Ik vr. WAGENSELLEB,
Editor and Proprietor.
Interesting Items.
Told m Brief Paragraphs for
Our Readers.
..nnl Folntem In l-ocil tn.l -
or iP' rrwiM" ""
15 photographs for 16c at Ros-
i .ll... sinnlnirv ot.
Kin uauv7i
Merlin Soannon has lieen uitt
with pneumonia for the past week.
Mrs. I. U. Bowersox attendedthej
nerai 01
I .i ulaMon in
Lewisbnrs
Lt week.
Wi.ll Bassler, wife and child of
i tfimSAmn tl urn Mi.lllll'-
lllfM' VlSIWira.
'c are indebted to the Aw Item
Lr the type ot Hie election rewiroB
ltd this issue.
Carbon Beebold and wife spent
it- latter part of last week in the
itv et I'lnnnlcipnia.
Xhe State Photographers' Associa-
I' 1 .Lmmi rl., tra' rw.ll-
mil ao oni iicu us mil - ',
Lontion at Wilkesbarre.
Governor Stone has fixed April
()th for the execution of Anthony
HcGowan at Pittsburg.
Clarence Graybill and Dr. A. J.
Herman attended tlie norse saie at
linsgrove last Thursday.
While silting at the breakfast
hie Miss Ella rvin of Chambers
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Bore, reii oeau hi we uwi
Jacob Boob of Miffljnburg well-
. .i i :ll !...! ;.
known at cms piace, ino.ni ...
k hotel business this spring.
A surprise party was given to
B.C. Graybill on her birthday
Mondavevcniir;- ol tins week.
Mrs. Alfred Stciningcr and son
. i i... i i .i Lil
ian; ano nraie uruiuci ii . i
. . in
visitors at tlie hoine ot uaiiK i wre.
Mrs. Samuel
Alleman of Selins-
.,t .1... rnaitonno of
Brave isvisiiidb
ttr . Catherine Bowerin Swineford.
,11 I 111 iv.
Dinththeria relieved in twenty
Iniiiintes. Almost miraculous, i ii . j
1 .. . l . rv
homas' Electric ( Ml. At any drug j
tore.
oh yes! Oh yes!! any one mak-
. i ' il i '
inii' sale can lo wen dv e.iiiuiK uu
Hames Bowersox, auctioneer, Middle-
lrg,Pa. l-l'-,-,;-
A. A. Romig nod Howard Treas-
Rerol West Beaver townsiup were
lut thccouulv scat on riuirsdav ot
I last week.
A. H. Klose and wife of Frank
lin township on Saturday were the
Igiiests of J. C. Schoch and wife on
Market St.
C. Morris Showers of Penn's Creek
Ion Saturday iittenici a meeting u
ipplieants for a new masonic lodge
hit this place.
A irrand jury at Washington, Pa.,
found thirty-tour true bills ofembet-
. . w t, I II ...
Element against major oamuei na.
J t, an ex-banker.
Mr. McWilliams, the lather of T.
B. McWilliams, formerly of this
place but now of McVeytown.is re-
borted seriously ill.
The engagement of Attorney B.
W. Cuuimings of Pottsville to Miss
Wolverton, daughter ofex-Congress-nian
Wolverton of Sunbury, is an
nounced. Mrs. Frank Gaugler of Selins-
I grove spent last Fridav in town, the
guest of her sister, Mrs. T. R.
Hosterman, and her father, Aaron
Reuninger.
N. O. Row and family of Globe
Mills on Monday started for Ad
mah, Washington county, Nebraska.
We wish them a prosjierous future
in their new home.
Alvin Mover, formerly an em
ployee of this office, hail a very se-
vere attack of illness last week. He
has recently been driving the bread
agon for Mr. Meiser.
MTDDLEBTJRGH, SNYDER CO., PA.. THURSDAY,
A full line of the latest style
sprinjr hats at Oppcnheimer's, Se
linsgrove. 8-2-ot.
WANTED. A girl to lo general
house work. Address. Box 4(1,
Swincford, Snyder Co., J'a. ti".
