1 u- 1 . . . T ; 7- V I . wwa v wrm a Trnr . . .a - a r . Ulnn-llnnrnrfirt carpal Oarx wat uobiaiGU! "'"I,II ritlll PSVT31 sUtetitstyftuv MrVM. BMONsj fWUI CO., MCW The Widdleburgh Post. Published every Thursday. Geo. W. Wanenseller, editor and Proprietor. Subscription $1.50 per year. which must be paid In advance when Rent out- Blue iupcuuui.y.i ATI! OF AOVIRTISINO. All transient advertlrmonta not otherwise jomraeu-cl lor will be chnriri'd at the rate of 16 i-euta per line (nonpiini'i niwuiun?) lur nmi iuto- tloa and 10 cents per line lor every subsequent inaeruun. tVDfalk notice fMMtdfrft ; obituary pom rtMIM ratten, mm ornu . Eejmblican Standing Committee. Mmm, W. II. Herman, Jeremiah Bovcrwi Itrarer, Jaa. M. Klin. t'harlaa Bpacht Beaver W., Oeoj J. Hieefi, Clm A. Warner t'enlre. JL H. wairner, k. o. nraiey "hanman, W m. II. KeraU-ttor. O. & Troutman PraliklinV VV. P. (Hit, U.S. Hennlnirer Jackaon, . Geo. A. iiroum, J. 8. Yrarkk Miildlebunr. Al. Clelan. N. A. Hewn Mi.uiM.rMk. 8. 8. Voder. Theodora Row Monro, A. R. Younc, O. P. Killer Peon, Frank Miner, iiowara now Perry, J. N, HroHiia, Dr. H. Kothrock Prrry W., lto tttrawaer. John Noll VllnVrove, N. 8. Piaher, F. H. Smith Murine, P. F. Helel , Geo. 8. Lrplejr Tnion, O. . Kloe, H. J. Hiroh A'aabinRton. Henry Brown, John Miller Republican Ticket. For U. 8. Senator, Hon. M. S. Quay. For Congreaa, Hon. Trad. M. Mahon. For Antembly, Dr. A. M. Smith. For Anociate Judge, . lion. Z. T. Geniberling. For County Surveyor, Goo. A. Botdorf, Esq. Thursday, May 1898. Records Should be Carefully Kept At the recent meeting of the Sny der County Historical Society a re solution was adopted to uppohit a ommittcc to draft rules lor the guid ance of pastors in kecpingthechurch records properly. This committee, we presume, will attend toits duty. Rev. S. KOchsenfordofSelinsgrove is the chairman of this committee. The ministers of the gospel have an opportunity to get a great deal of information. As usual each minis ter keepsarecord of baptisms, births, marriages and funerals at which he officiates, but as a rule, ministers stay for acoinjmratively brief period and the record .goes with them. When the minister dies, his records tall into the hands of individuals and information that is exceedingly valuable never reaches the public. When the German settlers poured into the south-eastern part of the state early in 1700, they required their pastors to keep a record of all births, baptisms and marriuges in their various charges and file them away as the projierty of the church.! I he sexton of the burial ground was required to keep a book and in it note down the date of birth and death of every one buried in his cemetery. Where these records were thus kept, it now becomes an easy matter to trace up the pioneer families. "Where tins lias not been done, the task be comes a most difliult one. In 1815 when the second church at Salem, tins county, was completed, the church council passed a resolution that both the Lutheran and the Re formed pastors should write up the history of the church to that jicriod ana each, was to note the births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of all connected with the conirreeation and a list made of all those who would commune and put these in a box specially prepared for that pur poHc at the pulpit. This was done for a great many years, how long we cannot say. At present we are safe in saying that-very few do it and hence the information of the people ; who lived in,Snyder county for the post 70 years, is very meagre. Ave are glad to note, however, that for, the last 20 years Mr. Knegbaum, Ukj sexton, of the Fremont cemetery, lias kept a careful record of every! t 1 it mi . t .i jienwii uurieu were, in is is lilC only sexton's recced wkwwf 'of in Snyder county. The day k already at head when information concern- in? early settlers is eagerly . sought aiter and as time passes, it will be at