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MIDDLEBUKGH, SNYDER CO.. PA, THURSDAY, OCT. 7. 1897.
rUPDUBTOCH W8T IS A PBOKSSWE MEWSPAPEB WlWt THE BIT
VOL 34. N0.3i).
T HEW8 FBI THE COUNTY. STATE AMD Ml
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h? BEIETS 7E0M HOME.
Sews of ifiddlecreek Valley,
Wore ments of your tVieiuh,
W Wttitoi'a and a Hun
dred other things you
Would Like
to Know.
Geo. Smith is on the sick
jClton Fair is in progress
Ik.
Bashoar spent several days
lokin.
eburgh was well represent-
Lewisburg Fair last week.
rd Rodgers last week niov-
Belleville to Franklin Twp.
p Clara Spitler and Dora
L spent Sunday at New Ber-
Moyer, of Selinsgrove, was
teat visitor one day last
Thomas and Ada Hostennan of,
Woodward, Centre county, visited
their many friends in town over
Sunday.
The faithful old hone owned and
driven by David Ocker for so many
years has been shot on account ( 1
brain fever.
Daniel Hunt of Centerville came
in to see us last week and placed
his name on our list by jMiying a
year in advance.
II. II. Faust, proprietor ot the
Central Hotel at Bcavertown, was a
guest at the Washington House
Friday evening of lust week.
Win. W. Brunner, Miss Helen
Davis, Mrs. J. C. Packer, Mrs. A.
11. Trexler and Miss Bucher rode to
Middleburgh on their wheels Mon
day. I. F. Bilger, Editor of sthe New
Berlin Aetra 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. J urmshed etc.,
$2500. Address,
Merchants' House,
aonii Schocn lias been the
recipient of a beautiful
pitler, wife and sou, Ray
e spending a week at Sha-
Housewcrth, Esq., of Se-
was a caller at this office
Stetler returned home from
where he hud been work-
tore.
user will be pleased to
meal to all families de-
saine. It.
puitli, of Mt. Pleasant
a caller at this office
last week.
v Grimm wishes us to
the snuirrcls shot last
red squirrels.
11a Meiser of Meisenille
v (lays in town the guest
fSpecht this week.
itor Snyder and children,
pst week at Lewisburg
if her sister Mrs. Hubley.
ftlia Yeagcr, of Yeagcr-
sister of Dr. C. H.
a guest of the Doctor
Kegt. P. V. re-union
at Port Royal, Juniata
Vraday and Friday, Oct.
ith, 1897.
fie Keiser and Louisa
Mifflinburg came over
isit Miss Bertha Yeager,
f Dr. Brisbin.
Gemberling and wife,
e, are spending a few
r daughter, Mrs. X,
the French Flats.
iliybeen understood
county has no railroad.
rwil TV... ,.-
the northwestern oorn-
) of more than, one 'rod.
2t
Phila., Pa.
Bird Adams and Charles Walker
of New Berlin were released from
juil on Tuesday, the grand ury ha v-
ing ignored the bill of indictment
against them.
The State Department of Agri
culture has named Beavertown, Jan.
14th and 15th and Freeburg, Jan.
17th and 18th as places and dates
for holding Farmers' Institute.
If you want the best and latest
style Ranges in the market, you can
get just what you want by calling
on W. K. Stnhlnccker, opposite the
jail at Middleburgh. tf.
The Ixxtk accounts and claims of
the S. II. Yoder Estate are in my
hands and the suae must lx jtaid.
After this date all purchases must
be paid for in cash.
Oct. 5-4t. B. W. YoDKit.
No appointment litis lieen made
as pastor of the U. B. church at
this place. Rev. Buddinger goes
to Pine Grove. Rev. (). G. Romig
and Rev. Wm. Ijiimey retain their
positions.
The divorce suit of S. S. Schoch
terminated very speedily on Tues
day evening. His wife did not ap
pear against him and the divorce
was speedily granted. Evidently a
settlement preceded the trial.
A smooth, easy shave, genteel hair
cut, or other tousorial work, is al
ways obtained at Soles' Earlier Shop,
in Wittenmyer'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 oontaiu an
article by Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie,
founded on the authorized biography
of Lord Tennyson by his son, which
has just appeared. A notably fine
reproduction ofL Watts's famous
painting of Tennyson, and other, il
lustrations, will aoborapany the ar
ticle. ($3 a year, v The Outlook
Company, 13' Astor 'Place, New
II. P. Beaver, wife and daughter,
Bertha, returned from Cammal,
where they spent the summer. The
former will return again ami the
family will remain all winter.
William K.Stahlnecker is prepar
ed to keep you from freezing this
winter. He has on hand a full sup
ply of the latest style of Heaters.
Call and see his stock opposite the
jail. tf.
At the Sheriff's sale on Saturday
Matilda Reigle Ixtughtthc limestone
lot of JohnZiebur for $10. D. A.
Kern bought Tracts No. 1 and 2 of
Isaac Wagner for $1400. The Jesse
Hackeuburg tract was Ixtught by
Geo. I. Kline for $355.
