The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21

connected with a man having the
"whiskey- rams and firing a 3s. cal
ibre revolver at imaginary burglars
by moonlight, than there is in rat
Ting load of No. 8 shot after an
innocent little rabbit running
through an alley.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says it
is understood that Governor Patti
son will issue q writ for the filing of
the vacancy occasioneq by the death
OF Congressman at. Large Lilly at
the regular Spring eleAtion in Feb
ruary, which will ayoIi large ex-
penditure for special election.
All of the Sunday schools in Mid
dleburgh will have Christmas enter
tainments. The U. b. and Evangel-
ical schools will hold theirs Satur-
day evening, the Reformed on Sun
day evening, and the L,utherans will
render the cantata entitled Beth
lehem" in the new church Monday
evening.
The members of the Republican
Standing Committee are requested
to meet on January i 1894, in the
Court House at Midd-eburgh at !
o'clock, p. IN. Importlnt business
will be transacted. Every member
should be present.
II. Q. SAMPslt, Chairman.
CHAs. w. HERMANN, Sec.
Babies born in this state after Jan
uary /, 1894, will have their names,
the names of their parents and the
date OF their arrival m this vale of
tears, inscribed upon the county
records, in conformity With recent
act of the Legislature. Ehe work of
collecting the necessary data lEpt
upon the assessor. q IN no
1A neisaiJoa 81, l,srS,oat,k > Gaan - was
much surprised one day at receiving
a basket of potatoes from an old
lady in his parish, with message
saying that as he had remarked in
his sermon on the previous Sunday
that some commentators (commen-
taters) did not agree with him she
had sent him some real good ones.-
JerSey Shore Ueruld
There are n number of parents
who will soon learn in all its forceful
meang that the streets are the
devils school of vice, and freedom
from restraint is the sure road TO
ruin and shame" unless they curb
the propensities of their children
for roaming the streets at night un-
til late hour and with improper
compny.
Men are working in the woods
near Kane, for twenty-five cents n
day and board themselves. One
jobber hired six men last week at
these figures. He told the writer
that he intended to pay them better
wages, but they begged to be allow
ed to work at the wages stated,
twenty-five cents n day and they
find board.-Kane Republican.
MISTAKEN Souls VINO DREAM OF
BLISS. The following marriage IL
censes have been granted since our
last publication
tChas. A Shultz, Danville, Pa.
lMellie j. Woodruff, Selinsgrove.
iJohn G. Fasold, Sunbury, Pa.
lMargarette b. Albert, Selinsgrove.
Frederick Stuck, Mifflin Co.
MARY f. Herbst, Washington twp.
IWm. III. Jacobs, Selinsgroye.
iSarah G. Kreamer, I"
George Washington Burns of the
Wiconisco Times is a hustler as his
illustrious name signifies. Not con-
tent with making all the money he
could possibly make use of in ed
iting the Times, he has started an
other paper at Williamstown called
the EaterpriSe, and is receiving such
noble encouragement that it bids
fair to even outstrip the Times in
enterprise, push, and prosperity.
The Crescent Club has made ar
rangements with Frank p. Melrose,
''The Home Talent Boomer" to
produce the thrilling military drama
"Maior Du Rant" or "The Irish
Sargeants Revenge" under it's aus
pices in Seebold's Hall, Saturday
evening, Dec. 80. Mr.. Melrose has
been very successful in Selinsgrove,
New Berlin and other points in this
section and comes here highly recon-
mended.