The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
CLEANED FROM ALL SOURCES.
The Main Facts Related without Un.
necessary Words

Morrison Renshaw the manager of George
Castleman's campaign in the Tenth Congress
sional district Of Missouri, and Charles ID.
Brockmin, a saloon keeper have gone crazy
in consequence of the election excitement
Jules LEES, miner, and bis helper, boy
whose name does not appsar on ths com,
| peny's books were crushed TO death by fall
| Of slate In ths Willow Grove mine of the
Jumbo Coal Company, near Mcdonald, Pa,
on the Panhandle Railroad. They were works
ing in drift when the crash came and they
we're buried under tons of slate.
Miss Anua Dickinson has brought suit
against the Republican National Commits
tee to recover 81 $50 which she claims to be
due her for campaign services In Indiana,
saying the agreement was that she should
have IS coo In the event Of the election Of
Harrison,
Mrs, Scott, near Dresden, Ont. whose hus-
band habituilly came homs intoxicated aud
whipped her, Wednesday night beat him TO
death while he lay helpessly drunk she
was insane, and no wonder
The Salgot lrji coal mine In Hungary is
flooded with water Twenty miners were
drowned.
Seventy thousand followers Of the Mahd
nttacke the town Of Wadai, west of Dnrfoor
The garrison repulsed the assailants and kill.
I'd 5000, but the Mahdists re-attacked aud
captured the town, The Sultan Of Wadai
Il, d to Ghiri.
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applied for divorce from her husband.
Welch is missing aud it Is supposed Lo is
dead.
The Pittsburgh 81 Western express killed
Columbus Swanzer, n veteran from tho Mil
waukae Soldiers Home, at Akron, Ohio.
The northern part Of Lycoming county.
Pa, was visited 10y Il tornado recently. which
resulted in the destruction Of from eight to
ten thousand dollars worth Of property.
Charles Robinson, colored, and Henry
Smith, white boy, were taily injured in
the Sorrel Hill Mines, at Mcdonald, Pa.
Robinson will probably die.
DIR. Leander Frestone, of Wooster, O. one
Of the best known physicians in Ohio, died at
his home Saturday, from the effects of a
stroke Of paralysis on Tuesday night.
Two young m,n. giving tho names Of Jas.
Horner, Beaver Falls, Pa, and Isaac Living
stone, Canton, o., are in jail at Massillon,
D., for attempting TO rob William Hoffman,
u saloonkccpcr of that place.
Tho large b rn on the Gilmore farm. ad-
joining Unontown, wBs totally DESTROYED by
lire Saturday morning, together with all
contents, including 400 tons of hsy aud farm
Ing implements. 1t is supposed to have Leen
Mceudiary origin.
Edward McCue, his wife, Mary, Pat rick
Morrissey aud Owen Barns, all of South
Bethlehem, Pa, have been committed TO Jail
for hearing by United States Commissioner
Kirkpatrick, on charge OF perpetrating
fraud on the pension department.
Four miners named Joseph Muse, William
King, Peter Lord, anda German whose name
could not he learned, were severely burned by
an explosion o. fire damp in the mines of w.
ii. Browns Sons, near Boston, on the Yough-
ioSheny river, Slturd ".
Floods in Indiana, owing TO the rec mt
heavy rains have caused much damage, inun~
dating low-ying lands and sweeping away
thousands of bushels of corn.
Chicago Anarchists wanted to celebrate the
hanging of Spies, Parsons 4, Co., on Satur-
day night ly giving number of balls, hut
the police notified tho owners Of halls that if
the balls were given their licenses would be
revoked, consequently much angry talk is in-
dulged IN.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
has oyer.ruled the decision of the lower court
in the Bell Telephone case of Massachusetts,
and rendered decision against the COM
pany.
The anniversary Of the inauguration of
the first President Of tho United States,
George Washington, in New York City,
April 90, 1889, will be celebrated with be-
comipg ceremonies.