The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-06-21

borough OF Selinsgrove Will be ex-
anined in the High School Building,
June &c. Examination will begin
promptly at 8 o'clock.
CHAs. w. HERMAN,
Co. Supt.
Editors, as a rule, are always kind
hearted and liberal. An exchange
tells of q subscriber to certain pa
per who died and left fourteen years
unpaid. The editor appeared at the
grave as the lid was being screwed
down the last time and put in linen
duster, q Thermometer, n palm leaf
fan and receipt for making ice.
The prospects now are for an abund-
ance OF apples and grapes, while
peachers, plums, pears and other
fruits will be very scarce. The wheat
fields have greatly improved within
the last month, and we will have an
abundant harvest. Plenty of hay,
corn and potatoes. Oats stands well
but is backward and will be short.
On Tuesday the new Campbell CYL
ender printing press on which the
Posi- is to be printed arrived at the
depot and Is now resting there until
we have built foundation in our Of
fee on which to place IL. 1t is mon
ster and weighs over two aud three
quarter tons. The PosT will appear
in brand new dress on the second
week In July and enlarged from its
present size to forty-eight columns
There will be no advance In the price
Of subscription.
The unusual large sales experience
ed by q, @. Gutelus this spring COM
pells him to send almost daily for
new lines In clothing, hats, caps, and
gents furnishing goods. In this way
he is always enabled to keepup with
the latest metropolitan styles. The
ready sales enable him to discount
his bills, which is n great saving-tbe
benefit of which goes to his custom.
ers. Should you want anything in
the clothing line you will save ten
per cent. 10y calling on him.
Alexander Page, son of Alexander
Page of Freeburg, who was confined
in the Juniata County Jail for forgery
broke Jail in company with another
prisoner on Monday by cutting a pat
tern of the prison key in broom
stick and molding it out of pewter
spoons that came in their possession.
The Sheriff of Juniata county re-cap-
tured Page Tuesday morning at his
parents home, in Frecburg, where he
found him under bed. The other
prisoner is still at large but Page has
given him away and the officers will
soon have him in hands.
On Monday while tho carpenters
were raising the roof of the Central
Hotel, and while two forty foot
lengths of roof were on stills, one side
gave way and shot down on the pave-
mcnt breaking into splinters. The
other side also fell, but it rested on
the building covering a number Of
the men and seriously injuring JONES
Enterline in the back. Franklin
Bubb received an ugly scalp wound
tat. III -l,t
bruises. Scarcely any OF the twenty
men escaped without any hurt and 1t
was a mericle that none were killed.
A CoMMoN-SENsE RENEDY.-Ip
the matter Of curatives what you
want is something that will do its
work while you continue to do yours
a remedy that will give you no in,
convenience nor interfere with your
business. Such remedy is Allcock's
Porous Plasters. These plasters are
purely vegetable and absolutely
harmless. They require no change
OF diet, and are not affected by wet
or cold. Their action does not inter
fere with labor or business {; you Can
toll and yet be cured while hard at
work. They are so pure that the
youngest, the oldest, the most delicate
person of either sex can use them
with great benefit.
Beware OF limitations, and do not
be deceived by Misrepresentation.
Ask for Allcock's, and let no ex-
PLANTATION or solicition induce you to
accept u substitute.
r. F. Brown, w. w. Wolfe and Ed
ward Shanghnessy, Of Lewisburg,
were out surveying, on the south side
of New Berlin mountain, June z.
Returning home, they passed the
residence Of Spyker Smith, some two
or three miles south Of Lewisburg
After they had fairly driven past the
house a woman in great distress en-
erged hurriedly through the door
calling frantically to the men "Fol
Gods sake For Gods sake, men
come into the house !" They stopped
at once, and repaired to the house
Frank, a son Of the owner, aged prob
ably 80 years, confronted them, with
his clothing disarranged, and blood
oozing from his throat and right side.
He attempted suicide by cutting hi'