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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
BURNED WITH KEROSENE
The Horrible Crime ofa Husband, Who
Commits suicide.

The Horrible Crime ofa Husband, Who
Commits suicide.
Col"NuI\. :. c., July Cone ofthe most
horrible crimes on record is reported from
Colleen county. The crime was committed
ION Mary's island an unfrcqgented spot.
Idly Grant lived there with his wife,
Phoebe and anothe' woman, supposed TO he
too intimate with Grant, frequently visited
his wife. Wednesday last Grant Informed
the relations Of his wife that she had been
severely hurt the week before by the cxplo-
sion of kerosene lamp aud was in bad
condition. The rc catves found her
burned from her knees mp in front only, ter
ribly charred and speechless. She died when
an attempt was made 20 remove her. No
traces OF oil could be found ON the floor or
notraccs of Burning below the knees Of the
woman These and contradictory state
ments caused the arrest OF Grant but he
escaped from his guards Having heen run
TO earth again. he requested permission TO
return to his room for short willie. Almost
Immediately the report of a gun was heard
and it was found that he had placed the
muzzle Of his musket against his stomach
and eXplodedit, blowing hole clear through
himself. 1t is thought keroseu2 was poured
over his wife by himself and the other wo.
man. and that she was then set on ire.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
soFpENS IRON ORE.
A Discovery Announced by Westing-
house Agent

ST PAUL, MINI, July lS,-%. A. Daigh,
of the Westinghouse Electric Company, has
been in Tower Mimi, at the iron mines for
the last week, experimenting with electricity
and iron ore in the interest of his company
He declares that he has discovered a pro-
cess by which he can centre the rays of an
arc light upon piece iron ore, and thereby
soften it to such degree as to be able to work
it with greatly reduced amount of labor. 1t
has not yet been known with what success
his labors have been met
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
A BARGE CUT IN TWO.
The Lake Steamer City of Dotroit Di
the Work.

INC lIahe clGhmet Olly OF OotfOlt Dlt
the Work.
DETROIT, July l5.-This evening at G:30 as
the steamer CITY of Detroit with three ex-
cnrsion parties aboard was Just within tho
city limits, her steam steering apparatus gave
out and she sheered about and ran into the
steam barge kesota, owned in Cleveland.
cutting her completely in two amidships.
The kesota's cargo was iron ore and
it slipped into the river. Captain
Flick and crew of II were rescued The
mother of the stewart was drowned and the
captains wife was saved by seaman diving
after her as she was sinking.
Judge Nichols Of Batavia, o., was quite
severely injured by the breaking of some
shrouds. While the passengers were fright
ened, there was no panic. The damage to
the Detroits hull is placed at $4,000, and
she will be on the dry docks for three weeks.
The kesota was valued at 8 2o,0 900 aud is a
'otal wreck.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
THE BUrC HERS STRUCK.
They Would Sell Town No Meat Till II
Changed an Ordinance.

pANviLLE, VA, July Tone Of the most
curious strikes on record has just ended here.
Several days ago a butcher was imprisoned
for violating a city ordinance, vhereupon
ali the butchers closed their stalls and swore
ordinance was chaneel. Since that time
no fresh meat could be bought in the marke ct
for love or money, and the people were put
to great inconvenience. The butchers at last
decided that they were getting the worst of
the so'called st IKE and all will open at the
Old stand tom irr, ".
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
HE WOULD BRING RAIN.
A Young Lunatic Sets Fire 70 Church
for that Purpose.

NEVADA, No, July lG-James Howard
the ls-year-od son of a. II Howard Of Lake
township, near here, who has been dcranged
for several years, and was al one
time confined in the insane asylum here,
left his fathers house unday morning, say
ing he was going to bring on rain TO
save the crops. lie went TO country
church near by, which he set on fire, and
then started blaze in number ofhay ricks
half II mile away. He was detected and
arrested. lie declared that 1t was his inten-
ton TO have burned all the hay in the neigh
borhood, and also the new town of Richards,
in order to brig on rain. The fire in the
church was discovered and eGlnguished
before great damage was done. Howard
was taken at once before the probate colrt
and again sent TO his old quarters in the in.
sane asylum
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
KILLED BY A CONVICT.
The Attempted Train Robbery Near Van
Vert, o., an Act OF Revenge.

