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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08

nv Osceola NILS, gave Dlrth to three boys,
whom her husband named Hastings, Nc
kinley and Reed. Governor Hastings tele-
graphed congratulations and notified the
proud father to look for n check. The mother
and children are doing well. Twelve child.
rem had previously been born 70 Mr. and Mre
Keith.
Fire In the Sturges mine OF the New York,
Ontario n Western railroad colliery at Peck
vile killed fourteen mules, and Edward
Williams who warned the miners at the risk
OF his life, was overcome by the smoke and
was brought out IN stupeiled condition.
The loss Is about $4,000.
J. J. Becker is in jail at Greensburg, ,charg-
ed with "a shortage OF I'll, 500 IN his accounts
as tax collector for Southwest Greensburg.
The arrest was made on complaint of John
H. Scott, who Is one Of Beckers bondsmen.
Becker is proprietor Of the Greensburg
market house.
The annual harvest home festival Of the
Harmony society will be held at Economy.
sunday August ~. The principal features
will be- u grand dinner and concert In the
summer garden" by the Economy band In
the afternoon,
At Centralia. Charles Fetterman, prophet.
or OF a saloon, shot and fatally injured WILL
lam Griiiin,a constable, and wounded Michael
j. Costello so badly that he may not recover.
Costello is a student OF the Jefferson Medical
college, Of Philadelphia.
John sullivan, OF Eric. n freight handler
was killed by the cars on the Pittsburgh a
Erie railroad about a mile east OF Union CITY,
The body was torn 10 shreds. lie was on. his
way to the oil country In search OF work.
An unknown stranger borrowed siO from
Landlord Newhouse, OF the Central hotel,
Greensburg and n gold watch OF the barten-
der, leaving a team he hired at Latrobe as
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGO
LIGHTNlNG'S DEADLY WORK
One Killed and Two MAY Not Recover.
Female Burglars.

During thunder storm. party Of nine
people from Willinmsport who had been
travelling in iour-horse wagon overland, took
refuge under an oak tree three miles west OF
Holiday sburg. The tree was struck by light
ming anu the members OF the party: suffered
the full effect OF the electric fluid. John MIL.
er. aged 10, was killed outright His sister,
Jean Miller, and Mrs. Fay, we're severely
burnt about the face and body and their re-
covery IL doubtful. The other men aud
women escaped with smaller injuries.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
A MILLION In ASHES.
Destructive Lumber and Forest Fires in
North Michigan.

Fire ragged In the lumber yard district, In
the northern part OF Msnominee. The mills
and SC, ,Oo0, 900 feet OF lumber and thousands
Of cords OF slabs were destroyed. The FIRE
extended over 80 acres OF ground. Two men
were killed and several injured. The total
loss in lumber alone Is estimated at between
$500 900 and 81, 100000.
whitodale and CULVER, two small towns
on the Sault Ste. Marie railway, are In great
danger OF destruction by forest fires.
haywood, a pleasure resort east OF Glad
stone was swept bv fire.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
Middiebursh. Pa. August 8. 1895.

Boulton y Watts Soho foundry, in
Birmingham, England, which once
employed 1000 men is now idle, after
133 years of activity, and will soon be
broken up. Here the steam engine
was worked ont by Watt.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
All the Baunocks Returned.

A special telegram from the Bannock
agency says that Indian Agent Teter wired
General Coppinger from the reservation that
all the Indians there who had been absent
from the Fort Hall reservation, have return
ed, and that all Is quiet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08

Some idea of the immense volume
OF immigration which has been pour.
ing into the Northwest, the New York
Mail and Express thinks, may be had
from the fact that in North Dakota
the foreigners and their children con.
stitute over four.ffths of the entire
population.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
Rainstorm stripped Fruit Trees.

The worst rainfall In years occurred at
Nyack, N. Y, Sunday. Streets were flooded
aud rendered impossible. and much damage
was pone to property throughout the county.
Fruit trees which were loaded, were stripped
of all their fruit, aud some trees were broken
down. Overlooking streams made travelling
i'm possible on roads In the country districts.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
TWO WOMAN BURGLARS.

