The Middleburgh Post.
Published every Thursday.
Geo. W. Waqenseller.
bditor and Propriotnr
Subscription $1.50 per year.
wnieb uujt be piiid in advance wuen n,i'
aide Hi unty.l
RATFS OF ADVERTISING
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.vmtractid tnr will! hatyHlat ttaerateol is
t '-iii h pel lineinonpartei meaaurej lor tlrHi Inner
Hon Mid 10 cents per line tor ever aubaequent
Insertion.
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II, Br. ii .liilili Mill,
Thursday, May II, 189H.
HISTORY OF THE POST.
A Fief Sketch t itsCareei ami Useful
ness. Tin' I i- I date- lltick iHllv In ! Kli 1
-in, i il :t 1 1 1 1 ii I llii- 1 1: 1 1 1 1 Imt it
antecedent WHS llli' I lllllll ih'HUlKI'lli
. stahlished iiliniil I S I I :it Now lkr
lin. New I'h rlin. at tliiii time, was
tin I'liiintv seal of I nion oiuity,
i u it'll lin n illl'llllll'll Slivdcr I n-1
Mini it WHS II ; l i :t 1 IICWSpillHT town.
Among the other iiiiim r piihlishnl
there was the nim ?;' liy Israt'l
( lutelius lit mi I S i tn IM I, a strung
Wllig paper, till' ' it li hi hints ;i
I cinncratic paper, ptihlishtil bv
.luliiiM. Ilaiim. I his paper wii!-'
once owntil I iv Jacob Rciehlcv, late
,.t Cetitrcville. Thr (tiuul Stimiir
itlmi, a t -i 1 1 1 -r: 1 1 ii -t ' paper, wa- pub- ,
lice
I'n-I IMtIN I IN'' "I I I' I
linn milili -lii"! In iv. wa. established liv 'hnrles flower as a law nil
in s.i at New Merlin hy K.anilK, In ls,;l li"' mK-rwa. i-hangiil in
Smith, it was -..M A. .1. IVti-rs Kmrlisli ami IihiI ihc new
who liruiight it to Miililli'luirgalHHit naim-, thi' I'nvr. Tin- I'os'l was
s;,;,. .IiiIiii I'.. Slull ami ntlu-rs printiil mi tin' I'liriii-r whi'tc Living
)lllilisllii it In iv. HihIm hiiiI Wok- ' stnll's IlirilittllT Stnri' iu.w i-. Il wa-
mm of I. tit i a ! was a i thl puhlishttl al Sciiiisginvi1 until the
Mililis'lieil !iy Jnlin Klinn. There i latter part of ISlWi. The Post was
were other iiapers pulilisheil earlier. not printi-il I'm' si-veral weeks thru
The ;1frM7f(Vstartel in IS'il. The ' ami uUmt New Vear ISI57 h was
i'W llerlin (itizett estalilisheil in
ISJi; an. I in I S'2'2 was i-hnngctl in
i In- ( iiihii 7 imt . I n I I t here
was startiil a lerinan paper with the
title, Stimuli fun I iiihii mill I ii
imi. Iii b Win. I'arotllers iii'i
lisheil tin- ii 1 1 1 ii I lixlni'ii, 'I hesaine
vear Josi'ph Miller pnlilished tin
I uioii I Ii 'i n iili mill . I nt i-Mttsttii iv I
W ith -m il an array ofnewspapi'l's
at New Merlin it is with ph-asnre
that we refer t" tin1 antiitilent of
tlir Middlehnrg I'osr, the fnlmi
I tiinoki'iit . Ii was a ( ieriuan paper,
periud iif 1 1 years ami '' months.
I At this juneture Geo. W. Wagen
I Heller ami A. K. Cooper bought the
plant ami for met I a partnership with
thr former as editor. hi December
12th "t tin -am.' year the partner--hii
wasdissoived and the writer liu
eame tin1 wile owner. In ' k'tolier
1 7 I thr Pi r w a- moved tn the
linilding now owned hv David Oek
it. Kor unite a nnmliei nt rar- thr
l'ii' was printed mm stairs in the
room now oivnpied I the 'i. A. K-
Post nl thi- plaee, lull i I ol the
time the first story was used. After
neenpvingthal huildiit!- torn period
nt".!:!1. vea rs, the Piki nil Keb. ',),
IS'.tS, the iiihlesl day ol the winter,
was moved into the new two-story
-t i mi hit ert-i'ted "it tin pirsl Na
tional lliink lot n'.t to t In i unity jail.