a higher premium. '' 1 o , ' In view of this, the pastors ot the various congregations of Snyder county will be asked to keepa care ful record of all people connected wirii their conirreirations and this deposited in thechurch'forthe infor mation ot historians ot future gen erations. At present, the marriage license docket is paving the way as i means of utility for future infor mation. The Post is now compil ing and publishing the marriages of Snyder county Jar the past au years. We cannot get them all. We can get only those whose marriages were nublished in the PnsT at the time of the occurrence and we can not get all of those as some copies are still missing trom our nies. When we get down to October 1885, we will take them from the mar riage license docket This record, when completed for oO years, will contain 4000 marriages. They will then lie put iu liook form, lhe marriage records ol lvev. a. ix Casper, Rev. hrlenmeycr, and Kcvs. P. Slundel, Sr. and Jr., si.ould be published and prolwbly will. At, present, the Post is gathering the tombstone inscriptions of all the cemeteries and burying grounds in Snyder county. These will be nublished in the Poist and will re surrect some data of the very earliest settlers in Snyder county and in fact of neonle who have lived here lor 125 to 150 years. What a pity that all graves are not marked I Hut there are from 30,000 to 40,000, craves that are marked and the people buned here are the ancestors for 3, 4 and even 5 generations ago. The record of all these marriages and tombstone inscriptions will be nit in book form eventually, when Snyder county will have a ; more complete record of births, deaths and marriages in one, volume than any other county in Pennsylvania. t will be a book or reference ot Snyder county such as has never been published of one county. In the pursuit of this task, we lave felt very keenly the need of better church records and, hence, we look to the iHistors of Snyder county to endeavor, if jiossible, to give us records 'that will stay "with the chuR-hcs where the inhabitants are born, live and die. The Snyder County Historical Society will do all in its power to collect and preserve historical data concerning events and early settlers and endeavor to put in good shape the records ot the present so that future historians will not be hamper ed with the lack of records that sur rounds the local historian of the pres ent day. . . Crowded out (u( wcekJ , Cross : Grove ;will show - theiv patriotism, on next ' Saturday by having a pole raising.. Charles Stuck spent Sunday with ' some of j his Lowell friends ...K. J. Wagner and family 'spent - Sunday with L. A. ' Jenkins......... The Lowell Store is now conducted under the management of ' James Peter' and , bis assistant U. F. Herbster.... Henry Houser the retired merchant, is spending some, of his spare time fishing in the blue Juniata, his csteh has never been reported ....Henry Hassicger hauled -400 bushels of wheat to McClure last - week, and hauled home J) 400 for his trouble ..... The farmers are well pleased with the rise in price of wheat but they about ' . rise of wages, if the county paper will be sent to them for 52 ' weeks in a year for one dollar they claim it comes too high, we will read that other fellow' paper Lowell Some Money for the Capital. The liquor liccuscs have now all been lifted and it is interesting to note some statistics concerning the fund. The money rccieved was as follows : 3 Distiller's Licenses at $ 1 00, $300 2Rottlers " (boro.)at250 500 1 " (twp.) 125 25 Hotel " (twp.) at $100 2500 " (boro.) 1200 Total $4625 Of this $4625, the sum of $1850 goes to the state, $2220 goes back to the townships and boroughs for improving the public roods and $555 to the County, less the county Treas urer's conunission on the above amounts. Under the act ot 18U7, township hotel licenses were raised from $75 to one $100 and those in boroughs