The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-02-23
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST

Miss Ella Stetleris is visiting friends
in Willismsport.
About 8 inches more snow fell on
Tuesday night and the Ground Hog
is fake.
Mrs. X. g. Walter visited her
parents near Beavertown several
days last week
James o. Herbster, of Jamison
City, Columbia county writes us
that they have from forty-eight to
fifty inches of snow in that section.
Prof. Billhardt and wife, after q
stay of several months with relatives
in Akron, o., returned to their home
at this place on Thursday evening of
last week.
Have you lost tooth, or perhaps
several, where the loss shows, and
prefer to have the i'll looking space
rather than wear plate ? Do you
know that DIR. Voelkler,
Costiveness can be permanently
cured by the use of Baxter's Man
drake Bitters. For sale by w. III.
Beaver, Middleburgh, and j. W.
Sampsel, Centreville. Feb.
, Owing to the drifted roads the re-
suit of the election in Chapman, Un-
ion, and Washington townships had
not been received when we went to
press. Will give them next week.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather the flag raising as announc-
ed in last issue has been postponed
to Saturday, February 25 at l o'clock.
Same program will be followed as
announced.
The Centre Hall Reporter says
that Snydv -rspty's ksaaad indeht-
edness is $1zl,3O Notquite so bad
as that, Bro. Kurtz. Knock off
hundred thousand or so and you will
come nearer the mark.
Mr.. Blaine by his will bequeathed
his entire property, valued at about
Sl,OOO,000 to his wife. 1t is thought
that Mrs. Blaine and daugter Hattie
will spend the coming season in
Europe.
The Shindel farm, two miles west
of Middleburgh, was knocked down
SO John Dock on Saturday for 81, 155,
and the Weller farm, two miles
south of Middleburgh, to Sylvester
Bowen for 81 900.
NoTIcE.-Persons having sale this
Spring can make arrangements to
have their notes discounted at the
First National Bank, Middleburgh.
The Bank will furnish the notes free
of charge.
Rev. j. G. Nj. Swengel is conduct
ing most successful series of re-
vival meetings at New Berlin. Our
reporter last week gave credit to j.
X. Swengel instead of the above
named gentleman.
Every mother should have Arnica
and Oil Liniment always in the
house in case of accident from burns,
lscalds or bruises. For sale by w. |
tH. Beaver, Middleburgh, and j. w. |
tSampsel, Centreville. Feb.
n A bill to abolish the Office of Jury |
commissioners is now pending be-
fore Solons at Harrisburg. 1t is
'flaimed that the present system per-
'mits of too much political partiality
1Rnd personal selfshness.
= Samuel Glase, while chopping
Tood near Asoph Bowersox', on
Monday, felled tree in which two
pig fat coons had made their home
,lor the winter. Assisted by two
fogs, he promptly captured and kill
4d both.
a writer once asked an educator
nis definition of an ''o!d maid" and
feceived this answer: "An old maid
a woman who has not yet been
enough to be fooled by every
zpol who has been fool enough to try
opd fool her."
81 Don't forget to attend the festival
81 the U. b. Mite Society to be held
the basement of the U. b. church
M tuesday and Wednesday of
ext week. Chicken. wafiies and
e-cream will be served. The pro.
)eds VIII be appropriated to the
irnishing Of the church.