The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-01-19

ANoIHEg TEAM nRowSgp.-Nar-
row Escape On la4t Saturday morn
ios, between 10 and II o'clock, Mr. .
Sol Driosbach, Of New Berlin, part .
ncr in the grocery firm Of Driesbach I.
u Bro # this place, met with au ac
cidcnt un the river, by breaking I
through the ice, 10y which h. lost his .
team, aud came near lusing hi- life /
lie started to crI.s the ice, opposite .
site this place, from the Snyd,r coun-
tv shore, with team consisting Of u
horse and muie, attached to wagon /.
containing various articles OF produce |
which Mr.. Dricsbach was bringing |
over TO the grocery. When about cnc
third across. and while in the track |
hat has been travelled since the freyz-
ing over Of the river, the ice suddenly
ave way, aud team aud wagon went
20 the bottom. in water about ten feet
deep Mr. Dg.csbsch c!uu. to cskr
Of ice. aud kept himself afuat The
occurrence WIS ,reu from the hotel a'
the terry, and also from the Sunbcry
shore. aux ~ Bcc,er aud others i'm
meiiliely started with rope, to tie
rr,cuc ut the struggling man, and. with
s'no citrt, succeeded in getting him
ont Of h' peri.ous si,uItion The
team was, Of cours', drowned, haviua
qceu Immediately TO the bottom by
the weight OF the wagon. The latter
with It's coutcu. WAS afterwards got
OF the water. The ice va, eight inch
es thick, but it seems that Il uuubcr of
cracks disconnected the piece Of ice oii
which the wagon aud team went down.
StNt.Ty GG.,itc.
The dead letter Office ia one of III,
iupSt cautiously lutcrc-t!D. branches ot
the government aul the cause Of il
or the necessity Of such institution i
amystcry II is impossible almost
TO conceive Of thI carclrsSucss. SUI
rlii'y.. and ignorance hy which more
than IS 900 letters were inirustci TO
the pos'o.h = in : single year. Tor
which 10 dcs guati,n cnuIl be fDun !
in Consequence o. inaccuracies. impcI-
icctlOn-. aud fatal onjs-ipns iu dlrrc
Iton-upwarl Of 5000 having no adj
dress whitcvcr Aud the mystery
j. j. the more remarkable when it i
considered that these letters contain
ei money 10 the amount of at least
SlU0.0lO, in small suns generally, aud
checks. drafts, etc. tn the amount OF
81, ,UOU,0 more. This property wa,
Of course returned, on mI,t uf il
upnn Information obtained by opening
and examining the letters a; the dead
eter Office.
: TnE AMEaIcAN Stock JouRSAI
tor January ~ an entire new salt oi
D type is before us filed with choice
: origilll matter, aud illustrated with
' Eugravings of fine stock, drawn and
, engraved expressly Tor this Maga-
e zine The preceding volumes have
" been conducted with such skill. that il
. now has an immense circulation.
D which is constantly increasing. The
entesprsing Publishers. n. =. Boy
J In 4 Co., of Parkcsburg, Pa, ap-
:, pear determined to place copy IN
: the hands of every person connected
i with Farming or Stock Breeding, by
u offering to send specimen copy free
{ to all who apply, also show bills, and
: subscription. lists to all who wsh
: to g"t mp clubs for any of the many
g valuable Premiums offered.
. THE oldest stove probably in the
Cuitcd States il the one whichwarmS
be capital At Richmond, 10 Virginia,
: 1t was made in England 10 1870, and
warmed The house Of burgescs for six
= tyyears before it was removed to it,
u present location, whers it has been for
q, hnty wears 1t has survived three
British monarchs, and has been con
u temp p,rancnus with four kingIy mon-
u ,rch-, Two republics and twn imperia
i governments in France The grca'
= American Republic has been torn Nv
a" n,crlal s'rite, the breach partly heal
u ed, aud siilI the old stove remains thl
y sane, uumoved ia the midst OF all
,i A BILL will SON be brought before
e Congress changing the rerritori, cap.
/ rsl of Utah from Salt Lake City to Co
'. rinns The oh ect OF the bill is TO re-
j. move the Cnired States Offices from
:. a ely in which there are few Gentle.
z Ios rapidly crossing town 10 which
j. here are few Mormons. IL is report
" .d that the citizens of Corinne, aud
u fact, most OF the Gen'iles iu tn,
. Territory, favor the change, and TIM
- .uifisient land and uther indnc"meut
10 N,,l be ofsrrd t. project the Govern
i nrnt irpm lus- from the remlvil.
;, The force of a.ssisnt assessors o
Internal revenue throughout the coun
nv has thus tar been reduce ncsrl'
rwcnty y-iOar per cent oI thp whol,
number IN service the services OF 8 q!
having been disposed with. Thi,
= reduction effects = saving TO the Go
=. yvrnmcnt Of $4,000 per annum, |
= ls .s,im,tcd that a further reduction
A of quitc two hun Ire assistant assess
ora will b. mide.
, some boy. ct Fort Dodge, Iowa
d played European war The Prussiani
. b 'rned . haysfsck behind which th'
French had taken refuge, and dislodp
!, led them. The owner OF the haysiscl
l,ays be dossnt know much about thi
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