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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
RECORDS OF PENSIONERS.
n Full Military and Medical History
Required OF Applicants Under the
Disability Act of JunelS0O

DAshb'iiNS ACN Oi u JunS,looO
Commissioner Lochren, OF the Pension
Bureau at Washington, issGed an orde. di.
recting that hereafter in making calls upon
the War and Navy Departments. 'or infor-
nation regarding the service OF applicants
for pensions under the Disability act OF
June p, 1880, request shall be made for a
full military and medical history OF the sol
der
Hitherto these calls have asked only for
the dates OF the soldiers enlistment and
discharge. This new order is important,
IRON the fact that II shows a purpose on the
part OF the pension officials to make a more
searching inquiry than formerly into the
causes OF the applicants disability. and as
certain from official sources whether it may
not have resulted from his own yiciuss
habits This information IL material, as
under the act of June n, 1890, such appli-
cants are specifically barred from receiving
peneions
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
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CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS.
Five Women and Baby Killed and
Thirty Injured by Wreck on the
West Shore Railroad


The West Shore day express No. |. was
wrecked in the West shore freight yard at
Newburgh, y. Y, with terrible results.
When the train reached the switch which
connects the main road with the West Shore
freight yard, mile south Of the station the
engine, picked up, it is supposed, loose OBJ
jeci, which caused It to jump from n frog
and leave the track, |, ran upon the ties a
distance equal to the length of the train and
then ran into freight train standing in the
yard. The crash was terrific,
The following were killed; Mrs. Eliza
Klomm, of Highland Falls n. Y: daugh.
ter Of Burn ham Elberson, of Sataukrt.
Long Island. aged . wears. her parents were
both injured; Rose Reilly OF West Park;
Mrs. Pauina Wright, OF Brooklyn; two un-
women.
About 30 were injured The most serious
were Charles Williams, of New Durham
fireman of the passenger engine, expected
10 recover; Fred. Holland OF New Durham
engineer of freight train, vii probably re.
cover; Jane J, Cooke, Of Catskill probably
fatal y; g. c. Sistaire (refused to give ad-
dress thought to be commercial traveller
recovery doubtful.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

FINANCIAL AND ooMxrncrar..

The Chicago Chemical National Bank has
resumed business. The s40o.0 600 assessment
reqired by the comptroller has been raised.
The National Bank Of Kansas City sus-
pended payment and is now in the hands Of
Comptroller Of the Currency.
The Comptroller ofthe Currency at Wash.
ington has authorized the First Nstionsi
Bank OF Commerce of Frovo. Utah, and the
Second National Bank OF Ashland, Ky, to
resume business. All these banks have
plenty Of money, none Of which was bor-
rowed but obtained by the collection Of
amounts due on notes or supplies by the
directors.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
REBELLION IN NICARAGUA.
The People Of Leon Revolt Agaiust the
New Government. Siam Threatens
10 Sink French Oun. Boata.

Another revolution has been started in
Nicaragua. The people of Leon have rebell-
ed against the government established when
Sacaza Was overthrown. President Don
Salvador and Gen. Avllez commander in.
chief Of the army are he'd prisoners by the
reyoIutionists They were taken while
visiting in Leon.
The rebels have seized the military bar
racks and three steamers Oh Managua lake
Troops have been sent to Leon to quell the
uprising.
The Siamese Government has notified
France that il any more OF the latter's gun.
boats attempt to cross the bar at the mouth
Of the Meinan river thev will be sunk, and
France will be held officially responsible
for beginning war upon Siam.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

Al rerlin the army bill passed the Reich.
stag Saturday, by vote Of 2Oi to 1855. After
the passage OF The measure the Reicbstae
adjourned.
On May 30 three eunboats escorting two
merchant junks to Canton were attacked bv
800 pirates and after desf crate tight dur.
ing which sixty government sailors were
killed, the pirates got away with the booty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
PROMINENT pRopI

