The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

| This week Dun reports review of trade
! for the year as we'll as for the week, and IL
shows that in some lines of business trade
has been unprecedented. The production Of
! iron, cotton, leather, boots shoes and meat
! was larger than ever before in the history Of
the country, while the clearine-hou state
! ments show that the general volume Of busi-
/ ness was per cent more than for any pre-
/ yious year The condition Of business is
more favorable than it has been for some
weeks past is improving and the future IS
promising.
| Wednesday afternoon Charles Bcale,
! negro aged 20, entered The house of James
! Fisher, farmer living near Lang, Tex, and
| finding Mrs Fisher alone, abused her and
/ injured her skull with "A hammer lie then
secured a small sum of money and left. 4
party Of young men pursUed and captured
Bealc, took him TO a grove near by and hung
him to a tree. Mrs. Fisher will die.
/ On the first day Of February. iSol the
bill passed at the last session Of the Georgia
Legislature for the relief of the widows of
Confederate veterans becomes effective. The
who served in the Confederate army during
the late war and every woman who became
the wife oC q soldier, either before or dur
ing the war, shall be allowed yearly pen
sion Of 800 from the State.
4 number Of houses were blown Off their
foundations and Others unroofed by q
terrific wind storm at Abilene, Kas. Thurs
day night.
The Farmers Alliance Of Missouri Is TAX
ngsteps TO compete by co operative manu
featuring with the $3j,OOO,0O0 Consolidated
American Harvester company Of Chicago. A
movement is on foot 20 establish a binder
factory in this State the necessary capital
20 be raised by subscription. The scheme is
being pushed with decided vigor.
Because two negroes stole and ate some
food belonging 10 Joseph Moore living near
Albany, Ga, and then laushiurly told him
of it, Moore cooked fish, placing strych-
nine iu t. and had the mcn eat it. They
are dead and noprc has fled
The aiicll anu-buckctshop party won
decided victory in the Chicago Board OF
Tra,c election yesterday, officers represent
ing their ideas winning by pondcrous ma
i,rity-N7i against Is. W. l.. Baker was
chosen President.
John Fields. brother or Yrs. Juliet Raum.
SSH" ur Pension Commissioner Green u.
Elum a.'u, for hi, sister aud himself has
begun sJi, against the city Of Golconda, H.,
for Property amounting TO over 5000 o.
They claim the whole river front of the
town aud want all tine whariascs collected
i.r i1yrtr, past.
y syndicate Of English capitalist. has
about completed negotiation, for the pur.
chase OF AL the principal flour mill, in
Canada The total amount to be paid is
aboy, >5oJto,o.
\ SON of Banker Dow, OF Denver, col,
mo; Miuc Price, an aD,re,, for the first
time ou Thursday, married her Friday
night and on sunday night tried to kill her
ami himself iu their room at the Windsor
hotel
Great ucas'u.,, is f1t along the lower
N.-.I-.yp.. owing tp the unfinished and un.
safe condition of 'Ac Icyccs oul the heavy
IIow, N0r'u. with tac prospects Of thaw.
\ repetition at the horrors of last springs
overflow is greatly feared
The people 100 the Indiana natural gas
region are excited over the recent earth
quake shu.k oNr,-ru..l There. believing
that the disturbance o.mc from natural gas
rypI, nu. They fear general ~ hclyM
Of the territory