The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

wife and two children in Oregon.
Dan Leahey, n resident of the Ninth ward.
Pittsburgh, shot and fatally wound d his
trother-in-law, Thom1s Miller. The mur.
der occurred in saloon at No. 1896 Penn
avenue, which be ongcd TO w. S. McKenna.
who died last Monday.
Aaron Bean, a negro. was killed by mob
Of infuriated citizens near Jasper, Texas
Weines lay.
Rev. DIR. Zerby, professor Of Hebrew at
Heipelberg College, TifHn, o., has been
chosen President of the institution.
AT Chicago n young m1n named Clark was
instantly killed by his arm coiningn contact
with nn electric wire, receiving the full forco
Of forty>eght current.
A mass meeting Of citizens composed Of
10Th parties was held at Cooper Union, New
York. and nominated Hon. A. S. Hewitt for
Mayor.
Miss Tillie Iugersol, Of Washington. Pa.
demanded $4,000 damages from Richard
Stewart Willis, of Brooklyn, for taking her
affections aud not taking her, but when the
case came To- trial hcr attorney a,icd for a
iiscontinuance of the suit, she to pay the
Costs
Congress has passed the bill allowing YES.
'els not carrying pass ,ngers TO use petroleum
,s full on permits issued by the Secretary Of
The Treasury and without the consent of the
Supervising Inspectors.
The New York Court Of Appeals has re-
versed the judgment of conviction against
Alderman McQua lc
Lewis Sanders, farmer of Hancock
county. West Virginia, while drunk fell from
his horse and was killed. He was s. years of
age aud leaves a family.
During the past two weeks there have
teen twerty-two cases OF typhoid fever at
Shermansville Pa. Every member of j. H.
Findley's family is down with tn disease,
The Bunk of England has raised its rate of
discount to 3 per cent, says the Boston
Herald, an advance nf per cent. Five per
Mt. may fairly he regarded ns high rate.
for it has been reached but twice in five years,
and exceeded only thre, times in the past
ffteen years.
ShericlS & Dillinger's cokc,works, nc
Pennsville, Pa, ia ovens have been fired up
after prolonged idloness.
William Lenori and Miss Dolly Henry, OF
Parker, Pa, eloped ono night last week and
were married at jamestown, n. Y.
Burglars enterel the merchant tailoring
establishment of w. ii. Glbboney, at Urchs-
vile, o., and carried away goods TO the value
of 500.
daughter Of Solomon Hei.er, OF Miltcu
township, Mahoning county, o., fed carboic
acid to her baby brother, aged months and
killed the child.
A young man named Clark, mn employe Of
the Thompson, Houston Electric Company al
Chicago, was instantly killed by an electric
shock from wire.
Mrs Elizabeth Tilton is threatened with
blindness Sinco the IN morable scenes Il
Is years ago, in which she figured so cons
spicuously, Mrs. Tilton has led n quiet life
with her mother Mrs Morse, and her two
sons. For several years her eyes have shown
signs of failing, but it was not until very re-
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The body of Mrs Anna Rowland, who was
buried in the bunker churchyard Carlisle,
Pa, recently, has been exhumcd by ghous,
They wero frightened oil and the body was
left lying on the ground until carel for by
relatives. 1t was thought she had been buried
with diamond rings on her fingers and other
rostly jewelry.
The International bank Of Berlin has been
founded with u capital OF 100000 1t alb
serbs Goldberger's banking business without
taking the liabilities The directors include
Goldberger ard Dcssauer, manager of the
Rotshchilds' Vienna house, who are president
and vice-president respectively.
Chief Justice Fuller took his oath OF Office
and assumed the active duties Of his position
Monday.
Francis W. Williams, aged 6l, senior part
ner of the extensive banking and commission
house of Williams, Black & Co., of New
York, shot himself dead in the Grand Union
Hotel, owing to worry over the troubles Of
the firm, which was caught in the Hutchin>
son squeezo on wht at
Mr.. Henry Clews, the Wall street broker,
says the extraordinary corn crop should be
taken into the account when the brei quas-
ton is considered at should be remembers
ed says he, THAT corn is food for both III IN
aud beast, and the most who'e 'ome and nutri-
tious at that. Ny own experience in recently
substituting cora food for wheat has resulted
in increased animal spirits, and recommend
that hereafter corn be SUBSTITUTED for wheat
until the latter receies to its proper level"
John Williams, of Lima, o., went home
after a long spree, quarreiei with his wife
| put revolver to his head and killed himself
Manager George Hurd, of the Springfield
Telephone Exchange, is short $1,000 in hi
| accounts an has been removed
The Akron Ministerial Association ap
pointed committee of laymen and pastors I
secure the enforcement of laws requiring
stores TO close on Sunday.
John Cash, confined in the lookup a
Massillion, for larceny, committed suicide o
Sund,y night by hanging He first tried
cut his throat, then to drown himself, an
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