The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-07-25
An old lady of fourscore ven

died recently in Whitemarsh town
ship. Montgomery county. After her
death, on examining her room. an old
teapot was discovered containing
5000 in gold, and q considerable
amount of grecnbacks was found fix
ed up in the clothing other bed On
account of these discoveries of mon
ey. an examination was then made of
the garret. and there x3,400 in gold
and silver were also found This was
quite clever sum to have about the
house. A portion of the coin had
doubtless been there some years
most probably-from the commence
ment of the war and longer
HORACE GREELEY says ho is no less
n Republican now than he ever was.
Being such, lie is no more worthy
Democratic support than Grant, aud
when it comes to "A consideration of
the merits of the men, the people will
at once be convinced that a tried rul-
er, who has faithfully performed
every duty devolvcd upon him, is saf
er for reelection, than the election
of u man to an exalted position who
has failed i'll the performance Of every
public duty devolved upon him. =
State JOUyHai.
A singular accident befcl Cap
tain Grant, of Wyoming, II few thsys
since. Stepping into his garden he
saw some chickens picking at II rare
plant, AMI catching up IT stick he
made for tlfcm. While in fttl speed
he encountered clothes line, which
hit him III the mouth His momen.
tum carried the line back to its fullest
tension, and the rebound threw him
eight or ten feet As the line left his
mouth it took out three teeth and all
that part of the jaw bone in which
they were imbcdded. .'.
General Sherman has been at
Berlin, and the report is that he is
not pleased with Germans manners
He considers the German arrogant
and unsocial. Some of the royalty
We're disposed to treat him us an in.
ferior, which he resented. He de
clined to see "Kaiser William" review
a body of troops. The Germans aasd
the rest of the world naalst learn that
Americans are nn soyereigns, and
think themselves as good us any
other man -sometimes, albeit, some
of them are little ''snobby."
From Madrid the special CORES
pondent of the New York Herald
telegraphs that DR.. Howard has been
liberated. King Amandeus offered
him his release rs an act of pardon
Howard declined accepting on these
terms, which, would have been nc
knowledging his guilt. He was
then compelled to leave the jail by
the Spanish officers and permitted tc
so on his way. zee
\ A pack. Of hounds belonging I,
Newton Moore, Of Walnut Hill, Ar
kansas, lately attacked widow wo
man named Goens, as she was pass
ing Moores house, and litternlly
tore her to pieces. She lived a fev
hours after being discovered in a dy
ing state. LII
| "A brewer in Allentown has plac
led a rniniture beerbarrel as weath
or vane OH the top of his lightnin.
rod Very appropriate, indeed, a,
the beer barrel has that in it whicl
makes men turn to every wind ant
feel as if struck by lightning. ~
1 The jury in the Stokes Fisk nun
/ der case has failedto agree on a ven
dict, and on Monday was discharged
\ IL il Stated that seven were in fsJa
OF conviction, and five against. Tki
will give Stokes another trial and eli,
other chance fur his life. 9ata e