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MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA., THUKSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900. VOL 37. NO. 337
LOCAL NEWS.
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man v
Town During the Past
WeekOther News
of Interest.
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rnntv nt f iftHVt'toWU.
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iJertha Erhart, of Lewistown,
visiting friends in this place
ss Eiva Oteimuger lasi wen
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a a vera uiu nrim
iss Kote. ot Milton, is visiting
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Brrv it. Hflirter. wire ana son.
fnendi lust week.
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S 1111) .S JlirirrcSfflVt? Illinilll'n lllt lt.
the county seat last Wednesday.
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is sou . iy t nil. nun is in uy
.
hn Moatz, Adam Good, Mrs.
Moatg. of Akron, ()., and
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ei iiutiisn. oi r niMiiire. were
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1 ci ill ii t v BPflf i llPOnflV.
id E, Whittier, wile and two
ren, of Renovo, Pa., are being
taioed by their brother-in-law,
k S. Ricgcl and wife in this
BM :m eiirht n i i 1 Is m I, niir I i.l
b is
H'L' find llnnu .if tilt, ii I ftH trill.
Uffillflrh wiitiT tn rim retro
nt them are using steam cn-
int Heimbaoh and Mr. Shirk,
vcjuuwii, were in town awur
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iy:iit. Mr. i icinibacii is iroinir
Ranter's at rroxelville to
the siek with tyjihoid lever.
mi. Q, Alfred Schoch went to
yvv ii MUWIM1 iiiviiiiiij i,'
rtorney S. J. Pawling, who is
rlt-l. a rm 1
IUI I' lIK lllltl If 111 I 111 i l ! v
11 be taken to the mountains of
Ml
RE kouSai.k. A hay horse,
'inrs old, weighs ten hundred,
md sound, works in all harness,
reasons given for selling.
A. II. BOWEBSOX,
husiiu'ssmen and court boUM
madeun a team to putv the
r ,'un tin i .... t i . . .... i ... -
O' " j'iiii' nua li j in-
UK OOt ami was evenly con
l"til the last inning when the
p ....... i o rri.
" llliUH. (J 1 illl. . (in
at the end stood 1G to 5.
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eomnussioners ot Union
and wife, ot Mazvpna, siM'iit
y in town, the guests of Dr.
rwig and wife. Mr. Magee
ot the leading Democratic
nt lTnw.r ........ Im
VU.VU UU Ml I illlil 111
years was a storekeeper and
at Keish's distillery,
buildings of the Millersville
i rmn i i - .... nn.
"wmut' rfOlV iiKlv sun of
in this gfet)lch()l for the
wiiiioi ii niMur M ..-l.t.il. lu,.fii.
m - --o-
in the country Tor one to be
mnorol
affairs of life.
Harry 8eebold is visiting his par
ents at Sunbury.
.lames M. Kline, ol Beavertown,
is boring a well tor G. Alfred
Schoob.
Mis Carrie Hert.lcr, of Jersey
City, is ln'ing royally entertained by
Miss I (lira Uuukie.
James P, I'lrich and Wm. ('.
Mover, two of Seltnsgrovc's painters,
were at the county seat Monday.
Leroy Stetler, of the French Plats,
will matriculate as a student of Sus
quehanna University, when it opens
next month.
The Middleburg base ball team
defeated the Mifflinburg team at this
place last Wednesday afternoon by
a score of 7 to .
Preston Krdley, son and daughter,
ofBurnham, spent Sunday in town,
theguests of his parents, .James
Krdley and wife.
Dr. J. C. Aiiiiir, of Lewi-town,
was in town over Sunday to visit
his parents, Philip Amig and wife,
and his wife's parents, Joseph I..
Marks and wife.
Miss Flora Ramer, who had been
staying at Amos Uowersox's, was
called to Troxelville Saturday on
account of her parents' family being
down with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Rev. N. Young and son,
Guy, of Lewiaborg, and Miss Mary
Feese, oi Ilcavertown, spent several
weekwith
glerhafl gone to New Feese. t.iwpw1 111
Postmaster Charles N. Bnwius
and Philip Stroub, of Mt. Pleasant
Mills, were at the county seat last
Friday. The latter became a new
rash-in-advance subscriber to the
Post.
