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Editor and Proprietor.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
Several heeds of cabbage will be
bought at this office if offered for
.sulc soon.
Thursday, Fob. 22nd b.-ing a legal
holiday, the Middleburg Bank will
bo closed.
J, M. Maurer,thesaddler of Krea-
mc wasa Middleburg visitor ed-
nesday of last week.
The Marks Whisky lias no equal.
Sold bv the gallon and quart. 1
guarantee a lull quart.
2-15-2t. J.L. Mauks.
Elmer W. 8nyder,one of the pop
ular insurance ugouts ol Selinsgrove,
transacted busiuess in this place Fri
day of last week.
There were i! li : 5 7 marriage licen
ses granted in Snyder County since
Oct. 1, 1885) when the marriage
license law went into effect,
Jacob Bnsoui of Uichfield last week
was the guest of his sou- in-law Com
missioners' Clerk Johu N. Brosius
and while in town made a pleasant
call at this office.
A little baby hoy, weighing only
24 ounces, was born on Sunday to
the wife of Jacob Robinson, near
Heading, The attending physician
says the little one will live.
The Republican Standing Com
mittee met in the Court House at
this place Saturday and completed
heir arrangements to hold the re
publican primary election, Saturday,
February 24th.
David A. Steininger of Lochia!,
Union County, administrator of the
Estate of Jacob Steininger, late of
Franklin twp., deceased, was in
Middleburg last Friday, settling up
(he affairs of the estate.
Dr. Hoisler, President of Susque
hanna University, will preach in
the Lutheran church Sunday morn
ing. Dr. Hcisler is an educator in
the truest sense of the word and he
is always listened to with keenest
interest.
Andrew .1. McKinnev ot Hern
Ion was in town Monday and M on
lay night. He exhibited a new
.a nor lamp which he is sellintr.
IVIr. McKinnev is a well known
irber of Herndon and he is selling
good lamp.
Tin- Halifax Gazette, savs : Our
Idioe factories are working full time,
Monty of orders ahead to keep them
1 lining until next summer. They are
wilding up a fine trade and their
oods are known and have the ro-
utation all over the United States.
If you want your hair cut with
ut steps or a nice easy shave and a
fro hour r hsmma am to A. E.
Holes, in the bank building one door
ist of the Post Office, in room with
io drug store. A clean towel to
aoli customer and satisfaction guar-
ateed.
We are pleased U) learn that our
inner station agent of this place,
lauks Wetel, has held the res-
insible position of station agent at
Vallingford, Pa., tor nearly twenty
oars and also the iniMirtaiu position
f postmaster of the same place for
ianv years.
Allen W Kreamer, of Kroamor,
ie treasurer of the Republican
landing Committee, was a caller at
us office Saturday. Mr. Kreamer
I said to hare one of the best fami
ne; outfits in Middlecrcek township.
He drives good horses and is well
xed financially.
On Thursday of this week the
Cagle hotel in Franklin will change
anils. Daniel K. Haas will leave
otfr Shamokin to spend all his time
lisP the mercantilebusinessand Curtis
IV. Graybill will take charge of the
nf ell known hostelry. We wish both
W.r. Haas and Mr. Graybill abund-
OJat success in their respective call-
MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO.,
Charles A. Saner of Globe Mills
was among our callers Tuesday af
ternoon and became a cash-in-ad-vance
subscriber to the Post.
M. L. Wagenseller of Selinsgrove
was in this pluoe Friday of Inst week.
He reports that there is no truth in
the report that some one hail donat
ed $150, 000 to Susquehanna Uni
versitv. Susiiiii'liauna I uiversUv
will ercci :. handsome ladies
.iron-
tors , thi! plans for which wore made
by our townsman and architect, Johu
P. Stetler.
D.i
W.'Crouse of Norwood, a
Suburb oi Philadelphia, spent Fri
day and Saturday in thi- place the
guestof friends. Mr. ( 'rouse is well
known in this county. He is con
ducting a green llOIIHe at Norwood
in the winter and conducts a truck
farm at Wallingfordduringthesum-
mer. Mr.Cfousc called and Bull-
scribed for the Post
in tlic villnre.
while he was
Was Dismissed.
