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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-01-28

Middieourgh, Jan. ~, W.
The members Of Stetlsr's Cornet
band, their wives and sweethearts
gave NJ. X. Hassinger, Zone OF their
inost faithful members) a birthday
surprise party on Tuesday evening.
They had prepared eatables for a
lunch and at about eight o'clock the
two sled loads made descent on the
house and found him In the cellar
kitchen playing dominoes with the
boys, and his good wife patiently look
ing on. To describe all the fun we
had would take up whole page OF
the PosT, but we venture to say few
birthday parties ever passed of more
pleasantly and satisfactorily than this
one to all concerned.
The time is approaching when the
citizens will be called to attend pri-
mary meetings to select candidates
for borough offices. A contemporary
opportunsly remarks that people who
are interested In the welfare OF their
town should carefully look over the
field for proper candidates, resolve to
20 to the primary meeting aud select
only such men for council, school di-
rectors, and other public places as
they would be willing to trust to
manage their own public business.
The man whom you would not trust
to manage your own business is not a
fit man for you to vote for to manage
the business OF the whole town. Re
member this fact when you attend
the primary meetings.
MILL DAMs.-As we have been re
quested by a number OF readers OF the
Posr to hunt up and publish the law
regarding fish ways In dams, In Mid
dlecreek and other tributaries OF the
Susquehanna, we publish on our sec.
ond page an act OF March 28, 1908
which has never been repealed. 1t
will be seen by this that 1t 10 IN easy
matter to compel owners OF mills OH
Middlecresk to provide their dams
with fish nays. ~ the creek was de-
clarsd pablle highway by an ac'
some time q ssvsnten hundred. The
mill dam non uddsr consideration l.
the notoriouS loovsr's Dam, which h
dsai-opsn-on- d-sbut e ~ neh ~
~ e e1see .s'..'.- CO.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-01-28
PHILADELPHIA q Erie r r Division.

NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY.
Trains leave Sunbury:
s7O M, For Bellsfonte, Erie and Canandai
gus.
81 %, For Lockhaveu.
10, p N, For Bcliefonte, Kane snd Cansn
augua.
$50 . 10, For Rsnova and watkins.
olsa m For Cattawissa and Hsze lton.
IL 20 m and Is p IN For Wilkssbsrre.
ebs IN, II 0S . IN, S 20 m. For ShAmokin
. d Mount Carmel.
Trains Lssve Sslinsarove Junction;
. 80 9 m, arriving at Phtladelphia 10 p IN, New
York 10 p m, Bsltsnore 20 p m, Wash
50 . N, srriving ct Pbiisdelpbia 50 p m, Few
York e36 D m, Baltimore e&S p N, Wash
tngton 10 pm.
slI . N, arriving at PhiIadeiphla , 20 . IN. New
York; 90 . IN, Baltimoreb 26 AN, wash
ingtonS 30 q IN.
Train also Leaves Sunburv;
es . IN, arriving at Philadslphias 9 rs . N. New
York II % Q N, Baltimore 8 10 m, wash
ington 20 m.
WOOD, oenr Pass Agent
CHAs. r. PUiB, Gsn'l Manager.
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Look at the nugures on the label Of
your paper. Those figures tell you
THE pATK TO WHICH YOUR sUBSCRIP-
TSoN n PAID. Within 3 weeks after
money u sent, see II date Is changed.
No other receipt Ia necessary.
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sQ-eDsr 6iends throughout the county viii
tSs to~ns, Villages and neighborhoods. send
~ the plain facts, and We Will dtess them up,
Nye.fbe. Oar soinmns will always be open
eSAsse who wish to speat through them on
SkoesL or local questions OF public interest ;
Spt vs viii not bold ourscli responsible for the
eVaaisns they may express.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-01-28
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
PENNA. II. II, DIVISION.
Time Table, In effect April 6, 1886