Thr new linilding isaframestriietnre
:'.:','.i hid. iiivered with a slate roof,
Tllfolltsiili' i- envi nil hall way up
with -iilin ami I he upper half with
shingles. Theediti trial and hnsiinfs
I'm nil . MIMlpil'S I hi' -nil, Ii i i I n thr
for disaeminatioii ol new- a?d the
jriMxl it has done can iever be es
timated in a practical wav. W.eare
pmnil nt it- past, we realixethat the
present has its ilutv ami we shall ell-
dcavor to make the future, it pos- ' familiar to all who knew anvthiug
sible, shed lustre upon the past. alum' Middleburg. Heisa harness
.1. l.. NTKIHIXwBB.
We ublisli in thi issue thelike
ness ol M. Z. Steininger Ksii. and
his hum" and business olaee that is
niih'iiiir anil ineasui'e
I x
I'eel
with ' large windows liiemg the
strei t. Iti- pmvideil i'h furniture
I,, oking to the neeesMtv nfsvsfemii
t i r i 1 1 luniks, papers, letter-, ilncn
ineiits, etr., iii sneh a wav so a- tn
enable one to easily liml w hat is de
sired at a moment' iietiee. This i
au imiovatiou over the prevailiii)j
LHfcLK tlUri i1Bm SIl'"-m7m tfe -ii Hi JtI iPiBilBBaJ
.11 HI N F. - rKTI.KII S ltKl)KX K
'in i , i rui n il
.a m WJZZM
I'm sulijeel nl thi- sketch i- one
of the most aetive ati irnevs "I oiir
town. He was Imii'ii at Atkins m's
Mill-, MiHlin oiinty Pa., .Inly "..
I Mi.'i, ami was rearnl on a farm.
He atteniHil the eomiiiiiii sehools
until Iti vears of age when he taught
hi- first term nt school in N e-tinnre-lund
'o., I'a. lie taught alternately
in the winter and attenilnl Normal
-ehiMil during the spring ami snm
wer, graduating Irom the Delmuiit
Normal Sehinil in Westmoreland
County, t- !ini; first honor- in a
class nt :',7. lie taught 1:1 terms of
school among w Inch he was principal
nl tile lllllllie -ell, ml- nl Set i 1 1 -e-Tl iV'e
maker by trade, having worked at
I lartletoii, I 'iiimi ( ' ... I'a. Krat.er
ville, and Hauiicrvillc, this conntv,
ami l-'ii 1 1 1 iit Nebraska. He has
lieeii working at hi- trade lor some
thirty vear- and has worked at this
place since INTO, having occupied
tin same locution since 1 S7U. I le
was ImiI'ii niie mile west of town and
ha- -ei u agreat ileal nf this amtry.
He ha- taken several trip- tn the
West and South and has I h iii in lli
nt the iatcs and Canada, lie wis
appointed Justice ol th" I'ca t
thi- ImrotiuJl toi one year ami va
then elected for live years, w hich
term lie is now serving. Mr.Steining
cr is a usetul citien in the commu
nity and the possessor nt many
friends,
first or second wc k in January
ISt!7. I he Poht wa- nrintdl for
UK, A. .1. II KK.M N N.
purchased bv Hon. leremiah Cronse J enstoin in many new-paper otliccs
who moved it from Sehnsgrove to and in tisi many other olliees ami
' Middleburg and liegan issue in the business places. The remaining por
tion nt the first Hour i- used lor tin
cylinder pie--, the folder, a large
a w hile mi first and scnnal storv nl jobber and some otheivippliaiiees be-
John Arnold's building hsutiil where louring ton well reu!