Sunday morning about o'clock II. NJ.
Downie, who lives on College Hill, Beaver
Falls, was awakened by the sound OF some
one walking in the house. He hastened down
stairs, just in time to see two men and two
women make a hurried exit through the door
which they had left standing open. The en-
tire quartet succeeded In making their escape,
although Mr.. Downie fired several shots alter
them.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08

The American Wool and Cotton Re.
porter declares there can be no ques.
tion that American carpets are being
put upon the English markets in very
considerable quantities, and the ex.
tent to which they are being offered
in London is attracting wide atten.
tion
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
New Weather Service Orders.

Chief Moore. OF the weather bureau -.
directed oil weather station chiefs TO pts,..s
lists OF street railway superintendent ss.
erat managers Of railroads, super.ntepdss,
of railroad telegraph lines aud like ofbcss'
OF large property interests, to whom VA.
ings OF unexpected occurrences Of unusg.,
weather conditions will be sent. Orici,'.
have been directed 10 familiarize themsss.'
with the river systems In their tertl,oris. !,
as to be able to make an accurate forces.
Of the movement OF flood waves.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
Burned Almost to a Crisp.

John b. ShafIer. a retired farmer living |,
Madisonburg, about twenty-five miles iics
Bellefonte, Pa. went out to the fleld to I'm
In the cows. While there a storm came 4,
and he took shelter under tree. The tn
was struck by lightning and ridded =
pieces. Mr.. shaffer was killed instantly. S.l
when found his body was burned almost =
= crisp. He was 81 years Of age and leaves
wife.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
All Put on Full Time.

The Santa fe railroad has put its entire
force IN the shops at Topeka, Kas., on full
time Of 10 hours day. There are between
i.200 and / 800 men at work, and up to the
present only about 500 men were working
full time.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
viii Return TO Work.

The American wire works company, Of
Cleveland. posted notice Offering
to pay sl.35 per day for laboring men.
This was an advance Of 8 cents over the old
wage scale. and 2l6 cents less than asked for
by the striking laborers. The company's
terms were accepted, the strike DECLARED of.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08


A cui. .ea. .ure or New \ ork City's
latest census is that it shows more
males than females, says the West.
minister Gazette. Most of the Great
Eastern cities in the United States,
like our own citses at home, show an
excess in female over male population,
and this is conspicuously the case il
Boston, whoro the women outnumbeI
the men by about $4,000. In New
York. on tho contrary, there appears
to be about 1000 moro men than wo
men. Have the matrimonial aggres
sions from this side anything to dc
with the fact2
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08

The Couteryille stage was held up six
miles from Merced. Cal, by a masked robber.
He secured the Wells-Fargo treasure box,
with valuable contents
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08
Consul Phumacher. Of Maracaibo has ma,

Consul Phumacher. OF Maracaibo. has uas,
a report to the state department Of h.
troubles Venezuela has had with EutotS,,
nations seeking TO seize upon her ,.rriio-I
and pointing out the opportunity Of the Ue.I
ed States TO extend Its trade with Venezus,l
ut the expense Of other nations NJ,
Phumacher says Venezuela. as never belof.I
is looking to the United States for cous.
and guidance. The people of the couD,1
would prefer to trade with the United Slas
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08

The Spokane WASH Spokesman
says that the warfare on the destruc
tive little squirrel has created an un.
precedented demand for strychnine.
The squirrels have never been SO
troublesome as they have been this
spring. With the outlay of consider.
able expense and time and the exer.
else of eternal vigilance, the farmers
have been able to save part of theiI
crop, but the loss is enormous.
Serest IA ,hs contest thproved the most
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-08-08

Naval Constructor Woodward. who !,
charged with the supervision Of the c,s
struction OF the eunboats building at Men
port News. reports that on the 10th inst ~,
boat No. was struck by lightning. severn
workmen were rendered insensible. thova
no fatalities resulted. Commodore CbJ
wick, chief OF the bureau Of equipment. ku
recommended that hereafter all steel ship, N
dock or on the ways be connected by cotls
conductors to protect the workmen.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
II ART GALLERY.