Trains Leave Lewistown Junction
l234, q M, s 90, . m, OF, p IN, b.s, MI For
PiusbarH and the West.
IA 40, a IN, For Alltooua.
71 N. For II huntingdon.
so IN, . So IN, I ~ . m, ~ p mo 20 p m,
II % p n, For Phiiadolphis, New YorkaBAiti.
more aud Washington.
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Court Proclamation
WHEREAS the Hon. Joseph

w Buchsr President Judks Of the Judi
eiai Districi composed Of the counties of Snyde
Uuiou and N ifnln snd samuel A. ws.ssi aud
and tor snyder county have Issued their pre-
cspt bearing. date tue ats day OF Ian. A. ID
isss, TO me directed for the holding. ~ an on
81 Oyer and Tsrmin insr and General court o.
Quarter Sessions Of the psscs ~ Middlebursh
tos the county ot snydsri on lhe eth Mopday
(bsiny the AND day Of len. iss',l ssd continue .
Nosies is therefore hereby given 10 the Oore.
psr, Jusiioss Of the pssse Snd Ooastsblea IN
psopSr pSv.oss 9Th thsif rolls vsccsds. isSs .
sitIcus. e oxanluAsions sud ether smsnhr. .Seu-
% those tAsoNs - thsir oelees and in their hss
M pssssie ~ = Gosss So Y
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7 ICENSE NOTICE.--Notice il
IL hereby given that
Theophilus Swinefari. Franklin township,
Jacob ~ Smith, Midllcburgh borough,
Edward y. Miller, West Perry township,
Aaron y. Stahi, Perry ownship.
REsTAURAsT LIcESs..
q. A. Glass, froebnrg.
BoTrLERs LioENsH.
A Mitchell & Son, Sc. .ins3rove borough,
have nicd their petitions for TavoTn, license
with tho Clerk OF Quarter Sessions OF Snydei
proval on Monday, the 33nd day Of Feb. next
And now, Jsnu,ry 18th, 1871, Il 10 ordered
that the Clerk OF the court Insert In the publ.
cation OF Tavern Licenses hereafter n notice
that . II Licouses Rrau,sr by the Court will be
nuil and void, unless tito appiioant shall iiit
the same within fifteen days ansr the same
shall have been granted, by The produo OF y
receipt from the county Treasurer TO the CLERK
OF :.id Court that the Licsss, g: n,, % sssn
' WV. wIrTBNMY IN. Uisrt u. 8.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION.
Seven Persons Injured, Three of Whom Will
Delight Dwelling Houses Burned.

PITTsBURG, March 19.-By an explosion of
natural gas, at Murraysville Westmoreland
county, this afternoon, seven persons were in
jured, three of them fatally. The explosion was
followed by q fire, which destroyed seven dwell
ing-houses. The names of those fatally injured
are Mrs. Harry Taylor William Taylor,
Mrs Taylors father-in-.aw, and Nellie Hanker
young girl about fourteen years of age. The
others injured were three children of Mrs. Tay
lor. They were quite seriously burned, but the
physicians say they will recover. The CHARTERS
Gas Company was making connections from the
McWilliams well Ia roarer just struck) to their
main line. The heavy pressure caused break
in the pipe, and the gas, escaping in
large Volumes soon filed the air and
the houses in the vicinity. Before the crack
could be repaired the gas caught fire from q
CRATE in the house of Mrs. Taylor, and the ex-
plosion followed. The flames shot up in all di-
rections. Mrs. Taylor. with her three children,
her father-in-law and Miss Hanker were seat
ed on the porch in front of the house.
They were eveloped in the flames and
terribly burned The house took fire. and the
flames quickly spread to the adjoining buildings
destroying seven of them in a short time. The
McWillams well caught fire also. and is now
burning fercely, the flames leaping fully two
hundred feet in the air. There is great excite
ment, as it is feared other wells in close proxm-
ity will be- ignited. The loss on the buildings
destroyed was So. 900.
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Brief Mention.

At Taylorville Charles Pittman was sent to
the penitentiary for one year for bigamy.
AT Sandwich, Fred jay. youth aged eleven
years, while standing on the track was killed by
a passing train.
The cornerstone of st. Annes Episcopal
Church was laid at Anna on Thursday, with i'm
posi- g ceremonies.
Joseph Enos, section hand, was on hand
car, near Litchfeld. when it was struck by a
train. He was killed.
Ellsworth Newman, deaf and dumb man,
walking on the railroad track, near Marshall,
was run over by train and killed.
Mrs. F. Saltwater, of Rockford, attempted sui
eide by opening vein in her arm. When found
she was unconscious, but her life may be saved.
Alexander Millican, perhaps the wealthiest
farmer of Marion county, was married, on Thurs
day, at Salem, to Mrs. Martha Hart of that
place
The school principals of Coles and adjoining
counties met in Nation, yesterday and organ
lied principals association. They will con
tinue in session to- day, discussing questions per-
tanning to school supervision There is good
attendance and lively interest.
At Belleville, the jury in the case of Jennie
Albrecht, charged with the murder of George
Baker, an engineer on the Short line, returned a
verdict of not guilty. The killing occurred in
June last, and no person witnessed it. Mrs.
Albrecht claimed it was an accident, and her
account of the affair was told in straghtfor
ward manner
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Fight Between Kentucky Farmers.