Philip Stroub ond Jarre! Hinkle,
of Krearaer, were in Middleburg
Saturday afternoon to answer one
of the advertisements in the Post
and both became subscribers to the
Posr. We have still room for more.
Horses and Mules at Pra v a t i :
SALE, I have five horses and five
mules from five to ten years old
thai I will sell at private sale. Call
on or address
.1. Ii. Ml DDLE8WABTH,
.S-2:-:!t. Beavertown, Pa.
Rev. A. N. Warner, Registrar of
Susquehanna University, and wife
Saturday were the guests of Harry
H. Barter and wile at this place.
The parson is creeling a handsome
ladies dormitory at Ins own expense
for the University.
Haymond Kate, the clothier of
this place and wife Sunday enter
tained his two sisters, Misses I 'lanche
md Fannie Katz, of Georgetown,
his cousin, MlSH Sarah Katz, of Phil
adelphia and Missis. 1. Herman of
Baltimore and M. Grotskcy. of
Lansford, Pa.
A State Convention of the Meth
odist Episcopal church in Pennsyl
vania will be In Id in Grace M. E.
church, State street, mar the Cap
itol buildings, Harrisburg, legin-
ning Monday, ( fctober 22nd, at 7:30
. in., and continuing until Thurs-
lay, Uctober 25, inclusive.
Every prediction made by Bryan
in tlu campaign oi loan, except
that of his own election, has been
proven to lie false by the historv of
the last four years, and as he now
goes about prophesying still heavier
calamities there is comfort in the
thought that he does not know what
he is tulking about.
Three barns were burned in
this county last week. First the
barn of Andrew hhambach of Pax-
tonville, struck by lightning, second
the barn of Senator Hummel in
Monroe township started from some
unknown origin at the straw stack,
and third the Andrew Bowersox
barn north of this place.
Charles Marks is visitine his
brother-in-law, Dr. J. C. Amig, at
Lewistown.
Rev. H. (i. Suable and wife, of
Salem, wire at the county eeal Fri
day of last week.
.1. !'. Bingaman, of Beavertown,
was in town Monday and made a
business call at tiiis office.
Misses A I vesta and Mabel Schnee,
ofMt. Pleasant Mills, and Miss
Byerly, ot Georgetown, were in
Middleburg one day last week.
Mrs. Sherifl Row is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Stewart in
8h ainokin.tij,There is a brand new
daughter over there, so grandfather
Row will not serve anv executions
this week.
D. A. Kern's eider press has been
removed to the brick yard where
it will be operated by Geo. W. Bea
ver, Wednesday nt every week, and
ednesday md v except in case of
rain when it will run Thursday.
N-2;;-2t.
(in in A. tli. Soles for a smooth
easy shave or up-to-date hair cut
and head cleaned with a refreshing
shampoo or dandruff removed w ith
his tonic, clean towel to each patron
in bank building one door east of
Post Office; satisfaction guaranteed.
If any of the readers of this paper
think of sending their children away
to school, write to tlu Principal of
the First PennsvlvailaStateNonnal
Schpbrnt Mi'' rsviTl Plus,
trated catalogue, ijko schot in the
State has a l)etlerird for taking
eare of its studlnts, and for impart
ing to them a good education. The
location of this great school is ideal.
It is n e a r enough to Lancaster
city to have the advantages of a large
city, while too far away to be affect
ed by the temptations common to
large tow ns.
THROUGH THE WEST.
Hon. George Alfred Schoch
Describes His Trip to a
Post Reporter.
Hon. (i. Alfred Schoch, Presi
dent of the First National Bank and
also President ot the Board of Man
agers of the Main Shoe Company,
Limited, returned a few days ago
from an extended tour through the
W est. He was met at his office
.i .i i i .
me oiner evening nv a I'OST repor
ter and asked for an account of his
itinerary.