from $150 to $200. Rottlers' licenses in townships, were raised from $150 to $125 and in boroughs from $200 to $250. Under the law prior to the act of. 1897 the state would recieve $800 from the amount, but now it will recieve $1050 more by virtue of this act. This will afford the state the sum of $1050 extra money from Snyder cotfnty to apply to the capitol fund and it gives Snyder county a chance to own a part of the .New capitol building. , I have been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war and have used all kinds of medicines for it. At last I fonnd one remedy that hai been a suceess as a cure, and that is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. tr. & Gbishah, Oaara Mills, La. For alebr all Druggists. ' i LtitVlt, 0lr Wiaraa. - ' T&lc about trouble! You're smt had lour children down with .fas monies at onee. bare you?" "No; Mra Cranthy. but ' b4 II boarders this sum mer." Judge. and vicinity showed their patriotism on last Saturday by erecting a fifty foot pole, and swinging old. glory to the breeze. While the boys were fastening the pole, there were some shots fired in the direction of Sprnn and the result was the capture of Meyler, the butcher, lie was brought to town and quickly saturated with coal oil and huntr to a iiole, the match applied and every thing passed off to the satisfaction ot the crowd that had gathered for the occassion, thanks to the parties that assisted toward defraying the ex pences of old glory. . ' . MIDDLECREEK. -T -i l a opnng work nas been much re tarded on account of the . frequent rams.-- About hall ot the corn is to be planted yet- Wheat and grass look; very promising.;;. Quite' an improvement is noticed aloncr W. 11. Kline's farm, all of the ixifita of his wire fences are: white- washed C. R. Klingler moved into a shanty at ' Mountalndalc) whvte he will shortly be .engaged in making staves . .... Mrs, .. Isaac . Durm of Juniata county is visiting her .son Win. Gross. . . . '. .Mrs. Geo. Rjieam and daughter are visiting her fnther Jesse . Knppn. ..... .Frank !;UlsH and wile- of Ix'wistowa were, tha! guests of his brother Hardeu, ovef Sunday Sam . Wagner of Huntingdon is fireman at. the stave mill which he lately purchased from Emanuel Wagner It ' is re- Eorted that James MUchcIIwho oh been attending Medico Chirur gical college' at Philadelphia for the last three years was successful in his final examination and now wears whole sheep skin. .. .; .The Assignee's sale of W. H. Ulsh last Thursday brought Uigether a good many people from a distance,' . Fair prices were realised all through. . , , Siuee war it is amusing to hear of the many complaints to which a good many of our men are subject It looks as if our West enders are slow, as Weyler has been' hung in cinirv already more than six - ' a - months airo. Last Saturday Mrs. Gust Roniig was buried at the St. John s church, a large concourse of jHKiple were present to mourn her departure M iss Ellen letter is visiting with her sister, Mrs, Shambach in Centre county. Ot the many Juvenile funnlmenta that bubble vtp and aeek for publication through tho types the following of a little Boston girl quite mature at tlx la not bad, and is told by Purser Doyle of the Bay line steamer Georgia. She went Into a store where her father was lounging, and slyly approaching him, said, "Papa, won't you buy me a new dress?" . ! "Well, I'll see: I'll speak to your mother about it." A sad look came over the little maid en's face, until looking up with a smile Into the paternal eyes, she said, "Well, papa. If you do speak to mamma about It, touch her easy, or she may want It herself." He was an Irishman and took tha obviously economical view of the sub ject. It was on the train from NeW Tork to New Haven. The conductor en reaching him, said, with brevity and blandness, "Ticket." ' "Well, begorra," answered the Irish party, "I guess I've made a bit of a mlshtake. I