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I m f I -.1 t
V.R. Jones of Swlneford U on
sick list I
V. wit dealers are loading a
ber of cars at me rauruwi una
erov Stetler and Eva Steininger
visiting friends at Wyoming,
erne County.
rs. John Ellenberger and two
5ren of Dunoannon are visiting
(parents.
LhierJ. N. Thompson spent
Gay and Memorial day with his
Cits at Mexico.
lies Barber and George Buyer
nville were visitors at John
rick's the past week.
fieo. W. Waeenseller is
ing friends at Northumberland
Wawontown una woe.
alvin Stetler and K. C. Walter
wives are visiting at Millheim,
ftre county this week.
limon Hummel, the reaper agent
Jlonroe township, was in Middle-
last week.
J. Stetler, who is employed
l....knrv urn a hnmft nvor Sundav
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inir his parents and friends.
. II. llennineer, of Swineford,
Wly improving the property
fchascd from.the Bibighaus estate.
he borough supervisor is filling
Rnirnr street from the Middle-
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Ik bridge to the Lutheran church.
numler of Snyder county
liciuns arc attending the Repub-
state convention at Harris-
this week. ' '
he Lutheran church was very
ly decorated with flags and
ling on Sunday for the Memor-
k'rviccs.
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tin. bleieher ot Nanticoke was
Iwu on Monday rendering some
So on the accordeon lor the
rtainment of Middleburg rs.
Llin C. Stuck ot McUIure is
ding this week in Middleburgh
mig his inends, preparatory to
ling lor Three Rivers, Mich.
. Snvder, the Superintendent of
f ork department ot the bunbu ry
and former! v a resident ot
rertown, spent Memorial day in
lace.
k'v. f. Last, ol mltimore wno
it six years was the iwstor of the
:eu. Brethern church of this place,
re this week callimr unon nis
w friends.
tZ7 ft
M. Maurerand wife of Kreamer
in town to attend the Memorial
rises on Monday evening.
He here thev both made a plea-
and profitable call at our office,
e regret to note that our friend
Subscriber, Morris Erdley, has
with financial trouble. We
he may be able to satisfactorily
K matters.
rs. Catherine Bower of Swine-
has returned from her . trip to
Eand New Orleans. She
about 3000 miles. This
kable accomplishment for
Hon as old as she is.
bu will find a letter in this issue
John Rhamstine, on the Chi
Jngua National Park. Another
George Clelan on Camp Alger,
r war news on page 5. Be
j get uie foot regularly, only
i" year in aavanoe.
Vigressmoo Mahon reoommend
f- C. Wigenseller, ex-oounty
jurer, to be the Postmaster of
Tgrove to succeed the late
R Hummel .Geonre wil
f to the people of Selinsgrove
fmuuinucranoD ana above all
position he deserves and has
A nyiaithfui republican lovaltv.
certainly more thaa r can
jourt next week.
The Christian Endeavor Society
will iiuiu a ksum tm a utu...,
f. Jine 4tfu ghoaldthe
weather be inclement the festival
wni be held the following Saturday.
xney expect a grew many peopie
present
The MidcQeburvh oemetry is in a
nicer condition than we have ever
had the privilege of seeing it. The
experiment of having some one to
s 3 i i i j:
anena u ana Keep it ui guou uiuui
tion seems to work well. Mr,
Tobias has certainly done his work
well.
A smooth, en j shave, genteel hair
cut, or other tonsorial work, is al
ways obtained at Soles' Barber Shop.
in Wittenmyer's building, opposite
Post office. Go to Soles and you
will make no mistake, nhaving soap,
face cream, hair oil awl egg-sham
poo for sale A. E. Soles.
Dr. W. O. Perkins of Boston,
will spend the summer at Selins
grove and will give lessons in vocal
training and musical composition
beginning Monday, June 13. Studio
at the opera house. For particulars
or circulars apply to A. V . Potter,
Selinsgrove. o-Zu-lra.