Mrs. E. C, Staid of Reading and
Mrs. Loretta Smith of Carbondale
are visiting Daniel Mlllhouse in
in Franklin.
Because during courtship she eon
oealed the fact that she wore a glass
eve. Charles Kranse of Cincinnati.
(J claims a divorce.
f great-merchants advertise ex-
tensively, small house?
vertise in proportion.
should ad-
Keep vonr :
name More the public, in the Post,
If von do not want to pay for car
fare to Sunbury, send your photo
.
Ol
graph and get 15 photograph
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LU UclltS at j to'.o.i a uaiici i. ...... i
evening. J. a, otnnineeKer aeeoin
nanied them.
While out on professional business
last Thursday, Dr. A. J. Merman
had the misfortune of getting on a
snow bank and upsetting his buggy.
The horse was pretty badly hurt
and the buggy smashed. The doc
tor escaped injury.
The house ol William Wagoner,
near MoKinney, Franklin county,
was destroyed by lire in the night,
and as none oi the neighbors came
through the drifts to their. assistance
the family took refuge in til' barn,
where they nearly perished,
The children ol this (own have I
undertaken a new industry and
people who are about the town have!
plenty ol evidence ol tlieir business
enterprise
Und SelHn
1 icy are popping corn
it to make money lor
the
use ol
the
in
ant Sunday
Miss Mazie Beaver has
ret 1 1 met i ,
I, ...,,..1.-' .-lull lA hur Blutot.
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- Mrs. W.F.J tagleol NorUiiimiN clam'.
She w as accompanied on her ret urn
by Mrs. Dagie and her children,
who are spending some time with
her parents, Gabriel Leaver nildj
wife.
Rev. II. C. Salem, Rehersburg's
new Lutheran pastor, late of Scalp
Level, Pa., was called upon by the
members ot hi
flK'k,a few uays ago
and riven a heart v welcome QCConi
panied by an abunuaneeot such gilts
as usually gladden the hearts ol a
pastor.
A smooth, easy sbave, genteel hair
out, or other tonsorial work, is al
ways obtained at Soles' Barber Shop,
in Wittctiniver's building, opposite
Post office. Go to Silcs to buy
new razors or exchange for old ones.
Razors honed and guaranteed to give
satisfaction. A. E. SOLES.
By the appointment Friday of W.
W. Montgomery as postmaster at
Bellefoote, Representative Arnold
has won a hard fight against Ex
Governor Hastings. The latter was
supjxrting S. II. Williams for the
position and had the aid of the Post
master General.
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LIVE STOCK SALE
Largest .Srrc oj (he SeoMon.
The largest sale of live sUiek and
fanning implements In Snyder Co.
Will take place at Dundore, in Un
ion township, on Saturday, March
11, There will be at least
six extra good horses, an excellent
lot of milch cows, a lot of healthy
young cattle, about 20 shoats and
farming implements. The stock is
the property of N. T. Dundore, who
has the reputation of always keep
ing the best. Don't forget the sale
on Saturday ot next week. 2t
, .,, i arc si I ll III i :ic sine mi i. i mii i in - iniK
J cents Or post aire. !. . . . ., . . '
1 n I have long since rotted and 110 trace
Register & Recorder John H j nf them can be found. Nothing re
Willis, W. K. Stahlnei kcr and
I mains ol the old wheel.-, either, ex
W. Wagenseller attended Masonic Wnt two posts and a lot of rubbish
Lodge at Seliusgrove last Thursday alnm-i unseen n account of the
The Old Beaver Furnace.
A HlStor cal Sketch Written for the
"Grit Republished in the -Post. "
Nestled at the foot of Shade
Mountain on the road troni Sclins-
grove to Lewistown, Pa., is the vil
lage of Paxtouville. The railroad
station is Beilfer. t is a village of
about 300 inhabitants, and was or
ginally known as Beaver Furnace,
the name being derived from the
(town's chief industry
I one of the oldest in tin
a furnace,
State.
