J Ct0. V, Wagenneller, Fdlttr and Proprietor. A Family Journal, Devoted to New, Science, Art, Political Economy and Curreat Literature. Ratca: One Dollar Per Annum In Advance VOL. XXXVIII MIDDLEBURGH SNYDER COUNTY PENNA. APRIL 18 1901 NUMBER l; Tl.l'Cin LOCAL LACOXICsj Women grow gray from fear of be oaiing . Talk to cheap until you wuut to use long distance telephoue. More misery has come through in- olenue than through anger. How do you like your new neighbors? The dead beat tTi is one that never Oel your spring or summer lial at jite a. Wagenseller's millinery store, eliiisgrove. Ladies' and children's sailor huts In. I leghorn hatsal 25 and 35 cU. L. DlINKKLHKKaKB. The old blacksmith shop occupied in nt'iit years by II. D. Stahlneeker has it'll torn dow n. Arrangements are being made for a -union of thedlst P. V. . ill Milllin- luri; some time this summer. Aguinaldo we:iis one of those dia- i mil- lor it collar I 1 1 1 1 1 1 it in:tv .-liovt e has pt it in the neck. The Klrst National l.ank of Heaver urines has paid in $18,491 of the $26,- llUreijiiired to start their uuuk. I Rev. .Searle and .family have moved i Port Trevertou. He lias charge of it United Evangelical Circuit. lmlv-1 III'. - in lite V.ellillV 01 .d.lllls- urgurr devustuting valuable timber Locomotive etiKiues and Inceit" hries Btarted them. I Our summer millinery opening will ike ulace Thursday. Friday and Bat- day, May 2nd, 8rd and 4th. L. DCNKBLBBBOBR. IThe trout season opened Monday and le fisherman sped away to the moun lin steams for a catch of the snrccklcd intlft nredlcted windv weather for iril will not be over with this blow, e lays we are to have lota more f it bring the month. The Lutheran church of this place is Itliout a shepherd. Nine different iplieants have .signified a willingness take care ol the nock. The annual convention of the P. 0. of A. of Snyder County will beheld McKees J Falls Saturday. June 1st. L'ihhI meeting is promised. H'he narsouaoe trustees of the r. H. Lurch have made quite an lmprove- cut on their DroDertv bv wav of lav- (tiling through the lot, to do away pili the open gutter. ow is the time to advertise. The 9T reaches the substantial people of iyder County. Yon can not Increase ur business without a thorough sys u of advertising. The Post will uk n su is. Before General Miles lets his Presl- Inti.il boom get too hig he hadlbetter filiate on a President ial homo m i property of George Dewey, U.S. N. acre I- that 1 1 now" Vali nf I lit. Inds that all around with fragment wed the sea. A lull now hnfnra tht l ...,ril..i which will interest our farmers mo have been engaged in a crusade piiist hunters, provides a fine of (5 f minting on a private properly with- eimission ol the owner. Plie merchants of the state, especial- I III.' I '!:;: i i i -. uill I I ...I.. t ..... ..v . . i ; . i . , -III" at the prospect of havimr the fcrcantile tax they are now paying exactly in two. The wavs and nni committee of the legislature Ivc ri'i.i.ri.ul r.. ...... .1.1 i .. i ... imwwuuy UIIU LUC lllll I be passed. toe best and finest assortment of lllnery goods ever brought to BeJins- r"1 can ne seen at Kate A V,..r..... It's Store, SeliuHgrove. plenty of r"c in suit hot h the Innr,. s,,,,.ll Iket book. 1 Oil I'll nw.ro fttf tl... Wy here than elsewhere. H to A. E. Soles for a smooth easy Pe or up-to-date hail cut and head pasea with a refresh! Nroff removed with his tonic. A pe towel to t. ....i L. . 1 . wmvui luuuriu PK building. 