The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-08-14

be the daily production OF OIL In this
State,
a W. Potter, Esq, purchased
the lot in Selinsgrove, owned by the
heirs Of the late Benjamin Schoch,
for $1,000.
The Litiz Springs hotel, at Litiz,
Lancaster county, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire on last Thursday
morning.
"A shower Of toads during q
heavy rain storm near McSherrys
town. Adams county, is the last sen
sation.
The Beaver county opposition
ticket is exclusively Democratic. No
Liberal appears on it, Has the
partnership been dissolved'
In Cumberland county, the
Democrats convention was held on
Monday the 11th inst, and the Re-
publican on Tuesday the 18th.
A COW that gives buttermilk is
reported from Forest county. Her
owner is looking for another OF the
same breed on the principle that one
good churn deserves another.
The horses in Butler county have
been attacked with a new disease.
The head of tho animal swells up
very large, and death ensues in q
few days.
Two girls residing at Lilly's
Station spent two days and one night
in the woods last week k-lost in the
woods while gathering whortleber
ries.
George Yeager of Union town
ship, Bedford county, lost valuable
horse, some days since from the bite
of q rattlesnake. 1t died nine days
after having been bitten.
Two hundred and fifty work
men in the Altoona shops were sus-
spendei last week, and one named
4. u. HaAly got tight on cider or
something else. fired OF n revolver
several times aud paid S42O for the
fun.
The firm Of James Thompson &
Co., at Milroy, has been compelled to
suspend on account of financial diff
culties, principally arising from a
heavy depreciation in the value OF
wooden goods of the kind manufac-
tured by them.
Frank keenan,, aged fifteen
years, while unloading hay with a
horse pitch. fork one day last week,
opposite Lewisburg, was drawn in
the moose, which was SO frightened
around him as to inflict internal in
juries, which proved fatal short
time after.
On Thursday, the oath ult a
heavy hailstorm passed over the
northern part of Chester county, Pa.
Hail fell to the depth of two feet,
and some were as largo as hens eggs.
Much damage was done to growing
corn, and many buildings suffered
damage.
The Board of Health Of Iancas-
ter have dissolved" and issued an
address to the citizens, saying that
the Common Council would give
them no power, and that they are
unwilling to be made the mere scape
goats, as it were, of the community
to bear the sins of the masses with
out the power to apply correc
tive"
The funded debt Of tho city o.
Philadelphia on the lst of January
1873, "a shown by the message
of the mayor just sent to councils
: was S45,405,9il and the total liabil
: tiles were S53,634,479. The iucreas.
in the year 1872 was Si,S67,0lO. i
is predicted that with the new cit,
building and other jobs in contem
plation the debt will soon reach SIS,
100000.
AT Philadelphia, on the 9th ult.
p q most singular accident occurred
Mary Truitt, aged five years, was
sitting on the front steps of her resi-
dence in the southern part of the
city. Mrs. Cooper, an occupant o
the house, went to the attic window
with child's flag staff some thre,
feet long with n spear head, engaged
in cleaning out the water pipe. TIL,
stick slipped from her hand and fall
ing perpendicularly entered tn,
childs skull, causing instant death.
A meeting of the citizens O
Lewisburg has been held to take
measures to enforce the provisions o
tho Local Option law. This meeting
was attended by large number o
our leading men. IL was resolved
in view of the evidence brought be
fore the meeting, that immediate nc
ton should be taken against the VIC,
lations of the law. A prosecuting
committee was appointed and in
structed to proceed at once upor
such evidence as would justify pros
ecution. The committee has al
ready arrested two men, who entered
bail for their appearance at Septem
bercourt. .-Sunbury Duly.
, A LoNG PrIL.-Mr Cloud the fnmou
rover, arrived at this place on Frida,
evening, via the Union canal. A larg,
number of Our citizens gathered alon,
the canal to see him row and land
His boat Jennie" Weighing about lO
pounds, was conveyed to the shingl