"Well," said Mr. Schoeh, I left
Middleburg Monday, July 2nd, ar
rived at Pittsburg the same day,
where I remained until Tuesdav
morning, when I left on the B. & O.
tor Chicago, spent July Ith in Chi
cago; took tin- Chicago v. Alton
road for Kansas City, Mo,, where
I arrived at ! a, in. July 5th. I
stopped at the Baltimore and limited
up the Pennsylvania delegation ami
made my headquarters at that hotel.
I attended the convention on the aft
ernoon ot the 5th and the morning
session of the Oth. 1 heard Senator
Tillman ol South Carolina read the
platform and heard Senator Hill
and other Democratic celebrities
sneak.
"Were you present when Bryan
was nominated?'' asked the reporter.
"No, I am sorry," replied Mr.
Schoch, "I arrived too late at the
uiorninj; session for that. I was
Clearing Sale at Reduced
Prices.
am having a clearance sale to
make room for tall and winter goods.
Ill the list are Boots, Shoe-, Oxford
ties, Dry Goods Notions, Wood and
Willow ware, Tinware, Hardware,
Queensware, Glassware, Clothing,
Hats, c;,ps, Leather and Web Hal
ters, a lot of Round Iron, 2 doz.
Clothes Baskets, 5 doz. Splint Bas
kets, 1 doz. Egg Carriers.
What is left of the above goods
will be sold at auction, Saturday
afternoon anil evening, Sept. 1st.
W. H. Beaver.
A Railroad Man's Prayer.
An old railroad worker was con
verted and being present at a meet
ing in which there were many in
I ii l i i
onirics, lie was called to lead in
prayer. He hesitated a momenl ami
then with trembling lips, but clear,
resounding voice, lie said, reverent
ly: "Oh Lord, now that I have
flagged thee, lift up my feet from
the rough road of life and plant
them safely on the deck of the (rain
of salvation. Let me use the safety
lamp known as prudence, make all
the couplings with a strong link of
thy love and let my hand lamp lie
the bible and the Heavenly Father
keep all the switches closed that
lead off on the sidings, especially
those with a blind end. Oh Lord;
if it lie thy pleasure, have every
semaphore block along the line skow
the whole light of hope, that I
may make the run of life without
stopping, and Lord, give us the ten
commandments tor a schedule and
when I have finished the run on
schedule time, pulled into the great
dark station of death, may thou, the
superintendent of the universe, say,
"Well done, thou good and faithful
servant, come and sign the pay-roll
and receive your check for eternal
happiness. Amen."
present though when Stevenson way
nominated. It was a groai.vonveu-
on ewn if it was democratic. Kan
sas City is one of the most flourish-
a a .1
ingciiies est ot the ftlississipi.
They have immense stock yards and
slaughtering houses and is a city
worth traveling the distance to see."
A JAUNT IN KANSAS.
"Saturday, July 7th, I went to
Newton, Kansas, and from there to
Putnam, Kansas, where I met Mich
ael Shamhacher. and So worm Bo .v-
resox and tlif Howell family. All
seined to be prosperous. They have
good crops. I Devi r saw such good
wheat. They have an iinnu use crop
id corn and oats is good too. I spent
several days there. Then Sownrro
Bowersox took metoHalstead,where
1 saw John, Robert and Michael
Droese and took supper with Abra
ham Hassinger, where we were roy
ally entertained, after which we re
turned to Putnam, N'exl day I
went to Newton, called on Dr. on
rad's sons, who have a nice drug
store and put up at Hotel Newton
1 luring my stay I siwmyold friend,
I lenry Henier, county commmission-
er of Harvey county.
"Thursday evening, July 13, at
10:30, I left Newton on the A. T.
& St. Fe Ry tfoing via ofTopeka
for Atchinaon, where I arrived In
day at 7 a. m., stopped at the By
ruin, took in tnc town, wmcn is an
active one, a good business place and
one of the oldest towns in the est.
VISITED NEBRASKA.