This furnace WUSOOe of tlie old-
fashioned kind, being run by an
overshot waterwheel, or rather two
o theni, one iiIkivc the other. The
water to run these wheels wasdivcrt-
ed f r H ii its course down
the
nionn-
I tain about zuu teet above tnc tnrnace
land rim through pipes to the plao
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w hero it was used. The indentations :
..ii' .i 'I l l I ..I :.
growth ot brush 'r: the pit where
they used to do duty.
In i s is Net Middleswarth, Jacob
Kern, John Kern, Daniel Kern and
RUINS OF THE OLD
lobu C. Wilson formed a company
lid erected a blast tut'nttCC at this
!"
lobu y . w ii-oii w is mane
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manager ot tne coiicern aim uiuier
hi irtiiduncc the turnace w is lired
Aug. 1 1 ol that year and run until
1850, w hen it blew out. The com
pany made a goixl quality ol char
coal pig iron, and averaged irom six
to eight tons per day. The property
Lt this tiim 185G changed hands
Lnd passed into the control oi Ner
LMiddes wart h, who operated it tor
Dome time Olid then disposed ot the
concern to a company niuue up ot
Doctor Rooke, Jesse Walter and
Nutting & Francis, who run it from
1863 to 1866, when it was again
stopped, and since that time it has
not been run. the iron ore was
mined :i short distance up the moun
tain, and with these industries once
established the town was a iiiitc
active place. The ever-present com
pany store w as one of the side issues
during the operation. Those of us
who to-day see everything carried on
railroad ears can but imagine the
sight made by the long lines of wag
ons loaded with iron anil drawn by
six horses. The "pigs" were con
veyed in this way to Seliusgrove, a
distance of 1 1 miles, where thev
were loaded ob canal boats, and by
them taken to different iron works
throughout the State. About 1S71
the property was purchased by Rob
ert Pax ton when the name ot the
village was changed to Paxtouville
in his honor who worked the mines
f;r some time. The stack of the
furnace was built of stone, about
1,600 perch lieing used. The ma
chinery and buildings have all lieen
removed and nothing is left to tell
the tale of past glories but this big
pile of stones.
The first scene ill the illustrated
sermon at the Lutheran church next
Sunday evening will be Christian
entering the "Wickel Gate."
V
COURT HOUSE CHIPS
llit Entrrt-it lor Krrord.
Martha and Isaac Haines to
George 1 Show ers, one acre in West
Beaver twp. for one dollar.
A.J. GroSB and Sallic, his wife to
F. Kow, house and lot on Water
Street, Selinsg rove, for $800.
John II. SuSel and o t hi rs
trustees, to Mrs. Susan Snyder,
burial lot in Herrold's Cemetery,
Chapman township, for '2.7-r.
wills PrahnteU.
The last will and testament ot
Marv J.Samspell, late ol Centre-
'illc, was probated Wednesday oil
last week. i. '. Maurer is named
as exeeutor. Her two daughters are
the heir-.
The last will and testament ot
christian Herrohl, late of Chapman
township, was probated "oSaturdny.
Wilson Qcrrold ot Chupmnn is
named as executor. The children
are named as heirs.
Illirrlilvi' l.l.'.'lis."..
( Levi Mover,
I Laura K. Leach,
I W. A. Cornelius,
Sarah K. 1 lershiuaii,
Chi
IplllMII,
jewisburg
Paxtouville
BEAVER FURNACE.
Surprise Party.
Ouite a number ol tin
rielids ol
urpriscd
ii
Sheriff Ritter and wife -them
last Thursday evening
hv eaii-
in;.;' upon them very
The guests passed a
iincxpectcdly,
very plcasanl
evening by indulging in games ol
various sorts and enjoying the usu
al recreations for such occasions.
Those w!io were present areas follows;
Mrs. F. C. Bowersox, Mr-. J. V.
Shindel, M. I. Potter, wife and son,
Stemr.iger and wile, Jacob
Gilbert and wife, Geo. M. shindel
aDd wife, Keamcr Walter unci wife,
John W. Runkle and wife, J. W.