The Attempted Train Robbery Near Van
Vert, o., an Act OF Revenge.
VAS WEEr, o, July 2o.-The reported at
tempted robbery of train No, 4, on the Gin
oinnau Jackson and Micl igan Railroad,
Friday night, in which Engineer Vahicysn-
der was killed and Fireman Roodhouse
beaten into iuscnsbility, turns out to have
been an act Of revong, committed BY Blair
Mock, an cN.conyict. Mock killed Vande.
vander's son, at Huntington, in IS 1. Engi-
neer Vandeyander was the chef witness at
the trial Of Mock for the crime and Mock
swore vengeance against him in the court
room. Mock was seen at Enterprise, seven
miles south of here, yesterday, anl also in
the city this morning At 3 o'clock. lie has
not yet been arrested.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
THE WORK OF BUaGLARs.
Shorrodsvill, o., Almost Destroyed by
Fire, Causing q Loss of 100000.

Sherrodsvll, o., Almost Destroyed by
Fire, Causing q Loss Of $50, 900,
CAHroN, O.. July 2O.-The village Of Sher-
rodsvil c, in Carroll county, WAS swept Ly
fire Friday night. The loss is put at 100000.
John Jenkins and his son were probably
fatally burned Bo'h Of then NJre un-
conscious when rescued from a burning
building. The villagt was almost totally
destroyed and many Of the people are living
in barns Three of the burned buildings
are supposed TO have been plundered and
then set on fire by burglars, as two shots
were fired at the man who discovered the
fire A reward Of 81 600 has been offered for
the incendlaries
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
An Old Lady Bests Two Rattlers.

GREESsBuRa, Pa, July l7.-An old Lao,
named Burgler, 80 years of age, who was
Srolling over tue ridge at I.aurcsville, came
across two hugh rattlesn axes this morning,
each with IL rsttles, The reptiles at once
showed fight, and for while desperate
struggle ensued, but the old lady succeeded
in killing them both, and brought them
trlunlphantlY to town.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
Three Missing Bodies Found.

MINNEAPOLIS, July l6,-A searcher found
three missing bodies of the victims of the
Lake Gervais cyclone ea'ly this morning.
They were close together iD n marsl.y por-
ton Of the lake, POO feet from shore The
bodies of Charles Schurmeier and Rev. NJ.
Pfaefie are mutilatsd, but that of Mrs. J. II.
sehurmeier was not disfgured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
POISONED BY CANNED MEAT.
An Entire Family Taken Down AID Five
Children May Die.

EAU CLAIRE WIs., July CA poor fam.
lily named Kingberg, in Shawtowa, consist
inS OF father mother, and seven children,
had canned meat for their Sunday dinner
this afternoon. Two hours later they were
seized with violent sickness. The physician
is still working ON them. lie thinks four
or live Of the children may die.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
CHoKED THE GUARD.
Three Prisoners Escaps From the Work
house at Dayton.

DAYTON, o., July IS Prisoners In the
City Workhouse attacked the guard, last
evening and, rendering him powerless and
then spsechess by choking HIM, took away
mis- keys aud revolver.
William johnson, Frank Wilson and
Charles Jas kson escaped, but Mrs. Martin,
wife of the Superintendent, barred the cgress
Of the others. A trusty prisoner who gave
the alarm was attacked by some Of his COM
pauions and almost killed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
BURNED TO DEATH.
A Mother and Four Children Perish by
Flame.

VALPARAISO, IND, July lG-rhe residence
OF John Hamlet, near here, was burned this
morning. Mrs, Hamlet, and four children,
the eldest about s years old, were burned to
death. The house was totally consumed.
No person knows how the fire originated.
Mr.. Hamlet was absent at Chesterton lie
has arrived here and is crazy with grief.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
Escaped by the Rope Route.

CAIRO, lLL., July Slight prisoners con-
fined in the Pulaski county Jail, at Mount
City, seven miles above here, escaped last
night, Some outside party smuggled II roIo
to them, and they reached the ground
through the scuttle hole. None Of them Ea,o
been recJptured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
Pleasure Yacht Run Down and Five
People Probably Drowned.