wanted to go to Eastamp ton, Mass., and I have bought a ticket for Eaatnampton, Conn." . "Why . didn't you buy . the right ticket T". said the conductor. ,:. r "Well, I saw two of them, but the one to Eaatnampton, Conn., was the cheapest, and so I bought that one." T. J. Sullivan, one ot tha road mas ters oa the Boats and Albany, writes that a Westfleld, Mass., butcher who was on bis death bed, said to .his wife, "Fanny,. If I die, you must marry my assistant. He Is a good young man, and the business cannot .be carried oa with ut a man to look after it." . :. ; shoes. To fit the foot and flTthe nurse at our store, we always try to give our customers flits ; wa do not ask you to make your foot fit the shoe ; but we simply give you a shoe that fits the foot. We iust received a force nw linn of Spring, and Summer styles in Russets and Patent Leathers and all kinds, tbe latest styles and lower prices. Call and see for youreel. 1 s It , ' For the short time we have been in businfiB", our atore and goods have become - well and favorably known a to quality, LOW PRICES and FAIR DEALING. from New Tork and Philadelphia. Lnrgest stock ! Beet stock I Lower prices ! Tbe bargains we give hold jour custom i be convinced bv giv ing us a call. DRESS GOODS, We can show you 250 kinds of Dress Goods, Novelties, Mohairs and in fact all kinds of the latent Pattern. Remember we are , selling all our Dress Patterns ; only one Pattern of a kind wt find in this way we can show you a larger assort aient in Dress Goods and sell at lower prices. We can abow you Novelty Dress Goods from 8c to' 90c per yard. Call and see this line, and we are sure you will find a bargain. LAWNS. From 5o to 25o Fancy, Datt Swiss, Bhold Dimity. Frift'd Dimitv. Vriu'A Org.. PeracK Serge Pq. ; in fact we show you a full assortment in all kinds of Dress Goods and Ginermmn Dress Ginghams 6c to 16c : all Apron Ginghams. Lancaster 6o: all kIua Ualico only pc. 6KTS ! OTOGS! pfa riVi-Carpcton AHIfJndo. The whole lower floor, ot my store is' taken up with Carpets, Ru . Art Squares, Curtains. Window Shl. rs.J:- tji rr T Rug Fringe, Floor. Stair and Tabl Oil HUk. -T ajaWet We can show you the largest and best selection of the above eocA ever shown mLewistown..- . . Rag Carpet as low as 20a anJ Cotton Carpet w."22n J Velvet Carpet 75c. J Brusscll Carpet as low as 50c and nn All Wrool Carpet 50c, Half Wool Carpet" 35e, ' . -Ohina and Japan Matting 100 Rolls lo Select From J Compare quality and prices, you will find that our ston is the place to buy at y The goods are firstrclass, prices are the low est, our rooms are clean and no trouble to show goods. W. ft FELIX, wutowi, P.J Groceries Arhuckles' and Lion Coffee, 13c i 2 lbs. for zoo i 4 for 46c. w inner jonee, too ; x ios. lor aoc. Loose Roasted Javo, 13c; 2 lbs. for 26. t h . Java and- Mocho; 86e : 8 lbs. for OQo. iXtra loose green conee, 5c. 9 lbs. Soft A SMgar, 60c. 81 lbs Gran- uiaiea, ooo. mlk. T r ,n. mm iua. ajiguii uruwu, uuq. Corn Starch, 6c ; 8 lbs. for 12c. ew nice, o very nice. . Best N. O, Molasses, 14c. a qt. Syrup, 18c. a gaL ; Light Syrup, SOo. a gal. Chocolate, 18c. Baking Hoda, 4c. per lb. Boking Powder, 6c. j lb. Rasins, 7c. Silver Prunes, 12c, extra nice. . Oatmeal, lun. . A nnnlcfto-aa 9;W Crushed whnat. ifin .. '1 nanlraana 2JW. Coffee cakes, 5c. a lb. (linger snaps, 6c. a lb. Oyster crackers, 5c. a lb. Knick-kuocks, 8c. a lb. Water crackers. 9c. a lb. Cash paid for good butter and eggs. In Carpets, Hues and Oil cloths we hove all the newest patterns and cuoice colorings. Tbe latest de signs are oeautiiui ana at about- a quarter off from former prices. uooa ingrain (Jarpet, only -f0. Good Home-made Carpet, 25o. 8 4 Floor Oilcloth, 50c. per yd. tf-4 Table Oilcloth. 14c, per yd. 5 4 Table Oilcloth. 