The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, March 09, 1899, Image 1

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    E0. W. WAQENSELLEB,
Editor and Proprietor.
Interesting Items.
News Told in Brief Paragraphs
Our Readers
for
or I.- Promlii-n.
15 photographs for l.V at Boa
hon Gallery, Sunhury. :t.
Horse blankets can now lie bought
I .Iw.l.u.ir sti.ltlW-
; COSl ai V H'llll-Mlll I ........
irrove.
:;-2-:;t.
The peusioa of Thomas Kathfoii L,)innk'te line ot goods for thecloth-
nf Paxtonville lias keen increased Ljir,,, 0f H. Oppenheiraer, Solins
Jrom 8 to ; grove.
Miss Laura Kunkte has gone to I ). k. Haas and I). K. Knorr
Northumberland to visit her sistr, I
Mrs. Dr. Allison. I
Frank D Hieirle has moved lo j
Winfield, Union county, where he
will engage in farming.
Wanted. A girl to do general:
llOtise work. Address, Box 4(1,
Swineford, Snyder Co., Pa. tf.
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l)-adm r-Miviter, one oi iiic.n.M-.-i
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hiring the ast winter.
M
Minnie Wertz, of Batth
Creek, Michigan, is spending a week
xvith W II. Binka and lamtlv.
Mrs. I. II. Bowersox was visiting j
her husband and other friends at
State College, Centre Centre county.
A child ol Ira E. i'Wi and wife
uf'Mtllersbutgdied las! week and was
Imried in the Middleburg cemetery.
'I'lie house and lot ol the late
Mrs. Boleuder was sold eu Saturday
I,, Newt. C. Bachman for $1001.00.
Postmaster leo. '. Waffeneeller
mi .viuisgro'-e ias a Mldalebiu'gli
visitor on Friday afternoon ol last
week.
Meiser, the daughter
Miss Man
uf the baker, has been very seriously
iil with pneumonia during the past
week. i
From the court proceedings pub- I
lished in this issue, it will beobserv-
that the "new road fever'' is quite
prevalent.
Miss Nettie Gemberling of Salem
has been the guest of Miss Dora
Bickhart for several days during the
past week.
The Spring Telephone Company
has applied lor permission to erect
telephone oles in the borough of
Middleburg.
W. F. Dagle, the confectionery
dealer of Northumberland, was a
Middleburg visitor on Wednesday
of last week.
Lawrence Stetler, who has been
for the past month or two at Akron,
Ohio, has returned home well pleas-
1
ed with ins trip.
N. T. Manbeck,wifc and children
of Washington township were the
guests of Attorney II. U. Grimm's
on Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Edwin BoWtf of Reuovo
and Miss Annie Harrison of Mount
Union visited at Mrs. Catherine
Bower's during the past week.
Reuben AnmiUer of Selinagrova
has U'cii elevated to a much higher
pUUM of citizenship since last week.
Beuben is writing another jiapa to
his name
Jacob (iilbert and family, on
Washington's birthday, called in
their friends and neighbors to assist
theio in devouring a seventcen
K)tind turkey.
If you do not want to pay for car
fare to Suubury. send your photo
graph and get 1 5 photographs for
15 cents at Kos'ion's tiallery. Add
2 cents for postage. 3t.
The Lutheran Y. P. 8. C. E. of
Middleburg will hold a chestnut
social on Thursday evening in the
lecture room. All members of the
society are invited to be present
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., THURSDAY,
A l'ul! tint of the latest style)
spring hats at Opjienhcimer's, Se-j
linsgrove. 8-23t.
Mrs. (Jet). M.
Shindcl and Mm.
INV. H. Heaver are visiting friends !
: in Shumokin
Miss Kate A. Wagenseller ol Se-
linsgrove, one of the milliners of
that place, was a guest of her brotll
! cr, the editor of the Post, for Bev-
; era I days during the past week.
Ben. Oppenhnlmer of BeUnsgrove
. is going to New York and Philudel-
, nhiH this week to ourchasea lull ami
JKIV0 j,,st returned from the
with a select lot ol horses.
are good judges of horses and
West
They
hence
lot ol
have selected a very desirabh
animals.
Rev, 1. E. MoLaiu is interesting
very large audiences with Ilia scries
of illustrated sermons ou Bunyan's
Pihrrini's ProarosB. The fourth of
a .