Farmcn in need ot a binder,
mower or hay rake will find what
they want in the Johnson machines
ch took the prize at the Nash
ville Exposition last season. These
machines will be on exhibition dm
ing court week at Middloburg
Don't fail to see them and get i
bargain.
I am now ready to take Photo
graphs, Cabinets $1. per down and
up. All.work guaranteed, finish
cd up in first class style. In order
to introduce my work will give 1;
photos, for a dozen this week and
next week bcgiiung June 1st am
endim; June 1 ltli.
. iKVishxoi.K,l'JiotoKrapher.
Middlolmrgli, Pu.,
The Register and Rworder ot
Snvder county sent a larin-r chock
to llamshiinr last month than lias
gone in for inanv years from that
office. The check called for
$1010.13. Oftliisaiiioiiiit,$,j24.3
came as inheritance tnx from R. IV
resslors estate and si.l.) on
Elizalieth Breon's estate.
"KtHlaks" a;e not iH-rmitted with
in siirlit of the Czar of Russia, and
he is considered the most difficult
nun in all Europe to p'notograph.
Lillian Bell, who is in Russia for
The Ladies' Home Journal, per
suaded the Russian officials to allow
her to be an exception to the rule
and she succeded in photographing
the Czar so close that the Russian
monarch jumped at the click of the
button. Miss lk'll will tell how
she got her photograph, in the next
issue of the Journal.
Ihe r)8T was the hrst paper in
Snyder county to publish the mar
riage licenses, the first to publish
the deeds entered for record, the
first to publish estate news and other
court house information and is the
only Snyder county paper that does
it regularly now. The Post is the
first and only paper tliat has res
urrected the marriage record for the
last 30 years that is now creating
so much interest among its readers.
That is why you should subscribe
for the Post not later than next
week during court at only one dol
lar a year in advance.
Its a Good Law.
No woman who marries an ol
soldier after July 1 will be entitled
to a pension if he dies. The old
soldier with a comfortable pension
has furnished inducements for many
a designing woman to wed, especially
as his death does not stop the pen
uon. . But this will all be changed
next year, and the veteran who gets
I married after, that" time '. will have
the satisfaction of knowing he fug;
nkberaH the attractions himself.
COURT HOUSE CHIPS
Lydia and Cyrus Stouer to Fanny
Wirt, lots Nos. 34 and 35 in Buy
er's additioii to Freeburg for $325.
Tudie A. Gnndrum, CoraM. and
R. 1. Wagner to F. W. Gundnun
of Bannerville 115 acres and 155
perches in West Beaver twp. for
$2000.
Geo. B. Sliafcr to Thomas C.
Land is of Freeburg 51 acres and 04
Dcrchcs situate in r lint Stone V al-
ey, Washington twp., for $1500.
Letlrra GrMtM.
Letters of administration in the
estate of George Kern, late of Mid
dleburg, wore issued to 1). A. Kern
and G. M. Moutz.
In the estate ot L. R. Hummel,
late of Selinsgrove, to W. F. Hum
mel
MarrinirP I.lrvune.
John F. Peters, McClure,
Ella Wagner, "
( Samuel J. Glaiv, PortTreverton,
Mary E. Sweigart, "
j Richard L. Sehroyer, Selinsgrove,
Eva K. Sehoch,
ranalaaioners' OIHee.
H. E. Richter, C. L. Gember
ing and George Spaid were apiioint-
ad viewers by the court to view a
bridge view across West Mohan-
tongo creek in est Perry township,
it living on the county line between
Snyder and Juniata Counties at or
near where the highway leading from
Selinsgrove to Mi HI in town crosses
said creek, the east end ot said
bridge leing in West Perry town
ship, Snyder County and at wt
end in Monroe township, Juniata
Co. They will meet at the propos
ed site Saturday, Juno -1, 1HIIS, at
1 1 o'clock A. M.
1 1 kknix ). Pout Tk k v Kim ix
BlUIKiK.
The viewers on the Ilonidoii
Poit Prcverton promised bridge
mot on Monday at llcrndon. llio
viewers from Snyder county were
Chas. L. Wetzel of IScavcrtown, A.