ALEXANDRA BAY, n. Y, July 1.-THE
steamer St. Lawrence, returning at 1915
O'Clock tonight from an excursion, ran down
the steam pleasure yacht Cathlene, with 10
passengers on board from Bradford, Pa
Five are missing. The missing are Mr., and
Mrs. Il. b, Pemberton, Mrs. w, ID. Hart and
Miss Maggie Henry, all of Bradford, aud
John SENEGAL, the fireman OF the Cathlene.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

A Warwick farmer had gang of
tramps in his yard a few days ago who
refused 10 obey his orders TO "moye
on" He showed remarkable presence
of mind when he overturned hive OF
bees. The tramps disappeared, but
not until many had suffered.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

LIVESTOCK.
Movements and Pyices, at Central Drove
Yards. East Liberty, Pc.
CATTLE.

Good l,3Oo@l ,4OO-ib, cattle at 43ia'ie
good i,l0or' ~ NJ, do, 4@i.c, common
9OOdi,U OH. do 3.G50t3 81, stockers a, 70
quality. 94d3!c, small thin shlrpin, helen
and steers alm4lc; bulls and dry COWS as 70
quality, l!fy q; veal calves were agan ~
small supply and ruled strong 50 ii az OGo.N
by the deck aud 6l0o7c in small way ~
not expected that these prices vii! be ma'D'
tainei during the week.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
sII IP.

Thesslcs were Gears Of extra Ohio We,hein,
10! lbs. AT 56lr. / car good 9Ilb ,heepG
3 c; g. good Glib spring lamb, at &c, dT'
do, 4S lbs, at 6 c; deck common, s5lu'
Ohio sheep, at 9'c; : car Western, W.
fed in Ohio, al , l5c deck good -.b Ohis
at . Sc; deck fair sl-lb de-. at I c. %
Pennsylvania spring lambs, 6j lbs a 90
deck do, 55lbs, at G!c; car Ohos, '5 10, ~" a
&c; deck yearlings ana shscp, u lbs, ai 3iS
deck S5-lb yearin - at SIC; decks ia't U'.@ U',g.
~ lbs, at 54c; car Indians, - lb' ~ NJ \,
The Tens were pretty well clearer ol
a. n, good evidence OF an active nl.sse''
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24

The supply footed mp 70 cars aslnS n
cars last Monday; nOtwilhstand ng Inr 'iu-,
supply the market was SOW AMI 'alUlIha5, hSs,
prices barely realized. Workers and Iaeua-
weight, Philadelphin hogs, ut SO 20 &C. W
ira heavy hogs, 80 lbs, and upwA''', ',s, aS
not wanted Ifthere had been full suii'
the market would have beeh hsfd ons'
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
Wool

BosToN.-There has been steauy about
sbe S same s as last Teporied ohio ha, IsSi .Ss
selling at sl@8lo and XX and M AA II. III
above at 3@ 4c; Michigan X has %, Ose" Al sc
ing at 29@3Oc No. combng i lrn, i.hi,on N ins
4Oc; Ohio fine delaine, Sc MlSn.ss SL. secured
SAC; Territory woods quiet; OOa id iOId 5gGgS
fine. 55Gplsc for fine medium ann s IN fsf
for medium. Spring Texas WouSr Sr,liforns
demand at 2061 4c, and spTihs Schcce 81
sells mostly at l7Ca20c, with some oI5 be icfl
200 ,Ic. Oregon WOO dull at 2,s 2@ puI1
best Eastern aud l6!@lsc for syetasC y, Cor eAtrl
wool. 30Mi0c for super ana Z-'@ ,,..ooIs oue.
Australian woods firm. Carpe1 "00
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09

