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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
ALL IN ONE GRAVE.
Burial of the Remains of the Miners Who
Died in the wilkesbarre Shaft.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, January 2.-lt Is i'm
possible to imagine a more ghastly sight
than the one presented in a little frame tool
house near the head of the South Wilkes
barre shaft, yesterday, or n more horrible
TASK than that performed by Undertaken II.
+. Mooney and his assistants.
In the small room, not more than IL feet
square were brought all that could be found
Of the bodies Of eight men that had been ly.
Ing for ten months coo feet under ground.
by noon the remains of the last Of these
eight victims Of the disaster of March last
had been recovered and brought to the sur
face.
When it is remembered that these bodies
aad first been partially consuEe ell by fire,
.hcn crushed under tons Of falling
,oal and rocks, and then for months
covered with water. it is possible to imagine
.he condition In which TIA were. OF flesh
here was little, and in several cases the
bones were partially disintesrated and torn
part while only few fragments Of cloth
ing remained. It was by this clothing. how
ever, after the remnants had been cleaned
and put together as well as possible that
seven of the bodies were identified. Frank
Culls woodan leg was the means Of
bis identification. Hugh Dugan's
wife remembered white button
she had scwcd on his coat the
day before the disaster. Thomas william
son had on iron-hecled boots William Nc.
Donald had leather leggings, with iron
buckles; Nike liarkius wore pair of COM
mon shoes, instead Of regular miners boots,
AMI SO with the others All were identi-
tied except one li'tlc heap OF bones and bits
Of flesh which was, therefore Judged TO be
the remains Of Patrick McNe.hs. The
fragments, as fast as identified, were placed
in neat caskets covered with black cloth
The remains Of the eight were inferred in
one grave in the Hanover Gene cry. An
inqucs, will be held as soon as the testimony
can be collected.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
JOINED THE HosTILEs.
One Thousand Warriors Have Stolen
Away From Standing Rock Agency.

Yates, y. D., Jan, "A large number of
the young warriors of the Standing Rock
agency have gore South TO join the hos
tiles IN tie Bad Lands The discovery was
made ON issuing Iatous that the band
did not come 10 the agency, and one of the
lr.cuiics stated that they had armed
themselves and gone to- join the bands in
revolt. How many have gone is only con
'cy'grcd, but the indications point to at least
i,un dc>crious. The Grand river Sioux
have been fumcutiug trouble ever since the
killing of sitting hu,l, and they have not
been slow in manilc-tiug their intense anger
to Agent Mclaughlin. Most ofthcm regard
.hc taking of Of the old medicine man as
murder Outright and it has been common
talk for three weeks that the reds would
accept the fret opportunity offered
TO massacre the whites The detachment of
the /. ghth cavalry under Capt. Fountain
will move rapidly southwark and Company
II, of the wcnty-second infantry, now near
New England City, will come 10 this pom,
and move thence southwark to aid in
sQuc'chiug the upris ng. Troops are also
in readiness To take the field from Fort
Lincoln, and the detachment of the Twen-
ty-inh infantry at Fort kcogh is expected
TO march in q southoastcrly direction
Every hour increases the number Of the
hustllcs.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
Kansas wheat in Fine Condition.

Topeka, Kas,, January 5.-Rcports have
been received 10y Secretary Mohler, of
the Agricultural Department, from cor
respondents in nearly every county in
Kansas, showing that the winter wheat
crop is in fine condition. The heavy
snow of the past week came just at the
right time, and Secretary Mohlcr believes il
per cent, In Salina, Reno, McPherson and
other great counties the average is larger
than ever before. In the western part of
the state there was danger of damage by the
Hessian fly, but Secretary Mohler says that
the excessive precipitation of moisture in the
past week saves the crop from the rayages OF
the fly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
A MAIL WAGON ROBBED.
Daring Work of n Thief During a Foe
in Chicago.