ternoon, eight miles south of Greensboro. KY,
fight occurred between John and Dick Ftz,
father and son, on one side. and John Grant on
the other. The men are white farmers and
neighbors. Fitz had some cattle wounded, and
blamed Grant for doing it. They notified him
to leave the State, else they would kill
him. He declined the invitation, and armed
himself for emergencies. They laid siege to
Grant in the house where his family were, and
also the family of one of his colored farm hands.
The Fitzes fired about fifty shots into the house,
Kidding the doors and windows. Grant re-
turned the shots as fast as he could safely do so,
and was wounded, but not dangerously. One
colored child was killed, and another is said to
have been wounded
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Burning of the Fall River City HaIl-The
City Records Destroyed.
FALL RIVER, Mass. March 19-Shortly after
7:30 this evening flames burst through the roof
of the City Hall, a threestory granite structure.
The fire burned fiercely for an hour, when the
roof fell in with a crash, scattering myriads of
sparks and burning fragments of the
building on the roofs of the neigh
boring mills, but without any disastrous
effect The flames were confined to the city
hall, which was entirely Quilted. The Edison
Electric Light Company lose about 81 900 on
tools stored in the attic. The city records were
all destroyed, the safe not being fre-proof The
loss on the building is estimated at $3.50 900; no
insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown.
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why He Didn't "Catch On.
Albany Express.

hIUdHy EApI5b5.
''As 1 was remarking. Grover said Colonel
Dan Lamont, as he looked up from report of
Senator Edmunds's speech. on meeting the Presi-
dent for the first time on Wednesday morning,
lit is not wise to fool with the business end of a
mule or the claw edge of buzz-saw Some men
may do it, but when they get through with the
job they not to be recognized by their friends
Dan. don't understand your references, said
the President, gravely. "That," responded the
gallant Colonel, with slight acerbity, that is
probably because your mind has got into con
dition of innocuous desuetude." There was a
brief and appalling silence, and then the Presi-
dent and his secretary both looked out of the
window and sighed before they went to work on
he morning mail
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Fatally Hurt in a Collision.

NEW YORK, March 19-Late this afternoon
two heavily loaded ferry boats one plying be-
tween this city and Jersey City. the other be-
tween New York and Hoboken, came into COLI
river. The Jersey City boat plowed a
hole some eight feet deep into the projecting
side of the Hoboken boat and for time there
was panic among the passengers.
Both boats reached their docks in
safety and landed their passengers
Four persons were injured on the Hoboken as
follows William DAILY, aged seventeen years,
Hoboken, had both feet crushed SO badly that
they had to be amputated above the ankles Nor
timer Wright, nineteen years old, of Jersey City
Heights, eftleg injured badly that it will have
to be amputated; George Hermann. of Hudson
City, N. j., right foot badly bruised; John
Swirnand, of West Hoboken, ear cut The first
two will probably die.
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regard to the accident to the steamer Oregon,
on which he was a passenger. The points he
makes in brief, are these: The hole made in
the vessel, which was on the port side, was
caused by force from without, because it
walked him, and he noticed that the vessel was
leaning to the starboard. Had it been
the result of an explosion from within,
the vessel would have leaned TO
the port side from the weight
of the inrushing water Furthermore, when the
attempt TO stop the hole was being made, he
leaned far out over the vessels side, and saw
that the iron plates were bent inward, showing
that the force came from without AS to the
night. he says it perfectly clear, and that
any vessel, large or small, with without
lights, could have been seen four miles away.
Boston telegram saws: 1T is feared here
that the schooner which was sunk in the coils
ion with the steamer Oregon was the Hudson.
from Philadelphia, for this port, with coal,
which is now three days overdue.
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Father Alerding and His Catholic Critic.

