The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-24

the PosT.
We regret to chronicle the death
of Jere Snyder of Mt. Carmel, Pa.
+. L. Bower, Esq, spent Sunday
with his family at Lewisburg.
The citizens of town are requested
to decorate their houses on the Both
of May.
Wm. +. Roush of Mexico, is spend
ing a few days in Selinsgrove and
vicinity.
William Doobler of Mifllinburg is
visiting the family of Adam Showers
on East Market Street.
A number of our people went TO
Selinsgrove Tuesday to see the tur-
bulent Susquehanna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Bowersox Wis
tied the family of G.. w. Burns at
Williamstown, over Sunday.
A few of our young people enjoyed
an informal hop at the home of Miss
Lillian Stetler, on Tuesday evening
The new Masonic Temple at Lew
istown will be dedicated about tH<
DIST of June. Lodges will be pres1
ent from all parts of the state. ~
In the production of butter 81
latest reports, Iowa stands firpf
among the states with 1888, ,029
pounds from /, ,49S. AS COWS. IN
On farm near Crown Point, Ind !
eight horses were killed by one bolt
of lightning, recently. They wera
huddled against wire fence during
a storm, and the electricity first
struck the fence. w
Delegate II. @. Sampsel of Center
vile Republican Nominee fer AS
SEN s "a. Is Is G G. W. Her-naAa, c.. s;-pse
II. G. Bowersox and Geo. w. Wagon
seller of this place, attended the Re
publican nominations at Harrisburg
on Wednesday.
Memorial Services will be held in
the Court House on Sunday evening,
May ~ at 7:3O, Rev. w. III. Schoch
Of New Berlin, will preach the SER
mon. The public is cordially invit-
ed by order of Capt. G.. w. Ryan
Post.
Rev. S. j. Ulrich of Selinsgrove
preached Il trial sermon in the Luth-
eran Church on Sabbath morning
from the text; "No man spake as
this man spake," He gave plain,
practical and useful talk on the life
of Christ.
About six inches of water were
pumped from the cellar of the new
Bank property-the result of the
heavy rain-f fall-preparitory to the
masons beginning work on the foun-
dation. Percival Hare and Lester
Bauchman had the contract for the
removal of the water.
A record of the various ways ''pen-
sion was spoiled by different writer's,
was kept by clerk of an Indiana
Congressman. He discovered eleven
different combinations, as follows
Pension, pencion, penchian, pention,
pensun, pencience, penchun, pentun,
penchion, penton, and penchon.
The trains on the Sunbury and
Lewistown division of the p. r. r.
were unable to run farther than
Selinsgrove Tuesday and Wednes-
day, on account of the bridge across
the Susquehanna river being loaded
down with freight cars to protect
the bridge against the flood.
The Middleburgh orchestra has
been engaged for the Freshmen ex-
hibition ut Selinsgrove on the even
ing of June 4th. They will also play
for all the other exercises at the
Missionary Institute Commence
ment. On Friday June sth, they
will go to the New Berlin Commence
ment to play for all the exercises
there.
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