8 w'" be preached next Sun
day eveiunji
Register A' Recorder John H.
Willis went toSelinsgrove onSatur-
nnv mnrninif to nrouate a will two
miles north of that place. The par
lies interested were sick and could
not come to the court house.
Lewis W. llousli, two miles west
of Freeburg, who does the butcher
ing in his neighborhood, dressed I I .
hogs last fall, 75 ot which averaged
360 pounds and 17 beeves, and was
always through with his work long
before sunset.
V. V. Hat- ot Lcwisl-irg, vho
made a narrow escape with bis life
on the Kulo road, wasa visitor in
'this place (he latter part ot laf week
the guesl ol'his fitting. He exjKcts
lo quit the railroad business and
opeii a brick rd at Lewisburi
P
A smooth, eiwv shave, ccnteei
air
cut, or other tousorial work, is nl-
wavs obtained at Soli's BarlHir hhoo,
j Vittenmyer's building, opposite
Host office. ( ro to Boles to buy
new razors or t xehangy for old ones.
Razors honed and guaranteed to givt
satisfaction. A E. SOLES.
We are i lea-cd to learn
that the
interesting daughter of M. Millner
and wife of Kant, who had been
rick, is able to be out again. It
had been reported that the child was
afflicted with diphtheria. This re
port is incorrect and in justice to
Mr. Millner we w ish to correct it.
The town council met attheoffice
of Calvin Stetler on Monday and
organized by electing D. T. Rhoads,
President; Calvin Stetler, Secretary
!...-,. rn II II
W. L Carman, Treasurer; II. H.
(irinim, Attorney; II. R. Tobias,
Street Commissioner. The usual
committees have not liecn appointed.
"The New Crusade" for March
oK'iis with an article from Eliza M.
Masher, M. 1 ., Dean of the Woman's
Department of the University of
Michigan, on "Wrong Postures as a
Cause of Physical Defects." Dr.
Mosher is an authority ou this sub
ject, and parents will do well to read
her article.
Among our financial callers last
week were John Mohn, Ed. Wlc
gard, Henry Wittes, Dilla S. Bick
hart, Lizzie K. Reiehenbach, Sam
uel Bickhart, Jacob Bollinger, Wm.
H. Boyer, Edward Bickhart, I). J.
Witmer, John G. Sehafler, N. T.
Dundnre. Henry Laudenslager,
John Dreese, J. W. Riegel, George
Aurand, Harrison Miller, Wm.
Good, Wm. Kcrstetter, Daniel Sny
der, D. F. Seip, Frank Beaver, J.
W. Stiever, B. G. Stahl, Irwin
Laudeuslager, Samuel Bollinger,
W. F. Dagle, W. H. Knepp, G. C.
Carman. Josephat Walter, J. P.
Buck, Perry O. Bowersox, P. S.
Benfer and Isabella Brocious.
COURT HOUSE CHIPS
Ilwli I'.i.K-rell lor It. rural.
ft. Frank t inns.' in Marv
K.
si.,,1,1. ..i.r in the huroiiirh
Selins..mvc for $4800.
Dri CD. Hottensteiu and wile to
E. ii. Hottcnsteiu, lots Nos. 1,2, 3
am
! -1 in Block No. 6, Hottenstein'f
addition, Shainokin lam, lor $ 100.
Same to Isaac Lewis Hottenstein,
lots Nus. 7 and 8 in Block No. 1,
Shamokin Dam, for (200.
Battie' to Hiram r. Hottenstein,
lot N.i. 10 in Block No. 1, Shaino
kin Dam, lor $100.
Same to Win
No. ! in Block
.1. Hottenatein, lot
Nn. 1, Sliamokin
Dam. for 100.
Jacob and Lincoln Zielicr, execu
tors of Daniel Zither, deceased, to
F. Lincoln Zieber, 80 acres in Spring
township for $800.
Same to. I. W. Riegel, 8J acres
of timber land in Spring township,
for $164.50.
Israel Spigelmyer and wile, E.
E. Ulsli and wife, Amandus J. Qlsh
and husband. A. H. Qlsh and wife
I to A. A. Ulsh, IT perchesin Spring
i township for $300.
J. (i. Mover and wife and A. M.
Smith and wife to A. H. Bowersox,
")'. acres in Heaver twp. lor $500.
Lawrence II. Middleswurth and
wife in A. I !. Bowersox, acre in
Beaver township for $125.