Jr.rs VERNE has written a.
novels.
OK an average, the letters reo..
Emperor OF Germany number en-.
SAMUEL MISrunS PECK, the A.
Is running a turkey farm at Tusl,
GovERSon FLowER. OF New Yo,,
the best amateur trap-shooters IA h
W. A. DEHsRiry. the MAYO, ~
Ind, is only TWENTY-FIVE wear,
probably the youngest mayor In n.
The Princesses OF Siam hav.
as W.lat-ulongkorn and Slrs,
which will make Eulalia sound =,
ever.
TIE Army OF the Potomac a.,
Boston, elected Major-Genenl n
Miles. United States Army, prs,,l
Organization.
REV. W. II. FURSERs. pastor III
the First Unitarian Church in pes1
was ninety-ore years old n few A.
is the oldest living graduate OF NJ
versity and is the only survivor \ \
81 Ig1l.
SENATOR SHERMAN has moved h.
residence. which IL one Of the an
lngton. IL is said TO have cos
Senator sherman has made -
money in Washington real estate y,
large holdings there.
IT is reported that the King O, j
tends to abdicate In favor OF "A.
Sparta and retire 10 his mois,
home on the Island OF Corfu. MI
finds Il impossible to cope with s.|
financial difficulties OF Greece.
MISS EMMA SicKELs. the InA,,
thropist, has three proteges. vho
ders In the musical world. The
Misses Bluejacket. and they slug
ingales. or real Cherokee origin /,
the richest OF copper-colored skin
OF black eyes and reddest OF lirs
The new United States Distr-
for Eastern Wisconsin Is n knight
properly be called Sir J. II. NJ. vi,
June IA, 1885, he received the or
tha, he had been made a knight ol,
OF st. Gregory the Great, receiving,
sealed with the Pope's seal. the \
ring, and signed by Cardinal Lelos
The Archbishop OF Can,erburl
the most regular attendants at "a.
the British House OF Lords. Ther
written rule OF that body that info,
any matter relating 10 the churA ,
asked direct OF the Archbishop. d
therefore considers IL his dutytoh !
and he makes II a rule 10 be h
punctually at 4 o'clock.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

A NORTH GRrrNsBrRG girl found lot OF
her mothers old love letters, and pretending
that they were ~ recent date, and written
to the daughter from n young man her
mother knew. read them To the mother
The latter was very much disgusted indeed.
and forbade her daughter having anything
10 do with youn' man who w)Gid write
such sickening stuff.
OK Friday John Klnrcnsmith was illed
Phiip khnvensmith was injured and
Robert winfield was paralyzed by lightning
which struck the house of John ClHpper, at
EversOn, where The three men were plaster.
Ing.
A LITTLE WAsHlNGToN man has q canary
bird which persists in eating her own eggs,
lie was told 20 nut pepper un the eggs TO
cure the bird Of the habit, but she seemed
TO relish the eggs better thus seasoned.
A TARANTrLA was found in bunch Of
bananas in q litusville fruit store. IL was
Matching All egg and when the egg was
broken 1t was found to contain about @I0
welldeveloped young tarantuas.
RrNovA is having an epidemic Of some.
thing like typhoid fever, probably due TO
the water Two hundred and sixty people
Hre down sick, and u number OF deaths
have occurred.
or the 25 300 teachers in Pennsylvania
only l95 are college graduates. More than
one half never attended un academy, sem
mary or normal school,
THr Beleionte Furnace Company will
bank its fires in few days for suspen'
sion OF GO DAYS because OF the low price and
limited demand for iron.
In Penn township Butler county, lives a
man named MarSs who has horse with
three natural feet, but the fourth ise shaped
like cows
THOMAS WILSON carpenter fell off tbs
barn Of A. T. Pollard. near Rimers burg. n
distance OF forty feet and was Killed.
JoHN ScARvER Of Laurelville, claims to
have hauled the largest load Of hay ever
known. 1t weighed 5000 pounds
BARLOW NYE, aged 40 died at Mononga.
be City, from blood poisoning, caused by
rusty nail penetrating his loot.
Oris T. Lurz was probably fatally burned
AZ saw. mill camp near New Castle, by the
explosion Of "a barrel of oil.
A LANCASTER scientist has white spider,
on the back OF which are the outlines Of a
skull in blacs.
W. PERRY YouNG, OF North Liberty. was
killed by Pitsburg and Western train at
Harmony.
WILLIAM SHvBFRT while crad.ing grain
near Holidays burg Saturday, was killed by
lightning.
A JFRsTY COW in Liberty township, Tioga
county, gives 80 pounds OF milk day.
SPoRrMrN in many parts of the state re.
port that squirrels are not plentiful.
CHARLIE BowNAN. aged l6, was drowned
IN the lase opposite Stoneboro.
Tnr season for woodcock was ushered in
on the Fourth.
Tar jeanette Daily Star has suspended
publication.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