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Itev. L). II. Shieh
a inomiKT oil
the Centra I Pennsylvania ( onferenci
of the Methodist church, recently
a chaplain in the regular army, but
who was dismissed from the service
for drunkenness, was picked up upon
a San Francisco wharf Tuesday in a
dying condition and was conveyed
to the city hospital, where he now
lies in a precarious condition. It is
evident that want, starvation and
excess have reduced the former army
chaplain to the physical wreek he
now is. Without friends or money
enough with which to secure a meal,
exMsed to the cold rains and winds
and but thinly clad, the wretched
man had dragged himself about the
streets of San Francisco tor the last
three days, and finally collapsed
through sheer exhaustion. His pulse
was very weak w hen taken to the
hospital, and the physicians gave it
as their opinion that he might not
survive.
Io May Be Murder.
At the Heading iron works at
Danville, Saturday evening, a slight
fire started near the roof of the mill
and Owen McCafrey, the night
watchman, went up to extinguish it.
While he was thus engaged Albert
Yost, another employe, commenced
to "guy" and greatly incensed the
watchman. When the latter came
down he told Yost that he was lia
able to arre-t for his action, w here
upon Yost picked up a pair of large
iron tongs and dealt Mot 'af rev a
heavy blow on the forehead. The
latter fell, unconscious and is -till in
a serious nonditiou.
May Bo Tried at Sunbury.
An effort was made Monday to
have the trial of the Hummel mur
der case continued to June. It was
stated that counsel for the defence
will endeavor to obtain a change of
venue, alleging that public opinion
is so inflamed against Hummel that
'i fair impartial trial cannot be had
atWilliamsport. Sunbury is favor
ably spoken of if a change Is granted.
Jail Physician Stokes, who exam
ined Hummel, states that the pris
oner's insanity is poorly shammed.
Jnnior Class Banquet.
The Junior Class of Susquehanna
University held a banquet at the
Washington House in this place lost
Friday evening. Those who par
ticipated are as follows: Murray
B. Herman, J. H. Neuhauser, G. D.
Strail, Chas. Lambert, E. R. Wing
ard, L. G. Stauger, B. H. Crouse,
Anna Barb, Lucy C. Houtz, Ettie
C. Breimeior, Millard Focht, Sarah
P. Gortner. The party was chap
eroned by Prof. Geo. E. Fisher and
Mrs. Lottie Benson.
THE HUMAN BODY.
Many Odd Facts Which are
not Generally Known.
Human beings arc of all sizes,
hut the tall man is less common than
the short ; only one man in 'JOS ex
ceed the height ol six toot. For
every font ol stature a man should
weigh from twenty -six to- twenty-
L'lglit pouinls, a proportion that is
111,1 "io '! ol all in thoso hurrying,
currying days.
, An a vcrarc -sized man weighs 140
Hot tile lot oi
pounds; a woman 125 pounds. Cur
iously enough, the mean weight and
height ol lunatics are below those of
sane people. Another unexpected
thing in thiiv-poci is that a negro's
skeleton weigh- more than that of
an Kiiiglishmun,
The vitaliiiigpowcris the bluou",
:l drop d which lakes but twenty
two seconds to go the round of the
body. There pa.es through the
heart once in every three minutes an
amount ot this precious lluid c . nn I
I to all that is contained in the body.
I WL i i.i i ! I - fc.
i la' iuiica.'oi ineiuooii circula
tion reveals sonic astonishing and
undreamed ol truth-. It is estHiiate-
cil that, assuming the average speed
ol the hear: to be sixtv-nine licats.a
minute, the blond travels 207 yards
in sixtv seconds; in other words,
seven miles an hour, 10)5 a day, or
9,320 a year. "
If a man of eighty-lour could
have one single blood corpuscle
floating in his blood all his life, 'it
would have traversed in that perl'
lio less than o,lo0,808 mweS.
The average weight of the
of an adult male is three pounds
eight ounces, of a female, two pounds
four ounces. The woman's brain
begins to decline in weight after the
Bgeof thirty, the man's not until
ten years later. According to high
authorities, with their branches and
minute ramifications connecting with
-the brain, exceed 1(1,000,0(10 ill
number.