On Wednesduy morning Attorney
Grimm received a notice from the
Shamokin Gun Club with the notice
nix ut Mr. Grimm shooting eight
squirrels, clipped from last week's
Pokt. These were red squirrels,
gentlemen. Attorney Grimm is not
a violator ot the law.
We want to inform the public
that our stock of winter wraps will
be ready for . inspection this week.
We will have a full line of the best
and cheapest wraps to tie hud. Also
a new line of Chinaware. Please
give us a call. ,.
Ulrich & Ohm an,
. Selinsgrovv, Pa.
G. C. Dreisbnch, who has been
spending most of his time for the.
past 18 mouths in and around Mid
dleburgh, on Monday started for
Georgia and Alabama 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. Yoder estate sale
on Saturday at Glolie Mills, Sheriff
Geo. K. Fagley and Grant Yoder
bought the mill for $10,000. Banks
Yoder purchased the store property
and farm for $3350. Mrs. Anna
Hottensteiii bought tract No. 3 for
$250. The warehouse was not sold.
Tract No. 5 containing 2 acres Mas
taught by Dora Yoder for $115.
Tract No. G was bought by Sheriff
Fegley and Grant Yoder for $55.
Emanuel Zechman Itought the iron
ore tract for $110.
Frank Magce and wife of Mazep
W ure the guests of Dr. Orwig this
week. Mr. Magce has served as
County Commissioner of Union
county and was the Democratic
chairman over there during the feast
of distributing democratic pap and
he bellied himself to the lxtsitiou of
Storekeeper and Guager at Rcish's
Distillery which position he held
until the plant was destroyed by
fire. He has the reputation of 1h
ing the best Storekecjter and Guager
in his district.
Our account of Constable Loss'
adventure with Jno. Swartz, the
bear (!) hunter, published in last
week's Telegraph, appears in last
Sunday's Phila. 2Vw without cred
it to this paper, but as a special dis
patch to the Pram. This is en
couraging, and proves conslusivcly
that the Prem has an energetio 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. Mifflinburg-
Tdegrqph. J , ui
A REMARKABLE STORY.
ErjMTtetwe of a Man Who Threat
ened to Hhant the Almighty.
A few weeks ago a story was pult-
lished in a nunilxT of newsp;qx'rs
concerning a man residing near In
stanter, this Stat', who, it was said,
had uttered a threat that lie would
sluxtt the Almighty. The story was
that the! man had raised his gun and
pointed it toward the heavens, and
that as he did so he was turned into
stone and was unable to move. The
story was generally discredited, but
according to the Keystone (lazettv,
of lk'llefonte, there is some truth in
it. The (lazetfe of Friday contains
the following in reference to the
affair.
"Lost week we published a state
ment about the Stone Man who de
fied the Deity by threatening to
shoot his God. The story has Ix-cn
generally discredited but Dr. Me-
Entirv, 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 print lie-
low :
letter no. 1.
, Isstaxtek, Pa., Sept. 21, 1SD7.
G. W,McEntire, M. D., Howard,
- V Pa
, JDcar Sir Your letter of the 18th
inst. inquiring as to the truth of the
several different rejxirts running
through the iiewsptqcrs of our sc
tion of the State concerning a farm
er licing turned to stone, I will say
in reply that a man by the name of
Decker, living near here, is rejxtrtcd
to have had an cxperienre of that
kind, but was in town yesterday
looking very jtale and scarcely able
to walk, lie denies the allegation
but there are different people hen
who jtositivcly claim to have seen
him, when he was in the jMisitioii as
reiKrt"d bv the pa iters. Theseneit-
pie say that on aceotint of sonu
mysterious iulluenee, they were un
able to get close enough to niaki
identification complete but thn
are lxtsitive he was the man. On
the contrary, Decker is very quiet
on the subject, and altsolutelv re
fuses to discuss it. One thing is
very apparent, that Ix-lbrc this was
supposed to have happened, he wui
a very profane man, but now lie is
altogether changed, so much so, that
any one having known him Ix forc,
would not now recognize him at all
Trusting this explanation wil
gratify your curiosity, I remain,
Very Rcsjtc,tfully,
A. C. (il'Kil.KY,
Assistant P. M.
LETTER XO. 2.
Instanter, Pa., Sept. 22, ",7.
G. W. McEntire, M. D., Howard,
Pa.
Dear Doctor As you have re
vived my answer to your letter of
the 18th inst., I have siiwe learned
more concerning the matter you
wrote altout. Decker has finally ad
mitted that part of the matter said
of him is true ; in respect to making
the threat and getting his gun and
going into the orchard and pointing
to the heavens. He says, when be
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 ( change his position.
I He tried to eall for someone to help
him, but could make no sound.
Then' was but one jhtsoii at the
house, that lx-ing a small Ixtv, and
noticing his position, went toward
him, but could not get within at
least 1 00 feet of him. In regard
to anyone trying to build a shed
over him, be says that no attempt
was made, lie was in the ixtsition
two nights and one day. He savs
that as long as he lives he will
never utter another oath, but will
try and serve his Maker to the Itest
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 jtiiK'r, Doctor, as it will lx an
accommodation to us, our mail is
literally overuii with inquiries.
