The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-09

lutll uISt SlIJlnS lOf tnc new year,
on Monday, reelected all the officers
of the old year, viz Clerk, ]. p.
Aurand, Attorney, II. Alleman, Jan
itor, john 5. Stetler. The Jury
Commissioners also filled the box
for 1890, and the county Auditors
are busy auditing county's accounts
of the old year.
What the matter with the wealth
er, anyhow Here's lively fly buz-
zing around our ears rs we write .
the blue birds are singing in the
fields the maple buds are swelling
ready to burst into leaf the Gro
cuses and hyacinths, and other
flowers that are want to "bloum in
the spring are poking their heads
up through the mold the thermom
eter indicating II temperature of
60 deg. in the shade-and all this on
every day of January . Has the
weather clerk lost his grip on the
elements, and is no longer able to
control them ! There's screw loose
somewhere.
Rev. Smoycr, of Fredericksburg,
Pa, will deliver lectures in the
Court House, Middleburgh, on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
Jan. 2S and 30 The subject for
Tuesday evenings lecture People
we can do without and Wcdncs.
day evening The Modern Locks
of Sampson Rev. Smoycr re
quires no recommendation from the
press as his fame is not unknown
to our people who have heard the
comments of those who heard him
at last springs commencement cx.
ercises III New Berlin. We hope he
will be greeted by II large audience,
for he certainly deserves all the
house can hold.
The Middleburgb Band has been
granted the use of the Court House
to hold a grand Musical Convention,
commencing Monday, February 3D.
The band has the material and am.
bition to make this one of the most
successful Musical Jubilces ever
held IN The county and they certain.
ly deserve all the encouragement
they can get in the matter. They
have struggled for existence fol
many years, and have now reached
Il point OF great promise ON the
musical ladder only by overcoming
almost insurmountable opposition
by dint of their individual and col.
lcctiye efforts. May they succeed in
not only advancing the musical in
tcrests of the county but reap a
rich financial harvest from their
efforts.
Ieno Feesc, Of Beavcrtown, died
on Saturday evening last and was
buried on Tuesday forenoon. In
the death of Xeno the Posr has lost
Il warm friend and able contributor.
and the county young man of cX-
ceptional ability and of great prom
Use. He has been contributor to
the Posi- for II number of years and
his articles were always read with
interest. We recognized in him all
the traits of II first class cOrrespon-
dent-quick III deserving scandal
from news, perfect III his compost
ton, practical, pointed, and newsy.
Unblemished III character, incor-
ruptible in practice, Just, upright,
impartial, fearless, and free. We
loved him-the people loved him,
and, loving, mourn.
On its run from Bellefonte to
Lewisburg, the passenger train mar
rowly escaped destruction last Mon
day evening, Near Cherry Run OF
miles west of Lewisburg) the loco
motive jumped the track on light
curve, and proceeded to hunt an ip-
dependent rout. The entire train
was dragged from the track, but
fortunately, nothing was upset.
Had the engine not stopped when it
did, however, it would have tumbled
over, resulting, perhaps, in the kill
ing Of engineer Tussey and his fire
man. The train, well filled with
passengers, was pretty badly dam
aged but no one suffered the least
injury. The cars stood in such n
position that the stoves could be
heated, and all were comfortable
until relief came in the shape of an
extra train. The train was moving
along at ordinary schedule speed.
Had it been running rapidly, the
result would undoubtedly have been
errible,-Le'cis6ura Chronicle.