T A. i . t X , - i. yfP tor ana mpniwra MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO.. PA, THURSDAY, OCT. 7, lKff. VOL. 34. N0.3i). WBDLEIIMHaa W8T IS-A PTOMESSIVE MEW8PAPEB CWIMC- THE LATEST WEW8 MM TOE COMITY. STOTFMlMTlI BITS OF HEwS tit i to Pilcly Please WsY BBIEFS FBOM HOME. V AV' o Wddlea-eek Valley, JZoifHienw q yottr rrieiut, Ihtir Vuritor and a Ilun- dred other thing you Would Like to Know, , Geo. Smith is on the sick Milton Fair is in progress l wecK. G. Bashoar spent several days uokin. Idleburgh was well represent- the Lewisburg Fair last week. ward 1 lodgers last week mov m Belleville to Frankliu Twp. lm Clara Spitler and Dora ikt, spent Sunday at New Ber 0. Mover, of Selinsgrove, waB Vmty seat visitor one day last m Xaomi Suhoen has been the Vv reeipient of a beautiful B. Spitler, wife and sou, Ray- arc spending a week at Sha- in. I'.E. llousewcrth, Esq., of Se- pve, was a ealler at this office W Stetler returned home from pry, whore he hud been work- in a store, Mciscr will le pleased to corn meal to nil 'families de- K the sune. 2t. .8. Smith, of Mt. Pleasant wasa ealler at this office k of lust week. 'ttunicv (irimiu wishes us to tliat the squirrels shot last witc red squirrels. i Ella Meiser of Meiscnille 'fW days in town the guest Flo Spoeht this week. & Editor Snyder and children, past week at Lewisburg ws-ts of her sister Mrs. Hubley. w Rcrtlm Yeager, of Yeager- step sister of Dr. C. H. "Ms a guest of the Doctor e-t!)tli Itt-gt. P. V. re-union held at Port Hoyal, Juniata ? Thursday and Friday, Oct. J 15th, 1897. wSue KeLser and Louisa r of Mifflinburg came over '.v to visit Miss Bertha Yeager, ufDr. Brisbin. m. Gemberlinir and wite. p"grove, are Bpending a few ""i their daughter, Mrs. N. N on tlw French Flats. N generally been understood ?lton county has no railroad. Broad Top (narrow gague) corn- 4tMloe of more than- one 'rod. Thomas and Ada Hosternian of Woodward, Centre county, visited their manv friends in town over Sunday. The faithful old horse owned and driven by David Ocker for so many years has been shot on account i f brain fever. Daniel Hunt of Centerville came in to see us Inst week and placed his name on our list by juiying a year in advance. II. II. Faust, proprietor ot the Central Hotel at Beavertown, was a guest at the Washington House Friday evening of lust week. Win. W. Brunner, Miss Helen Davis, Mrs. J. C. Packer, Mrs. A. It. Trexler and Miss Bucher rode to Middleburgh on their wheels Mon day. I. F. Bilger, Editor of the New Berlin Neva was in town on Mon day evening and employed Geo. F. Grimm as a compositor for his print ing office. For Sale. The old, established Merchants' House, 150 rooms, do ing nice business. Furnished etc., $2500. Address, Merchants' House, 2t. Phila., Pa. . Bird Adams and Charles Walker of New Berlin were released from jail on Tuesday, the grand Jury hav ing ignored the bill of indictment against them. ' The State Department of Agri culture has named Bcavcrtown, Jan 14th and 15th and Frcoburg, Jan. 17th and 18th us places and dates for holding Farmers' Institute. If you want the lost and latest style Ranges in the market, you can get just what you want by calling on W. E. Stahlncoker, opposite the jail ut Middleburgh. tf. The lxMk accounts and claims of the S. 1 1. Yixlcr Estate are in niv hands and the same must lx paid After this date all purchases must In; paid for in cash. (Jet. 5-4t. B. W. YoilKK. No apMintmcnt lifts ltecii made as pastor of the U. U. church at this place. Rev. Buddingor goes to Pine Grove. Rev. (). G. Romig and Rev. Win. Iamcy retain their positions. The divorce suit of S. S. Schoch terminated very seedily on Tues- dav evening, ins wiie uiu not ai- pear against him and the divorce was speedily granted. Evidently a settlement preceded the trial. A smooth, easy shave, genteel hair cut, or other tonsorial work, is al ways obtained at Soles' Barler Shop, in