The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-04-29

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SOL 80.
soy-A fire in Cory, Pa, last week,
caused damage to the oxtont Of S50,-
600.
L,CThe State Sunday School Con.
vention will meet at Lebanon on the
Sth of June next
Judge Souther, Of Erie, il
named for Chairman Of the Repub-
lican State Committee.
fss-AIcrccr county has forty can
didatos for nomination to the Office
lof Shoriir-just evenly divided
politically.
r-a'' The principal Southern lines
of railway have joined in the great
struggle for traffic, aud are reducing
rates.
State Treasurer Mackcy de
clincs to recognize the authority of
the House Treasury Investigating
Committee.
rS-There are some scores of Dem
ocratic candidates for Governor in
this state. There is but one Re-
publican candidate named, and he
will beat the field.
EsJ- Samuel II. Wells, Of the well
known firm OF Fowler Il Wells. pub
Usher and founder OF the Phreno-
togicdt JouyHdi, and author OF sa
number of works on physiognomy
and sanitary science, died in New
York, Tuesday morning last, aged
I55.
sa5"A million dollars worth of
silver has been forwarded from the
Pacific coast to the Philadelphia
Mint, and will be coined into five.
cent pieces and twenty.cent pieces
Tho resumption of small change
will be attempted rs soon MS re.
serve Of $4,000, 900 is accumulated.
REpoRrs from Ohio say that the
peach crop will he n complete failure.
In Michigan the sone report is cur
rent.
In Western Pennsylvania there
will be only half n crop Of fruit and
wheat. In Michigan the wheat crop
IL greatly injured Apples generally
promise n good yield.
sSs tv,snti- barn BELONGING TO
Mr.. Hildebrandt, of FairmOuHL If"..
tingdon connty, was found to be on
fire Tho barn contained five horses,
forty head of sheep and lambs, and
a large quantity of hay and grain, all
Of which, with the exception Of one
horse, were consumed. Mr. II, as
the executor of an estate, expected
to receive about $1,000 on that day, !
which fact appears to have been
known. lie received, however, but
Sl,l0O Of this amount, which was
kept in tho house On his return to
the house after the fire he found a
loaded pistol in one Of the rooms and
the : 100 was missing. The fire
was evidently started to draw atten-
ton from the house while tho scoun.
drel or scouudrels committed the
robbery.
scn.On Sunday, tho 18th of April,
one hundred years ago, Paul Revere
set out from Boston by way OF
Charleston, and Vim. Doves rode
through Roxbury to Lexington to
warn the colonists that British troops
had left Boston that night for Con.
cord--some IL miles distant-to de
stroy the military stores collected by
the Committee OF Safety Of Nassa-
chusetts. Tho British expedition
was intended to be kept secret, but
their departure was watched by the
patriots, and Paul Revere and VIM
Dawes were sent to warn the people,
The ride Of Paul Revere is described
by the poet Longfellow. who tells
how it was agreed if the British march
by land one lantern was to be- hung
in the old North church tower, or
two il they went by the sea, so that
Revere, who crossed to Charleston,
would know the direction taken by
tbs British.
On the morning of the 10Th OF
April, tho British force of about 500
appeared ut Lexington, fired upon
the Americans, and continuing on
to Concord met with resistance from
tho patriots Mt every step The re-
treat Of tho British from Concord tc
Boston was a continued skirmisl
with the patriots, On Sunday the
18th of April, 1878, tho lantern was
hung in tho old North Church tower
in Boston as it was hung there one
hundred years ago. Speeches were
made, On Monday, the 18th the
centennial anniversary was celebrat
cd at Lexington and Concord. Pres
ilent Grant and most of his Cabinet
were present. II was grand patri
otic gathering of the sons of oul
Revolutionary sires. .-Aavocate ant