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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19
A NEGRO LYNCHED
The Law Defied and Justice Rushed by q
Mad Ohio Mob. Troops Called Out.

Seymour Newlin, IA negro with bad rcp,I.
,ation, who has been in the Ohio pcnitenti.
ary. committed IL criminal assault Saturday
night upon an aged woman named Mrs
Knowles, living at Rushsyiyania. Morgan
county, Ohio. He was CAPTURED SUNDAY
morning. bat when the shcrin arrived from
BcleiohtHinc TO take charge Of the prisoner
- mob which had collected refused 10 give
him up. The sherl summoned "A posse, hut
still the mob would not yield call was
then made upon the militia, aud company
left Bclieiontainc for the seat of trouble. 4
thousand determined men had charge OF
Newin and the situation WAS very grave.
Sheriff sullivan then held u long parley
with the leaders Of the mob am IL was final
Is decided 10y them that il Sheriff sullivan
would order the militia back to Bellefon-
'!iine the citizens would guard the prisoner
until morning aud give him a herring in
Eu,hsylyania, but SherfI sullivan must make
no further attempt 10 gct the man until after
the trial
After par!cying for time the sheriff dccid.
edthat he could do nothing aud the truons
were ordered to return to Brllciontaine. the
citizens promisingthGt they would care for
the prisoner aud sec that no harm came TO
him.
The troops left for homo at s o'clock. At
$50 She moh made raid ON the culaboo-a.
The building was overturned and the -trug-
CLING negro quickly taken from il. \ rope
had been provided. \ moose wa- put about
the neck Of the trembling wretch and he was
dragged TO a cottonwood tree about 100
yards distant. Very little was said and no
opportunity was .ivcn the prisoner 10 make
q confession or stat 'mrnt.
\ dozen willing hands crasped the ropo
and the negro was swung into the air As
his body rose above the mob the air was rent
with the shouts Of the men and women who
had assembled 10 witness the lynching As
soon rs tho work was finished tile MOB dis
ucrsed and quiet was restored.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

Tho British warship Golliuch re-
Gently returned to Sidney, New South
Wales, from five months cruise
among the Solomon Islands. She
brought back reports which show,
AYERS the San Francisco Cnronicle,
that the work OF missionaries among
the South Sea islands has been prac.
sically without result. Cannibalism
goes on as IL did before the white man
appeared, only now the natives re-
move the skulls from their huts and
hide them when warship is sighted.
missionary ho has spent seventeen
years in the Solomon group has de.
cided to abandon the field, rs the ma.
tives are hovond = influence. TINS
nIU-r pa. -...s :. s.II"In- contrast 10
other islands, where missionary work,
though slow aud vexatious, accom-
plishes valuable results in few years.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19
CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT.
n Favorable Report, Showing Good Pros.
poets Despite the Cold Snnn.

The condition OF winter wheat on the first
day OF April as reported by the department
Of agriculture averages sG.7 per cent for the
the entire country; last year the average was
IA per cent. In 1892 1, was sl.2 per cent.
and 96.9 per cent for the year 1891 The
corresponding average for rye Is 94.4 per
cent, IN weather from seeding time until
the recent cold wave swept over the country
mas Le'h very favorable 10 the growth of the
plant.
In the eastern. northern and northwestern
states snow covering has afforded protection
IN addition 20 that Of Il mild temperatllre
Inc INJURY 10 the crops from the recent cold
snap is undoubtedly considerable. II not
great. In the eastern and northern states
thr damage was comparatively slight. In
NE south Atlantic and southern states the
injury Is marked and decided, with perhaps
The exception Of Texas. While In the states
oi ONO, Indiana, Michigan and kentucky
the injury from irosting Is considerable, the
extent oi some is contingent upon future
meteorological conditions. The returns IN
dicaie thar freezing TO the ground was quite
prevalent, especially on low and rich moist
lands, hut with roots left untouched. or at
ltast allye with good prospects of recupera-
non on the recurrence Of good weather. In
the states OF Kansas, Nebraska and California
the impaired condition Of the crop has not
resulted so much from the frost as from cold.
dry weather. Rain is much needed in these
as well as IN other important wheat produc-
ING states.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19
Two NOTED PERSONAGlg
CALLED AWAY BY DEATH.
Senator Vance, of N. c., Stricken Down J..
Apoplexy, and Maj. Gen. slooum Die
OF Pneumonia.

