The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

Saturday evening our otherwise
quiet village was thoroughly arous-
ed and turned into terrible ex-
citement by the cry of fire. The air
was cool and dry with slight
draught of wind from the northeast.
\ double-headed freight train that
had Just passed over the s. Il l.. II.
Il. threw sparks from an engine up.
on the roof of Mr.. j. G.. Snyders
large C3sxll5 feet with 1890 feet
wing frame bank barn about one
and II half miles east of town land
10 feet south from center of r. r..
track to nearest point of barn). In
very short time the entire building
seemed to be one mass of fire. Mr..
5. and son who had just hitched Il
horse to drive to town succeeded in
getting the live stock and two sets
of buggy harness out. Every thing
else was burned, the unthreshed
wheat from thirty-siX acres, upwards
of forty loads of hay, about four
hundred bushels of oats, between
six and seven hundred bushels shell
ed corn, lot of smoked pork, n
Wood binder, harvester, grass
mower, separator, drill, two buggies.
wagons, all of his harness, lot of
chickens &c. The loss is about
$4,000, insured for $1,000 IL is
supposed that the II. II. Co. will sus-
tain all the damage. Mr.. Snyder
intends building about seventy-fve
feet south of the old site as soon as
possible
Joseph Middleswarth bought four
and a half acres of land near town
from Peter Romig tohortly before
Mr.. Romig's DEATH for S21o.
A valuable COW belonging to Ed
ward Freed was killed by lightning
about two weeks ago. The animal
had been i'll field near town, and
was found dead in the morning.
Lightning struck the fence near by.
John Wetzcl, ST., frightened up
the appearance of his house by II
coat of paint.
Thomas N Co. shipped car load
of COWS and calves from this place
last week. This was the first car load
of stock ever loaded ut this station.
Archie Middleswarth bought n
five months old calf that weighed
$50 pounds for II beef. John Het-
rich thought it to valuable for beef
and bought the heifcr for $50 and
put it on his farm west of town.
The iron ore mines near town are
again being worked to some extent.
Hucklebonics are said to be very
scarce ON Shade mountain.
Blackbcrries sell at 5ccnts quart,
and are not very plenty at that.
a shower of rain passed over our
town last Thursday evening that
was accompanied by quite lot of
hail of every imaginable shape
and size from II buck-shot to II hull
ed walnut. Many window panes
We're wrecked.
Quite II number of our citizens AS
sisted in hunting for Mrs. Hassing-
er at Jacks mountain last week.
The necessary officers for the
Farmers Alliance were elected in
the Hall on Monday evening II week.
Messrs. Fees, Freed and Man
beck have received the machinery
for their stave mill near Middlebugh
and are expecting the engine this
week.
The weather has been unusually
cool since the hail storm.
Old Mrs. Polly Wand had para
letic stroke last Tuesday, since
which time she has been very Sc
riously sick, with very little hope for
her recovery.
Some rather cheeky character
went into A. b. Spechts store on
Friday afternoon, and in the alb
sence of Mr.. and Mrs. Specht took
ladies gold watch out of the show
case, The party had better return it,
as Mr.. S. thinks he knows who has
it.
Mrs. Ben Smith of Elkhart, Ind, |
is visiting friends in town.
John A. Reaiich has purchased n
new hydraulic cider press, and is
now prepared to accommodate per-
sons having apples which are very |
scarce article.