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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
Almost Drowned in Wheat.

A son OF Jesse Bcrkheimer. of Green Ridge,
Pa, made narrow escape from u horrible
death. He and another boy. Edward Rohr-
baugh, were In a grain warehouse watching
the wheat being transferred from bin by
means Of chute into "a car. The chute be-
coming clogged the boys jumped into the bin
TO push the grain down. They were caught
by the wheat when II began TO move. Rohr-
haugh managed TO get out. but he could not
extricate his companion, who was drawn in
and covered. The chute was speedily closed,
but the lad was out OF sight. partition was
broken down and the wheat permitted TO run
into an adjoining bin. when the unconcious
body Of the boy was taken out. He was re-
suscitated with great difficulty.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
lst year OF Last year Of

The Boston School Committee is
discussing the advisability OF discard.
ing sloping writing in public schools
IN favor OF vertical writing, The
Boston Transcript says; "lf the chill
dren naturally learn to sit erect when
using the vertical writing and natural.
ly get into very bad positions, strain
ing the eyes and twisting the spine,
when they use the sloping system, it
goes without saying that the question
OF relative merit is very easily de.
cided. We understand that Cambridge
has discarded the sloping system, and
advocates the use of the upright. To
obtain a position in many OF our pub.
lie record offices, indeed We might say
in all of them, it is perquisite that
vertical writing be acquired. Let any
person apply at the Registry of Deeds
for position as copyist, and show. as
sample of handwriting, the most
beautiful sloping copper-plate hand,
and he or she will be Immediately met
with tue remark, I'VE cannot use that
style of handwriting on the books.
You must write the upright record
hand Why then DO we not teach in
our public schools something that can
DO used~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
Mns. Jous Hrsprnsos Mrs. ], ,meslteb

MRs. JOIN HENDERSON, Mrs. Ji.mes lfen,
son and Louis Hartman. of Mayto yn; Az
Mapleford, Of Lancaster. and Lieut.. Et!ky,
G. Shannon, OF Columbia. were seriou
injured by runaway trolley car ut Colum.
Conductor Young was hurt.
JAMES GILMORE. chief of poli,e Of Brow
vile, has been missing from hIs post o! 4!
since Tuesday morning. The wife OF Kch
Porter, OF West Brownsville il also mis-.
As they left town together, the suppositlvl
that they have eloped.
Az independent telephone company
been organized to buid a line from !
Pleasant to Greensburg, with extensions
Irwin, Latrobe, Scottdalc. Conaellsyi!l, q
uniontown.
A verdict surcharging the board Of A,
strong county commissioners OF 1880 ".
S2,455,79 was rendered at kittanning on \
urday. About halfo il was tax eXonera;iu.
THERE was agenoral resumption Of wcri
the plant OF the Pennsylvania Steel C3mga
AT steelton with encouraging prospects.
By an explosion OF natural gas a. 81
Castle. William Scheer and William B:C,.|
bolt, aged IL years, were badly burned.
The Ellwood enamellng works are 10
started again by eastern capital under
management of Capt. Ball. OF England.
FRANK FRAELLo, m Italian laboror 1
fatally injured 10y II premature blast q. ID
port. He was working on pipe line.
A MAN about 45 years OF age. heavy
dark beard, dressed In working clothes. 4
found In the river at Shirpinepor,.
MARIE DEccA lost the suit at HarrishgrI
recover from her husband, f. s. Chris: /
possession Of their ( ,O0J home.
The Pittsburgh a Western railroad :. /
at Chicora, Butler county, was destroy, |
fire. Loss, 52,j00.
A NATIONAL bank will be establ,sac
Greensburg with 100000 capitol.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

The luscious bivalye Is evidently
Maryland's oyster, concludes the New
York Advertiser. OF the 80, 900, 600
bushels of oysters produced in the
world each year nearly 30,0O0,0OO
bushels are natives of the United
States, and more than 1000, 900
bushels come from Maryland waters.
The value of Msryland's annual pro-
duct is nearly SO. 200, 900, that of the
United States about s'e 90" n"
uuuC of the rest oi the ..is
more than S12, 500, 900.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
rlsAsrrns, AcciDnvrs AND FATALITIES.