( ico. F. Brosious and win
Marv C. Brosius and husband,
acres in Perry township lor $
and
100
1150.
Will Probated.
The lasi will and testament of
David E. Leitzel, late of West lVny
township, was probated Feb. 28th.
Sii rn 1. Hermld is nn ned J(lt
executor..
'I'he last will and testament "I
Matilda ranuiin, late ol Pcnil town
ship, was probated ou Saturday.
Mrs. Utica Jarrett, her daughter, is
named a 'lie sole heir and W. 1 .
Jarrett is named as executor.
arln!rc lileenam.
I Jonathan Bottigcr,
I I latherine Miller,
i rn E. Witmer,
Dollie Hendricks,
( Lewis E. Kinney,
Bichfieldj
( Irienta!
1 hnulore,
..
Selinsirrove.
I Sallie A. Hassinger, Kratzerville.
Hotel Changes in this County
This spring thei
number ol chances
will ne quite a
in the various
hotels of this county.
will leave the McKeC
arles Forry
Hotel and
OCCUDV the 1 Intel at
K reamer, Mr.
Thomas retiring. . H. Kcrstet
ter will move Into the MoKees
Hotel. W. H. Stahlneckerof this
place will embark in the Hotel at
Adamsburg, Mr. Smith retiring.
Robert Middlswartb will begin busi
ness in the McClure Hotel. Geo.
Fenstermaoher of BeUnsgrove will
succeed J. B. Fockler tit that place.
It is reported that changes will he
made at Mciservillc and Kratzer
ville.
Class Social.
On Monday evening Mrs. John
M. Stein inger held a sxxrial for her
Sunday School class. The evening
was pleasantly spent. Those present
were Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stciningcr,
Mrs. W. E. Custer and daughter
Grace, Misses Maine Beaver, Bertha
Crotise, Marion Sehoch, ClaireGray
bill, Lizzie Ripka, Minnie Wertz,
Eva Wetzel, and Messrs. Nevin W.
Engle, John Stahlnccker, Bruce H.
Crowe, Charles Stetler, Ijiiwreucc
Stetler and William Shelley.
Blacksmith Shop.
I wil! again lngin blacksmithing
April 1st with a new set of tools at
the old stand. A wagon shop will
lie placed alongside of my shop. , 1
will be prepared to do all kinds of
work. Amandus Ihameach.
3-2-5.
HIS NAME ON THE TICKET
Gmter W ns His Claim to a Place Among
the Party Candidates.
Lewisburg, March . Judge
Simonton to-day handed down an
opinion directing tliat the name of
William M. Oiuter he placed upon
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mi. in .iiiuiii fi i tin. il lam, I.' IJV
! held next Saturday. Heisau anti
I Quay man. Several weeks ago Mr.
j Glitter announced himself as a can
didate for ieleimte to the State eon-
veiitieii on the ground tiiat it is
alleged he voted fur Swallow, and
that he signed nominatou papers,
plac'ig F. 10. Brown, a Doinocratii'
candidates the Legislature upon the
Prohibition ticket.
Mr. (linter appealed from the de
cision of the county chairman, and
the appeal took the form of an ap
plication for a mandamus, which
was p ranted by .Indue Met 'lure.
The ease was heard by Judge Sim
oiito'l, Thursday ot last week, in the
ahsenc" of Judge Met 'lure, who was
holding court in Snyder County.
N. Y TRIBUNE.
This ireck the subscribers ol (In
"Pott" will eaeii receive a copy o
the New York khi 'Irilmw
You are invite:! in examine i' care
i.i. L rm i .
tllllV. 1 lie stllisiM'Iptlo'l price is
iM.i'O per vinr, lull those who
will send us SI.'J5 before April 1st.
l . .I.. .. i i
Will rntlVe O' i ' i 1 i i is i allil I lie
'rilmii one iinic year. This ollci
lr- gcMXl lor new sllllSCI llier
ones whifcpav up their
s ami old
orrea rages
ami se, I e.i.-ii with the order.
D a4fh of Mrs. Amelia Kremer.
Mrs. Amelia Kretner
widow of t he late S. ( Kven
Evnns,
Kvans,
county,
of Thompsontown, Juniata
died Tuesday, February 21sl
iged
Su years,
he is siir I ved
l)V
two
sons, A. Bradford and George K.,
ami her sister, Mrs. Catherine Bow
er of this place. Mr-. Kvans was a
daughter of Hon. George Kremer,
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witu who .i iiiuiiiu. i 'i . . . . i , ii.'...
