The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-04
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
CLEANED FROM ALL SOURCES.
The Main Facts Related without I'm
necessary Words.

necessary words.
Asecret "Qn circular has turned up 1t
begins: "a great many may think the strike
on the Q is getting to be an old story, but
such is not the case; the strike is just as good
rs IL ever was, and the men are just as deter~
mined and solid, and the company is losing
money as fast as, IL not faster than when the
strike first began. Wrecks are numerous"
The circular puts on a bold front, urges
brothers to be prompt with assessments and
says the brotherhood is bound TO win.
In I'm action brought by loser in large
grain speculation to repudiate his order on
the ground that dealings Of this nature were
contrary to public policy and in violation OF
| the law against gambling, Judge Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr, at Boston, maintained
that the resellng Of property before the day
Of delivery contracted by the original pur>
chaser was not prohibited 10y any law, and
that speculation was "A legitimate transic-
tion. lie took the hroal ground that specu-
| lation was the life Of commerce.
About fifty men were Mt work eAcava-
ting Q trench at Little Rock, Ark, Tues
day, when . bank twenty feet high cived
| in, burying three of them, the rest
csc, ,ping. Men were instantly set TO
work, but the three were dead when taken
out
An artificial pond SD feet above Val.
| paraiso, Chill, broke August Is. Torrents
IL feet high rushed through the streets.
Fifty.scven bodies have been recovered
and many will never be recovered. The
loss to property is very heavy.
The storm that was reported In the Gulf OF
Mexico Sunday has deyelope into a verita-
ble cyclone. 1t broke loose into the Atlantic
! Ocean, Monday, following the Gulf Stream
Sunday aud sweeping up the coast at live
| ly gait.
On September 25th the Centre of low bar
ometric pressure was somewhere off Capc
iiatteras. The sergeant in c1erge of the
Equitable Building predicted that the cyclore
would reach that latitude sometims in the af-
ternoon Of the 2Gth on its way to the north.
east
BY granting a subsidy TO n private steam
ship company running between Russian Pa
cifc ports and China, Japan and Corea, the
Russian navy has been materially strength
en,d. The steamers are 10 be pl iced at the
disposal OF the Car in case Of war.
Two unknown men successfully steered
John X. Lemon, of Allegheny, into a room
at % Pearl street, in that city, aud worked
the "bunco" game on him, realizing $4,000
in cash.
The women of Boston are willing TO ply
something for the privilege OF voting.
Twelve thousand Of them have hal Them
selves registered and assess d in order to
gain the right Of suffrage.
At meeting of the Ohio Methodist Con-
ference at Columbus yesterday, two jewish
Rabbs, Dr. Jesselson, OF Columbus, and DR..
Welcler, of Mississippi. were present and
were introduced TO the conferences. 1t is said
that this is one OF the first, II not the first,
case Of the kind on record.
The worst fears concerning prairie fire
losses in Dakota have been realized Huu-
| dreds of small farmers have sustained losses
ranging from slOO to $500. Nearly all the
hay in the south part OF Barn, county w,s
destroyed, !, aud the same my also oe said OF
whea. Near Montpelier, names OF dozen
have been heard whose wheat escaped Au.
gust frost only Co burn up in SepIemJer's
tire.
Still another victim has fallen at the hands
of London's famous Whitechapel murderer.
As in previous cases, ths last body found was
that of a fallen woman, and was mutilatsd in
the same fashion.
The Ohio aud Wabash Valley tobacco crops
are the largest known, as we'll as Of the finest
quality The Western Kentucky farmers will
meet ut Princeton to discuss thu advsabiity
of suspcnding raising one year, to increase
prices
Ur the persons VINO have been attacked by
yellow fever in Jacksonville one III ten have
died. At Memphis and along the lower Mis-
sissippi in 1878 the deaths were one Ia four.
An underground river, supposed 10 be Of
large dimensions, is reported to have been
discovered at Whitevile the county seat Of
Columbus, S. c. A roaring and rushing Of
water can he plainly heard, and hundreds Of
perso. ARE visiting the scene.
The Sioux Indians want the Government
To buy the Indian reservation outright at SO
cents per acre, which would yield them S.
| 10000, on the interest of which they would
bs a lie to live. The Indian chiefs will have
conference with the President on the SUBJ
| jcct this week.
Snow fell throughout England Monday.
The frosts of Friday and Saturday nights
seriously damaged the tot acco crop of Vir-
| ginia, of which 90 per cent. is still out.
Snow fell in several places In Southern Yer
mont and Northern New Hampshire satur-
day. Corn and fruit were considerably dam-
aged.
At Chicago the price of bread has heen ads
vancei cent per loaf, owing to the wheat
! squeeze,