J. C. ScIhk'Ii's residence now is, The esmblishiiieiit. At tin
sii'oml storv ol thebiiildintr was ouh
a halt storv. loiter it was moved fo a annex, one stor
linilding then erected in the vicinity engine room.
nt the present sites of Jacob Gilbert's
and 1 . A. Kern's residences. I n
thi- Name building there wa- a furni
ture store conducted hv Charles
Kathcrman of MifHinhtirg. The
l pi ini inji
llni ih-we-t
mi Min;: is a 1 1 '. 1 I'. vi
liirh listll a- an
( ) the SlI'Ollll -I"
IV ale t le tvin.
. I
case-, calm let-, imposing stones, pa
per cutter, a small joblsT and the
(iimiHisitot's, p roin the second storv
windows is perinittcil a lull and tree
i n. w. Mil SSKI.I.KIt, KP I "' MIIHH.KIII m. "I'n-T,
lislml by Absoloiii i m inn I. I'he Whig in politics, and was establish
.',' in1 lirnt Miwiiin; a rcligniis nl about IS44. Christian Moser,
paper, was published bv the Kvange- a t ieriuan, publisluil this paper nil
iicnl church ami tie llotxrhnltn', a til alsnil I.S"()wheii Israel (inteliiis
(ieriuan pap. i . wa- puiilisluil in the hoiight it runl i hi t i 1 1 1 n ' I its publica-j
interest nl the same church, An- imn at .New I -rl 1 1 1 until the spring
i it her patter mysterioiily madeits ap-1 of I.SoU when it wa- moved tn S
pearanee. Ii wa- stvhil "Man ill m ml linsgrove. flic Ih'mnkrot was puli-
1 1 iu n am I w a- gotten i nit at mil
of the ;
otlici
llel'i nr Illll-
nsemeiit. I he I iilkixlmiiin, at one
ll-llei: III a t ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ineateil w Mere
.1. I Inward IMsh's drug store now
stand-. 'I'he building was used also
M. . -I I'.IMNIiKII s I
tnr fnurterms ami was principal ol
the Middh'liuru public schools lor
three terms, I le studied law ami
was admitted in the Snyder 'oiiuty
bar in J line 1 .Sil'i, He was elected
.lu-iiee nl the Peace nt ihis boroiigh
in Kebruarv I.S'.Mi, Heisa capable
voting man with ample ability and
annuitant mental reso"rees Kir the
siieee ml practice of Ins chosen pro
fession. He i aspiring for the pnsi
tinii nt' District Attorney of Snyder
County ami next summer he will he
a candidate lor the nomination tn
that iHisitioit mi the liepiibliean
ticket. I le i- well oualifieil lor the
position and we predict tin him sne
cess iu his aspiratinnsand iii his call
ing. tuite a ininiberof sketches will
be found on the inside imges,
;KSliKX( 'K XH slli U'.
m: n .1 ii x ii. i i si i n .
the Postmaster and one nl the
dealer-in General Merchandise in
Swiueford, a prosiK'rons snlierh nt
M 'n Id lei any, is a gentleman ol good
business qualifications and always
treat- his enstomors with eotir
tesv and respect. He i- a imidel
citien and an upright gentleman,
who by close attention to business and
hi- own affairs ha- w.,n a position in
the " tnni ii i ii t v that i- worthy ol ini
; ilatioii. 1 le is the owner of the
I tea ut it ii I residence and store building
I near the Middlecreek bridge ou the
wav Irom Middleburgh to the depot.
He alwavs keeps oil hand a well
select's! stuck of the latest goedsand
I is alwavs contriving to please the
I maiiV customers w ho frequent his
I store every day of the week.
Itov. IKRKMIAH CROl.'HE, EDITOK POtft SG7-82.
MII.ES I. POTTER.
I'os'l' was on the lower story. Feb. view nl the Middlecreek Yallcvcast
Ttli, 1 870, the building was destroy- with plenty ut evidences of its rich
ed by lire: but the printing plaid had ' fertility and productiveness,
been moved out several yean before Such is the history nf the oldest
the lire. Mr. Cronse owned the Post Republican pa per in Snyder County,
and conducted it through all his sue- rt stood for the Whigs before the
cessfiil political life when in Decern- j Republican party was organized and
ber 1882 it was sold to Thomas H. I for more than a half century has
Harter. Mr. Harter wielded the furnished food for thought and re
ctorial pen up to Mar. 17)1 894, a 'fleet. on, At times it served only
aJ tff
FIRST VTH . I HANK.