Chicago, January "A daring robbery
was committed Wednesday night by which
the Government is loser to the extent oi
5000,
Under cover ofthc heavy fog which pre-
vailed, sneak thief climbed upon the mai
wagon which runs between the stock Yards,
the Blue Island Office and the main office
abs,ractcd pouch containing the daily
money order remittance from the Blue Island
office, amounting to $500 in cash; the stamp
sale remittance, amounting to Sl7i, aud =
registered letters, representing, 50 far rs can
be learned, money and yaluables to the cx-
tent Of 800 lhe robbers have not beer
caught.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
General Spinner Dead.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. l.--Gencral i. p.
Spinner, cN-trcasurer of the United States.
dicd at $50 yesterday evening Of cancer
Ii" was in his 9Oth year. Ills remarkable
signature was original and unique and had
such peculiar appearance that it furnished
the foundation for innumerable jokes;
while it is still yiyidly remembered, the NH
lion of grecnbacks it once adorned have
now dwindlcd to few hundreds, and one OF
them IS rarely scen
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
MAY PUMP ON SUNDAY.
Another Decision in Favor Of Oil Pro,
ducers.


Pittsburgh, Jan. 3.-Judge Stowe handc3
down his decision in the cases Of Captain
Wishart against jennings & Patterson
anl the Gillespie Bros. for pumung
oil wells on Sunday. The cases we're
appeals from the decisions Of Aldermen.
imposing fines on the owners for pump
ing on Sunday. Judge Stoves decision
was in favor Of the oil producers. He
stated that the evidence produced showed
conclu.ively that unless the wells were
pumped on Sunday the well could not be
gotten back to produce the usual number ol
barrels until the following Wednesday.
The salt water, he said, moreover tends to
destroy the wells as certainly a, though the
property Of the owners was burned up. His
lIonors considers the pumping wells in
which salt water accumulatos as an absolute
necessity, and is therefore work Of nccnS.
sity and is not unlawful. Judgments were
entered in favor of the oil producers. The
decision was received with pleasue b. Oh
producers.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08

Cincinnati, Jan The Ducbcr Watch
COMPANY Whose works were formerly a,
Newport Ky. nUt aryuow ot canton, o.,
made an assignment in thl, city At q
O'Clock this evening to Mr. Howard Doug
las, Tor the bouau, of creditors. Nominal
assets, Sl.,p,uIl. Liabilities. including
preferences, S5poJJ Preferred claims.
securities to seven national banks, @,2.-
oUD. The principal creditor is the Hamp-
den Watch case Company, Springfield,
Mass in which Mr.. Dueher owned "a
large amount oI stock The failure .,
attributed to r.nlcncy in the money mar.
Lct and embarrassment in consequence of
business relation, with the lIamplca Watch
COmuauy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
Failures of Year

New York, January 1,-lhe business fail,
ures occurring throughout the United states
for the entire year 1880 as reported by II G..
Dun & Co, the mcrchantile agency, are 10. %
9O1 in number, being but % greater than in
the 1889 when the number was 10, $50. The
liabilities, however, show very large in
crease over 1889, being sls9, ,OOO,OOO as against
sliSOO,coO, an increase ell OoO,O o. These
are the largest liabilities since 1854 when
they amounted to SO, ,OOO,0 900.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
Business Failures.

Abilene Kas,-Ihe Wallace County BanA
has clos q its doors. LiabiIric, are about
si5."o; assets are uominally SGO,ODO but
are almost entirely in Western lands and
equities.
Charlotte, y. C.-The Peoples National
Bank of Fayetteville, has closed i,s doors.
The Peoples Bank was organized in 1873
with cash capital of $l5oooO, and mp to a
few months ago it has always shown good
Dividends, but the late financial pressure has
drawn on il very heavily.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
FIVE MEN KILLED.
Disastrous Explosion on the Tow.boat
Annie Roberts.

Portsmouth, o. January "A frishtful
accident occurred on the river this morning
AT 500 O'Clock the Pittsburgh tow-boat
Annie Roberts exploded cylinder head,
opposite here tearing open the boiler deck
ofthe boat, and hurlng the mangled bodies
Of five men and about 10 or II wounded into
the river.
The boat was bound for Pittsburgh, and
was moving slowly up the river, but with
full pressure of steam. Most of the men
killed and injured were sleeping in their
hunks at the time Of the accident All were
horribly burned, scalded, and some mang-
led by pieces of iron.
Folowinn is the list Of the dead.
FRANK PERRY, deck hand.
BEN LAWSON, fireman.
IA Is SWAII..
j. II. SHAW deck hand.
JAMES GREEN. deck hand.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
Intense Cold IL Maine.