12c. per yd. No. 1 Butter, II No. 2 Butter, 10 Ftnb Ebki, 10 Onloni, 80 ' Dried Applea, 3 Apples, 80. Bbouldor, 8 Potatoea, 68 New Lard, 8 Tarkeya, 10 Young Chickens, 7 Dried Cberrlea, 8 Bacon, 8 Bam, 10 N. B. We have no Spec ial Bargain Day. Oar tsar gains are Every Day. F.H. Maurer, N. W. Corner, Front and Union Sts New Berlin, Pa. Liberal Afrmtmente. Prompt Pavmen? iaaaaaaBaaaaaaBaaaaaBi2 H. HWRVEY SCHnCH GENERAL INSURANCE A6ENGV SBliRniatrtftirR. is a OtiItt 41m AMoni Qi. a r 1 r . " w"v vriitcoi .ciuoucui vasn companies, Pire. Xilfe.' Annirlnnf an A Tnm.. ' ' 1 w mu AViUOUU, NoAssessments T70 Prfiminm 17aJ The Aetna Pounded A. D.. 1819 H -- Jin American u ' iin oinneoili iiie KManaara Acciaent insurance Co. The New York'tife Insurance Co. The Fidelity Mutual Ufe Association. . t . Your Patronaae Solicited. HOid on to Your Dollars 9 Until you see Solid-fact Bargains. We hJ OrMnftn tha Bnirai Kitk & .u.L - j ,1 that beats the record for beauty and M xx iair witn yourselves and m our Elegant Stock of . Spring Clothy ' It DreBAnr.a an luiMminA. .71 al buying that is not found elsewhere. Spring Hats, fapcy Sl?irt 7etyDody need8 eoinethlng in this iinl ' Wa havs inat Whaf. mn mA nnrl . ij . - - - - rfw MWVI, mju a. UI prices that defy competition, We hu tbe Finest Line of Gentlemen's Furnisk ing Goods on tha Market. Hats. Can ryalioeai;TrnBk an-,BubberMGood8 t uve m large assortments. . IN DRESS SHOES, We have a line unequalled in the county, bur Sprine wear, in nra and quality, cannot be beat in tlie State. We want you to see our shoe! Great Reduction Sale of FURNITURE! For Nrtety Days ! The Undersigned Offer The Public Their EI TliLE STOCK OF FUlUaTURE AT THE GREATEST SACRIFICE IvER KNOWN IN CENTRAL PEKH 6TLVANIA. We art uot Mlllng out, but we do this to Increase our sales above aoyprrf viuus year, we inv u isw ot tne prices as iohows : I Soft Wood Chauiber Suits 14.00;Cotton Top Mattress .' 1! Hard Wood Chamber Suits 16.00iWovea Wire Mattress. 1.1 Antique Oak Suits, 8 Pieces 19.00 i Bed Springs II Plunh Parlor Suits 80.00 iDrop Tables, per ft Wooden Cbairs per set. 2.50;PIatform Bookers In stock, everything in the furniture line, luoludingMirrors, Book Cam Desks, 8ldeboards, Cupboards, Centre Tables, Fanoy Rookers, Baby Chain Feather Pillows, Lounges, Couches, Dougbtrays, Sinks, Hall Raoks, Cm Seat Chairs fine, medium and cheap furniture, to suit all classes. Prices reduced all through. Come early and see our stock before! glvlm your order, and thus save 16 to 80 per cent on every dollar. Special Attention Given to Undertaking & Embalming KATHKKMAN St HARTNAN, Limited, M1FFLINBUROH.P In Sherift's Sale of REAL ESTATE. By virtue ot certain writs ot FL Fa. Issued out of tbe Court of Common Pleas of Snydsr County, Pa., and tome directed I win expose to publlo Bile at tbe Court Bouse In Mlddleburg, Pa., on SATVBDAY.tbetSUiday ot May isds at 0n o'clock P. M the following described Real Is tale to wlfi f. ' ' f . AH Uutjcertatn tract of land situated In Spring township, Snydor County, Pa. Bounded on tbe North by a public road; on tbs East by publlo road i on the South by lands ot James Blckel and on tbe West by lands otw. F. Ettlnger, containing t acres and 13 perches more or less, oa which an erected a dwkeuno HOUSK, STABLE and OUTBTJII J3ING8 - Seiied, taken Into execution and to be sold as tt property ptW. B.Knepp. , . , ' Bhjsrirrs offlcr, iddlcburg.TK:, May , Mis,- T . P.8.mTTEB.Bherltt. M Ikkm AT. LIT. PLEASANT MILLS. I keep every thine in the hardware line. Horse shoe! nails, other nails by the keg or pound, toe steel, cast steeU tires for baggies and wagons, round bar iron, chains of alt kinds, forks, .shovels, hoes, tools of all kinds, . , Horse Blaiakets, Whips, halters, tie ropes, carry combs, .brjishes of kinds, brooms, tinware, granite ware, 'tubs, backets, Patent Washing Machines. v f ' Call to see my goods and yon-will be convinced you can bay cheaper here than any where in the county. YoursVespV, I I I f r rr lit Pleasant : " :; Ji Li ,UULJi 'idlb, n.
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