FARIs-There were five new cases Of chol.
era and four deaths from the disease in
Toulon on Wednesday.
ALrSANpEiA, EGYrr-Eich,y.Gv cases
Of cholera are reported IN the hospital
here, Forty deaths from the disease have
secured.
VIrNNA-Cholera has reappea,ed in Mos.
cow, kien and Northeast Hungary. In
Moscow the outbreak is serious. There have
been thirty.two cases and c,eyen dea'hs in
ihe convict forwarding prison s.nce July /.
LoNpoN,-A dispatch from Alexandria
Egypt, states that no cholera is reported
anywhere in Egypt The place where the 50
cases and 40 deaths which were reported
The other day were in Tor sma.. town of
Arabia Petraea, on the east shore OF tie
gulf of Suez.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
BETTER TONE IN BUSINESS.
Phe Easing ofthe Financial stringency
Aids Trade. Conservatism, How
ever, Continues TO Prevail
in oil


Aids Trade. Conservatism, How
ever, Continues TO Prevail
in all Directions.
Il G.. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says:
There is a somewhat better tone IN busi-
ne $ because tie money markets are little
less stringent, but il cannot be said that
there is any distinct improvement IN
every direction the usual conservatism pre-
walls, orders are relatively small, the vol
ume Of business is restricted and people are
awaiting policy rules. New York banks
have received some money from the inter.
Tor, but are not yet clear that il is best 10 re
tire clearing house certificates, because they
are said 10 be weak spots which may vet re-
quire liberal extension of credits Other
cities have drawn less from New York be.
cause their business is restricted. Some
gold has come already from abroad, and
more is expected within the next week,
but exports Of products 10 not increase as
much us has been expected.
The experts OF products are light for two
weeks at New YORK, being only sl3,sl2, ,Gl0
against sl5 SO $50 last year Ia June the
exports OF breadstuiis provisions cotton,
oil and cattle amounted 10 SO ,U5 gGl
against S42, 702, 20O Tor the same month last
year.
Speculative markets have not been acti7e
during the past week, though wheat is I4c
higher, corn &c higher and cotton 20 higher.
With small transactions prices have tended
upward AS the momentary stTingency has
relaxed
Tie treasury has not materially affected
the financial situation during The past week
and has taken much les than the usual
quantity OF silver, because but little was
offered ut the market price.
The failures during the past week were3s 4
in the United States, against lGS last year
Tor the ,ame woeA,and III Canada % against
- last year.
THE RusiSEss BAROMETER
Bank cleurlngs totals for the week ending
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
A Llght Mneat crop.

Crop reports within the last four day,
from 26Sl reliable gram dea ers and miller
covering every section of the six principal
winter wheat States, producing two.thidi
Of the total crop. ind cate that they will fur
nish about 100, ,000, 600 bushels this year a,
against 230 000, 900 bushes IN 1892 Ohio
has the best and very favorable prospect
II lie the only one OF the six States which
will have as large or op as year ago.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

Comptroller Eckels says there has been q
steady increase in the amount Of national
bank currency during the past three years
and that there is no occasion for bus ness
alarm.
The gold reserve is gradually getting back
to its full amount of $1,000 as result Of
the slight improvement in the financial sit.
uation. Saturday it was sos. .iO5, 366. a gain
Of s26,0 097 over Friday.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
o,.n.,cr. .ccIa.r,.nuarr,r,,,I..

At Chautauqua Y. y. atraiu on ;he y,
Y. 7. 4 O railroad struck a buggy contain.
ing Dick Whiford and Frank Newhouse,
both of Lakewood y. y Both men were
Instantly killed Each leaves 'amlly.
AT Charleston, s. G., Isaac Mitchell amt
his entire family, consisting ot hve persons
were poisoned, VI ,cheli and his daughter
Ada are dead and the Others critically III,
The victims died from arseuiCai poison.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
THE NEW POSTAL CARDS
Win Be All o. Uniform Size, the La
dies Card Being Abolished.

