farm. Mr. Bickhart read in the Post about the Sheriff's sale of Geo. Snyder's farm and came in to attend the sale. Does it pay to advertise in the Post T The Gilbert and Boyer Sunday schools held a joint picnio in Shu man's woods, near- Middleburgh, Saturday last. Supts., Howard Bil ger, Irvin Bitting and Reno D. Shol- ly. The Gilbert school marched in procession to the woods led by Freeburg S. C. band. Exercises: Singing by the sohools, led by Supt. Bitting i Prayer, Rev. A. D. Gram- ly ; Addresses, J. O. Yoder, Prof. Wm. Moyer, Rev. Gramly and SuDt. Bilgeri Benediction, Rev. Gramly. Dinner served on a loug table. The afternoon was occupied socially. This locality is interested in Sunday school work. , life Benjamin Kreamer. Benjamin Kreamer departed this in Middlecreek townshin of dropsy aged 87 years, 6 months and uys. Mr. Kreamer was a native of Mid dlecreek township and came from a family who were noted as iudustri- oub people. They sIho took an ao- tive part iu school aud church af faire. Benjamin Kreamer reared a large family of children and ha spared uo efforts in giving them the advantages whioh the common sohools offered. So interested was he in this respect that he made it is point when the schools oneued to have them attend as regularly as possible. Benjamin Kreamer was a successful farmer which vocation he followed many years. His farm is a part of the George Auwiller tract, mentioned m the preueeding article. He was the father of eight children four sons and .four daugktera. Three of the latter died after they had reached the age of maturity. Mr. Kreamer was married to If arv Hassinffer, of Middlecreek township, who died more than thirty years ago. He was a consistent member of Row's Lutheran congregation. His remains were laid to rest in the eesaetery of that ohuroh Tuesday. Tbe funeral discourse was preached by his pastor Rev; H. G. Schnable. In life he was an honest gentleman. He was unassuming and respected by all with whom he had aa aca uaint- anoe. Courier. The Home Telephone Co. Tbe Home Telephone Company bas now been operating its lines for over 18 months, and the system has had a practical test that has demon strated its usefulness and the ex cellence of its service. Nearly every town in the county has been con nected with the couuty Boat, while tbe liberal patronage of the business men shows that its advantages are appreciated. There are im phones in use on the local lineB, with some thing like WX) on the connecting eys- cem in itortUri (Jo. In about a month Snyder county will have tele phone facilities, and the patrons of the Home will have access to all parts of Snyder without extra charge. The men who backed the project and gave us the telephone lines are deserving of considerable credit for their enterprise, and the business portion of the community appreciate their progressive spirit. 1 he above we take from the Lew- isburg Journal, We re-nubHsh it to give our readers some idea of the great number of phones that will be at tbe disposal of tbe subscribers of tbe Fenn Telephone Company. B John Bickel. John Biekel died at his home in Middlecreek Twp., Monday noon, August 33, 1897, aged 83 years, 2 months and 39 days. He was a son of Thomas and Catherine Bickel, born m Penns township,; Northum berland county, where Daniel S. Miller now resides, May 24, 1812. Thomas Bickel, the father of the deceased, was a tanner by trade and bia son John also followed the same vocation in his early life. Latterly, however, he turned his attention to farming. The parents of John Bick el died while their four children two sons and two daughters were not yet of age and they were tukeu into tbe family of their uncle John Shafler, who resided on the farm where John Bickel subsequently moved to and lived to the close of bis earthly pilgrimage. Iu infancy John Bickel was baptized by IUv. Conrad Walter and later on attend ed catechetical instruction at Row's church where he became a member of tbe Lutheran congregation. June 14, 1838, he was married to Lydia Kessler, of Middlecreek township, who departed this life October 1887, aged 70 years, 6 mouths and 21 days. They had seven children two Bona and five daughters. Two daughters proceeded their parents to the spirit world. The intermeut was made in the old Row's burying ground at Salem on Thursday. Tbe funeral discourse was preached by Rev. Suable from John XVII-24. A good and noble citizen has departed this life ; oue who was liberal in giving according to his means to ward the welfare of Christianity. He had inherited a strong constitution He eujoyed good health until about two years previous to his death. Courier. New Teachers Elected. Ihe Washington Township School directors elected the following nam ed teaehers for the ensuing term Principal, Geo. W. Walborn ; Assist ant. Thomas E. Hoff; Grammar, F. K. Holsapple ; Intermediate, Sara C. Glass i Primary, Graoe Hoffman ; Miller's. Chas. A. Gearhart i Neitz's Valley, Geo. A. Shaffer : Hint Valley, W. A Moyer ; Reichenbach's, C. A B. Glass ; Red Bank, Henry Poutius ; Summit, Chas. H. Hoover; White Top, Wm. F. Brown. Adaaaa Twckin, Troxelville Grammar, Chas. W Smith; Troxelville primary, W. I. Zeohman ; Moyer's, Albert W. Gill ; Port Ann, Geo. A. Aurand i Fiss. Bingmant Good's, Robt. F. Smith i term 6 mo. Salary $23. At FriTat Male. The Farm of the lata Dr T R libighajae. dee'd. situate East, nf Middleburgh about on& mil in nf. fered at private sale. For further particulars inauire of Mrs. Km ma Bibighaus, Executrix, Milllanburg, a. g-26tf. Send in Your News. Persons who are interested in so cial events, or any other functions of an auxiliary character dissociat ed from private interests are re quested to send particulars of the same to Tbe Post for publication. Pains should be- taken to be accu rate hi the spelling of proper names; and every contribution should be accompanied by the name ot the writer, as an evidence of good faith. All such communications will be welcome, and will be cheerfully printed. A Uwjfr Spaaka I hp Truth The standing of the editor is never appreciated until his spiriit lia winged its flight to realms of eudiess epace. Ibis is clearly evidenced iu the following lette of condolence, sent by a lawyer to the widow uu editor: "I cannot teU you how pain ed I was to hear of the death of your husband. He is in heaven. Y were bosom friends, but, alas ! w can never meet again." Tlie llrrllu w. The aUv is the name of a new paper that will make its apin aranee ou Fridav of this week under tin- management ot I. F. J5ilger, Kditor and Proprietor, New lVrlin. The paper will U issued from this ortiee. There are now three papers jtriutetl from tlus olliee, t wo weeklies and one monthly. The Prohibitionists ot Snyder county are requested to meet in con vention at Middleburgh, Satutdav, SepteinU'r 11th, at 1 o'eloek p. in., to nominate a comity ticket. The convention will be addressed by Dr. 5?. C. Swallow and others of nation al reputation. L. Dice, II. I. Komuj, See'y. Chairman. Hcavertowu, Aug. 30, 1SU7. Jay G. Weiser, Ksp, and Wm. C. Snyder are attending the IVmo cratic convention at Reading this week. The friends of Lloyd Bowersox had a surprise party for liiui on Mouday eveuing. A very pleasant evening was speut. Mrs. J. G. Sullade of New Ring gold and Mrs. Irvin Aueker of Sha uiokin are visiting C. H. Punkle berger aud family iu Swiueford. Johu K. Kreegcr, Harry Gutel ius aud Lillian St e tier represented the Middleburg cyclers at the pic nio Tuesday near Northumberland. if 1 I V Il
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