wedding. You know the Bible says that
the church is the Lambs wife, and the
Lord will after awhile come to fetch her
home. There will be cleaning of
torches in the sky, and the trumpets of
God will ravish the air with their music;
and Jesus will stretch out His hand, and
the church. robed in white, will put
aside her veil, and look up into the face
of her Lord the King, and the BRIDE
groom will say to the bride: Thou
hast been faithful through all these
years, The mansion is ready! Come
home! Thou art fair, my love.' and
then He shall put upon her brow the
crown of dominion, and the table will
be spread. and it will reach across the
skies, and the mighty ones of Heaven
will come in, garlanded with beauty aud
striking their cymbals; and the bride
groom and bride will stand at the head
of the table, and the banqueters look
ing up, will wonder and admire it and
say: That is Jesus the bridegroom?
But the scar on his brow is covered with
the coronet, and the stab in his side is
covered with a robe!" and That is the
bride! The WEAKNESS of her earthly
woe lost in the flush of this wedding
triumph"
There will be wine enough at that
wedding; not coming up from the poi
soned watts of earth, but the vineyards of
God will press their ripest clusters, and
the cups and the tankards will blush to
the brim with the heavenly vintage, and
then all the banqueters will drink stand
ing. Esther having come up from the
bacchanalian revelry of Ahasuerus,
where thousand lords feasted, will be
there. And the Queen of Sheba, from
the banquet of Solomon, will be there.
And the mother of Jesus, from the we'd
ding in Cana, will be there. And they
all will agree that the earthly feasting
was poor compared with that. Then,
lifting their chalices in that holy light,
they shall cry to the Lord of the feast:
Thou hast kept the good wine until
now
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
Origin of the Word ssBumper."

A correspondent who seemed to be
very much elated at having caught
Webster in an error" calls our atten-
ton to that photographers etymology
of the word bumper as used in the
sentence a bumper of wine." The cor
respondent informs US that the word
did not come from "Bumbard," as
Webster has it, but had its origin with
the Catholics, who usually drank the
Pope's health every day after dinner in
full glass, with the expression in
French-au bon pere Ito the good
father; hence the term a bumper
Yes; we may have seen the story before.
1t is one of the many faxed up yarns
told by Henry James Loaring in his
book of Common sayings" which is as
full of inaccuracies 1--WE had almost said
deliberate inaccuracies) as his other
book about the antiquity and derivation
of signs. The fact is, we find no COM
parison that our correspondent has used
the exact words of Loaring. SO he
doubtless relies on this testimony to
make his case agsinst Webster. All we
have to say of Mr.. Loaring is that he
knows some French. and whenever he
comes upon an English expression
which sounds somewhat like French
one he invents story to prove that the
French expression is the parent of the
English one, and relies on the popular
ignorance of etymology to make his in
vention stand. Webster makes good
case in favor of his etymology of the
word. and We beg our correspondent to
look into the literature of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries, where, if he
looks deep enough, he will find that
Shakespeare's use of "bumbard" "a large
mug or CAM, was well authorized; and
he will probably not hold that bum
bard" came from "bon pere. Hash.
ingtOn Post
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
The Man i'm No. z.

One night, when three or four of us
boys boarded sleeper on the L. & N.
road, going south from Cincinnati, o
passenger in lower began to snore as
soon as we were in bed. He had ter
rible snore for human being, and
after several of us had called to him
and failed to stop it, one of our crowd
slid out of bed, reached into No. Z, and,
with great dizziness, affixed a spring
clothes-pin to the sleeper's nose. 1t
was, of course, expected that he would
wake up in few seconds, but, to our
surprise, he did not, while at the same
time, he suddenly ceased to snore.
By and by all of us dropped off to
sleep, and every one in the car was up
before No. Z. In fact, he slept so late
that the porter parted the curtains to
arouse him. After one look, he
jumped back with yell, and when We
hurried up We found the man cold and
dead. He was lying on his back,
hands locked under his neck, and the
clothes-pin had pinched his nose all out
of shape. The body was taken to Gin
cinnati, and most of us had to attend
the inquest. It was there testified to
by the doctors that the man had died
of heart disease, but I tell you We
didn't banker to do any more joking for
a full year.-Ne,C York Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
Getting Attention at a Hotel.