0I1H .nu- - . t -j m vu.il ui A uov Satisfaction guaranteed, tf. "-trucks Of extninr,ltnor u i found on the farm of Grover r u"m '"r Princeton. Is this a u"r portent? nr .1 u ... nL 80,116 bear, having MsMfoT a "uw" w nave a f bruin. M " 8nie" r Head the advertisement of the Roth ermel Music Co., Sunbury, in this is sue The Central Pennsylvania Coufernnoe Methodist Episcopal church, will meet next year at Shaiudjiu. Our line of (lowers, silks for shirt Waists and milllliery, all over laces, fancy gold and silk laces, and nettings, ami appliques ami ribbons is most com plete. I.. DUNKEI.BKKllKK. ' Fire Thursday at William's Grovel the Granger's picnic resort, destroyed, Markley's hotel, a pavilliou, barn and ten other buildings, The loss is esti mated at $10,000. The Pennsylvania Editorial Associu uunaio to attend me run .iiierieun r.xpONIUOU lOrtllCWCeK beginning June 3, The National Edi torial Association will he there the week following. bTrc seriously damaged four business i housesal Pittsburg Thursday, involv ing a h.s of about $50,000, mostly cov- ' i ied hy Insurance TT e Hire stiirtu1 in ' the baskei store of i Tiarles Itoehrig, ou the lianioiiti, from an overheated stove, aod spnad with llicreditable rapidity. Afb r an Illness of nearly six months, Charles S. Lincoln, clerk of the Cniteil Stutes court, for the eastern dbtricl of Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia I liurxlay from puiulyais, restiltitig from overwork. Mr. Lincoln was 7.; years old and was probably the oldest clerk of any I niled States distriel court. 4vurU and Grnybill have ju-t it turned from the city and now otter one ol tin' finest lines of lawns, dimities, batiste, organdies, ging I mis and oth er summer dress gooUs i .. . . er was brought to the town and a: ,.,i, i s that will astonish you. We invite you to come to see tbegoods, bring your pro duce or cash and buy of these goods and be happy. tf SWAKTZ AKU GltAYlilU,. The hig department stoic of Jullug Meyer Sons, Richmond, Va., was com pletely destroyed by fire Wednesday and the charred body of it. E. Slaugh ter, manager of the carpet department, was subsequently found in the ruins. The breaking out of the tire created a panic among the customers and the 100 employes, but all were gotten oul without injury except Mr. Slaughter. No estimate of the loss has y. t been made, i ne insurance amounts to about $250,000. Sunbury has a scheme to rid that c . i. ........... . i. .... i . 1 1 ui 1 1 1. . i .u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,-,i 1 1 . . . w men ope rates clleetually, ami the Knights of the road are Inclined to cul that town out of their travels. Recently several of the wanderers applied for n night's lodging al the lock-up. It wius granted them by the police, but they had tell days more tacked on to the time, and the ten days will be applied to the cleansing of the streets of the town, with a hall and chain attached to their legs to retain them as the town's guests, .mi inuuvaiioii itioKing to tne com fort of letter carriers throughout country uunug tne neat oi summer probably will be introduced this year by official permission to them to dives I themselves of their coats mi their rounds when felt to be necessary. Il is expected thai the postmaster general in uie near mime w ill l-lle an eMir formally granting authority to post masters for this purpose and mod if Ing the requirements so as to allow the carriers to wear u suitable gray blouse, with turndown collar and a black tie. DENIES CHARGES. Qratber Sayi He Never Promised to Marrj Miss Watklns, Frederick It. Grabber arrived at Sha mokln Friday evening from PblladeK phla and will spend several weeks at that piece. His traps alio horses lire on the way from the city and will ar rive this week. When interviewed in reference to the suit for breach of promise instituted by Miss Margaret L. Watkins in the Philatb lphia courts. Mr. (iraeber made a vigorous denial of the changes pre ferred against him. "I never promised to marry Miss Watkins and I never will Her charge that I set u wedding day and then put It off is preposterous and without foundation." Mr. (Jmeber has engaged the best legal talent to conduct his case. He says the plaintiff cannot prove that be promised to marry her. The Middleburg band serenaded tho people of town and Franklin Tuesday evening. This band still has much of the same material that made it famous some years ago. ffMflPERTINEVT PEKSONALSgSift Mrs. F. S. Blcgel is listed with the s'ek. J. F. Beit, is erecting a new house near his present residence. Dr. F. J. Wagcnseller of Sellnsgrove was in town Monday. A child of John Patton