The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-11-01
"Thc frost Is on the leaves at dawn
The tlelds are bare where daisies grew
What matters ltp The fles are gote,
Yes. and the bIaned mosuuItoes too -

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Yes. and the blamed mosquitoes, too"
S. ID. Haney of Selinsgrove visited
relatives in this place during the
week.
George Bubb and Mr.. Romtprger
of Williamstown were in town this
week.
The schools of Hollidaybbmg
have been closed by a diph.heria
epidemic.
Tom Harter is stumping Centre
county for Hastings. He spoke at
Woodward last night,
DR.. NJ. l.. limerick, specialist on
diseases of the eye, ear, nose and
throat has opened an office on High
street, Selinsgrove, Pa.
About S1,5OO,OOO of the state
school fund of the year remains in
the treasury, but it is being distri-
buted at the rate of 100000 a week.
If the people of Union county do
not return b. X. Focht to the Legis-
lature, they are not doing their
duty. OF course there is no danger.
There comes n time when the hum
blest worker, with his little dinner
pail and good appetite, would not
change places with the ruler of all
Russia.
Wm. Gross. Calvin Maurer. Reno
Crossgrove, Misses Ella Nagle, Eva
Lebkichler, Martha Niemand
and many others of New Berlin wero
in town on Sunday.
Horace Specht, son of Moses
Specht, Beavertown, died very sud
denly on Tuesday morning abont 10
O'Clock during q spasms ~.
Joseph Ulsh and wife and Mrs.
Polly Ulsh of Mcclure, spent Sun
day with the family of the formers
brother, a. II. Ulsh, in Swineford.
A hale old couple of Lichfield
Mich, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Turrell
celebrated their ruby wedding, the
siXty-tifth anniversary of their
marriage, few days ago.
That hugo skeleton of a mastodon
they have found down in NTiiilin
County isn't circumstance to the
one the Democratic party is trying
unavailingly to keep in the closet.
All arrangements are completed
for big time here on Friday. The
Republican club convention will be
held i'll the afternoon, the parade
at o'clock and the mass meeting to
follow.
Frank Spangler, who spent the
summer in this place, started last
Thursday for Columbus, Ohio. He
will be associated with G. 7. Nelson
~ Co., of that city. The best
wishes of the Posr go with him.
Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Paints.
Oils, Glass, Nails, Guns, Ammuni-
tions, Building material and u gen
eral line of Hardware for sale cheap
for cash at NJ. 5. SoHRoYER's,
l2-l. Selinsgrove. Pa.
The Bloomsbury Sentinel COM
plains that Monroe II. Kulp, the
Republican candidate for Congress
in that district, parts his hair in the
middle. At last we have a State
issue such as the Democratic candi-
date for Governor has longed for.
Last week fire broke out in the
basement of the Gymnasium at
Bucknell University, and the sides
and ceiling We're badly charred be-
fore they succeeded in extinguish-
ing it. The loss will reach two hun
dred dollars, fully covered by insur-
ance.
Many citizens of West Chester
desire to have woman chosen next
time as Superintendent of the
Public Schools of Chester county.
For the position the names OF Miss
Susan Lodge, of West Chester, and
Miss Hannah Epright, of Malvern,
are mentioned.
The Sheriff's sale of Mrs. Matilda
Heinly's property took place ON
The 32 acre tract was
bought by ]. d. Shrader for $12l5.
Francis Koch bought the Adams.
burg property for $4,000. Jacob
Bingaman bought the Troxelyille
for $3.50.