The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-12-13

week i'm Seebold 4 Runkles' store or
on the street, seventeen dollars in
money--one $40 bill, one So and one
81. The finder will confer great
favor by returning it to Miss Ella
Dunkleberger, Middleburgh. Pa.
The U. b. Sunday School will hold
a Christmas festival in their church
Tuesday evening, Dec. 25, and the
Union will hold theirs in Seebold's
Hall on Monday evening oath, and
the Evangelical in their church on
the french flats on the same evening.
George Prutzman, the new black
smith moved to town last week and
will now be found at the stand vacat-
ed by Mr.. Hartman ready to accom-
modate our people who need any
thing in his line. Heis recommend
ed as first class mechanic and al
ways guarantees his work.
EcLIPsEs FOR THE YEAR 1885. There
will be five eclipses next year, three
on the sun and two on the moon.
The first is total eclipse of the sun
on January |, at 8 o'clock, five min
utes in the evening visible mt the
setting of the sun. The second is o
partial eclipse of the moon on Jan
uary II, at 1919 in the morning !;
visible here. The third is an an
, nular eclipse of the sun on June 90,
1 ut o'clock, "a minutes in the eve
: ming invisible here. The fourth is
: n partial eclipse of the sun on July
= II, mt 3 o'clock, "A minutes in the
n evening invisible here. The fifth
y is n total eclipse of the sun on De
/. cember -, mt 7 o'clock, 4s minutes
g in the morning invisible here.
Il Ex- Commissioner Henry n. Wetzel
of Kroamer, whose barn burned
n down last year through which he in
f Cured a heavy loss, recently struck
4 another streak of bad luck in the loss
d of his best COW for which he had
f been offered S35 IT came about in a
% strange manner, too. Two tramps
d n man and woman, camped i'll the
4 woods near his house over night
a They had with them large vicious.
+. looking dog. The brute attacked
IS Mr.. Wet2ers cattle and singled out
this COW, ran her down, tore both
ears off and broke II leg for her. Mr.
e Wet2cl ordered the dog killed anG
II made the tramps bury him. He en-
! deavored to save the cow but after
j several weeks of doctoring was com
c PEELED TO shoot her. The tramps hat
Z no money and Mr.. Wetzel is out tn,
u value of the COW.
Il Robert Middleswarth, of Troxel
= vile, John 5. Hassinger and his sol
% Nlillard, who accompanied UnioI
# county party of five to the Sever
4 Mountains for two weeks hun
# returned Saturday, having killet
70 four deer. Two were shot by Mar
Wagner of Hartleton, one by JOIN
$. Hassinger aud one by Rob Mid
II dleswarth. The last mentioned wa
II n remarkable shot. 1t was an ole
i doe and had run up to Mr.. Middles
u warth within fifteen steps, but n
t. he is little deaf he did not hea
Il her but saw her "scud" off and whel
81 she had got nearly two hundre,
n yards away and was pulling" 70
D. all she was worth Mr.. NJ got bea
ct on her and dropped her dead in he
Iy tracks. Mr.. Middleswarth is prob
al ably the best running rife-shot il
al Central Pennsylvania.
O. An UNFORTUNATE TRAvFLER-Al
Allenville, Mifflin county, man had
series of mishaps the other day ol
rs his journey to McVeytown, and il
st sneezing his false teeth went out O
IN the open window.
le He left the train at Lenfellow an,
n. started back after his teeth, tri
1t of four and half miles. He foun,
Il, them, but the conductor had hi
III ticket and he concluded to walk. L
ID crossing bridge he had to max
G good time to escape n train comin
b. in his rear. Then he attempted t
it board freight train, throwing hi
II overcoat on the rear of the caboose
and catching hold After run G
IN several yards, finding he could no
III succeed, he let go, when he wa
thrown quite distance, receivin
~ several ugly wounds. His overcoa
was thrown off by the the condu,
ne tor, and he finally got to his destin,
ny tion mounted on shanks mare
BeHJonte JVatchman.