The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-02-13
Pennsylvania.

A carefully wrapped up babe was found
in a basket by Washington policemen Thurs
day night.
Leman Wallace, aged 80. died Of pneumo-
mia at Taylorstown. lie was first attacked
with the grip.
Henry W. Bane, aged 80, one Of the oldest
residents of Washington county, died at
Washington Thursday.
Citizens of Williamsport are vigorously
protesting against excessive insurance rates,
and number of people have pledged them
selves to throw up their policies unless the
rates are decreased.
The Kelly & Jones Iron Works, at Greens.
burg were discovered to be on fire Thursday
| night, for the third time within the past 10
days. Afler hard work the lire was extin-
| guished. A detective will try to ferret out
| the incendiary.
Bishop 0'lIara has installed Father
| Symensky, Polish priest from Buffalo, rs
pastor of the Polish Catholic Church, at
! Plymouth, near Wilkesbarre. II Is thought
that this will end the long standing trouble
| in that parish, as the Poles have all along
demanded the appointment Of a priest of
their own nationality.
Jacob Downing, aged fifteen years, who
had been employed rs n pumper on an oil
well on the llutchison farm in Parker town
ship, Butler county, was scalded to death by
the blowing Off Of Hue in the boiler, near
which he was sleeping lie attempted to
crawl out of the boiler house, but was too
| a..
extinct.
1t is estimated that It will require the labor
Of 2,OcO men - years to extract all the coal
| from the territory between Reynoldsville
and Sykesvllc. which is now being opened
up by Bell, Lewis e Yates. The coal is Of
superior quality the vein ranging in thick.
ness from five to ten feet II will be drawn
out by electric cables, and the mines bril-
liantly illuminated by electric lights.
The Somerset County National Bank has
commenced business with capital stock Of
something over sJO %. The following OH.
GERS have been chosen: President, Captain
! c. j. Harrison; Vice President, VIM. Il.
Frease; Cashier, Milton j. Pitts; Directors
Hon. w. II, Kountz Harrison Snyder,
Jerome stuff, John II. Snyder, Jonas NJ.
Cook, Josiah Spccht, John stuff, Hon
Noah $. Miller, Joseph Il. Davis. VIM Ends.
/. Icy, Hon. Samuel Snyder.
A tract of land near Claysyillc, consisting
of 200 acres has been leased with an option
ON the balance, comprising something over
6Oacrcs, by /. +. irwin The operati ons
are to bc commenced within 40 days from
February 10.
Albert Andrews was sentenced nj Bell.
fontc To be hanged for the murder Of Clara
! Price, at karhousc no November - last
Andrews eyinced no emotion, and when
asked If he had anything to say was silent
David w, Morgan has been appointed
postmaster at Franklin.
Captain Thomas NJ. Fee, Of Conncllsyille,
has been appointed crier OF Fayettc county
court.
John lIodgson's 4-months' old baby fell
out of bed into pail Of water, at Erie and
was drowned.
Chains Touring mill at Layton's station,
was destroyed by fire. involving loss of
about $1,000
Elder David White, who died at his home
in Oak Forest, Greene county, had preached
the Gospel regularly for sixty years and had
preached several time, within the past year.
He was born in Greene county and was u
contemporary Of Alexander Campbsll, whose
doctrine he adhcrcdto. With the exception
of the briel illness which closed his life he
had never been sick three weeks all told