Il had the confoundedest time at the
hotel stopped at while I was down to
the city," remarked Uncle Hayseed,
says Peck's Sun, to the admiring
crowd who collected at the store to hear
of his journey.
"They had great big dining-room
there, and more than hundred wait
ers, but none of 'em came around where
1 was. Isot there as much as an hour,
an none of 'em paid the least bit of at
tention to me. Finally a man at the
table with me, who was just finishin'
his dinner, says: You'll have to tip
one of the walters if you want to get
any attention here
wall, 1 lowed I cud do that fast
enuf, fer I felt about mad Jest then, so
the very next waiter that came skip
ping by with hull raft O. dishes up
over his head, I put out my foot and
tipped him up quicker'n wink. That
was the quickest way to get attention
ever seed. Why, 1 he'd the whole
hotel, boss an all, there in about ten
seconds,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-.
. the holiday

Congress reassembled, after the holiday
recess, on the 9Th.
Much work has been done since adjourn
ment by standing committees and progress
been made in the formation of measures
and drafting of important reports. The
ways and means committee have been con-
tinuously hearing representatives of inter-
ests affected by the tariff, and other COM
m1ttees have been proftably employed.
At last two bills were ready for action
upon them when the house came together,
but the sickness of the manager of one of
them, with influenza, and the active en-
ployment of the manager of the other upon
work before his committee prev nted any
action on either of these bills the first day.
The Oklahoma bill is expected to be
pushed as rapidly as possible, and discus
sion of tariff measures commences at once.
Never but once have the committees been
organized ann at work prior to the holiday
adjournment, and that was when Mr.. Blame
was speaker of the house.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
Deafness Can't be Cured

10y local applications, as they can not reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
~sy to cure Deafness, and that is By constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition Of tire mucous lining of the
Eustachsn Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumoling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it IS entirely closed Deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused ~
catarrh, which is nothing but an infarned con
dition OF the mucous surfaces. We will give Ore
Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness
(caused by Catarrh) that We can not cure BY
taking Halls CatarIh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. F. J. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, y.
"a Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09

This rising young city is fast becoming
the Denver of western Colorado. Its loca-
ton at the junction of the Grand and the
Gunnison, the two great rivers of that state
make 1t the necessary center of all railroads
reaching west through COLORADO. These
rivers and their tributaries cover the STATE
from north to south in their sources, and
converge through mountains at Grand June
ton. As soon as a railroad crosses the cres!
of the Rockies, it strikes a stream leading to
Grand Junction. Water grades being better
than tunnels and trestles, Grand Junction
becomes the gateway of all Colorado roads
to the Pacific. She is already the practical
terminus of the Denver & Rio Grande and
the Denver d Rio Grande Western. The
machine shops are there. The Midland and
the Denver d Rio Grande are building a
standard guage line down the Grand, over
which they and the Missouri Pacific, the
Santa Fe, the Rock Island and the Burling-
ton will be running standard guage cars to
Grand Junction by June LIST. The Denver
d South Park is surveyed to 1t.
A survey is now in progress for railroad
down the Grand Canon of the Colorado O, be-
ginning at Grand Junction and ending at
Los Angeles and San Diego. This, in con-
nection with the Marshall Pass route, will
be the grandest line in the world. The Atch-
ison, Topeka d Santa Fe has projected a
route from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to
Grand Junction.
Over twenty charters for as many differ
ent railroads, including the above. have been
filed with the county recorder, and all trans
continental except one coal road, now near
ly completed.
Grand Junction is about equi-distant be-
tween Denver and Pueblo, on the east, and
Salt Lake and Ogden on the west, far enough
from each for a large city.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09

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all those delicate arrangements and weaknesses incident
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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
Rouge ct NOir.

@Miss De Rigeur gave a pink tea last
evening. was there"
Everything at a pink tea should
have been couleur de rose, but you
somehow don't look as if you enjoyed it
very much"
well, the fact is took the oppor-
tunity of proposing to Miss De Rigeur
-
SAnd-"
@And she gave me black eye
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
Monsz's SCHOOL saozs.-made in our

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large shoe factory at Omaha, Nebraska
Ask your dealer for them. Refuse to take
any others. If not kept in your town, write
rs asking where to get them. They wear
longer and fit better than any other shoes.
Shoes have always been made too narrow.
We make them wide. reward of Fifty
Dollars in gold paid for every pair of our
own make of shoes that contain q particle
of shoddy, or anything but solid leather.
We make one hundred and fifty styles of
Women's, Misses and Child-en's Sewed and
Standard Screw, Grain, Glove, Kid and
Dongola. Elegant styles, wide and good
fitting. We also carry one hundred and fifty
styles of Mems Goods, Rubbsrs, DC.
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