The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-07-24
Pennsylvania Items.


weighing 5000 pounds. Every neigh
boring steer deems it advisable to
stear clear of him.
The conductors in the employ
Of the Pennsylvania railroad who
were engaged in the ticket rascality
are now non conductors.
Norris Lobar, colored man OF
Lancaster. had his eye shot out by Il
putty ball from an air gun in the
hands Of q boy named Eiiinger
-Au exchange pointedly remarks
that the new fish law "seems to be as
clear ns tar, and as comprehensive as
the laws controlling the action of
electricity.
Prof Light made n balloon as
ccnsion Mt West Chester on the 4th
of July. At the hight Of 1000 feet
I be dropped ~ chicken from the bas-
ket 1t reached the earth without q
scratch.
"A daughter Of Owen Mully, Of
i Scranton. was bitten bv u rattleshlke
on Wednesday while picking berries.
The girl died the same night from
the poison inoculstcd into her sys
tenn.
Martin Spcckien, nm insane man,
hung himself at Mannheim to II cross
beam by means of n handkerchief tied
around his neck on Sunday. He
was discovered while suspended in
the air and saved from strnngulatiOn,
which was near Mt hand.
There are in Pennsylvania 975
manufactures Of cigars, which turn
out upwards Of 5.2JO,OOO. annually,
and 36 manufactures Of chewing and
smoking Tobacco and snuff. the value
Of whose products reaches annually
SS5i,000.
-Howes large circus tent was
blown down last week by sudden
storm ut pittsburg while the pcrfor
nance was i'll progress. There was
great Consideration among the 5,VOO
in the pavilion, anl several cages
were upset by the violence Of the
gale and the rush Of the panic strlck
en- people.
The Pennsylvania Constitutional
Convention has refused, - to GG, to
strike the word male from the
Constitution. defeated several pro
positions to allow women to vote on
school and liquor questions, and
only permits them to be eligible for
school Offices.
Local option works badly III
Westmorand county according to
the Greensburg 7rjb,He. 1t says :;
"lf the law cannot be enforced better
than it is we are in favor ofits repeal,
because we have all tue evils of the
traffic and Mt the same time the add
/, tional evil Characterization and law
, lcssncss.
g VIM. Turner, residing nj Juliar
Furnace, Centre county, committed
4 suicide recently Ivy hanging himsel
: in his stable. When found his fee
@ were touching the floor. No cAus'
y is known for the act The deceaso,
q was n well to do farmer, WAS highly
respected in the community in whicl
@ he lived and leaves wife and severa
:. children to mourn his sad death.
e Mrs. Philip Young, aged abou
e fifty years, Of Stroud township, Mon
e roe county. wandered from home
# about three weeks ago, and he
whereabouts are still unknown. She
left while mentally deranged. Infor
nation regarding her should be ad
, dressed to John Young, her husband
- Analomink post Office, Monroe Co.
q In Union county, about ~ il
and half from Lewisburg, is Il lol
= building erected i'll l7l5 The hous,
: was made very strong so rs to aifor,
10 protection from the Indians. On it
# logs can be seen hundreds of mark
- made from Indian darts and AFRO SIS
- received during the numerous en-
q gagemcnts which the early settler
!. Of this county had with the savaSes
Ic A few weeks ago Wesley Mclur
= of Greene county, who had beel
II treated for insanity, was discharge
from the Harrisburg state mnati
le hospital under the impression tina
So his mind had been fully restored
10 A few days since he went ont iishin,
z with his brother, during the even
Ie ing he returned to his home for
J. gun, with which he said hc intende,
{. 10 shoot fish. The next seen Of hin
st was a corpse, n bullet having pierce
> his head
@ Hon. ASH Packer has donated t
: the lehiSh University iifty-siX acre
h of land, and one million dollars {
e, build and endow it, For the Who'll
n course in this institution the tuitio
e is absolutely free; lodging rooms (un
a, furmshedD are provided and boar'
., placed rs near cost as possible, Stu
is dents who are compelled by tn
e necessity for labor to give but
y short time each day to study are con
N daily invited to "come and lear
what they can
I The miners employed at tn
70 Empire Colliery, in the LehiSh re
e. gion, operated by the Lehigh coa
re and nayigat on company, dissatistie'
;, with the scale Of wages, have struc
oi for an advance The company hav
" llptarmineI NOT IN accplo tn thnir Il.