The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-24
NEWS NOTES

Ihe Princc OF wales has been warned by
his physicians that he hes Brights disease In.
curably fastened upon him, and that tn,
chances are against his living out the year.
The Queen has been thrown into grave
dependency by the tidings, and is living
more secluded life than ever.
The sixteenth annual convention of tn,
National woman's Christian Temperenc,
Union will be held at Chicago from Novem.
Der to II.
Several persons have been arrested in tn.
City of Mexico charged with stealing ;2, 500,
OUD worth of unsigned bonds from th,
National Treasury.
Conductor Brown, of the Houstan and
Texas railroad, was brutality murdered Fri
day night by man whom he put of the
train for refusing to pay his fair. Blood
hounds have been put on the murderer's
trail
Ben Cunningham, an insane negro, board.
a Chicago street car Saturday. As he was
armed with a huge knife it did not take him
long to clean out the car. He was finally
captured after terrific struggle by two ofii.
GERS.
A wreck appeared on the Atchison, Tope,
ka aud Sata Fe railroad in which three pas
sengers were perhaps fatally hurt. Con-
iuctor Thornberg prevented the wreck from
taking fire by holding the stove in an up
right position. His hands were severely
burned
The King Of Portugal died Saturda,
morning after lingering illness. The sue
Ccssor to the throne is the Duke of Blagan-
"a who will be crowned Charles
The entire family Of W. Carey and Mrs
Durbin in Fayette county, Ind, were pois
oncd by drinking well water. Mr.. Carey
die Saturday, Mrs Carey and Mrs. Durbin
aud her child are still alive, but their recov-
cry is doubtful
a negro and white man named Robers
connected with Burkes Horse Show, quar-.
relied Mt Greenyllle, Ala. The black poured
a can Of gasoline over Roberts and another
lamp literally roasting the unfortunate man
alive. One OF the miscrcants was arrested and
the other escaped.
Work on the northern end of the Fair,
mount and Clarksburg railroad, in West
Virginia. has been entirely completed, anC
the southern end of the line will be finished
by the LIST of November.
Ex-Governor John f. Hartranft died at
his home in Norristown, Pa. For long
time General Hartranft has been declining
=. l. 1,l
could not combat the ravages Of pneumo.
nio which attacked him few days ag).
The bodies of 81 of the men killed in tn,
explosion at the Bentilee colliery,a London
have been recovered.
w. l.. Jordan, son OF the Postmaster nj
Manchester, Virginia, has been arrested by
means of decoy letter on a charge of rob.
bing the mails.
The Whisky Trust in session at Chicago
is making desperate efforts to get complete
control of the market
l.. II. Ammidown, Of New York, has re-
signed the presiden cy Of the American Pro
tective Tariff Asso citation.
The next session of the National Board o,
Trade will be held in Washington, the first
Tuesday ofnext February.
The desire of the Canadian Government to
establish fast Atlantic service to compete
with the ocean greyhounds that ply between
New York and Europe seems to be irustra-
ted, for the time being at least.
Joe HilIman, the condemned murderer OF
Herman Seidcman, the peddler, made con
fession at Woodbury., y, j., to Sheriff Ridg
way and Prosecutor Perry. In his confes'
sion he implicated David McG.ll, farmer
living near Turneryillc.
The consumption Of oil well supplies this
year has been unprecedented. The increase
in the price of oil has brought about such u
state of affairs, and the supply men are &C,
cordingly jubilant. Never before in the his.
tory of oil well supply companies, has there
been such a demand for goods.