Union County beforeSnydcrCounty
was separated from ii ; and a grand
daughter of Capt. Frederick Kvans,
proiiiiucnt in tins section in In
The remains ol the deceased
intcired in tiic Episcopal
day.
were
lurch
yard m ar Thompsontown.
Ev'ry Month.
The most valuable feature of
"Ev'ry Month," is the new and pop
ular music, and in this number ap
pear "The Old Elaine Flickers and
I Wonder Why," bv Paul Dresser
(whose "Banks of the Wabash" have
made him known throughout the
lengihand breadth of the country,
"The Feast ol Lanterns" March and
Two Step, a piano piece with Chinese
motif, and "The tirl Who's Si
Dear to My Heart," an rsih ballad
with a melody and pathos which
will make other than Irish eves
water. (EV'RY MONTH, NEW
YORK, 10 cents.)
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Los Ange'es and the Pacific Coast and
Return.
Special Excursion from points in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, District ot
Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia,
Ohio, New York and New Jersey,
on the occasion of the National Ed
ucational Association meeting atlos
Angeles, Cal., in July, LSI)!), at re
duced rates. For full particulars,
address John R. Pott, District Pas
senger Agent, C, M. & St. Paul
Railway, 486 William St., Wil
liamsport, Pa. 2-9-!it.
Henry H. Thomas, of near Trox
ville, was among our callers on Sat
day. He ordered bills for the selling
of a tract of land in Adams township.
MARCH 9, 1899.
Court Proceedings.
Reported by J. 0. la-otise.
Court convened Monday, Feb.
A. I). 1899, at 11 o'clock A.
Present, Honorable H. M. McClure,
President Judge; Hon. Z. T. Gera
berling and Hon. Alfred Specht,
Associate Judges. Amos C. Gera
berling, C. ('. Siianirler. William
aiter ana ueorgt
Appointed tipstaves.
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Lenlev were
OOUBT OP QUARTER SESSIONS.
Report ot ih immissioncrs de
signating the line between I i
and Snyder counties was confirmed
nisi.
In the ease of the f 'oniuionwealt
vs. Sylvester Trostlc, a nolh
qui was cntei'ed,
M. y
..II
pros
The opinion ol the ourt was filed
in tin Franklin township road im-i
which set aside LllU prou
iliugal tin
costs of the petitioners.
In the ease of the CoininonweU
n
vs. Martin L. Haas,
plead iruilty to the
the defendant
charge ol for
nicatioil and bastardy and receivei
the usual sentence.
In the case of the ( 'ointnonweiiltl
v . 'harlcs 1 leimbach, tin
fcntlailt
plead guilty to the same charge
and received tlx same sentence.
n the wise ol same v. W, Adams,
a nolle prosequi was entered
in the oases ol same vs. W. llicgle
and Ambrose Ling, the grand jurv
iguuretl bills.
'Libia-. i. licit z was appointed
suH.'rvisor oi rerry township,
In the case ol the lommoiiwenltli
vs. Heiuy Brugger, the defendant
was convicted oi assault ami battery
ao'l was aajntanciM t
$10.(X) for the use
Snyder and costs ot
Reports ol the
i iv a
f tfw
pro
oad
count )
ectition.
viewers
III
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ips wet otilirmed nisi
J. M. Buyer, F. M. Montelius
and .lames Lnterliiie were appointed
to view bridge over the Mohaiitougo
In Chapman and Perry townships.
E. 1. H. Waller, Henry Aurand
and John liartniiiu were appointed
to view public road in Centri town
ship. Wm. Mover, W. A Keeier and
... .
ueorire Spaid wercappoinledto view
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puMie road iu .Monroe toWUSIllj
II. E. Riehter, H. D. Burns and
Daniel ManeVllI were appointed to
view public road in I uion township.
W. 1 avis ( lilt, . F. L iudcnslag
erand Win. Mai tin were appointed to
review public road in Monroe town
ship. lames Middleswarth, Irvin Gray
bill and William Heater were ap
pointed to view public road in Bea
ver and Spring township-.
