The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
CLEANED FROM ALL SOURCES.
The Main Facts Related without
Unnecessary worda

neighbor Bruce Linger, both living near
Weston, w. Va, have been arrested for max.
ing counterfeit silver dollars.
J. H. Scott, proprietor of the Bradford
House, at Marietta, o. was thrown from a
buggy Wednesday night, sustaining 1, juries
from which he died In few hours.
Mrs. Mary L. Barsdull, the oldess lady in
Wayne county, o., died in Wooster, aged gG
years. She was n native Of Mercer county,
Pa, and resided in Wooster since childhoo /.
| The tremendous sweep OF the n o IL the
eastern part Of Pernsylvauia may in meas
ure be uuders ood by the fac; that the Lost
Log Committee Of Williamsport, reports that
l25 go 600 feet of timber has been r ever
ed, including that carr ed into the Chen.
osake Bay.
The suffering among the coal miner, in
Clay County, Ind, has become so great In It
Governor Hovey has issued an nppe Al 60 the
people Of the Stat, TO aid tn I'm at once. He
says the Legislature has never made fin n
ciel provision for such nn emergency. and
there is no money In relch which he coul
divert 10 the purpose OF relieving the starry
ing people.
The farmers Of certain sections Oh Indiana
are greatly exercised over the appearance Of
small green bugs In numbers inuum rabl,.
which Threaten TO destroy the crop, OF VIII eat
oats and rye, or at least such portion there,f
ns is backward. The bug attacks the grain
at the base OF the head and saps the life out
Of it. The parasite has appeared in ssv era
counties, aud has already done gro at deal
OF damage. Its species is unknown.
The property lost by the recent Il od TO the
people OF Johnstown Is now set down at sl2.,
COO 900, to the Pennsylvania railroad at
about "a, ,0c0 ,0O1. These figures are not near
so large as those published first, but they are
far larger than thcss representing the loss by
any Aood in this country before.
Patrick O'Sulivan has weakened and told
all that he knows about the murder OF DIR.
Crouin. The details Of his confession bave
not been made public, but Chief Hubbard as,
serts that he will have all of the con'pirators
arrested inside OF two weeks Onicr Col,
lins has identified Burke, and steps are being
taken for his extradidon. The grand jury
is nearly Through with its work OF investi'
cation.
Venezuela has been revolutioniz,d, and that
too, without drop Of bio )d being shed. The
absolute reign of Guzman B,anco has com,
TO an end. The people have risen AMI oven
throsn his power. II will probably max,
an effort to reign control, but viii be defeat
ei. For the first time in years the press Is
free. The capitol OF the republic is the seen,
OF great rejoicing.
A nre in Vancouver, Wash. destroyed
four blocks in the busine 3 section, compris-
ing mostly frame buildings, about thirty in
number. The loss will reach $4,000, with
light insurance.
Mrs, Beckham, formerly Of Canal Dover,
O., killed her child aud then committed sui
eide at Sterling, Kan
TIE Surgeon Generals report on the sani>
tary ndition of Johnstown is an especially
gratifying one. 1t shows that there is little
disease there except measles, and no prospect
Of any epidemic.
Major Mckinley refuses 10 be consile
candidate for Governor OF Ohio.
A man n mel Graham is about to attempt
to go over Niagara Falls in boat
One Campbell, who claims himself as the
Messiah, has gained large following
among the cllored people Of the South.
Evidence against Burke, charged with the
Cronin murder, is accommodating, aud 1t Is
though his guilt will be proven
Harry Flnmm, bookkeeper at the Marine
National Bank, Plttsburg, was arrested,
charged with the embezzlement Of funds. 1t
is claimed that he has appropriated $500 to
his own use in the past two years.
At Johnstown twenty>one bodies were
taken from the ruins Saturday.
General Simon Cam ron's physicians have
given up all hope OF his recovery.
Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes is thought to be
dying.
David Mann and wife, of Lewisburg, w.
Va, quarreled, after which Mrs. Mann inn
mediately proceeded to the barn and com.
mitted suicide by hanging.
May Sommers, the l9-year-old daughter of
one of the leading summer residents of Cape
May, n. j., eloped with her fathers French
cook, and was married at Camden, N. J.
Thirty-one persons living at Findlay, o.,
were poisoned on Saturday by eating pressed
corned beef Prompt medicine saved their
! lives.
The Washington (Pa) Electric Street Rail.
way Company has been chartered with a
capital OF 100000, Work on the line will
begin at once.
Secretary Tracy has ordered that Indepen-
dence Day be celebrated in the navy yards
by pulling down the old flag and running up
the new, with the ~ stars on it.
All arrangements for the reconciliation
of the Wabash Western and Wabash East
ern roads are completed and will take effect
July /, when the Wabash Western manage
mcnt will assume control.
Boiler Explosion.
AT midnight boiler in the brewery o