Charles Martin Sprague has been award
oil the gold medal Of the Midwinter fair Of
San Francisco for the artistic excellence Of
his pictures.
Puvis de Grievances, the French paint
or, Is u tall, erect, broad shouldered man,
with a snowy beard and close cropped
head. He is 20 years old.
Alma Tadema spends about four months
on one of his more finished pictures. To
one that he thinks likely to be a master
piece he is willing to give as many years.
Napoleon Sarony, the artist, is the son
OF q Prussian officer of hussars who fought
against the first Napoleon at Leipsic, but
named his child after him. Young Sa-
rony came to New York when 10 years old
and made his first Autograph two years
later.
Carolus Duran, the leading French por-
trait painter, is profoundly eccentric and
invariably insists on having his own way
at whatever cost. He has been known to
adjourn in the middle of a sitting to his
beloved organ and to play,
much to the amazeinent of the sitter.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18

Fred Wisner, a 15-yea--old boy. was
arrested at Baraboo, Wis, for train
wrecking. He confessed.
James F. Wilson, said to be wanted
in Brooklyn for a $75, 900 swindle was
arrested in Lexington, Ky.
Claus A. Blixt, the murderer of Cath
crime Cling in Minneapolis. plead guilty
and was sentenced to life imprison.
ment.
An assistant bank cashier and ths
city treasurer were arrested at Fan
Claire, Wis. charged with embezzle.
ment.
A. A. Egbert, prominent in railroad
circles wal found dead near his resi-.
dence at Omaha, shot through the
heart.
Henry w. Thomas, superintendent Of
telegraph of the 500 road, was muir.
dered in Minneapolis by Frederick
Williams, who was jealous.
Slaughter Kid and Dynamite Dick.
both members Of the Dalton Doolin
gang, are dead. They were pumped
full Of lead by deputy marshals Of Okla
homa.
n. NJ. Benedict, hrother.in. law of
Taylor, the absconding South Dakota
treasurer, has been arrested in Chicago,
He is charged with helping Taylor to
escape.
The dress suit, silk hats, shirts and
other fine wearing apparel belonging to
the defaulting treasurer OF South De-
kota were distracted from his residence
at Reddeld. It 10 believed that they
have been sent to him by q confederate.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
LUMINOUS N

For yellow luminous paint, 4S parts
varnish are mixed with 10 parts barium
%sulphatc, 8 parts barium chromate and "a
parts luminous calcium sulphide.
For luminous oil color paints, equal
quantities of pure linseed are used in place
of the varnish. The linseed oil must be
cold pressed and tlrickened by heat.
For green luminous paint, 4S parts
varnish are mixed with 10 parts prepared
barium %sulphate, s parts chromium oxide
green, and 81 parts luminous calcium sui
pLido.
y yellow brown luminous paint is OBJ
tanned from IS parts varnish, 10 parts
precipitnted hariuia sulphate, s parts auri-
pigment and 81 parts luminous calcium
sulphido.
y blue luminous paint is prepared from
~ parts yarniah, l0.2 parts prepared ba-
rum %sulphato, e.. parts ultgAlnarino blue,
ga parts cobalt biue and &c parts lumi-
nous calcium sulnhide.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
LABOR NEWS.

A few miners on the Mesaba range
have struck.
Ohio 10 threatened with a coal famine
because of the miners strike.
The sixth animal convention of the
National Union of Textile Workers of
America is in session at Olneyville,
Mass.
The puddlers in all the non-union
mills at Pittsburg are now on strike for
the 81 rate. The strike is to the mum.
Der of 1000 men and all Of them have
been taken into the Amalgamated asso-
citation.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18

