The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-05

tncy nave JuSJ TeCelNeu.
Rev. Harry Weiand of Clarion,
Pa, and Rev. Faus of Adamsburg,
Pa. spent Monday in this place re-
ne,ciRg old acquaintance.
"MIsTAKEN Souls VINO DREAM OF
BLISS. The following marriage Ii
censes have been granted since our
last publication:
SJohn A. Hahey, Chapman twp,
Amanda Snyder. Union "
Aaron w. Swanger, Bannerville,
iDessie 1. Herbster,
". A. Ebright, Meiserville,
iSarah A. Arbogast, Mt. PLEASANT.
Isaac l.. Zimmerman, Richfield,
Mary Il. Markell,
About o'clock last Friday those
who admire celestial displays were
treated to grand aurora borealis
which continued until midnight. An
interesting phenomena connected
with the aurora is the electrical dis
turbance which it induces in the
earth. This is particularly notice
able on telegraph lines and was so
heavy on Friday night as to seriously
disturb the working of the wires.
1t is understood that George w.
Hagerty, of Mercer county, will sue
ceed James p. Giles as statistical
clerk at the Department of Public
Instruction on Monday. Major Boil
ton will be succeeded as messenger
by man named Cannon, of North
cumberland county. The first an.
pointment is credited to Deputy
Attorney General Stranahan. and
that of Cannon to Deputy Insurance
Commissioner Brown.
No writer of natural history has
ever satisfactorily explair~i =
- superior to 4 akInd IN matter O.
truthfulness. Birds and dogs hav,
been known to steal, but, whel
found out, they have never bee,
; known to tell lies about it. Indeed
, , it is proved by the few authenti
cases on record, when animals hav
spoken, that the quadrupeds wer
more keenly alive to the necessitie
of truth than their masters.
{ The wealth of the United States
!. now estimated at S70,0CO, ,OOO,OO
is the largest owner of arabic Ian
on earth. 1t has 100000 owner
of the soil, far more than any othe
> country. The area of its public dc
main is l,s49, O72, 5s7 acres, and col
- stitutes u per cent. of the total are
of the United States, including A
5. aska. OF this, about l,15O,00O,O(
d acres yet remain unsold; or, exclut
o ing Alaska, 780, 600. 900 acres.
! The records of the State Board
Agriculture indicate that Pennsy
l. vania farmers during the year en-,
- ing August ], used about l50,0'
"a tons of commercial fertilizers {,
" which they paid the sum of 49,
y 900 ; it is further estimated that
- this $50, 600, at least 125,500 were
the class known as complete fe
q tilizers' and that the remainder W
Ia distributed among the articles
ot South Carolina Rock bone al
10 alkaline phosphates.
'ir According to the latest chron
u logical events, there is one editor
~ Heaven. How he got there is n
positively known, but it is COME,
he ured that he passed himself off (
at n minister and stepped in unsl
.al pected. When the dodge was d
of covered, they searched the reall
ed of felicity in all their length a
20 breadth for lawyer to draw up t
en- papers for his ejectment, but til
lis failed to find one, and of course
,ar editor is still holding the fort.
Az EXPLANATIoN.-Last week
Ia had number of complaints fr,
cal subscribers who failed to rece
Us: their papers at the proper tin
Il. This is no fault of the managemt
di- of the paper as they were all regul
,rn ly mailed by our efficient Foren
an Mr.. Steininger. We do not wish
tIr. find fault with the Post Office IN
on agement here but, we deem this
ex- planation necessary to clear o
in selves, land Justly too) from censl
irn If we have any more such fiagr
JUS errors we shall take time to 81,
full explanation.