The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-13


BosroN likes q glass Of. good beer,
and said so at the, late special election
on the sale or no sa'e question. She
voted sale.
SENATOR Cimcron sssnrcs bis friends
that he Is not aud will not be c,ndi-
date for the Vice Presidency. lie is
very strongly 10 favor Of the rcnomin.
ation Of President Grant for the 6oan-
cial good Of the country,
Some Kcntuckcy women, few
nights ago, went to tho house Of one
shelton Dennis, took him from his bed,
aud beat him with 130 stripes, cx.
planning that they thus misuscl him
because he bad violently ilI-,reated
his wife.
A DRUSkgN bru, at Petroleum
Centre shot his vile several times on
Tuesday evening last, aud afcr be
was arrested. begged to be permitted
to see and kiss her bsfore she died.
His wife had supported blm aud then
'Wo NbluiSui
TIE driver Of wagon engaged ip
drawing blasting material to the floos-
&C tuuuel was discovered by the Super.
pcrintcndart coolly smoking his pipc
on the top Of $500 pounds Of powder.
lie is now looking for another situa
tion.
IS these States whtro the percen-
tagc for assessing and collecting rcve-
nue. is extremely high tho Commits
sioncr Of Internal Revenue will re-
commend to the President q further
consolidation, 10 order that the expen'
ses OF such assessments and collections
may not be unnecessarily high.
Mrs. LYDIA SHERMAN was arrested
at New Bruins wick, N. j., by officer
from Connecticut, who charge hs
with having poisoned, at difcren
; times, thrco husbands and two stev
children, ofspriugs Of her last husband
by q previous marriage. She has beet
taken to New Haven for examina
tion.
Ar Maury, Tenn, recently, younl
man went to bed leaving burning
candle and pistol on his table. Th
, dripping spirm igbited the table, tn
table ignitcd the pistol, the barrels be
gau TO explode, and when tho youn;
man awoko he was nearly burned
| smot hercd and shot to death. Iii
pillow received the balls and savel hi
head.
A LARGE fro broke ont on the nigh
Of the i,h Of July, in Bloomsburg. !
is supposed to have originated fror
the fire works, used in celebrating tn
! day. Mr.. Dreher's residence, NJ
. Lowcnbcrg's Clothing Store, Jane
Cadman's Cabinet Shop and job
VOLTS store, were burned. The prop
: crty was mostly insured.
J.. A MACHINE has been put In opera
tion ut somo of the large railroad sta
ticns in Mass, that tells how long be
\ fore the train starts: Il reads, 9TH
train leaves in 10 Minutes" then /
/. nine. eight, etc, and when the inde
f reaches 0, the train starts. Thus an
n passenger on entering station, know
$ just how much timo he has for gel
o ting tickets, checks, a newspaper an
a Il seat without consulting u watch {
Q clock to ascertain the hour Of tt
: day.
It EIGuTEEY persons iu Chicago, an
. as many 10 New York, were injurc
u by pistols, COMMON, fire crackers. au
z fireworks on tho Fourth of July Som
u OF these cases we're fatal. In Chical
y there were five Grcs, and in New Yor
e eleven, caused by tho explosion
d gunpowder. The saae proportion
G casualties occurred .n other citiC
and towrs. Probably at least q tho,
N saud peopls 10 tho United States 10
J, their eyes, their hands, or their live
}, while amusing themselves on th
d Fourth.