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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
INDIANS TAKE LANDS
Drive Away Settlers and Threaten Then
With Death.


Trouble has again broken out between
Kalispell Indians and settlers along the east
side Of the Pend d'orieile river. in Idaho,
over the disputed possession OF what tho In
clans claim Is their reservation, but which il
IN reality government land. A large deleca-
uon Of white settlers came 10 Spokape. Wash.
the other day and stated that they were driy.
On OF their farms by Indians. who threaten
cd them with death II they dared 10 rotnrn.
The redskins iOrcibly took possession Of the
homes aud property Of the whites aud told the
latter that such was their Instructions from
Indian Agent Bubb. The settlers are prepar.
ing to go back armed and in a force, and
drive the Indians OUT Of the neighborhood
The trouble arises directly from the fact
that settlers have been granted land that laps
on the reservation and the general land office
issued orders a month ago 10 the land office
there TO Issue no patents for lands in tho im.
mediate neghborhood Of the reservation.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
Two Persons Killed

An excursion train on the Southern rAn.
road, carrying the Knights OF Pythias 81.
cursion from Macon, Georgia. TO lrIon
Springs for a picuic.r ran OF the track between
Holtcn and Popes Ferry. The baggage c,,
and two passenger coaches turned over. ]
A. Kennedy OF this city. and Mrs. Haucoes
Of Americas. Ga, were killed, and aluo.,
every person in the two coaches was hur
more or less seriously. Several OF them s,s
likely TO die. There lie no way OF accouutps
for the accident. as 1t is said the track wa, n
perfect condition.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
KEYSTONE STATE CULLNGS
TRAIN WRECKERS FOiLED.
A Passenger Filled With People Mar.
rowly Escape Destruction

Shortly after midnight Saturday an attemp,
was made to wreck the Leh Valley pass
enger train No. 2, bound we-i. The attempt
was made at Tompkins' sw .ch. where the
line skirts the susquehanna yer. and had IL
succeeded. the tram, consist ng Of i've we'll
filed sleepefs.three day Goa" IS and two bag
gage cars, would have rnged down a
tweniy-foot embankment H. the river. For
tunately II was half hour D. mind time. when
track walker discovered cap Of timbers,
ties and boulders on the IT,, and tagged the
train. which was approach ~, at high speed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
SIXTEEN DR0W NED.

Unfortunate Colorado Miners Dead
Under One Hundred Feet of Water.
The list OF those supposed to be dead in the
two mines at Central City, Col, number lG
feet Of water. Four are positively In the tun-
mel. 1t is comparatively dry. but the water
having cut OIL ventilation, the gases will kill
the imprisoned men. Volunteers arc trying
10 force their way TO where the entombed
miners are supposed TO be. State Mining
Inspector Talbot arrived to investigate tho
disaster.
The accident was due to carelessness. The
danger was known, but neither OF the mines
where the men lost their lives had pumping
apparatus. and when tho water rushed In on
them It rose fully 10 feet per second, and the
wretched men sank out oil sight.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
TELESCOPED BY A BOULDER.

Colorado Train Smashed and One Pass.
senger Killed.
What came very near being serious acct
dent occurred on the Colorado Midland, be.
tween Leadvile and Grnnite Tho California
express. coming west was struck by a huge
rock that had rolled down the mountain side.
completely tele,coping the baggage car and
one end OF the smoker. Luckily only three
persons were caught In the wrecked cars.
4. J. O'Conner, supposed to be a banker of
New York, has died OF his injuries, and two
persons whose names were not learned were
dangerously, II not fatally, injured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
Freak of a Maniac,

At Decater, H., George /. Allen shot his
wife and step-daughter, Minnie DcIen0ach.
The lRt,er's wound il fatal. The wife will re-
cover. Allen sat on the porch after the
shooting and Kept his neishOors OF with "a
revolver for an hour. Finally he called for
tobacco and a match. They we're taken to
him, and rs ho lighted his pipo he was over
powered. lie is now in jail. Ho refuses TO
say why he tried TO kill the women. Friends
who know him and who say ne Is industrious
aud peaceable say that ho was oyerheated
last wecE. They think he is now insane
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
ALL LIVES LOST.

