The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-11
ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST

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pneumonia, is able TO be about again.
Mrs. High Smith, Of Georgetown,
Pa, is the guest of Jas. G. Grouse,
Esq, and family.
Hush has sold his grain house
and coal depot in Franklin to W. b.
Winey for $4,000.
Overcoats and all winter goods at
cost to make room for the spring
trade at r. Gunsberger's.
Rev. Neff had sufficiently re-
covered from the grip to fill his ap-
pointments at Hassingers' and Mid
dleburgh on Sunday.
Ex-sberiff Middleswarth has pur-
chased Batdorf & Enterline's stock
of goods at Mcclure and will en-
bark in the mercantile business.
Grand-pap Michael Schoch, who
has been gradually sinking for some
time, is no better and his extreme
age (93) leaves little hope of recovery.
Thomas Rathfon won the cham
ber.suit at Spitler's shooting match
on Saturday-imbedding nine No. 8
shot in two-inch block at 30 yards.
George Spangler, who was en-
gagged in the lumber business III
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, came home
on Saturday to spend the winter at
this place.
Special bargains will be offered
at the Cash Store between this and
Spring. Come, see. and be convinc-
ed. DAVID WETzEI,
/ .tw Sw;,eford Pa.
of Selinsslu e, who has been unable
to leave his house for several months
on account of sickness, is up and
about again.
A. f. Gilbert left for Lancaster
on Tuesday morning to resume his
studies in +. g. NJ. Academy, after
spending vacation of nearly three
weeks with his parents at this place.
Foh SALE.-My stock Of Notions
and Stationary will be sold at a
bargain. Best location in Middle
burgh. For particulars address
j. W. SwARTz.
A CARD hereby return my
thanks to the Troxelville and Ridge
Sunday schools for the valuable
Christmas presents received from
them. REV. j. n. WETzLER.
Prof. James o. Herman, principal
of the Edwardsville Pa.) public
schools. spent several days in Mid
dleburgh last week. Jim is endowed
with tact and push-those two most
essential qualities in the success of
young men.
For SALE.-Pure Poland China
pigs of both sexes and various ages.
A few fine young sows bred for
spring litters. My foundation stock
I got from two prominent breeders
in Ohio and is first class.
d. n. APP,
Selinsgrove, Pa
A Musical Convention will be held
in Middleburgh, commencing Mon
day, February II, and continue dur
ing the week under the leadership OF
Prof. p. Billhardt. With him as
conductor the convention must and
will be grand musical success. He
assures us that he has secured some
very fine musical talent to assist at
the concerts, whose names and spe-
cialties will be given On the bills.
The prophecy of Robert Toombs
that he would call the roll of his
slaves in the shadow OF Bunker
hill monument, was never fulfilled,
but it has come to pass that Harriet
Hayden, who was slave in Ken
lucky before the war and made heI
escape, and who died in Boston the
day before Christmas, left her es-
tate of $1,000 to Harvard college to
found scholarship for deserving
colored students. Harvard admits
colored pupils, and year ago one
of them was the class orator. Mrs
Hayden's bequest, tho small, viii
i've an impetus to the good worl
'ucating the colored race.