The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-12

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in his barn, in Hopcwell township
York county a few weeks ago. A,
empty whisky bottle, butcher knit
aud shaving cup containing arsenic
were found at bis side. ~
On Saturday last Rev. Georg,
NJ. Lazarus, Lutheren clergyman
OF Bucks county, while on his way u
funeral, was thrown from his suike,
and 30 seriously injured that he dice
10 about half an hour.
A new railroad In TO be bull
FROM Golfers Gap, in Schuylkill coun
ty, through Mahautoga Valley Il
sunbury. This road is to be bull
in the interest OF Pennsylvania rail
road and in opposition to the Reading
railroad.
While the cashier OF the FIRST
National Bank Of Conneautville, ID.
ID. Williams, was writing at his desl,
On Monday evening he heard rap
at the side door. Upon opening the
door two masked men sprang upon
him and gagged him, and succeeded
in escaping with $4,000.
--Williamsport ia the centre of O
largo lumber region of the State
and the shipments from that place in
1873 amounted to 243, ,462, ass feet
of Lumber, an increase of nearly
45, 100000 feet, compared with the
trade of the previous year. This
year there is stock on hand oi
nearly 227,000.000 of feet, which is
73. 100000 of feet more than at the
beginning Of the previous year.
The imports Of Philadelphia
have doubled in three years. The
total valuo of imports for the year
1870 was $14,952,371.--For the wear
ending December 31st, it was $40.
596,l95. The Philadelphia Press
says: No other port in America can
point to such an extraordinary growth
Of trade. II also predicts that the
increase has just begun, and that the
influence OF the new steamship line
is but beginning to be felt
The second trial Of Geo. o.
Evans, was concluded at Harrisburg
on Saturday afternoon, by the Jury
bringing in verdict against Evans
of 1885,, ,66357 as due the State on
his collections on war claims. On
Saturday evening Evans was remov.
ed to the jail. 1t is supposed the
case will be carried to the Supreme
Court Evans is bankrupt and is
not able to pay the above verdict.
and if he is incarcerated in Jail he
will not survive many months.
WnKEsBAnRrE, Pa, Feb. 3.-Thc
fire in the Empire coal mine broke
out in a main way where the men
were working, and were it was
thought to have been subdued. and
drove all the men out. Eighteen of
them were brought to the surface
insensible from the effects Of gas
and sulphur, but recovered after be-
ing properly attended to by physi-
clan. The fire is worse than at any
time during the six weeks which il
has been burning.
The Altoona Tribune says that
on tie Cincinnati express train on
Saturday evening two Of tho country =
heaviest weights passed east en-
route to Philadelphia. One was
Master John ii. Powers, the Ken
tucky Giant. His age is II years,
his height 6 feet Al inches, and
weight 525 pounds. He WAS born
in Franklin county. KY. The other
was Miss Mary j. Pow, rs, the Ken
tucky Giantess. She is 3 feet 9
inches high and weighs 72s pounds
Around the waist she measures Sc
inches and around the arm she
stretches tape line to the extent of
33 inches.
SUICIDE OF You've MAN-William
Wanner, a young resident of Reading,
Pa, has been missing from home for
a week past, and on Saturday Mr.. D..
G. Farlan, Mail Messenger. went in
to the loft Of his stable and found him
suspended by the neck from rafter.
He had evidently been hanging there
for several days, as the rope had made
n deep indentation in his neck. The
body WAS cut down and taken to the
residence Of the deceased's father, Mr..
Samuel Wanner, No. 100 South Front
street, Reading. An inquest was held
by Coroner Fox, and n verdict OF
death by suicide was rendered. Young
Wanner had been sick for some time
and was subject to fits of melancholy.
His ago was thirty years
OoD FELLowsMP.-The order OF
Odd Fellows in this State, mt the re-
cent meeting of their Grand Lodge,
appointed q committee to investigate
the expedience of building n new
Odd Fellows Hall in Philadelphia
with instructions to report at the
meeting of the Grand Lodge, next
spring The Odd Fellows are O
numerous and influential Order
numbering among them many of oui
best and most substantial citizens
Their revenues are large, and the
moneys paid out in benefits amount
to hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually We understand that the
intention is to erect n stately bull.
ding, which will be nm honor alike tc
the Order and the city in which il
will be erected.
Pay OF ASSOCIATE JUDGEs,-In Mr.
Nowmycr's bill, regulating the pay