instigated the Cuban instruction, fur.
nishing the rebels with millions of
money.
The half breed rising in North Da.
kota ended in the unconditional sur.
render of the breeds, just as the mar
shall and his deputies are about to at.
tack them.
A charter for a national college for
the sons of Masons will be applied for
in three weeks and Pittsburg will likely
cur the institution. The endowment
is 81, 600, 900.
Minnesota and Dakota lines are voting
on a proposition for q one and one-third
fare on account of the annual inter.
state encampment Of the G. A.. r. in
Ortonville. Big. Stone county, Mimi,
June 1891
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
WEEKLY NEWS SUMMARY
Important Events Far and
Near Briefly Reported.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Civil Service Commissioner Lyman
has resigned.
In April the public debt increased
over 50, DOC, 900.
President Cleveland is writing a book
on economic science.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury shows the available cash
balance to be $3.50, 49,, 867; gold reserve,
81, 202, 624.
The comptroller Of the currency has
Issued q call to national banks for q
statement Of their standing at the close
Of BUSINESS May z.
According to = government state
Ment there were 1929 deaths from small
pox in this country in 1894, Of these 1877
occurred in Illinois, s37 in New York
and 26S in Wisconsin. .-
The secretary Of the interior has de.
cided against the State Of South Da-
kotA's claim on Yankton reservation
lands, and the reservation will probably
b opened by proclamation in q few
days,
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
THE DEATH RECORD.

General Won Pape is dead.
Countess De La Forest, daughter Of
the late Jacob Manner of St. Paul died
at White Bear Lake.
General John Newton, president of
the Pan-American Railroad company,
died in New York city.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, who
was chief secretary for Ireland from
1861 to 1865, is dead, aged 70 years.
General S. B. Hayman, aged Is, died
at Houston, Mo. He did considerable
frontier service and went through both
the Mexican and civil wars, serving
with distinction.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
RAILROAD NEWS,

Chauncey NJ. Depew denies the state
ments that the Vanderbilts are seeking
control Of the Great Northern.
Henry L. Shute has been appointed
general traffic manager Of the Grea5
Northern and branches, vice w. w.
Finley, resigned.
The statement that President J. j.
Hill Of the Great Northern sailed last
Saturday for Europe has been con.
flrmed by a high official Of the road.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
EDR EIGS NEWS,

The jnrors in Oscar Wilde's trial dis.
agreed.
The emperor Of China has signed the
peace treaty with Japan.
Black flags are causing serious trouble
III Fofmosa, and the lives Of foreigners
are III danger.
Corlnto, Nicaragua, was evacuated
By The British Sunday. Monday a rev.
o4utiou began.
The Countess Of Kimberly, the wife
OF h British secretary OF state for for
eign affairs, is dying.
Russia, France and Germany, it is
announced, are about to increase their
naVtI forces III the China aeas.
England has accepted Salyador's offer
to guarantee the indemnity, aud the
evacuation of Corinto is assured.
The foreign members Of the Armo-
MAN commission have let Mo0sh on a
visit to the villages OF the Sassoun dis
trict.
The trouble between the Manitoba
L Dominion governments oyer the
school question is likely to be compro-
missed.
Oscar Wilde testified in his w be-
half Tuesday. He absolutely denied
that thsre was any truth III the charges
OF inGo ency brought against him.
Efforts are being made to restore
Chief Clarence in the Mosquito terri
tory, which Will probably give England
another chance to pounce upon Mica
ragua.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
A new wheat pest is running fields in
California.
Americans have the best pictures in
the Berlin art exhibition.
The Rockefeller syndicate has secured
control OF the Merritt mine.
Tho water Of the Mississippi river at
st. Paul il lower than IT. mas been since
October, 1864.
Troops viii be necessary to put down
the Indians and breeds in the Turtle
Mountain country.
The troup!e with the Indians in
Washington eliminated in a fight, in
which . white man was killed.
The rumor that Nellie Grant Sartoris
would marry General Douglass of
Maryland. IL denied BY Mrs. Fred
Grant er rv -e~e 'ts3s
T. Randall Brown, the mind reader.
proposes to be buried for six weeks this
summer. He claims to think he will
be alive when dug up.
Great corporations, including. the
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
FINANCE AND TRADE.