Senator Vance. Of North Carolina. die1 d.
his home in Washington. ID. c., so,u,,'-
night He had stroke Of cpoploxy in ~
morning. He has been suffering for g..
time with paralysis and complication !,
diseases but the end was sudden and u,o,
pected. as he was regaining his health ana
was thought was on the road TO recover, ~,
was compelled during the winter to 90 ~ y
Florida. He grew somewhat better and is
view Of the struggle over the tariff he retu,n.
ed 10 Washington. He was a member OF ~.
committee on finance. but took little or -
part In framing the present tarif bill.
LEBULoN Il. VANCE. OF Charlotte. was ho,,
In Buocombe county. y. C.. Nav i3. led
was educated ut Washington college IT,
ncssen. aud at the university Of North Ca--.
lima: was admitted 90 the bar In Jane,
1862. and was elected county attorney ~,
Buncomhc county the same year;was a frs.-'
her oi the state house OF commons in Isl
was u rcpr, sentative from North Carolina IN
the Thirty-iifth and Thiry-siNth congr,..s,.
entered the Confederate army us CAPTAIN i5
May, 1851. and was made colonel in Aurg.,
lSdl; was cle.ied governor OF No-b
Carolina In August. 1862. and rp.
elected in August. lSGi was elected
to the United States Senate In No.
ycmhcr. 1870. but was refused admission. .asI
resigned la January. 1872; wac the Demo.
cratic nominee for the United states spu7,e
In 1872. but was defeated by u cumb!na,i,n
uf b0tiuc Democrats and Republicans; was
elected governor Of North Carolina for ito
third time In 1876; was elected 20 the United
states senate a. u Democrat. In place of 4. :
Merrimun. Democrat; took his seat March
u, 1879. and was reelected In 1884 and lsgO
His term OF service would expire March 3
1897.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

II is reported that the French Mn
lister of War has decided that the
canned goods FOR the Use OF the army
must hereafter be of French msnuiac-
ture. The cost of the change to the
Government viii be, it is said, l3D per
cent. additional, aud it will be neces-
sary for the department to ask for an
increase OF Appropriation, Hitherto
most of these goods have been pre-
cured from this country. The Ar
mours, OF Chicago, whohaye held large
contracts for supplying the French
army, say tina; they have heard moth
ing of such decision, and are not iu-
clined to believe it. 1t is said that
such mn order woull make very little
difference with their business, any
way They would still continue to
supply the goods, which the French
contractor would sell ut the advance
price Ivy changing the marks on the
packages.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

"A venerable man. says the Chi
csgo Intcr Ocean, "who deserves well
of his country and is honorei the
world over for his achievements, has
been quietly walking these streets for
three months, almost without recog-
milton. His name is Theodore Il.
Timbv, aud your memory is so short
that the name will not enlighten Won
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

The original concession for the Jaf1a-
Jerusalem Railway was obtained by a
native OF Jerusalem. IL was built by
French company, the engines and
carriages manufactured in the United
States, run over rails made in 8el-
gium, and the most rcmunerative part
of the passenger traffic is drawn from
British tourists.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19
The Cook Can Smoke.

Cigarette smoking 10y women is so far leg
allied in England thatthe London court de-
cidcd tia mistress Is not justified in dis
missing her cook without notice because she
smoked in the kitchen. The magistrate al
the same time expressed strong sympathy
With this mistress feelings.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

GEN. Henry SLocuN. the noted soldier
lawyer and politician, died at his BROOKLYN
home early Saturday morning. He had been
III with pneumonia for several DAYS and hi,
death was not unexpected. Mr.. Sloeum wa.
born in ODondaga county. New York. sixty.
six years ago He wentto West Point and lqtoi
served three years as lieutenant. ThcI he
resigned his commission and for Ave year,
practiccd In Syracuse. also going to the as.
semhly and being elected county treasurer
When the war broke out Slocum went TO the
front a. colonel of the Twcnty-s ,venth -rr..
mcnt, New York volunteers. He was badly
wounded at Bull Run and was made a Lriyfi.
dier for his bravery. His conspicuous part
in the Seven Days battle and Malvern Hi
won for him major-gcneralship. BY the
death Of Mansfield ut Antie.um he was made
a corps commander At Gettysburg he com
manded the right wing and shared the hon.
Ors of the great conflict with Meade. the
commander aud Hancock. Later he was put
In command Of the department of the Mss!s.
sippi end took lart in Sherman's march te
the sea. commanding the army OF Georyia,
The war over. Gen. Slocum returned TO law
practice. settling in Brooklyn. He was de.
ieated for secretary Of state in 1868. bu. thrro
years later WIS sent 10 COngcSs. When Cieyp-
land wis nominated for Governor in 1852,
General Slocum was prominent candidate
against him. A year later he was elected con.
gressman-at-argc from the State. That was
his last public service. In 1857 he was a can
didate for commander. in-chief OF the Grand
Army, but WAS defeated. Gen. Slocum was
erect and soldierly In appearance. nervous
and decided la action. with a clear-cut fine
iaceand courteous manner. He was n good
speaker, clever in debate and persuas. We in
argument.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19
Forebodes an Instruction.