A Widows Four Children Swept Away
in Breath.
. Three little children Of widow named Jen-
kins, OF sullivan, Mo-, went to place near the
barn TO gather eggs. The place was rattor
out OF the way and dangerous, owing 10
snakes, which are numerous in that region.
one child thrust Its hand into wha, IL sup
posed was the hens nest and quickly with
drew it.. exclaiming that the hen pecked its
hand. The other two children put In their
hands with the same result and then set up "a
loud cry
The mother was nt the we'll with the baby
and the alarm 40 excited her that she left the
baby and ran 10 the assistance OF the three
children. who 1t seems, had been bitten by u
rattlesnake. During the excitement the little
babe fell into the well and was drowned aud
the three other children also died.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

Fame il ileeting, muses. the New
York Journal. 1t isn't 50 very long
since Dr. Koch the famous German
discovcror OF the Consumption cure"
WAS almost worshipcl OF late, how.
ever, where he is hes, known. tablets
md other mcmeutos plorifying him
have been quietly removed or de-.
EtrpvtI
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

Jane Adams, of Hull House, Chi
cago, in au address before the Pan
American Congress upon the Settle
ment lca, explained that the term
means u group OF persons in good
circumstances who settle in an indus.
trial aud depressed district in the city
and exert all the good they can.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
Owners Responsible.

The Coronor's jury, after six days invest
lgation Of the Gumry Hotel disaster, at Dem
yer, made its report. IL says that testimony
was conflicting, that It was impossible to fix
the responsibility for the disaster upon any
one person, but that the owners, Peter Gum
ry and r. &. Grencr, were blamable for re-
quiring their engineer to work 10 hours OF the
~, and Cor employing an inexperienced engi-
neer, whose habits were dissipated and unre-
liable
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
Human Flesh For Bears.

Two Roumanian exhibitors OF performing
bears have been arrested in Debreczin, In the
llailduck district Of Hungary. charged with
having fed their animals human flesh. In
their examination the mon admitted they had
killed four boys, cut their bodies to pieces
and fed their bears with their flesh. The con-
fession OF the prisoners has aroused popular
Indignation 10 the highest pitch.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
THREE HUNDRED SLAIN,
Terrible Work OF Bulgarians by Dyna-
mite in Turkish Village.

Details have been received OF the recent
attuct made by IA band Of Bugarians upon
the MohHmmedan village OF Dospat, across
the Turkish frontier, In the Rhodope noun
tains. The attact. II appears, occurred NJ
dawn, aud while the villagers were asleep
Tho Bulgarians used dynamite bombs, aud
set IRE TO tho houses when the inhabitants
tried TO escape Men. women ANA children,
II Is claimed. were killed indiscnminatoly,
and, according to one version ot the affair,
200 persons pcrishcd.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
CemontinR tho Union.

The sons Of Veterans will hold their annual
encampment at knoxville Tenn, September
lG to 10. This Is the first meeting by the
national organization south Of tue Ohio and
Potomac, and ike tho q. A. Il. encampment
at Louisville, marks a new era in national
history. commandments Gen. w. l..
Bundsy has made every preparation aud has
been ably assisted by his stafl and by the
people Of East tennessee.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
rnnrrNr rnR IA NIif.I. MAY.

Edward Thornton. a W. known mill man
Of Beaver Falls will start iOr England In a
few days to receive a fortune Of 500, 900.
This money is from the e. lie OF his father.
who died some time ago, lat II was not until
n few weeks back that Thornton was located
by his fathers attorneys. The heirs to the
estate nre Thornton and his sister. who lives
In Ohio. Thornton cane TO this country n
number OF years ago and his family in Eng
land hau iost trace OF him.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
Earthquake in Mex co.

Four violent earthquake shocks are rero,,.
ed from Pinotcpa hrd Nacional, in UaSacs
causing widespread terror. Walls were r,t,
and roofs cayed In. The inhabitants Of ibs
towns have taken refuge in the open countrt
ia fear OF other formidable shocks. rs sllett
trembling continues. The severe shocks wee
preceded by q loue roar, coming from The
sea. and Il IL Leiieved that a subterfanesb
volcano Is Oh the point Of eruption
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
Furnishing the Assags.ns.