Mary Glynn and Nora Keivel were fatally
burned at Kansas city, Mo-, by the explosion
OF n gasoline stove.
Nicholas Cramer, SO years old, prominent
citizen. Of Niles, o., was instantly killed by a
train on the Erie Railroad.
A fire in Dubuque. Ia. Saturday night de-
stroycd 25,000,0J0 feet OF lumber worth $500
600.
Forest fires are raging around Hayward,
Wis, burning standing Pine and logs left
on skidways. People are out lighting the
fire. The Commercial Hotel and four build
ings were burned.
At Centerville, Nd. Margaret Nenom. a
ncgress, aged 65. was frightened to death
saturday by being chased across n field by a
bull. As soon as she got over fence she
died OF heart failure.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
LIZZIE BORDEN GOT MAD
Aud Turned Out the 2. W. G. T. U. From
Her Building.

Lizzie A. Borden, whose father and mother
were murdered in 1892, is the subject OF much
comment at Fall River, Mass. by the death
Of her parents she became heir to the Andrew
]. Borden building. One OF the rooms In
branch Of Y. w. c. I. o., OF which Lizzie
was, before the trial, an active member.
While she was In jail the society joined with
the W. @. T. U. in passing resolutions OF
sympathy. Since then her case has been
rigidly excluded from the society debate. and
several of the members have snubbed her.
She feels that she could not put up with in
suits from her tenants, and accordingly. the
Y. W. G. 4. U. has been compel led 10 seek
quarters elsewhere.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

An INSPECTION OF the Mortgage Bank Of the
province Of Buenos Ayers is said TO show an
embezzlement OF several millions Of dollars ~
a depOsed government.
a dispatch from Hamburg. Ger. says that
the police seized $4,000 counterfeit Ameri-
can 20 notes in the lodgings used blythe three
counterieiiers arrested Friday.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS.


Prof. W. d. Whitney. the Yale phylologis,
and photographer, died recently.
The Supreme Court ofNebraska has declar-
ed the eight-hour labor law uncopstitu-
tional.
Judge Winters, at indianapolis. in the Iron
Hall case, has declared an additional diyi-
dend of 10 per cent.
The Methodist conference Mt Woodstock
ont, deposed Rev. A. Traux, OF Courtland
charged with heresy.
Judge Williams in the Frankfort (Ky)
court yesterday declared the act known as
the distillery act unconstitutional and void.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has decid-
ed that the pension money deposited in n
savings bank by pensiOner cannot be at
;ached.
The city OF Chicago recently filed % suit.
against as many railroad companies for
amounts aggreg ting more than $4,000 900
Tor damages resulting from the construction
railroads over various streets.
DIR. Nathaniel y. Britton, professor of hi, =.
tory in Columbia College, and Henry Rusby
professor OF Botany in the College of phnr-
macy, pronounces the root that killed the Ave
little boys at TarrytOwn 10 be the poison OF
Socrates or water hemlock, one OF the dead
licst of poisons.
Reports 10 the Bureau OF Navigation show
that there were built In the United States dur
ing tn first nine months OF the fiscal year
339 wooden sailing vessels of 24.27I tons. and
22l wooden steam vessels OF 29.94s tons.
During the same period steel sailing vessel.
were built OF 4,7i9 tons. and "a iron or steel
steam vessels Of 20. 800 tons
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
surRirF's rrrs Rrprcrp.

KirTANNING.- the trial of the a;iol
from the county auditors report Of isO
Judge Rayburn revoked an order made b,
Judge Burlington In 1865. fixing the bo. ,lins
OF prisoners In the Jail at 30 cents peg day'
Judge Rayburn ruled that the order ..ild
not override the law passed in 1856. Whth
fixed the amount at 20 cents. Since lstj al
sherfis have been paid 80 cents.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
FIVE CHILDREN DEAD.
Result of Eating a Poisonous Vegetable
in Mistake.

