The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-02-17
JERRY GROUSE. Editor and Proprietor.

litN N'AlWNh INV, dlli Ah"a NANies''b VI
the Bible from the public schools in
violation of such law.
GrouNp has been broken on the
Northern Pacific Railway at or near
puluth. Minnesota, another jot ofcom-
mcrce is to be sho, accross the cOnti-
ucnt
JosErH WESLEY HARrEn. one ef
the four brothers composing the great
publishing house Of Harper \ Broth
crs. died on the l4th inst, at his resi-
dcnce in brooklyn.
since his veto Of tho Metropolitan
Police Bill, Governor Gcary is cousid-
cred a mldcl Executive by some of
the leading Democratic papers in the
country. The Governor should feel
highly hattcrc1.
BETWEEN small pox and whiskey
the quc-iiUn--"What shall we do with
the red man? ?'--is in a fair way OF -olu-
tion. Near Fort Benton the Iudians
are dying oil at the rate Of twenty-five
per day.
Tnr death warrants for Go,tleib
Bohncr and Albert Won Bodenburg,
convicted OF the murder of the pcigh-
tai family. in Huntingdon county,
wee issued by Governor Geary last
Friday The execution Of both will
take place ou Wednesday March ., be-
tween ten and three o'clock.
lr looks very much rs though Scran.
ton, in this State, is governed by
Philadelphia policemen. Taking the
evidence Of he Scranton papers, it
i, very unsafe TO travel the streets Of
that place after night. Last week
ono mau was shot another stabbed
another waylaid aud robbed another
murdered outright, aud many women
were insulcd.
TuIs j. the exact stIius Of the Fiji
tocuth Amen lmcnt: We have thirty
seven States he favorable vote Of
twouty.cight is Necessary. just that
number of States have ratified the
amendment, and two others, Texas
aud Nebraska, are ready to do So.
The seven States to 90 on record
agaius, the amendment are; Caliiorn
IA Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland
New Jersey, Oregon and Tennessee.
LAST Monday bill was introduced
in our Stat, Legislature, by Mr.. Dill,
of Adams county, 10 pay the claims 0,
the border counties for damages COM
mi,tcd by the rebels during the war.
These border counties have presented
claims 30 often that, it seems to Us,
they now consider themselves entitled
topay at least once year. II this il
the case why not put them Oh the pen.
ZION rclis at once and pay them the
same as wounded soldier, are paid.
Tug Senate Judiciary Committee
has agreed TO report favorable on the
nominations of Judge William Strong,
Of Pennsylvania, and Joseph y. Brad
ley, Of New Jersey, to be associate
justices Of the Supreme Court of Il G
tmt,d Sta,ci The iulicatlns are
tha, Judge Strong will be confirmed
without much opposition. There is
some opposition To Mr.. Bradley from
the SOutLcru : nators on account Of
his location, but il il Thought this may
he overcome, as there is no objection
10 him on personal or political grounds.
An interesting insurance case has
just been decided by the law courts OF
Maine. The plaintiffs were II. W.
l.awsey n Co, Of Portland, whose store
was insured by the PhTrix iu.urance
Company, OF New York, for 50 900,
The store was burned at the great fire
Of July I, 1866. The company refus-
cd payment, on the ground that the
store was situated upon leased land,
aud the agent of the company omitted
to state The fact ia the policy. The
court decided in favor Of ;he plaintiffs
awarding the full amount OF the IN.
surauce, with interest from 1866, and
costs.
lN a case involving the legal tender
Act, Chief Justice Chase, of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, delivered
the opinion Of the Court, that con.
tract made before the passage Of the
Lcgal-teudcr law cannot be discharg-
ed in United States notes The Court
holds that Congress has no poSer 10
make Government a legaltendcr for
prc.oXistng private debts. Three OF
the judges, however, Miller, Swayne
and Davis, di,scntcd. Tho decision
seems 10 De- nothing more nor less than
that Congress has not the Constitution,
nj power to pass an en- post .jac'o law.
TuE annual report Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, which ap
pcarei ID the Philadelphia dailics o.
yesterday shows the great amount o.
business done by their road, and pre-
scnts gratifying evidences Of its pros
perty, The earnings of the road f1I
1869 were sl7,250,Sll the expense,
were sl2,20j,267, showing net gain
of S5,0l7,5l4.
The Philadelphia and Eric Road
lost Sol ,jl2, against loss of SS3, ,l73
in 1867. The rittsburg, Fort Wayne
aud Chicago Road is shown to have
done very well last year.
FnoM the annual report of the trus-
tc's aud superintendcnts OF the State