A. Huiiiinol of Knitzcryilloand VA.
R. GcmliciTuig of Selinsgrove. The
throe viewers from NorthumlH'i'-
and county and Gcm!ciiiiig from
this county voted in favor of a new
bridge and Wotzol and Iliiinmol
voted imainst it. This makes 4 in
favor and 2 against a now bridge.
Samantha at Saratoga,
in a
New Dress.
One of the funniest of all the
liooks is certainly "Samuntha at
Saratoga." Will Carleton pronoun
ces it "delicious humor" and Bishop
Newman says it is "bitterest satire,
coated with the fweetest of exhilar
ating fun." Formerly published by
subscription at the prutc of $2.50,
and Hold, it is said, by the hundred
thousaud, it has recently been issued
in an exquiste little cloth-bound
volume in the "Cambridge Classics"
series by the celebrated cheap-book
publishers, Hurst & Co., of .New
York, as a means of widely adver
tising that series, and is sold at the
fabulously low price of 25 cents.
It would seem strange if they should
not sell a million of them. They
are sola dv booksellers, or tne pub
1 via
lishers direct.
Ntw War 8ong and Katie-
Two of the most popular pieces of
musio arranged for piano and organ
nave just been issued by the Popular
Musio Co,. Indianapolis. Ind. "Bring
Onr Heroes Home,1' dedicated to the
ueroes oi tne u. o. jsauiesnip juaine
is one of the finest national songs
ever written. The musio is stirring
and the words ring with patriotism.
"Dawn's BatUa of Manilla March
Two-Step" ia a fine instrumental
pieoe ana will live forever as a aony
enir of the areateit naval event in
the world's nistory. Either one of
these pi sees and Poaplar Maiie Boll
paces full abeet musio
Anaanapoua, ui ;c.:.s
A Letter From the Front.
George Clehn, A Soldier Boy,
'. Does Not Forget the "Pod"
And Jin Many Headers.
WrtUen lor Um Vmt.
Camp Aiikk, Va.,
Muy 2t, 18U8.
Editor Post. Permit me to pen
a few lines for your valuable paier
concerning our camp and army life
in general. e are having a good
time and are enjoying ourselves. I
for one am urlad that I am one of
the "Boys iu Blue" and I feel proud
of it. If some of the young fellows
of Middleburgh were here, they
would see things and learn valuable
lessons, such as they will never see
or learn as long as they stay there,
By to-morrow we will get all of
our equipment and then we will be
ready to go to the front, which will
be before long, jerhaps in a week.
Camp Alger is not as nice as Mt,
Gretna, our beautiful Keystone
Canping irround. Accomodations
are not as g(d and water has lccu
scarce, but piiics arc being put in
that will remedy that defect. We
get good victuals and plenty of it,
fresh meat twice a day and all the
bread and coffee we ran use. Ra
tions are certainly I n-ttor than during
the Livil war.
We drill four hours a day, that
is our work. We plav a uaine of
base I mi 11 every day, that isour snort
ne get up at ;:.ju every mornini'
and go to led at ton in the evening
when all the lights must lie out
The bovs have a lively time at
night, thoy have '-Rough House"
sometimes, j norc tins liccn very
little sickness in camp. Washing
ton visitors arc plentiful out lien
On Monday we will visit Wash
ingtoii. Tl
have things
At almost
o 1 eniisvlvaina lxvs
i i
fixed up very nicely
every tent there is a
spruce tree
planted and this add
greatly to the apiwaranec of tin;
camp. We have 20,(10(1 soldiers in
camp here now and others arc coi
ing in right along. The readers of
the I'ost may expect to hear from
me again.
Yours Respectfully,
GkoIMiK Ci.ki.ax
Dollar Rate Good Yet.