In an interview at Boston, Mass. Grand
Master Workman Sovereign said Coxeys
movement was the forebodng Of an ins,ir-
roction. Thousands oftolers were watching
IL, ready 10 resent any abuse the army NAV
receive from municipal, state or national
officials. The army was TO the workingmen
to-day what John Browns party was 10 the
slave. hpforp tina Unr
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19
An Ancient Fowl.

turkoy that has Just died in Ovid, Mich.
stood feet 3 inches high measured az
ieet around the bust and weighed AZ pounds.
didnt even know the smell OF Intoxicating
beverages aud wGs over early 20 bed and
early 10 rise.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19
NATIONAL sTRIKE ORDERED.
Decision of the National Convention o,
United Mine Workers.

At the national convention OF United Mine
Workers at Columbus, o., the committee on
resolutions was called on to report on the
question Of a general strike. The committee
reported that twelve to fifteen resolutions on
that subject bad been submitted 10 them and
after careful consideration they had agreed
to report one ordering general strike on
April %.
The reading of this caused prolonged ap-
plause. Tie sentiment seemed unanimous in
favor of general strike. hut there was u
vigorous kick on the date Of April %. by the
Indiana delegates, who favored May /, rs the
miners had agreed 10 work till that date and
had escaped "a reduction in the wage scale by
that agreement, which they could not afford
to violate The Ohio and Pennsylvania men
favored April IL. and the convention finally
decided uponApril 81, and voted to declare q
general strike on that date. Three hundred
thousand men are interested.
THE 20 CENT SCALE ADOPTED.
The convention on Thursday decided that
the wage scale and conditions adopted ai the
convention one year ago shall be demanded
as the object Of the strike 10 DE inaugurated
IN April u. This is the 20 cent per ton ba-
sis. II means an increase OF from 20 TO 20
,ents per ton on wages now paid in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The date Of
the annual convention is changed from the
second Tuesday in April 10 the second Tues
Hay in February.
The decision Of the Columbus convention
means that AT least $1,000 miners in the
Pittsbury district will he involved. should
they abide 10y the action of the delegate. and
quit work at the time stipulated. There are
1000 men engaged in the railroad mines and
G.00O in the Monongahela valley. There are
good reasons for believing that the majority
OF the diggcrs Of the district favor tho ma
uonal strike idea, rs President Cairns and
other delegates from the district were in
etrtIctcd to vote In favor Of it.
II will be- the first time in the history ofthc
Piushurg district that the river and railroad
men combined forces ia strike.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

DURING the quarter ending February
!, S249 76 worth OF liquor was sold by
the 81 State d.spensaries In South Carolina.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

ADAM was tAe only man who had o
wife made to order, and even she
turned out q misEt.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-19

Ir is estimated that l3, 900 900 human be
ires have persisted as result Of earthquakes
s.nso Tho year 1906 Is. q.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-17

