The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-01-02
GENERAL MEMS ITEMS.

nave been made on tue state Li-
brary.
-. The Millers' State Association
will meet in lancaster on January
IL, 1879.
kiss, but mover tell won't
che said I'm as ashamed Of it as
yor are.
:. 1T is thought that President
Hayes favors General Grant as his
successor.
-. Louisiana is afflicted with the
loprosy. There are fifty cases in
Lafourche.
The Potter Committee wishes
IL had never been born, aud yet it is
afraid to die.
After chase OF 100 miles a
Texan sheriff captured u nine. year
old murderer. -
Des Moiues has four brass bands,
and in some parts Of the city all the
cats have left,
... Boys. l2 to l6 years, are the
most accomplished cattle thieves in
Clearfeld county.
"When you cut, give me good
deal-said the hungry euchre player.
--Neic York Mail
49,. The British forces continue
to advance in Afghanistan without
much resistance thus far.
Why don't they give old Vesuvi
Gus rub down with sulphur soap
1t is said to be good for eruptions.
Failures aggregating $3.50, 900
were reported on Monday among
New; York cattle dealers.
go. Trains from the western part
of the state have been della, ed by
snow blockades beyond Altoona.
-. Miss May Forney cond ucts
the society department OF the Phila-
delphia Sunday Press.
.... Very rich gold discoveries
have recently been made in the vi
cinity of Leadville, Dakota Territory
.sSOO,OOO has been distursed
in current dividends to the stock
holders of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road.
80. America has one minister to
every 500 OF the population. India,
on the contrary, has but one to ev-
cry 100000.
49,. Gen. Robert Paterson, OF
Philadelphia, has entertained at his
table every President since Madi-
son time.
Wade Hampton had his leg am
putated on russday of last week, in
consequence OF his recent fall from II
mule while hunting.
-. Carlisle has, tho past season,
built one of the finest narket-honses
to be found in the State outside of
Philadelphia.
... The Reading Soup Society is
in operation for the winter, and
about sixty families are daily suppli-
ed with soup and bread.
"A thief at Alamosa, NJ. T.,
has distinguished himself by steal
ing a saw mill and all the apparatus
connected Herewith.
-. "A fire in the Fowler building
at Ann and Nassau Streets, New
York, last week, destroyed property
to the amount of $4,000.
The late Judge Jordon be.
queathed $1,000 to the elders of the
Presbyterian church at Sunbury, the
interest to so to the support of the
pastor.
"A novelty at the recent fair Of
St Paul. MINI, was team of elk,
well broken to harness aud very
gentle. They travel sixteen miles
an hour.
A man named Jacob Burrol
was buried two hours and half in Il
land slide near Topton, Berks coun-
ty, on Saturday, aud escaped with
ont injury.
=. The Washington county poor
house was destroyed by fire on Sun
day evening Of last week. Five OF
the twenty six inmates persisted in
the flames.
80. "A Welsh speaker, at a recent
meeting Of the British and foreign
Bible society, declared that there is
not a single infdel book in the
Welsh language
-. Rev. G. d. Mckay, one Of tht
missionaries Of tie Presbyterian
church, stationed at Formosa, China
has just married Chinese giil, MISS
Chang Mai Toons.
-. An Idaho man killed nnd
roasted his dog and then invited his
friends to an antelope feast. After
the feast they invited him to occupy
a new cemetery
Thousands OF tramps have arrived
in tho South for the winter, and
around Atlanta, Ga, no household.
er responds to ring OF the door bel
at night without carrying q shot
gun.
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