Postmaster General Blssell has decided ia
abolish the three sizes OF postal cards now
in use and TO substitute one size for both
single and reply cards. With that purpose
in view the specifications which have been
sent 10 prospective bidders for the contract
Of furnishing the postal service with card,
during the next four years call for single
cards o! the uniform SIZE Of 3!xji inches
This is what is known as the internationa
size, it being used generally by countries
composing the National Postal Union.
The double or reply card now in use will
be continued, with the s'ze when folded,
reduced 20 that of the international card
These Two cards will ta.e the place Of th,
sIall or ladies card. the medium and the
large card and the large return card
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

AT pitttburp, Pa, lawyers for Dempsey
and Beatty asked Judge McClung TO gram,
an order to have Gallagher and Davidson
examined in the western peni,en,iary. but
the Judge refused TO DO so until he had time
to consider the matter carefully. An ap
plcation will be made for a pardon for
Dempsey and Beatty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

Near CoGeyyille, Kan. the bank Of
siound Valley, owned by c, NJ, Condor, of
OsweGo, Kan, was robb ed at noon on Fri
day by three msp who rode into town, and
entering the bank tied and gagged the
cashier. J O. Wilson. and secured tho mor"v
IN sight, which amounted 20 5000, The
robbeN made their escape.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
RnIlrnnu NcMs.

On and after July 10 the Big Four will
make rates to Chicago OF one fare for the
round trip from every point on its system.
Tickets at this rate will be good every day
and on any regular or special passenger
train. Every competing line declares that
Il will meet the rates. This establishes the
half rate business from the large Eastern
and Southern territory.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
pr.asrrRs. AccrnrYrs Avn rAr,r11rrs

Christopher and John Kerpe!, aged Is AMI
l6, of Central Falls, were drowned in Gran.
berry Pond, North Att!6boro, while bath
ing.
John Bck. aced 30, and his son Walter
aged 20, were accidentally drowned at the
North end OF Bell Isle, Detroit, yesterday.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
Three helpless Children Burned.

At Durant, Miss, three colored children
were lock ed up in house by their father
and mother, who then went to church.
During the absence of the parents the cabin
was destroyed by fire and the children ere
mated.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
rHrsAioovs PAY THr rAxrs.

BrTHLrnEu-Th Council OF Hellertown
thrifty borough FIVE miles from here, has
decided 10 levy no tax this year. Tue reve
nue. from saloons OF which there in one for
every 33 voters, will pay the running ex
penses of the borough government
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

At Pittsburgh, Pa. the thermometer reg
istercd 50 degrees officially on Sunday. The
majority Of people thought the figures
should be 10 degrees. On Saturday The
official temperature was % degrees,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

-lH The American newspaper ravilion"
al the centennial exposition IN 1876 every
newspaper In the United St,tes. excepting
four, was on file and available for any Wis
,toI who might call for II. In this particular.
ni least, '7G was ahead Of the Worlds faii
Of 93.. where nothing Of the kind has been
undertaken.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
THEY GIT $4,000.

The paid admissions to the Worlds Faii
Sunday were 40, 40i IL Is estimated that
the amount contributed to the relief fund by
concessionaries from to-day's receipts will
amount TO 5000 which added To The pro.
ceeds from ticket sales will swell the fund
by about $4,000.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

President Cleveland has enjoyed smother
quiet day at Gray Gables. The president
has nearly recovered from his attack Of
rheumatism. There has not been sn Office
seeker here since he arrived
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
A Cyclones Deadly Work

A .rrifc cyclone struck stillSsi'i'
nn Friday afternoon. Samuel 20
aud Winfield Ahez were killed aud
buildings blown down. MANY Peo''
injured and some are missing.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

wrsr NIwros-The sensational story
about children finding human bones in the
county near here has been investigated.
The bones belonged TO the skeleton Of an
ole horse that lied some time last winter,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
South caroIina,s Liquor Law.