'flic palm of the hands anil the
soles of the feci arc composed of
cushions ol tat, in order that sudden
jolts and violent blows may be suc
cessfully resisted, and no injury done
to the muscles and bones underneath.
The muscles of which the tongue
monopolizes eleven, and the bonesof
the human structure in combination
are capable of more than L200
motions.
The teaching of experience indi
cates that accidents are more likely
to occur to the right leg and arm
than to the left. Further evidence
of this fact is supplied by the mak
ers of artificial limbs; they dispose ol
many more appendages to the right
side of the body than to the other.
Statistics show that in fifty-tour
eases out ota hundred the left leg is
is stronger than the right.
If'a man could move his legs pro
portionally as fast as an ant, he
would travel not far short of eight
hundred miles an hour.
To the Deaf.
A rich lady, cured other Deatness
and Noises in the Head by Dr.
Nicholson's Artificial Far Drums,
gave $10 000 to his Institute, so
that deaf people unable to procure
the Ear Drums may have them free.
Address No. 10327 The Nieholson
Institute, 70, Eighth Avenue, New
York. 1-25-lv.
Singing School.
Prof. Paul Billhardt will open a
music school in the basement of the
Middleburg Reformed church, Fri
day evening, Feb. 16, 1900. Twenty
lessons will be given weekly tor
One Dollar. This is something
that is very much needed in this
place and should be faithfully and
generously patronized.
PA., THURSDAY, FEB.
Letter from Nebraska.
Piloer, Stanton Co., Neb.
Dear Friend: I will take the
pleasure to write a few lines to niv
old friends in Snyder 'ountv. I
have boon in the west now "J years
until the first of March and 1 ' like
the west very much, I have been
working lor the We mid Schneider
Co., Fremont, Neb., the big grain cum
i . much i.s building elevators all
ivor Neb'tiskn, Kansas, Iowa and
Minnesota, I have been in many dif
ferent place-. I was working in
i. j wa ever since last October. It be
Mine so cold (hat we had to quit,
(was 17 degrees liolmv zero. I
amc back to Nebraska to I'ilger,
Stanton Co. Next spring the Nvc
and Schneider Co. is going to scud
me up to Minnesota to help to build
el 'vuiors, I have oeeu busy every
lay sine I left the east. There is
io better place than the west; if a
nan wants to make anything, ho
iron Id better come west. This is a
rood country lor plenty of work and
pond pay. This i- a good part ol
country to strike. I have done well
since I came out here.
Yours t puly,
lioiiERT LaUIEN8LA(1ER.
WOMiDltl I I. sui t i:iks I Itl i:.
Itciiiiirkiihii' Uirtato Everybody i iiif
iriNit PhllMlelpbln,ltfiMliiji Pram."
Announcement is made by the
publishers that every reader of the
great "Philadelphia Sunday Press"
will receive next Sunday, February
18, absolutely free two souvenirs of
a character and value far beyond
anything heretofore offered by a
newspaper. One will be a beautiful
picture in ten colors, by Paul de
Longprc, the famous flower painter,
entitled "A Yard of Roses." It is
twice as large as any picture ever
given away by a newspaper.and that
it is worth (raining is evident from
the fact that copies cannot be bought
at retail for less than a dollar. But
in addition to this, every reader of
next "Sunday'- Press" will receive
an attractively illustrated booklet ol
convenient size, containing the great
est detective story ever written by
Kmile Gabon iau. If you want these
splendid gifls you had better order
next "Sunday s Press at once, and
warning is given that the supply
will be limited, 1 1 there is no news
agent in your vicinity get sum 'bright
boy to write for the agency
Mon3tar Telephone Line.
An elloii is Del lit: niailc to com
bine all the local telephone lines ill
the Eastern States. The fnter-state
Telephone and Telegraph Company
has been organized with a capital of
$2,000,000 to accomplish ibis pur
pose. The shamokin Valley Tele
phone Company has gone into the
combination.