B.C. Fiss, John Diemerand John
8. Wolf were appointed to view
bridge in Washington township.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
P. S. Bitter, sheriff, acknowledged
deeds to Morris Lang, Uriah Berg
er, Eli I 'oil .line, John Dcrk and
Charles Kratzer.
In the case of W. L. Helfenstein
vs. Frank and LeviC. Reiehenbach,
the opinion ot the court was filed
disolving the injunction.
In the ease of Hannah Boyer, a
legatee of David Knouse, dee'd, vs.
Jacob Knouse, executor of said de
cedent, the verdict was in favor ol
die plaintiff for the sum of S.VJLOO.
In the Base ol Susannah Hummel
(Boleuder) VS. Daniel Boleuder, the
verdict was in favor of the plaintiff
for the sum of 1694.38.
In the case of Mrs. Foster L.
Smith vs. W. F. Hummel, adminis
trator, etc, the verdict was for the
plaintiff in the sum oi $108.73.
ORPHANS OOUBT.
4 ..1 i-J A- 11
Spangler, executrix of Leah Weirick, has the reputation of always kcep
dee'd, to show cava diy an attach-! ing the best. Don't forget the sale
iv ruic wus irruiiicu io runny
ment should not be issued.
VOL. 36. NO. 10.
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J A PreseBt of $2.50.1
The Host has made speoial a
arrangements with the Farm '
Journal by which ww are ena-
bled to offer a live-year sub-
Bcription to that paper toevery
new subscriber w ho pays (m-
Dollar I'm the MlODLBBURQH
POST one year in advance, and
the same offei is made to every
old subscriber who pays his ar
rearages to date and one dollar
( xtra for the POST one year in
advance ami the harm Journal
live years in advance.
UEMEMBEK
that in order to get this premium
of live years subscription to the
Farm Jolunal, il is necessary
toatieml to thismattcr nromut-
ly as we have only a limited
number to oiler. Address
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The Mippi.eduroh Post,
z Middleburgh, Pa.
V
H. (J. Hornberger was appointed
B hwub nomuerger, u
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minor ciniii ot r.iicn Hornberger,
dee'd.
Daniel W. Fi
guardiau of I!.'
LMiomas. minor (
m was appointed
ssie and ( i er ti e
children of Peter
Thomas, dee'd.
Jacob D. Siiatler was appointed
guardian of Katie, Nora ami Ida '.
Miller, in the estates .-t Riley and
SaUlllcl Miller, dee'd.
Si:::on J. Siudcr was aiiooiuled
guardian of' Minnie M. Gordon, It
minor grandchild of Rohjc Stuck,
dec I..
Orders of sale wa re granted ill the
estates of' llcurt App, dee'd, Albeit
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1 1 mi; is, .lee d, and i i.'iijaiiii:i
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Krailicr, dee'd, (enlarged).
liet in ns to orders of sale were
confirmed iu the estates of Henry
Grubb, dee'd, and Reuben Cramer,
dee'd.
Return to writ of iuqiicsl wit
confirmed iu the estate of William
I lol lenbach, dee'd,
Return to order to mortgage th
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I dec d, wus confirmed bv the court.
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I pon the petition of A. ( i. Bow
crsox, a sou of Samuel Bowersox,
dee'd, A. .1. Hassinger and Rolxa'l
Dreese were appointed his trustees.
Reports oi auditors were confirm
ed in the e-iateoi peter Hostermau,
nice d, and John a. I lassingci , dee u.
j The administrator, executor and
guardian accounts and tin widows
appraisements were allcouliamed as
i advertised.
j Thursday, March 2, 1899, com-.
adjourned toThurday, March, 9 at
1 1 o'clock A. M.
Sleeps with an Overcoat.
The school teacher at Locustgrove
school in Chapman tow nship, this
county, iias discovered a new way
of sleeping at night. He always
puts his overcoat on at night so he
can sleep better. The other night
he dreamed that he was fast so he
got up and took otl his ovcroat.
For further information call on
George Haines. W. II. K.
LIVE STOCK SALE
LarguL Bale oj the Season.
The largest sale of live stock and
taming implements in Snyder Co.
will take place at Dundorc, in I'u
ion township, on Saturday, .March
11, 1899. There will be at least
I six extra good horses, an excellent
lot of milch cows, a lot of healthy
young cattle, about 20 (boats and
farming implements. The stock is
the proportv of N. T. Dundorc, who
! on Saturday of next week.
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