Very truly yours,
A. i (Il'Kil.KY,
Ass't P. M.
Edward Miller Dead.
One of the prominent citizens of
Middleercek 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, 182i) and is a
son of John Miller.
Edward Miller lived for a while
in Washington township and the
IttUnce of his life was spent iu Mid
dleercek township.. Geoqp!...Miller
of Freeburg, Daniel and Frederick
of Kantz and Lewis Miller of Glolie
Mills are brothers ami Angeline,
Mrs. A. D. KreamcrofSmith Grove
is an only sister. For the last three
years he has Ixvn troubled with
cancer from the effects of which he
died ut the age of (iS years, (1 mos.
and S days. He was buried on Sun
day. Kev. S'hiiable of Salem officiated.
COURT HOUSE CHIPS.
polit Kiilrrrd lor Krrnrd.
.lacoit liiiv aiKt w He tit illuiiii
I'roiisc, 2 acres and 1(1 jx-rches in
Penn Tu p., for $25.
Wm. Itrouse and wife tit II. P.
App, same as above, for $25.
Alex Itcrtcli and wife to (iusta
vus llcrtch, for lot No. Hi, situati
in Freeburg, for $5(10.
Susanna Hoiitz to Mary Iloutz,
for 2W ft. by Ki5 ft. in eastern part
of lot No. 5, Mover's addition, in
Frcoburg, for $4(M).
David F. Botdorf and wife to G.
A. Botdorf, release deil of 100
acres in Washington Twp., for
$;.
Mary M. Wilt to G. A. Botdorf,
100 acres iu Washington township,
for $(100.
Marring Lima.
"Hearts Fluttering with Demj
bions." The following marriage li
censes have been granted since our
lost publication :
f Levi Hoffman, Perry'Twp.,
Cora Seaman, Juniata Co.
f J. F. Zechman, FranklinTwp.,
Sarah Keiche, Washington "
D. K. Gemlierling, Dauphin Co.,
Amelia T. Fisher, " "
Jno. A. Roush, Nanticoke,
Nettie Paige, "
Al l'rlTte Hal.
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 of Mrs. Emma
Bibighaus, Executrix, Mifflinburg,
Penn'a. 8-26-tf,
Bean Soap.
Thcmcmltcrs of dipt. ('. S. Davis
Post, No. 148, G. A. 11., will hold
a Beau Snip and Camp Fire on the
Base Bull Ground, Selinsgrove, Oct.
7th, day ami evening. Speeches will
U made by a numlx-r of Comrades.
A hospital Fly has Ixrn secured
from the state for the occasion. No
pains will be spared to make this tin
enjoyable time. Evervlxxlv will Ik-
welcome. Come and spend the day
with us. A special invitation is ex
tended to all the Grand Armv Posts,
Union Veteran legions, .Sins of
Veterans, and every old soldier in
this or adjoining countv. dune
with your family and sjm ikI the dav
with the old Veterans. A plate of
soup, tin of coffee and crackers, 10c.
The Winterstoen Case-
An order of court has been made
by Judge Ikeler, of Columbia iitun
ty, for a stecial session of 2 weeks,
Iteginiiing Tuesday, Ootolx-r 2(5, for
which 48 traverse jurors have Urn
summoned. The Wallcr-Winter-stceu-Kiiorr
dynamite sc will then
lie re-tried by Judge Eriiientrout,
of Heading, who has written Judge
Ikeler that he would come.
Judge Jeremiah O. Lyons of Mif
flintown presided at our court Wed
nesday while Judge ('rouse's castf
was on trial.
The Y. P. S. C. E. of the He
formed church will hold an Echo
Meeting on Saturday evening. The
other societies of the town will at
tend.
A phone has lxrn placed in the
Post printing otlicc and those de
siring work at short notice can place
orders by Mire. Any news occur
ring Tuesday night may be phoned
to us early Wednesday morning.
"That the richest, and largest de
posits of gold that the earth has ev
er produced up to the present time
have Ih'i ii found in the Ahisk:i
Klondyke country is now an es
tablished fact. We call your at
tention to the advertisement of the
Alaska Klondyke Cold Mining Co.
in another column." 10-7-fini.
The American Protective Tariff
licaguc has just issued another ami
very complete edition of our Tariff
laws. The volume of Ml pago,
gives the ollicial text of the Dinglcv
Tariff; complete comparison of the
Dingley anil Wilson law ; and, in
dex to all articles covered by the
new Tariff. The Ixtok will lx- of
great value for reference and for
answering nil questions regarding
the Tariff question. It w ill lx'seni
to any address for twenty-five cents.
Ask for document No. 27, and ad
dress The American Tariff licaguc,
13."i West 2:5rd Street, New York.
During the past week there was
entered ujxm the marriage license
dix'ket the name (tf a man 22 years
of age to lte married to a little girl
only 1 4 years of age. The girl has
the consent (tf her parents. The
man makes an "x" instead of sign
ing his name. Would this not
seem to indicate that we need a law
preventing children from getting
married? A man so totally ignor
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.