Wittcnmyer's building, opposite Post office. Go to Soles and you will make no mistake, shaving soap, face cream, hair oil and egg-sham poo for sale. A. E. Soles. The November Magazine Num ber of The Outlook will oontain an article by Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie, founded on the authorized biography of Lord Tennyson by his son, which lias just appeared. A notably fine reproduction of, Watts's famous painting of Tennyson, and other, il lustrations, will accompany the ar ticle. ($3 a year, v The Outlook Company, 13 Astor 'Place, New York A-i. H. P. Beaver, wife and daughter, Bertha, returned from CanimnI, where they spent the summer. The former will return again and the family will remain all winter. William E. Stahlncoker is pictur ed to keep you from freezing this winter. He has on hand a full sup ply of the latest style of Heaters. Cull and see his stork opposite the jail. tf. At the Sheriffs sale on Saturday Matilda Roigle bought the limestone lot of John Zieber for $10. D. A. Kern Ixtught Tracts No. 1 and 2 of Isaac Wagner for $1400. The Jesse Hackenburg tract was Ixtught by Geo. I. Kline for $355. On Wednesday morning Attorney Grimm received a notice from the Shamokin Gun Club with the notice alxtut Mr. Grimm shooting eight squirrels, clipped from last week's Pokt. These were ml squirrels, gentlemen. Attorney Grimm is not a violator ot the law. We want to inform the public that our stock of winter wnqts will be ready for . inspection this week. We will have a full line of the best and cheapest wraps to be had Also a new line of Chinaware. Please give us a call. .. Ulrich & Ohm as, Selinsgrove, Pa. G. C. Dreisbach, who has been spending most of his time for the. pust 18 mouths in and around Mid dleburgh, on Monday starts for Georgia and Alalmma by vehicle. He left Mt. Pleasant Mills on Mon day morning and is traveling in the interest of the United States View Company. At the S. II. Ycxler estate sale on Saturday at Glolx; Mills, Sheriff Goo. K. Fagley and Grunt Yxler Ixtught the mill for $10,000. Banks Yxler purchased the store projx'rty and farm for $3350. Mrs. Anna Hottenstein bought tract No. 3 for $250. The warehouse was not sold. Tract No. 5 containing 2 acres Mas bought by Dora Yoder for $115. Tract No. 0 was Ixtught by Sheriff Fegley and Grant Yoder for $55. Emanuel Zcchman Ixtught the iron ore tract for $110. Frank Magoe and wife of Mazop jta are the guests of Dr. Orwig this week. Mr. Magee has served as County Commissioner of Union county and was the Democratic chairman over there during the feast of distributing democratic jtap and! he hclMl himself to the position of StorekoojR'r and Guager at Reish's Distillery which position he held until the plant was destroyed by fire. He has the reputation of lx- ing the best Storckeccr and G linger in his district. Our account of Constable Ixtss' adventure with Jno. Swartz, the boar (!) hunter, published in Inst week's Telegraphy apjtcars in last Sunday's Philn. lrem without cred it to this paper, but as a special dis patch to the Pre. This is en couraging, and proves conslusively that the Pre has an energetic con tributor at Selinsgrove, one who can tell good, interesting, truthful news when he sees it so reliable and catchy that he- cannot resist . the temptation 'to .steal it entire. Mif- flinburg- Tetegrefph, ' A REMARKABLE STORY. fZrjKrlrttce of a Man Who Threat ened to .Shoot the Almighty. A few weeks ago a story was pult- iisneu in a monitor ot newsjiaHTs concerning u man residing near I it stantor, this State, who, it was said, had uttered a threat that he would shoot tin' Almighty. The story was that the man had raised his gun and pointed fa towurd the heavens, and that as he did so he was turned into stone and was unable to move. The story was generally discredit!, but according to the Keystone (iozcttc, of Bollefonte, there is some truth in it. The thtzette of Friday