The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

DURING the presost Administrators
the Govsrnwcn, promises TO pay have
been iucrcasel ia value from sixty.
niue to ninety,ono cents on O dollar.
y young man named Major, was ia
tally shot, by another young mau
named Leonard, on last Saturday, at
Sbamokin. a young lady TO whom
they were both devoted, was the cause
Of the trouble. -
A SAD accident occurred in a grain
field near Mycrstowu, Pa. last Thurs
day. A little child Of Mrs. Shok,
while walking, unseen 10y the driver,
in front Of reaper, had both legs out
of and died 10 few minutes.
THERE is being recorded at the
NOrrs,own Recorders oflirc mort
gage for thirty millions Of dollars and
which required rcvennc stamp of
twenty thousand dollars. 1T is an
instrument given by tho Reading
railroad company 10 cover q loan and
protect bond-holdcrs. 1t is said that
this instrument has to go upon record
in every county through which the
road passes.
JS New Orleans, o jury wholly COM
posed OF blacks has tried ADD convicted
two mcn for the murder Of q Mrs
Sallinser. This is the first instance Of
the trial Of q capital case by colorsd
Jury. No white men who had not
formed or expressed an opinion. could
be obtained, and the choice Of the nc
grocs was a dcraier rcSsJrt. The
press had fully reported the particu-
uars Of the crime, but as tie negroes
could not read, they remained in
blissful ignorance, and were therefore
available as jurors.
FIrTT-Two years ago n negro slave
wos sold by family named Doremus
living near Patterson, n. j. The oil
folks died long time ago, aud the oil
homestead is occupied BY the grown
up grandchildren. a few evenings
ago they thought they saw a ghost at
the door. II was the old slLve ap-
: paruntly hale and hearty as ever who
had dropped in to see de folks" In
; the half century Of bis absence be had
rs fisherman provided himself with
a handsome little property on Long
Island.
louisAN, planters appear to b.
we'll satisfied with Chinese labor
They have formed and Immigration
Company, with a capital of s250,0)o,
, and secured one thousand Chinese, Sc
lected from the agricultural district,
: Of China. The Cclestials are to b,
) paid SS month in gold, on contracts
running from eight to ten years. The
planters say thos, they now employ
; aro clean, Industrious, and neat work
men, aud live in perfect harmony with
the negroes. 1t is not improbable
! that the Southern States will event
= ually have large population of Chi.
. ncsc.
, REPoRrs Of the famine in Persia arc
> terrible. People are dying of hunger
!. in the streets OF the capital. In
, khorass,n; parents arc selling of
: their cLildrcn iu order to keep then
alive, Nnl in lsplhau. it is said met
have been seized 10 the act Of digging
up corpscs to serve "a food for thcil
: starving families. In Shiirz, Herman
and Sezi, the wictchcd sufferers en-
deavor to support life on tl,s gras
= an1 roots which they may find in tn
! ncighborhooG, and, as might he cx
= pcctcd pcs,ilcncc follows hard on thu
! footsteps OF famine. TIL, famine wa
, caused by the drouth Of last year.
T LAsTa autumn two djmeslics were at
tackled by blood hound in Hamilton
J Park, Stain Island, and bitten and Ia
ccratcd in shocking manner. Now
c fisherman landing on Long Island
J. near Concy Island. for water. ha
u been set upon by three blood hound
= and torn nearly to pieces. The ag,
= when this breed Of dogs were usefu
e has gone By. They belong 10 dark
semi.civilizcd era, when safeguard
Q for life and property were few. The
u are relic of barbarism, aud if mer
Q will keep the dangerous auimals the
should he compelled by law to kocj
u them constantly chained or within in.
e closures they can not overloap. !
e should DO made lawful TO shoot then
l. down when found running at large.
"a The Pennsylvania Central Railroa
"a Company is the most powerful corpo
ration in the United States. 1t con
trolls lines from the Atlantic to o.
:, den, Including the Union Pacific roa,
, and needs only the Central Paci6
/. from Ogden TO San Francisco to civ
rs It control from ocean to ocean. O
'' course il could not be expected tha
!, company Of such enormous pows
:. would be content to depend upon an
/ other line, aud it already seems to /
p adopting measures to compel tho Cen
:, ira! Pacific TO consolidate with Il. an
:, ~ in case Of failure the Pennsylvap pi
- Company will probably build an lode
=, pendent line from Ogden to San Fran
h cisco. In case Of q contest the Cen
v tral Pecitc is strong enough to max
. it the greatest railroad war this cour
- y try has known, hut the result coal
,e hardly be otherwise than against it.
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