AZ q result OF eating pyisonous vegetable
which they had mistaken for hag-root. five
little inmates OF the Catholic Sisters OF Mercy
Home, Tarrytown. n. Y. died ing great agony
The dead are James Forcstal, John Callahan,
Thomas Cassmore. each aged TO- Agustus
Powers. John Donnelly, each agedl2. Seven
others arc seriously i'll and may die.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
as. 600 rnn Az Ann

LANCASTER. For the loss OF an arm T-ark
Musscr reccy Il a verdict for slS 900 g.uti
the Lancaster city Electric Company lie
accident occurred on July 4. 1892. tLrougi
the breaking OF n cable operated on etreg
hill by the railway. lie sued for -2j.O3n. "a,
case will be- appealed to the supreme CJItI
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
C0XEY OUT OF JAIL.
He and Browne and Jones were Released
Sunday,

Coxey Browne and Jones' the leaders Of
the Commonweal. were re leased from Jail at
O'Clock sunday morning. No demonstra-
tion attended their departure. At the Dis
trict line the 'Wealers from the camp We're
drawn up in line to receive them. They un-
hitched the horses and themselves hauled the
liberated leaders TO the camp.
Coxey said he was going TO make an ad-
dress on the Fourth Of Julyat Knoxville, Ky,
for which he would be paid 1850. He also
had another engagement TO speak during the
present month
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
penalty

Such has been the growth of popu-
lar opinion in favor of the sudden dis.
position of the dead by heat, notes
the Chicago Herald, that there are
now in the country eighteen incor-
poratcd cremation societies, and dur
ing the past ten years about three
thousand cremations have taken
place.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

"Gail Hamilton regrets to see
women engaged in an effort to secure
the ballot for themselves. She looks
upon il asa movement backward
toward men md mastodons. the
miocene hipparion and eocene Anchi-
ther!um"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

Crime is more common in single
life than in married; in the former,
thirty-threo in every 100000 are
guilty, while only eleven married men
Of the same number have gravelv
broken the laws.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
MIsrooK plLLs For cANpi.

LANCASTER. Little Samuel DE Costa ate Il
pills thinking that he was deyouring candy
The pills were delivered IN envelopes ~ Lou-c'
In the neighborhood of his home, and ~Waua
went from door to door opening the enyf .ule.
aud ate until he became sick. The lrJMpi
arrival Of II physician saved his life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
IENErHATEp HIS BRAIN.

Oh CITY.-When engineer james J. O'Co!
nor, with an oil can in one hand. stepped u.
on his engine on the Western New YORK aE
Pennsylvania railroad. he fell, the spout
the can going through his right eye and iel
etra.ing his brain. He died in the aitc.Gool
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

An Englishman thinks that there
ought to be n closed season for bach
elors as we'll as for other sorts of
game and proposes that every woman
who contracts an engagement between
the middle of August and the lst of
March should be liable to a heavy
nnnAltY
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
VERDICT AGAINST ALTOONA.

HoLIDAysBURG.- verdict for :S2, 500
was awarded against the city OF Alto ,ra
the Blair county courts to Bowman BsJ
contractors for building sewer and sir
paving.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
A anrEsrMr PACKAGE.

NEw CAsrLE.-James Martin. OF Shonan.I
Township, while turning over hay n hi, uarS
discovered n mysterious package. On oyen-
ing II he found two heads. one of man and
the other OF n woman. The partly decum.
posed flesh still clinging 90 the homes. The
heads were wrapped in . newspaper.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
TWO CHILDREN CREMATED.
THEY WE'RE BURNED TO DEATH ny FIRE TIA,
DESTROYED THEIR HOME.

DRADroRp.- Fire destroyed the resilesr
Of John Long at Duke Center. The In,
family consisted of the father and mo.h-
aud six children. They were all asleep wbss
the fire was discovered. and an alarm riyes
10y outsiders. All escaped except "A daleh.e,
IL years old and n son aged I. Thcsc ;wo
were caught 10y the fire. Long was ;etfiil,
burned In u desperateeflort 20 save bis nd.
dren. but they were cremated in the tlsi d,
homestead.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
MR.. COXEY ACCEPTS

The Populist Nomination in a Letter from
His Prison Parlor
Jacobs. Coxey has accepted the nomination
for Congress in the Eighteenth, or Mckinley
district Of Ohio, in letter 10 the Peoples
party committee, dated at Washington, Par
lor co." United States Jail. Mr. Coxey is con-
strained TO take the proffered honor in view
OF there being 100000 men seeking work
who are unable 10 find it, and $4,000. 900 de-
pendents, making 25 per cent. Of the whole
people deprived OF the purchasing power.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
A Novel Way to Collect a Eli

