The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
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The captors OF Holxhay, the lone highway
man, ore now fighting for the reward offered
for him, $1,000. There are five claimants.
Charles LarlSin, of Stanford, Conn.,, pro-
fessional base ball player, was found dead at
the Occidental Hotel in Quincy, III.
The grand jury at Washington, d. g., re.
fused to indict Mrs. Annie NJ. Rowland for
embezzement while acting as matron of DIR
Hammond's sanitarium.
The first fast mail train from Omaha to
Portland made the trip in fifty hours aud
twenty-four minutes, the best time ever made
between the two points.
Fred Brunni ny and wife, dssipated cou.
pie, were found dead in their house at Pres
colt, ont. Brunning is supposed to have
killed his wife and then took poison
The Chicago Gas Trust, 1t is said, has In
the last few days obtained absolute control
OF 80, 100 acres gas lands in Indiana, and
President Billings is satisfied that inside of n
year the city will be supplied with natural
gas.
In his closing address TO the X. of L. Gen.
eral Assembly, Mr.. Powderly said the pres
ent conservative policy of the order had re-
suited in placing it in better condition than
ever before. He asked that his salary he re-
duced from 5000 to a., 90, but the Finance
Committee and the Assembly refused to al
low il to be done.
Alta recent murder trial in Missouri, he
Jury brought in a verdict of murder in the
second degree and fixed the defendants pun.
ishment at u term Of % years in the peni-
entiary.
The Knights Of Labor in General Assembly
adopted n resolution in favor of making elec.
ton days in all the States legal holidays.
The Quinnebang and Juniata, which have
been condemned by boa'd of survey, were
stricken from the list of vessels in the Navy.
They will be advertised and sold
Geronimo, the Apache chief, has embraced
Christianity.
New York City Worlds fair subscription
TO date-si,O74
An expedition with stores has gone from
Zanzibar for Bagamoyo TO meet Stanley and
his party.
Adyices from the squadron fleet state that
in heavy seas the Yorktown proved to be
the roller of the feet.
The proposed marriage of Prince Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria to the Princess d. Alencon
has been abandoned.
The French election bureau by vote of
l3 to II has invalidated the elections of NJ.
Naquet and General Boulanger,
DIR. Talmage has secured corner. stone
for his new church in Brooklyn from Mars
Hill, where st. Paul preached to Athe-
mans. DR.. Talmage peached there to many
people, taking as his text; Then Paul stood
in the midst Of Mars Hill and said: 'Ye men
of Athens, perceive that in all things We
are too supersttious.
new oil well was struck in the Shanno-
pin, (Pa) di trict, yielding 10 barrels an
hour.
Stephen Pettus, Secretary and Treasurer of
the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, commission
merchant and member of the Cotton Ex.
change, was shot down on Fulton street.
New York, by Mrs. Hannah Southworth, n
young widow. who emptiei the five cham
bers of a 30-caliber Smith & Wesson in Pet
tus's head and body.
Last month one faction Of Samoa elected
Mataafa king and Malietoa vice king; the
other elected Malletoa king and Tamasese
vice king America, Germany and England
may have to settle it,
Edward A. Greene& Co., wool commission
merchants of ofPhiladelphia, are sending cir
culars to persons Interested in a high tariff
on wool soliciting their aid in defeating
Reed for speakership.
Miss Caroline Fitzgerald OF Ltchfeld,
Conn, was married at London Saturday TO
Lord Edmund Fitzmaurce, formerly mem
ber of parliament and under secretary of
state in Gladstones cabinet.
business in Missouri ana who have failed to
comply with the antitrust law, have been
revoked
John 0'Bren, submarine tunnel ex-
pert, is under arrest at Cleveland for having
destroyed the water works tunnel to supply
work for himself
Major General o. o. Howard, U. s. A., in
. recent speech said the country will not be
ready for service pensions until l>05-thirty
years after the close of the war.
The Chippewa Indian Commission has
completed It's work over 3, 00,00I acres OF
Minnesota lands will be ceded TO the Gov
ernment, for which the Indians will get over
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