The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-09

this week ut prices you never heard
Come and see. RuNKLr ~ WALTER.
"AIrsrANFS Souls VINO DREAM or
Bliss. The following marriage Ii.
ccnses have been granted since our
last publication:
! Isaac Adams, Selinsgrovo.
tJane L. kratzer, Kratzcrvillc.
lJames w. Hendricks, Freeburg.
Emma X. Herrold,
VI. Allen Wray, Decatur.
ELLEN Nj. Shook, AIiddlecreek.
A naughty exchange says there is
scarcely anything woman cannot
do with hairpin. They use it to
pick their teeth, button shoes, clean
finger nails, punch bed bugs out of
cracks, fasten up stray bangs, clean
out their husbands pipe, scratch
their head, pick their toe nails, run
it into cakes TO see if they are done,
and about million other things
that the poor deluded man knows
nothing at all about.
The announcement of the death of
Hon. Daniel Beckley will be read
with surprise and regret by his
many friends throughout the State
He was born in Mifllinburg, was for
n long time editor of the Blooms.
burg Republican, and also held sew
oral positions of trust ut Harrisburg.
He was aged 60 years. Mr.. Beckley
was for many years connected with
the Department of Public Instruc-
tion.
Two GAMES on SATURDAy.-August
llth will be gala day for the base
ball enthusiasts of Snyder county.
A large mum Der of them will be in
Middleburgh on Saturday to see the
two great games of the season. At
ga. m. the Troxelville team will
'oss bats with the Middleburgh
te,GoS he New Berlin
nitr bu .sau. .rr ,ds;yQve te'
on the AiiudieD,. ,,n gfB8naass.- s. 9ns
game was postponed from last week.
Sister Wolfe, of the Shippensburg
ChrOnicie, thus philosophers: AN
editcr works 36j days per year to
get out 81 issues of II paper that's
labor. Once in while somebody
pays years subscription that's
capital. And once in II while Il real
type of a dead beat takes the paper
for few years and vanishes with.
out paying for it; that's anarchy.
But later on Justice will overtake
the last named creature, for there is
Il place where he will get his deserts:
that's hades."
AGES AT WHICH SNYDER County
PEOPLE MARRY.-Thore were II
marriage licenses taken out III Sny-
der county during June and July.
The aggregate ages of the males is
i33 years, of the females 372. The
Oldest male applicant is 3s years of
age, and the oldest female applicant
is the same. These were married to
each other. The youngest male ap-
plicant is Is, female, the same The
average age of male applicants is
25l years, of female applicants, %
years. This is a higher average than
any for several months.
Judge Jeremiah Lyons is holding
court in New Bloomfield, Perry Co..
this week. The Judge will have
pretty mess to settle up. The looted
bank case will come up for trial. The
town has eighteen lawyers of its
own and nearly all of them are inter
ested in one way or another in the
trial. Besides, four or five other
lawyers are employed. Then, with
the profusion of judges, ex-judges,
sheri ifs, ex-sheriffs, 'squires and 9th.
er legal talent, the town will "roll"
in legal lore. Probably some mem
Ders OF the profession VIII be legally
lower.
An INDIGNANT EDIToR.-Some peo-
pie think they have a tough time of it,
but the following complaint, clipped
from Tennessee paper downs them
all: eve are mad. D-n the peo-
ple. How can they expect us out
here twelve miles from the railroad,
twenty-five from the river, millions
of miles from heaven, about two
miles from the devil, and about 200
yards from whiskey shop, to get
out a live newspaper 2" Not any
worse than to have all the subscrib-
ers on strike-.lead broke. These
are hard times for the craft.