Ro,tou, Dec. 81 AT Fort Fairfield Ne
to-day the thcmumc cr registered co below
zero Yesterday the mercury almost :.achcd
bottom at 30 below, aud the rest of New
Ensiaud shi'c'cd, This has been tie co'dc-r
day ou record in that part of New EuglauU
whi&1 bca'dcls on the frontier In the
u"rthcrn Tart If Maine the cold has been
most intense. At Ban-or, 200 miles south
II Fort Fairfield, the mercury was at &j'
5eiow, N Augusta, GO miles nIlher south. !,
Mas 10 Lclow.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
Another Chris.n.s .rnn Flre.

Baltimore, Jan IA Christmas tree in
the residence Of Charles Milkske, 233 North
Patterson Park Avenue, caught fire last
night and the house was entirely consumed
The loss is about 5000 insurance partial
The family barely escaped with their lives
Mrs. Milske was painfully scorched about
the face, and her s'year.old daughter, Min
ME, was badly burned about the hands ans
face.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
oeven ch .ldren Burned to Death.

Raleigh, \. c., January l,-Scots Thomp
son, negro living near Bayboro, Pamlico
county, went to church accompanied by his
wife and oldest child, leaving in his house
i've of his children and two grandchildren
whose ages ranged from few months to 10.
wears. During services at the church Thomp-
sons house took fire and seven of The child.
rem were burned to death.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
Killed While Kicking in a Door.

Fort Wayne, Ind, January .. While
four men were carousing about the
streets of Columbia City, yesterday, they
went to house kept by Mrs. Sarah
Landes and demanded admittancc. They
were refused and then commenced kick.
Ing in the door when it was suddenly open.
ed and shot fired, which entered the heart
Of one of the party named Trout lie drop
ped dead.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
Four Mon Killed by a plnst.

Rochester y, Y, Jan, lily the prcma
turc discharge Of a blast near the Village Of
Stafford four men were killed nd four others
received injuries that will probably result
fatally, The killed are Andrew Hunt and
three Hungarian laborers, names unknown
The dangerously injured men are also lIur'
TAEy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
ECLIPSE THE FRENCH FAIR.
Novel Exhibit For the Worlds Exposi.
tion Proposed by Effendi.

tion Proposed by Efendi.
New York, Jan. 4.-lIassub Enendi Of
Damascus proposes to make novel exhibit
at the worlds fair His Plan is to form a
syndicate Of wealthy and influential citizens
and produce at the coming exposition the
straight street of Damascus, with its
mosque, praying Mohamedans, cafes,
bazaars and native Arabs, lie had similar
exhibit at the Paris exhibition, which at
tractcd much attention, and his plan is to
greatly eclipse his previous effort IN his new
project.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08

tu. Wy aur the kij.pd.
Gn"g - Wallace. captain Company
*. seventh Dydry johnson. private.
C,mpuy A. seventh cavalry; Frey.
uiN'r. Company \, Seventh cavalry
.yyr fist s.rpaut, company \, Seventh
cavalry Kelly private, Company A.
seventh cavalry Cain, private, Company
\, seventh cavalry; C,n,c, first ser.
x ant, company H. seventh cayary, Book,
private, Comp ny H. N,,onth cavalry; Jo
-vrh Murphy. private Company X, seventh
cavalry kcl'urr private, Company +, S.,
cath cavalry, Nritlc, first sergeant, Com.
puy T. seventh cavalry, Oscar Pollock. hos.
pta steward, Intrd States navy, Hodr,.
private, Company H. ~cycnh cavalry:
Bone, corporal, umpluy +, seventh cav.
ary' ToTas' lri'atc, Company \, Seventh
cavalry Newell, private, omrany u,
seventh cavalry, Mcruc private Company
X, seventh cavalry; Logan, private, com
plny \, seventh cavalry; Costello private.
Company y, Seventh cavalry; Ragan, priv.
ate, Company \, Seventh cavalry; Christcn.
son, private, Company h, seventh cavalry:
Banakc, private, Company y, Seventh cav.
airy; DE Frey, private Company C., Seventh
cavalry; VIM. Adams, private, Company X
Seventh cavalry.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08
LIED AND WOUNDED.
N-.a-s q 'ho Victims of the Baltic At
M-uNd.d 4 Am-o Cr.,k.

