The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-08-30

father Rev. Orwig.
Ira Schoch's twin boys, George
and Johnnie, are visiting with their
aunt Mrs. Jere Grouse.
Miss Clara Dorm, cashier in her
brothers store at Elkhart, Ind. is
here spending her vacation.
Quite number of Snyder county
people are attending the Grangers'
picnic at Williams Grove, this
week.
Joe. Cleland and II. r. Reigle re-
turned home from Shamokin on
Saturday and remained with their
families over Sunday. They still
report plenty of work at good wages.
CAUTION caution all persons
against selling my son VIM. p. Felty
anything on my credit. / will not
pay any debts contracted by him.
Aug. 1G, 'SS. 3w. II. W. FELTY.
G. G. Seebold must be selling dead
loads of pianos and organs. Scarce
ly day passes that he don't haul
an instrument from the depot.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Squirrel hunting begins next Sat
urday, September 1st, though some
of the habitud poachers, who can
never bide their legal time have been
cracking away at them for the past
two weeks.
ANOTHER HUMBUG.-I used the
coal-tar paper roofing for my house,
built less than three years ago. The
roof is already rotten and falls of
in pieces. Pass it around.
l. II. BowERsox.
Middleburgh, Pa, Aug. 81.
They have fair prospects for a
famine in ham and eggs up in Centre
county since our devil is up there on
visit. He left on Monday morning
loaded down with guns and amuni
tion for squirrel hunting. He'll re
turn in n week with everything lost
but the patches on his pants.
The Sunday school ut Hassinger',
will hold a picnic in Bowers woods
mile west of Middleburgh on Sat
urbay, September s. The Middle
burgh band will furnish the music
1t is probable that the Middleburgl
Union school will join in the cele
bration. Full particulars next week
Mrs. Herman, the female contrac
tor in the Kratzerville elopement
has returned to her family sadder
and, we hope, wiser woman. Mr.
Howard Kline, her chum, is still al
large, and his personal property was
sold for debts week before last 10y
the sheriff.
The administrators of Benjamin
Wittenmyer, late of Franklin, decd
disposed the real estate on Saturday
ut public sale. The town property
was struck off at $3.50 to Miss
Amanda Wittenmyer, and the farm
forty two acres-waS purchased by
Commissioner Samuel b. Walter, fol
S3360.
There will be Il social basket pic
mic, by the Union and Evangelical
Sunday Schools of Beavertown il
Henry Kern's Grove, abouts mil,
northwest of Beavertown, Snydel
county, Pa, on Saturday Septem
Der LIST. 'SS. The music will be fur
nished by the Troxelville band. Elk
ercises begin at 10 o'clock n. M. Al
are cordially invited. Positively nC
Hucksters allowed. Refreshments
on the ground. Come one come all
and enjoy yourselves. COMMITTEE
While John Gephart, n ston,
mason, of this place, was stoopins
down to put II stick of wood under /
stone he was working with Thurs
day afternoon about three o'clock al
the railroad river bridge, close tc
where some large rocks were bein
unloaded from the ears, n very heav,
one bounded from the log ON whicl
it was dumped and falling on Mr.
Gephart killed him instantly, hi,
neck, jaw, ribs and legs being al
broken. His remains were inferred
in the Episcopal cemetery Saturda,
afternoon, followed to the grave b,
the G.. A. II. post of this place and
many friends and citizens, and bur
led according to G.. A. II. rites
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