contains the following in reference to the affair. "Last week we published a state ment about the Stone Man who de- hed the Deity Itv threatening to shoot his God. The story has Iteon generally discredited but Dr. Mc Entire, of Howard, in order to find out wliat there really was in the story, wrote to the postmaster at Instanter, Pa., and in reply receiv ed two letters which we nriut lx low: LETTER NO. 1. , Instanter, Pa., Sept. 21, 1SU7. G. WMcEutire, M. D., Howard, Pa. ,JDenr Sir Your letter of the 18th inst. inquiring as to the truth of the several different rojxirts running through the ncwstHxrs of our sec tion of the State concerning u farm er lx'ing turned to stone, I will say in reply that a man by the name of Decker, living near hero, is roKirtcd to have had un cxtcricurc of that kind, but was in town yesterday looking very pale and scarcely able to walk. He denies the allegation but there are different jx-ople here who jtositivoly claim to have seen him, when ho was in the hi.-itioii as rcitortcd bv the itaiM-rs. These licit- pic say that on account of some mysterious influence, they were un able to get close' enough to make identification complete but they are jxtsitive ho was the man. On the contrary, Decker is very quiet on the stiltjcct, and nlisoliitely re fuse's to discuss it. One thing is very apparent, that Itcforo this was supM!scd to have hapM'iicd, ho was a very profane man, but now ho is altogether changed, so much sit, that any one having known him before, would not now recognize him at all. Trusting this explanation will gratify your curiosity, I remain, Very Rcstcctfully, A. C. lrn;LKY, Assistant P. M. LETTER NO. 2. Inwtanter, Pa., Sept. 22, '07. G. W. MeEntiro, M. D., Howard, Pa. Dear Doctor As you have rc oeivMl my answer to your letter of the 18th inst., I have since learned more concerning the mutter you wrote alxtut. Decker has finally ad mitted that part of the mutter said of him is true ; in res)oot to making the threat and getting his gun and going into the orchard and jxtinting to the heavens. He says, when he had his gun in position a feeling came over him that would be im possible to describe. The muscles of his body seemed to be paralyzed. He could not chancre his nosition. I He tried to fall for someone to help him, but could make mt sound. There was but one person at the house, that Uing a small Uy, and noticing his jxtsition, went toward him, but could not got within at least 100 t!rt of him. In regard to anyone trying tit build a shed over him, ho says that no attempt was made. Ho was in the jxtsition two nights and one day. Ho savs that as long as he lives ho will never utter another oath, but will try and serve his Maker to the liost of his ability, from this time on. He says it was a direct warning from the other world. You im give this publicly in your paper, Din-tor, as it w ill lie an aiiDinmitilatioii to us, our mail is literally ovorun with inquiries. Very trulv vonrs, A. C. (Jnm.EY, Ass't P. M. Edward Miller Dead. One of the prominent citizens of Middloereek township, viz: Edward Miller, died last Thursday at 1:30 o'clock. Mr. Miller was Ixtrn in Penn township Snyder (then Union) county, March 22, 182!) und is a son of John Miller. Edward Miller lived for a while in Washington township and the llan! of his life was siK'iit iu Mid dloereek township.. Georjps...Millor of r nvburg, Daniel and Frederick of Kantz and Iiewis Miller of Globe Mills are brothers and Angoline, Mrs. A. D. KroamorofSmitli (J rove is an only sister. For the last three years he has Ixi-n troubled with oanirr from the effects of which ho died at the age of (IS years, 0 nius and S days. He was buried on Sun day. Rev. Sclumhlc of Salem officiated. COURT HOUSE CHIPS. ItrnU Dntrreil tor Krrrl. .Jacob Ray and wife to William I'roiise, 2 acres and 10 M-rchos iu Penn Tw p., for $25. Win. Itrousc and wife to II. P, App, same as alxtve, for $25. Alex I