The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

We congratulate our friend III. II.
Schoch, upon his appointment as
Notary Public in Selinsgroye. He is
a careful plinstaliiug man and will
make popular official.
The contract for laying stones for
the foundation of Missy Institute
has been awarded to Isaac Row and
brothers of Selinsgrove. The con
tract for the complete building will be
awarded on Friday.
Superintendcnt.of Public Instruc-
ton Schaeifer has undertaken to
effect n reform in Pennsylvania. A
number of County Superintendents
have reported to him that there are
a few school houses in the State that
have no school outhouses.
The effort of the Cleariield and
Beech Greek region miners to bring
about general strike in advance of
the meeting of the national conven-
tion has proven failure. Dubois
and Reynoldsville miners have refus-
ed to stop work until 80 ordered by
the national officers.
The Everett Republican Vol. mo.
1 comes to our desk this week. It
is controlled by John Chamberlain
Publisher and John NJ. Bowman Ed
itor. The sheet is newsy one and
purports to be breezy Republican
Journal. We wish the enterprise
abundant success,
A writer in the Philadelphia Led
ger, who has made careful study of
the subject of tree planting in cities
and towns, gives the following list to
select from and prefers them in the
order gwen; Norway maple. sugar
maple, silver maple, linden, plane,
horse chestnut, paper birch
and paulownia.
A new feature of the Newton
Hamilton, Juniata county, Camp
meeting will be the closing of the
gates on Sunday, which was unani-
mously agreed upon at II recent
meeting of the directors. The
grounds will be opened for campers
July 2nd, but the camp-meeting
proper, will not commence until
Aug 18th, and continue ten days.
Col. Joe Lesher, the leader of the
Democracy of Snyder county, was
in town on Monday on business. The
Colonel would rather be postmaster
any day than school director, and
feels sanguine of success. He is the
only person we know of down i'll
Snyder county who still claims to be
a Democrat, and why shouldn't he
be misunderstanding Ne1S.
While appraisers were looking up
the property of james Mckee, of
Mifllin township, Cumberland coun-
ty, on Wednesday in an old chest in
the glrret, was found SO, S95.35 tied
up in mouldy paper. The money
is supposed to have been put there
forty years ago. Eighteen hundred
dollars of the money was in gold,
S6OOin silver and the balance in paper
money. All the money was covered
with mould.
The Town Council at its last stated
meetingappointed the following gen
tlemen II Board of Health. DR.. b. L.
Wagenseller years, John Il. Cooper
4 years, Peter S. Albert 3, Mai. Il. p.
Rohback2 . years, and Jas. X. Burns, !
year. The Council is to be congratu-
lated upon its excellent selection.
As soon rs the Board is fully organ,
lied our citizens will hear from
them. Tribune. Certainly n good
move. Does Middleburgh need Il
similar organization?
The report of Danville's Board OF
Health on Monday shows four new
cases of smallpox number con-
valescent, five. and total number OF
cases under treatment, fifteen. The
cases are in the same quarter of the
town where the disease first origi-
mated. Muncy also, is believed to
have case of smallpox, although
the doctors do not as yet agree. A
man named Rocker is the suspected.
who has been quarantined by the
Board of Health and placed on a
fiat and anchored out on the river.
The State Board of Health has beer
requested to send an expert to make
an examination.