and wife was boril dead hist week. E. R. Owen of N'.irk was in town the i early part of the week Miss Lillian Stetlcr attended an Easter dance at Millersburg. Henry W. Bamer of m ar Richfield i- in custody oi the sheriff at the jail M'-s Miriam llachman is visiting C. Aleiser at rhompsontown. Miss Alice Haines of Beavertown is pending several days in town. Mrs. Kev. J. M. Rearlek of Centre Hall Is i-it inir relatives in town. mi i lane ( irayOIII, who I at Millersburg, returned homi been Jacob Algler of lleavertown was At Middleburg M lay on business. .1 J. Mitchell of Krenmer n al tin county seat .tlou.iav alternoou between trains. VV. W. lii spent severn ka, railroad mail agent nays in town won his parents. M. L. Kreegerand wife of Sellnsgrove spent Sunday with Azurltth Krcegef and wile. J, C. Ileck, book-keeper of the -hoe factory, spent several days at Berwick last week. Mi-s Erma Mageo of Lewlsburg is visiting relatives at the county seat this week. Miss Eva Rothrock of Swineford left for .Huntingdon where she expects to attend school. Mrs. Jacob Stahlneeker spent lust week at Adamsburg with W. E. Stahl neeker and wife. Mr. Shipe and wife, nee Maine Cle lan, of Sunbury spent Sunday with her parents in this place. John Stahlneeker, who had been em ployed at the liershey House, Harris burg, has returned home Ceo. W. ftlshel, Misses Mabel Row and Anna Fisher of Sellnsgrove Sun day were callers at the jail. Eudulla Stahlneeker, ami the infant children of Win. H Spongier and C. V. Gmybill are ou the sick list. John Uunkle, J. W. Swartz of this place and ('has Boycr of Paxtoiivilie were to Philadelphia lasl week. Missusie Beiininger, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Kate Noce, at Beavertown, leturned home Saturday. Kale a. Wugeuseller of Sellnsgrove will have it sumiiii r millinery opening in .May. Further announcements later. Mrs. A. II. L'lsh, who hml been visit ing her daughter, Mrs. Lev. A. E. Cooper, at Maple Hill, returned home Saturday. Prof. Arthur Wullize, one of the teachers of the Bun bury high school, and hi- wife of Sellnsgrove sent Satur day with Attorney Jus. G. ('rouse ami Wife. Cloyd Horning, oi ftlie commis sioners of Juniata County, w as at Mid dleburg Monday to meet the Snyder county commissioners to adopt spent dcatlons for the joint bridge at Mahon tongo. The letting will take place ut Middleburg Friday. Prof. E. F, Dunlavy, who holds the chair of elocution and oratory at Sus ijuehanna University, Sellnsgrove, was at the county scat last Thursday. The Professor is an artist of more than or dinary ability and he or she w ho would command an audience should be under his tutelage. Henry Rhoads was killed by a pas senger tram near Ingleuook station Tuesday April. 9. His head was horri bly bruised and cut in the sad accident which terminated his life. He was a section hand on the Penn. B. B. His remains were laid to rest Thursday April, 11, in the burial plot of Burner's church, Juniata Co., Pa. to await the final summons. Age 4.'l years. Hellefonte Has Big Fire. Bellcfonte, April 15, ,ate this evening fire destroyed the large foundry warehouse and pattern shops, together with many valuabe patterns of Jenkins & Lingle, foundry-men and machinste. The loss will probably exceed 120,000, on which there is a partial insurance. EDWARD F. DUNLAVY, Professor of Elocution and Oratory, Susquehanna University. WON'T PAY THK REWARD. The Commissi. nu'is Kefusc to Give Connt.'ible Pnnrnri th i.w Constable J. M. Conrad, ot Upper Augusta township, has made a demand on the commissioners of NorthumU-r- land county for the $100 reward offered for the capture of .Murderer John Gu- lick. Attorney J. Simpson Kline ore- Sen ted the claim Monday afternoon, but the commissioners refused to pay it. The commissioners contend that (iiiliek gave himself up voluntarily, and that Conrad is not justly entitled to the money. They say thai if any person is entitled to the reward it young Surgeon, who discovered the IS IS- lassin in the workshop Sunday morii- ing. The public will sustain the coui