\ dispatch from shanghai says that the lG.h
person sentenced for participation in the
massacre OF missionaries NJ Ia Cheug has
been executed. The dispatch adds that as
yet nothing has been done In regard to the
claims mode by the British and American
ministers respecting the attacks on mission
aries nt Szechan.
Chinese rioters are reported 10 have de-
stroyed an American Christian mission at
Ilok Chang, wonnding four Christians and
destroying the mission house.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

Fires have been started In nearly all the
window glass factories in Pittsburgh. II re.
quires about three weeks 10 get tue furnaces
hot enough to begin work. which will be
September n. Alter the works once start a
continuous run OF 40 weeks Is predicted.
The trouble between tho Lippenco;t Glass
company. at Pittsburg, and their employees
has been satisfactorily adjusted, and the big
plant Is now In operation, giving employment
10 more than 600 people.
The New Brighton pa. sign works. which
removed to Philadelphia couple OF years
ago, will 90 back 10 the old location soon.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
ENGINEER KILLED.

Freight train No 80 of the Pitts
burg Shenango n Lake Erie railroad was
wrecked just south OF the Elk creek. Erie
bridge, an iron vaduct so feet nigh. The en-
rine jumped the track and fell on its side, and
II cars were wrecked or derailed. Engineer
Frank Dunbar. OF Greeuville, was instantly
killed and brakeman Cordeman was BADLY in
jured internally
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
English Iron Prices UP.

Iron and steel merchants of Birmingham.
England, have agreed 10 raise the price OF
hoops. bars. strips and angles shillings pei
ton. prices ranging from &c TO &c los. sheet
iron nas also been raised shiliings, making
an increase ia price Of pound since June.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
The Sewer Pipe Industry.

A majority OF the sewer pipe and brick
works are now running almost all in the
Toronto. o, section, except the Great West
ern. Fotes, City aud l.. Connor's Excelsior
works, and the latter will probably start
soon. The yards are fast filling up with pipe,
aud some Of them are ahead OF tneir quota,
while others are many orders behind.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05
MERCHANTS ASSIGN

The firm Of Hedding a CovSr. merchants
aud lumber dealers made an assignment at
Bedford. Liabilities, 900, With assets
sufficient to cover
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

Cholera is spreading rapidly in the division
OF Yolhynia, Russia,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-05

BuTTER-Elgin Creamery.........s % 4
Fancy Creamery y....................... 10
Fancy Country Roll ,................ u
Low grade ana cooking ............. o
CHEESE-Ohio, ncw.....................
New York, new. w...........................
Wisconsin swiss ....................... '.g
Limburgcr, neWuakc. ...... I'D
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-17
,vr OLD RocKlNo-cHAIR.

r. ..,ras over there In the corner alone
:. a-rtsb is cracked and one rocker Is gone'
WHAT'S left OF its tidy is dusty and Drown,
nd scattered and silent It's fringes hang oo"n'
No soncster appearcth to MARBLE us praNe
,y,an we were but children 1t saw its pest
- ,o.nv n face that was rosy and fair
penosed after play in the old rocking chair
How often from it in the winter nights eo'o
THE tale of the fairies by nurses was eotu
How often we listened with Ris'oe1' W.
NJ ,u,Iabv strain which hear even now
A. hsc. from the past with it's sunshine ana
Ihear the sweet sound that the ola rocAefs
made:
And now while listen willingly share
The love Of the years with the OLD rocking
chair.
CT. res,s where the roses their love-vigils
who fondiv and tenderly rocked me to sleep
Rut still whom look in the corner. trace
Within the old rocker well-chcrished face
The years that have vanished no more 70 TO
ur, dsener the lows of chill dhood inurn;
90 ,hus doth the mast with a halo most fair'
pscrown with its beauty the old rockingham
No longer to music. now fast and now SLOW
At morning and evening it rocks 10 ana lro,
No more from It's depths where sw'e' hieA
WE, On angelic touch comes lullaby song
IT'S covered with dust, but the dust canno
hide .,,,.
The nr,nts OF the hands that will ever aoiae
ITnon the old arms so reposeful ana iair,
when memory turns to the old rocking cna'r'
IT. c. Harbaugh, in Good HouseKeepins
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-17
Nth Miss La Fargo. Finally, when |