I left Atohinson on the Burling
ton (V: BIO. lor rails l it v, .Net)., a
town of 1000 or 5000 people, when
I spent the Sabbath. This town
seems to have a very prosperous fu
ture. There ib surrounding it a very
productive country and is one of tin
best I have ever seen. I visited the
Indian reservation, consisting of 50,-
000 acres which the government
owns but give.o the free use to the
red man. The Indians are very in
dolent. They do not farm it, but
rent it at $i per acre lor others to
farm. The government gives an
nually the sum ot $50 to every man,
woman aud child in the reservation.
From here I took the B. & M. for
Lincoln, the capital of the state of
Nebraska, a place with which you
are familiar. I stopped at the Lin
coln. It is the best hotel iu the city,
where I waa given the best of enter
tain ment. I spent Monday, July 1G,
in Lincoln and met A. K. Gift, B.
Parks, E. P. Leonard, Homer Bur
kett and M. W. Folsom, the last
three ot' whom are prominently
identified with the Central Nebraska
Building and Loan Association. I
consider them excel lent men who
arc doing a nice thriving business.
1 called on I r. ('.'. Mover, a son
of Henry Mover ,,l Jackson town
ship, tins county, who has a nice
Ulllla ..I - 1 I
DuiMi ui looms uuu is enjoying a
lucrative practice. Through the
kindness ot' 'Squire (iitt and Mr.
Leonard I was .shown through the
canitol. where I met Mr W..W 1 1 1. 1
Commissioner of Public Lands and
Buildings, in wlmso ofHce Mr. (Jilt
employed. I also had the pleas-
up' of meeting ( hivernor I'uynter.
I consider Lincoln one of the grow
ing towns of the West. I left Lin
coln Monday evening, July 16, ar
rived at Omaha and stopped at the
Midland.
thi: smiiTs is sin rn da k ta.
"I left Omaha oil the CI
and Northwestern, Tuesdav
nig, dlliy li, at ii:
MORGAN'S SMOOTH RIDERS
Will Start on Their Annual
Cruise Early Monday
Morning.
Sunbnry Mvening I ttmi
Col. J,,,. W. Morgan and his
smooth riders were the busiest peo
ple in town Saturday morning mak
ing extensive preparations for their
annual cruise to Fort Jumbo at Mc
Kees Half Fall-, where they expect
to engage the enemy in combat and
shell them from their fortified posi
tions with egg shells and peanut
shells.
. 'I'1"' "I al cruise of the smooth
riders is looked forward to with
greal expectations and the members
ot the command have beeu in train
ing for the event for some lemdh ,.f
r,
ueago
lie inl
and went to
Huron, South Dakota, which had
been the rival town tor the capital.
Here I change I ear- tin- Aberdeen,
while I arrived a! 1(1 o'clock p. in.
1 slop; ed at the Ward Hotel and
got a good night's rest. Next morn
ing I called on r. l . k. Swengel,
whom I took by surprise just as he
was gelling up. The Doctor dis
pensed with his business ami cancel
ed all his professional engagements.
I took dinner with him at the Aber
deen where he hoards. After din
ner he took me over to his farm 7
miles distant and showed me around
the place. He lias 150 tons of hay.
He bought iij) all the gras he could
wmcn ne was enabled to do at ten
cents an acre. Ho has .SO head of
(attic, 111 ol which arc cows, 50
horses and a large number of other
stock. There is im grain in South
Dakota this year. it was frozen
out. There was plcntv of rain ev
erywhere I visited except in Smtli
1 takota. Wu then returned to Ab
erdeen ami he showed me the town.
This is a distributing point and has
a population of 8000 people. They
have department stores and whole
sale houses.
"Thursday, July 19, I left Aber
deen tor Huron, then took the ('. ev
N. W. lor fa ire. On the latter trip
our train ran into a herd of cattle
lying on the trail at Branilmll at
ten p. in. Fourteen head of cattle
were killed and the engine wa-
tliroun fr the track. The wreck
urred about ten o'clock at night
ami at 12:30 we drove to Highmore,
a place of ."itlil people, arriving
there about 2 a. m. Next day I
reached Pierre, the capital of South
Dakota and stopped at the Locke
Hotel, which has a swimming pool
supplied by a hot water spring with
water claimed to have medicinal vir
tues. It is a booming town sup
plicd with natural gas. There are
121 miles from Huron to Pierre and
it is a great cattle country. It is
good for nothing but raising cattle.