A dispatch from Charleston, S. c., says
The decision Of Judge Hudson, declaring
the state liQu>r dispensary law uncons,i-
tutional, is OF no value, as the supreme
eouT: has decided Il a valid statute.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
Capital. Labor and indu.trIai,

Both the iron and steel WAGE scales were
signed by Jones x Laughin. This is the
largest mill in pittsburg employing about
600 men. No time has been fixed tor
star,iug the works, but it is believed they
will be put in operation ca.ly next week
Jones & Laughlius' action Is taken as AN in.
dication that q satisfactory settlement will
be reached at the conference between the
iron manufacturers and the Amalgamatei
Association at the conference To he held
next Monday. The scale calls for reductions
ranging from . to - per cent, and was
finally agreed to and signed The new scale
however, does not seriously decrease the
earnings Of the wofkmen. The Findlay
Rolling Mill Company, Of Findiay. o.,
also signed the scale. ih's company he
apuddlng, bar and guide mill.
One hundred and Gny ho.ermakers at
the Bigelow Iron Works, New Haven. Conn.
quit work and decided they would not re.
sun until the management accede TO their
demands Tor nine.hour day.
The Lake Shore switchmen's strike at
Cleveland, o., is over. The men returned to
work. -.---.-.4
James Hug I'VE master workman OF
the United Garment Workers Association
Of America, who had been in the Monroe
county y, Y, penitentiary for Elk months.
has been pardoned Hughes was convicted
Of extorting money from clothing manu-
tacturers OF Rochester
The Pittsburg, Kan, miners have refused
the offer Of the operators Of 81 cents II ton
for mine run coal the year round The
eviction Of the men by the operators, II is
feared, will bring trouble.
The Benson mines OF magnetic ors at the
terminal Of the Carthage and Adirondack
railway. west of Upper Lake, y. I, have
closed. -Four hundred men are thrown ont
Of employment,
The Charles Parker Company Of Me'iden,
Conn. has shut down for an indefinite per
iod. The firm employs about ZOO hands
IN the Manufacture Of lamps. screws etc
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
RrRlAL OF rnE UNKNOWN r1Rr VICTIMS.

BURIAL OF TnE UNKNOWN FtRy VICTIMS.
The funeral ofthe eight unidentified vic.
ums OF the Cold Storage tire took place Fri.
day afternoon and was attended by several
thousand people. The bodies were inferred
IN Oakwood cemetery, where a monument
70 their memory will be erected
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

The long lockout of union lumber showers
at Tonawania y. Y, is broken. II was
unanimously decided by the workmen togo
10 work at once as individuals.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
rArAlvAtL PROM \ curREr rErY.

TATAI FALL FROM 4 tEFkhr mn.
6RFENsRuRG-John Weyland, who lived
near Mt. Pleasant, fell nom n cherry tree
and sustained injuries from whiod be died
soon after,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
An tYrfrss ANn rsrrtrss cA1r.

CASoNsBrRc-A COW owned by John Ry-
an, farmer near here has given birth to
calf which has no eyes or tail. Every other
way the creature is well developed and Is Of
lively disposition.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
JoHNsTowN WON THE FLAG.
The Flood City's Base Ball Talent Lands
the State League Pennant With
Cannes 10 Spare.

The first season Of the Pennsylvania
State League ended on Saturday, with
Johns,own the winner Of the Iennant The
seasons record and the standing of the clubs
gt the finish follow:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

was consumed for the third time within q
year, Eighty families homeless
The greater portion OF Purcell Texas q
town Of 1900 inhabitants, was destroyed by
FIRE.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20
cRiMEs AND rRNAIrirs.

Lucia siescish, of California, a capitals,
and retired miner, shot and killed his wife
and then committed suicide. Jealousy W
the cause.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

-MISNrsoTA's antiscalpers law is now in
effect, Ticket brokers will contest its con.
stitutionality before the Supreme Court
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

The following table shows the standing Of
the different base ball clubs up TO date
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-20

FsvnIr, ", u,-Nearly the whole town
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THr nusINTss BAROMETER.

Bank clearlngs totals for the week ending
July ~, as telegIaphed 10 Bradstr.es. are