I Swartz and wife, Amos Bowersox
and wife, bd. i naries, wite ami
daughter, Rev. McLain and wife,
Jas. G. Crouse and wife.
Run Down by an Engine.
Alexander Shaffer, aged about 10
years, ofSelinsgrove Junction, was
instantly killed at that place about
2 o'clock Friday afternoon by being
run down by Seliusgrove shittcr.
Deceased leavesa wife and six chil
dren. Mr. Shaffer was walking on
the east bound track and had stepped
oil to get out of the road ot train
No. .s on to the west bound train,
when he was hit by the shifting en
gine. Death of Mrs. G. R. Martin.
Louisa (Forry) Martin was bom
Feb. 15,1838, and died Feb. 20,
189!', aged 1 years and 5 days.
She was married in 1862 to G. R.
Martin. She is a daughter of David
Forry, a brother of Nathan Forry,
the first sheriff ot Snvder countv.
She was sick since Good Fridav last
year. She was next to the oldest of
a family of 16 children. She was
buried on Thursday of last week.
MARCH 2, 1899.
5 A Present of $2.50.5
The Post has made special
arrangements with the Farsi I
g Journal by which we areena-
8 bled to oiler a ti ve-w.ir hiiIi.
scription to that paper to every
new siilM'i'iber wlio ivivs n
Dollar foi the MlpPLKHCRUll
Post one year in advance, and
the same offer is made to nverv
OKI miIki'I'iIh r w ho navs Us nr.
rearoges Uidateuud one dollar
i .'
( xtra lor the P( 1ST one ear in
advance ami the Farm Journal
live years h advance.
REMEMBER
that in order to get this premium
of live yea's subscription to tlie
Farm .1 m rnai,, it isticcessurv
f loattend
Ills
miittct
iromt
,i
ty as we liavi ly a I
number to offer, Addr
The MiDDt.KitcRcii r
Middlebiinrli, Pa.
imited
s
New Masonic Lodge
' Ft
I lure . 1 iiVf for
Ai'f Loth
ul MUhllchui''. W
Cfim
tiCUlflCt'H
ren i iiuivii, lor one week, Uegi lining
For some weeks there has U'en Feb. 2th, IKS)), Tue Uillowing arc
Home ijuiet talk ol orgaiiieing a new j the subjects : Tu"sday evening, . . .
lodge ol Free and Accepted Masons 1 28th, "The La-t Invitation:" Wed
at this place and now (he movement nesdoy afternoon, March 1-t, 3 p.
is in full sway. Last Thursday m., "The Ten Virgins" ; Wednesday
evening 1 (3 of the members of Lata- evening, March 11,7 p. in., "The
wttc LodgpufJSaUosgrova withdi ' digal txin' ; Thursday afternoon,
Iroin that time-honored institution March 2d. !3 p. m.. "No Room for
hat has identillcd w it
i it the his-
tory of the inosl prominent men of 2i
.1 . . i! .1. . till I
nils siM iinii iii ine .lale lor a pecioil
of 7" years, and has also withstood
the unjust tirade during the period
ol the anti-masonic movement, These
10 men in connection with '' others
have become petitioners for a war
rant ol constitution of a new lodire
at Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.
The petitioners met in Ibis place on
Saturday evening and effected it
temporary organization b electing
John H. Willis, temporary chair
man; 1 1. I arris Bowi r, temiKiran
secretary; and i. ai m rxuiocn.
Uimiiorary treasurer. I! u iinani-
lllolis vote the following wel'e reCOIII-
mended lor the oflicers: (eo. W.
Wagenseller, M. W.j Hon. A. M.
Smith ..I Adamsbiirg, S. W.j '.
Morris Showers ol Penn's ( Ireek, J.
W. Committees were appointed to
look alter the various details of se
curing room, purchasing parupliei
nalia and Itll'lllliiri .