,,;.h Miss La Fargo. Finally, when l
went to my room at eleven TO re'ire'
found it was not to sleep, nor any per
CHANGING to dream; SO, with choice
CIGAR TO solace me, decided to Walk
dovn bv the lake, and in some hither-
to undiscovered manner assiouous'y
court sleep.
at must have been almost ono
o'clock when / returned to the house'
anxious for my bed. l piled my iatcn-
lev carefully in the keyhole, but the
nlauued thing wouldn't work; but IL
made M for it in a noise. equal at
that silent hour of the night, to the re-
mort of Calling gun at twelve cioSA
on the Fourth of July. 1t set ali 'nc
aors within a radius of three leagues
barking. no.
thought me Of the buttery wihuo", |.
which was always open, SO, IKE 'n'.i
,, in the night. cautiously stole around
ord after numerous scratches, dlsioca-
!. ,;ons of sundry bones, and COMMISSIONS
Of my entire anatomy, l manged 70
, rain the sill. and with one plunge INTO
| the Uncomfortable darkness herolcaHy
: iumned. There was TREMENDOUS
crasb,-How delicious this ice is! Try
4 another macaroon, my dear MRS
v Montbeck. Yes, it was indeed a IRE
q mendous crash; the Venetian lamps
=, y the breaking pot of flowers at the ban
d quet of the Spanish ambassador Wet
,t as nothing to the noise.
~ ut seems that the window was ont
to half up, and the impetus of my plung
broke the frame, glass and all. b'
4 that was not half of the damage
tn There were several glasses OF straw
nv berry jelly cooling there; OF cou r.,
~ thew went with me into the Hour OIL
as which some fool servant had left ope
dc Then it grew, veritable bedla
to of screams, burglar alarms, more par :
ing of dogs-l have gever careu :,
IN. that animal since, my dear laay-a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-17
SOUND MONEY SAYINGS.

po,as has a plan to dispose OF
.ur.r II he will also promise plan
to suppress the silver crank ne VIII
sonfor a favor ON the community
Boston Traveller.
A There will be q free silver party.
~ course-that is, there Will De II 'n"'
S;blev-Stewart~Jones coterie OF crann =.
hangs together until next year.-o''
Iouis Globe-Democrat.
The free coinage howlers are
furious because they are not ge'.,ns
IN. It has not occurred to them 'uae
their rheumatic tire is hopeiess'y
r,,nctured.- indianapolis Jourdai.
When people are making money !:
and enjoying the comforts OF hie II -
d;e8cn,t to convince them that govern
rental mismanagement is plunginR
4h.m headlong to ruin.-Detroit Free
Press H., craz.
has beoun to subside in Coioraoo
,vhere silver is produced, no excuse re
mains for prolonging it in sIaee
where the products are al ol o
kipds-St. Louis Globe-Dem
Rest Use for Silver.
! According to the report OF the =
,orts of the United States for the nscs
. Gar ending June 80. 1898, s@s, zoo
'rorth of silver was sent aoroas
against only $685. ss imported, 1 g
( IS almost $40, ooO, 600 to the crealt Oh =
| limited States on account OF silver % !,
s commodity. 1t more than onse's :,
= avcess Of $40, 146, 734 on gold impor'
Whv don't the silver miners pi.cn
and produce more silver for expof
Z, Whv because they are waiting !
~ congress to double the value Of ne
p 3 product by legislation. CHICAGO 'o'
nal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-17

Did you ever hear Of thats WEN 'shc
think they will reach this yield WIN
Sa,.sr,s new hardy Red Cross Wheas'
PEA Rve 60 bushels per acrei Crimson
Clover at $500 per bushel. Lots ano
lots of grass and clover for iali sesu
cut this out and send it to the 1onn a.
salzer Seed Co., La Crosse WIS, ~
fall catalogue and sample OF aoI's
wheat free.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-17

