The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-01


nary bargains in Clothing, Gents
Furnishing Goods, &c, for the next
80 days in order to make room for
fall goods.
Col. A. G. Simpson has disposed
of his Market street property to s.
Weis, of the Central Dry Goods
Store. Consideration, $3.50 The
Colonel and his family will make
their future home in the Vest
SelinsgroUe Times.
The Commissioners of Snyder
county have awarded the contracts
for the stone work and filing of
bridges advertised as follows:
Ulsh's to Robert F. Bilger,. gee. S275
Hassinger's to Reigle & Spaid, 1885
Bowersox' to Reigle & Spaid, 1856
Burns to Joseph II. Hendricks, 800
SETTLEMENT NoTIcE.-The books
of the undersigned must be squared
up on or before September l, 1889.
All accounts unsettled by that time
will be given in the hands of n col
lector. Please give this your imme-
date attention, aud oblige
j. A. MoATz x Bro,
Middleburgh, Pa.
The Phillipsburg Journal thus
huns Bury the croaker out in the
woods in II beautiful hole in the
ground. where the woodpecker
pecks and the bumblbee huns and
the straddle bug straddles around.
He is no good to this city of push
too impractical, stingy, and dead,
but he wants the whole earth and
all of the crust and the stars that
shine over head. Then hustle him
off to the bumblebee's roost and
bury him deep in the ground he's
no use to us here, get him out ofthe
way and make room for the mar
who is sound.
, Owners of vicious dogs may read
{ with profit the following law in re
ference to their animals IF any
{ body is attacked on the highway by
dog, the party has the right to xii
the dog, and the owner can be helC
: accountable for any injury inflicted
by the animal. Even on the prem
ises of the owner of dog, should ,
I party be attacked and injured, afte,
: endeavoring to protect himself, thu
|. owner can be held responsible fol
, damages inflicted, provided it cal
l be shown Mt the time he was i'll pur
G suit of business or on II friendl!
visit. Ii dog by barking ut pass
ing horses or vehicles OCCASION
9 any damage, its owner is liable 70
Q the loss sustained"
il Hon. Thomas j. Smith, n promi
nent lawyer and Democratic politi
clan of Snyder county, Pennsylva
MIA, accompanied by his wife, arriy
: ed in the city Tuesday on a hyinI
: visit here and over in Michigan
~ Twenty-three years ago last sprinl
!; Mr.. Smith and the present editor o
: the Times came to Indiana to estab
lisb the Ligonier Banner. Indiana
= , climate did not agree with MI
!, Smith. and after the Overwhelming
, defeat of the Democracy at the ia,
i, election of that year he returned t
his old home in Pennsylvania, re
Stunning the practice Of law at Mid
:, dleburgh. He has prospered finel,
and besides his lucrative law praC
- tice has IA snug income from sewers
productive farms. Bend, Inc
l. Daily Times,
On Thursday afternoon, July Il
70 Mrs Michael Slime, of near Mai
= land, Miffiin county, requested he
y 9-year-old daughter to kindle fir
in the kitchen stove, which she die
= but the fire proving stubborn sh
- poured some kerosene on the smolt
= ;. ering wood, and fame gushed u
= and exploded the oil can, THROWN
y the contents over the girl and he
- two little sisters, aged and year
|, respectively. The mother was i'll i
: bed in room adjoining the kitchel
!, but she Immediately scrambled on
y " and did what she could to put OF
. the flames, which she did not a
- - complish until all the unfortunai
20 20 children were horribly burned. Sh
- then rang the dinner bell and sun
= :; moned her husband and wotkme
y from the harvest field to the seen
" The children all died at an eal
hour on Friday morning.