Sertoli and wife to Gusta- vus I Sertoli, for lot No. 10, situati iu Frcoburg, for $500. Susanna lloiitz to Mary lloutz, for 2l ft. by 105 ft. iu eastern part of lot No. 5, Mover's addition, in Fnnbiirg, for $100. David F. ISotdorf and wife to G. A. ISotdorf, release deed of 100 acres in Washington Twp., for $(()(). Mary M. Wilt to (J. A. Botdorf, 100 acres in Washington township, fl.r $(;)(). arrlaff l.lrrnN. "Hearts Fluttkrino with Delu sions. rue ioiiowing marriage u cen8es have been granted since our lust publication : flicvi Hoffman, Perry lwp., Cora Seaman, Juniata Co. f J. F. Zcchman, Franklin'Twp., Surah Reichc, Washington " D. 11. Gemlx'rling, Dauphin Co., Amelia T. Fisher, " " Jno. A. Roush, Nanticoke, Nettie Paige, " Bean Soup. The memltors of Capt. ('. S. Davis Post, No. 14S, (i. A. R., will hold a Bean Soup and Camp Fire on the Base Ball Ground, Solinsgmvc, Oct. 7th, day and evening. Speeches will lx! made by a nuinlx-r ot Comrades. A hospital Fly has Imtii secured trom the state for the occasion. No pins will be spared to make this an enjoyable time. Evcrvltodv will lo welcome. Conic and mjn'IhI the day with us. A sjiccial invitation is ex tondiil to all the Grand Army Posts, Union Veteran Legions, Sons of Veterans, and every old soldier iu this or adjoining county. Come with your family and sxnd the day with the old Veterans. A plate ot soup, tin of coffin and crackers, 10c. The Wintersteen Cass- An order of court has boon made by Judge Ikcler, of Columbia coun ty, for a sxjcial mission of 2 weeks, Ix'ginning Tuesday, Octolx-r 2ii, for which 4S traverse jurors have Ikh'ii summoned. The Wuller-Wintcr-steeu-Knorr dynamite usc will then lx' re-triiil by Judge Ennontrout, of Reading, who has written Judge Ikeler that he would come. At lrlTle Nlo. The farm of the late Dr. T. B. Bibighaus, dee'd, situate East of Middleburgh about one mile is of fered at private sale. For further particulars inquire ot Mrs. Emma Bibighaus, Executrix, MifHinburg, Penn'a. 8-20-tf. Judge Jeremiah O. Lyons of Mi f flintown presided ut our court Wed nesday while Judge Crouse's ens was on trial." The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Re formed church will hold an Echo Meeting on Saturday evening. The other six 'ieties of the town will at tend. A phone has Ixrn placed in the Post printing office and those de siring work at short notice can place orders by wire. Any news ixvur ring Tuesday night may Ik- phoiieil to us early Wednesday morning. "That the richest and largest do posits of gold that the earth has ev er prixluccd up to the present time have Imtii found in the Alaskti Klondyko country is now an es tablished fact. Wo call your at tention to the advertisement of tin Alaska Klondyko Gold Mining Co. iu another column." 10-7-tiin. The American Protective Tariff Ijoague has just issued another and very complete edition of our Tariff laws. The volume of 1 I 1 page, gives the official text of tin- Dingley Tariff'; complete comparison of the Dingley and Wilson law ; and, in dex to all articles covered by the now Tariff. The hook will lx- of groat value for reference and for answering all questions regarding the Tariff" question. It will Ix'soni to any address for twenty-five ivnts. Ask for document Xo. 27, and ad dress The American Tariff Iii-.igue, 135 West 23rd Street, Now York. During the past week there was entered upon the marriage license dix-kct the name of a man 22 years of ago to lx! married to a little girl only 14 years of age. The girl has the consent of her parents. The man makes an "x" instead of sign ing his name. Would this not seem to indicate that we need u law preventing children from getting married? A man so totally iguor--ant that he cannot write his name married to a little girl not yet out of short dresses ! The clerk of the Orplians' court had no authority to refuse a license.
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