Father Alerding and His Catholic Critic.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
San Irish Catholic" not combining himself to
the question at ISSUE dwells on topics
entirely foreign to the object and sub
ject OF my lecture He also drags
the personality of the writer into the discussion,
and throws out base insinuations All of which
has absolutely nothing to do with the simple
question: Was it Puritan New England or
Catholic Maryland that first proclaimed
and exercised liberty of conscience? 1t seems
his remarks are aimed at the lecturer rather
than the lecture Now, if HAn Irish Catholic
still choose to make he will first have to give
his name to the public. III. ALERDING
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20

Mysterious Fate of an Evansville Man.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE March 19.-About five months
ago George Stokeley, son of a prominent mer-
chant of this city, and VIM. Upton, son of the
present chief of police. Mr.. London, left here for
Knoxville, Miss, to take charge of saw-mill.
Stokely correspondent regularly with his parents
until three weeks ago, when his letters suddenly
ceased. Last Monday his trunk and val:se were
received here and were followed by letter
yesterday, in a strange hand which said: 1--WE
have sent Georges clothes home. He will never
need them again. The letter aroused deep fear
on the part of the parents, and parties were
telegraphed to at Knoxville but no reply has
been received. Relatives think that foul play is
at the bottom Of the mysterious letter. No
word from Upton, his companion, has been re-
ceived, and it may be that he, too has shared
Stokeley's mysterious fate
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The Petroleum Fields of Russia.

ST.. PEsERsBURa. March 19-The government
mas taken steps to thoroughly develop the petro-
leum fields of the peninsula of Apsheron, on the
west coast of the Caspian sea. It has called q
convention of scientists. engineers and oil pro-
ducers to meet at Bakuk, on the south side of
the peninsula, on March 81, to discuss plans for
the promotion of the oil trade. Among the
problems which this congress is desired by the
government to solve, are the best methods for
building up a large trade in the export of Rus
sian petroleum, and the best standard and rules
to adopt. They are also to consider the subject
of exempting from duty all articles utilized in
the business of producing and refining petrole-
UNI, and the best means to improve the harbor
of Bakuk. so as to facilitate the shipment of oil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
The Chess Contest.

Mr.. Steinitz commenced playing the seven
leenth game in the worlds championship
tournament soon after l o'clock this
afternoon. The opening was the queens
sambit declined and was drawn on the
Gfty-second move Time-Zukertort, l hour
and 30 minutes; Steinitz, 2 hours and 80 min
utes. At the conclusion of the game there were
as many members of the club present as the
rooms could accommodate comfortably. Inter
est in the contest seems to be increasing. The
next game will be played on Monday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
1t Has Not Improved Since Last Week-Fifty-
Five Thousand Workmen on Strike,

NEW YORK, March Especial kilograms to
Bradstreet's report no real improvement in the
movement Of general merchandise throughout
the country, with the exception of the increase
in the Eastern traffic of the California railways,
owing to cut rates. At St Louis, and southwest
thereof there is continued stagnation, and much
impatience is manifested at business centers
throughout Missouri, Kansas and Texas owing
to the continuance of the strike and the conse-
quent embargo trade. Brighter weather and
moderately active order demand for seasonable
goods are reported from Cleveland, Detroit, Chi
cago. Burlington, La. and Kansas City. At Eastern
centers business has not improved, but is equal
In volume and promise to that of week ago. In
general 1T has been uneven with the most
strength shown In dry goods. Stocks OF the
latter in first hands lighter Higher wages
paid mill operatives tend to advance prices, but
the prospect of labor troubles renders the market
heavy and uncertain Jobbers doing better
than last week Print cloths are frmer at BIC,
less per cent, for CAS- Wool is now in limited
demand, and is heavy and lower in price. Mill
supplies are light, but the labor troubles are
held by mill-owners to be menace to the trade
outlook. and holders are shading prices at the
Seaboard.
Iron presents few features beyond the weak
ness OF unfinished iron at Pittsburg, prices OF
which as low as they were last autumn
while quotations for pig are 81 SO higher Pitts
burg is reported more bullish on pig-iron than
any other producing center
The general industrial situation has not i'm
proved The strikes of the Southwestern rail-
way employees of the bituminous coa-miners
and of the textile mill operatives continue, and
strikes at Pttsburg of 1900 employees of the
National tube works, and Of 1,500 cloak and
sut-makers at New York bring the grand total
of those on strike up to So, 900.
Wheat is duller and lower again on a Western
0StImata of q haaVIar IN .IuIv than had
been expected. Bradstreet's estimates, from
available data, point to total stock visible and
invisible, on July next, of about 6O,000,000
bushels on both coasts. Other grains present no
features Hog products, though in strong
hands, are not active. Low prices for sugar in
London affect the market here. Coffee is easier
under small demand, and heavy offerings of
tea at auction have had like effect.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
ILLINOIS.