The applicants consist of the fol
lowing: Hon. A. M.Smith, Adanis
burg, Pa.; Peter Riegle, Middlecrcck,
Pa.; Alexander A. Romig, Esq.,
Lowell, Pa.; Peter Hartman, Penn's
Creek, Pa.; Major E. P. Rohbach,
Seliusgrove, Pa. j Daniel K. Haas,
Prof. F. C. Bowersox, Carbon See
bold, Daniel Bolender, John F.
Stetler, John H. Willis, Wm. E.
Stahlnecker, J. Calvin Schoch, Prof.
Paul Billhardt. II. Harris Power.
iti BfiVincu1lai 'iiwl .Tncumli I .
Marks, all of Middleburg, Pa
The masonic order has a history
extending to the remotest agesof the
world and there is not a country on
the face of the globe but teels the
benhrn influence of this most honor
able and ancient institution and
hence the people of Middleburg can
feel highly honored upon receiving
;i subordinate lodge of such a his
toric landmark.
Blacksmith Shop.
1 will again begin blacksmithing
April 1st w ith a new set of tools at
the old stand. A wagon shop will
be placed alongside of my shop. 1
will Ik- prepared to do all kinds of
work. Amanpi's hAUBAOH.
:)-2-5t.
VOL. 36. NO. 9.
THE KULP WRECK.
Frank F. Hare, of this Place, Makes a
Narrow Escape.
towiaburg Mews,
Early last Thursday morning the
long trestle briilge which spans Buf
falo I 'reek up about the ( 'lingail
(arm gave away and dumped the en
liim and crew into the creek. The
Kreman, M-. Clyde Kreisher, was
seriously injured. The engineer, Mr.
Ft. Hare, escaped unhurt save a
good shaking up and baptism. Two
brakesmen, Messrs. ekes and Rea
rieh were badly suiieezed between
the trucks, but not seriously injured.
Had the accident occurred in the
middle of the creek the engineer and
fireman would in all probability
have both ; eeli drowned.
.(tore crossing an
inspection oi
the I irulgc was made,
ait the ureal
epin oi me water
.1 ... .
lid I rom view a
mis..iii iMtrtiou ol a pier, which ten
trucks Ii: d jui pi'ovioiislv passed
over safely. The wreekon engine in
known as No. 7, and weighs about
t hirly tons.
Evangelistic Services.
Druuunei' (''.vangelist Williams is
conducting a sinrial stries ol Evan
gelistie Bertces in the United Breth
Jesus" ; Thursday evening, March
Man and
afternoon,
, III
March !3d, ' p. m., "Jesus Wept" :
Friday evening, March 3d, 7 p. m.,
"Conscience" ; Saturday nfteruoon,
March 4th, :l p. in., "Sermon to ' 'hil
dren" ; Saturday evening, March 4,
7 p. in., "Breaking Home Ties";
Sunday morning, March 5th, I" a.
m., in the United Brethren Church,
New Berlin, "Will wc Know our
Friends in Heaven"; Sunday after
noon, March fith, Ii p. in., I 'nited
Brethren Church, Middleburg, "The
Angel ol the Hearthstone" ; Sunday
evening, March 5th, 7 p. in.. "The
Last Rump w ith the Tiger" ; Moll
day afternoon, March 6th, ;'. p, m.,
'Jacob's Ladder" ; Monday evening,
March 6th, 7 p. in., "Farewell Ser
mon." . t
Wreck Near Painterville.
On Tuesday morning about eight
o'clock an East-bound freight was
wrecked about a mile ea st of Paint
erville. It seems one of the axles
were bent, at least one of the cars
jumped the track and that derailed
i ten or eleven others all of which
were loaded With coke. The mail
train east was delayed and did nut
arrive here tint! I 12:15 o'clock. No
one Wl
hurt.
Peter Garman of Mt. Pleasant
Mills on Tue-day Was among our
callers, Mr. Gin-man is :i pleasant
gentleman, a good business 111:111 and
an exemplary citizen.
i. 7 p in., " I he i oung
- ( omnanv" : Fridav
W$ 4
1 ft.:-
J -
)
I for retrial.
m H
prices tor this year.