The first consignment of apricots this
season has been shipped to Chicago
from Sacramento.
Paper mills on the Fox river have
been compelled to shut down on &C.
count of low water.
Coal sale agents at New York have
fixed on the present circular prices for
May at 81. so for stove and 80. 80 for
other sizes.
The Southern Trade, a journal print
ed in st. Louis, gives an account of 1903
new enterprises inaugurated or project
ed in the South during the month of
April.
Alfred Carl and Priesthood j. Ben
bow have been appointed receivers of
the Otis steel works of Cleveland, one
OF the largest concerns of its kind III
the county.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18

DR.. Parkhurst will study Russian
social conditions during his summer
vacation.
John Hazen White was consecrated
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese of Indiana.
The directors Of the Mccormick theo-
logical seminary in Chicago have de.
cided not to give the institution up to
the control Of the Presbyterian general
assembly.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18

The rehearing Of the income tax
Sases was begun by the national 80.
preme court Monday.
St. Paul fishermen have formed a
nnion and will test the game and fish
law passed by the last Legislature.
leila Mcolaus has fled complaints in
her suit against George Gould, whom
she claims converted . check in her
favor to his own use. 1852
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Pennsylvania towns are impc.iled by
forest fires.
Half of the Kansas wheat crop is said
to be killed.
Five people were drowned in Califor-
MIA while fishing.
Waterspouts flooded portions Of Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky.
A cyclone at Halst lad. Kan, killed
IL people and injured many others.
Faribault, Mimi, is having an excit-
ing experience with mad dogs. One
man is dying OF hydrophobia.
Seventeen men belonging to the crew
Of the George r. White, a Seattle sail.
ing vessel, were drowned or frozen in
Alaska.
Advices from the Pescadore islands
state that 1900 persons died there from
cholera during one month. The cpl
demic is now s%ubsiding. t7-
The estimates Of the loss Of life in
the Iowa cyclone r greatly reduced,
ranging now from 10 to 80. Another
cyclone struck ct. Charles. his, killing
i've persons. : q :
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
SPORTING NEWS,

The Kentucky derby was won by
Halma. ft-+. <~+A
Kilrain was defeated by O'Donnell in
~ rounds. ....
Warrants are out for the arrest Of 26
men connected with the Hawthorne
race track.
Prize fighting in Louisiana and Flor
ida have been ~legislatively and judicially
given q Quietus.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
NEWS OF LE0IsLArUREA

A law prohibiting pool selling has
been enacted by the New York senate.
The bill forbidding the appearance Of
women upon the stage unless attired in
skirts failed in the New York assembly.
The vote was 81 ayes and Fl noes, not
the constitutional majority.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
CRIMINAL NEWS.

City Treasurer Jacobs Of Butte, Mon,
$500 O short, committed suicide.
The first Indian oo be srrested for
bigamy 1a Sioux brave At the Pine
Ridge agency.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
Tral.pA Watn.

Johnny-Papa, where DO tranlps get
all their money 10 make European trips:
Papa--Who said tcamps made Euro
pean trips?
Johnny-Nohody I know Of, but
there's so much i'll the papers about
tramp steamers hat | thought they ali
lii .-RoXbury Mass Gazette.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18

The "candlea' Of tho Romans con-
sisted Of " string mado Of. rags and a
small vessel Of rancid fat.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
POLITICAL NEWS.

Senator Brice will fight the free coin
age movement among Ohio Democrats.
President Cleveland has written an
anti-free coinage letter to the governor
Of Mississippi.
The Tennessee gubernatocial election
contest has been decided i'll favor of
Turn9y, Democrat.
Colonel Fred Grant, Theodore Roose-
welt aud a. ID. Parker have been swor
III as police commissioners of New
York.
at a Democratic county convention
il CnicagO President Cleveland was re.
peatadly denounced, amid the plaudits
of the delegates.
Republican leaders met i'll Washing
ton and barred HARRISON out as Il presi-
dent al candidate. These gentlemen
are for Mckinley.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-18
Banking House Of Henry Filing,
Virginia City. Montana

Transacts a general banking business. Deals in for
eign and domestic exchange, state, county and city bonds
and warrants. Collections promptly attended to.