The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-07-07

NGEN oNNfhNubI
ed 10 the Mississippi river, OH Mon
day, at Dubuque.
Five hundred recruits for the
regular army have left New York
within the last few days.
"A census taker 10 Iowa asked n
woman at a farm house the age Of her
Oldest child, and the reply was, "You
have come around aboDt u month too
soon."
"A jealous st. Louis youth the
other day threw stones at his success,
tul rival as be was entering rhe church
to be married 10 the lady whom both
loved.
AT jumping match in Blng-
hampton, one of the competitors
jumped twelve feet and ten aud n
quarter inches, which is said to be
The biggest jump on record.
The Detroit Tribune says Of that
story OF the circus musicians being eat
en- by lions in Missouri, that there
weren't any lions otiached to the cir
Gus. There wasn't any circus. The
musicians tumbed into den Of liars
not lions
"A frenzicd German butcher, name
unknown, while pursuing some one
with whom he had had q difficulty al
Union Hill. New, Jersey, came sud.
denly upon Michel Reynolds, Of New
York, aud plugged knife into Mi
cbael's bowels, killing him instantly
Thomas Il. Burdick, school
master, was shot and killed at ST..
townsville, n. T., yesterday, by mau
named Ecker, with whom he had
some law difficulties Ecker was
promptly arrested and lodged in Jail.
The people came near lynchiug him
The people of Pennsylvania will
be highly sratIGed to learn of the i'm
proved condition Of the health Of Hon
Andrew G.. Curtin, United States
minister to Russia. Our great War
Governor continues TO he the recipi-
ent Of the most distinguished honors
from the Emperor and tue Court at
ST. Petersburg.
In Baltimore jury has Just found
verdict of two thousand dollars in
favor OF an outraged husband agans,
an impusive friend who kissed his
wiie's hand. The judge. whose opiu.
ion of the value Of a kiss differed from
that ofthe jurors, ordered tho verdict
to be set aside unless the plaintiff
would agree to take five hundred dol.
lars and costs.
Tho secretary Of the treasury has
directed the assistant treasurer at New
York TO sell 81 100000 gold on each
Wednesday in the month Of July
the first and third on account of the
special fund, and the second and
fourth on account Of the sinking fund
Also, to purchase sl,000,000 bonds on
the first and third Thursdays OH ac
count of the siukins fund, and 50 000,-
900 on the second and fourth Thurs
days on account Of the special fund.
On the afternoon Of the ith tn,
tin shop of Graham Il CooUs, in Eas,
Liberty street, Pit sburg, was burned
the fire being cisscd by iire.crackers
The stock in the dry goods store o
". B. Mcconnell was much injured
by water Later in the evening th,
stable Of Henry Rabe was fred by the
explosion of lamp, and totally des
troyed also, the grocery store Of Mr.
Rabc, and j. } Lawson's billiard SAL
loon. Mr.. Hibc was dangerously in
jured by the explosion.
The new shops Of the Pcnnsyl
vania railroad, now in course of con.
struction at Altoona, it is stated GOV.
er an area of twenty acres, and com
prise an iron machine shop. u planing
mill, blacksmith shop, cabinet wcrI
shop, and thrce.quarter round brick
building for the repair of freight cars
eighty of which can be rebuilt at tn,
sime time. The capacity of the new
shops is fonr times that Of the old, ano
the buildings can te enlarged whet
required, These improvements wer,
commenced last summer, aud will b.
completed in the spring of 1871.
A Paris correspondent Of tn,
NecS says that the drought in France
is beginning 10 cause much anxiety
, In many places =, in would now be to-
/ late do to mueh good to the corn. Th,
price Of bread in Paris, a short tim,
Since. was seventy centimes it ros,
/, last week to eighty-.ive eentimes, anC
it has now gone up to ninety centimes
When ii reaches frame, the govern
ment, it is thought, will interfere anC
prevent a further rise. Owing to tn,
drought, there will bo in some parts o
. France scarcely any hay, and grazier
are selling of their sheep and oxer
because they have nothing to feet
them with.
HAIR VIooR. In common with
many Others wo have iclt lively TO-
terest in the Investigations which DR.
Aver has been making to discover
the causes OF failure of the hair, aud /,
provide remedy. His researche,
are said to have been much moro thor.
ough and exhaustive than any evei
made before. The result is now be
fore us under the name Of AYERi