Every few miles on both sides of the
railroad tor the entire distance herds
of cattle consisting of :',()( to 400
head could be seen. Pierre is siin
atcd on the banks of the Missouri.
Saturday, July 21, left for Huron,
took dinner at the R. K. House
changed cars and traveled to Alton,
then changed cars for Des Moines,
Iowa.
A BHORT stay IX DES MOINES.
"1 arrived at Des Moines Suodav
morning, July 22, at 1 A. M. I
slopped with Cousin Luther Buhl,
general agent of the Emerson Manu
facturing Co. of Ivoekford, Ills.
This is about the nicest town (here
is in the West. They certainly have
the nicest capital buildings I ever
saw. They have 111 miles of vaved
streets. Grant Avenue is the finest
I ever saw. I was hunting Capt.
Joseph Orwig, but learned he was
the postmaster of a town in Missouri.
I met his brother, Capt. Thomas
R. Orwig, his nephew and niece.
CONTINUED ON 4-TH PAGE
hi- command is
are all proud as
engagement in
t j 1 1 1
piehanna
imp-
limc.
The record of t
one of which they
they have won every
wnieii they have participated.
The gun boat, "Beans and Bacon"
with colors Hying, i- located at the
Markel street whai 1 and is being
Mocked wilh all kinds ot provisions
bom canary buds t,, hkcy pokeys.
The members of the command will
I..... i.. ir . i .
""' -Moiiuav nn, riuii':
reconnoiter down the Su-,
canal until they reach then
in- ground, wj,ere ijoojjg )L,
lited and a general charge made
upon the enemy. Whopping fish
stories win i.e (old fr prizes .hir
ing the evenings and will no il-1 '
be a spirited oonfcan.
Music will be furnished by an
army of mosquitoes which the Col
onel has engaged direct from a mus
ical college ill New Jersev.
On Recount of the trouble in
China no Chinese cook could lie en
gaged and each one will lake (urns
cooking the different meals. Dys-pep-ia
cure will be served as desert
at each meal. The length of the
cruise w ill he on,, Week. When the
warriors return '. their firesides
they willbechuekliillol hairbreadth
escapes and fish liones.
( 'olonel Morgan has assigued the
following duties to the member of
his stafldnring their extended cruise:
Pilot, A. Oppenheimer, Water Dis
penser, Fd. Ruhrbach; Keeper of the
Bait, ('. J. Callahan: Weather Prog
nostigator, J. A. Liml,: versecrol
the Larder. J. W. Burtliolc ft:
Judge ol rish atones, Prof. ( !. D.
Oberdorf; Frog Charmer, James C.
Kerchner, Jr.; Musical I firector, W.
W. Fisher; ( haplain, Milton Loch.
No shirt waist men will be enter
tained by any member ol tin
maud.
eolii-
A GREAT PICTURE OF BIRDS.
One of the Greatest Picture; of Record
to be Given Away Free.
It would seem impossible, in view
ot the many successes scored by
"The Philadelphia Sunday Press"
to excel in the dee distribution of
art souvenirs, yet that will be the
fact. The subject to be given free
to every reader of next Sunday's
"Press" is a lieautiful "Bird Panel,"
and will surpass anything ever
given away. It portray- a varietv
of birds faithfully and delicately re
produced in their natural colors,
presenting an uncommon beauty,
which will make for the picture a
permanent dace in our homes. The
work is by the great French painter,
M. Giacomelli, whose paintings of
birds, insects and small animals are
famous the world over, and nearly
every private gallery, as well as
every public one, contains one or
Specimens of this great artist's work.
To make sure of getting this
great souvenir you should order
next Sunday's "Press" from your
newsdealer at once.
Fok Sale. A good bicycle. In
quire of H. B. Tharp, Port Trever
ton, Pa. if.