The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08

JOSIAH LYpIcK, a merchant Of Grcenville,
/ while crossing the street from mis- store TO
! hi dwelling, carrying a'lurge SIM oi money
i n ny nigh vas auaCkCd.by rpbber d"
ielled Mr. Lydick 10 tne -rpuuI v4t..t saiu-
bag and after rtling his victims poo Srts, es
capped.
WILLIAM WHALEN was crushed by rock
falling on him at the South West Connells-
willie Coke Company's mlncs, near Mt. Pleas.
ant He died several hours aitefward
TuE business men of Belcfontn are cN.
cited over the fact that the town will likely
lose its free mai delivery service. In 1890
the pOstoiiiCc receipts were $4,000 but last
year they were only about 5000
SATURDAY night and Sunday the fhilaI
dephia and Reading Railroad moved 80 Goa
trains from the mines in the Schuykill re
gion down their main line TO sldewater.
Each of the trains averaged 90 gondola cars
or in all 1900 Each car carried an average
OF ~ tons, making total of 10000 tons
for each ton the company gets Sl.OO main
line tolls, or III all slOI 400, which the pur'
chaser pays.
EARL. n 7.months old child of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Comp, Ot Harrisburg, was fatally
burned by the explosion Of an oil lamp.
A 2.YrAW.oLp daughter of Robert Mcehan.
of pittsburg, was fatally burned. The child
was PLAYING about a lire when her clothes
igmted literally cooking the flesh. DR.,
Graham pronounced the childs injuries
taiai.
BLACK diphtheria has broken out with
great yirulcuce NJ Mammoth, mining town
in Wcstmorcland county near Grccnsburg.
and half dozen deaths have occurred
A LoCKronr w, stmoreland county farm.
er discovered "A broken frog on one Of the
q Nn..v. f. .t..V Il IL
tn, siay morning just IN time 10 stop the
southwestern express thereby saving II from
being thrown from the track.
4 LrmGu Valley engine exploded near
Shcnludo IA Wednesday night, killing En-
rinper william Barry, Of Shoemakers anu
seriously inIuricga fireman and brake
man.
ALrrrrE child Of Andrew Johnson nj
Brady's Run was burned to death while
playing about u fire IN room with other
children.
AT HEAVIER Fails Saturday afternoon dur.
ing football game John Mitchell OF New
Brighton wus severely injured Little hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
A CUMBERLAND county jury yesterday
rendered a verdict or 5000 against the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad, for tho
killing Of Charles Eyilhock near Carlisle,
Pa, in April 1891.
LAwREScE county school directors favor
free text books.
Mrs. MARY WuTFs, an aged crippled
lady, was attacked by two unknown men,
near New Florence Sunday, and robbed of
$40
Ar SChuylkillhayen, Mrs Ann Davis
died at the almshouse. aged l0l years She
was born i'm Wales in 1871, and has been
widow for fifty years.
ALBERT TANNER. a lumber merchant, of
Sandy Lake fell asleep In n tram returning
from Buffalo and was robbed OF si3s
TiE treasury OF Mercer county Is in
straighteucd circumstances because of uu-
collected taxes during the past three years,
aggregating about $4,000.
A FiRE that br0ke out in j. ID. Hepburn'G
restaurant, Mahaiiey, destroyed all lac
buildings from the river 20 Mahafey Ho-
tel. The loss which amounts TO thousands
of dollars falls heaviest ON A. ID. Lydick,
who owned five of the burned buildings.
A. Spencer and J. ID. Hepburn are also
heavy losers.
JosEPH, the five year old son OF John
Henry, of Canoe creek near Hollidaysburg,
applied a lighted match 10 his clothing and
was burned beyond recovery.