Quite a novel suggestion in
way OF bill collecting was made
other day through the mistake {
man mailing two letters in this c
He had had considerable difficulty
Dersuading young woman thai
goods had not been sold to her
the mere pleasure OF selling,
nnally she had dismissed his Il
sengcr with the statement that
did not Wa I to hear from him agi
Nothing was left for the merchant
do bat TO resort 10 the United Sta
mails. He accordingly sat down
wrote to the young woman a lei
which was characterized rather
terseness and vigor than by
terms OF affection. Fortunately
him, he had a social acQuainta
with another young lady in the 50
house, and while he had his pen
thought he would write to her,
q personal letter. When he camq
direct his envelopes, though, he \
the dunning letter to his persd
friend and h personal letter u
debtor. 1t Is needless TO say
the mistake was corrected withil
few moments after the receipt OF
letters, hut the debtors chagriI
the revelation OF her position tO|
Dther was so great that she paid
oil Immediately. Washington Nd
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

MRS KENDALL, wife OF a doctor OF ouincv
ILL.,, was driving with her husband. when
the horses took fright and ran away. The
doctor stopped them after they had run but
three blocks and then found that his wife
had died from fright on the seat by his side.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

For the sake of record it is interest
ing to tabulate the ages OF the Prime
Ministers in the Queens reign, at the
time of their first and last years in
the high Office:
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
What is Transpiring the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Told.
CAPITAL. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL.

The German National Bank OF Denver, Col.
closed It's doors. II was one OF the Oldest In
etitutons in the city.
The Electric Trust has absorbed the Gen.
eral Electric Company Of Cleveland, and
will improve the plant and cheaper electric
light.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
JACOB sMrNn nEF I1,iR.

WiLREsBARRE.-Jacob Miller. bas
hung himself from tree, the act boi
prompted by the disgrace arising out Of
quarrel In which he became engaged al
picnic.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
KEYSTONE STATE CULLlNGS
STATE PROHIBITION TICKET.
THE CONVENTION At TwiLLiAMsroRT WAS i,ra

WHN INT0p-
Ly ATTENDED.
wiLLfAMspoRr.-Th Prohibition sta.oCo,.
vention here Thursday was the largest eys.
held In the state. The ticket nominated : :.
follows: Governor. Charles l.. Haw,ey :,
Scranton; Lieutenant Governor. Homer I
Castles. Of Pittsburg; Auditor General. .Cha,ls,
Palmer Of Delaware; Secretary OF internal
Affairs. l.. II. Gleason. OF Delaware: CoS'
gressmen-at-Large, T.. X. Kane. OF Kane. arl
Rev. l.. q. Jordan, OF Philadelphia.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14

SoBBINa wIFE-Three years
you swore eternal love, aud
Brutal husband--How long do
expect eternal love TO last, an,
Halo.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-14
cnfMrs ANn rENAI.rfrs.

Greely Douglass. of Indianapolis. was mur.
dered Thursday night by burglars. lie was
pounded TO death with clubs.
Richard Nicholson. aged II. died ut Belle
vue, Ia. from the effects Of punishment said
10 have been administered by high school
principal.
Edward II. Howe. the Harvard graduate
who has been on trial In Chicago on a charge
Of yictimiaing Harvard students was covicted
Of false pretenses.
John Burkett. coiored, who has been on
trial at Warren. Pa. for the murder of Ed.
ward sullivan, April 2, was found guilty OF
voluntary mansiaughter.
DIR. Henry c. +. Meyer. who was convicted
in New York of murder in the second degree
for poisoning Ludwig Brandt. was sentenced
To Imprisonment for life.
william II. Cochran and Robert II. sayro
ON GERS Of the First National Bank. OF De
Norte. Col. were convicted of making false
returns TO the Government.
Isaac Kemp. negro who murdered Deputy
Sheriff Edward Carver. IN Westover. Md,
Thursday, was taken from jail by a mob oi
about 400 men and shot TO death.
Theodore i. Haughey. president Of the de
funct Indianapolis National Bank was sen.
fenced to six years in the pententiary for his
part in the wrecking of that institution.
As the result OF pistol duel near Hamilton,
In the Butter Root valley, Mont, George
Gray and Charles McNeill are dead. The
trouble was yor land in which both we're
interested.
hinckle, OF :. ericus, Ga, at
tempted 10 commit suicide by swallowing a
heavy doze OF Morphine Thursday night.
DR.. Hinckle and his son shot and killed DIR.
Worsham. and the Supreme Court Thursday
approved the conviction Of the elder Hencklo
and his life sentence 10 the penetentlary.
During battle between deputy sheriffs
and horse thieves in Oklahoma one officer
was seriously wounded and John Fletcher
and Harry Newcomb, thieves, were killed.
DR.. W. $. Sanders. nephew OF United
States Senator George. OF Mississippi. Is in
jail at Memphis, Tenn. charged with pass
ing II score OF forged checks. He confessed
his guilt.
Levi Sanders on Saturday held up a stage
In the Indian Territory, robbed the passen-
gers Of 80 and shot one fatally. Then he
killed boy and took his horse. Next he
killed Mrs. Duncan. who was in wagon
with her son, and the latter killed Sanders.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-24
CHICAGO FEELS PROUD.
Medical Congess in Rome Honors
q Windy City Surgeon.