I"u I.Hc \.r.y JAM Tile H., of
" H." "H w.a'a,d in the fight at
W "H'a hn.cCo,tou ouday so tar as
.n.Nn" 'Ac hospital hcadIuaitcr, here, is
4.I,u.u
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-15
SUGAR 1AND JAM.

Opportunity For Building Up Vast Indus-
try-How Cheap Sugar Will Affect jam
Making-What Cheap Sugar Has Done For
England-The Duty on TuInhlers and Jars
Still Too High.
The duty on raw sugar Will not be
abolished till next April, but the price
of sugar has already begun to decline
in anticipation Of the removal of the
duty. The sugar market is Influenced
by the knowledge that the tariff is a
tax which the consumer is now paying;
and the certainty that this tax on the
consumer will be abolished April 1 is
already operating to give the people
cheaper sugar.
The old duty on raw sugar, which is
still in forces is $40 per 100 pounds for
the very lowest grade. The raw sugar
made by the centrifugal process and
testing 9519 degrees by the polariscope
pays 81 % per hundred-this being one
of the best qualities of raw sugars
brought in. It takes liz pounds Of this
sugar to make 100 pounds Of refined,
and the duty paid on this raw sugar GO
ing into 100 pounds of refined is g. 4s15.
This latter figure ought to represent
the difference between the price of re-
fined sugar in England and in the
United States. Owing to the fact, how
ever, chat the duty will be abolished
next April the difference between the
price here and in England has fallen
below SASSY. The present price of
graduated sugar in England is S3-75 per
100 pounds; in New York it is Sc. 1219z-
difference of $2.3753.
The tariff difference in prices can
best be seen by comparing the New
York and London prices for two months
in 1889, the month of March, when the
difference was least, and the month OF
September, when It was greatest. Here
is such comparison on 100 pounds OF
granulated sugar at wholesale:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-15

AS the price of sugar is so much lower
an England than with us, its consump-
ton is much greater. England con-
sumes seventy-fOur pounds year per
person, the United States fifty, France
twenty-eight, and Germany twenty.
One reason for the large consumption in
England is the fact that vast quantities
of sugar are used there every year in
making fruit jam, more than 800, 900, 600
pounds being consumed in this way
alone. Much of this was exported to all
parts of the world, and in this way the
actual consumption of sugar in England
is not so great as the figures make it
appear. We are ourselves large eonsum-
ers of English jams and preserves. En-
glands consumption per capita ought,
therefore, to be slightly reduced, and
ours somewhat increased.
The cheapness of sugar in England is
not due simply to the lack of a duty on
sugar: it is further caused by the sugar
export bOuntieS of France and Ger
many. Our own drawback on refined
sugars has also had the same effect as
an export bounty, the American refner
being able to sell his product to the
English buyer at about $3.50 per 100
pounds cheaper than the home buyer.
George Medley, an English economist,
says: 81 hold that it is in a great meas
ure owing to the folly of other nations
that we occupy the commanding posi-
ton we now do in trade, manufactures
and navigation, and that were it not for
that folly we should not be anywhere
lear it, absolutely or relatively" Dow
Bramwen has estimated that foreign
nations by their sugar bounties make
England a present Of about 81 ZOO, 600
every year.
The great fruit jam industry Of En-
gland and Scotland has been built up
as the direct result Of cheap sugar. In
London alone more than 5000 workmen
are employed during the season in max
ing jam; and it was estimated even six
years ago that there were II, 900 persons
| in tae jam making business of England
| Besides these there were $4,000 persons
in the single county of Kent who were
| interested as growers, 2ickers ano
packers of small fruit for the jam in
dustry. The great production Of jan
has given the working people CHEAP
and wholesome substitute for butter
| This may be seen from the following
words of an English country grocer:
| We have just ordered eleven tons of jam
| Years ago we never used to keep it. Whe1
it was high we could not sell it. Now it is al
| article of food for quite poor people. At tn
| school treats children used to think brea'
| and jam great pleasure; now they wouk
! rather have bread and butter, they are s.
| accustomed to jam.
It Is interesting to calculate just hov
much the tariff operates toward pre-
venting the growth of a jam industr.
with u.s. The two following tables ar
calculated upon the basis of the oil
tariff duties on sugar and on cornmo
brown earthenware pots Us per cent
duty in both tariffs). The calculatio
is for one dozen jars of jam, each ia
weighing one pound. Here is how tn
matter has stood in regard to sugar:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-15
THE DEVILS OWN DANCE
4 Fantastic African Orgy WitneSee& on She
West Coast by British Officers-=