The Penn Telephone Company has
not yet joined the combination, but
as they have a proposition on several
different plans to join the Interstate
Company, it is probable that at their
mooting this (Wednesday) evening
they will make sonic definite ar
rangements. We are assured that the combina
tion will in no wise curtail the priv
ileges of present subscribers. In
addition long distance service is to
be given at about one-half the rates
ot the Bell Company. If the com
bination is effected, the long distance
service will be quite a convenience
to Snyder county subscribers.
Musical College.
The Musical College, Freoburg,
Snyder couuty, Pa., is recognized as
one of the foremost schools of music
$33 will pay for six weeks, instruc
tions and board. Spring term will
begin May 7. For catalogue address,
Henry B. Moyer,
2-15-3t. Director.
VMM.
COURT HOUSE CHIPS
ItoMlN Kntoren lor Kcrord.
John J. II iel to 'atherino
Hummel, fiacres in Franklin town
ship, (or "iii.
Samuel I!. Philips and wife to
Emanuel Wagner, 10 acres and lis
perches in West Ik-aver low nship,
lor $100
Elizabeth Priei to .1 icoh Ileisor,
!K) perches in Monroe township, lor
$500. 1
Annie K. and '. F. I ,utz to lias.
( '. Walter, house and lot mi Water
St., through ol Selinsgrove, for
$450.
Sarah A. Klose to Will, H. and
I Io rard .1. Mitchell, lot No. I I in
the town ol Adanisbiirg, for $125.
Win. H. Mitchell and wife and
II. J. Mil. hell and wife to John 1.
Haines, Io No I I in Adanisbiirg,
lor $912.
l.cdj'rs (irontptl.
Filler- o administration in the
estate of Henry Mover, late of Penn
township, were granted I'Yiduy to
Mary 1. and ( has. A. Mover.
Iliirrtiiui' l.ir.'Hsi's.
I Iharlos W. Kuhu, Shamokin 1.
I Sal He ' '. Itcichciibuch, I hiudon .
I Richard A. Caldwell, Shamokin,
I Berdilla S. Umlaut, Mi. ( formel.
on, mission, i s- OfllcP.
The following orders were grant
ed bv the county commissioners
since New Year :
Jacob Gilbert, auditing acct. $ 15.00
Jus. F. Keller, scalp cert if... 1.50
Geo. M. Shtndelj toes 1('2.:!7
Goo. F. Brosius, road review
and scalp certificate 1.00
Steininger Bros., coal lor jail 06.93
A. Good, road damages 15.00
John II. Willis, Ices 4 1.45
Isaac Spotts, 0 days 8.50
Pharos Herman, fidays 8.50
Win. Dreese, (i days 8.50
A. W. Bowersox, labor 2.80
has. L. VVetzel,scalpcertif 1 ,50
Win. H. Wise, -.alp eertif. 75
Irwin ( ! ray hill, jury com
missioner's clerk 10.00
J. I!. Hendricks, jury coin.. HiJo
II. (i. Hornlierger, jury com hi. 'Jo
K.Gardner's Sons, grate, jail
heater 10.00
N. A. Bowes, labor LOO
. I. ( rarmail, lumber 3.78
Samuel Bollinger, road re
view 2.00
Spring Telephone !o., rent
for phone 3.00
(i. F. Miller, salary on acct. 21.00
( '. VV, Knights, sal. on acct. 25.00
V.B.Viney,coal court house 54.95
A. G. Kauffinnn, scalp cert 75
II. A. K lingh r, auditor 18.54
Calvin Stetler, auditor's el'k 25.00
J. '. Bowersox, auditor 18.30
Ben. Smith, scalp certificate 3.50
W.H.Spanglcr, lead pencils 50
J. N. Brosius, salary on acct 15.00
Jos. M. Wagner, road and
special tax 43.83
Ben. Smith, scalp eertif 2.50
Win. F. Murphy's Sons Co.
marriage license docket... 19.50
( i. C. ( lutelius, expressage... 3.20
J.N. Brosius, office furniture 4.96
The Commissioners have received
word from the Grotou Bridge Co.
that the iron for the Meiservillc
bridge will be on hand in ten or fif
teen days.
Guard Division Eucampment.