confirmed bachelorhood anu nissan
tbropic stand against matrimony.
.Wbv did / marry?' Yes, you indeed
40 behold before you now veritaoie
.Renedict. the married man'-How de.
,;c;ous this conso.n me in this cold nlgnt' |
met one more cracker, please, Mrs |
Montbeck.
ives. it is true; every day we near
why man does not marry, out nov quo
vet has explained why he does. 1he.e
l. as much romance in the one as III
the other, only the one resolves iheo
practical turn, which the Illusions Oh
r.. other forever forbid. AS my grand
ether was wont to say-he was
most considcrate man, Mrs. Montbeck.
All pardon my depression, l Will re-
sume nv narrative first was ABOUT
90 remark that one of our Freneh sa-
,.nts admitted but of one inviolaoie
,,,a for every affair, and that was:
sWoman is at the bottom 0, a.
mischief sCherchez Ia femme ne
warned us; and, under the volumiEous
c,oak Of his precedent in so boldly as.
sertinp the aggressive statement
have the honor to take refuge also.
..When man becomes averse to the
charms of matrimony rest assured
that some woman is at the bottom o
4. and so it is on the other hand. fo'
viii doubtless recall how loved, no
wisely. but too we'll the beautiful MIS-
Ia Fargo. and my distressing misfor
times attendant on that overwhelmin
affection-misfor tunes which even .ao
yersitv's sweet milk, philosophy, falie
to comfort
..You will also, dare say, rememo DC
the divers consecutive accidents visite
on me always in her presence; but u
setting soup-plates, breaking pots
flowers, having payment stopped on
checlx which / had sent as chari'
Offering, and the crashing of Venetia
lamps are tribes light as air COZ
nared to the major torrents have e
dured since then. And yet, dear lad
throughout it all. with miraculous
81. canes that border on Buddhistic spell
haze come unscathed, unhurt, to ma
rimony l not serve you WI
some of this delicious salad, for VIM
our hostess is so justly famed?
Now my grandfather-truiy ne "
a most considerable man, Mrs. MO
beck; indeed. of such forethought !"
he that it is said on coming home IT
his club at night he would considers
ly put his umbrella to bed, ana hims
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A FENCE"
stand in the umbrella rack all-er
might. He often said - No more
salted almonds, Mrs Montbeck? 'Nog
All. really, insist on company.
aTo resume my complaint. After
the Venetian lamp incident, naturally l
did not care to meet Miss La Fargo for
an indefinite length of time, at least
The .caukers of a calm world had SO
preyed on my mind that ! became .al, tine tn,
victim of morbidity to the extent s.a,,, 'f hs'
j grew misanthropic a1 sa.a mr MY nc
lieved that, according ~ ia
sinies, hoodooism and ~ s<a ~ ex;s
tive si is'ssyi Sl , ~ss :.
has s g sr h !; .sss:
80 -anacea Tn ~ w fso@ &2ey
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-17
LARGEST CIRCULATION.
A currency system That WIN Supply the
Demand.

. r..--.rcv svstem That WIN Supply tns
Demand.
Silver mopometallists don't seem 10
no aware of the fact that countries
whose currency is on q silver OASIS
have a small per capita circuiatioh III
aanyarison with the circulation OF
those using both gold and silver,
The position of France is'simiiar "
our own. except that she keeps re,a-
lively more gold on hand than the
rrn;ted States. France leads all ma
lions In her per capita circulation. her
onrrency averges 5000 to the innao''r
ant. The gold portion is S2l.54; SILVER
sl2s5, and paper, 1921.
belgium and the United States nave
ahout the same per capita circulation'
The former consists OF SS.s7 In Roiu'
"a as in silver and $3.50 in paper.
total of s25. 9s per inhabitant Lnas. o.
the United states amounts to S2s.U-
Sc. 90 in gold, so.os in silver ana VOW ~
paper. .,.be,
The per capita circulation OF eitnel
~ these countries Is considerably
larger than that of any on an excius
;velv gold or an exclusively siive
basis. England's circulating medium !
averages sls.9s per head. Russia
: generally classed as silver country
) but she is boarding gold now WIN
view of going to the other extre"s
Che has a per capita circuiation
GO 4. only 3s cents of it in silver. AZ
! rest is in COLDS 7-and paper. -
$ latter represents silver rubles' but is
! present irredeemable.
9 The circulating medium OF Mexlc
e the most progressive and proapsroos
the silver countries, Is SAIL of Tn
e amount s4.l is in silver, leaving on
O. ss cents for both gold and paper circ
e latiou. India, which was on q slv
IS basis until q year or two ago, has on
sr "a. IS to the inhabitant snd China
other silver country, has etih less
only SOC. g.,
x The conclusion to be drawn irt
al these facts Is that currsney syst
il2 that will keep both gold md silver
ID, circulation viii give larger per cap
re circulation than any other.-S'. Ao
he Republic.