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

many of whom want To be paid to be
honest.
N-
f,r" The expenses of the recent
session Of the Legislature were Si03,-
55i 80.
scy-A fro in Cory, Pa, last week.
caused damage TO the extent Of $780,
900.
pV'Tho State Sunday School Con
vention will meet at Lebanon on the
Sth of June next.
ra~Judge Souther, OF Erie, is
named for Chairman Of the Repub-
lican State Committee.
lss- Mercer county has forty can
didatcs for nomination to the Office
of Shoriff--just evenly divided
politically,
sSaS- Tho principal Southern lines
of railway have joined in the great
Struggle for traffic, aud arc reducing
rates.
e>J- State Treasurer Mackey de-
clines to recognize the authority Of
the House Treasury Investigating
Committee.
rS- There arc some scores Of Dem
ocratic candidates for Governor in
this State. There is but one Re
publican candidate named, and he
will beut tba tnll
RnJ- Samuel II. Wells, Of the well
known firm OF Fowler IL Wells, pub
Usher and founder OF the Phreno-
iogicH JourUdi, and author Of sa
number Of works on physiognomy
and sanitary science, died in New
York, Tuesday morning last, aged
So.
Ray"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 DO attempted rs soon rs a re-
serve Of Sl0,000,00O is accumulated
REpoRrs from Ohio say that the
peach crop will I've complete failure.
In Michigan the s0e report is cur
rent.
In Western Pennsylvania there
will be only half n crop Of fruit and
wheat. In Michigan the wheat crop
is greatly injured Apples generally
promise good yield.
sse to.snti.. a hnrn belonging 10
Mr. Hildebrandt, of FairmonHt rt"..
tingdon connty, was found to be on
fire. The 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.. H, Ms
the executor of an estate, expected
to receive about $4,000 on that day,
which fact appears to have been
known. He received, however, but
Sl,l00 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 LOO WAS missing. The fire
was evidently started to draw atten-
ton from the house while the scoun-
drel or scoundrels committed the
robbery,
srn.On Sunday, the 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 BGtish expedition
was intended to be kept secret, bu
their departure WAS watched by thu
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 tell
how it was agreed if the British marcl
by land one lantern was TO be hun;
in the old North church tower, O
two il they went by the sea, so tina
Revere, who crossed to Charleston
would know the direction taken b
tbs British.
On the morning of the 10Th c
April tho British force Of about 80
appeared at Lexington, fired upo
the Americans, and continuing o
, to Concord met with resistance fror
, tho patriots at every step. The re
treat Of the British from Concord {
Boston was continued skirmis
with the patriots. On Sunday I'll
, 18th of April, 1875, tho lantern wa
; hung in the old North Church towe
in Boston as it was hung there or
, hundred years ago, Speeches Wei
! made. On Monday, the 18th Il
centennial anniversary was celebra
cd at Lexington and Concord. Pre-
ident Grant and most of his Cabin,
were present. 1t was a grand patr
!. otic gathering of the sons of oil
Revolutionary sires.-Aacocdte an