It is expected that there w ill be a
division encampment of the National
Guard this year, all hough the mili
tary authorities have not definitely
settled the question. The uumlier
of men in camp will be larger than
ever before in the history of the
Guard, owing to the fact that not all
of the emergency commands organ
ized for the second National (iiiard
have been mustered out. It will
take another year to reduce the mi
litia ot the State to the strength con
templated by tlif military authorities.
VOL. 37. NO. 7.
SHAMOKIN DAM.
( lias, Duck ami wife ol Ix-wis-
burg were visitors at I I leobler's
Sunday. . . .Miss Jennie Shipe is
visiting relatives and friends in
Lower Agusta township, North'd o
.... Mi-s Mugg'e Slear, who had
been visiting her parent-, Martin
Slear and taiuily, returned home
Saturday Luhl Sterner,
who had In eu visiting hi r sister.
Mrs. s. II. Murphy, returned home
. . . .Shcritl i. W. How was seen
in our town Sai nrday I hill, and
Win. Itotish ,,i V
'ci iniri
were vis
day.. Mrs.
itors in our place ou
Hudie I!, nn returned home Ironi a
visit to Williamsport S iturdtiv
t 'vrus Shipe is taking music lessons
from Mis, Martha iVumii ol Selins
grove. .Geo. Hart man and Harry
(iaugler have purchased the coal
digger owned by K. Aiirand. They
expert todo a rushing business next
summer. Hoic the young men will
have success Miss lOmnia Deo-
blcr returned home Pridav front it
i--it to relatives at liewisburg and
Montandoii Frank Slapletotl
went to Lewisbtirg to relatives
mi Saturday . . . .John Luelsild and
Miss Verda Auiniilor of'Mt.t 'ar I
arc visiting relatives and Iriends at
this plae The M. F. Sunday
School ol this place will hold a free
concert and a chicken and waffle
supper in A m aud's bull Saturday,
Feb. 17. . .t has. Kuhu and Mi.
Sallie lieichenbaeh ol this place
were married at ScliusgroiJ Ia.si
Saturday evening. After returning
an eletrant suoner was furnished
to
iliem and some relatives. Hope they
will have success through the path
ot I ife .... Peter 1 Icrncr went to
Lewisbtirg on Wednesday to work
...Foster Slear wears a broad Blllih
on his face, because it is a baby girl
....Frank Klliot feels proud siuci
he i- the lather of a baby girl.
ADAMSBUUO.
w i v
II. I. Ltomig made a business trip
to Sunbury recently M iss Kstu
Youugman -pent Sunday in Selins
grove. .The Glee 'lub oi the Sus
quehanna University will give an
entertainment in the I . O. O. F.
Hall Monday evening, Feb. 1 9. Ad
mission lor adults, .', eeuts; chil
dren, 10 (tents Mr. Smith ol
Lew isburg is visiting his numerous
Iriends in this place Mr. Bitlga-
man of Centre couuty was the guest
ol Miss Ague- Hoik recently....
Finn r Shannon left on Monday lor
Lewi-town where he has secured
employment Miss Grace Weid-
ensaul spent several days in Dan
ville last wi ck Ulan Polta ol
Belleville spent last week as the
truest of Isaac Auraiid.. . Miss
Alma McClellan of Port Ann was
entertained by Mrs, 8. V.. ltomig
over Sunday . . ( 'ha-. . ( ireeulloe,
who had a severe attack of neuralgia
of the heart, improving. . . .Mrs.
Adam Smith and daughter, Miriam,
of Berwick are visiting friends in
town ('has. Mover and wife of
Middleburg BpentSunday with Win.
Haines .. Prof . F. ( '. Bowersox of
Middleburgh visited our schools
this week... Thos. Keller is at pres
ent cmplovod in Middleburgh help
ing Editor Bitter, .('has. W. Smith,
wife and child visited in Troxcl-
villo over Sunday Mrs. Sarah
Klose died on Tuesday morning
of oooumptioD and dropsy. Parti
culars next week.
Pensions for Soldiers.
Every old soldier who has reached
the age of 62 years is entitled to
the minimum pension of six dollars
whether he is disabled or not, and
every soldier who has reached the
age of 75 is entitled to the maximum
pension under the law, which is
twelve dollars a mouth.
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