The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-12-03

ship. Juniatl Co. had herd of rs
shoats to die, a few days ago, of some
unknown disease.
Tho filly, Lady Stout, owned by
Richard Penistan, of Philadelphia. is
said to he the fastest three year old
in this country. She has trottcd
three consecutive heats in 2:30i, 2:2Sj
and 1928.
-Four tons OF silver were sent re
comfy from the Assay Oilice to the
United States Mint in PHILADELPHIA
to be coined into halfdollars. This
is the largest quantity ever sent at
one time.
"A fire in Brookville, jefferson
county. Pa. on Friday morning oi
las, week, destroyed property to the
amount of S25O.0JO. The Opera
House, Oak Hall Hotel. Franklin
House, Masonic Hall, Odi Fellows
Hall, and u large number Of stores
and dwellings were destroyed
4 FoRruNE or S12j,O0O-On Tues
day tho wife Of Jacob Wilhelm. q
mailer employed mt the Chcsapcak,
works. in tho lover end Of the citv
received the sad intelligence that hcr
father had died in California. Coupled
with the information. however. was
the announcement that ho had left
her fortune Of Sl25, 5,0O0.-Hpis.
b'rg Patriot
Petroleum isuow selling. deliver
cj Mt points on the railroad. for q
cent a gallon. Yet tho infatuated
miners still keep digging for it, and
in the faco Of u diminished export
demand, we learn from the Titusyllc
C,Hrier, the usual number of new
wells are being sunk. The surplus
production. now on hand is estimated
at i.01n.0lO barrels.
Tho Bcllcf1utc Watchman saws
that n valuable horse belonging to
G. Munson. Esq, Of Phillipsburg, re
fused TO eat, although exhibiting no
symptoms of any disease peculiar e.
horses. At last it was discovered
that by some means n boot heel had
become fastened in tho roof of tho
animals mouth, preventing mastica,
ton. II is stated that the heel was
in the hay upon which the animal
fpl. and the nails, ~ action of tho
mouth, were forced into the roof.
holding the heel until disrnyprcl onl
removed
On Wednesday Mrs Mitchell
vomitcl the third black lizard from
her stomach She is the wife of Nh,
John Mitchell, who resides in Cumru
township. and is employed Ms ma
chiuist in the Phila. * Reading Rail
road Compauy's shops, aud ycstcr.
day morning her husband brought
the reptile along to this city, when
Ac camc to work, and presented it in
q bottle TO DR. Dundorc, who is pre-.
ecrying it alive, 1t is four inches in
length, aul is dark on the back aud
spotted very similar to n trout on the
stomach.
Last spring when returning homo
from this city in II carriago she
yomited something alive, whilst she
was leaning over the side of tho
vehicle, but did not stop to examine
it.
About two weeks AGO she felt Il
choking sensation and threw M into
n basin Mt home a live lizard about 4
inches in length, and on Wednesday
another one. About an hour there
after she felt choking sensation
again in her throat, which has led
her to believe that there aro more
liar Is in her stomach
Mrs. Mitchell is about 30 years of
age, weighs over 300 pounds, and is
in good health, excepting that oc.
casionally she is afflicted with weak
spells and choking sensation, but
these are Of short duration. One
evening last summer year aco she
drank water from the spout of the
pump, and remarked to her husband
Mt the time that she believed she
drank something alive with tho wa
ter.
Mra. Mitchell intends taking some
drug to destroy the reptiles in her
stomach, RcNl'H9 E0yie 18th ult