The cable is bringing some cheerful
news to the American people these
days. Il Is cheering, for instance, to
read the comments Of the British press
and manufacturers on the effect Of the
passage OF the Democratic tariff bill.
They hail the news with great Joy. be-
cause they expect TO be benefited by It.
The London Daily Ne,ns Of Wednesday.
We are informed by tho foreign dis
patches. says: "The passage OF the tar.
10 bill by the American Congress has
been followed by great activity in many
Englishl markets. Metals have most
readily responded. especially copper aud
tin. on the expectancy Of large Ameri-
can demand for tin plates"
1t will bs remembered that the pass.
age OF the Republican tAritl bill was not
SO pleasing to our British cousins. and
that there was no increased activity in
English markets in response toit. That
bill was not intended 10 benefit Eng
land. but America, aud America was
benefited to the extent that immediate.
ly following tho enactment Of the Nc.
Kinley law tho most prosperous period
in the country's history began, and was
only interrupted by tho uncertainty
caused by the threat of iLs repeal by a
Democratic Congress.
1t 10 different now. The rejoicing is
MI on the other side OF tho water.
Europe only expects to DO the gamer
by our now nn.Anorican policy. Tho
signs Of gIadnos, on our own soil have
not yot developed.
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fereest competition wilt come from the
products Of the cheap labor Of Japan.
Jspauese pottery. he says. is scknOWl.
edged 10 DO tho best made anywhere.
and Is Manufactured 1t prices that the
American potter esanOs attempt to COM
pete with. There the potter receives
about twenty-five cents per day for his
work. Mr. Fraazheim gives as an in
stance FOL what the japanese can do.
the Umbrella stand seen in many Amer.
lean Railways. It Is sold here for nine
ly.nIne cents, and in On American fac
tory could not DO made for several
times that money. The same ratio ap-
plies to other articles Of pottery.
Ills we'll known that Japanese agents
have been in this country aScertaining
what goods in the pottery line are sale
able bore, and soon, under tho reduced
tariff. they will be able to flood this
country with their wares made by
twenty-five cent labor. and undsrsell
our American goods. with great profit
to themselves. Wheeling will be di.
rect sufferer. What are the wage work
ers and the business men OF Wheeling
going TO do about III Will they vote
for the patty that has made these
things possible?
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4 f,tun.

In his speech in tho senate Wednes.
day Senator Vest turned neat poin.
on the President aud Mr. Wilson mid
his house bill, when no referred to Sec
rotary Car!isle's letter. The secretary
shows by the treasury estimates tia.
had the tariff bill passed. with the items
OF free sugar, iron and coal, conteudel
for by tho Presilsn. and tho house. the
revenues under the bill would be thirty
million doIlafs year short OF what Is
needed for tho support! OF tho govern
ment. lie, therefore. advises against
tho passage Of the scoaratc bills for
FREQ sugar, iron and coal which the
house has sent to tho senate, and
which President Cleveland declared
werc necessary to tho carrying out Of
Democratic pledges.
This disparity between the Presi.
dent'a position in his Wilson letter and
his secretary's estimate OF its disastrous
effect II adopted, was at onco apparent,
and II Is not surprising that tho soma.
tors who still feel nXErievsl because Of
tho Presidents attack upon them, wcro
quick to takc hold OF tho circumstance
Hnd turn it TO their advantage.
tits u reasonable assumption that
tho sccrOtary's opposition TO the sop.
nratc free trndo bills was taken advised.
~, and under ordcrs from tho white
house. Tho passage OF She bills by tho
house was done to soften tho criticism
with which tho surrender TO tho senate
would BIO mot, and ms ian evidence OF
good faith" aud devotion to tho pledges
made in tho Chicago platform. There
wns thcn no hope that thcy would DO
accepted BY tho senate.
The President and tho lcNdcra in tho
house knew az vol thon II, They know
now that tho enactment Of tho bills
into laws would produce deficiency in
tho revenues aud provo embarrassing to
tho administration. There hnt brnn,
however, u cry from tho Democracy
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-17
PERSONAL POINTS.

After many repainIings and altera'
tons Alma Tadema has finished his
picture OF ancient Rome in festival,
which Inns alteHdy been bought by a
dealer in Berlin for 100000 marks. 1t
is called Spring" and contains moro
than hundred figures Of celebrants
and spectators; procession In honor
OF the gods OF flowers and fertility lie
moving along towurd the temple.
Francois Clement Maillot, whose
death was lately announced. was to
malarial fever what Jonner was to
smallpox. When farmers and ssIdiers
wore dying like flies in Algeria. no
promptly reducoh the deaths from % to
per cent. by the use OF quinine. though
he was frequently charged with ad'
ministeting poison to tho invnlids. DR..
Maillot was nlnety.ona years old.
@. +. Moore, attacho and translator
Of tho Chinese legation Mt Washington,
Ia OF English parcntage. but was born
in China. lie reads the American
papers and translates for tho Chinese
Minister such items OF news or other
articles rs may be OF interest or conse'
quence to the minister
Miss Mary Lithegon. OF Manis'ee,
Mich, who recently came into fortune
Of $4,000 by tho death OF an uncle
in Glasgow, Scotland. is none tho
loss ambitious to succeed in her chosen
profession OF medicine. She will
graduate at Ann Arbor and finish
abroad.
Nilolai MichniIovitch JadsinzcF, tho
founder CT the Siberian university. died
recently in St. Petersburg. lie was tho
editor Of we'll known weekly journn!
and had explored almost every part OF
Siberia, writing n Number oil BOOKS
unon tho country. lilo waa born IN
1872.
DR.. virchow, it is said. has falIon into
tho habit of taking only three hours
sleep out OF the twenty.tour.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-17
A DASH OF SPICE.