Officers Search Grape Creek in q Vain En-
deavor to Find Humphrezs.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
DANvILLE, March 19-Acting upon irstruc-
tons from Chief of Police Ebersod of Chicago,
officers from this city went to Grape creek this
afternoon to arrest Mike Humphreys. mentioned
in connection with the Rock Island express
robbery. They have just returned, and
report that Humphreys fed last night
and cannot be found. Superintendent Mcclure.
of the mine in which he worked, said he worked
the 18th and 18th, and was at the companys
store at 10 o'clock on the night of the robbery.
Humphreys is believed to be hidden in some of
the numerous coal mines about Grape creek
The fact seems to be that Humphreys is wanted
for forgery, and that he is unwilling to meet the
charge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
Ere and Loss of Life.

NEW YORK, March ia fire of unknown
origin occurred tonight in five-story brick ten
ement on Avenue G.. tt started in the rooms OF
Ludwig o. Bech, who had wife and four
children on the fourth floor Mr.
Bech and three of his children
were out The fremen soon extinguished
the flames, and found the dead BODY of Mrs.
Maria Bech and her infant son Frederick.
They had been suffocated by the smoke. The
fremen also came on the almost lifeless body of
an unknown man. 1t is thought that he went
into the room when the alarm was given, and
was overcome by the smoke. The damage by
fire was slight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
Warm weather in Europe.

LONDON, March l9.-The weather has sudden
ly become oppress.vely warm The thermome-
ter to-day has registered 62o in the shade 1t
has risen $40 since Wednesday night. This sud-
,en and rapid change from the long spell of win
~ weather, which. with heavy snow-storms,
AS prevailed over Great Britain for several
,seeks past TO almost the summer heat OF this
attitude overlook the people entirely UMPIRE
pared, and has proven extraordinarily oppressive
and troublesome.
In Paris there has been a.similar rise in tenn
perature. and several persons have been attacked
kY sunStroke
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Trichina in German Hogs.

WASHINGTON, March 19.-The Secretary of
State has received a commune Zion from the
consul general of the United States at Berlin,
in which he states that within the last few
weeks not less than thirty or forty cases of
trichiniasis have been discovered in Zuttichan,
town in Silesia. and vicinity. Similar cases,
the consul general says, are reported from time
to time from other places in Germany showing
that the theory which led to the prohibition of
American hogs has received setback by facts
which cannot be denied Mention is made of
the great sensation created in commercial circles
at Berlin, caused by the bill lately introduced in
the United States Senate, the fate of which
the manufacturers and exporters of Berlin look
upon with no little degree of anxiety.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-20
Socialist Riotfng in Belgium.

BRUSSELS. March 19-The parade Of unem-
ployed Socialists in Liege, the iron maunfact
uring center of Belgium, last evening, resulted
IN disorderly demonstrations mob composed
of Socialists and the worst classes Of the people
took possession of many Of the streets, shouting
down with the capitalists" "Down with the
bourgeosie.' and attacking the shops. They
wrecked all the cafes, and indeed, all the shops
in the Rue Leopold. The gen -darmes finally at
tackled the mob, and after severe fight, in
which many of the rioters were wounded sue
ceeded in clearing the streets and restoring or
der Several hundred Socialists who took active
part in the riot have been placed under arrest.
. 1t is reported that while the burgomaster of
Liege was dining with the Able Liszt, at a hotel
in that city. yesterday, mob of Socialists
burst into the room and threatened to murder
the occupants They did not, however, attempt
to carry out their threats. 1t is feared that a
great strike will be inaugurated at Liege to-day.