The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-02-18
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Middleburgh, the county seat OF
Snyder county. Is without a bank or
telephone. Happy Middleburghsrs.
Centre Hall Reporter.
! Neither have we any poor tax to
/ pay In the borough or any one con-
fined 10 the county jail, but have q
credit In the county treasury Of nearly
$4,000. Our county has an iron-clad
Republican majority OF six hundred
and has no court house ring.
Sheriff Middies warth on Wednesday, Feb. II,
disposed of the following property Of Peter Ret
gle at public sale "a acres o land, to Horace r
/ 1l ,ver, Mifninbury. for 1880. The store and
dwelling house, situate In Adamsburg, to Thos.
J. Smith Esq., Tor 1880. The balance OF the
pop,rty Was sold to Peter r Reigle for s42,s,.
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Any soldier OF the Pennsylvania
Reserves. who was mustered into the
United States service and honorably
discharged before his term OF service
expired, can hear OF something to his
advantage, by addressing W. Hayes
lGrier, Harrisburg. Any officer Of the
Reserves, who was promoted from
the ranks, can also hear similar news
by addressing Mr.. Grier.
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! ID. r. Hassinger Jan I, 1887
Last week we lost three nights
sleep trying to study out n new de q.
sign for Sol. Oppenheimer's trunk
advertisement. When the paper
came he wrote us by return mail
that IL we could not put up q better
ad. for him we should shut up shop,
burn down the Office and use it for
oucuinb bsr patch. This broke us all
up and In moment OF dispair told the
boys TO study upa real fisshy one for
him this week. They sent to New
York fort design. It's before you |!
Look at it. It's entered according to
act OF Congress, but we will stop
breathing until we hear from him.
The ice floods OF last week did con
siderable damage to bridges and mills
along Penns and Middlscreck. Along
Penns creek, the bridges at Kratzer-
vile and at Schoch's mill were com
pletely destroyed, while the bridge at
Selinsgrovs sustained slight damages.
Schoch mill Mt New Berlin sustained
Is to the extent Of several hun
1nh Srs. All the bridges along
-oreek we're more or less dam
aged but none to the extent that can
not be repaired. Hoover's Dam.
which was partially rebuilt, Is com
pletely wrecked. The owners declare
they will not rebuilt It. II they do
the people of the county will assist IN
debating plans for it. We have writ
ten for ''inore light" on the subject
and will inform our readers on the re-
suits. Those who have written to us
regarding the matter will please ex.
cuse us for not answering by letter.
Petitions were una availing so long as
the dam was not totally destroyed.
An alleged history Of Bully Lyons
appeared in the Harrisburg Sunday
telegram OF last Sunday. 1t made old
! Bully out an angel, all but the wings
> although his ears may have beer
intended for that. "Bulley" does not
figure In our estimation as detective
OF great ability. The first tiuie we
met him was in Nevada, O., where
Ettinger jumped the train for him
and escaped. He lodged Mary Hartly
In the Bucyrus Jail and came back t.
Nevada the next morning with Mar.
, shall Frank Harmon in search oi
D Ettinger. He had been crying, and
!. we asked Frank what was the matter
/ with the man. He said that he
Lyons) was a detective and had los,
his reputation. We never inquired
whether he found it again. His dime
novel account Of the capture of the
n kintzler murderers Is so chuck full oi
n Inaccuracies and false hoods that we
do not deem 1t worthy OF publication
!, In it he describes the people OF Sny
der county az half-clothed and mex,
Z to savage. But bless his soul, we've
] hung better men than he u