The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-05-15
PENNSYLVANIA

Beaver will vote on appropriatins t,O
to pave streets and improve its wate, T,
ply.
McKecsport hod carriers have o,,,,,.
union and will demand 81 80 day Jur
New Brighton's High School alum,;
banquet at the sourbeck House, Thus,
evening, June 5.
Mrs. Ada Penn, who cruelty shot be,
little daughter at Carlisle, has been ar,e,,,
| The child's condition is critical.
Henry w. Rolfe, professor Of Latin in
college ut Swsrthmore. has resigned and 7,
90 abroad to extend his studies.
George Phillips was instantly kn.
Ogden station, on the CHARTERS Valley ,,
road by q tree he was Telling falling M
him.
The Prohibition party will hold Il, B.,
Convention in Harrisburg on the Eth A.
10th of July, its Executive Commt,e. h,
ing decided on the time and place Frsn
| Of the city of Scranton made stron,
| for the convention. Among the re-,5
named for Governor are John z Gin
Grcensburg, W. W. Hague, Of Warren a,
II. +. Hnines, Of Williamsport.
Farmers Of Montgomery. Bucks lA.k
Delaware and Chester counties me, II.
ris'own, Pa, TO prepare progrlmm.
| discussion and arrange for extending 20
eral invitation to the farmers 9 the M,
! meeting, which will have for It's obs. n
forming Of a union for deyi,Ius way, Al,
: means whereby their interests may be 5s, ]
fitted and protected. The New York ~,
! Alliance ha. sent an organizer to peas,-
vania to form district clubs, and ,geh Al
ganizition ha, already been formel in L-lI
erick Township and will send a ie.e,ls
a convention of Alliance clubs 70 be bel,y
Doylcstown soon.
A comp'ny has been formed a. Ba-s.i
! Falls called the Locust Hill God Mini, i
Company, the directors of which are J I'll
aud e. VI. Emerson, James CLAYTON. I,b,|
Ferguson and B. W. Rayl. \ chir'e- b,,
been obtained and machinery is beng pg.I
chased to develop 30 acres OF land IN splt,,
. sylvania county Virginia, upon which sj.il
bearing quartz which assays from ) o|
sl,Oo per ton has been discovered Tr,|
land, II Is claimed has been thorou,bly j
tested, and the owners are sanguine OF sue
cess Two men with ordinary mining la,|
washed out 80 in day.
An agent for Wheeling man will eaA5.
lish an agency at Washington to sell lillor
in the original packages lie has 5eea
prompted to attempt the scheme oy the r,.
cent favorable action of the United State,
Supreme Court in a similar case
The latest summary shows that Of the l9'
PreshyterieS heard from, Is have votel 70.
and % against revision. CoIntns the hy,
non-acting bodies in the negative, the yo;,
stands LIS to 90 or just a little less than two
thirds in favor Of revision
Five more victims Of the flood were f5unl
in the Conemaugh river at John,town Thus
day. They have not been identified
Arthur Kinks dynamite gan, ha. lg.
work at JOhnstown The pr dec. To- chang
he river channel is generally approved
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in the accounts of W. +. Singluf, secretary
and Treasurer the Norristown Water ON
pany.
An Eastern organ factory will locate a
Wilson station. near West Elizabeth. Fory
acres of land have been donated as ,i,e
The National Tube-Works agreel to "a,
their men the same wages for nine A2l1
as ten hours work, but refused 20 alyms
wages 10 per cent, a strike is coaDa.
plated.
Two tramps burg,arized the house oi 1hu
Newman at West Newton, early >l,gfhy
morning. They secured nothing i,c 'ae.'
pains, being driven oil by two iepeo.i
dogs
a heavy rain visited Mercer SATURDAY
night and submerged the east euI u .ae
, town to a depth of three feet. \ wind "o'm
accompanied the rain and seYerI, AJHs
were wrecked.
The employcs Of the McKcesport Na;.laa
Tube Works, 10 the number Of about the,
thousand went out on n strike FOX al al
vance Of 10 per cent. in wages, or the retat
ton of the hours of labor 10 nine. The d-
mands were refused by the Tube Wo,S'
Company in le ter signed by l.. &. Con
verse, General Manager, in which i was
stated that the men were receiving wages
higher than anywhere else; that the hours
could not be reduced, and that the wages
could no be increased and the concern SUI
compete with other complnic'. also, t1A'
business has been very dull recently
Hon. Richard Vaux was nominated tor
Congress by the Third District Democrats
convention to ill the vacancy caused BY
the death Of Samuel J. Randall. TIE 'iecA
election will be held on May 20. E.lah''
Naux was born in Philadelphia IN ii an.
was admitted to the bar when - years o
age. During President Van Buren, aimA
istratiOn he acted rs secretary Of the Amen
can Legation at London. He was seI'r
Mayor of Philadelphia on the Demo'''''
ticket in 1856 and served one term.
James Maloney, a midile-asei farmer
from Beech Pond, cut from piece o! bee
he was buying at HonesdaIe butcher shlP
a strip Of meat four inces long ami wel5e
shape. As he was leaving the shop he ."
leayored to swallow the piece, but u .ol-'
IN his throat and the man choket to deA'
in the presence Of the bystlnders
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