| Western American physicians, and
| especially the profession in Chicago,
have been signally honored in the Sc
lection of DIR. j. b. Murphy, of that
city, as the president for America of
the international medical congress in
Rome. That the congress should skip
New York and make u Chicago man
one Of its honorary presidents for the
ensuing year is a distinctive rccogni-
tion of merit that will no doubt bother
New Workers just little. This is
especially true of surgery in which
Gotham likes to wave the west aside
The matter Is made all the more en-
phatic in that DIR. Murphy has had
little sectional controversy with the
New York surgeons concerning the
operation for appendicitis, of which he
claims to have been the originator.
DR.. Murphy has come to the front
very rapidly in surgery His work has
been highly scientific and has caused
widespread comment in the medical
and surgical journals in this country
and abroad. He is a very young man
for the Importance of the place In sur
gerry his talent has won for him, being
only thirty-six years of age. What
should be peculiarly gratifying to the
Chicago faculty is the fact that he is q
graduate Of the Rush Medical college,
He values the great clinics of Europe
properly, but he is a stanch defender
of the excellence of good American
schools, and is himself very splendid
sample of what America and the west
can do when it Ccts the ripht sort of
material to work on. His dis
coveries are not many, but what
work he has done bears the
stamp Of the very highest scicn-
tiflo excellence, and that Is enough to
make man famous In surgery. He
was the first surgeon to operate for
appendicitis, although u New York
surgeon laid claim to that distinction.
DIR. Murphy performed the operation
first two days before his friend in New
York did it. OF course both were work
ing along the same lines, and DR.. Bir-
ney deserves as much credit on this
score as DIR. Murphy; but 1t is always
the first who does the work that is
given the reward in science, and the
Chicago surgeon has put his priority
beyond dispute. 1t was bold method
indeed calculated to make tho older
and more staid men of the knife stand
back and hold their breath, but the re-
suits have been so satisfactory that
the operation Is universally accepted
as one of the most brilliant, from
scientific standpoint, and at the same
time one of the most beneficient,o of the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-24

ly biographical. The character of Ber-
nardine, according to the same author
ity, is her own; "such restless little
spirit, striving to express herself now
In this direction, now in that; yet al
ways actuated by the same constant
force, the desire for work" But in
the true story it is tho disagreeable
man that dies. not Bernardine. She
never loved anyone before; but she
had loved the disagrceablo m2n.
Miss Harraden is about thirty years
of age and a b. A. of London universi-
ty, where she took her degree in
mathematics as we'll as classics. Her
portrait represents her In cap and
gown and wearing the hood OF i. A.
of the university. She was scarcely
known in the literary set Of London
when her book appeared. Like Lord
Byron, she awolle one morning TO find
herself famous in her own country.
Her fame soon spread to the United
States, where her book, unfortunately
for her not copyrighted in this coun-
try, has had an enormous sale. A COM
plete restoration to health Is looked
for by her friends and brilliant ca
reer is confidently expected from this
most promising young author. 1t is
interesting at this time to record that
Miss Harraden Is an enthusiastic advo-
cate of woman S suffrage and devoted
believer in the higher education of
women