The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-06-24
General Garfield Is self made
man, aud he made good job of it,

man, aud he made a good job Of it,
That good old man Tildcn has
plugged up tho barrel. Now there
will be trouble.
People who have lost their wits
within u few years past will como to
their census this year.
An oil fro at Titusvillo, Pa, Inst
week, destroyed about forty build
ings and $50, 900 barrels OF oil.
Franco exports to Europe Sli0,-
600, 900 worth of manufactured ar
ticles in excess of what England ox-
ports.
A track of $4,000 acres on the
Northern Pacific railroad has been
DO ight for COLONY from Belfast,
Ireland,
A vast deal Of wire has been sunk
under water, $1,000 miles OF SUBJ
marine telegraph being now in opor-
alton.
Two Tioga county cows locked
horns the other day, and tho owner
had 10 saw horn off before they
could be separated.
Garfield can preach, pray, fight,
logislato or enforce law, just MS the
needs of tho country demand the
service. -IorriSborg felcgrWh.
a women of pretty fnco. pieain
manners aud fair education is con.
vict in the Virginia peuitentary, aud
vas sentenced for horse stealth 4.
Tho New York SIN has n long ar
.iclc entitled IN tho Mountains Of
the Moou,' Since tho Chicago
nominations were made tue S,n has
been decidedly moony.
Ga Tunslly General Birnsi l.
was reelected senator from Rhode
Island by tho legislature Of that
state. His reelection is well
merited ccmlliu ut.
When Lightning strikes in New
Mexico it never docs any damage.
Tho ieason is that there isn't any
thing in tho territory thnt is worth
enough TO sustain damage.
The biggest snake story Of the
season is pronounced by the Wheel
ing Led,ier to be that Of tho man
who once saw boa constructor swal-
low New Joisoy mosquito.
! A gentleman in Paris has dought
actign against cabman who was
engaged to carry him to n burial at
the cemetery, bat who accompanied
tho wrong funeral procession
Between 1875 and 1878 Lord Fall
mouths turf winnings were $G33,
99j. lie never better, yet he has
retired f.om the turf possible think
ing that such good fortune could
dot last longcn.
The Hon, John Cessna, who was
one of the steadl0st three bundled
and five who adhered to General
Grants fortunes to the eud ,concurs
thoroughly in the pr, vailiug judg--
meut that General Garfield is, after
all, the strongest candidate tho
convention could have nominated.
General Robert Toombs, of Goor.
gia, was recently asked ii he would
sell fifty bushels of fine wheat for
distribution among the farmers of his
state The general refused to sell
for such purpose; but said: I'll
that is what you want with il | will
give you one hundred bushels"
The Democratic papers are hard
to please. They said Lincoln was
a baboon ani that Graut was a
butcher aud other bad things, and
that Hayes is a milksop aud
now they arc commencing to find
fault with Garfield. Will they new
er be satisfied with the President
we give them
: Nis n singular fact that Hon. jas,
B Weaver, whom the Gleenbackers
nominated as their candidate foi
President at Chicago, is an Ohio
D man, having been born ut Dayton
. And he is the same man who has
, been making himself 30 ridiculous
, in congress during the past session
by introducing aud advocating bills
for flooding the country with do
= preciated currency, and for making 6
: pablo distribution of tho money in
the treasury. MIR. Weaver is an ar
rant demagogue He is well placed
! at the head Of ticket which Kear'
ney and Dc La Matyr helped tC
make, Bet how did it come about
that the Greehbackers had nothing
to bestow upon b. +. Butler, theil
l guide, philosopher ana friend in 9th
. or days : They did not even give q
complimentary nomination to Hen
drick B. Wright, who has worked sc
hard TO preserve it. aud who has
sought 10 have bill passed giving
every poor man $500 aud q mule
Thoss il apparently no such thing
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