The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-11-16


ming November 1. The Servian and
Turkish armies will retain their pre-
sent positions.
Bay Some parties allege they have
found coal in Little Cove Mountain,
Perry county. There are some indi-
cations of coal in few places in
that county. but it is not likely ever
to be found in paying quantities un-
less it should DO under the river
bed.
s1- Recently John Bloom Of Pike
township, Clearfield county, arose
from his bed aud while dressing
himself. the bones in one Of his legs,
between tho ankle and the knee, lit
orally crushed, and he fell to the
floor. Portions Of the bone ran
through the flesh. Mr.. Bloom weighs
about $50 pounds.
pY- The kind Of reformer Tilden
is may be inferred from the fact that,
although Governor Of New York, he
has has not been in Albany for more
than two months, but has spent oil
his time in New York personally su-
perintending election matters aud
begging votes just as candidates do
here for county, township and bor-
ough offices.
SaTAn old man who died about
four months agv in Maysvillo. Ky.
hid $1,000 worth Of United States
bonds in two mustard boxes, and
buried them in a pile of scrap wood
in his shanty. The wood was sold
about ten days ago to q rag picker
for seventy.fve cents, and while he
was gathering it together a bystAnd-
er picked up the mustard boxes and
found the bonds.
OF The body OF Charles Emory. n
soldier who died in Washington, ID.
c., in 1863, was taken up the other
day for the purpose OF rearranging
the family lot in Jaffrey, n. H., and
was found to be petrifed 1t was
estimated that the weight was from
600 to 700 pounds When alive. his
weight was 1875 pounds Ills fea'
lures, clothing, and the flower
wreath around his face were all as
perfect as the day on which he was
buried.
@-A Philadelphia lady visited
tho Centennial a few days ago car
rying in her pocket-book a pair ot
diamond earrings valued at So, 900
formerly the property of the Em
press jewels, were sold in Now
York. When the lady returned
home she found that the earrings
had been taken from her pocket
book, but whether they were stolen
when she was in the street cars or
when she was on the Centennial
grounds she does not know.
The cultivation of the willow
is contemplated by some Americans
in this country. AS the willow for
the manufacture OF willow. ware il
this country is imported from
Europe at a cost of s5,000,000 q
year, they think that by cnltivating
superior grade. they vnu make ,
profit Of $3.50 per acre. This brancl
OF trade is commanding quite an in
terest, and it is ass erted that fully
5000 articles are constructed from
willow shoots, the most common of
which are chairs, sofas and baskets.
V-A swindler in Chicago, during
the recent great fair, dressed in
homespun clothes, made the acquain
tance OF farmers ut hotels. and fool-
ed them in new way. After invit,
ing a victim to take walk, he re-
marked that sharpers were plenty,
and they had better let their pocket
books with the clerk. He displayed
well-tilled wallet, the victim hand
ed over his. and both were tied to.
gether and left with the clerk, the
swindler taking check, with which
he soon returned and got all tho
m oney.
~A Springfield, Ohio, specia
says two large buildings of the Mi
ami powder mills, located fourteen
miles west OF that city, blew up with
terrific violence, about two o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon. Michael
Dencare was blown to atoms and
several other persons severely injur-
ed. The concussion was so great
that windows were broken miles dis
tant, Antioch College, at Yellow
Springs, was considerably damaged,
and the shock was felt with great
force at Springfield, Xenia, London
and other points The damage is
estimated at $4,000.
Eay"A false alarm of fire on the
evening OF the 3Oth nit. created a
panic in the Chinese Theatre on
Jackson street, San Francisco. The
building was crowded, and in the
rush made by the audience to escape
by the single means Of exit, nun,
Der Of persons were trampled upon.
The police dragged out the bodies
Of twenty dead persons and about
the same number Of wounded. The
Chinese refused to render an y assis
tance, and the actors continued the
performance until they were stopped
by the police,