Friend - Does tho Dclsarle system
teach vou how to act when proposed
to? liride-Yea; | studied tina. part
carefully. ibid you use it?' Il used
it with ihren or four whom | rcjectod,
and did it beautifully. ! know; but
when dear Tom proposed l forgot oil
about it."-Nctg York llakly.
Dc Tanque-Do you think it unlucky
for thirteen 10 cit ut n table? Old Soak
i should say go. Why. waa ono Of
thirteen last week. and it wasn't until
/ sat down that discovered they wore
ali ProhibItionists.- Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Stsongmimd-Don't you think
woman's hand has played MI important
MIR, in tho great work of civilization
Philosopher Undoubtedly; but don't
think her hand has been quite 90 etIcc-
tive rs her slipper.-Nclc York Weekly.
Grandpa-WelI, Willie. you have
been to church, haven't YOU? Willie
Yos, sir Grandpa-Woll, what can
YOU toll US about itr Wlllie-Why, sir,
tho man that sat IN front Of MS had cars
that wasn't alike.-Iattr. Ocran.
ChoIly-Now. confcss-ah-all yon
girls don't care n pnqp-for anybody ok
copt man. Miss Caustiqno (sieniIi-
can,Iy)-OL, would mover DO Mn@HI'
liant enough to say so to you.-Cmc0JO
Record.
Little Miss Frccklcs-MrG StucEun
has.got n big round glass and IFS full Of
goldfish. Little Miss MuCgs-lluh! III!
lot they're plaiOd.-GOJi Netrs.
T,iend-Nhal. was the cause Of that
boating accident? WNterman-Tno
ulI, Friend-lhu boat too fuE!?
Watormnn-No, tho tcl!crs In it.-NcT
lori lIHkiI
IIo-Would YOU never consent TO my
filling your husbands place? Faithful
Widow-Ycs, II that could bring him
back to nc.-LjG
"At what rcfmmntorv do thoy have
tho most unrulv inmaiCa" AT tho
iWil roior,nNtory in W0Shinston."-
chicago Record.
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BREAKFAST BUDGET.

A trout twenty.eight inches long and
weighing niue pounds, one ounce was
taken out OF the water At Cold Spring
Harbor a few days ago. It has boon
sent by Superintendent MHther to the
national museum At Washington. where
cast will DO made. It was male tish.
six years old, and had been raised BY
Major Mather from tho egg. This is
the largest brown trout known to have
been raised 10 America.
Major Powell, in q letter recently
written for tho information Of Congress,
gives the area OF tillable land in South.
eastern Alaska as 1900 square miles, u
tract larger than the state OF Rhode
leland, and estimates that along the
shores OF Cook inlet. tho peninsula and
adjacent islands. including tho Alenttan
islos, there are 5000 additional square
miles capable Of successful cultivation.
The attempt 10 find gold near Rich
mond, Ind, has becn abandoned OH ac'
count OF tho great amonnt OF water on
counterod. II could not bo disposed Of
and had tho elect OF draining all tho
wells in tho neiGhborho0d. Three en-.
gines ran several days 0ttempttnG to
exhaust tho water. but all 10 no pur'
pose. About $1,000 was sunk in tho
venture.
A South Lancashire Eng hotol has
on bedroom door the motto: Il will
lay mo down In peace and take my rest,
for it IL thou, Lord, only. that makest
me TO dwell in safety" Below Is con-
venient margin on which the proprietor
has penned: lowing TO the frequency
OF hotel robbcries you arc requested TO
bolt your door,"
Mrs. Wright, Of Sheffield township,
North Carolina. has n pair Of shoes, and
is wearing them now, which were made
at Carthage twcnty-tnree years ago by
Mr.. Campbell. Sne also has in her
house 1870 yards OF jeans cloth that she
wove herself thirty years ago.
Samuel BIystone, who lives a short
distance west OF Boylestown, Indiana,
threshed few days ago from ten acres
sown In oats CTS bushels, machine
measure. This is M average Of sixty
one aud half bushels to tho acre.
William Seamon, OF New York. found
black pearl in clam recently. dc
said that he had searched clans for ten
years for black pearls, aud this is the
frat ono no has found.