The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-11-03

lVt wears nlu, ulc'l W heauiug lasi
week. Whom scvouty years old was
u pupil in assuuday school.
Whipping for minor offences, it
seem. has not been abolished 10 Vir-
rinia Four negroes and white
man were sentenced to be imprisoned
aud whipped at Norfolk, last week
AT Brooklin n. Y, boy about
II years of age NAMED Satterly on
Friday last jumped from the roof Of
a four story building to escape se-
we're punishment from his stcpmo,her
The woman his hecn arrested
--Wi,ccnsin has six representative,
in Congress. or this number the Re-
publcans expect IN elect four, it not
five, at tho coming election. The
Democrats are sure Of one. and have
about AN even chance for the meiuber
from the Milwaukee district.
-D NJ Kamary. of Lebanon. re-
Gently lcs, a Gnc colt in II singular
manner. lie had two Of them in II
pasture, aud while they were playing
together, one of them ran against "a
rail in the fence, and the priut OF the
rail penetrated the colts breast, kill
in z it in few minutes.
An orphan boy. who had been
adopted 10y farmer named Bochm
recently confessed to the chief ol 10
ice N phil1delpbia that when mere
child h. had been seized with mania
tor setting fire to cveryiing that wouli
proincl blaze Ills last bonfire
cost Mr. Bochm $500
"A. B Long, United States Dis
trict attorney at New Orleans, was
found dead in his room on Monday
with his throat cut from ear to ear
l. was a young man OF much promise
Il graduate Of Dartmouth collcge, ard
left Washington about week ago to
enter upon the duties Of his office
Ills friends believe his death was the
work of assas-ips.
A Lancaster paper says Frank
Harry recently huskcd li6 shocks oi
corn in one day, between six O'Clock
in the morning ani G O'Clock IL the
evening, the yield being $50 barrel,
of ears. The work was done on II
fhrm on the New lIolland pike, within
two miles of lancaster. Frank wan,s
to know who can beat il.
A breach of prnmis' case has Just
been commenced at Mansfield Obi,
between MIry +. McNcliy and NJ
chacl Knoil,ck The Iaris have
living together as man and wife for
thc'pa,t twcnty->H years and have
grand children. knofllock has lately
fallen heir 20 II considerable property
and ha, now concluded TO look about
for Il wife, thus causing n jealous
ard consequently q suit.
An Iowa bridegroom recently
launched about twenty ounces Of buck
shut into the bowels OF hoistercus
boy, who, with gang II companions
wa, disturbing his ptiil serenity BY
a sercnade The boy concluded to
To transfer his musical usefulness to an
other and, we trust. u better sphere.
The jury who Investigated the affair
though, the boy was served right, ami
allowed the br lcgroom to return, t.
his hrilc.
On the night Of tho Goth ult .
the sheriff AMI posse OF men were
taking two Prisoners 'r'm Orleans
Oran-e county, Ind, 10 Paolis for the
purpo'e OF pa'iuc them IN jail ~ III"
LATER place. when about four MIe,
{ ON Orleans, about one hundred dis
sui.el and well armed men sudGenlS
appeared, surrounded the parry AID
tooA I he two prisoners and hung them
to the rniters OF covered hrid % The
prisoners were a portion Of "A gang who
robbed = iarIn near Orleans arou, II
week ago Great cNcltcm mt prevails
throughout this section.
A Columbus letter, referring To-
the defeat of General Schcnck, SAYS
At was not the peIplc Of the di,lrict
ihorght Geo. SchenS incompct n
His srltf "l,. finance opinions aid uo'
deiesr him; AMI Il wa. MT tecaus,
Campbell vas the more pipu,ar man.
ne solutl'n oI the question, which
otherwise csnOt be solved, lies simply
in he tact that General Schrnck hu
nesn in Congress long bou.h Moth
ins else in the world defeated The par
~ in the third Ohio district, hut the
fact that It attempted to puts nan
back in Congress who hsd been there
long enough, and when new man
desired
Jim FIX jr. has taken the field
Tor the New York Democracy. and is
sued an e!ict 10 the employee and fol
lowers of ibc Erie rslroa that they
must vote for Governor Hoffman and
Il Democratic Legislature. They may
sell ont rs Ia the rest IT the ticket, but
on those two points there must bc 10
shrinking from their duty Ofcuursc
I Is TO SO what this means that
Hoffman, and u democratic Legls.a-
tUre are depended upon to p.rpclratr
h. Erie con, piracy and the Er,e fraud
Hoffman is Fisks President al candl
ate, and tha. fact should xii h, IN