It will Ik' welcome news to our
sulweTiU'rs to learn that our sitoclal
offer will be good next week yet
during court, for the licnefit of those
who luive iiussihI it we will sav
that ull of our siibscrilH'rs residing
in the county, who wish to ay up
all arrcages to date at $1.50 er
year, can then jmya dollar extra for
a whole year in advance. Those
outside of the county complying
with the conditions can get the Pout
for $1.25 per year in advance.
New subscribers will lie received
next week yet at $1.00 per year in
advance. Send in your names and a
dollar with some ot the people who
come to court. Good things don't
last always, but the 1wt is bound
to lead. You are always sure to
got the news. Send iu your dol
lar. Teachers Examination.
All applicants for a teacher's
certificate who contemplate teaching
in the Borough of Selinsgrove will
be examined in the High School
Reom Monday June 6, 1898, exami
nation will begin promptly at 8.30
o'clock. . Directors are earnestly re
quested to be present. Hie public
are cordially invited to attend the
examination. Respectfully yours,
. .P. C. Boweesox, Co. Supt.
Portrait cf AdnJnl Ctwiy- - -
A fine lithograpbjfl portrait of Ad
miral Dewey, the Herd of Manilla
iw iBonee, nas jott neenisiusa by
Popular, PnMihlng 0o:,,of Indiana,
polls ML--Ajreata -wanted. Send
roenu wiKMrtaMJaf. eamnte awl-
ed
The National Military Park.
Mr. IHmmnliue W rites an Intending
isiier About this U rent Military
(hitre.
Special CorreHpouaeoce to tbe Pint.
Chattanoimia, Tens.,
May 21, 1898.
The patriotism of the people of
our great United States cannot be
fully appreciated until in times like
at present when our nation is at the
threshold of a great international
strife for the protection of humanity
and the maintenance of right. Ever
since the 14th day of April, 1898,
the city of Chattanooga lias lecii a
busy plai-e in the preiaration of
mobilization of military ford's for
the contending buttles ot the Span-
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isii-miici inui war. an is wen said
"history repeats itself" ho in the
present case Chattanooga that was
prominently mentioned as a military
centre lietween 1861 and 1865 stands
today at the head as the largest con
centrating point of military man
euvering iu North America. The
National Park lies nine miles
south of Chattanooga in the state of
uewrgia, and all troops going to
that point which has been selected
by our government as the rendez
vons for both the regular and vol
. . 1 a
uniccr armies nave been Missing
through here, so you can form an
idea as to the importance aud activ
lty of Chattanooga. The first troops
to arrive consisted of the 24th and
2f)th regiments of Infantry coming
here in special trains from Utah and
Montana ; these two regiments were
colored, except the otliivrs, which
of course were white men. The
regiments wore met at the deintt by
a tremendous crowd of coplc, aud
when the trains pulled iu the same
Union depot that sheltered the dif
ferent armies thirty live years ago
shout after shout went up for the
(loioncitrs oi our country, llus
was on the 1-1 1 1 1 day of April am
from that time a continuous
stream of soldiers arrived consisting
of infiiiitry, cavalry, light artillery,
ambulance and signal corps unti
.iiru -.'in, wiien on mat (lav tne
estimated iiiiiiiIht of regulars locat
ed at the military park amounted
to eight thousand men, fifty five
hundred hurst's and mules, and over
throe hundred vehicles, from the six
nnilc canvas Iwck wagon down to
the historic ambulance with the in
signia of the Red Cross. I sttxd
on the Itfittlcficld of Chiekamauga,
close to a monument erected by the
state ot Ohio in honor of her brave
men who fell on this historical field
in our lute Civil war, and watched
the movements of this army. To
the right I could see soldiers bath
ing their faces in the noted "bloody
pond" so well remembered by old
soldiers participating in the battles
around here in 1803; on the left
txd the fourth artillery from fort
Riley, Kansas, and Fort Monroe, Va.
making preparations to leave that
same duyforTumpa, Fla. every thing
packed, the bugler with bugle in
hand to which it seemed to me that
every horse looked for a note of in
struction. In the rear came the
train of army wagons, hauling lum
ber, wood, tents, hard tack, amuni
tion and everything necessary to
sustain an army of regular soldiers.