missloners in this action. No effort to secure the prisoner was made by Con rad, if lie had kepi out of the way, the prisoner would have givi n himself Up, There will be no bn h of faith, nor violation of the spirit of the off r. COt RT HOI SE CHIPS. Deeds Entered i.n Record, Heirs of Mary A. Bnuiiigardncr by their attorney, T. ,. Wagner, toSam'l H. Phillips, 24 acres and 1 15 perches In West Beaver twp., for $040. Heirs of latberlne Slinmbacli, dee'd, toMarcy & 'o., luj acres in Spring twp., for $300. W. II. Marey and A. Bertcll, ag't, to A. W. Engle, 102 acres in Spring twp., for Sds.fVi. Heirs of Andrew Bickel, deceased, to John F. Boyer, 250 acres in Washing ton twp., for $8000. Geo. Bilger and wife to Charle Gross, 4 tracts in Spring twp., for 100. Franklin Row to Perry L. Row, in Smlthgrove, for $H(HI. Letters Graatcd. In the estate of Johh Helm, In! i c Of Sellnsgrove, to BenneviUe Smith; es tate of Rachel Greenhoe, late of ilea vertown to Win. I. Greenhoe. Marriage License!. (John F. Welter. '(Jennie Mitchell, (Foster F. Herman, (LizzieS. Wilt, t Lee I. Brbj I Annie C. Hassinger, Amnion J. Musser, Sallie C. Bilger, Swineford, Centre twp. Globe Mills, Holler. Troxelville, Benfer. Lewistown, Middleburg. Killed By Riding Higb-geared Wheel. WilllamsK)rt, Pa., April 15, After riding a 300-gear wheel, which has been on exhibition here, Peter Leonard walked into Kaufman's bicycle store this evening and a moment later drop ped over dead. Death was due to heart failure caused by overexertion. Leon ard was a deaf mute, aged 35. The gear on this wheel is said to be the lar gest in the world. I'KXMNVI.VAXI 1 Ktll.ltotl) BATBN TO .W- tHKKM'AX UtPMITIOM, HI-4M. j The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces the following special re- dueed rates to Buffalo, on a nmt of , "'c Pan-American Kxposltlon, which "pens on May 1 : Summer excursion tickets, to be sold from April .'10 to Septemtier 30, Inclu sive, and g I to return until October 31, al rate of $20.00 rrnm Washington, sls.no from Baltimore, $17.00 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates fioin ol lo r i'.iiiil.s. Ten-day excursion tickets, to be sold, boginiug May 1. ami contitlllilig every day thereafter during the Exptwition, good e.'riiiK .in regular trains and gisid retiiruiiiL' within ten duvs. iiieluditii! date of sale, al rate oi $10.80 from Wash ing! $15.00 from Baltimore, $13.50 from Philadelphia, ami protMirtiounlc rates from other points. special excursion tickets, hi lie sold, A I going only on Thin-lav, May 23, ami good returning within seven days, including date of sale, al rate of $10.00 from liultimorc and Washington, $0.00 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rate- from other points. The Pennsylvania Bull road 'oiupany now operates two through trains eaeh way daily between Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington, and Buffalo. 1-18-21 MARRIED. Apr. 0, by Lev. Will. H. Mover, John F. Welter of Washington twp. to Jennie Mitchell of Centre twp. Apr. 10., by Bcv. E. E. Sieger, James F. Kline, of McChire, to Li.zle I!. Long of Peun's I 'nvc, 'entre !o., Pa. Apr. 7. by Lev. J. E. Francis, C A. ( lemberliug of Sellnsgrove Leuig of I'ort Trevertou. Apr. 7, by le v. H. H. Daniel Snook and Emma both of Middlecreek, Pa. to Alvuda Spah n, J. J. Peters, April 14, al the Evangelical parson age at Centervllle, Amnion J. Musser ami Sallie ('. Bilger. Death of William Wciirick. William Wenrick was born Jan. 1, 1884, and died near Zion's church Sal- ! urday, April 13, 1901, aged i7 years, :t months and 12 days. He was t he lath er of nine children, six sons and three daughters. Five sons and one daugh ter survive. There were 27 grandchildren, 2,'i of whom survive. Mr, Wenrick was mar ried to Susannah Derrick. The family wishes to extend their thanks to friends and neighbors for kiud and valuable assistance. Change of Poat Office Address. Sulwcribers to the Post who expect to move this spring, should give timely notice. Give the office to which your paper is sent and the one to which you