a Fantastic African Orgy witnessed ON she
West Coast by British Officers-=
A fantastic orgy was witnessed st the
town OF Loongi, the capital OF t3INlom,
west coast of Africa, by a party OF Off
GERS from the Sest Indi1 9egiment
CHARTERED at Sierra H1eone- She people
of Loongi are Mohammedans 5uS the
dancing deyil himself is relicvenos long
departed Paganis1n, and so also proba-
bly, is the dance itsels- Il takes place in
the courtyard os the chiefs premises,
which is entered through a circular hut
The scene which presents itself to- any
one coming suddenly cut of the dark
ness into the noise and glare is decidedly
uncanny-
In the center of a circle which fills the
courtyard. the devil with an orthodox
tail. a great c1ocodile's head, and long
grass. looking like hair, depending from
his body and legs, and swaying as he
moves, leaps, beating time with his feet
to che beat of the drums. while the
women. two deep. wall q chant and
strike their palms together in slow
rhythmical measure, those m the front
row bowling down between each beat
The young men in long robes and
caps wall with the women Both are
under vows, the dance being one OF
their rites they look dazed to begin
with, but gradually work themselves
into frenzy: and the black faces, the
monotonous wailing cry, the thrum-
ming of the drums, the rattle of the
clackers, and She beat of the devils
feet, as he springs up, crouches down.
| and swings about, make a scene TO
| shock the quiet moon and stars and
| gladden. Gehenna-
North of Sierra Leone, Africa Is Mo-
| hammedan- south Pagan, and the
southern people have this devil When
peace, is declared between two native
| tribes, the peace devil, who Is fetish
comes leaping into the town. but if he
STUN bles or falls it Is considered a bad
omen, and he is put to death for his
4 pains His dress Is sacred, but his per
| SON is of no consequence. Chicago
| Evening Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-15
THE BANE OF BUSINESS.
Effects of Speculative Congressional Acts
on Commerce.

Effects OF Speculative Congressional Acts
on Commerce.
In anticipation of the passage of the
Mckinley bill, manufactures abroad
were immensely stimulated, as were
imports to this country for the last six
months of grace. The result was that
enormous quantities OF imported goods
are held in bond in New York. and fair
ly overShadow the manufacturing inter
estS of this country. being in the nature
of overproduction and resting as a men
ace to the trade. The effect is disas-
trous to labor, while not relieving in
any manner the consumer Failures in
manufactures are resulting and must
result therefroIn. and for some time the
country must stagger under the abnor-
NAL condition of affairs precipitated by
tariff tinkering- As to the stupendous
mountain OF goods in store, the chances
are that ultimately much will have to
be sold at a sacrifice, and while this
will keep home fabrics out of the mar
ket it will also lend a speculative feel
ing to the market which can never be
looked on as healthful
The lesson taught is that legislated
business is the unsoundest kind of COM
merce. 1t is like dosing man with
medicines instead of letting him eat his
daily bread. Speculative Congressional
acts have been the bane of business for
many years. and no wonder can exist
| that panics threaten and that failures
are getting to be a standard annual
| crop. Nothing but evil can possibly
| follow the acts of Congress which have
been promulgated ander pressure of the
| party which is backed and nourished by
the spectators of New York and the
monopolists of the whole country
Chicago Globe.