The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-02-09

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complexion. aud in a few minutes
wns 10 moro.
Milwaukee, Wis. claims to be tho
greatest wheat market 10 the world.
The receipts last year were 10000
993 bushels. and the shipments 22,-
l5G,47l bushels. =
Arctic explorer Hall is going for
The poles again neg, summer. He
says that he will never cease his en-
ieavor until he has placed his foot on
the olih parallel of north latitude. !
A couple out West have bceu di-
vorccd on account of difference tdY
opinion on the subject Of bapiism-enc
maintaining the necessity Of immcrsipn
to salvation, the other, the sufdcienry
OF sprinkliue. -
"A Burlington (yt) woodchoppcr
.ost his life last week by running
against II tree will. pipe 10 his mouth;
The stem was driven into his throat,
making lacerat.on which resulted
'aially.
Vice President Colfax has been Of
cred salary Of $4,000 per AMMAN
to resign and take the management OF
private business. lie feels It to be
his duty to i'll out the term Of Office
tor which he was chosen, aud declin-
cd the offer.
Among tho appointees Of the
House of Representatives this winter
is q citizen OF Allegheny county, who
is reputed TO be worth nearly mil
lion of dollars. Tho office which lie
fills in the Legislature allows him bot
$500 for the session.
A mechanical curiosity. in the
shape Of q steam buggy, is on eXhibi-
,ion IN New York. The inventor
claims that il can be driven, with two
persons 10 X loo miles day ou COM
mon roads IL is light and strong, and
eau be driven faster than any person
dare ride.
Colonel G.. j. Young, member OF
the Ohio House of Representatives
from Columbisna county, was attacked
with bleeding of the lungs rs he was
entering the hall Of the House. at CO.
iumbus, IN Friday afternoon, aud died
IN few minutes He was editor OF
the Buckeye State Newspaper, aud al
one time Military Secretary to Gov
ernor Tod.
SINCE his fall from poser. An1rew
Johnson has been greatly distressed
in mind. \ gentleman who lately
converscd with Inn says lie has
been cut by the rebels Oh AL hands.
aud he does not hesitate to dcnource
/ The Democratic parry of the South ss
: party Of traitors John>on would
lady get back into the Eepublicau
party If he could sec any way thro
which he could pass.
A Indiana pedogogue going 10
school one cold morning lately. found
himself locked ont hy q number o
Ncholars who We're inside. lie got n
ladder, ascended tho roof, and laid d
board over the top of the chimney I,
smoke them out. They took away
the ladder and left him sitting on th.
ridte pole uo,il he ,roze III. ears and
unsers and agreed To- yield to their dc
nauds. Then they let him down.
Peat is found in inexhans,ihl,
quantities. in the marshes OF Hancock
county. Miss As a fuel, il is cleuurr
than coal and is easily kindlei witt
paper. II leaves about five per cent
Il ashes, but no cinlers or clnkers il
auy more STRIKES are 10 occur IN IT.,
coal regions. we should he glad TO heat
of the discovery OF peat marshes ia
fcrnsylvania. 1t would be blessed
r,l Q uuicr the circumstances, TO know
that we are not entirely dependent 90
the coal mines for fuel.
james ilaggerty, notoriou,
Philadelphia roueh and criminal. wa
shot and killed 10 New York. lasl
week, by the equally notorious roneh
Known as "Rcddy the Bl,ckSmilh.'
They were quarrcling at a drinkin.
saloon when the fatal shot was fred
Haggerty nearly killed Reddy n few
months ago, by beating him over The
head with bottle. Haggerty is tb,
man who'escaped from the Phlladel.
phia officers. a year or two since
when they were about taking him
into court.
A tc-rsble tragedy is reported a,
Rock Grove, Illinois. a farmer re.
9 ding near thatplace having sold hi,
farm aHd received the money, wa,
rcturDine home On last Wednesda,
night, when he met q man who de
manded his money Drawing hi
revolver he shot the robber dead, ant
soon after had an encounler with othel
men. whom he also killed. Rcachin.
his home, be found his daughter muir
dered, and his wife badly wounded
but not dead. The names Of the par
ties are not given. but Cbicag,
despatch says that the details of III,
affair, though coming from diderru
sources, are nearly Identical On,
Of the dead men has been recognize,
as stranger who wished to buy lh'
I firm.
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