How the poor teamsters had to
work, the boss teamster riding up
and down the line with spurs on his
boots equal to a small buzz saw, and
using a mixture of language not in
tended to be heard by the army
chaplain. The mules seemed to
fear him, as I noticed that when he
came along they would turn their
comio heads in another direction,
not wishing to see his scowling
countenance. As far as I could see,
everything was moving, aud remind
ed one of a busy ant The soldiers
were drilled every day and cavalry
charges by some of the noted cavalry
troops were witnessed by thousands
of people w ho came here 4q 4cur-
sion trains and from adjacent towns,
ail eager tosee Uncle Sam's regular,
but things liave changed, and this
Saturday night finds a different army
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n.reping uu uie OBUICIieiU UI illicit -
amauga, an army numbering thirty
five thousand souls, and a vast dif
ference between the regular enlist
ed soldier from the fact that the
regular soldier is expected to be
moved at the will of thegoverumeut,
whereas the voluuteer offers his ser
vices from a patriotic standpoint
forsaking his business and pleasure
for the protection of his country.
These thirty five thousand volunteers
commenced arriving here Monday,
May 16th, so you ran form an idea
as to the number of trains necessary
to transport them. Never in the
history ot the world can thrc lie
shown a parallel case where troops
concentrated on Uittlu fields after
a lapse of thirty five years wherein
brother fought against brother, and
at this time the enemies of the past
years join their enemies and one and
all in union are preparing for the
ooming conflict. The volunteers arc
here from all parts of the United
States and passed through historical
places, never to lie forgotten. Those
coming from our parairio states and
the rookies arrived via the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, passing
through the Imttle field of Sliiloh,
BridgcjM)rt, Ala. and Wauhatchie,
Tenn. Those frum the Central
states came here via the Cincinnati
Southern Ry. crossing the historical
Tennessee river five miles North ot
Chattanooga, passing by the Nat
ional cemetery, which miinlxTs
among its silent inhabitants an un
known army ot four thousand souls,
and eight thousand whose names
anpear on the short marble stones,
whose surroundings tiro made Unti
tiful by the hand of nature and tiiw
generosity ofourgovernniont. Hero
thoy lie U'lieath the fl agrant magnolia
and honey-suckle, with tablet
placed at short interval.- with the
iH'autil'ul words ol'O'IIara:
"The muHloddniinssad roll lias beat,
The soldiers' last tattoo ;
Xo inoroon life's parade shall meet.
That brave and fallen lew."
Our New York and Pennsylvania
regiment arrived via the Southern
Ry. coming through the Shenandoah
valley, jiassing (ion. Sherman's
headquarters five miles from hero,
in full view offirant'sheadqiiarttrs,
known as Orchard Knob, and (Jen.
Wood's headquarters, known as
Fort Wood, on the loft of their
trains could Ik; soon (Sen. Bragg's
headquarters located on Missionary
ridge, and on the right old lookout
mountain was glistening in the morn
ing sun as if in holiday attire, wel
coming the coming of its friendsand
toes of thirty five years ago. The
members ot the fourth Pennsylvania
regiment inform me that at every
stopping point en route thoy were
given fret? lunches, fruit, etc. and
that by the time they reached the
city ot Cincinnati, eight hundred
different twickuges had been put on
the train by kind and considerate
hands, for their comfort. One ot
the privates also stated that at every
station and cross road it was the
duty of every soldier to catch as
many dogs as possible and bring
them along, so tliat ujnm their
arrival here one cur numlered
among its occupants seventeen dogs
and 1 judge a good many of the
Irishman's fleas. Everyone here
is anxious to learn something about
our Atlantic and flying squadrons,
but all feel satisfied of the final out
come and that Spain is already
reading the mysterious hand writ
ing ou ' the wall. "Mene, mene,
tekel, upliarsin."
, . Yours truly,
John S. Riiamhtink.
The railing on the board walk
afcross the Flats is down at several
places; this should be repaired
promptly to avoid accident.
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