wish it mailed. ChristUi Frederick Kn Mm SaMial at His Home in Hliiomsburg. Chris is the if the lied al tian Frederick Knapp, known 'Father of Masonry," and one ildesl eitiens uf Bloomsburg, his home there Thnnutm. ,.r heart failure. Mr. Knapp was 78 years of age ami until quite recently enjoyed the best ,,l health. Funeral took place Mondttv. Mr. Knapi I'.esiheim, Octolier II'. ntry in i was born in the city of Wurtemliurg, Germany, lsJJ, ami e.ilne to this ls.ll. t) September 23. IH51, he received his first degree in Free .Masonry in Danville Lodge, No. 224, F. and A. M.; InOctoln r of the same year he iveeived thesccoiid degree, and in November the third degree. In January, Is.",l', ),,. resigned his member ship in Danville Lodge for the purpose of starting a lodge III Bloomsburg and in Auim-I a charier was granted by the Bight Worshipful (Jrnnd Lodge of I'euna. to Washington Lislge, No. 20.ri, to be held in Bloomsburg, ami C. F. Knapp was named in the warm 11 il- In -I Junior Warden. In Deeem' ber was elected Worshipful Master o the lodge and sen 1854, wln n he was Inn ine; served as sue i t time, He was eel until Dtrember elected -e. i . tary, h up to i lii prcs appuinted hy the Itighl Worshipful firiind Master as li-uiei Deputy Grand Master for il.o counties of L'n Ion, Snyder, Nortlium herlutid, Montour, Columbia mid Wy oming ami served a- uch for i !j lit years, when lie resigned, In Febiunry, s:i, he iveeived the order of Grand Cross al the h nidsof r. L. Htowell, Grand Sovereign of Penn sylvania, at the age of 52 year-. N. nation can have more than ftftj living members of this order. In June, 1877. at a Grand Chapter of Grand Cru he WM elected a second time as the second grand olilcer of that body for the United Stoles. In June, 18711, al a Grand Chapter of Grand Crosses, he wa elected as Grand Master of the United States. In June, ls0, Mr . Knapp retired from that office. THE PEDESTRIAN'S. The Wei-. r Pedestrian Club of Mid dleburg Is now astern reality. Bicycles, carriages, automobiles and passenger trams are not ftisliiouahleiiKNlesof - veyaiice any more. They are all back numbers. Coxcy Immortnll.ed himself several years ago, hy his tramps and soon became accustomed to the -Kms, "Keep off the Grass." Sunday morn ing early the march began, The ob jective point was Beavertown, where 11.11 Fausl to,,u pity on the hungry, dusty travelers ami gave them n square me.d. The party consisted exclusively I of men of note, a- follow - :,l. N. Thomn- son, Jr., Cashier of the Firsl National MaiiU, who with his assistant, the noted ladies' man. J. K. Haldenmn, j paid all bill- lor dust and stones fi 1 hy the w ayside. Jay G. We -er. H, Hani- Bower I Win. K. Miller, at- torneys-at-law'i whose duty i; was to prove he righl of emiueiil domain b walk the public road from Middleburg to Beavertown and return. Sumui I Wlltenmyer, Jr., had charge of the single file of the heavy-foot Infantry. John . Brnsiiis, i 'ommlssioners' i li rk, was assigned tho duty of discovering w hy the County Solicitor could nol lie induced to Shnk-a-lhny. Lust, bul nol least, came ( 'ai boo Scehold, proprietor of the Washington House, who wns continually wondering why bed;. I not take the old gray mm instead of tramp ing the dusty road-. After partaking of a - uare meal, they walked buck to the Bounty sent, foot sore and weary. The pedestrians announce thai nexs Sunday they will walk to Fiemonl return. Will Open a New National Bank. Cbambersburg, Pa., April 16,- The talked of fourth bank for town, w ith branches in live or six of the smaller towns or villages of Franklin county, came to the surface again to-day by the announcement that a bank under a national charter, with various new features, would be opened in St. Thom as at once. Congressman Thad M. Million of town, w ill lie president ami Cyrus C. Gelwlcks, of St. Thomas, cashier. Keeps Dim Hustling. Friend Why don't you take it easy during the hot weather? Busiman You forget that I have art ad. in the Middleburg Post.
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